David Edelson
@dedelson.bsky.social
Husband, dad, (former) bookstore lifer, (current) fintech engineer and tech lifer, erstwhile dungeon master, Wikipedian, jazz nerd. he/him
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We should all be very alarmed that police watched a group of unidentified men restrain a woman and drag her out of a public venue and did nothing.
Huh, turns out you can't have private UNIDENTIFIED security assault and kidnap people because you don't like what they say at city hall
Weird.
Weird.
Coeur d’Alene prosecutors dismiss citation against woman dragged from town hall, city revokes security company’s business license
City prosecutors will dismiss a misdemeanor battery citation issued to the Post Falls woman who plainclothes private security guards dragged out of a legislative town hall Saturday and the city of Coe...
cdapress.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We should all be very alarmed that police watched a group of unidentified men restrain a woman and drag her out of a public venue and did nothing.
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
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February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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Read more books.
December 22, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Read more books.
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I know not what to say, but give me your hands.
November 6, 2024 at 1:33 PM
I know not what to say, but give me your hands.
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Belly laugh for both me and the 7yo at “Putin would eat you for lunch”. Good hit.
September 11, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Belly laugh for both me and the 7yo at “Putin would eat you for lunch”. Good hit.
Every day banks make thousands of dollars of errors in the account holders’ favor (ie free money) that they never correct.
Search this: “What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?”
September 5, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Every day banks make thousands of dollars of errors in the account holders’ favor (ie free money) that they never correct.
17 years ago today I started reading a 19th century encyclopedia about Greco-Roman history, and when I found an entry with no Wikipedia article I made one. Today, I’m 400 pages in, thousands of Wikipedia articles created, and almost done with the A’s. There’s no punchline. Happy anniversary to me.
August 20, 2024 at 6:29 AM
17 years ago today I started reading a 19th century encyclopedia about Greco-Roman history, and when I found an entry with no Wikipedia article I made one. Today, I’m 400 pages in, thousands of Wikipedia articles created, and almost done with the A’s. There’s no punchline. Happy anniversary to me.
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NBC needs to hire Muppets for commentary and have a whole channel of Olympic coverage for kids (or adults who like Muppets).
August 3, 2024 at 6:39 PM
NBC needs to hire Muppets for commentary and have a whole channel of Olympic coverage for kids (or adults who like Muppets).
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Remember: change can seem impossible for a very very long time, and then it isn’t anymore
If you're a young person, it might be hard to really understand this but the whole world used to smell like cigarettes.
August 2, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Remember: change can seem impossible for a very very long time, and then it isn’t anymore
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A part of me wants computers to still look like this
July 31, 2024 at 1:01 PM
A part of me wants computers to still look like this
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"Poverty charges interest" is the most succinct description of the poverty trap that I have heard.
July 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM
"Poverty charges interest" is the most succinct description of the poverty trap that I have heard.
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"We want to be the first law enforcement agency to have a Cybertruck" is one of the easiest ways to tell your community that they exist to subsidize your lifestyle and that you will do nothing for them in return.
July 17, 2024 at 2:48 PM
"We want to be the first law enforcement agency to have a Cybertruck" is one of the easiest ways to tell your community that they exist to subsidize your lifestyle and that you will do nothing for them in return.
I haven’t worked in bookstores in over a decade, but I still break out in a sweat when I spot career shoplifters casing a store.
June 22, 2024 at 10:58 PM
I haven’t worked in bookstores in over a decade, but I still break out in a sweat when I spot career shoplifters casing a store.