Dan Fiedler
@danfiedler.bsky.social
the most mundane of nerds.
dad, husband, security practitioner, software engineer, RPG hobbyist, runner, gamer, and thrower of discs.
dad, husband, security practitioner, software engineer, RPG hobbyist, runner, gamer, and thrower of discs.
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Brilliant @jamellebouie.net must-read on the “tight connection between autocratic governance and extreme graft,” how Trump-Republicanism is about “clearing the way for a smash and grab” to “siphon wealth from the public.” Savage, historically illuminating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Brilliant @jamellebouie.net must-read on the “tight connection between autocratic governance and extreme graft,” how Trump-Republicanism is about “clearing the way for a smash and grab” to “siphon wealth from the public.” Savage, historically illuminating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
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The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes per year — enough to end homelessness, hunger, and pay for universal childcare.
👆🏻 This is the crime wave we should be talking more about.
👆🏻 This is the crime wave we should be talking more about.
April 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes per year — enough to end homelessness, hunger, and pay for universal childcare.
👆🏻 This is the crime wave we should be talking more about.
👆🏻 This is the crime wave we should be talking more about.
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Because it helps me, personally, to see people whose assessment I trust articulate this, I want to say:
Yesterday, for me, was one of those overwhelming days where I can't quite manage to compartmentalize enough to keep functioning, handle the responsibilities of everyday life, be a decent parent.
Yesterday, for me, was one of those overwhelming days where I can't quite manage to compartmentalize enough to keep functioning, handle the responsibilities of everyday life, be a decent parent.
April 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Because it helps me, personally, to see people whose assessment I trust articulate this, I want to say:
Yesterday, for me, was one of those overwhelming days where I can't quite manage to compartmentalize enough to keep functioning, handle the responsibilities of everyday life, be a decent parent.
Yesterday, for me, was one of those overwhelming days where I can't quite manage to compartmentalize enough to keep functioning, handle the responsibilities of everyday life, be a decent parent.
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This is a disaster.
It feels strange to be living in a nation hell-bent on self-inflicted decay, helpless to do much about it.
It feels strange to be living in a nation hell-bent on self-inflicted decay, helpless to do much about it.
More from inside NIH:
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
January 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is a disaster.
It feels strange to be living in a nation hell-bent on self-inflicted decay, helpless to do much about it.
It feels strange to be living in a nation hell-bent on self-inflicted decay, helpless to do much about it.
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“When people are more concerned that a trans girl might play on a softball team than that the climate crisis might profoundly devastate the biosphere and much of life on it, human and otherwise, for the next 10,000 years, the media has failed”
Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do | Rebecca Solnit
Americans will be stuck cleaning up after Maga’s destructive streak because men like this never clean up after themselves
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2024 at 3:29 PM
“When people are more concerned that a trans girl might play on a softball team than that the climate crisis might profoundly devastate the biosphere and much of life on it, human and otherwise, for the next 10,000 years, the media has failed”
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The super rich are a menace to the entire planet.
"The charity’s 'Carbon Inequality Kills' report found that emissions generated by the lifestyles of 50 of the world’s richest people are greater than the emissions generated by 155m people combined."
Oxfam climate report calls for tax on the super-rich
Oxfam is calling for punitive taxes on private jets, superyachts, SUVs, and frequent air travel
www.irishexaminer.com
October 31, 2024 at 5:47 AM
The super rich are a menace to the entire planet.
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i think bernie here is well worth watching and fwiw my view on gaza is identical to his www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFp3Mj3c/
I’ve been all over the country in the last month. And I get asked the same question, over and over again: “I disagree with @Kamala Harris’ position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote for her?” Here i...
TikTok video by Bernie Sanders
www.tiktok.com
October 29, 2024 at 2:12 PM
i think bernie here is well worth watching and fwiw my view on gaza is identical to his www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFp3Mj3c/