Jeff Leyser
@jeffleyser.com
Left-wing, YIMBY, geeky, husband & father of two. Eng Director and SRE leader. I speak only for myself. He/Him.
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
This!!!!!!!!!!!
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This!!!!!!!!!!!
Both @schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov have voice mail turned off stating “the office is closed.”
Cowardly dipshits. That’s what voice mail IS FOR!!!!
Cowardly dipshits. That’s what voice mail IS FOR!!!!
Call your senators. I don’t care if they’re Republicans, or if a deal has already been reached. Call them anyway, and let them know exactly what you think of what’s happening. Don’t give them a moment’s peace to forget the blood on their hands.
(202) 224-3121
(202) 224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Both @schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov have voice mail turned off stating “the office is closed.”
Cowardly dipshits. That’s what voice mail IS FOR!!!!
Cowardly dipshits. That’s what voice mail IS FOR!!!!
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Whatever else is in the deal, agreeing to merely have a vote on ACA is a fig leaf. Even if it passes the Senate, it won't in the House, which also makes it an easy yes vote for the Senate Rs who might want to, defusing it as an attack on them.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Whatever else is in the deal, agreeing to merely have a vote on ACA is a fig leaf. Even if it passes the Senate, it won't in the House, which also makes it an easy yes vote for the Senate Rs who might want to, defusing it as an attack on them.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
This week just keeps getting better and better!
Over to you, Chuck.
Over to you, Chuck.
BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the U.S. House.
Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House
Powerful Democratic former speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t seek reelection to the U.S. House. Pelosi’s announcement Thursday brings to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the most powerful in American politics.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This week just keeps getting better and better!
Over to you, Chuck.
Over to you, Chuck.
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one last observation: donald trump has never won a majority of the vote and yet the political press treats him like the embodied spirit of the american people. will be interesting to see how they discount mamdani as representing new york if he wins less than a majority.
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
one last observation: donald trump has never won a majority of the vote and yet the political press treats him like the embodied spirit of the american people. will be interesting to see how they discount mamdani as representing new york if he wins less than a majority.
Do I enjoy another persons pain and suffering? No.
Do I think some people deserve pain and suffering, after having caused many other pain and suffering? Yes.
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Do I think some people deserve pain and suffering, after having caused many other pain and suffering? Yes.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Do I enjoy another persons pain and suffering? No.
Do I think some people deserve pain and suffering, after having caused many other pain and suffering? Yes.
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Do I think some people deserve pain and suffering, after having caused many other pain and suffering? Yes.
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I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
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Democrats have this idea that you can carve out razor-thin positions on the ideological spectrum and that will come through to voters. No!
The right is going to call you pro-trans if you oppose bathroom bills. The left is going to call you anti-trans if you say trans women are men.
The right is going to call you pro-trans if you oppose bathroom bills. The left is going to call you anti-trans if you say trans women are men.
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Democrats have this idea that you can carve out razor-thin positions on the ideological spectrum and that will come through to voters. No!
The right is going to call you pro-trans if you oppose bathroom bills. The left is going to call you anti-trans if you say trans women are men.
The right is going to call you pro-trans if you oppose bathroom bills. The left is going to call you anti-trans if you say trans women are men.
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[looks around for jake tapper] hey man, do you, uh, want to write about this?
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
[looks around for jake tapper] hey man, do you, uh, want to write about this?
Google is not “the Internet.” Other, higher quality, search engines exist.
I don't think we understand just how bad the decline of the Internet is to knowledge.
3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc.
Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.
3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc.
Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.
October 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Google is not “the Internet.” Other, higher quality, search engines exist.
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As recently as nine months ago I would’ve laughed off the idea that House Republicans might simply refuse to seat duly elected House Democrats and yet here we are. Hard not to see this as a trial run!
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
As recently as nine months ago I would’ve laughed off the idea that House Republicans might simply refuse to seat duly elected House Democrats and yet here we are. Hard not to see this as a trial run!
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Yes you should take a selfie at No Kings and post it online. Yes you should rsvp so local organizers can tell you about the next one. Yes you should announce in advance you’re going.
You still live in a democracy where it’s safe to do these things. Acting like it is part of how we keep it that way.
You still live in a democracy where it’s safe to do these things. Acting like it is part of how we keep it that way.
Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
October 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Yes you should take a selfie at No Kings and post it online. Yes you should rsvp so local organizers can tell you about the next one. Yes you should announce in advance you’re going.
You still live in a democracy where it’s safe to do these things. Acting like it is part of how we keep it that way.
You still live in a democracy where it’s safe to do these things. Acting like it is part of how we keep it that way.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“US-East-1 is down. Again.”
“US-East-1 is down. Again.”
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
October 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“US-East-1 is down. Again.”
“US-East-1 is down. Again.”
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“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
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as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
October 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
The fact that they are all FUCKING IDIOTS is the main thing that gives me hope.
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The fact that they are all FUCKING IDIOTS is the main thing that gives me hope.
Do you know any journalists, Chris? Maybe they could, I dunno, do some reporting?
What I would give for a completely honest, anonymous assessment of this appalling and ludicrous spectacle from the commanders in the room.
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Do you know any journalists, Chris? Maybe they could, I dunno, do some reporting?
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I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email
September 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email
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87-year-old Cecil Williams walked down the runway to "Neva Scared" during Actively Black and Spill's #NYFW show this weekend
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September 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
87-year-old Cecil Williams walked down the runway to "Neva Scared" during Actively Black and Spill's #NYFW show this weekend
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
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