Drew Raines
@drewrrr.bsky.social
Software development, infrastructure, leadership
Clojure, Nix, urbanism, cycling, lifting up the marginalized
Clojure, Nix, urbanism, cycling, lifting up the marginalized
"Tariffs meant to create jobs might ironically drive up costs so high that they instead destroy the need for those jobs in the first place." www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMC-...
Tariffs are Hitting Aircraft makers - But Not How You Think
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April 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Tariffs meant to create jobs might ironically drive up costs so high that they instead destroy the need for those jobs in the first place." www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMC-...
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Recall how the Nazis euthanized the disabled and mentally ill first
April 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Recall how the Nazis euthanized the disabled and mentally ill first
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What is the message of Easter? Two takes.
April 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What is the message of Easter? Two takes.
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We need to bring back virtue
April 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We need to bring back virtue
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Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
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This admin thinks the only valid court in America is the court of public opinion; and no other courts matter. That’s why we’re seeing a 24/7 firehose of bullshit being televised from the White House everyday.
April 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This admin thinks the only valid court in America is the court of public opinion; and no other courts matter. That’s why we’re seeing a 24/7 firehose of bullshit being televised from the White House everyday.
still trying to understand the unwavering trust in the altruism of a band of shady billionaires who have not only zero evidence of ever helping another person but overwhelming evidence of the opposite
April 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
still trying to understand the unwavering trust in the altruism of a band of shady billionaires who have not only zero evidence of ever helping another person but overwhelming evidence of the opposite
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I’m sure the young guys who’ve been told the world owes them an easy life will jump at the chance to work a twelve hour shift at a blast furnace
White dudes are just bored, that’s why we need to destroy the economy.
April 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’m sure the young guys who’ve been told the world owes them an easy life will jump at the chance to work a twelve hour shift at a blast furnace
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People worth standing 25 hrs and 5 min for:
Widows: Seniors relying on Social Security to survive.
Orphans: Kids depending on school meals to eat.
Sojourners: Migrant families seeking safety.
Poor: Those who need aid for food and medicine.
Keep standing for them.
Widows: Seniors relying on Social Security to survive.
Orphans: Kids depending on school meals to eat.
Sojourners: Migrant families seeking safety.
Poor: Those who need aid for food and medicine.
Keep standing for them.
April 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
People worth standing 25 hrs and 5 min for:
Widows: Seniors relying on Social Security to survive.
Orphans: Kids depending on school meals to eat.
Sojourners: Migrant families seeking safety.
Poor: Those who need aid for food and medicine.
Keep standing for them.
Widows: Seniors relying on Social Security to survive.
Orphans: Kids depending on school meals to eat.
Sojourners: Migrant families seeking safety.
Poor: Those who need aid for food and medicine.
Keep standing for them.
While generally less toxic, this platform seems to have just as high of a bot-to-human ratio. Why can't we have nice things
April 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
While generally less toxic, this platform seems to have just as high of a bot-to-human ratio. Why can't we have nice things
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America has a history with evil men kidnapping people off the streets of Boston & taking them to Louisiana in chains.
March 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
America has a history with evil men kidnapping people off the streets of Boston & taking them to Louisiana in chains.
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“….you will be prosecuted.”
But they weren’t prosecuted. Prosecuted would be having a day in court. Prosecuted would require the government to prove gang membership. Prosecuted would mean the chance to mount a defense.
They weren’t prosecuted. They were kidnapped, trafficked, and enslaved.
But they weren’t prosecuted. Prosecuted would be having a day in court. Prosecuted would require the government to prove gang membership. Prosecuted would mean the chance to mount a defense.
They weren’t prosecuted. They were kidnapped, trafficked, and enslaved.
March 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“….you will be prosecuted.”
But they weren’t prosecuted. Prosecuted would be having a day in court. Prosecuted would require the government to prove gang membership. Prosecuted would mean the chance to mount a defense.
They weren’t prosecuted. They were kidnapped, trafficked, and enslaved.
But they weren’t prosecuted. Prosecuted would be having a day in court. Prosecuted would require the government to prove gang membership. Prosecuted would mean the chance to mount a defense.
They weren’t prosecuted. They were kidnapped, trafficked, and enslaved.
Maybe time for RTO with the Situation Room
March 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Maybe time for RTO with the Situation Room
This is it. The tragedy is that they just think govt is a big joke, when in reality they've benefitted from a flawed, but largely, working system
But other countries can’t live like that - they can’t live in a protection racket. So they just have to forge their own separate - harder - paths.
And all it does make everyone’s lives harder while massively diminishing the power and influence of the initial arrogant assholes.
And all it does make everyone’s lives harder while massively diminishing the power and influence of the initial arrogant assholes.
March 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is it. The tragedy is that they just think govt is a big joke, when in reality they've benefitted from a flawed, but largely, working system
March 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM