Brad Martin

@bmartin427@techhub.social
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Software engineer with experience in robotics and avionics. Retro hardware enthusiast. Neurotech hobbyist. He/him
Brad MartinJun 22
Widdershins Smith 🐘Jun 22

Drawn 8 years ago!

This is it. This is the cartoon.

Brad MartinJun 17
@GottaLaffJun 17
“👉🏼Miller👈🏼 is not just the architect of Trump’s gulag. He’s the guy with a stack of pieces of paper, sometimes blank pages, for Trump to sign, on all manner of policy topic.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lrslkyrv3c26
Brad MartinJun 15
hexJun 15

Y'all were wondering which way the army would break. This is as clear an answer as you're going to get.

This isn't a mistake. It's a message.

Edit: cut out "During drills they were perfectly in time" because I don't have receipts to show. Linking to a longer video in a threads post that shows a bit more intense of a juxtaposition between themselves and the division in front of them. This thread makes the same claim about drills, but I also don't see video.

https://www.threads.com/@davidmorehouse/post/DK7ExrKs5iw?xmt=AQF0w52awa66lUQeIuolzDaz8uSFcMmJLHALm9RZc4P75w

Edit: to clarify a bit, this is one division. The division in front of them in the longer video is in step. This isn't "the whole army is going to refuse" but this may be, "some units are fed up enough to make it clear they don't want to play, which is saying a lot."

Any division that exists needs to be cultivated. The way you cultivate that is absolutely not by lumping them all together. Some of the military voted for Trump, some don't care, some hate him. All of them are being treated like shit right now. All of them swore an oath to defend the constitution. Some of them probably know what that means.

I'm absolutely not a fan of the military, but I will take every opportunity I can to humanize these folks. Look for every opportunity you can to remind them that they are welcome on our side whenever they're ready to actually fulfill their oath, and we will appreciate every subtle bit of resistance they give to those who are violating it in the meantime.

Brad MartinJun 9
Peter GleickJun 8
Just watching the federalized Trump military tear gas a peaceful demonstration in LA and wondering when the media will remember Trump's failure to call out the National Guard to protect the US Capitol from a violent crowd trying to overthrow the US government and assaulting the Capitol police.
Brad MartinJun 9
נאריש זשלאָב מענטשJun 9
Watch this cop deliberately shoot a less lethal round into an Australian reporter who was not in the line of fire at all. 👀
Brad MartinJun 6
Dwight Jun 5
Gee Elon, I imagine that it's a bit frustrating and disconcerting to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and haphazardly taken away.
Brad MartinMay 25
nullagentMay 25

Today hundreds of homophobic anti-trans haters swarmed Seattle's Capital Hill gayborhood on the exact same spot that the Black Lives Memorial Garden (#BLMG) once stood as a symbol against hate.

Last year Seattle Mayor Bruce Harroll razed the garden because it became a site of regular Mutual Aid outreach. The mayor claimed the garden was a disruption to the peace and had it destroyed!

https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111653304263261896

#Seattle #LGBTQIA #PNW #TransLivesMAtter #BlackLivesMatter #ACAB

Brad MartinMay 22
JubeiMay 21
Show threadBrad MartinMay 18
@foone Fun fact, when I worked on avionics at Garmin I worked with an aircraft panel display that legit booted with an NT4 "Press space bar now to invoke last known good configuration" blue screen.
Brad MartinMay 18
My latest project, inspired by @foone
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Show threadnullagentMay 25

According to activist with DivestSPD the cops began to provoke the counter protesters by randomly patrolling into the counter protest crowd.

@divestspd

Show threadnullagentMay 25

Despite all the cops, beatings, pepper spray and arrests trans activist continued to get into the fascist event to hold pro-trans signs. They loudly booed the fascist speakers as they attempted to speak.

SPD struggled to keep up, the trans people kept getting in.

@divestspd

Show threadnullagentMay 25

The cop tactics of separating the crowds were largely unsuccessful. Causing cops to eventually form additional police lines inside of the hate event to prevent counter protesters from getting close enough to crash the stage.

Tensions were very high and SPD called for backup from additional police agencies to help flood the park in cops.

@divestspd

Show threadnullagentMay 25

SPD evidently felt they might potentially loose control of the situation, not like they ever had it under control, and ordered the fascists to end their event early bc they literally couldn't protect them for longer.

So today, Seattle fought like hell and wrecked the fascist's plans, allegedly. Had the cops not been there the fascists wouldn't have even stood a chance holding an event here!

#Seattle #TransLivesMatter #ACAB #SPD #LGBTQIA #StonewallWasARiot

Show threadnullagentMay 25

There's a lot of comrades in jail tonight here in Seattle.

If you're interested in supporting people arrested today please consider donating to Super UW's bail fund below.

