tripsnek
@tripsnek.com
tripsnek.com - Europe Travel Itinerary Optimizer
Software architect. Primarily Node/Angular/TypeScript. AI R&D since 2005.
Things I like: Static typing, genetic algorithms, Rick Steves, liberal democracy
📍Atlanta, Georgia
Software architect. Primarily Node/Angular/TypeScript. AI R&D since 2005.
Things I like: Static typing, genetic algorithms, Rick Steves, liberal democracy
📍Atlanta, Georgia
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tripsnek
@tripsnek.com
· Jan 12
tripsnek, in a nutshell:
Tell it where you want to go, how you like to travel, what you're into. As much or as little detail as you want.
It builds an efficient, multi-modal route, filling gaps with a Rick Steves-like "view" of Europe. Edit & iterate until it's perfect, get all sorts of handy tips
Tell it where you want to go, how you like to travel, what you're into. As much or as little detail as you want.
It builds an efficient, multi-modal route, filling gaps with a Rick Steves-like "view" of Europe. Edit & iterate until it's perfect, get all sorts of handy tips
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Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
"I was excited when Malphas, Bringer of Pestilence, took over right up until he started bringing all this pestilence"
“Everything he was doing to make America great I was cool with up until he started messing with the immigrants,” said Andre Lewis, 32, who lives in White Bear Lake.
Gotta love the American voter
www.startribune.com/minnesotas-s...
Gotta love the American voter
www.startribune.com/minnesotas-s...
Minnesota’s suburbs are an election battleground. Trump’s immigration surge is unpopular there.
A new poll shows suburban residents and independents aligning more with Twin Cities residents in opposing Trump’s crackdown and immigration agents’ tactics.
www.startribune.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
"I was excited when Malphas, Bringer of Pestilence, took over right up until he started bringing all this pestilence"
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Laugh at Bondi all you want but I’m never going into another deposition or dinner party without a stack of flash cards with individualized insults for each person in attendance.
February 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Laugh at Bondi all you want but I’m never going into another deposition or dinner party without a stack of flash cards with individualized insults for each person in attendance.
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asking jurors in a city occupied for months by the national guard to indict members of congress for telling servicemembers they don't need to obey unlawful orders, under a statute likely unconstitutional under the first amendment. masterful gambit sir
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
asking jurors in a city occupied for months by the national guard to indict members of congress for telling servicemembers they don't need to obey unlawful orders, under a statute likely unconstitutional under the first amendment. masterful gambit sir
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the primary reason rightwingers will never control culture is because everything they do is hinged upon it being a reaction to the broader culture. the TPUSA half time event would not exist without it being a representation of their grievences
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
the primary reason rightwingers will never control culture is because everything they do is hinged upon it being a reaction to the broader culture. the TPUSA half time event would not exist without it being a representation of their grievences
My god.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
My god.
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it's really, really nuts that our scrappy lil' non-profit media website employs more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.
Also follow @lapatina.bsky.social she is awesome and smart and so brave
Also follow @lapatina.bsky.social she is awesome and smart and so brave
The Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau.
@lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not.
We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.
Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
@lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not.
We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.
Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
February 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
it's really, really nuts that our scrappy lil' non-profit media website employs more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.
Also follow @lapatina.bsky.social she is awesome and smart and so brave
Also follow @lapatina.bsky.social she is awesome and smart and so brave
Fundamental obstacle is that what DHS is doing is so horrifying Rs cannot even implicitly acknowledge it.
Which means Ds and Rs cannot operate in a shared reality in which to compromise.
Which means Ds and Rs cannot operate in a shared reality in which to compromise.
As I was saying,
*THUNE: NOT WORTH ENGAGING DEMOCRATS ON CURRENT DHS DEMAND LIST
*THUNE: NOT WORTH ENGAGING DEMOCRATS ON CURRENT DHS DEMAND LIST
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Fundamental obstacle is that what DHS is doing is so horrifying Rs cannot even implicitly acknowledge it.
Which means Ds and Rs cannot operate in a shared reality in which to compromise.
Which means Ds and Rs cannot operate in a shared reality in which to compromise.
