Reposted by Jay Lester
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"Prices haven't gone up yet, tariffs don't mean anything?"
Supply chains are... chains. Long chains.
Imagine your city water supply is a supply chain. If you throw a few tons of mud into the system at the treatment plant your water doesn't turn brown that second.
The mud is coming.
Supply chains are... chains. Long chains.
Imagine your city water supply is a supply chain. If you throw a few tons of mud into the system at the treatment plant your water doesn't turn brown that second.
The mud is coming.
April 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"Prices haven't gone up yet, tariffs don't mean anything?"
Supply chains are... chains. Long chains.
Imagine your city water supply is a supply chain. If you throw a few tons of mud into the system at the treatment plant your water doesn't turn brown that second.
The mud is coming.
Supply chains are... chains. Long chains.
Imagine your city water supply is a supply chain. If you throw a few tons of mud into the system at the treatment plant your water doesn't turn brown that second.
The mud is coming.
A mystery that will never be solved.
weird, what could explain this
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
April 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A mystery that will never be solved.
Reposted by Jay Lester
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
All we need now are officially issued government gray overalls (made in America for only $700) and a giant holographic talking head.
If you’re not already deeply mobilized to oppose & stop these fascists, I truly hope this gets you there.
April 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
All we need now are officially issued government gray overalls (made in America for only $700) and a giant holographic talking head.
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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
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I think a really important way of framing this data is saying that a majority of American Jews have little to no confidence in Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Israeli government. Especially as our government says they’re disappearing legal residents “for us” over protests of Israel.
% in each US religious group with a lot or some confidence in Benjamin Netanyahu
58% of White evangelical Protestants
45% of Jews
38% of White non-evangelical Protestants
35% of Catholics
16% of "nones"
8% of Muslims
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
58% of White evangelical Protestants
45% of Jews
38% of White non-evangelical Protestants
35% of Catholics
16% of "nones"
8% of Muslims
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
April 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I think a really important way of framing this data is saying that a majority of American Jews have little to no confidence in Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Israeli government. Especially as our government says they’re disappearing legal residents “for us” over protests of Israel.
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Important in itself, especially for those of us living in New York. But it’s more broadly important as a demonstration of the power of noncompliance as a response to unlawful commands.
Absolutely incredible: the Feds totally folded on Congestion Pricing, thanks to the MTA just...refusing to abide by their demands
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
MTA, feds agree to keep NYC congestion pricing tolls through October
The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement to keep New York City congestion pricing through October.
www.cbsnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Important in itself, especially for those of us living in New York. But it’s more broadly important as a demonstration of the power of noncompliance as a response to unlawful commands.
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Brilliant economic analysis by Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Brilliant economic analysis by Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com
The question isn't "is this a bad idea". It is. But more than that, this is part of a shock and awe campaign designed to confuse and distract. When 50 hand grenades are thrown through your window it's hard to pay attention to anything else. I don't have a solution but awareness is important.
Hi. I’m an expert in modernizing legacy government software systems. This is profoundly stupid and will definitely fail, and it’s just a question of whether our social security system fails along with it.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
March 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The question isn't "is this a bad idea". It is. But more than that, this is part of a shock and awe campaign designed to confuse and distract. When 50 hand grenades are thrown through your window it's hard to pay attention to anything else. I don't have a solution but awareness is important.
When Fox makes you look like you've gone off the deep end, you really need to question some of your choices.
Laura Ingraham: You’re tougher with Canada than you are with some of our biggest adversaries. Why?
Trump: “Only because it’s meant to be our 51st state…One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada”
Go ahead, MAGA—try to defend this.
Trump: “Only because it’s meant to be our 51st state…One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada”
Go ahead, MAGA—try to defend this.
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
When Fox makes you look like you've gone off the deep end, you really need to question some of your choices.
As rebel leaders go, I will gladly take a scruffy bunch of park rangers.
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
As rebel leaders go, I will gladly take a scruffy bunch of park rangers.
I am considering framing this and putting it on a wall.
a thought i’ll put out there: it is not the ideological moderation that is the electoral problem, it is that selecting for candidates who chase popular issue positions is necessarily selecting for candidates who exude the kind of focused-group affect that voters genuinely hate
March 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I am considering framing this and putting it on a wall.
The only way Schumer can save himself is to...
Sorry, writers block.
Sorry, writers block.
March 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The only way Schumer can save himself is to...
Sorry, writers block.
Sorry, writers block.
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Hey this is good messaging, shame it's not relevant now
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Hey this is good messaging, shame it's not relevant now
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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
Reposted by Jay Lester
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
Something odd seems to be going on at Fox. Some of their headlines are completely rational and I need to understand what's going on behind the scenes.
February 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Something odd seems to be going on at Fox. Some of their headlines are completely rational and I need to understand what's going on behind the scenes.
I am entertained
WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
February 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I am entertained
All the media around Musk using AI to strategically identify opportunities is hysterical.
Here's the secret code:
DELETE
FROM GOVERNMENT
WHERE WORDS LIKE ('DIV%');
There is no AI magic in play.
Coming soon: cuts to 3rd grade DIVision and DIVer-training programs.
Here's the secret code:
DELETE
FROM GOVERNMENT
WHERE WORDS LIKE ('DIV%');
There is no AI magic in play.
Coming soon: cuts to 3rd grade DIVision and DIVer-training programs.
February 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
All the media around Musk using AI to strategically identify opportunities is hysterical.
Here's the secret code:
DELETE
FROM GOVERNMENT
WHERE WORDS LIKE ('DIV%');
There is no AI magic in play.
Coming soon: cuts to 3rd grade DIVision and DIVer-training programs.
Here's the secret code:
DELETE
FROM GOVERNMENT
WHERE WORDS LIKE ('DIV%');
There is no AI magic in play.
Coming soon: cuts to 3rd grade DIVision and DIVer-training programs.
Reposted by Jay Lester
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
February 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
I am irrationally triggered by any social media video that waggles a finger at me.
December 26, 2024 at 3:34 PM
I am irrationally triggered by any social media video that waggles a finger at me.
I need the history behind choosing 'realistic body' ped xing signs in Crozet. I want the meeting minutes!
December 25, 2024 at 9:28 PM
I need the history behind choosing 'realistic body' ped xing signs in Crozet. I want the meeting minutes!
My attempted repair of the in-laws' mystery dishwasher noise may have been a failure, but it happily cascaded into a mystery water pressure issue!
December 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
My attempted repair of the in-laws' mystery dishwasher noise may have been a failure, but it happily cascaded into a mystery water pressure issue!
This drone invasion stuff is giving me strong 1980's devil cult vibes. For the younger folks, there was a good stretch of years where everyone believed devil cults were everywhere. On the news all the time. Why? Who knows. Maybe we were all looking to stop thinking about Russia launching nukes?
December 13, 2024 at 5:30 PM
This drone invasion stuff is giving me strong 1980's devil cult vibes. For the younger folks, there was a good stretch of years where everyone believed devil cults were everywhere. On the news all the time. Why? Who knows. Maybe we were all looking to stop thinking about Russia launching nukes?