admford
@admford.bsky.social
Hacker/Maker at large. Security Engineer at large.
WARNING: extremely curious with a touch of ADHD...
WARNING: extremely curious with a touch of ADHD...
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
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We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death
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I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.
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again, don't rank cuomo. just the shittiest, pettiest, laziest person.
Cuomo’s car parked (illegally) outside union HQ.
I asked a cop nearby if it was parked illegally. He said “yes.”
Why? “Because it got two tickets already”
I asked a cop nearby if it was parked illegally. He said “yes.”
Why? “Because it got two tickets already”
June 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
again, don't rank cuomo. just the shittiest, pettiest, laziest person.
@asavage.bsky.social hey Adam, American Science & Surplus needs some help. You’ve occasionally spoken about the shop when you’re in Chicago. Would you help get the word out? gofund.me/f33f44a7
Donate to Keep American Science & Surplus Alive, organized by Patrick Meyer
A heartfelt message from Pat Meyer, owner of American Science & Surplus: Calling A… Patrick Meyer needs your support for Keep American Science & Surplus Alive
gofund.me
May 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
@asavage.bsky.social hey Adam, American Science & Surplus needs some help. You’ve occasionally spoken about the shop when you’re in Chicago. Would you help get the word out? gofund.me/f33f44a7
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Holy shiitake! Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, the Director of the US Copyrights Office apparently because she refused to let Elon Musk raid the place to steal author’s intellectual property rights
democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...
democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...
May 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Holy shiitake! Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, the Director of the US Copyrights Office apparently because she refused to let Elon Musk raid the place to steal author’s intellectual property rights
democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...
democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...
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The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
May 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
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20 million Americans might lose their health coverage, just so Republicans can give billionaires a tax cut.
NEW: Republicans consider unraveling a key part of Obamacare in Trump agenda bill
House chairman overseeing health policy says they're looking at unwinding the federal promise to cover 90% of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion (ie FMAP).
BFD, if it happens 👇
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House chairman overseeing health policy says they're looking at unwinding the federal promise to cover 90% of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion (ie FMAP).
BFD, if it happens 👇
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republicans consider unraveling a key part of Obamacare in Trump agenda bill
The chair of the House committee overseeing health care policy said they're looking at unwinding the federal promise to cover 90% of the 2010 law's Medicaid expansion.
www.nbcnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
20 million Americans might lose their health coverage, just so Republicans can give billionaires a tax cut.
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So basically there's a cabal of billionaire broligarchs, far right propagandists, and reactionary centrist journalists all on group chats radicalizing together and exerting coordinated narratives and influence on media and politics
www.semafor.com/article/04/2...
www.semafor.com/article/04/2...
The group chats that changed America
A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.
www.semafor.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
So basically there's a cabal of billionaire broligarchs, far right propagandists, and reactionary centrist journalists all on group chats radicalizing together and exerting coordinated narratives and influence on media and politics
www.semafor.com/article/04/2...
www.semafor.com/article/04/2...
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“Everyone should have a plan before travel,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @miamiherald.com. If an officer wants a device unlocked, “the traveler has to know what they’re going to do in that moment, either they’re going to comply or they’re not going to comply.”
Planning a trip abroad? Here’s how to protect the data on your devices at U.S. border searches
Border agents do not need a warrant to conduct searches of cell phones, laptops or other electronic devices when you’re entering the country.
www.miamiherald.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Everyone should have a plan before travel,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @miamiherald.com. If an officer wants a device unlocked, “the traveler has to know what they’re going to do in that moment, either they’re going to comply or they’re not going to comply.”
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Bear in mind, Judge Wilkinson is a Reagan appointee who was repeatedly on SCOTUS shortlists. This is both an admonition and a dire warning.
April 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Bear in mind, Judge Wilkinson is a Reagan appointee who was repeatedly on SCOTUS shortlists. This is both an admonition and a dire warning.
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This Tufts student was grabbed off the street, cuffed and taken out of state solely because she co-wrote a completely respectful oped in the student paper.
