Scott Orchard
@scottorchard.com
I design and build websites, mostly ecommerce. Available for strategy and implementation of design, development, SEO, accessibility, marketing and performance. Enjoying time with our pugs, Phoebe & The Captain, video games, TV, Movies, Comics and books.
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I’m not against the future, but I’m very much against assholes deciding what it looks like.
December 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’m not against the future, but I’m very much against assholes deciding what it looks like.
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DOGSPINNER: spin the dog https://www.pigenpalace.com/do...
DOGSPINNER
www.pigenpalace.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
DOGSPINNER: spin the dog https://www.pigenpalace.com/do...
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incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
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GREAT NEWS! This year’s Williams-Sonoma catalog is powered by AI! defector.com/the-2025-hat...
December 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
GREAT NEWS! This year’s Williams-Sonoma catalog is powered by AI! defector.com/the-2025-hat...
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Facebook made an algorithm that gave Boomers whatever they wanted, and they destroyed democracy, and then all those FB product managers went over to OpenAI and made ChatGPT, and now they've made a chatbot that tells Boomers whatever they want to hear, and... well, this should go great.
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Facebook made an algorithm that gave Boomers whatever they wanted, and they destroyed democracy, and then all those FB product managers went over to OpenAI and made ChatGPT, and now they've made a chatbot that tells Boomers whatever they want to hear, and... well, this should go great.
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insurance companies literally kill people
UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims
The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
insurance companies literally kill people
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NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
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For anyone tempted to start treating MTG as "the enemy of my enemy, so she's my friend", remember that in doing so, you're throwing trans people under the bus. Again.
19thnews.org/2025/12/cong...
19thnews.org/2025/12/cong...
House Republicans advance sweeping anti-trans bills ahead of holiday break
One bill would jail doctors who prescribe gender-affirming care to trans youth. Another would block Medicaid dollars from funding that care.
19thnews.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
For anyone tempted to start treating MTG as "the enemy of my enemy, so she's my friend", remember that in doing so, you're throwing trans people under the bus. Again.
19thnews.org/2025/12/cong...
19thnews.org/2025/12/cong...
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Whenever someone starts complaining about us here on Bluesky I'm going to think about the end of Wake Up Dead Man when the Substack novelist looks out on his book-signing that's filled with guys who look like Walter from The Big Lebowski
December 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Whenever someone starts complaining about us here on Bluesky I'm going to think about the end of Wake Up Dead Man when the Substack novelist looks out on his book-signing that's filled with guys who look like Walter from The Big Lebowski
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Another excellent @jamellebouie.net column: We do not have a president, we have a junta (my word), unelected extremists empowered by the Supreme Court and the so-called unitary executive. Gift link.
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
Opinion | The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Another excellent @jamellebouie.net column: We do not have a president, we have a junta (my word), unelected extremists empowered by the Supreme Court and the so-called unitary executive. Gift link.
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
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This is what the elites who installed Trump did it for. Not the only reason, but the main one. This is the explicit outcome they were trying to engineer.
The unemployment rate for Black workers soared to 8.3% in November. That's more than double the rate for white workers.
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is what the elites who installed Trump did it for. Not the only reason, but the main one. This is the explicit outcome they were trying to engineer.
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The Supreme Court's use and abuse of the Shadow Docket is *how* Chief Justice John Roberts legitimizes Donald Trump's authoritarian takeover of the government.
Me, in print for a change, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Me, in print for a change, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Supreme Court’s Shadowy Plan to Subvert Democracy
In making frequent, ill use of the “shadow docket,” the high court is not just handing Trump policy victories. It’s upending the rule of law.
www.thenation.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Supreme Court's use and abuse of the Shadow Docket is *how* Chief Justice John Roberts legitimizes Donald Trump's authoritarian takeover of the government.
Me, in print for a change, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Me, in print for a change, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵
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New album from Nas & Premier, right when the world needs it:
My Life Is Real by Nas & DJ Premier on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 2:39
music.apple.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New album from Nas & Premier, right when the world needs it:
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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.
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It’s so cool that every website is just Like This now. We used to send guys to the chair for putting pop-up ads on their sites. Now if I want to read something I have to read single lines between autoplaying video ads that use so much RAM they force the browser to reload every 5 seconds.
December 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s so cool that every website is just Like This now. We used to send guys to the chair for putting pop-up ads on their sites. Now if I want to read something I have to read single lines between autoplaying video ads that use so much RAM they force the browser to reload every 5 seconds.
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The problem, as always, is the guns.
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The problem, as always, is the guns.
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restaurants don't want you to know this but technically steak tartare is a gluten free dessert
December 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
restaurants don't want you to know this but technically steak tartare is a gluten free dessert
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Dex is quoting Tim Walz here, and, yeah, what's happening now is a great example of why the half-measures of the ACA didn't work and we need to move to Medicare for All like every other civilized country.
He just said we need to move to universal health care in 2028 when we retake the presidency.
Hokay Tim you surprised me there.
Hokay Tim you surprised me there.
December 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Dex is quoting Tim Walz here, and, yeah, what's happening now is a great example of why the half-measures of the ACA didn't work and we need to move to Medicare for All like every other civilized country.
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laughing out loud imagining the face of a sign language interpreter trying to keep up with The Weaveᵗᵐ as the trade briefing shifts to his expertise in cyber and ballrooom
DOJ argues Trump being made to use sign language interpreters could hurt his ‘image’
The Justice Department has appealed a November order requiring interpreters at many events
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
laughing out loud imagining the face of a sign language interpreter trying to keep up with The Weaveᵗᵐ as the trade briefing shifts to his expertise in cyber and ballrooom
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We have officially hit the “papers!” phase.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We have officially hit the “papers!” phase.
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Talk to the living while you're alive.
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Talk to the living while you're alive.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM