Padraig2112
@isomorphism.net
IT professional for 30 years. Former local elected official. Education and technology policy, former grad student working on Information Systems for untrained responders in big disasters. Happily married with adult kids.
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Padraig2112
@isomorphism.net
· Nov 9
Advice that applies to more than just information technology: a thread.
If you're simplifying a complex problem, you're likely doing it wrong.
If you're simplifying a complex problem, you're likely doing it wrong.
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Keep him!
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Keep him!
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
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These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
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I tRiED tO WaRN U
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I tRiED tO WaRN U
Why do I get the feeling the dude that wrote this is someone that looks like a potato
this has massive "don't come to school tomorrow" vibes, like jesus fuck
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Why do I get the feeling the dude that wrote this is someone that looks like a potato
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also the venn diagram of people mad they can't understand the lyrics and the people who think born in the usa is about how good america is is a circle
my opinion on the Bad Bunny halftime show, and non-English music in general, is that i think a need to “be able to understand the lyrics” displays an embarrassing shallowness of the speaker to appreciate the voice as an instrument & to appreciate music as something other than a lyric delivery system
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
also the venn diagram of people mad they can't understand the lyrics and the people who think born in the usa is about how good america is is a circle
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that weed article is terrible and uninformed, as are 99% of the responses to it on here. sure sign of a successful nyt opinion article, i guess
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
that weed article is terrible and uninformed, as are 99% of the responses to it on here. sure sign of a successful nyt opinion article, i guess
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ICE is torturing legal residents until they agree to deportation
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
February 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
ICE is torturing legal residents until they agree to deportation
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Compromise: Everyone must use radians
February 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Compromise: Everyone must use radians
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Winter Olympics has basically two disciplines: fastest and twirliest (and curling).
And yet, among the twirly sports, there's no standard nomenclature on whether twirls are counted by revolutions or degrees. Is it a 1080° or a Triple?? Unwatchable. I wish to speak to the manager of the IOC.
And yet, among the twirly sports, there's no standard nomenclature on whether twirls are counted by revolutions or degrees. Is it a 1080° or a Triple?? Unwatchable. I wish to speak to the manager of the IOC.
February 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Winter Olympics has basically two disciplines: fastest and twirliest (and curling).
And yet, among the twirly sports, there's no standard nomenclature on whether twirls are counted by revolutions or degrees. Is it a 1080° or a Triple?? Unwatchable. I wish to speak to the manager of the IOC.
And yet, among the twirly sports, there's no standard nomenclature on whether twirls are counted by revolutions or degrees. Is it a 1080° or a Triple?? Unwatchable. I wish to speak to the manager of the IOC.
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One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
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Do you want to help Minneapolis out in a different way? Help set up some new street medics so that they can make sure community members are cared for at protests.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Do you want to help Minneapolis out in a different way? Help set up some new street medics so that they can make sure community members are cared for at protests.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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next up, let’s talk about the “surging pot use” and all the concern about excess cannabis use and put it up against the State of the Booze industry over the past decade (cc: @dinfontay.com) and oh, hey! whadya know? There might be a correlation! Who knew!
There’s clear substitution happening!
There’s clear substitution happening!
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
next up, let’s talk about the “surging pot use” and all the concern about excess cannabis use and put it up against the State of the Booze industry over the past decade (cc: @dinfontay.com) and oh, hey! whadya know? There might be a correlation! Who knew!
There’s clear substitution happening!
There’s clear substitution happening!
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Green Day playing American Idiot at the Superbowl.
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Green Day playing American Idiot at the Superbowl.
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Driving around the Bay Area in one of these, compromising everyone's electronics to a permanent end, until they put the headphone port back in the phone
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Driving around the Bay Area in one of these, compromising everyone's electronics to a permanent end, until they put the headphone port back in the phone
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An incredible turn of events here. 10/10, no notes. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
An incredible turn of events here. 10/10, no notes. 😂
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?
Puerto Rico's electricity crisis
In this episode, lawyer and activist Ruth Santiago discusses Puerto Rico's latest electricity crisis, as the island struggles to restore power in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. In the wake of Hurricane ...
www.volts.wtf
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?
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Isn't it super random that all of the "anti-woke" cancel culture academics who all leaned into transphobia and race science later in their careers all seem to be connected through Jeffrey Epstein?
February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Isn't it super random that all of the "anti-woke" cancel culture academics who all leaned into transphobia and race science later in their careers all seem to be connected through Jeffrey Epstein?
Thread (babies are rad)
babies are actually what they meant in terminator when they said skynet was learning "at a geometric rate"
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Thread (babies are rad)
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We'll be told "there are millions of people who are uncomfortable with that, and we have to learn to live with them."
No, actually. We already are living with each other, including them. They're uncomfortable with some of us. THEY have to learn to live with US. If they won't, that is their problem.
No, actually. We already are living with each other, including them. They're uncomfortable with some of us. THEY have to learn to live with US. If they won't, that is their problem.
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
We'll be told "there are millions of people who are uncomfortable with that, and we have to learn to live with them."
No, actually. We already are living with each other, including them. They're uncomfortable with some of us. THEY have to learn to live with US. If they won't, that is their problem.
No, actually. We already are living with each other, including them. They're uncomfortable with some of us. THEY have to learn to live with US. If they won't, that is their problem.
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ah yes, the unrealistic timeline of Cyberpunk 2020
February 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
ah yes, the unrealistic timeline of Cyberpunk 2020
Reason is an op on libertarians
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Reason is an op on libertarians
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Regulating cryptocurrencies could have a chilling effect on future criminals' ability to extort exorbitant ransoms from the families of elderly kidnapping victims.
February 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Regulating cryptocurrencies could have a chilling effect on future criminals' ability to extort exorbitant ransoms from the families of elderly kidnapping victims.
Why can't I find dames
- every MAGA guy
- every MAGA guy
I was the only guy in yoga class tonight. Me and ten women.
February 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Why can't I find dames
- every MAGA guy
- every MAGA guy
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Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress Carmen Miranda was born #OnThisDay in 1909. She wore this Barjansky designed gold crêpe de chine and sequin bra-top and skirt as Carmen Navarro/Mademoiselle Fifi in Copacabana (1947). Museu Carmen Miranda collection. #film #costume
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress Carmen Miranda was born #OnThisDay in 1909. She wore this Barjansky designed gold crêpe de chine and sequin bra-top and skirt as Carmen Navarro/Mademoiselle Fifi in Copacabana (1947). Museu Carmen Miranda collection. #film #costume