Joel grayson webbeR
@j15r.com
Cofounder @fullstory.com, ex-Googler, reformed game developer, drummer.
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seriously? This banner is at the top of cms.gov (and I assume other federal sites right now).
Unless I'm missing something, this is a pretty obvious violation of the Hatch act, no?
Unless I'm missing something, this is a pretty obvious violation of the Hatch act, no?
October 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Seriously? This banner is at the top of cms.gov (and I assume other federal sites right now).
Unless I'm missing something, this is a pretty obvious violation of the Hatch act, no?
Unless I'm missing something, this is a pretty obvious violation of the Hatch act, no?
These six characters do a remarkably effective job of summarizing the massive self-inflicted wound our nation is engaging in.
September 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
These six characters do a remarkably effective job of summarizing the massive self-inflicted wound our nation is engaging in.
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📢 HANDS OFF NYC
📍 Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, NYC
📆 Sat. Sept. 13
⏰ 12-1 pm
Trump has threatened to send military troops into New York City!
Join us at Trump Tower and tell Trump:
🪧HANDS OFF NYC!
🪧 NO TROOPS!
🪧NYC WILL NOT BE OCCUPIED!
This is a nonviolent Rise and Resist action.
#HandsOffNYC
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📢 HANDS OFF NYC
📍 Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, NYC
📆 Sat. Sept. 13
⏰ 12-1 pm
Trump has threatened to send military troops into New York City!
Join us at Trump Tower and tell Trump:
🪧HANDS OFF NYC!
🪧 NO TROOPS!
🪧NYC WILL NOT BE OCCUPIED!
This is a nonviolent Rise and Resist action.
#HandsOffNYC
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September 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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📢 HANDS OFF NYC
📍 Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, NYC
📆 Sat. Sept. 13
⏰ 12-1 pm
Trump has threatened to send military troops into New York City!
Join us at Trump Tower and tell Trump:
🪧HANDS OFF NYC!
🪧 NO TROOPS!
🪧NYC WILL NOT BE OCCUPIED!
This is a nonviolent Rise and Resist action.
#HandsOffNYC
.
📢 HANDS OFF NYC
📍 Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, NYC
📆 Sat. Sept. 13
⏰ 12-1 pm
Trump has threatened to send military troops into New York City!
Join us at Trump Tower and tell Trump:
🪧HANDS OFF NYC!
🪧 NO TROOPS!
🪧NYC WILL NOT BE OCCUPIED!
This is a nonviolent Rise and Resist action.
#HandsOffNYC
.
Need yet more reasons to reduce the number of cars stuffed into our cities? Turns out the dark ones parked everywhere can easily increase the temperature in their vicinity by 3.8ºC!
Cities must increasingly take heat into account in their design and rules, as they've always done historically.
Cities must increasingly take heat into account in their design and rules, as they've always done historically.
GOOD THREAD: One more consequence of too many parked cars in cities (and one more reason to replace surface parking with trees and people-places).
All those parked cars are making hot cities even hotter.
(at a minimum, choose a white car.) #UrbanHeat
All those parked cars are making hot cities even hotter.
(at a minimum, choose a white car.) #UrbanHeat
Bad news for cities. 🚨
Cars are parked 95% of the time, eating up valuable street space.
Now, new research from Lisbon shows parked cars are also intensifying urban heat: by as much as +3.8°C. 🌡️
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Cars are parked 95% of the time, eating up valuable street space.
Now, new research from Lisbon shows parked cars are also intensifying urban heat: by as much as +3.8°C. 🌡️
🧵
September 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Need yet more reasons to reduce the number of cars stuffed into our cities? Turns out the dark ones parked everywhere can easily increase the temperature in their vicinity by 3.8ºC!
Cities must increasingly take heat into account in their design and rules, as they've always done historically.
Cities must increasingly take heat into account in their design and rules, as they've always done historically.
"I had nostrils on all six planes of my skull"
August 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"I had nostrils on all six planes of my skull"
Let's assume this interviewer doesn't have the disproof of this bald faced lie immediately at hand.
Then where's the follow-up where they do the legwork to validate or disprove her assertions, and air it in a prominent timeslot?
Otherwise it's not journalism, just a mouthpiece for the regime.
Then where's the follow-up where they do the legwork to validate or disprove her assertions, and air it in a prominent timeslot?
Otherwise it's not journalism, just a mouthpiece for the regime.
Hi. I’m the executive director of the organization that had the honor of hosting the FEMA Katrina Declaration and I can confirm this is a lie.
NICE TRY, KRISTI!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
NICE TRY, KRISTI!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
O'Keefe to Noem: "At least 20 people who signed this letter were current FEMA employees & they've been placed on administrative leave. Is it now the policy of DHS that anytime an employee puts their name on something criticizing you or POTUS, they should anticipate being put on leave or fired?"
August 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Let's assume this interviewer doesn't have the disproof of this bald faced lie immediately at hand.
Then where's the follow-up where they do the legwork to validate or disprove her assertions, and air it in a prominent timeslot?
