John Grady Cole
@punko.me
Denver. Cloud architect and engineer by trade. Let's just take care of each other and explore the universe. Solidarity forever.
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John Grady Cole
@punko.me
· May 23
Being loudly empathetic in your professional life is not going to fix everything in the world, but it is something that you can feel good about doing while working to pay bills during constant societal trauma.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
I always wanted to negotiate for my own health insurance and spend time entrepreneuring my way through an intentional maze of rent-seekers and bureaucracy. This is great.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I always wanted to negotiate for my own health insurance and spend time entrepreneuring my way through an intentional maze of rent-seekers and bureaucracy. This is great.
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poor children literally went without food. people lost jobs and went into debt and got evicted and sold their cars they need to get to work. people who otherwise would have lived longer will die younger because of the stress of this. people did things for money they can't undo
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
poor children literally went without food. people lost jobs and went into debt and got evicted and sold their cars they need to get to work. people who otherwise would have lived longer will die younger because of the stress of this. people did things for money they can't undo
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
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FEEDING BABIES WON!!!!!
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
FEEDING BABIES WON!!!!!
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Dearest Martha,
Today we endured the most fierce fighting yet in our just endeavors. There were projectiles everywhere and regrettably I was struck squarely in the chest by one. The explosion was immense. But, Almighty God protected me, for though I smelled onions and mustard I persevered.
Today we endured the most fierce fighting yet in our just endeavors. There were projectiles everywhere and regrettably I was struck squarely in the chest by one. The explosion was immense. But, Almighty God protected me, for though I smelled onions and mustard I persevered.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Dearest Martha,
Today we endured the most fierce fighting yet in our just endeavors. There were projectiles everywhere and regrettably I was struck squarely in the chest by one. The explosion was immense. But, Almighty God protected me, for though I smelled onions and mustard I persevered.
Today we endured the most fierce fighting yet in our just endeavors. There were projectiles everywhere and regrettably I was struck squarely in the chest by one. The explosion was immense. But, Almighty God protected me, for though I smelled onions and mustard I persevered.
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It’s too bad only farmers are people and not librarians or artists or healthcare workers or researchers.
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s too bad only farmers are people and not librarians or artists or healthcare workers or researchers.
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For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.
Here's the video of it running.
Here's the video of it running.
October 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.
Here's the video of it running.
Here's the video of it running.
Absolutely. Jurassic Park is in the rotation.
jurassic park is a monster movie. it's a creature feature. it's fine for halloween season
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Absolutely. Jurassic Park is in the rotation.
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nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007
Akinator, the mind reading genie
Akinator can read your mind and tell you what character you are thinking of, as if by magic. Think of a real or fictional character, answer few questions, and Akinator will try to guess who it is. Wil...
en.akinator.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007
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The entire Republican Party strategy for achieving what are comprehensively & wildly unpopular policy objectives now consists entirely of bypassing Article I of the Constitution through wildly illegal abuses of both Article II and Article III.
Whatever you think about CFPB, it was created by Congress (as part of the Dodd-Frank Act) and can only be abolished by Congress, not by the President acting as a dictator.
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The entire Republican Party strategy for achieving what are comprehensively & wildly unpopular policy objectives now consists entirely of bypassing Article I of the Constitution through wildly illegal abuses of both Article II and Article III.
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tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working
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Remind me, do taxpayers pay the president’s salary or does the president pay ours? Do we work for the president or does he work for us?
October 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Remind me, do taxpayers pay the president’s salary or does the president pay ours? Do we work for the president or does he work for us?
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Look, we can lose our minds in a depressing way or a fun way
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.
This is truly terrifying.
This is truly terrifying.
October 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Look, we can lose our minds in a depressing way or a fun way
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it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.
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When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.
Pedal to the floor.
Pedal to the floor.
October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.
Pedal to the floor.
Pedal to the floor.
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This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
October 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
October 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.
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if you’re a visual learner i made you some maps of where the people quoted in this article as supporting portland being occupied by troops live
September 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
if you’re a visual learner i made you some maps of where the people quoted in this article as supporting portland being occupied by troops live
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Just having a moment reflecting on what a ridiculous state we're in, where the president is making "deals" with private universities by personally meddling in federally allocated education and research funding and this is being treated as just ordinary politics.
If Harvard bows down to this lawless president, it will cover itself in shame and betray its motto “Veritas.”
Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.
Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.
Trump Says a Deal With Harvard Is Close
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just having a moment reflecting on what a ridiculous state we're in, where the president is making "deals" with private universities by personally meddling in federally allocated education and research funding and this is being treated as just ordinary politics.
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if i were a would-be dictator whose only civilian check on power had been consumed by total-complete partisan loyalty, something i would definitely do is call an unprecedented in-person meeting of the only people who could stop me and then proceed to illustrate why they should stop me
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
if i were a would-be dictator whose only civilian check on power had been consumed by total-complete partisan loyalty, something i would definitely do is call an unprecedented in-person meeting of the only people who could stop me and then proceed to illustrate why they should stop me