Seems to me that would go forward. I know they’re not the same groups of people, but similar pipelines involved. Curious about the attitudes present on “humanities.” To be fair, I see that attitude occasionally in finance/accounting, but nowhere near what I saw with engineers.
January 31, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Seems to me that would go forward. I know they’re not the same groups of people, but similar pipelines involved. Curious about the attitudes present on “humanities.” To be fair, I see that attitude occasionally in finance/accounting, but nowhere near what I saw with engineers.
Do the educational pipelines contribute to this? I used to work in an engineering department and without painting with too broad of a brush, I came away from that with the opinion that engineering disciplines started toxic because of systematic deprioritization of non-engineering subject matter.
January 31, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Do the educational pipelines contribute to this? I used to work in an engineering department and without painting with too broad of a brush, I came away from that with the opinion that engineering disciplines started toxic because of systematic deprioritization of non-engineering subject matter.
And start writing letters to your friends
January 31, 2026 at 6:43 PM
And start writing letters to your friends
That’s a good point. In the more general tech industry, does the axe tend to fall first on those in the “support” or “overhead” roles? I see this in my own area of expertise, but that’s in the public sphere which runs very differently. I’d made an assumption about workforce composition that’s wrong.
January 31, 2026 at 6:41 PM
That’s a good point. In the more general tech industry, does the axe tend to fall first on those in the “support” or “overhead” roles? I see this in my own area of expertise, but that’s in the public sphere which runs very differently. I’d made an assumption about workforce composition that’s wrong.
I work outside of that industry and have no experience with it, but have internalized — one way or another — that software developers tend toward resistance to organizing attempts. I don’t know it to be true, it’s just the impression I’ve developed. Is that incorrect?
January 31, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I work outside of that industry and have no experience with it, but have internalized — one way or another — that software developers tend toward resistance to organizing attempts. I don’t know it to be true, it’s just the impression I’ve developed. Is that incorrect?
Well, that’s bollocks on both fronts. Especially since the furor probably arose from folks who espouse the principle of relentless critique.
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Well, that’s bollocks on both fronts. Especially since the furor probably arose from folks who espouse the principle of relentless critique.
Legalism, I think, is an understated driver of what we are seeing today. In general the overarching system produces bad outcomes. Internal to the the system the professionals are inured to it and inoculate themselves against alternatives. It’s not just the right that complain about judicial activism
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Legalism, I think, is an understated driver of what we are seeing today. In general the overarching system produces bad outcomes. Internal to the the system the professionals are inured to it and inoculate themselves against alternatives. It’s not just the right that complain about judicial activism
dnc mid term strategy and slogan
January 16, 2026 at 12:34 AM
dnc mid term strategy and slogan
I believe they can and should get a lot more people killed
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I believe they can and should get a lot more people killed
just go to any DSA chapter meeting
December 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
just go to any DSA chapter meeting
Not for nothing, there are billions of dollars being devoted to telling people they want it. Propaganda and marketing works on everyone to some degree. I can’t read an explicit acknowledgement of that in this case as demeaning and solipsistic.
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not for nothing, there are billions of dollars being devoted to telling people they want it. Propaganda and marketing works on everyone to some degree. I can’t read an explicit acknowledgement of that in this case as demeaning and solipsistic.
I promise this picture only looks worse from the inside of civil service
September 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I promise this picture only looks worse from the inside of civil service
Optimistic to think most people fully buy in on the presumption of innocence in the first place. Copaganda and true crime saturation has done a number on society
August 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Optimistic to think most people fully buy in on the presumption of innocence in the first place. Copaganda and true crime saturation has done a number on society
I suppose that I do, too. I’ve just also not seen any evidence from them that they were doing anything different. That said, using the appropriate razor here the unflattering choice of calling friends and family stupid vice malicious is probably more accurate.
July 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I suppose that I do, too. I’ve just also not seen any evidence from them that they were doing anything different. That said, using the appropriate razor here the unflattering choice of calling friends and family stupid vice malicious is probably more accurate.
Was anyone ever under the impression that was anything but performative? I’m a big appropriations guy so I’ve never seen actual evidence of concern for deficits unless it allows them to shoot the hostage they don’t like.
July 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Was anyone ever under the impression that was anything but performative? I’m a big appropriations guy so I’ve never seen actual evidence of concern for deficits unless it allows them to shoot the hostage they don’t like.
In my at a high volume and I just tell everyone it’s a teams call
June 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In my at a high volume and I just tell everyone it’s a teams call
When you become controller you become wery sexy
May 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
When you become controller you become wery sexy
Every time I open bluesky goddamnit
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Every time I open bluesky goddamnit
Precisely the reason I don’t talk federal budgets or appropriations w/ people and unfortunately it makes it all worse hahahaa this sucks man
February 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Precisely the reason I don’t talk federal budgets or appropriations w/ people and unfortunately it makes it all worse hahahaa this sucks man
this event really has been a who’s who at the hand-wringers ball kind of deal yeah. Good post
December 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM
this event really has been a who’s who at the hand-wringers ball kind of deal yeah. Good post
Man I think I converted over the second I had to spend my own money buying socks and underwear so around 17 or 18
December 18, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Man I think I converted over the second I had to spend my own money buying socks and underwear so around 17 or 18
I don’t know the answer to that but I suspect people feel like the legal definition of homicide is not sufficient to manage what the assassin did or what a CEO does which leads to extrajudicial behavior.
I get lawhumpers hate this kind of situation, but they’re part of what got us here.
I get lawhumpers hate this kind of situation, but they’re part of what got us here.
December 7, 2024 at 9:30 PM
I don’t know the answer to that but I suspect people feel like the legal definition of homicide is not sufficient to manage what the assassin did or what a CEO does which leads to extrajudicial behavior.
I get lawhumpers hate this kind of situation, but they’re part of what got us here.
I get lawhumpers hate this kind of situation, but they’re part of what got us here.
I think this is a very important thing to highlight.
I also think the only “performative” part of any of this is when people feel they have to state “murder is bad” just to signal they aren’t bloodthirsty maniacs.
Bigger question: is the law equipped to deal with a CEO whose decisions kill?
I also think the only “performative” part of any of this is when people feel they have to state “murder is bad” just to signal they aren’t bloodthirsty maniacs.
Bigger question: is the law equipped to deal with a CEO whose decisions kill?
December 7, 2024 at 9:29 PM
I think this is a very important thing to highlight.
I also think the only “performative” part of any of this is when people feel they have to state “murder is bad” just to signal they aren’t bloodthirsty maniacs.
Bigger question: is the law equipped to deal with a CEO whose decisions kill?
I also think the only “performative” part of any of this is when people feel they have to state “murder is bad” just to signal they aren’t bloodthirsty maniacs.
Bigger question: is the law equipped to deal with a CEO whose decisions kill?