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After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
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While vetting the Epstein files, the FBI created a list of prominent names mentioned in the documents—and they noted which people had "salacious information" about them in the records. Trump was on the "salacious" list. Bill Clinton was not.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 3, 2026 at 11:36 PM
While vetting the Epstein files, the FBI created a list of prominent names mentioned in the documents—and they noted which people had "salacious information" about them in the records. Trump was on the "salacious" list. Bill Clinton was not.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
This sort of thing does seem like it validates @whstancil.bsky.social's argument that saturating state capacity is the way to go.
If DOJ is sending these teams to help charge cases, but only for "one or two weeks" at a time, then who is going to prosecute the cases after they leave?
Exclusive: DOJ is requiring all 93 US attorneys to designate prosecutors for "emergency jump teams" supporting surge districts dealing with assaults & obstruction of federal officers, per internal memo. Comes as more Minn. prosecutors resign. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
February 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
This sort of thing does seem like it validates @whstancil.bsky.social's argument that saturating state capacity is the way to go.
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
People rag on Elon for exaggerating his accomplishments, but he has created a cringe singularity that previously would have required hundreds of kilometers of accelerator tunnels deep under the swiss alps.
You know, the richest man in history could afford to pay a real life Ed McMahon. He doesn’t have to pay people to program a chatbot to follow him around everywhere and tell him how great he is.
February 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
People rag on Elon for exaggerating his accomplishments, but he has created a cringe singularity that previously would have required hundreds of kilometers of accelerator tunnels deep under the swiss alps.
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Liam is back home.
He is only one of the approximately 3,800 children in ICE custody.
(Source: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/i...)
He is only one of the approximately 3,800 children in ICE custody.
(Source: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/i...)
February 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Liam is back home.
He is only one of the approximately 3,800 children in ICE custody.
(Source: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/i...)
He is only one of the approximately 3,800 children in ICE custody.
(Source: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/i...)
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The good: this medic is doing a great job with that little girl.
The bad: gas the kid, kidnap the kid, fuck the kid, it’s all in-policy for the Trump Administration.
The bad: gas the kid, kidnap the kid, fuck the kid, it’s all in-policy for the Trump Administration.
February 1, 2026 at 2:19 AM
The good: this medic is doing a great job with that little girl.
The bad: gas the kid, kidnap the kid, fuck the kid, it’s all in-policy for the Trump Administration.
The bad: gas the kid, kidnap the kid, fuck the kid, it’s all in-policy for the Trump Administration.
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I have Opus 4.5 hallucinating prompts to feed Genie 3 with minimal steering, and the results are fascinating. Here's FEEDWOMB, which google refused to finish generating, for copyright reasons
January 30, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I have Opus 4.5 hallucinating prompts to feed Genie 3 with minimal steering, and the results are fascinating. Here's FEEDWOMB, which google refused to finish generating, for copyright reasons
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Hard to pick just one devastating stat from this survey but holy shit
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Hard to pick just one devastating stat from this survey but holy shit
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What… the fuck?
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 AM
What… the fuck?
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The Trump Administration claims the agents who shot Alex Pretti have been put on administrative leave, notwithstanding Greg Bovino’s prior short statement that they were simply reassigned.
There is no reason to credit this assertion as truthful.
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There is no reason to credit this assertion as truthful.
/1
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The Trump Administration claims the agents who shot Alex Pretti have been put on administrative leave, notwithstanding Greg Bovino’s prior short statement that they were simply reassigned.
There is no reason to credit this assertion as truthful.
/1
There is no reason to credit this assertion as truthful.
/1
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Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
ICE and CBP are at the head of Trump's campaign to terrorize Minnesotans. But the Justice Department is not far behind.
ICE’s No. 1 Ally
The Department of Justice has rushed to shield federal agents from accountability and launched needless criminal investigations into Minnesota officials and residents.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
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The date for the next No Kings Day is set.
But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵
But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵
January 28, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The date for the next No Kings Day is set.
But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵
But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵
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Breaking News: The Trump administration is planning to move Gregory Bovino, the official in charge of President Trump’s Border Patrol operations and the face of on-the-ground immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, out of the city, officials said. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4jWyPDK
January 26, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration is planning to move Gregory Bovino, the official in charge of President Trump’s Border Patrol operations and the face of on-the-ground immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, out of the city, officials said. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4jWyPDK