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Software engineer. Center-left and indignant. Sycophant to a greyhound. Charlottesville. He/him.
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You can’t spell “indignant variety” without “Ian Davey”
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Late-breaking entry for this year's Prezi Memorial Award for Useless Distracting Gimmicks
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Late-breaking entry for this year's Prezi Memorial Award for Useless Distracting Gimmicks
What fresh skeuomorphic hell is this?
Pack it up, folks. We've found the most cursed, planner-brained, meeting-fetishist thing to ever be created.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What fresh skeuomorphic hell is this?
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Costco has sued the Trump administration, asking the Court of International Trade to consider all tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act unlawful.
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Costco has sued the Trump administration, asking the Court of International Trade to consider all tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act unlawful.
Pro tip: JAGs are like the military’s general counsels, and as with all general counsels they’re just trying to keep you out of trouble. Ignore them at your peril.
i love how none of these dipshits have ever answered why Hegseth fired all the JAGs telling him the legal standing of these strikes and the behavior around them are likely illegal
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Pro tip: JAGs are like the military’s general counsels, and as with all general counsels they’re just trying to keep you out of trouble. Ignore them at your peril.
Ugh it’s that time of year where the morning sun makes seeing my screens impossible. Like a fiery arrow right in the eye.
December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Ugh it’s that time of year where the morning sun makes seeing my screens impossible. Like a fiery arrow right in the eye.
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had the intrusive thought that 30 years from now we’re going to have VC funds and military startups named after harry potter stuff and it’s going to be even more annoying than hobbit stuff
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
had the intrusive thought that 30 years from now we’re going to have VC funds and military startups named after harry potter stuff and it’s going to be even more annoying than hobbit stuff
Okay that was friggin amazing
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Okay that was friggin amazing
Prospero año y felicidad, y'all www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co-u...
Sandra Boynton’s SNOW, SNOW, SNOW sung by Michael Ford with The '53 Fords
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November 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Prospero año y felicidad, y'all www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co-u...
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Ugh is gluttony month over yet
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ugh is gluttony month over yet
To be fair I've been dozing off in meetings this week too. I'm not proud. Or tired.
(actually yes tired)
(actually yes tired)
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
To be fair I've been dozing off in meetings this week too. I'm not proud. Or tired.
(actually yes tired)
(actually yes tired)
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Adherents to Power of Positive Thinking/Law of Attraction/Manifestation-type beliefs all want the slop-box bc they think believing something hard enough for long enough will bring it into reality. Cuts across classes, but describes a lot of elites.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Adherents to Power of Positive Thinking/Law of Attraction/Manifestation-type beliefs all want the slop-box bc they think believing something hard enough for long enough will bring it into reality. Cuts across classes, but describes a lot of elites.
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a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
Oh hey I actually DID fix a printer!
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Oh hey I actually DID fix a printer!
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To me, the biggest tell that AI is massively overvalued is that Big Tech has to keep shoving it in our faces. I just noticed Chrome has a 'Gemini' button at the top of the browser, and I'm getting prompts all over the place, including Zoom, to 'try AI.'
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
To me, the biggest tell that AI is massively overvalued is that Big Tech has to keep shoving it in our faces. I just noticed Chrome has a 'Gemini' button at the top of the browser, and I'm getting prompts all over the place, including Zoom, to 'try AI.'
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i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Dan knows more about how Congress works than anyone I know, so this is an interesting thread.
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Dan knows more about how Congress works than anyone I know, so this is an interesting thread.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
Schumer could be playing 5D chess, seeing what's in the Epstein files and then daring the House to open and have the discharge petition.
...nah.
...nah.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Schumer could be playing 5D chess, seeing what's in the Epstein files and then daring the House to open and have the discharge petition.
...nah.
...nah.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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I am yet again helping a state that wants to use open source software but they can't because the state conflates "acquiring software" with "buying a thing." I strongly recommend that user-facing open source software projects consider working with a reseller to let governments buy their software.
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I am yet again helping a state that wants to use open source software but they can't because the state conflates "acquiring software" with "buying a thing." I strongly recommend that user-facing open source software projects consider working with a reseller to let governments buy their software.