Colin Rafferty
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Colin Rafferty
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Early Gen X. Senior programmer, preferring C++ and Emacs Lisp.
Married with two kids.
Member of the all-powerful bike lobby.
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I had never read it myself so was just as surprised. But also really pleased, since he’s clearly had some gender fluidity already (e.g. no dresses since age six). We all thought “tomboy”, but here’s something to show you can express yourself however you like.

Like the Pinky & Rex books.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
At age 9, my AFAB son had a very strong reaction to the twist at the end of Marvelous Land of Oz. We all should have known then.
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Now it's in my head and I must listen to it. Loud.

That is the way.
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
They doubled down. I read last week their ICE fleet will also be Apple-less.
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I did not jump into that thread.
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Evergreen.
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I was added to a defamatory-named list on Tw*tter, and then I started following the list, because it was all interesting cool people (except me).
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Parked in the bike lane, of course.
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sports are the only time I see ads, so I end up hating baseball postseason.
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Cuomo and Sliwa are competing to show how much they hate NYC.
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It’s only shitty if you don’t remember partway through your victory trot to go back and pick him up.
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
WTF Apple?
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Here in NYC, we’re just getting terrifying visions of the future.
November 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
That so sad. I’m in NYC and while it’s not part of the training, it’s a happy moment.
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM