Holly Jolly QA Guy
@vought.bsky.social
Software quality and security person. Avid airplane and car enjoyer. Western Nevada. Goes camping in the desert at least twice a year.
Loves his dogs and cats, has too many things on his plate.
Lives in a shack in the woods.
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Just noting that Mark Kelly voted in favor of Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
December 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just noting that Mark Kelly voted in favor of Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
As usual, the best gift of the year for the cats is a bag.
December 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As usual, the best gift of the year for the cats is a bag.
Yeah, I’m sure folks are just busting out of Woodside and SF for the climate of Austin, Dallas and Houston…
Even billionaires have to go outside, and while the hill country has its own unique beauty, well, let me know how Dallas compares to surfing and Yosemite in the same day.
Even billionaires have to go outside, and while the hill country has its own unique beauty, well, let me know how Dallas compares to surfing and Yosemite in the same day.
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Yeah, I’m sure folks are just busting out of Woodside and SF for the climate of Austin, Dallas and Houston…
Even billionaires have to go outside, and while the hill country has its own unique beauty, well, let me know how Dallas compares to surfing and Yosemite in the same day.
Even billionaires have to go outside, and while the hill country has its own unique beauty, well, let me know how Dallas compares to surfing and Yosemite in the same day.
My take on the Avatar movies is that I don’t like them, but if you do, that’s great.
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
My take on the Avatar movies is that I don’t like them, but if you do, that’s great.
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Yup.
I'm telling y'all, these dudes don't know anything.🤡
Frank Sinatra was a vocal anti-racist. He fought racism with his actions, his words, and his money.
Actions:
Refused to stay at segregated hotels. Made sure Black artists got paid fairly.
Words:
Literally wrote an article in Ebony Magazine
I'm telling y'all, these dudes don't know anything.🤡
Frank Sinatra was a vocal anti-racist. He fought racism with his actions, his words, and his money.
Actions:
Refused to stay at segregated hotels. Made sure Black artists got paid fairly.
Words:
Literally wrote an article in Ebony Magazine
December 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yup.
I'm telling y'all, these dudes don't know anything.🤡
Frank Sinatra was a vocal anti-racist. He fought racism with his actions, his words, and his money.
Actions:
Refused to stay at segregated hotels. Made sure Black artists got paid fairly.
Words:
Literally wrote an article in Ebony Magazine
I'm telling y'all, these dudes don't know anything.🤡
Frank Sinatra was a vocal anti-racist. He fought racism with his actions, his words, and his money.
Actions:
Refused to stay at segregated hotels. Made sure Black artists got paid fairly.
Words:
Literally wrote an article in Ebony Magazine
Want some good contemporary performances of Beatles songs? Listen to Himay Patel’s performances on the soundtrack to Yesterday.
Not just another movie about the Beatles or fans. Yesterday was truly moving and fun and the music is great.
Not just another movie about the Beatles or fans. Yesterday was truly moving and fun and the music is great.
December 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Want some good contemporary performances of Beatles songs? Listen to Himay Patel’s performances on the soundtrack to Yesterday.
Not just another movie about the Beatles or fans. Yesterday was truly moving and fun and the music is great.
Not just another movie about the Beatles or fans. Yesterday was truly moving and fun and the music is great.
I really enjoyed watching Spinal Tap II today. Made me sad, but it was lovely to see the film shot in New Orleans, with a cameo from my primary school friend Bad Beth.
Very interesting vibe to the movie. Not slapstick. Better.
I remember seeing Pearl Jam at Lakeshore in 1993 or so. Memories.
Very interesting vibe to the movie. Not slapstick. Better.
I remember seeing Pearl Jam at Lakeshore in 1993 or so. Memories.
December 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I really enjoyed watching Spinal Tap II today. Made me sad, but it was lovely to see the film shot in New Orleans, with a cameo from my primary school friend Bad Beth.
Very interesting vibe to the movie. Not slapstick. Better.
I remember seeing Pearl Jam at Lakeshore in 1993 or so. Memories.
Very interesting vibe to the movie. Not slapstick. Better.
I remember seeing Pearl Jam at Lakeshore in 1993 or so. Memories.
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Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
Want to read some fantasy?
While it’ll get a lot of clicks…lol there is zero chance of this happening. Zero.
While it’ll get a lot of clicks…lol there is zero chance of this happening. Zero.
Good piece on how countries will run rings round Trump’s tariffs.
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Want to read some fantasy?
While it’ll get a lot of clicks…lol there is zero chance of this happening. Zero.
While it’ll get a lot of clicks…lol there is zero chance of this happening. Zero.
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Bari Weiss' reporting experience is summed up by the time the NYT bizarrely gave her the cushiest possible assignment - go to Australia and hang out and write about it - and she produced a story so bad and so wrong about basic facts of Australian life that it became a running joke there.
December 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Bari Weiss' reporting experience is summed up by the time the NYT bizarrely gave her the cushiest possible assignment - go to Australia and hang out and write about it - and she produced a story so bad and so wrong about basic facts of Australian life that it became a running joke there.
Kind of tickled I got to take my mom for a quick spin in a red Taycan GTS today.
I matted it from a u-turn and I think we both got stupid grins.
I matted it from a u-turn and I think we both got stupid grins.
December 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Kind of tickled I got to take my mom for a quick spin in a red Taycan GTS today.
I matted it from a u-turn and I think we both got stupid grins.
I matted it from a u-turn and I think we both got stupid grins.
An incredible thread that will smack you in the face with the obvious.
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
December 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
An incredible thread that will smack you in the face with the obvious.
From our home to yours, warm and happy seasons greetings.
December 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
From our home to yours, warm and happy seasons greetings.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan area has more golf courses than you can shake a stick at, along with 2.2 million residents and as many as 150k visitors at a time.
