Dave Strock
@davestrock.bsky.social
Oof, what if we did good things for people instead?
Read a book.
Read a book.
It's not a coincidence that all the ads you see for vibe coding products are for the dumbest shit possible.
"Have you ever wanted a custom workout app? Now you can build one without any coding skill!"
No, a piece of paper is a perfectly fine "custom workout app". Get out of my office.
"Have you ever wanted a custom workout app? Now you can build one without any coding skill!"
No, a piece of paper is a perfectly fine "custom workout app". Get out of my office.
This isn't quite what it looks like.
It's not really about Open Source Software itself, it's about the failure of the business model that largely took over open source funding a few decades back: corporate sponsorship as means to monetization.
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It's not really about Open Source Software itself, it's about the failure of the business model that largely took over open source funding a few decades back: corporate sponsorship as means to monetization.
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Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
February 6, 2026 at 7:36 PM
It's not a coincidence that all the ads you see for vibe coding products are for the dumbest shit possible.
"Have you ever wanted a custom workout app? Now you can build one without any coding skill!"
No, a piece of paper is a perfectly fine "custom workout app". Get out of my office.
"Have you ever wanted a custom workout app? Now you can build one without any coding skill!"
No, a piece of paper is a perfectly fine "custom workout app". Get out of my office.
Reposted by Dave Strock
February 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
This isn't quite what it looks like.
It's not really about Open Source Software itself, it's about the failure of the business model that largely took over open source funding a few decades back: corporate sponsorship as means to monetization.
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It's not really about Open Source Software itself, it's about the failure of the business model that largely took over open source funding a few decades back: corporate sponsorship as means to monetization.
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Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This isn't quite what it looks like.
It's not really about Open Source Software itself, it's about the failure of the business model that largely took over open source funding a few decades back: corporate sponsorship as means to monetization.
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It's not really about Open Source Software itself, it's about the failure of the business model that largely took over open source funding a few decades back: corporate sponsorship as means to monetization.
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And while we're at it, why do I have to pay taxes to support all public schools when my kid only goes ONE?
I should only be expected to support the public goods that I personally use. Anything else is tyranny.
Protip: Care or not, but this individualist bs is literally how we got to this point.
I should only be expected to support the public goods that I personally use. Anything else is tyranny.
Protip: Care or not, but this individualist bs is literally how we got to this point.
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
And while we're at it, why do I have to pay taxes to support all public schools when my kid only goes ONE?
I should only be expected to support the public goods that I personally use. Anything else is tyranny.
Protip: Care or not, but this individualist bs is literally how we got to this point.
I should only be expected to support the public goods that I personally use. Anything else is tyranny.
Protip: Care or not, but this individualist bs is literally how we got to this point.
Reposted by Dave Strock
Dril is now the Susan Sarandon of Ralph Naders
February 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Dril is now the Susan Sarandon of Ralph Naders
As of the last Fed Reserve survey (2023), the median household (avg 2.5 people) has a net worth less than $200k.
If all the net worth held by all people in the US ($160 trillion) were distributed evenly, each person (not household), kids included, would have almost $500k.
If all the net worth held by all people in the US ($160 trillion) were distributed evenly, each person (not household), kids included, would have almost $500k.
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
As of the last Fed Reserve survey (2023), the median household (avg 2.5 people) has a net worth less than $200k.
If all the net worth held by all people in the US ($160 trillion) were distributed evenly, each person (not household), kids included, would have almost $500k.
If all the net worth held by all people in the US ($160 trillion) were distributed evenly, each person (not household), kids included, would have almost $500k.
I, for one, think it's really cute that some people thought the Washington Post had any credibility left to lose.
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I, for one, think it's really cute that some people thought the Washington Post had any credibility left to lose.
Not really trying to say that pieces like this aren't necessary, but I think we need to all to agree to begin and end them with some version of
IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT POWER
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE *THING*
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IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT POWER
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE *THING*
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Excellent piece by @kenwhite.bsky.social for @theunpopulist.net on the pernicious nonsense that is "free speech culture" as advanced for the last 10 years by the American right and much of the center. www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-fashio...
February 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Not really trying to say that pieces like this aren't necessary, but I think we need to all to agree to begin and end them with some version of
IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT POWER
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE *THING*
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IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT POWER
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE *THING*
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It's like when people forget Alexis de Tocqueville was contemporaneously clear eyed about the cruel joke of the US declaring all men created equal while subsisting on slavery.
People refuse to see because their privilege allows them to not see.
People refuse to see because their privilege allows them to not see.