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
An internal memo, prepared before Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.
wapo.st
April 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This Tufts student was grabbed off the street, cuffed and taken out of state solely because she co-wrote a completely respectful oped in the student paper.
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
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this guy...
PLEASE do not rank him on your ballot, fellow New Yorkers. He's a clown. Put five other names on your ballot, none of them being his.
PLEASE do not rank him on your ballot, fellow New Yorkers. He's a clown. Put five other names on your ballot, none of them being his.
NEW:
Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board.
hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board.
hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
Andrew Cuomo Used ChatGPT For His Housing Plan
"Addressing New York's Housing Crisis" features garbled text and a citation from ChatGPT.
hellgatenyc.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
this guy...
PLEASE do not rank him on your ballot, fellow New Yorkers. He's a clown. Put five other names on your ballot, none of them being his.
PLEASE do not rank him on your ballot, fellow New Yorkers. He's a clown. Put five other names on your ballot, none of them being his.
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Biden - April 8th 2021
Dow Jones: +7.390% (+2,305.56)
NYSE: +5.228% (+789.30)
NASDAQ: +2.277% (+307.83)
S&P500: +6.214% (+239.70)
AVG: +5.277% 🏆
Trump - April 8th 2025
Dow Jones: -13.515% (-5,883.06)
NYSE: -12.337% (-2,418.94)
NASDAQ: -22.633% (-4,466.48)
S&P500: -17.149% (-1,031.35)
AVG: -16.409%
Dow Jones: +7.390% (+2,305.56)
NYSE: +5.228% (+789.30)
NASDAQ: +2.277% (+307.83)
S&P500: +6.214% (+239.70)
AVG: +5.277% 🏆
Trump - April 8th 2025
Dow Jones: -13.515% (-5,883.06)
NYSE: -12.337% (-2,418.94)
NASDAQ: -22.633% (-4,466.48)
S&P500: -17.149% (-1,031.35)
AVG: -16.409%
April 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Biden - April 8th 2021
Dow Jones: +7.390% (+2,305.56)
NYSE: +5.228% (+789.30)
NASDAQ: +2.277% (+307.83)
S&P500: +6.214% (+239.70)
AVG: +5.277% 🏆
Trump - April 8th 2025
Dow Jones: -13.515% (-5,883.06)
NYSE: -12.337% (-2,418.94)
NASDAQ: -22.633% (-4,466.48)
S&P500: -17.149% (-1,031.35)
AVG: -16.409%
Dow Jones: +7.390% (+2,305.56)
NYSE: +5.228% (+789.30)
NASDAQ: +2.277% (+307.83)
S&P500: +6.214% (+239.70)
AVG: +5.277% 🏆
Trump - April 8th 2025
Dow Jones: -13.515% (-5,883.06)
NYSE: -12.337% (-2,418.94)
NASDAQ: -22.633% (-4,466.48)
S&P500: -17.149% (-1,031.35)
AVG: -16.409%
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Century+ duration electronic data preservation is in fact an unsolved problem, but magnetic tapes set read-only are as close as we have right now. This is a massive, active research problem at Amazon, Google, Microsoft, others. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear... Some tape can be replaced, not all.
April 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Century+ duration electronic data preservation is in fact an unsolved problem, but magnetic tapes set read-only are as close as we have right now. This is a massive, active research problem at Amazon, Google, Microsoft, others. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear... Some tape can be replaced, not all.
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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Apparently DOD went through the web pages for Medal of Honor recipients and marked those of non-white dudes as "DEI", which also broke links.
The shameless racism is nakedly on display.
The shameless racism is nakedly on display.
March 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Apparently DOD went through the web pages for Medal of Honor recipients and marked those of non-white dudes as "DEI", which also broke links.
The shameless racism is nakedly on display.
The shameless racism is nakedly on display.
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
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The Trump administration is explicitly targeting libraries, museums, and the press in the latest executive order.
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Trump administration is explicitly targeting libraries, museums, and the press in the latest executive order.
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This is not paywalled and I need you to actually read it.
March 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is not paywalled and I need you to actually read it.
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these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions