Adam Luptak
@luptak.bsky.social
Maker, tinkerer, out-of-shape-but-still-aspiring athlete. Eng manager @stripe, formerly tech director @ rallyinteractive.
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Courtesy of the world’s richest man who just got a trillion-dollar pay package from his feckless board: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Courtesy of the world’s richest man who just got a trillion-dollar pay package from his feckless board: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Trump administration is ending the 50-year war on cancer.
“It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster. It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
“It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster. It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Trump administration is ending the 50-year war on cancer.
“It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster. It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
“It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster. It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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Tim Walz: "Where are the don't tread on me people? You are being tread on every single day. These folks are enriching themselves. The most successful thing he's done is grift off the American people."
September 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Tim Walz: "Where are the don't tread on me people? You are being tread on every single day. These folks are enriching themselves. The most successful thing he's done is grift off the American people."
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A very good list of concerns a “boring” (we prefer experienced) developer might have. Very useful for people who aren’t developers to read too.
daverupert.com/2025/08/got-...
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All the concerns that make you a boring developer
I was thinking this morning about how once you understand that your technology choices have security, performance, and accessibility considerations you become a much more boring developer.…
daverupert.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A very good list of concerns a “boring” (we prefer experienced) developer might have. Very useful for people who aren’t developers to read too.
daverupert.com/2025/08/got-...
daverupert.com/2025/08/got-...
Oh no, I have discovered that Slack has a character limit on who much you can write in a single message.
August 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Oh no, I have discovered that Slack has a character limit on who much you can write in a single message.
“I don’t have to say this is in the United States, because this is always in the United States.”
I wrote about school shootings this week. I know you don’t want to read it, but you should.
“We used to call this kind of loss ‘unimaginable.’ But not only has it become imaginable, it’s become so normalized that we’ve decided there’s nothing to be done about it.”
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“We used to call this kind of loss ‘unimaginable.’ But not only has it become imaginable, it’s become so normalized that we’ve decided there’s nothing to be done about it.”
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How to lose a child
Out of kindness: We’re talking about children’s deaths. This is Uvalde, painted by me in 2022. This week’s question comes to us from Chad Moore: What do you...
buttondown.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“I don’t have to say this is in the United States, because this is always in the United States.”
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The one person in our world who needs to hear this will never read it, but you can. And you should. Every word!
Hat tip: @andrewhinton.bsky.social
Hat tip: @andrewhinton.bsky.social
America by Design Fail
Trump fired the best designers in the Federal Government
americabydesign.fail
August 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The one person in our world who needs to hear this will never read it, but you can. And you should. Every word!
Hat tip: @andrewhinton.bsky.social
Hat tip: @andrewhinton.bsky.social
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It has been wild to see what were always the two most paranoid pro-Second Amendment scenarios—the government snatching people away and sending occupying armies into communities—literally happen this year, to the delight of conservatives
There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.
August 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It has been wild to see what were always the two most paranoid pro-Second Amendment scenarios—the government snatching people away and sending occupying armies into communities—literally happen this year, to the delight of conservatives
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🤳 Over the weekend, I did some research. What are good, representative, real-world devices for performance testing in 2025? csswizardry.com/2025/08/low-...
Low- and Mid-Tier Mobile for the Real World (2025) – CSS Wizardry
Discover the most representative low- and mid-tier mobile devices for web performance testing in 2025.
csswizardry.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🤳 Over the weekend, I did some research. What are good, representative, real-world devices for performance testing in 2025? csswizardry.com/2025/08/low-...
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This is profoundly bad. The data generated by NASA feeds research in many, MANY disciplines. I, for instance, am a historian, and my dissertation (now book project) uses satellite imagery as a major source for exploring the historical relationship between people and the environment.
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
NASA’s charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.
arstechnica.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is profoundly bad. The data generated by NASA feeds research in many, MANY disciplines. I, for instance, am a historian, and my dissertation (now book project) uses satellite imagery as a major source for exploring the historical relationship between people and the environment.
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He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
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Smaug, painted after an illustration by Tolkien himself. The border is borrowed from an early book jacket for The Hobbit.
August 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Smaug, painted after an illustration by Tolkien himself. The border is borrowed from an early book jacket for The Hobbit.
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ICYMI I am looking for my next role. Hopefully something design systems and accessibility related. Ideally using Web Components APIs.
Shares, tips, and referrals appreciated!
Shares, tips, and referrals appreciated!
I was laid-off and am looking for a new role.
Working were design meets code is my jam. I am skilled at building accessible design system components, working with Web Components APIs, and creating scalable CSS architecture.
