Derrick
@derrickrcasey.bsky.social
IT Manager, gamer, guitarist, anti-fascist
No matter how well-resourced or thoughtfully designed an institution is, wayfinding will almost always come down to somebody printing out something on MS Word and taping it to a wall:
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
No matter how well-resourced or thoughtfully designed an institution is, wayfinding will almost always come down to somebody printing out something on MS Word and taping it to a wall:
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
DOGE installed a bypass network at the White House: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
White House security staff warned Musk’s Starlink is a security risk
The U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House experts worried about potential security breaches when they installed Musk’s Starlink internet service in the complex t...
www.washingtonpost.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
DOGE installed a bypass network at the White House: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Excel, I have never once, in all my years, wanted large numbers converted to scientific notation. Please stop.
May 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Excel, I have never once, in all my years, wanted large numbers converted to scientific notation. Please stop.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
February 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Former Treasury Secretaries also think DOGE and its takeovers of government systems is a grave threat: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
Opinion | Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, Janet Yellen: DOGE Is a Threat to U.S. Democracy.
Former Secretaries Rubin, Summers, Geithner, Lew and Yellen argue that DOGE is a threat to America.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Former Treasury Secretaries also think DOGE and its takeovers of government systems is a grave threat: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
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My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.”
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.”
"There is nothing more important on the entire planet than getting Elon Musk and DOGE out of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service"
www.crisesnotes.com/elon-musk-wa...
www.crisesnotes.com/elon-musk-wa...
Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous
Until Further Notice: Comprehensive coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025
www.crisesnotes.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"There is nothing more important on the entire planet than getting Elon Musk and DOGE out of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service"
www.crisesnotes.com/elon-musk-wa...
www.crisesnotes.com/elon-musk-wa...
I think there's a term that refers to government ownership of property, but I can't think of it. Oh well, probably not important.
January 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I think there's a term that refers to government ownership of property, but I can't think of it. Oh well, probably not important.
One of my ongoing UI gripes is when two buttons with opposite, drastic effects are right next to each other. It happens way too often! The "save the world" and "destroy the world" buttons should be further apart!
January 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
One of my ongoing UI gripes is when two buttons with opposite, drastic effects are right next to each other. It happens way too often! The "save the world" and "destroy the world" buttons should be further apart!
Going back to work after the holidays is sobering enough, but on top of that the Steam store goes back to its non-sale layout.
January 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Going back to work after the holidays is sobering enough, but on top of that the Steam store goes back to its non-sale layout.
US Gov: We're banning tiktok because China could use it to get American's data
China: hacks the US telecoms system in the worst breach in our nation's history
US Gov: idk, maybe stop calling and texting so much *shrug*
China: hacks the US telecoms system in the worst breach in our nation's history
US Gov: idk, maybe stop calling and texting so much *shrug*
December 19, 2024 at 1:20 PM
US Gov: We're banning tiktok because China could use it to get American's data
China: hacks the US telecoms system in the worst breach in our nation's history
US Gov: idk, maybe stop calling and texting so much *shrug*
China: hacks the US telecoms system in the worst breach in our nation's history
US Gov: idk, maybe stop calling and texting so much *shrug*
I look forward to the day when the mass media no longer thinks its noteworthy that a criminal suspect has played video games before.
December 10, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I look forward to the day when the mass media no longer thinks its noteworthy that a criminal suspect has played video games before.
This week's word is - "Schadenfreude"
December 6, 2024 at 1:42 PM
This week's word is - "Schadenfreude"
OK, cool. But also I have mixed feeling on finding librarians valuable only insomuch as they can fit into a war and hyper-masculine framing.
December 5, 2024 at 2:31 PM
OK, cool. But also I have mixed feeling on finding librarians valuable only insomuch as they can fit into a war and hyper-masculine framing.
From Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny
December 3, 2024 at 7:15 PM
From Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny
Joe Biden is basically a guy in the midst of large-scale looting that's like "You know what, maybe I'll get a candy bar for myself"
December 2, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Joe Biden is basically a guy in the midst of large-scale looting that's like "You know what, maybe I'll get a candy bar for myself"
I remember dealing with save passwords from back in the NES days, but now I'm spoiled to the point I must be able to walk away from a game at a moment's notice with my progress saved.
December 2, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I remember dealing with save passwords from back in the NES days, but now I'm spoiled to the point I must be able to walk away from a game at a moment's notice with my progress saved.
I know we're still feeling things out here, but can we please not call these "skeets"?
November 27, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I know we're still feeling things out here, but can we please not call these "skeets"?
I would LOVE more musou games in general, but particularly ones based of western IPs: www.thegamer.com/dynasty-warr...
Dynasty Warriors: Origins Producer Wants To Make A Lord Of The Rings Warriors Spin-Off
A match made in Musou heaven.
www.thegamer.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:39 PM
I would LOVE more musou games in general, but particularly ones based of western IPs: www.thegamer.com/dynasty-warr...
On the rare occasion I get a "BREAKING" Windows 11 news notification I'm like "oh god, WW3?" but no it's always like "Pete Buttigieg says dogs are 'just okay'"
November 26, 2024 at 6:42 PM
On the rare occasion I get a "BREAKING" Windows 11 news notification I'm like "oh god, WW3?" but no it's always like "Pete Buttigieg says dogs are 'just okay'"
I mean, that's more than fair, right?
November 25, 2024 at 8:41 PM
I mean, that's more than fair, right?
Intermittent issues across Microsoft 365 products: a Thanksgiving work-week miracle!
November 25, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Intermittent issues across Microsoft 365 products: a Thanksgiving work-week miracle!