Mark Rogaski
@skogkatt.io
Software engineer working with Go, Python, and Kubernetes | roller derby official (Trampling Bias, Dirty Jersey Roller Derby) | diversity advocate | outdoor enthusiast | cat rescue foster. Også, nordmenn, jeg følger dere fordi jeg lærer språket.
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One on side, the Trump administration is arguing that hormones are "mutilating" when used by trans people. When used by cis people, they are removing all the warning labels and increasing access.
Funny how that works.
archive.ph/JhbUF
Funny how that works.
archive.ph/JhbUF
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
One on side, the Trump administration is arguing that hormones are "mutilating" when used by trans people. When used by cis people, they are removing all the warning labels and increasing access.
Funny how that works.
archive.ph/JhbUF
Funny how that works.
archive.ph/JhbUF
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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.
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10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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I think an important part of becoming an adult male is realizing that anyone appealing to your ‘masculinity’ is trying to use your insecurity against you to sell you something. Don’t fall for this shit! You’re fine just the way you are, these assholes can all get fucked.
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I think an important part of becoming an adult male is realizing that anyone appealing to your ‘masculinity’ is trying to use your insecurity against you to sell you something. Don’t fall for this shit! You’re fine just the way you are, these assholes can all get fucked.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Maplewood, NJ stepping up.
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Maplewood, NJ stepping up.
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That lamp looks PISSED.
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
That lamp looks PISSED.
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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This is the hype video the White House posted when they arrested Sandwich Guy, who was found not guilty today.
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is the hype video the White House posted when they arrested Sandwich Guy, who was found not guilty today.
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"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
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The front page of the New York Times is asking if women belong the workplace and @aselrod.bsky.social and @liberalcurrents.com, come through with this.
Incredible timing.
Incredible timing.
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The front page of the New York Times is asking if women belong the workplace and @aselrod.bsky.social and @liberalcurrents.com, come through with this.
Incredible timing.
Incredible timing.
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With an entire country's ages 5-17 kids (England), this study again confirms the benefits of Covid vaccination. Meanwhile, just 15% of eligible US kids are up to date on this vax.
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
With an entire country's ages 5-17 kids (England), this study again confirms the benefits of Covid vaccination. Meanwhile, just 15% of eligible US kids are up to date on this vax.
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Every one of us should be asking: what risk does a raid like this actually mitigate and what risk does it introduce? I don't see how the former comes anywhere near the latter.
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Every one of us should be asking: what risk does a raid like this actually mitigate and what risk does it introduce? I don't see how the former comes anywhere near the latter.
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A few years ago, Republicans were talking about turning Puerto Rico into a fossil fuel playground. But reconstruction has failed so badly that it's instead become a testing ground for distributed solar, which has become one of the few bright spots. Remarkable.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A few years ago, Republicans were talking about turning Puerto Rico into a fossil fuel playground. But reconstruction has failed so badly that it's instead become a testing ground for distributed solar, which has become one of the few bright spots. Remarkable.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
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Could errors from an AI surveillance tool cause ICE to grab and detain you? The agency’s use of facial recognition — and alarming new details on its reckless procedures for doing so — make that sci-fi-sounding nightmare an all too real risk, writes CDT surveillance expert Jake Laperruque.
ICE’s Reckless Reliance on Facial Recognition Puts Us All In Danger | TechPolicy.Press
Jake Laperruque raises the alarm on ICE’s reckless use of facial recognition and its risks for wrongful detainment.
www.techpolicy.press
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Could errors from an AI surveillance tool cause ICE to grab and detain you? The agency’s use of facial recognition — and alarming new details on its reckless procedures for doing so — make that sci-fi-sounding nightmare an all too real risk, writes CDT surveillance expert Jake Laperruque.
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This is the most profoundly American thing I have read in a good long time.
The one true thing about this country is that we are a noodle bowl of entwined diasporas, and the genius of the arrangement is that “I’m an American” applies universally anyway. Go watch An American Tail with your kids.
The one true thing about this country is that we are a noodle bowl of entwined diasporas, and the genius of the arrangement is that “I’m an American” applies universally anyway. Go watch An American Tail with your kids.
"Others will take time in catching up to that." whew
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is the most profoundly American thing I have read in a good long time.
The one true thing about this country is that we are a noodle bowl of entwined diasporas, and the genius of the arrangement is that “I’m an American” applies universally anyway. Go watch An American Tail with your kids.
The one true thing about this country is that we are a noodle bowl of entwined diasporas, and the genius of the arrangement is that “I’m an American” applies universally anyway. Go watch An American Tail with your kids.
Technically, I think this should be "criminals indistinguishable from US immigration officers".
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Technically, I think this should be "criminals indistinguishable from US immigration officers".
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each of them represents one of the five elements: Fire, Metal, Air, Water, and Anti-Trust.
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
each of them represents one of the five elements: Fire, Metal, Air, Water, and Anti-Trust.
"She even won Morris County, which hasn’t gone for a Democrat in 52 years."
This may reflect that many "Frelinghuysen Republicans" have stuck to their principles far longer than Rodney Frelinghuysen did.
This may reflect that many "Frelinghuysen Republicans" have stuck to their principles far longer than Rodney Frelinghuysen did.
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"She even won Morris County, which hasn’t gone for a Democrat in 52 years."
This may reflect that many "Frelinghuysen Republicans" have stuck to their principles far longer than Rodney Frelinghuysen did.
This may reflect that many "Frelinghuysen Republicans" have stuck to their principles far longer than Rodney Frelinghuysen did.
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This seems huge, and deserves more attention.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This seems huge, and deserves more attention.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
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@ddimolfetta.bsky.social looks at the consequences of layoffs and furloughs on the NSA's hacking and espionage missions, which may be faltering as people leave or sit at home: www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@ddimolfetta.bsky.social looks at the consequences of layoffs and furloughs on the NSA's hacking and espionage missions, which may be faltering as people leave or sit at home: www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.