B Long
@blong42.bsky.social
Engineer, Husband, Dad, lce Hockey, Bike Commuter
Formerly Gmail, now Google Cloud Serverless (GCF/GAE/Run). he/him
Formerly Gmail, now Google Cloud Serverless (GCF/GAE/Run). he/him
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I love my trans folks and nothing will ever change that
January 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I love my trans folks and nothing will ever change that
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If some high school snot came in to review my work I’d tell him to go get his fucking shine box and then realize that movie is twice as old as him
January 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If some high school snot came in to review my work I’d tell him to go get his fucking shine box and then realize that movie is twice as old as him
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I’m broadly sympathetic to this argument but California is a vast state with a habitability gradient that runs from “actual heaven on earth” through “Bakersfield” and “a mountain pass most famous for cannibalism” all the way to “literally Death Valley”
Giving California the population density of New York would double its population. Giving it the population density of Germany would triple it. “Only so much room” is always an objectively wrong argument bsky.app/profile/will...
January 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m broadly sympathetic to this argument but California is a vast state with a habitability gradient that runs from “actual heaven on earth” through “Bakersfield” and “a mountain pass most famous for cannibalism” all the way to “literally Death Valley”
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one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.
January 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.
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The right wing ecosystem is a cinematic universe w/lore and villains that it calls back to constantly. The improv piece - influencers boosting & co-creating stories with their extremely online fans - invests the audience bc they’re part of it. But once they have a Take, the machine stays on message.
January 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The right wing ecosystem is a cinematic universe w/lore and villains that it calls back to constantly. The improv piece - influencers boosting & co-creating stories with their extremely online fans - invests the audience bc they’re part of it. But once they have a Take, the machine stays on message.
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no other industry calls the financiers by the name of the craft! If someone "works in food", we think they're a chef or a cook, not the person who cut a check for funding a restaurant! A person who works "in medicine" is the doctor or nurse, not a developer who built the hospital!
December 2, 2024 at 6:06 PM
no other industry calls the financiers by the name of the craft! If someone "works in food", we think they're a chef or a cook, not the person who cut a check for funding a restaurant! A person who works "in medicine" is the doctor or nurse, not a developer who built the hospital!
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he's a recently graduated MBA with zero machine learning experience using a bespoke machine learning system on a self-selected set of companies to find engineers with relatively few commits, who are largely going to be tech leads and engineering managers
December 1, 2024 at 4:49 AM
he's a recently graduated MBA with zero machine learning experience using a bespoke machine learning system on a self-selected set of companies to find engineers with relatively few commits, who are largely going to be tech leads and engineering managers
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It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...
theonion.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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BREAKING:
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
BREAKING:
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
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Yes. This. Each time I post about the hypocrisy I'm getting these kinds of cynical responses, and really, stop it. I get that everyone copes in their own way, but don't pre-give in. Fight for your actual rights. Call out the hypocrisy. Not to convince them, but to remind everyone else.
Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.
November 18, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Yes. This. Each time I post about the hypocrisy I'm getting these kinds of cynical responses, and really, stop it. I get that everyone copes in their own way, but don't pre-give in. Fight for your actual rights. Call out the hypocrisy. Not to convince them, but to remind everyone else.