February 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
It's like when people forget Alexis de Tocqueville was contemporaneously clear eyed about the cruel joke of the US declaring all men created equal while subsisting on slavery.
People refuse to see because their privilege allows them to not see.
People refuse to see because their privilege allows them to not see.
But One Battle After Another had bad character names 🙄
February 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
But One Battle After Another had bad character names 🙄
Imagine thinking this *could* be true.
A single Five Guys order for my son alone (sure, largest burger and fries on the menu) is more than 25% of our weekly family grocery budget.
The same amount spent on ingredients for burgers/fries at home would feed our whole family at least three dinners.
A single Five Guys order for my son alone (sure, largest burger and fries on the menu) is more than 25% of our weekly family grocery budget.
The same amount spent on ingredients for burgers/fries at home would feed our whole family at least three dinners.
February 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Imagine thinking this *could* be true.
A single Five Guys order for my son alone (sure, largest burger and fries on the menu) is more than 25% of our weekly family grocery budget.
The same amount spent on ingredients for burgers/fries at home would feed our whole family at least three dinners.
A single Five Guys order for my son alone (sure, largest burger and fries on the menu) is more than 25% of our weekly family grocery budget.
The same amount spent on ingredients for burgers/fries at home would feed our whole family at least three dinners.
Reposted by Dave Strock
Every story I read about the revocation of TPS for Haitians makes me shake with rage. I am no longer surprised at the cruelty of this regime, but it is deeply shameful that our country is doing this. This is simply ethnic cleansing.
‘I’m dead.’ As Haitian temporary protected status ends tomorrow, it’s unknown how people will survive. - The Boston Globe
TPS, a legal status reserved for those fleeing countries in upheaval, is slated to end for Haitians on Tuesday.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Every story I read about the revocation of TPS for Haitians makes me shake with rage. I am no longer surprised at the cruelty of this regime, but it is deeply shameful that our country is doing this. This is simply ethnic cleansing.
Reposted by Dave Strock
“These 9 people were killed by ICE this month and you’re throwing me out while I read their names. How fucking dare you!”
@waltermasterson.bsky.social @davidsonboswell.bsky.social stevexnroberts @climatenate.bsky.social
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@tomsuozzi.bsky.social is a YES TO FUND ICE !
@waltermasterson.bsky.social @davidsonboswell.bsky.social stevexnroberts @climatenate.bsky.social
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@tomsuozzi.bsky.social is a YES TO FUND ICE !
January 29, 2026 at 2:29 AM
“These 9 people were killed by ICE this month and you’re throwing me out while I read their names. How fucking dare you!”
@waltermasterson.bsky.social @davidsonboswell.bsky.social stevexnroberts @climatenate.bsky.social
zivon_toplin
@tomsuozzi.bsky.social is a YES TO FUND ICE !
@waltermasterson.bsky.social @davidsonboswell.bsky.social stevexnroberts @climatenate.bsky.social
zivon_toplin
@tomsuozzi.bsky.social is a YES TO FUND ICE !
Reposted by Dave Strock
not even demands to get members of congress access to the concentration camps.
not even demands for oversight, medical care, decent food.
not even a little demand to give Liam his bunny hat and Spidey backpack back.
just bodycams.
not even demands for oversight, medical care, decent food.
not even a little demand to give Liam his bunny hat and Spidey backpack back.
just bodycams.
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
not even demands to get members of congress access to the concentration camps.
not even demands for oversight, medical care, decent food.
not even a little demand to give Liam his bunny hat and Spidey backpack back.
just bodycams.
not even demands for oversight, medical care, decent food.
not even a little demand to give Liam his bunny hat and Spidey backpack back.
just bodycams.
Reposted by Dave Strock
We may have missed an opportunity to build a truly public alternative to WisEye. In any case we should keep pushing for more transparency and accessibility. (2/2) shepherdexpress.com/news/feature...
Wisconsin Eye Funding Debacle Possibly Over, May Continue Operations Soon
At a press conference, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Minority Leader Greta Neubauer notified the media of a bipartisan agreement to keep Wisconsin’s equivalent to C-Span running.
shepherdexpress.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
We may have missed an opportunity to build a truly public alternative to WisEye. In any case we should keep pushing for more transparency and accessibility. (2/2) shepherdexpress.com/news/feature...
Reposted by Dave Strock
I’m glad WisEye is back but this should never have happened in the first place. The public should have access to the work we do on their behalf — without recordings/broadcasts, that’s not possible. (1/2)
January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I’m glad WisEye is back but this should never have happened in the first place. The public should have access to the work we do on their behalf — without recordings/broadcasts, that’s not possible. (1/2)
So this is mostly a way for Trump to prop up the stock market via retail investors and pretend it's helping kids?
