Kasey Kagawa
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He/Him. Tech and Privacy Attorney. Former 25A. Expect baseball nonsense, hockey nonsense, tech/games nonsense, military nonsense, politics nonsense. https://kaseykagawa.smugmug.com
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Kasey Kagawa
@punkey.org
· Apr 11
Fucking spare me. None of us, even the people that fucking voted for the creep, deserved this. This shit fucking blows and we should be pissed off about it, none of this "well America had it coming you know" nonsense. Fuck that noise.
I am so fucking over this "well we had it coming because of weakness or whatever" navel-gazing pity party bullshit. Not even the people that voted for the fucker deserve what's happening because we all - ALL OF US - deserve better than what the fuck is going on. I'm here to work to save ALL of us.
WE ALREADY DID THE MATH
IT SAVES MONEY
IT SAVES MONEY
December 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
WE ALREADY DID THE MATH
IT SAVES MONEY
IT SAVES MONEY
Reposted by Kasey Kagawa
What
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What
I mean, it's bell *shaped*, and it has a *lot* of silver in it
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I mean, it's bell *shaped*, and it has a *lot* of silver in it
It's "the rain has soaked through the joins in my front door" wet here in LA this morning
December 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's "the rain has soaked through the joins in my front door" wet here in LA this morning
RE: the Bundys and the wholly inadequate response, I'm fine with not beating the allegations when the allegations are "armed defiance of lawful government orders and hostile armed occupancy of government property ends with you going home in a bucket"
If armed militia occupy government property they should count themselves lucky they're not hit with an air strike.
I mean, sure, but Double Ruby Ridge, especially when someone is trying to provoke you into completing a trinity, isn't what we're calling "beating the allegations".
Applying the same amount of zeal as the Occupy protest removal is appropriate
Applying the same amount of zeal as the Occupy protest removal is appropriate
December 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
RE: the Bundys and the wholly inadequate response, I'm fine with not beating the allegations when the allegations are "armed defiance of lawful government orders and hostile armed occupancy of government property ends with you going home in a bucket"
I'm usually fine with "it's stupid but it's fun" (see: my love of both Twister movies and Dante's Peak/Volcano) but that tolerance vanishes when you're promoting stupid untrue shit about things that public opinion actually sways
The flaws with the scenario in A House of Dynamite are really excaberated when watching it next to one of the world's foremost experts on nuclear deterrence.
December 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I'm usually fine with "it's stupid but it's fun" (see: my love of both Twister movies and Dante's Peak/Volcano) but that tolerance vanishes when you're promoting stupid untrue shit about things that public opinion actually sways
True Facts: The Tia Carrere fronted cover of Ballroom Blitz they did for Wayne's World is the best rendition of Ballroom Blitz
December 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
True Facts: The Tia Carrere fronted cover of Ballroom Blitz they did for Wayne's World is the best rendition of Ballroom Blitz
fuck yes fuck yes FUCK YES
The RFQ is out for CAHSR's new delivery plan. This builds on the August business case update, under which Bakersfield-Merced is out and Bakersfield-SF is in. This higher-revenue connection allows HSR to enter a P3 that will bring forward financing to allow them to complete the Pacheco Pass crossing.
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
fuck yes fuck yes FUCK YES
One of the lines I keep on having to deploy is "Do you want to be right, or do you want to be mad?" You can oftentimes be both, but eventually you'll have to choose between correctly understanding a situation or rejecting bad info and continuing to chase the high of being mad about/at something.
Oh my God, they’re posting Zerohedge. If you’re not familiar, ZH is a right wing propaganda operation, ostensibly about financial markets, but more focused on sewing general discord.
December 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
One of the lines I keep on having to deploy is "Do you want to be right, or do you want to be mad?" You can oftentimes be both, but eventually you'll have to choose between correctly understanding a situation or rejecting bad info and continuing to chase the high of being mad about/at something.
You know a muscle pull has been fucking your sleep up when you feel like laying down and taking a nap every evening
December 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
You know a muscle pull has been fucking your sleep up when you feel like laying down and taking a nap every evening
McNeil found out about this trade when Stearns texted him to pick up his shit from the curb outside Citi Field, I guess
@JeffPassan tweeted
The New York Mets will receive a rookie-ball arm in the deal that sends Jeff McNeil to the A's, sources tell ESPN. The Mets also will be sending cash to help cover McNeil's $15.75 million salary, plus the $2 million buyout on a club option for next year.
The New York Mets will receive a rookie-ball arm in the deal that sends Jeff McNeil to the A's, sources tell ESPN. The Mets also will be sending cash to help cover McNeil's $15.75 million salary, plus the $2 million buyout on a club option for next year.
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
McNeil found out about this trade when Stearns texted him to pick up his shit from the curb outside Citi Field, I guess
The gift that you'll be absolutely compelled to share with everyone!
lament configuration christmas unboxing video
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The gift that you'll be absolutely compelled to share with everyone!
Scanned my test roll I shot when I got all the lenses I wanted for my Pentax 67 and this one popped so well I have to share it. Good fucking god is 6x7 such a good format and these lenses are *insane*. 6cm x 7cm is so much detail it looks damn near 3D. Totally worth only getting 10 shots a roll.
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Scanned my test roll I shot when I got all the lenses I wanted for my Pentax 67 and this one popped so well I have to share it. Good fucking god is 6x7 such a good format and these lenses are *insane*. 6cm x 7cm is so much detail it looks damn near 3D. Totally worth only getting 10 shots a roll.
