Andrew Dupont
@andrewdupont.net
apologies to all you programmers who followed me thinking i was going to post about programming (also @savetheclocktower@mastodon.social)
I’m glad Dick Van Dyke got interviewed on _Today_ this morning — and that he’s so healthy for a guy who turns 100 in a few weeks! — but news outlets must realize that any headline I see that starts with “Dick Van Dyke” is going to make me think “oh-FUCK—oh-wait-he’s-okay-never-mind.”
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’m glad Dick Van Dyke got interviewed on _Today_ this morning — and that he’s so healthy for a guy who turns 100 in a few weeks! — but news outlets must realize that any headline I see that starts with “Dick Van Dyke” is going to make me think “oh-FUCK—oh-wait-he’s-okay-never-mind.”
I could give you context to this NextDoor comment, but I think we both know it won’t make much of a difference
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I could give you context to this NextDoor comment, but I think we both know it won’t make much of a difference
Man, if UCLA wriggles out of its contract with the Rose Bowl, then words cease to mean anything anymore. (Their lease runs to the mid-2040s)
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Man, if UCLA wriggles out of its contract with the Rose Bowl, then words cease to mean anything anymore. (Their lease runs to the mid-2040s)
Going into this thing, I thought there was an outside chance they’d get what they wanted on the ACA subsidies, but a greater chance that Republicans would eventually get tired and route around them, abolishing the filibuster in the process. Well, we got option three: a shit sandwich
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Going into this thing, I thought there was an outside chance they’d get what they wanted on the ACA subsidies, but a greater chance that Republicans would eventually get tired and route around them, abolishing the filibuster in the process. Well, we got option three: a shit sandwich
Oh, OK. So first you need Democrats to relinquish all their leverage… and _then_ you’ll be more open to giving them what they want?
I’ve read scam emails that make more persuasive pitches than this
I’ve read scam emails that make more persuasive pitches than this
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Oh, OK. So first you need Democrats to relinquish all their leverage… and _then_ you’ll be more open to giving them what they want?
I’ve read scam emails that make more persuasive pitches than this
I’ve read scam emails that make more persuasive pitches than this
The speed with which I heard fireworks after the Dodgers clinched Game 7… evokes a guy in his backyard with a lighter, hovering over a fuse, watching the game through a sliding-glass door from his backyard
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The speed with which I heard fireworks after the Dodgers clinched Game 7… evokes a guy in his backyard with a lighter, hovering over a fuse, watching the game through a sliding-glass door from his backyard
*gently massages temples, to no avail*
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
*gently massages temples, to no avail*
I'm on the market again, whether the market likes it or not. Looking for a remote JavaScript role.
Things I've done in the past few years — first, professionally:
• Led a desktop engineering team
Things I've done in the past few years — first, professionally:
• Led a desktop engineering team
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm on the market again, whether the market likes it or not. Looking for a remote JavaScript role.
Things I've done in the past few years — first, professionally:
• Led a desktop engineering team
Things I've done in the past few years — first, professionally:
• Led a desktop engineering team
A platform all Democrats anywhere can get behind:
• No Christmas-themed commercials in October (life without parole)
• You’re allowed to send one “review this thing you bought” email, but NO FOLLOW-UPS (ten years in prison)
• All other issues TBD
• No Christmas-themed commercials in October (life without parole)
• You’re allowed to send one “review this thing you bought” email, but NO FOLLOW-UPS (ten years in prison)
• All other issues TBD
October 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A platform all Democrats anywhere can get behind:
• No Christmas-themed commercials in October (life without parole)
• You’re allowed to send one “review this thing you bought” email, but NO FOLLOW-UPS (ten years in prison)
• All other issues TBD
• No Christmas-themed commercials in October (life without parole)
• You’re allowed to send one “review this thing you bought” email, but NO FOLLOW-UPS (ten years in prison)
• All other issues TBD
Willful idiocy from someone who, if she thought about it for a moment, would realize that _everyone_ has the right to critique someone’s views; it rises to an “obligation” for Emma and Daniel because they get calls from journalists whenever Rowling opens her mouth
September 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Willful idiocy from someone who, if she thought about it for a moment, would realize that _everyone_ has the right to critique someone’s views; it rises to an “obligation” for Emma and Daniel because they get calls from journalists whenever Rowling opens her mouth
All the polling I’ve seen this year supports the premise that higher-information voters are much more likely to disapprove of the president, no matter where they are on the political spectrum. The more they know about what’s going on, the more they dislike it.
