Dan
@pandred.bsky.social
He/him. ↙️↙️↙️. Bug lorax @ Microsoft. USSR ➡️ MA ➡️ BC
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Found a non-paywalled article with some info:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And holy shit this is insane, thanks for bringing this up.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And holy shit this is insane, thanks for bringing this up.
Tesla whistleblower claims company is 'doing everything it can to silence me'
The electric carmaker is suing a former technician for alleged hacking, but he says he’s being scapegoated for leaking concerns
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Found a non-paywalled article with some info:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And holy shit this is insane, thanks for bringing this up.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And holy shit this is insane, thanks for bringing this up.
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Read about that fuckassery and other similarly horrifying fuckassery in this piece I wrote a couple years back
www.slashgear.com/1145295/elon...
www.slashgear.com/1145295/elon...
Elon Musk's Biggest Tech Failures That No One Talks About - SlashGear
Elon Musk has had more major failures than the average person, costing people money, jobs, and in some cases, their personal sense of safety.
www.slashgear.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Read about that fuckassery and other similarly horrifying fuckassery in this piece I wrote a couple years back
www.slashgear.com/1145295/elon...
www.slashgear.com/1145295/elon...
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not only that, but musk sent his personal goons to follow the whistleblower. when the police who were sent to check out the "threat" found the engineer, he was curled up in a corner sobbing.
musk then dedicated further resources attempting to blackball the reporter who ran the engineer's story.
musk then dedicated further resources attempting to blackball the reporter who ran the engineer's story.
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
not only that, but musk sent his personal goons to follow the whistleblower. when the police who were sent to check out the "threat" found the engineer, he was curled up in a corner sobbing.
musk then dedicated further resources attempting to blackball the reporter who ran the engineer's story.
musk then dedicated further resources attempting to blackball the reporter who ran the engineer's story.
Just re-watching Challengers and I only noticed this time around that they do this for Patrick Zweig's character.
right, and so much so, that movies/shows use cracked phone screens to communicate that someone is poor
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Just re-watching Challengers and I only noticed this time around that they do this for Patrick Zweig's character.
Extremely tangential, but the Jan 6th - Jan 20th triumvirate is one of those things that is unknown to most of the population. It has had no effects, and I thought it would.
one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Extremely tangential, but the Jan 6th - Jan 20th triumvirate is one of those things that is unknown to most of the population. It has had no effects, and I thought it would.
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there is no reason that AIPAC would want to buy an end to the shutdown, but unconditional support for Israel as it plunges off a right-wing cliff and chronic Senate brain in the face of fascism are both kinds of toxic nostalgia which powerful, elderly morons wrap around themselves like warm blankets
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
there is no reason that AIPAC would want to buy an end to the shutdown, but unconditional support for Israel as it plunges off a right-wing cliff and chronic Senate brain in the face of fascism are both kinds of toxic nostalgia which powerful, elderly morons wrap around themselves like warm blankets
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@arnabdatta.bsky.social is editing a fascinating new series about drawing lessons from what worked and didn’t in the CHIPS Act. It’s this kind of nitty gritty operations analysis that is just as important as legal and authorities focused post mortums. www.factorysettings.org/p/introducin...
Introducing Factory Settings
A new series about how CHIPS succeeded
www.factorysettings.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
@arnabdatta.bsky.social is editing a fascinating new series about drawing lessons from what worked and didn’t in the CHIPS Act. It’s this kind of nitty gritty operations analysis that is just as important as legal and authorities focused post mortums. www.factorysettings.org/p/introducin...
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"When it comes to the issue of Palestinian rights going forward, I will say that the younger generation, of both Jews and non-Jews, take seriously the idea that we should have a principled, rights-based foreign policy— something I've long believed in"
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"When it comes to the issue of Palestinian rights going forward, I will say that the younger generation, of both Jews and non-Jews, take seriously the idea that we should have a principled, rights-based foreign policy— something I've long believed in"
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
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i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.
Why Costco Went All in on Kirkland — and How It Paid Off | WSJ Case Study
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.
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really appreciate Nate Silver giving us a unifying point during what is otherwise a pretty unpleasant couple days of Bluesky
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
really appreciate Nate Silver giving us a unifying point during what is otherwise a pretty unpleasant couple days of Bluesky
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shutdowns becoming to bsky what covid lockdowns were in 2020-2021.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
shutdowns becoming to bsky what covid lockdowns were in 2020-2021.
