Evan Zasoski
@codenameevan.bsky.social
I write code in Durham, NC. It is nice. You should come to visit. Opinions here are my own. Likes might just be bookmarks.
On top of just the straightforward ghoulishness of it all, 250 arrests doesn’t seem like all that much for the amount of effort they put in.
The U.S. Border Patrol made over 250 arrests and clashed with protesters in Charlotte, North Carolina, during their weeklong operation that began on Nov. 15.
Federal officials have offered few details about those arrested, or when and where agents will show up next. https://wapo.st/47YGYn3
Federal officials have offered few details about those arrested, or when and where agents will show up next. https://wapo.st/47YGYn3
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On top of just the straightforward ghoulishness of it all, 250 arrests doesn’t seem like all that much for the amount of effort they put in.
These assholes are literally stealing Christmas. apple.news/AWYRvLMnzTgK...
After Border Patrol arrests, downtown Durham group postpones holiday tree lighting — Raleigh News & Observer
“We understand this is a significant change, and we do not take it lightly,” Downtown Durham Inc. said in a statement.
apple.news
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
These assholes are literally stealing Christmas. apple.news/AWYRvLMnzTgK...
So, Google's just deliberately kneecapped their spam filters to try and get you to upgrade to their AI premium service, right?
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So, Google's just deliberately kneecapped their spam filters to try and get you to upgrade to their AI premium service, right?
I like election nights where I don’t want to fucking die.
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I like election nights where I don’t want to fucking die.
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
I will not abide this pecan pie and collard greens slander, but if you try to feed me a whole beet on Thanksgiving, I cannot be held responsible for what I might do.
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I will not abide this pecan pie and collard greens slander, but if you try to feed me a whole beet on Thanksgiving, I cannot be held responsible for what I might do.
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abigailspanberger.com is the right choice for Virginia’s next governor.
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
abigailspanberger.com is the right choice for Virginia’s next governor.
The fact that Athena doesn't appear to support executing more than one query in a run is just bizarre. Let me drop and create a table without clicking "Run" twice, guy.
October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The fact that Athena doesn't appear to support executing more than one query in a run is just bizarre. Let me drop and create a table without clicking "Run" twice, guy.
Pictured: the author.
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Pictured: the author.
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Halloween is a ritualized performance of abundance, redistribution, and communal identity formation practiced by neighborly love. It’s also about skeletons.
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Halloween is a ritualized performance of abundance, redistribution, and communal identity formation practiced by neighborly love. It’s also about skeletons.
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Literally every sentence of this story is better if you imagine it's being read by Kent Brockman
www1.wbrz.com/news/disease...
www1.wbrz.com/news/disease...
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Literally every sentence of this story is better if you imagine it's being read by Kent Brockman
www1.wbrz.com/news/disease...
www1.wbrz.com/news/disease...
If Senate Republicans grow concerned enough, they will begin to vibrate on a resonant frequency, becoming one transcendent being of pure Concern, able to write an infinite number of strongly worded letters simultaneously.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Republicans Who Have Rarely Opposed Trump Raise Questions About His Drug War
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If Senate Republicans grow concerned enough, they will begin to vibrate on a resonant frequency, becoming one transcendent being of pure Concern, able to write an infinite number of strongly worded letters simultaneously.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
“We are going to investigate all of this,” should be on every Democrat’s lips.
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“We are going to investigate all of this,” should be on every Democrat’s lips.
I feel like for as critical a piece of infrastructure as it is, AWS's uptime is actually quite bad. Like, great for a mid-tier hosting service. Terrible for "half the world runs on this."
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I feel like for as critical a piece of infrastructure as it is, AWS's uptime is actually quite bad. Like, great for a mid-tier hosting service. Terrible for "half the world runs on this."
Walter, man. You’re not wrong. You’re just an asshole.
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Walter, man. You’re not wrong. You’re just an asshole.
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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Half the problem with this administration is you get these jumped up know-nothing fiends with pie in the sky notions of how to torment the American people and they haven't even thought through where they're going to get all the maggots from.
Secretary Of The Macabre Unveils Initiative To Fill Nation’s Empty Eye Sockets With Maggots https://theonion.com/secretary-of-the-macabre-unveils-initiative-to-fill-nations-empty-eye-sockets-with-maggots/
October 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Half the problem with this administration is you get these jumped up know-nothing fiends with pie in the sky notions of how to torment the American people and they haven't even thought through where they're going to get all the maggots from.
Active listening should be banned in podcasts under penalty of flogging.
October 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Active listening should be banned in podcasts under penalty of flogging.
Me: I don't want to write this automation. It's not going to save me that much time.
Also me (after someone makes me do it):
Also me (after someone makes me do it):
two men standing next to a bunk bed with the words so much room for activities above them
Alt: two men standing next to a bunk bed with the words so much room for activities above them
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Me: I don't want to write this automation. It's not going to save me that much time.
Also me (after someone makes me do it):
Also me (after someone makes me do it):
Really the least objectionable thing about all this, but it feels worth flagging that someone saw fit to rotate the Lincoln Memorial to align with the arch and not the Mall.
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Really the least objectionable thing about all this, but it feels worth flagging that someone saw fit to rotate the Lincoln Memorial to align with the arch and not the Mall.
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My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
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President Trump was met by silence as he began his Quantico address, a contrast from the rousing applause he expects at his speeches.
“I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said. “If you want to applaud, you applaud.” wapo.st/4gSqzmS
“I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said. “If you want to applaud, you applaud.” wapo.st/4gSqzmS
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
President Trump was met by silence as he began his Quantico address, a contrast from the rousing applause he expects at his speeches.
“I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said. “If you want to applaud, you applaud.” wapo.st/4gSqzmS
“I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said. “If you want to applaud, you applaud.” wapo.st/4gSqzmS