sasha
@sashax.bsky.social
Technologist. San Franciscan. Cyclist. Troublemaker. Not in that order.
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sasha
@sashax.bsky.social
· Feb 13
Gov't Digital Service progression:
year 1: "Why y'all talk about procurement so much? How boring."
yr 2: "Man, procurement's a pain."
yr 3: "We should really consider doing something about procurement"
yr 4: "Holy crap there's nothing more important than solving procurement!"
year 1: "Why y'all talk about procurement so much? How boring."
yr 2: "Man, procurement's a pain."
yr 3: "We should really consider doing something about procurement"
yr 4: "Holy crap there's nothing more important than solving procurement!"
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I think we as a society have to reckon with the damage done by Ted Talks.
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I think we as a society have to reckon with the damage done by Ted Talks.
Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.
February 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.
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This is incredibly offensive. To see the California Governor's office -- and a former san francisco politician! -- promote Reagan as an example of goodness + humanity is outrageous when it's widely recognized that his anti-gay and AIDS-phobic bigotry contributed to killing how many Californians?!
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
February 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This is incredibly offensive. To see the California Governor's office -- and a former san francisco politician! -- promote Reagan as an example of goodness + humanity is outrageous when it's widely recognized that his anti-gay and AIDS-phobic bigotry contributed to killing how many Californians?!
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
San Francisco is having its first competitive congressional race in like 40 years. All* I want to know about the candidates is whether they will vote to #abolishICE.
February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
San Francisco is having its first competitive congressional race in like 40 years. All* I want to know about the candidates is whether they will vote to #abolishICE.
ESPN on site 40 miles from the super bowl
February 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
ESPN on site 40 miles from the super bowl
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The theme of the past few months has been unimaginable courage in the face of an authoritarian government and people just want to ignore all that
February 4, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The theme of the past few months has been unimaginable courage in the face of an authoritarian government and people just want to ignore all that
January 31, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
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I don't want to hear another word about "reforming" ICE.
I want you to run in the midterms on removing every dollar of funding for ICE and impeaching every fucking administration official you can get your hands on.
I want you to run in the midterms on removing every dollar of funding for ICE and impeaching every fucking administration official you can get your hands on.
January 25, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I don't want to hear another word about "reforming" ICE.
I want you to run in the midterms on removing every dollar of funding for ICE and impeaching every fucking administration official you can get your hands on.
I want you to run in the midterms on removing every dollar of funding for ICE and impeaching every fucking administration official you can get your hands on.
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Hey, seriously, Newsom can get fucked
January 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Hey, seriously, Newsom can get fucked
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
Given how often CSAM is used as an excuse for one erosion of privacy or another on the web even my prodigious capacity for cynicism is overcome by how extremely tepid the response has been to Elon's bot cranking out sexualized pix of young girls.
January 9, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Given how often CSAM is used as an excuse for one erosion of privacy or another on the web even my prodigious capacity for cynicism is overcome by how extremely tepid the response has been to Elon's bot cranking out sexualized pix of young girls.
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On this day in 1901, CLR James is born in Trinidad. James was an important anti-colonial activist, socialist historian, theorist, journalist and cricket aficionado.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/148/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/148/
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
On this day in 1901, CLR James is born in Trinidad. James was an important anti-colonial activist, socialist historian, theorist, journalist and cricket aficionado.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/148/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/148/
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Arts & Entertainment: They used Van Halen and The Doors to capture Manuel Noriega. Does the lack of rock and roll involvement in the Maduro operation signal the decline of the genre? We interview 5 middle age white guys and one token woman to find out.
Arts & Entertainment: They used Van Halen and The Doors to capture Manuel Noriega. Does the lack of rock and roll involvement in the Maduro operation signal the decline of the genre? We interview 5 middle age white guys and one token woman to find out.
January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Arts & Entertainment: They used Van Halen and The Doors to capture Manuel Noriega. Does the lack of rock and roll involvement in the Maduro operation signal the decline of the genre? We interview 5 middle age white guys and one token woman to find out.
Arts & Entertainment: They used Van Halen and The Doors to capture Manuel Noriega. Does the lack of rock and roll involvement in the Maduro operation signal the decline of the genre? We interview 5 middle age white guys and one token woman to find out.
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Competition: which are news media more credulous of, police statements to the media or "what a chatbot said"
January 2, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Competition: which are news media more credulous of, police statements to the media or "what a chatbot said"
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You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
It's almost like making cars autonomous doesn't solve all the problems cars cause.
sfist.com/2025/12/31/w...
sfist.com/2025/12/31/w...
Waymos Are Parking In One- and Two-Hour Spots Around SF, and Car Owners Are Bound to Start Fuming About This
The next autonomous vehicle scandal likely to start causing some noise in the new year is this: idle Waymos parking in coveted curbside parking spaces while waiting to be hailed for their next ride.
sfist.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's almost like making cars autonomous doesn't solve all the problems cars cause.
sfist.com/2025/12/31/w...
sfist.com/2025/12/31/w...
I look forward to reading, once the AI bubble bursts and it turns out that LLMs are useful for a relatively narrow range of things and nearly all the people they tried to replace with AI need to be hired back, all the earnest economic articles about the Lost Productivity of the AI epidemic.
December 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I look forward to reading, once the AI bubble bursts and it turns out that LLMs are useful for a relatively narrow range of things and nearly all the people they tried to replace with AI need to be hired back, all the earnest economic articles about the Lost Productivity of the AI epidemic.
the democrats are so feckless even the snarky pseudonymous blue sky hippo is dropping the act
December 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
the democrats are so feckless even the snarky pseudonymous blue sky hippo is dropping the act
Any time anyone suggests taxing these assholes more they always claim they're gonna run away but they never do because (relatively) high-tax places are honestly pretty great cause we use taxes to make them better.
But dipshits like the New York Times always fall for it.
But dipshits like the New York Times always fall for it.
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Any time anyone suggests taxing these assholes more they always claim they're gonna run away but they never do because (relatively) high-tax places are honestly pretty great cause we use taxes to make them better.
But dipshits like the New York Times always fall for it.
But dipshits like the New York Times always fall for it.
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Biological men have no place in a women’s room. Unless those men are ICE agents.
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Biological men have no place in a women’s room. Unless those men are ICE agents.
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It has never been about immigration. it's racism, and it's intimidation. and profit for some. Allowing it to happen to any group means it's a possibility for everyone, and that's how fascism maintains power while being horrible.
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It has never been about immigration. it's racism, and it's intimidation. and profit for some. Allowing it to happen to any group means it's a possibility for everyone, and that's how fascism maintains power while being horrible.
The #1 movie from when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 will go.
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The #1 movie from when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 will go.