Jim Deville
@jredville.bsky.social
Solo-dad and Principal software engineer, focused on observability and resilience these days. Spend my days being goofy with my kids, chasing my Shiba around the house (she started it!) and playing games
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We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again
June 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again
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Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
And for something completely different, the fruits of me and my kids’ labor today
May 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
And for something completely different, the fruits of me and my kids’ labor today
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The thing about “just asking questions” is that you choose which questions you consider important enough to ask, and those choices reveal a lot about you.
May 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The thing about “just asking questions” is that you choose which questions you consider important enough to ask, and those choices reveal a lot about you.
And for a fun retraumatization, watch them with your kids and remember all the oh crap and cringe parts you hid from your mind….
"What movie traumatized you as a child" All of them. It was 1985, there were no non-traumatic movies to watch as a child
May 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
And for a fun retraumatization, watch them with your kids and remember all the oh crap and cringe parts you hid from your mind….
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Please i need men to gain media literacy bojack horseman, rick, archer, cartman they aren't for you to aspire to. They are all just charismatic losers.
May 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Please i need men to gain media literacy bojack horseman, rick, archer, cartman they aren't for you to aspire to. They are all just charismatic losers.
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everything means the opposite for these people. freedom
means your freedom to obey. the first amendment means their freedom to tell you what you can read and think.
means your freedom to obey. the first amendment means their freedom to tell you what you can read and think.
En banc Fifth Circuit overrules decades of precedent and holds that there is no First Amendment right to receive information in a public library.
May 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
everything means the opposite for these people. freedom
means your freedom to obey. the first amendment means their freedom to tell you what you can read and think.
means your freedom to obey. the first amendment means their freedom to tell you what you can read and think.
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Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more.
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
pll.harvard.edu
May 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more.
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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If Musk and Trump really wanted to identify waste and fraud in the federal government, they would've brought in teams of FINANCIAL AUDITORS, not teenage hackers.
February 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If Musk and Trump really wanted to identify waste and fraud in the federal government, they would've brought in teams of FINANCIAL AUDITORS, not teenage hackers.
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This is perfect explanation
January 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is perfect explanation
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Age verification laws are right up there with real names policies in the pantheon of "you think this is going to help people, but it's actually quite disastrously bad" ideas.
The Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn Sites
As age verification bills pass across the world under the guise of “keeping children safe online,” governments are increasingly giving themselves the authority to decide what topics are deemed “safe” ...
www.eff.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Age verification laws are right up there with real names policies in the pantheon of "you think this is going to help people, but it's actually quite disastrously bad" ideas.
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If the media were doing its job, the headlines tomorrow would be:
Trump Begins Presidency by Releasing Domestic Terrorists
Elon Musk Performs Nazi Salute at Trump Inauguration Event
Trump's Executive Actions Exhibit Complete Disregard for the Constitution
Trump Begins Presidency by Releasing Domestic Terrorists
Elon Musk Performs Nazi Salute at Trump Inauguration Event
Trump's Executive Actions Exhibit Complete Disregard for the Constitution
January 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
If the media were doing its job, the headlines tomorrow would be:
Trump Begins Presidency by Releasing Domestic Terrorists
Elon Musk Performs Nazi Salute at Trump Inauguration Event
Trump's Executive Actions Exhibit Complete Disregard for the Constitution
Trump Begins Presidency by Releasing Domestic Terrorists
Elon Musk Performs Nazi Salute at Trump Inauguration Event
Trump's Executive Actions Exhibit Complete Disregard for the Constitution
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Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
December 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
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Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
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Fact checking is not censorship.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
January 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fact checking is not censorship.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
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fascinating definition of freedom we've wound our way into here
Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states
Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee are the latest to restrict access to adult websites
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
fascinating definition of freedom we've wound our way into here
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Agreed. Getting back to openness at the core level and away from the walled gardens would be a huge win for the internet
I keep trying to tell people this. Glad to see more people recognizing it.
In short, the right people are working on this, they're not out to build a Twitter clone, they're out to reshape the web, and help us return to the original promise of an open platform, a sense of ownership, and the ability to share with each other on our own terms.
November 21, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Agreed. Getting back to openness at the core level and away from the walled gardens would be a huge win for the internet
“10/10” - Arden
November 21, 2024 at 1:55 AM
“10/10” - Arden
I kind of love that I keep refinding old voices I used to follow and love listening to on here to go with the new ones 🥰 I missed this kind of community
November 21, 2024 at 1:54 AM
I kind of love that I keep refinding old voices I used to follow and love listening to on here to go with the new ones 🥰 I missed this kind of community
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With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
Massive congrats to the team for scaling so effectively and seamlessly the past few weeks! This is an incredible milestone and I love this place
November 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Massive congrats to the team for scaling so effectively and seamlessly the past few weeks! This is an incredible milestone and I love this place
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This is, unfortunately, real — Danielle Allen of Harvard, who has thought a lot about ethics and democracy
October 28, 2024 at 11:52 PM
This is, unfortunately, real — Danielle Allen of Harvard, who has thought a lot about ethics and democracy