Otherwise it's not journalism, just a mouthpiece for the regime.
Then where's the follow-up where they do the legwork to validate or disprove her assertions, and air it in a prominent timeslot?
Otherwise it's not journalism, just a mouthpiece for the regime.
Can anyone give me the not-horrifically-alarming take on this? Please?!
August 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Can anyone give me the not-horrifically-alarming take on this? Please?!
100% this.
Isolation, division, fear, and anger have played no small role in getting us to this point.
They won't be the tools that get us back on track. Except maybe a little anger, pointed in the right direction!
Isolation, division, fear, and anger have played no small role in getting us to this point.
They won't be the tools that get us back on track. Except maybe a little anger, pointed in the right direction!
Absolutely everyone is feeling the crushing weight of the present historical moment in some way or another, and the trick is to allow that fact to lead you to solidarity with others rather than bitterness and misdirected anger, which seems to be the dominant response right now.
August 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
100% this.
Isolation, division, fear, and anger have played no small role in getting us to this point.
They won't be the tools that get us back on track. Except maybe a little anger, pointed in the right direction!
Isolation, division, fear, and anger have played no small role in getting us to this point.
They won't be the tools that get us back on track. Except maybe a little anger, pointed in the right direction!
Funny what a difference a little financial support makes, especially without onerous means testing.
@scottsantens.com in case you're not already aware of this study.
@scottsantens.com in case you're not already aware of this study.
To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.
Researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babies' lives. And it's not medical
To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.
n.pr
August 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Funny what a difference a little financial support makes, especially without onerous means testing.
@scottsantens.com in case you're not already aware of this study.
@scottsantens.com in case you're not already aware of this study.
📣 QUACK! 🦆
🐤Promise you this is one you'll want to say you were a part of...
Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆
Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci
Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆
Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci
August 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
📣 QUACK! 🦆
Very glad Google's releasing this data: a median Gemini query burns 0.24 Wh and 0.26 ml of water.
That's about 1s of microwave use, and 5 drops of water.
Yes, they should release more data, and queries can vary. But it's good to have some transparency.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1...
That's about 1s of microwave use, and 5 drops of water.
Yes, they should release more data, and queries can vary. But it's good to have some transparency.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1...
In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses
It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers.
www.technologyreview.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Very glad Google's releasing this data: a median Gemini query burns 0.24 Wh and 0.26 ml of water.
That's about 1s of microwave use, and 5 drops of water.
Yes, they should release more data, and queries can vary. But it's good to have some transparency.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1...
That's about 1s of microwave use, and 5 drops of water.
Yes, they should release more data, and queries can vary. But it's good to have some transparency.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1...
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DC: If you see anything related to Trump’s ride along this evening, send to marisakabas.04 on Signal.
August 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
DC: If you see anything related to Trump’s ride along this evening, send to marisakabas.04 on Signal.
I hate that I have to keep saying this in so many different contexts, but...
This will go down in history as one of the dumbest self-inflicted wounds any state has managed to pull off.
This will go down in history as one of the dumbest self-inflicted wounds any state has managed to pull off.
The US is building a record amount of electricity generation capacity in 2025 to meet rapidly growing demand. And its overwhelmingly clean energy, with a bit of gas. Meanwhile the Trump administration wants to stop permitting of new solar and wind projects.
August 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I hate that I have to keep saying this in so many different contexts, but...
This will go down in history as one of the dumbest self-inflicted wounds any state has managed to pull off.
This will go down in history as one of the dumbest self-inflicted wounds any state has managed to pull off.
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If they can bring these pieces together, it will be terrifyingly similar to the (well-documented) use of incarceration for trivial infractions, to create cheap labor in the reconstruction-era South.
We already have corrupt school -> private-prison pipelines. So the pieces _are_ coming together...
We already have corrupt school -> private-prison pipelines. So the pieces _are_ coming together...
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If they can bring these pieces together, it will be terrifyingly similar to the (well-documented) use of incarceration for trivial infractions, to create cheap labor in the reconstruction-era South.
We already have corrupt school -> private-prison pipelines. So the pieces _are_ coming together...
We already have corrupt school -> private-prison pipelines. So the pieces _are_ coming together...
Does Wendy's know something we don't?
MISFORTUNE AWAITS
LUCKY YOU
MISFORTUNE AWAITS
LUCKY YOU
August 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Does Wendy's know something we don't?
MISFORTUNE AWAITS
LUCKY YOU
MISFORTUNE AWAITS
LUCKY YOU
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“all data [...] will be kept securely and treated consistently with the Privacy Act.”
Until they begin filing specious complaints to strike voters from the rolls. Anyone doubt that this would be used to nationalize and scale up voter suppression efforts, like we've seen here in GA and elsewhere?
Until they begin filing specious complaints to strike voters from the rolls. Anyone doubt that this would be used to nationalize and scale up voter suppression efforts, like we've seen here in GA and elsewhere?
August 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“all data [...] will be kept securely and treated consistently with the Privacy Act.”