September 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
All the polling I’ve seen this year supports the premise that higher-information voters are much more likely to disapprove of the president, no matter where they are on the political spectrum. The more they know about what’s going on, the more they dislike it.
Seeing people dunk on www.nytimes.com/interactive/... — and it’s fair game, to be sure. Just understand that it’s got to be someone’s job on the left to engage with voters like these and figure out how to persuade them
Opinion | Trump, Vance, the Economy: 11 Voters Discuss
The group discusses the president’s job performance so far across issues such as the economy and immigration.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Seeing people dunk on www.nytimes.com/interactive/... — and it’s fair game, to be sure. Just understand that it’s got to be someone’s job on the left to engage with voters like these and figure out how to persuade them
Much like how I dread the em-dash being used as evidence of AI-generated text (that’s just how I type!)… I quite like this lettering style and regret that, when I see it, my brain now instantly goes “oh, someone generated this image with AI”
September 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Much like how I dread the em-dash being used as evidence of AI-generated text (that’s just how I type!)… I quite like this lettering style and regret that, when I see it, my brain now instantly goes “oh, someone generated this image with AI”
The Athletic had a great feature a month ago about how the NFL fails young quarterbacks by throwing them to the wolves like this. Ultimately it’s the GM’s fault for thinking that Russell Wilson could be a stabilizing force under which Dart could apprentice. www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
Jaxson Dart era begins as Giants name rookie QB1 vs. Chargers: Source
Veteran Russell Wilson heads to the bench after losing his first three games as the Giants' starting QB.
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Athletic had a great feature a month ago about how the NFL fails young quarterbacks by throwing them to the wolves like this. Ultimately it’s the GM’s fault for thinking that Russell Wilson could be a stabilizing force under which Dart could apprentice. www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
Regarding the last repost, two concepts are worth keeping separate:
1. What would we do if we were in power?
2. What is the roadmap for getting ourselves back into power?
1. What would we do if we were in power?
2. What is the roadmap for getting ourselves back into power?
September 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Regarding the last repost, two concepts are worth keeping separate:
1. What would we do if we were in power?
2. What is the roadmap for getting ourselves back into power?
1. What would we do if we were in power?
2. What is the roadmap for getting ourselves back into power?
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ned is exactly right. the challenge is reconnecting the democratic party to a mass constituency and building real affinity between voters and the party. it would be more worthwhole to put $10 million into piloting democratic clubs and associated newspapers bsky.app/profile/resn...
This is the whole thing right here. All these tired fights about whether Dems should moderate are ways of dancing around the real problem, which is the that political parties no longer have any mass constituency.
In many countries, (esp. white, male) workers increasingly vote for radical right parties. Still, a sole focus on right-wing ideology only captures a narrow part of working class consciousness. Most workers, including many right-wing voters, are politically demobilized and distant from all politics.
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ned is exactly right. the challenge is reconnecting the democratic party to a mass constituency and building real affinity between voters and the party. it would be more worthwhole to put $10 million into piloting democratic clubs and associated newspapers bsky.app/profile/resn...
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There are two ways you can consume this: “Obama is a weakling who is tacitly endorsing Charlie Kirk because he’s not using the language and tone I would,” or “a professional communicator is making a point, I may not be the audience, and his primary aim may not be my personal emotional needs.”
