@dghoefer.bsky.social
Husband, father, engineer, dog and cat lover, native upstate New Yorker.
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,060,496!
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A lot of those problems are genuinely hard and genuinely valuable and they require nuance and expertise and engineering to solve and all of that gets swept aside by an idiot with a golden parachute saying things like “what if we put a data center in space”
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A lot of those problems are genuinely hard and genuinely valuable and they require nuance and expertise and engineering to solve and all of that gets swept aside by an idiot with a golden parachute saying things like “what if we put a data center in space”
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This pains me because there are real genuine powerful use cases for data science that don’t involve burning the planet, stealing all the water, robbing people’s creative property, or displacing jobs. I’ve spent my career doing this work and there’s plenty of amazing stuff to build.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This pains me because there are real genuine powerful use cases for data science that don’t involve burning the planet, stealing all the water, robbing people’s creative property, or displacing jobs. I’ve spent my career doing this work and there’s plenty of amazing stuff to build.
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One of the things that became really truly incredibly clear to me is that the entire AI bubble is built on CEOs who don’t know a single thing they are talking about gassing up all their CEO buddies who also don’t know what they are talking about and the entire system is built on this BS.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
One of the things that became really truly incredibly clear to me is that the entire AI bubble is built on CEOs who don’t know a single thing they are talking about gassing up all their CEO buddies who also don’t know what they are talking about and the entire system is built on this BS.
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Putting a data center in space is the dumbest idea I have ever heard and the more you know about data centers the dumber the idea gets
How do any of these people get paid money to have ideas like this
How do any of these people get paid money to have ideas like this
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Putting a data center in space is the dumbest idea I have ever heard and the more you know about data centers the dumber the idea gets
How do any of these people get paid money to have ideas like this
How do any of these people get paid money to have ideas like this
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I like the idea of historic American roses from around the country.
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I like the idea of historic American roses from around the country.
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When he’s gone, I know there will be a lot to do, but can we make sure the living rose garden gets restored?
Started. Going.
Started. Going.
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
When he’s gone, I know there will be a lot to do, but can we make sure the living rose garden gets restored?
Started. Going.
Started. Going.
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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2020–2025 (cont.): a small minority of Americans read reputable, trustworthy news sources and have the ability to synthesize and understand the news in its social context; everyone else — even the educated — suffers from a deficit of reliable information and/or their brains are irreparably cooked
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
2020–2025 (cont.): a small minority of Americans read reputable, trustworthy news sources and have the ability to synthesize and understand the news in its social context; everyone else — even the educated — suffers from a deficit of reliable information and/or their brains are irreparably cooked
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2020–2025: Facebook, TikTok and X replace news with animal videos, anti-vaxxer content, Nazi propaganda and AI slop; major media outlets survive by not offending the ruling party or its followers;
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
2020–2025: Facebook, TikTok and X replace news with animal videos, anti-vaxxer content, Nazi propaganda and AI slop; major media outlets survive by not offending the ruling party or its followers;
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2005–2020: With the rise of smartphones, people increasingly get their news from links on Facebook, Twitter and other social media; traditional media companies are bought by hedge funds, billionaires or conservative companies like Nexstar and Sinclair; the rest die
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
2005–2020: With the rise of smartphones, people increasingly get their news from links on Facebook, Twitter and other social media; traditional media companies are bought by hedge funds, billionaires or conservative companies like Nexstar and Sinclair; the rest die
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1995–2005: Cable news expansion and high-speed internet cause news sources to diverge to meet audience preferences; competition for profit intensifies; media outlets begin to prioritize what audiences want to hear over objective facts
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
1995–2005: Cable news expansion and high-speed internet cause news sources to diverge to meet audience preferences; competition for profit intensifies; media outlets begin to prioritize what audiences want to hear over objective facts
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Here is that timeline.
1945–1995: Everyone gets the same news and information from newspapers, magazines and national TV networks; CNN eventually emerges as the standard: monoculture is a way of life
1945–1995: Everyone gets the same news and information from newspapers, magazines and national TV networks; CNN eventually emerges as the standard: monoculture is a way of life
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Here is that timeline.
1945–1995: Everyone gets the same news and information from newspapers, magazines and national TV networks; CNN eventually emerges as the standard: monoculture is a way of life
1945–1995: Everyone gets the same news and information from newspapers, magazines and national TV networks; CNN eventually emerges as the standard: monoculture is a way of life
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The pipeline between a thing happening and people knowing about it (and understanding it in context) has collapsed to the point most people no longer have any idea what's going on.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The pipeline between a thing happening and people knowing about it (and understanding it in context) has collapsed to the point most people no longer have any idea what's going on.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
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protect themselves from paying for what they use and consume.
And it all comes down to their ability to buy lawmakers.
And it all comes down to their ability to buy lawmakers.
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
protect themselves from paying for what they use and consume.
And it all comes down to their ability to buy lawmakers.
And it all comes down to their ability to buy lawmakers.
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NOT working for two reasons: 1) the wealthy are not taxed enough, and 2) corporations pay a great deal less in tax than the benefit they get, and the burden they impose on the infrastructure they rely on.
THAT’S why!!