These folks went all out today and this will likely be a long and costly court journey. The defenders of Capitol Hill's gayborhood need your help!

#Seattle #PNW #ACAB #MutualAidRequest

Show threadnullagentMay 25

Today's state sponsored hate fest would NOT have been possible if not for the city of Seattle crushing Black led Mutual Aid projects first.

The BLM Memorial Garden and the near daily breakfast program and weekly free grocery events were brutally crushed just like the Black Panther programs which inspired us.

We knew when the city took our garden they had no idea how to better use that space.

Today shows we were right!

https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/113054237596827207

#BLM #BLMG #BlackLivesMatter #blacklivesmatter

nullagent (@nullagent@partyon.xyz)

Attached: 3 images Happy heavenly birthday to chairman Fred Hampton. Hampton was the visionary behind the breakfast program the Black Panthers were known for among many other projects. It's incredible that he started feeding dozens of kids while he was only 10 himself 🤯 The sheer scale and growth in these programs that Fred achieved in such a short time is literally why there are so many government run school meal programs now. They felt existentially threatened by Black people NOT starving. #FredHampton

PartyOn
Show threadnullagentMay 25

I reported tirelessly OTG about the destruction of the #BLMG and how the destruction of Black led spaces, #homeless outreach, #housing rights, the #FreeGaza #StudentSpring and NOW #LGBTQIA community are all under threat by the exact same local politicians!

We ALL share an enemy in Mayor Bruce Harrell, City Council President Sara Nelson, republican city attorney Ann Davidson and of course the Seattle police.

We need more eyes on these ghouls!

https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/112339441203606656

#Seattle

nullagent (@nullagent@partyon.xyz)

What we're seeing on college campuses this week is what the homeless experience on the daily. I've been posting the #BLMG tag about my local homeless neighbors. Here's a few: Supreme court rally https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/112317474489022213 BLMG Sweep https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111449650062083085 Sweep 2 days later https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111495005664299415 Sweep the next day https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111500692636115976 Xmas Mutual Aid https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111646253831326546 City destroys the garden https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111653304263261896 Arrests of mutual aid organizers https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111666763412202425

PartyOn
Show threadnullagentMay 25

Tomorrow is the five year anniversery of the start of the George Floyd protests in Seattle.

SPD really picked one hell of away to start the weekend and I can only imagine tomorrow's events may see even higher attendance than expected.

If you're able to show up for this tomorrow lets make sure SPD and Seattle's shit bad politicians know we have NO tolerance for fascists sympathizing cops!

#GeorgeFloyd #Seattle #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #solidarity

Show threadnullagentMay 26

Overnight the far right church leaders who led the fascist riot in Seattle yesterday vowed a night march starting from their church in U District tonight.

These guys typically march the one block around their church then call it quits. The issue tho is AFTER these events riled up fascists sometimes look for gay people to harass.

Most of their last minute events are a snoozefest, so likely to fizzle tonight imo.

#PursuitNW #WhiteNationalist #fascist #Zionist #FreeGaza #UDistrict

Show threadnullagentMay 26

This same church, Pursuit NW, last year led a march of zionist complete with flownin recent IDF soldiers and assailants from the 2024 UCLA zionist riot. They publicly described their event as a "buzzsaw" intended to destroy UW student #Gaza camp.

At the time UW, much like the city of Seattle yesterday, gave the fash event formal blessing and scolded the students to disband to avoid conflict with imported IDF soldiers.

https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/112409681343016166

#zionist #pursuitnw #UW #Seattle #fascists #UCLA

nullagent (@nullagent@partyon.xyz)

Attached: 1 image Just noticing that a local conservative church will be hosting a Zionist march through the Palestine camp. The church's bio reads on IG "It’s revival or we die." #UW #antifa #seattle #zionist #PursuitNW

PartyOn
Show threadnullagentMay 26

#MutualAidRequest

We have an urgent request for court watch support tomorrow, 1pm, for the so far 10 leftist activist facing felony charges for protesting these hate preachers.

It is absolutely critical that we pack these hearings!

If you want to have an impact but don't want to face the risk of arrests or police injuring you THIS is the activism for you!

It's highly effective and literally all you have to do is watch and possibly take notes.

#Seattle #CourtWatch #CalAnderson #lgbtqia

Show threadnullagentMay 26

For tomorrow's court watch please be aware the court room itself is fairly small so we hopefully will fill it and spill over into the halls.

So if you get there late please be aware that you may have to stand/sit in the halls and that the judges are made aware of how many people there are.

You will have an impact even if you don't make it in time to snag a court room seat.

So please do arrive early.

Thankfully these aren't 8am hearings!

#Seattle #CourtWatch #LGBTQIA

Show threadnullagentMay 26

If you've found my posts helpful please consider throwing me a few bucks.

