Eric Evans
@deadcafe.org
Debian Developer, Apache Software Foundation member, Wikimedian, rider of bicycles.
Web: https://blog.deadcafe.org
Mastodon: @jericevans@mastodon.online (bridged to Bluesky as @jericevans.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy)
Opinions expressed here are my own.
Web: https://blog.deadcafe.org
Mastodon: @jericevans@mastodon.online (bridged to Bluesky as @jericevans.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy)
Opinions expressed here are my own.
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Eric Evans
@deadcafe.org
· Nov 12
With so many refugees arriving here from Xitter, I feel I ought to establish some expectations about my own presence here.
TL;DR I quite like Bluesky —I want to use it— and I want it to succeed, but for the foreseeable future I do not expect to invest much time or energy.
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TL;DR I quite like Bluesky —I want to use it— and I want it to succeed, but for the foreseeable future I do not expect to invest much time or energy.
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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What if the old modem noise was the screams of our future selves traveling back in time to warn us?
AOL warned us of the dangers of logging on. It would play for us the screams of the damned. But we didn’t listen. We didn’t listen.
February 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What if the old modem noise was the screams of our future selves traveling back in time to warn us?
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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My staff and I are closely tracking the potential measles exposure in San Antonio that originated with a visitor from West Texas.
If you visited any of the locations listed below, please watch out for symptoms (including fever or unexplained rash) and contact a doctor right away if they occur.
If you visited any of the locations listed below, please watch out for symptoms (including fever or unexplained rash) and contact a doctor right away if they occur.
February 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My staff and I are closely tracking the potential measles exposure in San Antonio that originated with a visitor from West Texas.
If you visited any of the locations listed below, please watch out for symptoms (including fever or unexplained rash) and contact a doctor right away if they occur.
If you visited any of the locations listed below, please watch out for symptoms (including fever or unexplained rash) and contact a doctor right away if they occur.
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🔭🧪
This spectacular photo by Sigurður Stefnisson features the Eyjafjallajökull volcano during the 2nd eruption phase, starting on 2010 April 14, as part of a series of volcanic events that occurred in Iceland, between March and June 2010.
Image source➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap19051...
This spectacular photo by Sigurður Stefnisson features the Eyjafjallajökull volcano during the 2nd eruption phase, starting on 2010 April 14, as part of a series of volcanic events that occurred in Iceland, between March and June 2010.
Image source➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap19051...
February 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🔭🧪
This spectacular photo by Sigurður Stefnisson features the Eyjafjallajökull volcano during the 2nd eruption phase, starting on 2010 April 14, as part of a series of volcanic events that occurred in Iceland, between March and June 2010.
Image source➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap19051...
This spectacular photo by Sigurður Stefnisson features the Eyjafjallajökull volcano during the 2nd eruption phase, starting on 2010 April 14, as part of a series of volcanic events that occurred in Iceland, between March and June 2010.
Image source➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap19051...
"In 2022, one of Peter Thiel's favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO” who was not Trump and laid out a playbook for how it might work. Elon Musk is following it."
www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-...
www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-...
'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook
In 2022, one of Peter Thiel's favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO”
www.thenerdreich.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"In 2022, one of Peter Thiel's favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO” who was not Trump and laid out a playbook for how it might work. Elon Musk is following it."
www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-...
www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-...
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My wife likes to feed song birds, so she got started putting seeds out on the back porch. This attracted the pigeons and squirrels too, so she had to up the amount of seeds, eventually by a LOT. Literal pounds of the stuff, daily, sometimes twice. Enough for […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
February 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My wife likes to feed song birds, so she got started putting seeds out on the back porch. This attracted the pigeons and squirrels too, so she had to up the amount of seeds, eventually by a LOT. Literal pounds of the stuff, daily, sometimes twice. Enough for […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
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yeah you saw what you saw youtube.com/shorts/EGqyq...
you saw what you saw
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
yeah you saw what you saw youtube.com/shorts/EGqyq...
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Don't know who said it first but it bears repeating—if you really don't think what Musk repeatedly did was a Nazi salute, please record yourself doing that exact thing and post it across all social media, and make sure your employer sees it.
Oh...is that awkward gesture too much now? Interesting.
Oh...is that awkward gesture too much now? Interesting.
January 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Don't know who said it first but it bears repeating—if you really don't think what Musk repeatedly did was a Nazi salute, please record yourself doing that exact thing and post it across all social media, and make sure your employer sees it.
Oh...is that awkward gesture too much now? Interesting.
Oh...is that awkward gesture too much now? Interesting.
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I'm coming to the frightening conclusion that utter ideological disregard for the Constitution and desensitization to corruption are both so widespread in the American political class at this point that a lot of Democrats genuinely do not see what everyone's so freaked out about right now.
It is time to look to the future.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
January 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I'm coming to the frightening conclusion that utter ideological disregard for the Constitution and desensitization to corruption are both so widespread in the American political class at this point that a lot of Democrats genuinely do not see what everyone's so freaked out about right now.