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
So this is mostly a way for Trump to prop up the stock market via retail investors and pretend it's helping kids?
This is why abuse victims were some of the best at predicting administration behavior for the past decade.
If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
DARVO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This is why abuse victims were some of the best at predicting administration behavior for the past decade.
Reposted by Dave Strock
gentle 🤝 rebellion
"... a belief that doomscrolling impinges upon leisure time, notifications disturb peace, and algorithms pollute discourse, paired with a simultaneous unwillingness to forfeit any of those things." @joelkhalili.bsky.social @wired.com
"... a belief that doomscrolling impinges upon leisure time, notifications disturb peace, and algorithms pollute discourse, paired with a simultaneous unwillingness to forfeit any of those things." @joelkhalili.bsky.social @wired.com
No Phone, No Social Safety Net: Welcome to the ‘Offline Club’
Across Europe’s largest cities, people are gathering for semi-silent, offline hangouts, in search of an experience that isn’t mediated through their smartphones.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
gentle 🤝 rebellion
"... a belief that doomscrolling impinges upon leisure time, notifications disturb peace, and algorithms pollute discourse, paired with a simultaneous unwillingness to forfeit any of those things." @joelkhalili.bsky.social @wired.com
"... a belief that doomscrolling impinges upon leisure time, notifications disturb peace, and algorithms pollute discourse, paired with a simultaneous unwillingness to forfeit any of those things." @joelkhalili.bsky.social @wired.com
Are we going to see a complete reversal of the situation-dependent positions that so many conservatives insist are based on deep values? Seems possible.
The right was deep in a "states rights" moment with the goal of invalidating federal gun regulations when Scalia signed on to this opinion.
The right was deep in a "states rights" moment with the goal of invalidating federal gun regulations when Scalia signed on to this opinion.
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
January 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Are we going to see a complete reversal of the situation-dependent positions that so many conservatives insist are based on deep values? Seems possible.
The right was deep in a "states rights" moment with the goal of invalidating federal gun regulations when Scalia signed on to this opinion.
The right was deep in a "states rights" moment with the goal of invalidating federal gun regulations when Scalia signed on to this opinion.
This sane washing of two deeply unserious charlatans is worth study.
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This exchange between a serious person and a charlatan is worth study. It's gives us a good look at the quality of personnel the Trump administration attracts. Only the worst. Always the social media obsessed.
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This sane washing of two deeply unserious charlatans is worth study.
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My football coach was always telling me we couldn't have done anything differently when we lost.
It was always the other team's fault, or actually it was the fans' fault.
We spent hours watching film to spot the fan that was the least supportive.
So many didn't even come to the game! 🙄
It was always the other team's fault, or actually it was the fans' fault.
We spent hours watching film to spot the fan that was the least supportive.
So many didn't even come to the game! 🙄
My most conservative coded view is that these guys have played too many videogames and not enough sports. There isn't always a winning move to make, but these guys can't comprehend that so it must be the Dems fault they lost instead of the media/Republicans/inflation combined
January 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
My football coach was always telling me we couldn't have done anything differently when we lost.
It was always the other team's fault, or actually it was the fans' fault.
We spent hours watching film to spot the fan that was the least supportive.
So many didn't even come to the game! 🙄
It was always the other team's fault, or actually it was the fans' fault.
We spent hours watching film to spot the fan that was the least supportive.
So many didn't even come to the game! 🙄
Reposted by Dave Strock
Please pay attention to what's happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
Reposts are appreciated.
Reposts are appreciated.
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Please pay attention to what's happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
Reposts are appreciated.
Reposts are appreciated.
Reposted by Dave Strock
Please call Voces de la Frontera's ICE verifier phone number at 1-800-427-0213 if you need to confirm a rumor about ICE activity OR you witness potential ICE activity in the Milwaukee area.
We need to be prepared in MKE -- that requires minimizing misinformation and panic.
bsky.app/profile/byma...
We need to be prepared in MKE -- that requires minimizing misinformation and panic.
bsky.app/profile/byma...
The "ICE just booked 100 hotel rooms in Milwaukee!" thing is going around again. Remember:
January 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Please call Voces de la Frontera's ICE verifier phone number at 1-800-427-0213 if you need to confirm a rumor about ICE activity OR you witness potential ICE activity in the Milwaukee area.
We need to be prepared in MKE -- that requires minimizing misinformation and panic.
bsky.app/profile/byma...
We need to be prepared in MKE -- that requires minimizing misinformation and panic.
bsky.app/profile/byma...