I've been extremely bogged down with stressors and I need help staying afloat in a good week, and well this wasn't a good week lol.

On top of that, when my friends and neighbors are hurt by the state(yet again) I frequently drop everything to both report on and materially support my community.

Your donations really help me & my family but also to look out for my comrades.

Thanks for the support

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Show threadnullagentMay 26

Seattle's DSA chapter put out this video statement decrying the violent police riot that occurred at Cal Anderson on May 24th.

https://seattledsa.org

#Seattle #ACAB #SPD #DSA #SeattleDSA #CalAnderson #PursuitNW #PNW #LGBTQIA #CapitalHill #mayorbruceharrell

Show threadnullagentMay 26

Checking in from King County Jail where 10 Seattleites face felony charges in the wake of the combination Christian fascist rally + cop riot

Sadly phones are not allowed into this court so no live tooting, updates when I'm out of court.

https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/114571520639905596

#courtwatch #spd #acab #seattle #lgbtqia #pursuitnw #pnw #fascists #cops

Show threadnullagentMay 26

It's standing room only at the security check point. Direct friends and family are being given priority. No one else is being let in.

Some people who made it in but were listening from the hall (which is typically allowed) were escorted out.

Show threadnullagentMay 26

There's around 50 ppl waiting to get in. We've only seen a few ppl let in.

The cops have stopped letting people in. They say they don't have the overflow spaces available and that they are not going to make any more accommodations such as zoom or rooms with a video stream.

Show threadnullagentMay 26

Traditional journalist were of course let and are recording the situation at the security checkpoint.

The crowd has swelled to 100+

#courtwatch #seattle #spd

Show threadnullagentMay 26

Update - No charges have been filed by the Seattle City Attorney yet and they were not ready today.

The city must file charges (or drop the cases) by tomorrow evening.

The judge says they will possibly set bail today or release people on "personal recognizance".

The judge should begin bringing in our comrades in as we speak.

Show threadnullagentMay 26

CW: using my "I need to speak to your commanding officer voice 🫠"

I continue to watch some journalists be allowed in specifically while other independent outlets are denied.

I and many others saw them deny Seattle Gay News entry and literally minutes later wave King 5 and Fox13 right on in without checking any press badges.

It appears the size of the camera and the stature of the reporter is what they are checking.

Show threadnullagentMay 26

I've returned with a press pass.

The cops seem not to recognize it, I mean I know cops can't fly but I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt on reading skills.

Show threadLukefromDCMay 27
@nullagent That dancing cop is showing contempt for us
Show threadLisPiMay 30
@nullagent Perhaps bringing a very large (but nonfunctional and so cheaper) camera as a prop would work?
Show threadEVHasteMay 27

@nullagent I had this same problem! They took my devices at the door; I eventually asked the staff to show me the policy where only broadcast networks qualified as “real” journalists. It turns out what they wanted was a formal press pass.

The bailiff was quite patient with me and eventually we were able to reach one “Captain Allan”, not sure on spelling. I explained there is no central credential authority for press passes, and they agreed to let me through next time.

Show threadYzaMay 26
@nullagent brilliant reporting. ty
Show threadnullagentMay 26

Aww, thanks for the kind words

@Yza

Show threadMedea Vanamonde🏳️‍⚧️ ♀May 26
@nullagent @hyenagirl64
Courts are open there on Memorial Day?
Show threadnullagentMay 26

Sadly, YES, state violence takes no holidays.

@MishaVanMollusq @hyenagirl64

Show threadLethMay 26
@MishaVanMollusq @nullagent @hyenagirl64 Not always. They need a probable cause determination within 48 hours, so it's kind of a special session.
Show threadMedea Vanamonde🏳️‍⚧️ ♀May 26
@lethargilistic @nullagent @hyenagirl64 is that state law there?
Show threadLethMay 26
@MishaVanMollusq @nullagent @hyenagirl64 It's federal con law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Riverside_v._McLaughlin
County of Riverside v. McLaughlin - Wikipedia

Show threadPteryx the Puzzle SecretaryMay 27
@nullagent While I heard about this specific thing late, thanks for pointing out this specific category of activism! I hadn't heard about it before.
Show threadHeliosPiMay 25
@nullagent
The same as it ever was. Big thank you to all putting their well-being on the line and for all who strive towards that grand dream of freedom!
Show threadMorgan ⚧️May 25
@nullagent #alt4u, wouldn't fit in the post so I just put the image again
Show threadJohannesMay 25
@nullagent you probably want to use a different abbreviation for the Seattle Police Departement than the one for the German social democratic party (SPD)
Show threadRob RicciMay 25
@nullagent @divestspd good for them!
Show threadFat_FarangMay 25
@nullagent @divestspd All cops are cowards.
Show threadSean C.May 25
@nullagent @divestspd i would expect nothing less from them