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THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
"Elon Musk and other reactionary liars hate the 'last good website' because it won't go along with their distortions."
www.arcdigital.media/p/dont-let-t...
www.arcdigital.media/p/dont-let-t...
Don't Let the Enemies of Truth Ruin Wikipedia
Elon Musk and other reactionary liars hate the "last good website" because it won't go along with their distortions
www.arcdigital.media
December 28, 2024 at 7:05 PM
"Elon Musk and other reactionary liars hate the 'last good website' because it won't go along with their distortions."
www.arcdigital.media/p/dont-let-t...
www.arcdigital.media/p/dont-let-t...
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Harvard Law Black enrollment dropped 52% since SCOTUS banned affirmative action in 2023. Meanwhile, Legacy Admissions—in which 75% of white students admitted are not academically qualified—stays in tact.
We are witnessing a historic rise in white supremacy policy
www.qasimrashid.com/p/affirmativ...
We are witnessing a historic rise in white supremacy policy
www.qasimrashid.com/p/affirmativ...
Affirmative Action Repeal & Rising White Supremacy
The latest Harvard data is a daunting reminder that racist policies are not only systemic in our higher education systems—they're getting worse
www.qasimrashid.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Harvard Law Black enrollment dropped 52% since SCOTUS banned affirmative action in 2023. Meanwhile, Legacy Admissions—in which 75% of white students admitted are not academically qualified—stays in tact.
We are witnessing a historic rise in white supremacy policy
www.qasimrashid.com/p/affirmativ...
We are witnessing a historic rise in white supremacy policy
www.qasimrashid.com/p/affirmativ...
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December 21, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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Do you ever wonder how Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, protects your personal information so you can read, share, and edit it privately and safely?
Take #AWikiMinute to learn more.
Take #AWikiMinute to learn more.
How does Wikipedia protect readers’ privacy? | A WIKI MINUTE
YouTube video by Wikimedia Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Do you ever wonder how Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, protects your personal information so you can read, share, and edit it privately and safely?
Take #AWikiMinute to learn more.
Take #AWikiMinute to learn more.
It's (still) Fall y'all!
December 17, 2024 at 12:29 AM
It's (still) Fall y'all!
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"Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers."
Read @propublica.org's seminal series on how insurance giants like United and Cigna systematically, cruelly—and very, very profitably—deny health coverage every day, at the expense of patients' lives.
Read @propublica.org's seminal series on how insurance giants like United and Cigna systematically, cruelly—and very, very profitably—deny health coverage every day, at the expense of patients' lives.
Uncovered
Health insurers reject millions of claims for treatment every year in America. Corporate insiders, recordings and internal emails expose the system and its harm.
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2024 at 5:58 PM
"Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers."
Read @propublica.org's seminal series on how insurance giants like United and Cigna systematically, cruelly—and very, very profitably—deny health coverage every day, at the expense of patients' lives.
Read @propublica.org's seminal series on how insurance giants like United and Cigna systematically, cruelly—and very, very profitably—deny health coverage every day, at the expense of patients' lives.
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I'm getting criticized for my article about healthcare in America from people on the right & the left for—wait for it—being too sympathetic to the killed CEO. A UnitedHealth employee even emailed me only to tell me he despised the CEO. People are enraged & fed up. www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-v...
America’s Violent Health System
An unknown assailant killed the UnitedHealth CEO in broad daylight—and the majority of people watching laughed. Why?
www.qasimrashid.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I'm getting criticized for my article about healthcare in America from people on the right & the left for—wait for it—being too sympathetic to the killed CEO. A UnitedHealth employee even emailed me only to tell me he despised the CEO. People are enraged & fed up. www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-v...
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Also today in my former "hometown" newspaper, for which I used to write a column as a cultural correspondent:
Quit the LA Times today:
"Those moves can’t be defended...Given the existential stakes for our democracy that I believe Trump’s second term poses, and the evidence that Soon-Shiong is currying favor with the President-elect, they are repugnant and dangerous. harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just...
"Those moves can’t be defended...Given the existential stakes for our democracy that I believe Trump’s second term poses, and the evidence that Soon-Shiong is currying favor with the President-elect, they are repugnant and dangerous. harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just...
Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times
By Harry Litman
harrylitman.substack.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Also today in my former "hometown" newspaper, for which I used to write a column as a cultural correspondent:
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I think it would be a good idea
QUESTION: What are your thoughts on the US healthcare system?
December 5, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I think it would be a good idea
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It is worth regularly revisiting this exchange between @aoc.bsky.social and scientists working for Exxon, who in 1982 accurately predicted global warming between 1977 and 2003, contradicting the fossil fuel company's decades-long climate denial.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asks former Exxon scientists about oil giant's climate change denial
YouTube video by Sterillium
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:18 PM
It is worth regularly revisiting this exchange between @aoc.bsky.social and scientists working for Exxon, who in 1982 accurately predicted global warming between 1977 and 2003, contradicting the fossil fuel company's decades-long climate denial.
