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we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response
The executive jet that DHS says it needs has a “bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and even a bar ..”
@nbcnews.com
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February 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response
A million times this
I fear that men are about to do what men do. They are about to characterize any sober thinking about power as non-technical and therefore unserious.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
February 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
A million times this
I'm glad I set myself a minimum to donate if the Patriots are going to play like that
#AGoodGame is back on Super Bowl Sunday as usual! (cc: @emmasandoe.bsky.social)
February 9, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I'm glad I set myself a minimum to donate if the Patriots are going to play like that
So openAI's commercial about Codex featuring science and tech didn't include any women because we're all too smart to use AI, right?
February 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
So openAI's commercial about Codex featuring science and tech didn't include any women because we're all too smart to use AI, right?
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I actually agree that there is going to be a skill gap between people who regularly use AI vs those who refuse to use it, and it's that after the bubble pops the refusers will be fine while the AI-dependent will be missing or have let atrophy basic skills
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I actually agree that there is going to be a skill gap between people who regularly use AI vs those who refuse to use it, and it's that after the bubble pops the refusers will be fine while the AI-dependent will be missing or have let atrophy basic skills
Cake week will be lit next season!
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
February 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Cake week will be lit next season!
I love supporting independent journalism and creators, but relying on a Substack/Patreon model to fund everyone isn't practical unless we all suddenly get Catherine de Medici rich
If that does happen, I call dibs on the poison gloves, but until then we need real investment in independent media
If that does happen, I call dibs on the poison gloves, but until then we need real investment in independent media
February 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I love supporting independent journalism and creators, but relying on a Substack/Patreon model to fund everyone isn't practical unless we all suddenly get Catherine de Medici rich
If that does happen, I call dibs on the poison gloves, but until then we need real investment in independent media
If that does happen, I call dibs on the poison gloves, but until then we need real investment in independent media
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I have been told for ten years that calling your representatives is very important and makes a big difference, and I'll be honest, I have not seen an ounce of evidence to support that in the behavior of congress
January 29, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I have been told for ten years that calling your representatives is very important and makes a big difference, and I'll be honest, I have not seen an ounce of evidence to support that in the behavior of congress
Behold the logistical supremacy of @thebugle.bsky.social with my voluntary subscription reward showing up on #NationalPuzzleDay
1000 pieces is appropriate for those of us with the patience to endure 18 years of pun runs
1000 pieces is appropriate for those of us with the patience to endure 18 years of pun runs
January 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Behold the logistical supremacy of @thebugle.bsky.social with my voluntary subscription reward showing up on #NationalPuzzleDay
1000 pieces is appropriate for those of us with the patience to endure 18 years of pun runs
1000 pieces is appropriate for those of us with the patience to endure 18 years of pun runs
A world of pure imagination. So thrilled we've decided to tank the environment and world economy for this
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
A world of pure imagination. So thrilled we've decided to tank the environment and world economy for this
There was a chance for a real discussion on whether new companies were at a disadvantage compared to the legacy designers and how best to handle that.
When your backers are all the tech bros who are happy to pull the profit ladder up behind them, it's clear you don't really want THAT discussion
When your backers are all the tech bros who are happy to pull the profit ladder up behind them, it's clear you don't really want THAT discussion
Secretly rewriting rules is not how the nuclear industry builds trust. Allowing microreactor developers to employ a move fast and break things ethos is not good for anyone except their investors short term pocketbooks. Not good for the environment, the public, even the nuclear industry
EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
January 28, 2026 at 2:42 PM
There was a chance for a real discussion on whether new companies were at a disadvantage compared to the legacy designers and how best to handle that.
When your backers are all the tech bros who are happy to pull the profit ladder up behind them, it's clear you don't really want THAT discussion
When your backers are all the tech bros who are happy to pull the profit ladder up behind them, it's clear you don't really want THAT discussion
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i hate living in the second act of CABARET. i miss living in the first act of CABARET
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 AM
i hate living in the second act of CABARET. i miss living in the first act of CABARET
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A new ope.
Lots of good signs here, but I have to confess my favorite is a rebel alliance where they replaced the red insignia with blue and the Minnesota loon.
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
A new ope.
