Nick Hall
@inck.bsky.social
Computerer, lapsed poet, hardworking Pittsburgh taxpayer
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Nick Hall
@inck.bsky.social
· Sep 3
All the Things That You Need a Billion Dollars to Buy Are Bad
One way to think about inequality.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
This and: I do not think that billionaires exist. They just want us to think that they do. There is no such thing as a billion dollars. A billion dollars does not exist in the way that three hundred dollars exists in my checking account. There are not checking accounts with a billion dollars in them
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I just submitted the final story in this series looking at the fight against mass deportation in New York City. It will run next week. In the meantime, we have put a lot into this and I hope you'll check out the stories so far.
talkingpointsmemo.com/undocumented...
talkingpointsmemo.com/undocumented...
January 23, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I just submitted the final story in this series looking at the fight against mass deportation in New York City. It will run next week. In the meantime, we have put a lot into this and I hope you'll check out the stories so far.
talkingpointsmemo.com/undocumented...
talkingpointsmemo.com/undocumented...
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YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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New from 404 Media: ICE's facial recognition app, which the agency is using to decide who to detain and deport, misidentified a woman. Twice.
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM
New from 404 Media: ICE's facial recognition app, which the agency is using to decide who to detain and deport, misidentified a woman. Twice.
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
Feels weird now when an articulate and emotionally stable adult talks to all of us
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Feels weird now when an articulate and emotionally stable adult talks to all of us
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While there is anecdotal evidence of AI affecting layoffs, the macroeconomic data does not support this narrative fortune.com/2026/01/07/a...
AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that's masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests | Fortune
"Firms don't appear to be replacing workers with AI on a significant scale," the firm said. It suspects some are trying to "dress up layoffs" as good news.
fortune.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
While there is anecdotal evidence of AI affecting layoffs, the macroeconomic data does not support this narrative fortune.com/2026/01/07/a...
The behavior of trump lackeys only ever makes sense if you assume a web of disciplining blackmail
Given the low character you'd have to have to serve in Trump's Cabinet, I've just assumed every single one of them has a big scandal in their back pocket just waiting to be found.
Trump's Labor "Boss from Hell" Accused of Booze-Filled Fling With Staffer plus misuse of staff and travel fraud. www.thedailybeast.com/labor-sec-un... via @thedailybeast
January 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The behavior of trump lackeys only ever makes sense if you assume a web of disciplining blackmail
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You should do a quick Google search about the Block family and their connection to Donald Trump and why they fired a bunch of good folks at the PG during Trump 1 and you'll have a clear explanation for why they wrote about how much money they're losing
NEW: Publishers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announce they are shutting down the newspaper on May 3, 2026.
Hours ago, the Supreme Court of the US declined to extend a stay on a court order for the paper to pay its journalists following the end of a 3-year strike.
Hours ago, the Supreme Court of the US declined to extend a stay on a court order for the paper to pay its journalists following the end of a 3-year strike.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You should do a quick Google search about the Block family and their connection to Donald Trump and why they fired a bunch of good folks at the PG during Trump 1 and you'll have a clear explanation for why they wrote about how much money they're losing
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Every tech company needs to be seized and nationalized
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Every tech company needs to be seized and nationalized
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✨ 5 reasons to support our Year End Campaign:
1.) To Make PGH's Streets Safer
2.) To Support Community Events
3.) To Power Education & Free Resources
4.) To Create a Sustainable Transportation Network that Works for Everyone
5.) To Complete the Puzzle!
More here 👇
bikepgh.org/2025/11/30/5...
1.) To Make PGH's Streets Safer
2.) To Support Community Events
3.) To Power Education & Free Resources
4.) To Create a Sustainable Transportation Network that Works for Everyone
5.) To Complete the Puzzle!
More here 👇
bikepgh.org/2025/11/30/5...
5 reasons to support BikePGH's 2025 Year-End Campaign - BikePGH
Pittsburgh doesn’t become a safer and more connected city by chance. It happens because thousands of people like you step up
bikepgh.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
✨ 5 reasons to support our Year End Campaign:
1.) To Make PGH's Streets Safer
2.) To Support Community Events
3.) To Power Education & Free Resources
4.) To Create a Sustainable Transportation Network that Works for Everyone
5.) To Complete the Puzzle!
More here 👇
bikepgh.org/2025/11/30/5...
1.) To Make PGH's Streets Safer
2.) To Support Community Events
3.) To Power Education & Free Resources
4.) To Create a Sustainable Transportation Network that Works for Everyone
5.) To Complete the Puzzle!
More here 👇
bikepgh.org/2025/11/30/5...
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I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.
