Andrew Lilley Brinker
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👨🏼💼 Principal Engineer at MITRE
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If you know this joke, schedule a check-up with your doctor
I think Halo is a pretty cool guy. Eh kills aleins and doesnt afraid of anything.
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you know this joke, schedule a check-up with your doctor
In college our computer science club president, a man in his 50s who was changing careers, invited the club to a party at his place in a remote part of the high desert where he lived off the grid.
Some friends of mine made a wrong turn and were greeted by a screaming man pointing a shotgun at them.
Some friends of mine made a wrong turn and were greeted by a screaming man pointing a shotgun at them.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In college our computer science club president, a man in his 50s who was changing careers, invited the club to a party at his place in a remote part of the high desert where he lived off the grid.
Some friends of mine made a wrong turn and were greeted by a screaming man pointing a shotgun at them.
Some friends of mine made a wrong turn and were greeted by a screaming man pointing a shotgun at them.
I love security trainings with questions like:
"Sensitive information should be protected by:
a) storing it in a secure safe
b) storing it in your shoe
c) eating it
d) all of the above"
"Sensitive information should be protected by:
a) storing it in a secure safe
b) storing it in your shoe
c) eating it
d) all of the above"
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I love security trainings with questions like:
"Sensitive information should be protected by:
a) storing it in a secure safe
b) storing it in your shoe
c) eating it
d) all of the above"
"Sensitive information should be protected by:
a) storing it in a secure safe
b) storing it in your shoe
c) eating it
d) all of the above"
Starting a service where you hire people who actually read a book to listen to your conversations and tell you what to say about those books so you can sound smart
Elon Musk pretending to have read the Iliad (and learned important lessons from it!) when chatting with Marc Andreessen reminds me of how Nick Klegg said tech elites all “claim to read the same books.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Starting a service where you hire people who actually read a book to listen to your conversations and tell you what to say about those books so you can sound smart
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A film series that switches to George Lazenby for one movie, switches BACK to Sean Connery for one movie before landing on Roger Moore is now worried about the character dying.
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A film series that switches to George Lazenby for one movie, switches BACK to Sean Connery for one movie before landing on Roger Moore is now worried about the character dying.
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
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"Pro-democracy Americans should use 2026 to primary any Democrat from the Don’t Fight caucus and demand new Congressional leadership ahead of the bigger fight in 2028, when there’s a risk the Trump regime has consolidated enough authoritarian power that elections are not free and fair."
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
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November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Pro-democracy Americans should use 2026 to primary any Democrat from the Don’t Fight caucus and demand new Congressional leadership ahead of the bigger fight in 2028, when there’s a risk the Trump regime has consolidated enough authoritarian power that elections are not free and fair."
Solution: Bond regenerates by Doctor Who rules
this is why they couldn't cast a Black James Bond obviously because they would have needed to explain what happened in continuity
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Solution: Bond regenerates by Doctor Who rules
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God I want to see a million “Dems demanding new leadership” articles today, I want it to be a narrative Schumer can’t escape
Democrats are demanding new leadership after Schumer failed to stop a GOP-backed funding deal that doesn't guarantee continued health care subsidies. Progressives like Ro Khanna blasted him for giving in and warned premiums could soar as a result.
Democrats Call for New Leadership After Schumer Caves on “Terrible” GOP Deal
“If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing … what will you fight for?” said Ro Khanna.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
God I want to see a million “Dems demanding new leadership” articles today, I want it to be a narrative Schumer can’t escape
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I wrote about Chuck Schumer newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Chuck Schumer Needs To Go
The Democratic Senate leader has lost the thread. Everyone is suffering because of his lack of judgment.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I wrote about Chuck Schumer newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Solid evidence that yes, the senators who voted to give up people's healthcare are providing cover for other senators.
Consider any senator who hasn't put out a statement condemning this as being part of the plot!
Consider any senator who hasn't put out a statement condemning this as being part of the plot!
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Solid evidence that yes, the senators who voted to give up people's healthcare are providing cover for other senators.
Consider any senator who hasn't put out a statement condemning this as being part of the plot!
Consider any senator who hasn't put out a statement condemning this as being part of the plot!
"Memory Safety for Skeptics," where I argue why memory safety is worthwhile to pursue amid competing priorities!
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November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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He’s about to stroke out from all the pressure and I cannot stop thinking about how the dem senate gave him a way out of half of it lol
lmfao he knows he's unpopular so he's trying to hit the affordability button by sending out checks with his name on it again
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
He’s about to stroke out from all the pressure and I cannot stop thinking about how the dem senate gave him a way out of half of it lol
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After the Rubygems drama, I felt frustrated that I can’t escape evil people trying to dominate my life.
I found myself mourning the future I thought we would have; but also hopeful that it’s not too late to start choosing kindness.
Join me in building a better future:
okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
I found myself mourning the future I thought we would have; but also hopeful that it’s not too late to start choosing kindness.
Join me in building a better future:
okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
In Praise of dhh
A reflection on Ruby's past, present, and future.
okayfail.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
After the Rubygems drama, I felt frustrated that I can’t escape evil people trying to dominate my life.
I found myself mourning the future I thought we would have; but also hopeful that it’s not too late to start choosing kindness.
Join me in building a better future:
okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
I found myself mourning the future I thought we would have; but also hopeful that it’s not too late to start choosing kindness.
Join me in building a better future:
okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
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America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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NARRATOR: they did not understand
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
NARRATOR: they did not understand
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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I think it is increasingly obvious that federal workers in the beltway + inconveniences at airports were the determinants of this shutdown. You can try to spin 5D logic on this but ultimately it was the dems willing to sellout everyone else for that.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I think it is increasingly obvious that federal workers in the beltway + inconveniences at airports were the determinants of this shutdown. You can try to spin 5D logic on this but ultimately it was the dems willing to sellout everyone else for that.
Logging on this morning
a man in a suit is carrying a stack of pizza boxes .
Alt: Troy from Community returns to the apartment with pizzas to discover everything on fire, the start of the darkest timeline.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Logging on this morning
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Amid ICE attacks, L.A. community orgs call on the Dodgers not to accept a White House visit.
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Amid ICE attacks, L.A. community orgs call on the Dodgers not to accept a White House visit.