Our system has been corrupted by the people and entities with wealth to
THAT’S why!!
Our system has been corrupted by the people and entities with wealth to
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
NOT working for two reasons: 1) the wealthy are not taxed enough, and 2) corporations pay a great deal less in tax than the benefit they get, and the burden they impose on the infrastructure they rely on.
THAT’S why!!
Our system has been corrupted by the people and entities with wealth to
THAT’S why!!
Our system has been corrupted by the people and entities with wealth to
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remained flat or actually gone down.
The minimum wage is a poverty (not subsistence) level wage.
So the argument that we are “squeezing” the upper tax brackets is NONSENSE! They are paying more in taxes because their earnings are far outpacing the rest of the market.
Our income tax system is
The minimum wage is a poverty (not subsistence) level wage.
So the argument that we are “squeezing” the upper tax brackets is NONSENSE! They are paying more in taxes because their earnings are far outpacing the rest of the market.
Our income tax system is
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
remained flat or actually gone down.
The minimum wage is a poverty (not subsistence) level wage.
So the argument that we are “squeezing” the upper tax brackets is NONSENSE! They are paying more in taxes because their earnings are far outpacing the rest of the market.
Our income tax system is
The minimum wage is a poverty (not subsistence) level wage.
So the argument that we are “squeezing” the upper tax brackets is NONSENSE! They are paying more in taxes because their earnings are far outpacing the rest of the market.
Our income tax system is
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
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Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
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The first Olbermann got here in 1846. Funny, we still welcomed the next immigrants. And then the Trumps. And then the Millers. Even though my grandma had rocks thrown at her in school in 1917 because her name was German
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The first Olbermann got here in 1846. Funny, we still welcomed the next immigrants. And then the Trumps. And then the Millers. Even though my grandma had rocks thrown at her in school in 1917 because her name was German
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All four of my wife's grandparents were part of great pre-WWI wave of non-Anglo-Saxon immigs that panicked the Stephen Millers of that era (eg Madison Grant — look him up)
Her people were Czech. Millions more: Italy, Russia, "the Pale," Greece, Poland, Hungary,etc
Miller's people came then too
All four of my wife's grandparents were part of great pre-WWI wave of non-Anglo-Saxon immigs that panicked the Stephen Millers of that era (eg Madison Grant — look him up)
Her people were Czech. Millions more: Italy, Russia, "the Pale," Greece, Poland, Hungary,etc
Miller's people came then too
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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All four of my wife's grandparents were part of great pre-WWI wave of non-Anglo-Saxon immigs that panicked the Stephen Millers of that era (eg Madison Grant — look him up)
Her people were Czech. Millions more: Italy, Russia, "the Pale," Greece, Poland, Hungary,etc
Miller's people came then too
All four of my wife's grandparents were part of great pre-WWI wave of non-Anglo-Saxon immigs that panicked the Stephen Millers of that era (eg Madison Grant — look him up)
Her people were Czech. Millions more: Italy, Russia, "the Pale," Greece, Poland, Hungary,etc
Miller's people came then too
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Insulting to have to point this out, but if you have spent even 30 minutes reading US history, you realize that every decade has been dominated by racist hysteria that the "new" people won't ever fit in.
This exact prejudice would have been applied to Miller's forebears, when they fled pogroms.
This exact prejudice would have been applied to Miller's forebears, when they fled pogroms.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Insulting to have to point this out, but if you have spent even 30 minutes reading US history, you realize that every decade has been dominated by racist hysteria that the "new" people won't ever fit in.
This exact prejudice would have been applied to Miller's forebears, when they fled pogroms.
This exact prejudice would have been applied to Miller's forebears, when they fled pogroms.
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So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
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We also aren’t importing entire societies, and these groups don’t recreate their homelands.
Part of the reason their societies are as they are is circumstances, legal systems, etc. If all of that is different here, then they will conduct themselves differently here.
That is human nature.
Part of the reason their societies are as they are is circumstances, legal systems, etc. If all of that is different here, then they will conduct themselves differently here.
That is human nature.
Stephen Miller is of Jewish descent, yet he pushes the same “they won't assimilate” argument used by antisemites for millennia. Stephen Miller is a racist monster, and so is his boss.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We also aren’t importing entire societies, and these groups don’t recreate their homelands.
Part of the reason their societies are as they are is circumstances, legal systems, etc. If all of that is different here, then they will conduct themselves differently here.
That is human nature.
Part of the reason their societies are as they are is circumstances, legal systems, etc. If all of that is different here, then they will conduct themselves differently here.
That is human nature.
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In 2005 Duke undergraduate Stephen Miller wrote this piece framing multiculturalism as a form of unpatriotic segregationism. He has always been a maladjusted white nationalist who doesn’t understand what the US is. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Stephen Miller wrote this piece for the Duke student newspaper TWENTY YEARS AGO. You won't find a single talking point in here that a) wasn't already a stale Limbaugh-esque talking point in 2005 and b) isn't also the cutting edge of GOP messaging about universities today.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In 2005 Duke undergraduate Stephen Miller wrote this piece framing multiculturalism as a form of unpatriotic segregationism. He has always been a maladjusted white nationalist who doesn’t understand what the US is. bsky.app/profile/seth...