Grower uses more Colorado River water than the entire Las Vegas metropolitan area.
A wealthy California farmer, a contentious divorce and a fatal shooting
December 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Las Vegas Metropolitan area has more golf courses than you can shake a stick at, along with 2.2 million residents and as many as 150k visitors at a time.
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For those who were politically aware in the 1980s & 1990s this was a particularly dramatic event.
At the time, this felt like the USA had "won" the Cold War after decades of conflict.
The new Russian Federation could at long last be our friends, or so we thought.
Let there be peace on Earth.
At the time, this felt like the USA had "won" the Cold War after decades of conflict.
The new Russian Federation could at long last be our friends, or so we thought.
Let there be peace on Earth.
Tonight in 1991, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, resigned and peacefully ceded power to Boris Yeltsin as president of the new Russian Federation. The next day, the Supreme Soviet formally voted to dissolve itself and the 69-year-old Soviet Union.
December 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
For those who were politically aware in the 1980s & 1990s this was a particularly dramatic event.
At the time, this felt like the USA had "won" the Cold War after decades of conflict.
The new Russian Federation could at long last be our friends, or so we thought.
Let there be peace on Earth.
At the time, this felt like the USA had "won" the Cold War after decades of conflict.
The new Russian Federation could at long last be our friends, or so we thought.
Let there be peace on Earth.
Merry Christmas from a few miles east of the Sierra Escarpment.
December 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Merry Christmas from a few miles east of the Sierra Escarpment.
Thanks for being here, you bunch of online nerds. I enjoy the company here as narrow as I’ve seemed to make it.
I speak too much and don’t listen enough here. I’ll try to do better next year.
I speak too much and don’t listen enough here. I’ll try to do better next year.
December 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Thanks for being here, you bunch of online nerds. I enjoy the company here as narrow as I’ve seemed to make it.
I speak too much and don’t listen enough here. I’ll try to do better next year.
I speak too much and don’t listen enough here. I’ll try to do better next year.
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you can only fake being good at engineering, art, or law for so long before faced with objective assessment. non-military fields offer feedback on a much more frequent basis.
you can fake being good at war right up until the moment it happens. at which point the consequences are often catastrophic
you can fake being good at war right up until the moment it happens. at which point the consequences are often catastrophic
December 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
you can only fake being good at engineering, art, or law for so long before faced with objective assessment. non-military fields offer feedback on a much more frequent basis.
you can fake being good at war right up until the moment it happens. at which point the consequences are often catastrophic
you can fake being good at war right up until the moment it happens. at which point the consequences are often catastrophic
Such a heartwarming story.
Father and son, united in lowest common denominator slop as entertainment, and bending the once-trusted bastions of news to their extreme right wing perspective.
Money. It’s what really brings people together.
Father and son, united in lowest common denominator slop as entertainment, and bending the once-trusted bastions of news to their extreme right wing perspective.
Money. It’s what really brings people together.
Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship, but now the father and son have formed an unusual tag team in their pursuit of major media deals. They bought Paramount this summer, and now they are hunting Warner Bros. Discovery with a $108 billion hostile bid.
A Father and Son’s $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship. Now they’re one of the most intriguing partnerships in business.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Such a heartwarming story.
Father and son, united in lowest common denominator slop as entertainment, and bending the once-trusted bastions of news to their extreme right wing perspective.
Money. It’s what really brings people together.
Father and son, united in lowest common denominator slop as entertainment, and bending the once-trusted bastions of news to their extreme right wing perspective.
Money. It’s what really brings people together.
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Hey, remember like four months ago when they said the investigation was closed and they had nothing left to review?
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Hey, remember like four months ago when they said the investigation was closed and they had nothing left to review?
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It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
“I forgot to set my parking brake”
“ hey, please be more careful Your car almost hit a person and a car”
“ fuck you, man”
Happy holidays from jeep and the Las Vegas Raiders owners club
“ hey, please be more careful Your car almost hit a person and a car”
“ fuck you, man”
Happy holidays from jeep and the Las Vegas Raiders owners club
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“I forgot to set my parking brake”
“ hey, please be more careful Your car almost hit a person and a car”
“ fuck you, man”
Happy holidays from jeep and the Las Vegas Raiders owners club
“ hey, please be more careful Your car almost hit a person and a car”
“ fuck you, man”
Happy holidays from jeep and the Las Vegas Raiders owners club
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Americans will spend the next 20 years paying the price - a market of last resort for Trump's petrostate oligarch allies whose oil reserves would otherwise go stranded.
It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
December 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Americans will spend the next 20 years paying the price - a market of last resort for Trump's petrostate oligarch allies whose oil reserves would otherwise go stranded.
This guy is gonna slick his way into the White House, I’m afraid and we are gonna be right back to 1992 again, except with a software-backed hellscape and its creators that he is beholden to.
Better than Trump, and still regressive.
Better than Trump, and still regressive.
Newsom just signed AB 715, a vague California law that weaponizes "antisemitism" to silence criticism of Israel in schools. The law deliberately avoids defining antisemitism while forcing districts to adopt the IHRA definition that conflates anti-Zionism with bigotry. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/cali...
California’s AB 715 claims to combat antisemitism but is a direct attack on free speech regarding Palestine
Proponents claim that California’s AB 715 aims to combat antisemitism by strengthening anti-discrimination laws in public schools, but a closer look reveals it directly targets free speech on…
mondoweiss.net
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This guy is gonna slick his way into the White House, I’m afraid and we are gonna be right back to 1992 again, except with a software-backed hellscape and its creators that he is beholden to.
Better than Trump, and still regressive.
Better than Trump, and still regressive.