@alexgraydb.bsky.social
Business processes and data analysis. Complicated music. Family. Poverty brain.
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We’re gonna get another totally preventable 9/11 all because one ugly rich kid didn’t like having a Guatemalan housekeeper when he was in high school. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We’re gonna get another totally preventable 9/11 all because one ugly rich kid didn’t like having a Guatemalan housekeeper when he was in high school. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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I like it when press outlets hire Jason Linkins to write stuff about politics.
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I like it when press outlets hire Jason Linkins to write stuff about politics.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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AI is a lack of consent machine whose greatest strength has been convincing people that other people’s boundaries are to be negotiated with
And that people who tell you no are defunct
And that people who tell you no are defunct
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
AI is a lack of consent machine whose greatest strength has been convincing people that other people’s boundaries are to be negotiated with
And that people who tell you no are defunct
And that people who tell you no are defunct
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I've already informed my publishers that as the sole owner of the copyrights of my works, I expect any sums received by them to be forwarded to me. We'll see how that goes.
Note that most authors will only get $1,500 per book -- the publisher will get the other half. More from the NWU: nwu.org/anthropic/
Settlement of AI lawsuit gets tentative approval; some writers will get paid, but mostly only if they make claims | NWU
On September 25, 2025, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave preliminary (tentative) approval to a proposed $1.5 billion settlement of some of the...
nwu.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I've already informed my publishers that as the sole owner of the copyrights of my works, I expect any sums received by them to be forwarded to me. We'll see how that goes.
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I think about this piece about three times a week. 🧵 hypatia.ca/2017/07/18/t...
The Al Capone theory of sexual harassment
We developed the Al Capone Theory over several years of researching and recording racism and sexism in computer security, open source software, venture capital, and other parts of the tech industry…
hypatia.ca
July 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I think about this piece about three times a week. 🧵 hypatia.ca/2017/07/18/t...
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OH GOD, I didn’t make this connection before but YES. At least I won’t be a fresh college grad trying to get his first real job in the middle of it this time.
"It’s impossible to read about the internet-based frenzy of the late 1990s without drawing parallels with the AI-based frenzy we’re experiencing now. In fact, even the numbers look similar." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/have-we-be...
Have We Been Partying Like It’s 1999?
This bubble may end with a tech-bro bailout
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
OH GOD, I didn’t make this connection before but YES. At least I won’t be a fresh college grad trying to get his first real job in the middle of it this time.
#Car is making a scary scraping sound under very specific circumstances. Have recommendations for repair shops from my town's subreddit. Last April I took this car in for an oil change, they found $1500 of work to do and wanted to do more. I am having what feels like a trauma response about this.
January 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#Car is making a scary scraping sound under very specific circumstances. Have recommendations for repair shops from my town's subreddit. Last April I took this car in for an oil change, they found $1500 of work to do and wanted to do more. I am having what feels like a trauma response about this.
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Regarding the president referring to our "Manifest Destiny" in the stars: foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/21/s...
Space Isn’t the Final Frontier
Mars fantasists still cling to dreams of the Old West.
foreignpolicy.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Regarding the president referring to our "Manifest Destiny" in the stars: foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/21/s...
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TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED AUTHORS: Today is your day at the 2024 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide! Tell the site's readers about what books you have available that will make great gifts this holiday season! Click through the link for instructions and to post your book!
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/02/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/02/t...
December 2, 2024 at 1:30 PM
TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED AUTHORS: Today is your day at the 2024 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide! Tell the site's readers about what books you have available that will make great gifts this holiday season! Click through the link for instructions and to post your book!
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/02/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/02/t...
Is there a way to do custom themes for Bluesky? I don't really like the dark theme, and the light theme keeps making me think I've wound up on Twitter by mistake - the layouts are way too similar
November 27, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Is there a way to do custom themes for Bluesky? I don't really like the dark theme, and the light theme keeps making me think I've wound up on Twitter by mistake - the layouts are way too similar
I somehow have two “Mutuals” feeds. They show slightly different stuff, mostly overlap. I am not yet Bsky-savvy enough to figure out the difference between them, let alone which one I should keep.
November 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM
I somehow have two “Mutuals” feeds. They show slightly different stuff, mostly overlap. I am not yet Bsky-savvy enough to figure out the difference between them, let alone which one I should keep.
Anyone follow any musicians on here? Especially alternative rock, art-rock or prog rock? Especially people who are actually talking about music and not just the doom hanging over our heads? 😅😅😅😅
November 19, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Anyone follow any musicians on here? Especially alternative rock, art-rock or prog rock? Especially people who are actually talking about music and not just the doom hanging over our heads? 😅😅😅😅
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The year is 2044 and elections are being held between Earth President James Milktoast and Revulon, Hordemaster of the invading Arachni Host.
Reporter: Ken who are you voting for?
Me: I’m undecided.
Reporter: Isn’t Revulon saying he will eat all humans?
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Reporter: Ken who are you voting for?
Me: I’m undecided.
Reporter: Isn’t Revulon saying he will eat all humans?
/1
October 25, 2024 at 3:45 PM
The year is 2044 and elections are being held between Earth President James Milktoast and Revulon, Hordemaster of the invading Arachni Host.
Reporter: Ken who are you voting for?
Me: I’m undecided.
Reporter: Isn’t Revulon saying he will eat all humans?
/1
Reporter: Ken who are you voting for?
Me: I’m undecided.
Reporter: Isn’t Revulon saying he will eat all humans?
/1
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I wrote about the three Republican Attorneys General who just went to federal court to fight for their purported right to *pregnant teenagers* in their states
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Republican AGs Issue Unsettling Demand For More Pregnant Teens
A group of Republican AGs asserted an unsettling right to pregnant teens in a new filing in their ongoing mifepristone lawsuit.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 21, 2024 at 4:01 PM
I wrote about the three Republican Attorneys General who just went to federal court to fight for their purported right to *pregnant teenagers* in their states
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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comms 101: if you want to make sure a journalist highlights the portion of the interview with your CEO that you’d really rather not get airtime, email them to demand they delete the recording
Nilay Patel interviewed Intuit's CEO for the Decoder podcast, obviously asking about their long history of lobbying against free tax filing. Incredibly, Intuit's chief comms officer demanded Nilay delete that entire section of the podcast. The headline writes itself. www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/2...
Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode
Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi claims it’s not accurate the company lobbies against free tax filing.
www.theverge.com
October 21, 2024 at 10:15 PM
comms 101: if you want to make sure a journalist highlights the portion of the interview with your CEO that you’d really rather not get airtime, email them to demand they delete the recording
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Also support TNR and community low-cost spaying/neutering clinics if you can. It's very easy to get mad at people who dump cats or who let their cats get pregnant repeatedly, but that anger doesn't help animals. Getting involved helps. www.alleycat.org/resources/wh...
Why Trap-Neuter-Return Feral Cats? The Case for TNR
Download: PDF What is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)? Trap-Neuter-Return is the humane and effective approach for stray and feral cats. Now in practice for decades in the US after being proven in Europe, sc...
www.alleycat.org
August 4, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Also support TNR and community low-cost spaying/neutering clinics if you can. It's very easy to get mad at people who dump cats or who let their cats get pregnant repeatedly, but that anger doesn't help animals. Getting involved helps. www.alleycat.org/resources/wh...