Lightfighter

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Grew up in Beautiful Downtown Burbank, spent 10 years in the US Army (Infantry). Attended Southern Cal (IR degree) and CUA(JD). And I work currently as an SRE supporting a cloud SIEM product for which I have absolutely no education for, all hands on. Currently loving my adopted State of Colorado. Interests include #books #linux #politics #philosophy #hiking #cycling #motorcycles #veteran #photography
PronounsHe/Him
Amateur Radio Lic.N6MRW
LocationDenver (Arapahoe land)
Githubgithub.com/Mark-Waggoner
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/markrwaggoner/
More than 50 people were injured and 18 are missing in an explosion and fire at Qatar’s key natural gas export terminal that occurred as workers tried to resume operations there after Iran bombed it during the war. https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/22/06/2026/moi-launches-search-operation-for-18-missing-at-ras-laffan-industrial-city-incident
MOI launches search operation for 18 missing at Ras Laffan Industrial City incident

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior has announced the launch of a search operation for 18 missing individuals in the operational incident that led t...

Network executives, talk show hosts, and newspaper publishers and editors travel in the same social circle as the powerful state and corporate figures whom they're theoretically supposed to serve as watchdogs over.
-- Kevin Carson

#anarchism #quote #bot

Hubs just made us fancy drinks for sitting with on the patio. Fresh, muddled lime, mint and melon liqueur. (And rum and soda)

I'm calling it a Reflecting Pool

To most people, “crime” is a general signifier for bad things that people do to each other.

In reality, though, crime is defined entirely by *violations of some legal authority’s rules*, usually those of the state.

Many bad things that people do to each other are perfectly legal: war, pollution, exploitation. Many good things are crimes: feeding the homeless or protesting genocide or self-defense against an abuser.

The Holocaust was once legal. Freeing enslaved people was once a crime. When we ask “but how would we protect ourselves from crime without police or the state,” we are asking the wrong question. There is no crime without the state, because nothing can be licit or illicit without the state’s legal authority.

What we need to ask is: how do we best address interpersonal harms? Fortunately, that has nothing to do with the police or the state.

The Department of Homeland Security is attempting to use eminent domain to seize 14 acres of desert from a Catholic diocese, based in Las Cruces, N.M., so it can raise about 1.5 miles of new wall.
The church claims a towering steel barrier would desecrate a holy landmark and violate the religious liberties of those who wish to worship there.

Countless pilgrims from around the world journey to the sacred site just on New Mexico’s side of the southwestern border,
but Mr. Castañon fears for its future.

At the mountain’s base, Trump wants to build his border wall, and the small Catholic diocese that owns the land is trying to stop it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/border-wall-catholic-church-mount-christo-rey.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

A Diocese Tries to Protect Its 29-Foot Jesus From Trump’s Border Wall

In a battle of symbols, the Catholics of Las Cruces, N.M., argue that religious freedom should stop the wall from scarring a mountain that has attracted pilgrims for nearly a century.

The New York Times
Dead duckling found in Reflecting Pool as Trump’s paint job falls apart and DOJ hunts for ‘vandals’

Photos show the poor creature floating in algae-fouled water after local U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro vowed to aggressively prosecute anyone caught vandalizing the iconic landmark

The Independent

I get tired of people calling me hysterical or a liar for saying Democrats have adopted the ideological position Republicans used to occupy before they went fully fash.

Because there's no shortage of corrupt, conservative Democrats to point to and EVERY OTHER LIBERAL PARTY from Canada to Europe has gone hard right simultaneously.

Ukraine exposes Putin’s military secrets after cracking Russian weapon tech

Ukraine has launched a revolutionary platform exposing the military secrets of captured Russian tech in the latest blow to Putin. Kyiv has launched TrophyLab, a program designed to provide allied partners access to captured Russian military technologies for research and analysis. Watch The Sun's latest coverage of the war in Ukraine, with real-time updates on deadly drone strikes, the latest…

https://fllics.com/en/video/ukraine-exposes-putins-military-secrets-after-cracking-russian-weapon-tech/

Ukraine exposes Putin's military secrets after cracking Russian weapon tech

Ukraine has launched a revolutionary platform exposing the military secrets of captured Russian tech in the latest blow to Putin. Kyiv has launched TrophyLab, a program designed to provide allied partners access to captured Russian military technologies for research and analysis. Watch The Sun's

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Oil Stockpiles Near Danger Zone

Energy markets expert and author of Oil's Endless Bid Dan Dicker says oil markets are underestimating the impact of ongoing supply disruptions, warning that global stockpiles have been drawn down significantly as millions of barrels per day remain unable to reach end markets. Dicker warns hosts of Bloomberg This Weekend David Gura and Christina Ruffini if inventories continue to fall, crude prices could surge from current levels to as…

https://fllics.com/en/video/oil-stockpiles-near-danger-zone/

Oil Stockpiles Near Danger Zone

Energy markets expert and author of Oil's Endless Bid Dan Dicker says oil markets are underestimating the impact of ongoing supply disruptions, warning that global stockpiles have been drawn down significantly as millions of barrels per day remain unable to reach end markets. Dicker warns hosts of B

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Brexit turns 10 years old these days, demonstrating that democracy doesn’t work with a population of racist morons being targeted by hostile nations’ psyops