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1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
The idea that equality (the powerless getting some power) involves redress (giving the powerless some power) is apparently beyond the comprehension of the new york times' marquee conservative intellectual
December 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The idea that equality (the powerless getting some power) involves redress (giving the powerless some power) is apparently beyond the comprehension of the new york times' marquee conservative intellectual
Movie you’ve watched more than six times, hard mode (no Star Wars or Trek, no Pixar, no LOTR, no Disney, no Marvel)
[The self-referential pick; I have like five of these.]
[The self-referential pick; I have like five of these.]
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times, hard mode (no Star Wars or Trek, no Pixar, no LOTR, no Disney, no Marvel)
[The self-referential pick; I have like five of these.]
[The self-referential pick; I have like five of these.]
Yes to this. Code is the exception that proves the rule that machine learning is not that interesting or important. It will finally realize the dream of Hyperscript! Who cares! Maybe that’ll be a big deal to future digital economies. Maybe not. But LLMs aren’t about to replace all the knowledge work
He’s right! You don’t have to use it—but it’s going to sweep through codeworld like a purifying fire. You may not care! But it’s not like when it draws you a bad picture of a large-breasted elf. It’s more like it shreds the foundation of what makes tech “valuable.”
At the risk of starting the flame war to end all flame wars...
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yes to this. Code is the exception that proves the rule that machine learning is not that interesting or important. It will finally realize the dream of Hyperscript! Who cares! Maybe that’ll be a big deal to future digital economies. Maybe not. But LLMs aren’t about to replace all the knowledge work
If you care about local news or workers’ rights, please consider subscribing to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette through this letter writing campaign.
Make your subscription conditional on the publisher’s respect for the contracts they sign with their workers.
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Make your subscription conditional on the publisher’s respect for the contracts they sign with their workers.
actionnetwork.org/letters/subs...
Subscribing with Strikers' Return
Post-Gazette strikers are back. And with them, so is my subscription to the paper. I want you to join me in both doing that AND making sure their bosses know why I'm coming back as well as how easily ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you care about local news or workers’ rights, please consider subscribing to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette through this letter writing campaign.
Make your subscription conditional on the publisher’s respect for the contracts they sign with their workers.
actionnetwork.org/letters/subs...
Make your subscription conditional on the publisher’s respect for the contracts they sign with their workers.
actionnetwork.org/letters/subs...
Underrated possible input to the facism these days imo is that over the last decade a bunch of insecure dudes got swole off podcast-scam roids and lead-protein shakes www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Underrated possible input to the facism these days imo is that over the last decade a bunch of insecure dudes got swole off podcast-scam roids and lead-protein shakes www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
The lost children of STEM discovered liberal arts education and, shockingly, assume they invented it from first principles
The Techno Optimist’s Guide to Futureproofing Your Child
AI doomers and bloomers are girding themselves for what’s coming — starting with their kids.
nymag.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The lost children of STEM discovered liberal arts education and, shockingly, assume they invented it from first principles
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
October 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
Subtly downgrade a band:
Dinosaur III
Dinosaur III
Subtly downgrade a band:
Grouse Against the Machine
Grouse Against the Machine
Subtly downgrade a band:
Samsara
Samsara
September 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Subtly downgrade a band:
Dinosaur III
Dinosaur III
I am medium, I contain a multitude or two.
September 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I am medium, I contain a multitude or two.
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Found poetry: Trump on how AI is going to make job numbers go up, up, up!
September 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Found poetry: Trump on how AI is going to make job numbers go up, up, up!
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"In DC a pilot (banning right turn on red) at 74 intersections led to a 92% reduction in failure-to-yield incidents and a 97% drop in vehicle conflicts"
Why cities like DC, Raleigh, Ann Arbor, Cambridge & Seattle are rethinking right turn on red @schlthss.bsky.social tooledesign.com/insights/202...
Why cities like DC, Raleigh, Ann Arbor, Cambridge & Seattle are rethinking right turn on red @schlthss.bsky.social tooledesign.com/insights/202...
Right Turn on Red: It’s Time to Reconsider - Toole Design
Toole Design's Bill Schultheiss and Mariel Colman unpack why it's time to move away from a blanket approach to right turn on red (RTOR).
tooledesign.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"In DC a pilot (banning right turn on red) at 74 intersections led to a 92% reduction in failure-to-yield incidents and a 97% drop in vehicle conflicts"
Why cities like DC, Raleigh, Ann Arbor, Cambridge & Seattle are rethinking right turn on red @schlthss.bsky.social tooledesign.com/insights/202...
Why cities like DC, Raleigh, Ann Arbor, Cambridge & Seattle are rethinking right turn on red @schlthss.bsky.social tooledesign.com/insights/202...