Jeannette
@jpepin.bsky.social
Observability enthusiast. Amateur photographer & longboarder. Love making things quantifiable.
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This is more Bird than most of you can handle
June 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is more Bird than most of you can handle
Watch even a single CSB investigation of a chemical plant meltdown and you realize how many plant operators, emergency response personnel, and entire Gulf coast cities will be at risk if the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Inspection Board is axed #CSB
USCSB
The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating incidents and hazards that result, or may result, in the catastrophic release of extremely hazardous substances. The agency’s core m...
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June 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Watch even a single CSB investigation of a chemical plant meltdown and you realize how many plant operators, emergency response personnel, and entire Gulf coast cities will be at risk if the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Inspection Board is axed #CSB
"For Sale: Late Model Tesla, Debadged"
April 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"For Sale: Late Model Tesla, Debadged"
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Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states, like Colorado, are seeking to resurrect fallen protections for non-white voters with their own versions of the landmark law passed during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
By @mattvas.bsky.social @stateline.bsky.social
By @mattvas.bsky.social @stateline.bsky.social
The federal Voting Rights Act was gutted. States now want their own versions. • Colorado Newsline
Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states, like Colorado, are seeking to resurrect fallen protections.
coloradonewsline.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states, like Colorado, are seeking to resurrect fallen protections for non-white voters with their own versions of the landmark law passed during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
By @mattvas.bsky.social @stateline.bsky.social
By @mattvas.bsky.social @stateline.bsky.social
The gym was playing Gregory Alan Isakov today and it really took us all to a place that few humans have ever achieved I think
March 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The gym was playing Gregory Alan Isakov today and it really took us all to a place that few humans have ever achieved I think
Accidentally revealed to a middle aged white man my sincere belief that Led Zeppelin mostly sings songs about wizards and space
February 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Accidentally revealed to a middle aged white man my sincere belief that Led Zeppelin mostly sings songs about wizards and space
DC area folks pleeease go and high-five the hosts @aru.io and @necaris.net for me
It’s (still) not too late! Come join us *tonight* for the first Python Dojo of 2025: lu.ma/3wbbghy4 !
DC Python Dojo · Luma
The world-famous tradition is back!
Join us for an evening of python coding, food, and silly mistakes.
The way it works is fairly simple:
6:30 - Everyone…
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February 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
DC area folks pleeease go and high-five the hosts @aru.io and @necaris.net for me
Me trying to impress a new acquaintance: Do you wanna see my album of decibel readings for clubs, concerts, and arcades in the Metro Denver area
February 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Me trying to impress a new acquaintance: Do you wanna see my album of decibel readings for clubs, concerts, and arcades in the Metro Denver area
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A bill that would make it harder to remove books from public school libraries cleared its first legislative hurdle Monday night.
“It’s never been more important to protect the freedom to read,” said bill sponsor state Sen. Lisa Cutter. “Free societies don’t ban books.”
“It’s never been more important to protect the freedom to read,” said bill sponsor state Sen. Lisa Cutter. “Free societies don’t ban books.”
Colorado may add extra layer of ban protection for books in school libraries
After a three-hour debate, members of the Senate Education Committee approved the bill that would require schools to have a policy on school library book challenges
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February 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A bill that would make it harder to remove books from public school libraries cleared its first legislative hurdle Monday night.
“It’s never been more important to protect the freedom to read,” said bill sponsor state Sen. Lisa Cutter. “Free societies don’t ban books.”
“It’s never been more important to protect the freedom to read,” said bill sponsor state Sen. Lisa Cutter. “Free societies don’t ban books.”
It's a good time to get your yearly vaccines
“Positivity” test results among about 20 wastewater collection systems across the state show a 24% increase over results from one week ago
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#FluOutbreak #influenza #vaccines #AuroraCO
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#FluOutbreak #influenza #vaccines #AuroraCO
US Flu cases most intense in 15 years. Colorado and Aurora see spikes, too - Sentinel Colorado
"Positivity" test results among about 20 wastewater collection systems across the state show a 24% increase over results from one week ago
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February 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It's a good time to get your yearly vaccines
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What’s Working: Public support for unions is high. But a grocery strike on Super Bowl weekend?