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another good tactic is the "misunderstanding email," where you describe the legal way and the illegal way to someone else (not mentioning legality at all), and then ask "as I understand it, you want me to do it [legal way]?" if you get a calendar invite rather than an email in response, screenshot.
whatever your job is, you should find out which laws in your area have treble damages for knowing violations, which laws have criminal penalties, and which laws relate to genuinely sordid violations of ethics. these are the ones you should email your boss about before legal.
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
another good tactic is the "misunderstanding email," where you describe the legal way and the illegal way to someone else (not mentioning legality at all), and then ask "as I understand it, you want me to do it [legal way]?" if you get a calendar invite rather than an email in response, screenshot.
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There was such demand for tech workers that even things tangentially related got a huge salary lift, that's over over, nominal wages are down for IT Compliance people and I don't think they're going to recover ever in real terms.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There was such demand for tech workers that even things tangentially related got a huge salary lift, that's over over, nominal wages are down for IT Compliance people and I don't think they're going to recover ever in real terms.
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Elon buying X and firing everyone pretty much turned tech into a shitty place to work almost overnight.
OpenAI "proved" that LLMs are a viable product and X "proved" that you can fire large numbers of employees
(and, for that matter, Trump 2024 "proved" that wokeness was over and you didn't need to put up with any lip from your workers)
(and, for that matter, Trump 2024 "proved" that wokeness was over and you didn't need to put up with any lip from your workers)
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Elon buying X and firing everyone pretty much turned tech into a shitty place to work almost overnight.
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(Reminder) Order the 2026 Calendar now and beat the holiday rush
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
(Reminder) Order the 2026 Calendar now and beat the holiday rush
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If Trump’s going to go full Mad King mode on SNAP like this, the optics of the Democrats caving to try to protect people are significantly better than anyone’s assuming, imo
Wait did...they not get what they wanted last night? What is happening?
*TRUMP OFFICIALS SAY SUPREME COURT SHOULD KEEP FOOD AID ON HOLD
*TRUMP: ALL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS MUST GET BACK TO WORK, NOW
*TRUMP: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS NOT WORKING WILL BE 'DOCKED'
*TRUMP OFFICIALS SAY SUPREME COURT SHOULD KEEP FOOD AID ON HOLD
*TRUMP: ALL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS MUST GET BACK TO WORK, NOW
*TRUMP: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS NOT WORKING WILL BE 'DOCKED'
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If Trump’s going to go full Mad King mode on SNAP like this, the optics of the Democrats caving to try to protect people are significantly better than anyone’s assuming, imo
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oh yeah this is definitely healthy stuff happening here, cool cool cool
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
oh yeah this is definitely healthy stuff happening here, cool cool cool
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At least we didn’t do anything too extreme like ask for the end of the hostile military occupation of US cities and it got us so much, like the end of hemp derived THC products.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
At least we didn’t do anything too extreme like ask for the end of the hostile military occupation of US cities and it got us so much, like the end of hemp derived THC products.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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"Understand what it is to be Chicago. To carry a whistle and have the ICIRR hotline in your phone... To know that perhaps three thousand of your fellow Chicagoans have been disappeared by the government, but no one really knows for sure."
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Understand what it is to be Chicago. To carry a whistle and have the ICIRR hotline in your phone... To know that perhaps three thousand of your fellow Chicagoans have been disappeared by the government, but no one really knows for sure."
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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Seriously. Republicans serenaded right-wing German visitors with the Nazi verse of the German national anthem that Germany stopped using.
Last month, New York Young Republicans greeted German AfD politicians by singing them the Nazi version of the German national anthem.
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Seriously. Republicans serenaded right-wing German visitors with the Nazi verse of the German national anthem that Germany stopped using.
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WaPo is now saying that AfD is a “nationalist, anti-immigration” group “which German authorities have labeled extremist”.
As journalists, you can’t objectively report on far-right extremism? Fucking AfD are just a normal group of nationalists who are being smeared as extremists by Germany? Really?
As journalists, you can’t objectively report on far-right extremism? Fucking AfD are just a normal group of nationalists who are being smeared as extremists by Germany? Really?
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
WaPo is now saying that AfD is a “nationalist, anti-immigration” group “which German authorities have labeled extremist”.
As journalists, you can’t objectively report on far-right extremism? Fucking AfD are just a normal group of nationalists who are being smeared as extremists by Germany? Really?
As journalists, you can’t objectively report on far-right extremism? Fucking AfD are just a normal group of nationalists who are being smeared as extremists by Germany? Really?