I work remotely from my home in Manitoba, Canada. 🇨🇦
Shares appreciated!
Working were design meets code is my jam. I am skilled at building accessible design system components, working with Web Components APIs, and creating scalable CSS architecture.
I work remotely from my home in Manitoba, Canada. 🇨🇦
Shares appreciated!
July 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ICYMI I am looking for my next role. Hopefully something design systems and accessibility related. Ideally using Web Components APIs.
Shares, tips, and referrals appreciated!
Shares, tips, and referrals appreciated!
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The era of climate migration is upon us.
Residents of Tuvalu are slowly resettling in Australia. This is only the beginning…
www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
Residents of Tuvalu are slowly resettling in Australia. This is only the beginning…
www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
www.wired.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The era of climate migration is upon us.
Residents of Tuvalu are slowly resettling in Australia. This is only the beginning…
www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
Residents of Tuvalu are slowly resettling in Australia. This is only the beginning…
www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
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This news dropped the same day as this marvelous work from UF on a new immunotherapy method that could treat a variety of different cancers. We are so close to life changing, life saving breakthroughs, and ignorant ghouls are throwing it all away
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This news dropped the same day as this marvelous work from UF on a new immunotherapy method that could treat a variety of different cancers. We are so close to life changing, life saving breakthroughs, and ignorant ghouls are throwing it all away
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
There are many, many aspects of the current administration that fill me with white hot rage, but as a child of two parents fighting cancer, everything they’ve done to interfere with progress in the fight against cancer is particularly personal for me.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com
July 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
There are many, many aspects of the current administration that fill me with white hot rage, but as a child of two parents fighting cancer, everything they’ve done to interfere with progress in the fight against cancer is particularly personal for me.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u... let’s pause to note that yesterday, as the administration slow-walks recovery from the Texas floods, they muster a small army to march through a park to scare LA. They succeeded only in clearing out kids at summer camp and a few people literally feeding the poor.
Federal Agents March Through L.A. Park, Spurring Local Outrage
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u... let’s pause to note that yesterday, as the administration slow-walks recovery from the Texas floods, they muster a small army to march through a park to scare LA. They succeeded only in clearing out kids at summer camp and a few people literally feeding the poor.
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Today, *every* living prior leader of NASA's science directorate have released a joint letter condemning the proposed cuts to NASA science. These individuals every administration from Reagan to Biden, and all believe these cuts are insanely destructive: www.planetary.org/press-releas...
Every living NASA science chief unites in opposition to unprecedented…
The entire past leadership of NASA’s science activities have released a joint statement condemning the proposed 47% cuts proposed to the agency’s science…
www.planetary.org
July 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Today, *every* living prior leader of NASA's science directorate have released a joint letter condemning the proposed cuts to NASA science. These individuals every administration from Reagan to Biden, and all believe these cuts are insanely destructive: www.planetary.org/press-releas...
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Great op-ed @usatoday.com from longtime TB Fighter Quinn Yates: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
11,000 more TB patients died after Trump's USAID cuts. That number will rise. | Opinion
The potential for thousands of new deaths from TB is not worth the less than 1% in federal savings that came from cutting USAID.
www.usatoday.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Great op-ed @usatoday.com from longtime TB Fighter Quinn Yates: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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America is a system and that system has crashed. @lopatto.bsky.social and @sarahjeong.bsky.social don’t mince words here www.theverge.com/policy/69730...
July 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
America is a system and that system has crashed. @lopatto.bsky.social and @sarahjeong.bsky.social don’t mince words here www.theverge.com/policy/69730...
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With the House bill now passed, I wanted to re-up two important stories:
The bill benefits the rich, and inflicts deepest harm on the poorest Americans, data show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
The deep federal aid cuts will not arrive immediately. A timeline: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
The bill benefits the rich, and inflicts deepest harm on the poorest Americans, data show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
The deep federal aid cuts will not arrive immediately. A timeline: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
With the House bill now passed, I wanted to re-up two important stories:
The bill benefits the rich, and inflicts deepest harm on the poorest Americans, data show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
The deep federal aid cuts will not arrive immediately. A timeline: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
The bill benefits the rich, and inflicts deepest harm on the poorest Americans, data show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
The deep federal aid cuts will not arrive immediately. A timeline: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
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Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
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If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
July 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
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Funding cuts to USAID by the Trump administration could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths globally over the next five years, according to a new study.
USAID cuts may cause 14 million more deaths in next five years, study says
The analysis, published in the Lancet, estimates the agency’s programs saved 91 million lives worldwide over two decades, playing a vital role in global health.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Funding cuts to USAID by the Trump administration could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths globally over the next five years, according to a new study.