What’s Working: Public support for unions is high. But a grocery strike on Super Bowl weekend?
King Soopers workers enter their first weekend on strike in the Pueblo and Denver areas. Plus: Grocery workers wages, lots of labor news and more!
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February 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
What’s Working: Public support for unions is high. But a grocery strike on Super Bowl weekend?
"Proud Boys chapters across the country can no longer legally use their own name or the group’s traditional symbols without the permission of [...] the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church."
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"Proud Boys chapters across the country can no longer legally use their own name or the group’s traditional symbols without the permission of [...] the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church."
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Regardless of your immigration status in the U.S., you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Know your rights and assert them.
Independientemente de su estatus migratorio en los Estados Unidos, usted tiene derechos garantizados por la Constitución. Conozca sus derechos y hágalos valer.
Independientemente de su estatus migratorio en los Estados Unidos, usted tiene derechos garantizados por la Constitución. Conozca sus derechos y hágalos valer.
January 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Regardless of your immigration status in the U.S., you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Know your rights and assert them.
Independientemente de su estatus migratorio en los Estados Unidos, usted tiene derechos garantizados por la Constitución. Conozca sus derechos y hágalos valer.
Independientemente de su estatus migratorio en los Estados Unidos, usted tiene derechos garantizados por la Constitución. Conozca sus derechos y hágalos valer.
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That’s such an “awkward gesture.”
January 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
That’s such an “awkward gesture.”
Started writing a joke about how adult life lacks the rich and whimsical invented languages that LotR and Watership Down taught me to expect as a child.
But in fact, I am a software engineer.
But in fact, I am a software engineer.
January 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Started writing a joke about how adult life lacks the rich and whimsical invented languages that LotR and Watership Down taught me to expect as a child.
But in fact, I am a software engineer.
But in fact, I am a software engineer.
Complaining about paywalls is the most embarrassing way to admit you want a journalist's labor for free
December 30, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Complaining about paywalls is the most embarrassing way to admit you want a journalist's labor for free
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designing data intensive terroir
December 28, 2024 at 8:32 PM
designing data intensive terroir
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I know this is polarizing among suburban white voters but i don’t think we need to pay anybody to ram down front doors and murder teens.
"An Alabama teenager was asleep in his childhood bedroom moments before a police S.W.A.T. team 'rammed down' the front door of his family's home and fatally shot him, according to a new federal lawsuit."
miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
16-year-old with hands up shot to death by cops during ‘no-knock’ raid in AL, suit says
Officers left the teen bleeding out in the hallway for more than four minutes, body camera footage shows, according to the suit.
amp.miamiherald.com
December 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
I know this is polarizing among suburban white voters but i don’t think we need to pay anybody to ram down front doors and murder teens.
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Microsoft and OpenAI's definition for AGI has nothing to do with intelligence. They simply agreed they'll have reached AGI when they develop a system that can generate $100 billion in profit.
Anyone still buying the AGI hype after this is officially a sucker.
gizmodo.com/leaked-docum...
Anyone still buying the AGI hype after this is officially a sucker.
gizmodo.com/leaked-docum...
December 27, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Microsoft and OpenAI's definition for AGI has nothing to do with intelligence. They simply agreed they'll have reached AGI when they develop a system that can generate $100 billion in profit.
Anyone still buying the AGI hype after this is officially a sucker.
gizmodo.com/leaked-docum...
Anyone still buying the AGI hype after this is officially a sucker.
gizmodo.com/leaked-docum...
Been reading more of Charles Dickens' work, and I have to say -- not all bangers
December 24, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Been reading more of Charles Dickens' work, and I have to say -- not all bangers
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December 12, 2024 at 2:43 PM
god about to invent shrimp: What if styrofoam tasted like fish
December 10, 2024 at 4:27 AM
god about to invent shrimp: What if styrofoam tasted like fish
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Now a resident-owned community, La Luna Community Cooperative dipped into a unique funding pool to make the $4.5 million purchase
Residents rally to buy mobile home park and protect affordable housing in Lafayette
Now a resident-owned community, La Luna Community Cooperative dipped into a unique funding pool to make the $4.5 million purchase
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November 29, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Now a resident-owned community, La Luna Community Cooperative dipped into a unique funding pool to make the $4.5 million purchase