Until they begin filing specious complaints to strike voters from the rolls. Anyone doubt that this would be used to nationalize and scale up voter suppression efforts, like we've seen here in GA and elsewhere?
Until they begin filing specious complaints to strike voters from the rolls. Anyone doubt that this would be used to nationalize and scale up voter suppression efforts, like we've seen here in GA and elsewhere?
Thanks to @davekarpf.bsky.social for slogging through this garbage so the rest of us don't have to!
This is what you get when SV "thinkers" learn to enjoy the smell of their own farts. I'm not a tech pessimist, but this is the kind of thinking that creates far more problems than it solves.
This is what you get when SV "thinkers" learn to enjoy the smell of their own farts. I'm not a tech pessimist, but this is the kind of thinking that creates far more problems than it solves.
Next book on my reading pile: “Boom: bubbles and the end of stagnation.”
Pretty sure this is gonna turn into another hate-read performance. 🤷♂️
Pretty sure this is gonna turn into another hate-read performance. 🤷♂️
August 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Thanks to @davekarpf.bsky.social for slogging through this garbage so the rest of us don't have to!
This is what you get when SV "thinkers" learn to enjoy the smell of their own farts. I'm not a tech pessimist, but this is the kind of thinking that creates far more problems than it solves.
This is what you get when SV "thinkers" learn to enjoy the smell of their own farts. I'm not a tech pessimist, but this is the kind of thinking that creates far more problems than it solves.
TIL @billamend.bsky.social is on here, with some great dunks on the regime.
It would be hysterical if the fine people of DC were to rain sandwiches down from the rooftops.
If anyone in DC wants to organize a sandwich throwing party, I'll personally pay for about 10k sandwiches. Not joking. DM me.
It would be hysterical if the fine people of DC were to rain sandwiches down from the rooftops.
If anyone in DC wants to organize a sandwich throwing party, I'll personally pay for about 10k sandwiches. Not joking. DM me.
August 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
TIL @billamend.bsky.social is on here, with some great dunks on the regime.
It would be hysterical if the fine people of DC were to rain sandwiches down from the rooftops.
If anyone in DC wants to organize a sandwich throwing party, I'll personally pay for about 10k sandwiches. Not joking. DM me.
It would be hysterical if the fine people of DC were to rain sandwiches down from the rooftops.
If anyone in DC wants to organize a sandwich throwing party, I'll personally pay for about 10k sandwiches. Not joking. DM me.
Not the most important part of the story, but why the actual fuck is Antoni dressed like an 1890s robber baron?
Oh, and apparently showing up for the insurrection is the main qualification to run the BLS. God help us...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
(h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social)
Oh, and apparently showing up for the insurrection is the main qualification to run the BLS. God help us...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
(h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social)
Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was a 'bystander' outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says
The White House said E.J. Antoni was in town for meetings unrelated to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
www.nbcnews.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Not the most important part of the story, but why the actual fuck is Antoni dressed like an 1890s robber baron?
Oh, and apparently showing up for the insurrection is the main qualification to run the BLS. God help us...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
(h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social)
Oh, and apparently showing up for the insurrection is the main qualification to run the BLS. God help us...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
(h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social)
This is terrifying: "150 weaponized Firefox extensions. nearly 500 malicious executables. Dozens of phishing websites."
Do I have a little schadenfreude about crypto scams? Maybe.
But the ability to scale scams this rapidly with AI is concerning.
blog.koi.security/greedy-bear-...
Do I have a little schadenfreude about crypto scams? Maybe.
But the ability to scale scams this rapidly with AI is concerning.
blog.koi.security/greedy-bear-...
Greedy Bear —Massive Crypto Wallet Attack Spans Across Multiple Vectors
Today Koi exposes one of the most notorious attack groups we’ve yet to encounter — Greedy Bear. The group lunched a coordinated attack…
blog.koi.security
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is terrifying: "150 weaponized Firefox extensions. nearly 500 malicious executables. Dozens of phishing websites."
Do I have a little schadenfreude about crypto scams? Maybe.
But the ability to scale scams this rapidly with AI is concerning.
blog.koi.security/greedy-bear-...
Do I have a little schadenfreude about crypto scams? Maybe.
But the ability to scale scams this rapidly with AI is concerning.
blog.koi.security/greedy-bear-...
This hits a little close to home, but they're not wrong.
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate theonion.com/left-wi...
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This hits a little close to home, but they're not wrong.
I don't understand the point this interviewer is making. He says "deliver services by raising revenue, but don't raise taxes". Where the hell does he think revenue comes from?
I'm seriously interested if someone can steelman his argument. Because at a glance it makes no sense to me.
I'm seriously interested if someone can steelman his argument. Because at a glance it makes no sense to me.
August 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I don't understand the point this interviewer is making. He says "deliver services by raising revenue, but don't raise taxes". Where the hell does he think revenue comes from?
I'm seriously interested if someone can steelman his argument. Because at a glance it makes no sense to me.
I'm seriously interested if someone can steelman his argument. Because at a glance it makes no sense to me.