Ross Schulman
@rbs.io
Father, husband, lawyer, coder. Senior Software and Policy Engineer at SpruceID. Guardian of the Matrix Foundation. RT ≠ Endorse.
If you want to reach me, Matrix is often the best way to do so: @rschulman:westwork.org
I'm also on Signal at rschulman.06
If you want to reach me, Matrix is often the best way to do so: @rschulman:westwork.org
I'm also on Signal at rschulman.06
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"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures...
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:"
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:"
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures...
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:"
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:"
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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Isn't it odd that the United States has enough money to suddenly run Venezuela, but not enough to run our own country?
There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.
There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Isn't it odd that the United States has enough money to suddenly run Venezuela, but not enough to run our own country?
There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.
There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.
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this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
This is an abomination.
Congress should stop this.
Also, if Trump wants to enjoy an imitation of the Arc de Triomphe done in a style and at a place congenial to him, he can visit the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, completed in 1982.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Also, if Trump wants to enjoy an imitation of the Arc de Triomphe done in a style and at a place congenial to him, he can visit the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, completed in 1982.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump says construction of the ‘Triumphal Arch’ to begin in ‘2 months’
The monument would be a centerpiece of the White House’s plans for America’s 250th birthday.
www.politico.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:10 AM
This is an abomination.
Fun thread, and also somehow I missed that I hadn't been following @annleckie.com until now, so that's fixed!
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fun thread, and also somehow I missed that I hadn't been following @annleckie.com until now, so that's fixed!
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Every year, I do a list of 10 games I loved that year -- this is 2025! My guess is you'll know some of them, and also that you won't know some of them.
Please let me tell you about these fine video games!!
(Links are mostly to Steam, but some are on console too.)
/thread
Please let me tell you about these fine video games!!
(Links are mostly to Steam, but some are on console too.)
/thread
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Every year, I do a list of 10 games I loved that year -- this is 2025! My guess is you'll know some of them, and also that you won't know some of them.
Please let me tell you about these fine video games!!
(Links are mostly to Steam, but some are on console too.)
/thread
Please let me tell you about these fine video games!!
(Links are mostly to Steam, but some are on console too.)
/thread
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Why do none of these fuckers call their companies Gandalf or Samwise
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Why do none of these fuckers call their companies Gandalf or Samwise
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*puts wine glass down*
anyway, the lack of public transportation in this country is intentional and meant to maintain economic inequalities
anyway, the lack of public transportation in this country is intentional and meant to maintain economic inequalities
December 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
*puts wine glass down*
anyway, the lack of public transportation in this country is intentional and meant to maintain economic inequalities
anyway, the lack of public transportation in this country is intentional and meant to maintain economic inequalities
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is the best Xmas song not just because it's good but it also sounds like something a mom would say as she throws the whole fucking ham in the garbage while having a nervous breakdown
December 19, 2023 at 6:03 AM
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is the best Xmas song not just because it's good but it also sounds like something a mom would say as she throws the whole fucking ham in the garbage while having a nervous breakdown
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Something seriously wrong with Republicans
December 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Something seriously wrong with Republicans
Search your first name and then "glamour shot" and post a photo.
Oh hell yeah.
Oh hell yeah.
December 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Search your first name and then "glamour shot" and post a photo.
Oh hell yeah.
Oh hell yeah.
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It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.
"Allegedly" is doing a lot of work here. It is incumbent in the Post these days to actually find out the truth here. ICE will absolutely lie to journalists and reprinting it without any corroboration is malpractice at this point.
Two people were hospitalized after federal immigration agents fired at a vehicle in Maryland after a driver allegedly tried to run them over, officials said. https://wapo.st/4b3Br0a
Two hospitalized after shooting during ICE operation in Maryland, officials say
Federal immigration agents fired at a vehicle in Glen Burnie on Wednesday after a driver allegedly tried to run them over, officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Allegedly" is doing a lot of work here. It is incumbent in the Post these days to actually find out the truth here. ICE will absolutely lie to journalists and reprinting it without any corroboration is malpractice at this point.
Remember when a presidential sex scandal would lead to the appointment of a special counsel?
Good times.
Good times.
December 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Remember when a presidential sex scandal would lead to the appointment of a special counsel?
Good times.
Good times.
My Brother printer/scanner suddenly stopped being able to scan on MacOS. Could print just fine, but Mac refused to see it as a scanner.
Ironically, NixOS worked no problem after a one-line config change documented plainly on the wiki (which was the top Google result). So, #yearoflinuxonthedesktop?
Ironically, NixOS worked no problem after a one-line config change documented plainly on the wiki (which was the top Google result). So, #yearoflinuxonthedesktop?
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My Brother printer/scanner suddenly stopped being able to scan on MacOS. Could print just fine, but Mac refused to see it as a scanner.
Ironically, NixOS worked no problem after a one-line config change documented plainly on the wiki (which was the top Google result). So, #yearoflinuxonthedesktop?
Ironically, NixOS worked no problem after a one-line config change documented plainly on the wiki (which was the top Google result). So, #yearoflinuxonthedesktop?
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Every so often, the old truisms come true again (broken clocks, etc).
Today, (the people of) the internet treated censorship as damage and routed around it.
Today, (the people of) the internet treated censorship as damage and routed around it.
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Every so often, the old truisms come true again (broken clocks, etc).
Today, (the people of) the internet treated censorship as damage and routed around it.
Today, (the people of) the internet treated censorship as damage and routed around it.
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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I need to share this with someone
December 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I need to share this with someone
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How come when the children put a hat on Frosty and he comes to life it’s cute and kitschy, but when I write “emet” on this lump of clay and it comes to life suddenly I’m “bringing destruction on the whole village” and I have to “make it stop??”
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
How come when the children put a hat on Frosty and he comes to life it’s cute and kitschy, but when I write “emet” on this lump of clay and it comes to life suddenly I’m “bringing destruction on the whole village” and I have to “make it stop??”
The UK government is completely delusional. www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The UK government is completely delusional. www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Is there any everyday pursuit other than driving in which basically everyone considers laws that are even so much as slightly inconvenient as completely optional?
December 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Is there any everyday pursuit other than driving in which basically everyone considers laws that are even so much as slightly inconvenient as completely optional?
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I don’t think even Paul Verhoeven would’ve included the McDonald’s logo.
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I don’t think even Paul Verhoeven would’ve included the McDonald’s logo.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.