September 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There are two ways you can consume this: “Obama is a weakling who is tacitly endorsing Charlie Kirk because he’s not using the language and tone I would,” or “a professional communicator is making a point, I may not be the audience, and his primary aim may not be my personal emotional needs.”
Folks, the world is broken; how do we fix it? I don’t have all the answers, but I’ll be starting with ensuring that, whenever I’m shown an annoying “subscribe to our newsletter” modal, the “close” button depicts an actual right-angled, serif-free icon rather than a capital letter X
September 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Folks, the world is broken; how do we fix it? I don’t have all the answers, but I’ll be starting with ensuring that, whenever I’m shown an annoying “subscribe to our newsletter” modal, the “close” button depicts an actual right-angled, serif-free icon rather than a capital letter X
Depressingly, once I read the awful news, I saw the rest of the day’s events flash before my eyes: the usual suspects on the right using it to self-radicalize further; intra-left squabbling about tone and respectability…
September 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Depressingly, once I read the awful news, I saw the rest of the day’s events flash before my eyes: the usual suspects on the right using it to self-radicalize further; intra-left squabbling about tone and respectability…
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
The crazy thing about this isn't that blue laws still exist… but that they've been affirmed by Bergen county voters.
I mean, I like my Sundays to feel different from my Saturdays, but I don't need an ordinance to enforce it.
apnews.com/article/amer...
I mean, I like my Sundays to feel different from my Saturdays, but I don't need an ordinance to enforce it.
apnews.com/article/amer...
New Jersey's massive American Dream mall sued for selling clothes on a Sunday
A lawsuit claims the American Dream mall in New Jersey is violating county blue laws by allowing retail sales on Sundays.
apnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The crazy thing about this isn't that blue laws still exist… but that they've been affirmed by Bergen county voters.
I mean, I like my Sundays to feel different from my Saturdays, but I don't need an ordinance to enforce it.
apnews.com/article/amer...
I mean, I like my Sundays to feel different from my Saturdays, but I don't need an ordinance to enforce it.
apnews.com/article/amer...
The debates will continue about AI — ethics, fair use, what it what it means for the craft of programming…
But the one thing I use it for that _doesn’_t encroach upon any of these philosophical minefields? Writing weird TypeScript utility types. Ain't enough room in my brain for that cursed syntax.
But the one thing I use it for that _doesn’_t encroach upon any of these philosophical minefields? Writing weird TypeScript utility types. Ain't enough room in my brain for that cursed syntax.
August 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The debates will continue about AI — ethics, fair use, what it what it means for the craft of programming…
But the one thing I use it for that _doesn’_t encroach upon any of these philosophical minefields? Writing weird TypeScript utility types. Ain't enough room in my brain for that cursed syntax.
But the one thing I use it for that _doesn’_t encroach upon any of these philosophical minefields? Writing weird TypeScript utility types. Ain't enough room in my brain for that cursed syntax.
When I buy a ticket to a concert or show, multiple mysterious gremlins attempt to put it on my calendar without my asking. I want to find and kill these gremlins.
August 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
When I buy a ticket to a concert or show, multiple mysterious gremlins attempt to put it on my calendar without my asking. I want to find and kill these gremlins.
In all seriousness, I appreciate that Peacock talks to me like I'm an adult instead of vainly trying to soften the blow. Other services might've tried to bury the lede by calling this a "Rate Adjustment" or "Plan Right-Sizing" or similar nonsense.
August 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In all seriousness, I appreciate that Peacock talks to me like I'm an adult instead of vainly trying to soften the blow. Other services might've tried to bury the lede by calling this a "Rate Adjustment" or "Plan Right-Sizing" or similar nonsense.
What the fuck is this? What the fuck are we wasting our limited time on earth talking about? Do I avoid daily reckonings with my masculinity simply by not having the energy to care about dumb shit like this?
August 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What the fuck is this? What the fuck are we wasting our limited time on earth talking about? Do I avoid daily reckonings with my masculinity simply by not having the energy to care about dumb shit like this?