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can I just get clarification on who "we" is in this sentence, because it seems to me that the person who invented the resource-guzzling shit extruder and profits from the resource-guzzling shit extruder is surely the one who needs to come up with a purpose for the resource-guzzling shit extruder.
Delicious to me
January 22, 2026 at 12:51 PM
can I just get clarification on who "we" is in this sentence, because it seems to me that the person who invented the resource-guzzling shit extruder and profits from the resource-guzzling shit extruder is surely the one who needs to come up with a purpose for the resource-guzzling shit extruder.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
I want a TV with worse resolution so I stop seeing how awful the weather is for the NE/Texans game
January 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I want a TV with worse resolution so I stop seeing how awful the weather is for the NE/Texans game
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For years I would constantly tweet and tweet and retweet about politics. I didn’t help a single person doing that. It just eroded my mental health a little every day. I promise that actually DOING something, even one small thing, feels a lot better than reposting a million memes.
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery
my hot take is that I don't think it's this website specifically that's toxic. the Circumstances are toxic and nobody really knows what to do about it so they come online and scream. and if I may offer an alternative: actually going outside and screaming feels better.
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
For years I would constantly tweet and tweet and retweet about politics. I didn’t help a single person doing that. It just eroded my mental health a little every day. I promise that actually DOING something, even one small thing, feels a lot better than reposting a million memes.
Visiting family in time to see the great retirement home NYE party decorations. I guess this year's theme was Lasve Gas.
January 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Visiting family in time to see the great retirement home NYE party decorations. I guess this year's theme was Lasve Gas.
Even the dictionary is enabling my KPop Demon Hunters habit
January 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Even the dictionary is enabling my KPop Demon Hunters habit
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I don’t want technofeudalism. I don’t want newer, bigger machines that can do all my thinking and experiencing for me.
I want to read books, play my instruments, make art, be with loved ones, and spend time outside without these activities feeling like luxuries I have to make special time for.
I want to read books, play my instruments, make art, be with loved ones, and spend time outside without these activities feeling like luxuries I have to make special time for.
December 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I don’t want technofeudalism. I don’t want newer, bigger machines that can do all my thinking and experiencing for me.
I want to read books, play my instruments, make art, be with loved ones, and spend time outside without these activities feeling like luxuries I have to make special time for.
I want to read books, play my instruments, make art, be with loved ones, and spend time outside without these activities feeling like luxuries I have to make special time for.
Just sitting around the Christmas dinner table with everyone singing Marty Robbins' El Paso at top volume, as per tradition
December 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just sitting around the Christmas dinner table with everyone singing Marty Robbins' El Paso at top volume, as per tradition
If you have some last minute errands to run today, I highly recommend having this in your ears as you go.
You'll be much less likely to want to throttle your fellow festive season procrastinators while you learn just how faithful an adaptation the Muppet Christmas Carol is to the original text
You'll be much less likely to want to throttle your fellow festive season procrastinators while you learn just how faithful an adaptation the Muppet Christmas Carol is to the original text
New episode in your podfeed: I read all of A Christmas Carol, with musical backing from @martinaustwick.bsky.social. It’s a banger! theallusionist.org/christmascarol
Allusionist 222. A Christmas Carol — The Allusionist
Today, we read the novelisation of The Muppet Christmas Carol , also known as the 1843 festive lit hit A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
theallusionist.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you have some last minute errands to run today, I highly recommend having this in your ears as you go.
You'll be much less likely to want to throttle your fellow festive season procrastinators while you learn just how faithful an adaptation the Muppet Christmas Carol is to the original text
You'll be much less likely to want to throttle your fellow festive season procrastinators while you learn just how faithful an adaptation the Muppet Christmas Carol is to the original text
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Happy solstice.
Remember always that the light returns as the cold sets in.
Hope returns even as everything gets worse.
Remember always that the light returns as the cold sets in.
Hope returns even as everything gets worse.
December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy solstice.
Remember always that the light returns as the cold sets in.
Hope returns even as everything gets worse.
Remember always that the light returns as the cold sets in.
Hope returns even as everything gets worse.
I would unironically listen to every one of these bands
Included in this week’s That’s Marvelous newsletter is a list of horrible fake (mostly) nü-metal and rap-rock bands I accused @tedleo.bsky.social of playing in. If you would like more context, you can read the whole thing here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/162-malort-a...
December 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I would unironically listen to every one of these bands