Reposted by Kasey Kagawa
peaking for myself, I was poking around with ChatGPT as soon as it was released publicly (mostly for code), and my partner has been doing extensive work experimenting with multi-agent LLMs. i work in drone tech, another controversial high-tech field. i am 100% an early adopter Type. and yet....
I've historically been a tech early adopter at work (in an industry that was already using algorithmic scoring, large dataset analyses and so on)
if LLMs were at all useful I'd be the prime candidate for evangelising them. I tried them, they aren't, so i'm not.
if LLMs were at all useful I'd be the prime candidate for evangelising them. I tried them, they aren't, so i'm not.
December 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
peaking for myself, I was poking around with ChatGPT as soon as it was released publicly (mostly for code), and my partner has been doing extensive work experimenting with multi-agent LLMs. i work in drone tech, another controversial high-tech field. i am 100% an early adopter Type. and yet....
Merry Christmas
BREAKING via AP
A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
December 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Merry Christmas
I was reminded how good 2022's Day Shift was, so I guess I'm watching that now. Fun as hell little action flick, Jamie Foxx killing vampires in LA, highly recommend.
Day Shift | Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, and Snoop Dogg | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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December 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I was reminded how good 2022's Day Shift was, so I guess I'm watching that now. Fun as hell little action flick, Jamie Foxx killing vampires in LA, highly recommend.
Next step - which is *mandatory* - is follow-through. This is an open door, but Democrats still need to walk through it. Deliver on immigration policy, shut down and punish the ICE raids, try to disassemble ICE if the will is still there. Job's not finished.
December 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Next step - which is *mandatory* - is follow-through. This is an open door, but Democrats still need to walk through it. Deliver on immigration policy, shut down and punish the ICE raids, try to disassemble ICE if the will is still there. Job's not finished.
Beyond accuracy, beyond the bad economics and bad businesses, the thing I find most offensive about LLMs and many of their fans is this insistence that they give you the reward without doing the work. The reward is what happens *because* you did the work.
I know the motto of the day is "Give me convenience or give me death", but actually listen to the people that are the best in their field or those that know their habits and all you see is repetition of the basics and practice, practice, practice. Wax on, wax off.
December 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Beyond accuracy, beyond the bad economics and bad businesses, the thing I find most offensive about LLMs and many of their fans is this insistence that they give you the reward without doing the work. The reward is what happens *because* you did the work.
If an academic depends on a LLM hallucinated study in their work, it's embarrassing and could mean wasted time and lost prestige.
If an attorney depends on a LLM hallucinated precedent or law, it's potentially career ending and already has been for some. I like my license to practice, thanks.
If an attorney depends on a LLM hallucinated precedent or law, it's potentially career ending and already has been for some. I like my license to practice, thanks.
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If an academic depends on a LLM hallucinated study in their work, it's embarrassing and could mean wasted time and lost prestige.
If an attorney depends on a LLM hallucinated precedent or law, it's potentially career ending and already has been for some. I like my license to practice, thanks.
If an attorney depends on a LLM hallucinated precedent or law, it's potentially career ending and already has been for some. I like my license to practice, thanks.
Apparently I missed yesterday that Palmer Lucky is doing a FPGA Game Boy Color, that he's tied it to his idiotic "defense" tech startup, and since people are mad at him about that he's doubled down by selling a version made from the same materials as the drones he's trying to sell what the fuck
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Apparently I missed yesterday that Palmer Lucky is doing a FPGA Game Boy Color, that he's tied it to his idiotic "defense" tech startup, and since people are mad at him about that he's doubled down by selling a version made from the same materials as the drones he's trying to sell what the fuck
Just finished Alan Clarke's Elephant, and it's probably the first film I can genuinely say is shot in the 2nd person. The movie is a straightforward depiction of murders during The Troubles, released in 1989, and is a spectacularly effective statement against the violence of The Troubles.
December 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Just finished Alan Clarke's Elephant, and it's probably the first film I can genuinely say is shot in the 2nd person. The movie is a straightforward depiction of murders during The Troubles, released in 1989, and is a spectacularly effective statement against the violence of The Troubles.
This is fucking shameful.
White Sox among teams currently engaged in talks with Munetaka Murakami, per Mark Feinsand and Scott Merkin.
December 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is fucking shameful.
I really have no idea what will happen when the political tide changes and SV is caught at low tide, having cooked their brains post-COVID and thrown in with the GOP, while their products malfunction and cause havoc or are just outright hatred - but they are unprepared for whatever it might be.
Failed Waymo robot blocking emergency services during a widespread emergency:
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
December 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I really have no idea what will happen when the political tide changes and SV is caught at low tide, having cooked their brains post-COVID and thrown in with the GOP, while their products malfunction and cause havoc or are just outright hatred - but they are unprepared for whatever it might be.
I mean if the WelcomeFest gang want to start picking fights with established Democrats with a broad base of popularity and friends actually in politics, far be it from me to stop them
This is why I'm really starting to hate the data bros.
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
December 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I mean if the WelcomeFest gang want to start picking fights with established Democrats with a broad base of popularity and friends actually in politics, far be it from me to stop them
Okay I'm absolutely going to go back and do a B&W Cinemascope playthrough
One of my favorite new Keeper update features is the ability to force the aspect ratio to ultra wide if you want to experience it on a standard 16:9 monitor. 32:9 + Noir mode makes for a very different experience.
December 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Okay I'm absolutely going to go back and do a B&W Cinemascope playthrough