Padraig2112
@isomorphism.net
If you're going to follow/DM, have a profile and at least one post, please.
Ed and technology policy, former grad student working on Information Systems for untrained responders in big disasters
Ed and technology policy, former grad student working on Information Systems for untrained responders in big disasters
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Padraig2112
@isomorphism.net
· Nov 9
Advice that applies to more than just information technology: a thread.
If you're simplifying a complex problem, you're likely doing it wrong.
If you're simplifying a complex problem, you're likely doing it wrong.
I'm now remembering @celestelabedz.bsky.social 's pulleys tweet.
What % of Americans actually understand how a basic magnet works? And then deduct "Americans who understand but haven't reached the voting age yet".
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I'm now remembering @celestelabedz.bsky.social 's pulleys tweet.
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Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
Everything under control, situation normal!
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Everything under control, situation normal!
Start when you are in your teens, just power through it.
(Admittedly this is not easy)
(Admittedly this is not easy)
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Start when you are in your teens, just power through it.
(Admittedly this is not easy)
(Admittedly this is not easy)
We need a new Endless Screaming bot
oh my god Oh My God
OH
MY
FUCKING
GGOOOOODDDDDDDD
OH
MY
FUCKING
GGOOOOODDDDDDDD
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We need a new Endless Screaming bot
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The Edmund Fitzgwrald sinking on the same day Dr Manhattan's circulatory system appeared in the kitchen cannot possibly be a coincidence
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The Edmund Fitzgwrald sinking on the same day Dr Manhattan's circulatory system appeared in the kitchen cannot possibly be a coincidence
As angry as we all are, all the time, about everything, it's important to remember this.
one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
As angry as we all are, all the time, about everything, it's important to remember this.
"I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to X, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism."
This is the post 2015 conservative party in the U.S. and this pretty much nails the problem.
This is the post 2015 conservative party in the U.S. and this pretty much nails the problem.
I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to Sim, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to X, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism."
This is the post 2015 conservative party in the U.S. and this pretty much nails the problem.
This is the post 2015 conservative party in the U.S. and this pretty much nails the problem.
Speaking as someone who worked in a slaughterhouse if most people spent a day in a slaughterhouse they would eat a lot more lentils.
(I eat meat. I do not think most burger-eaters have gutted a large animal.)
(I eat meat. I do not think most burger-eaters have gutted a large animal.)
Factory farms suck, the vegans are right, but yeah, we have to have a viable lab grown substitute first before most folks are ready to admit that.
(Also if we don't adjust non-lab meat consumption downward *first*, killing factory farming would likely be ecologically and politically disastrous)
(Also if we don't adjust non-lab meat consumption downward *first*, killing factory farming would likely be ecologically and politically disastrous)
I think what is going to happen is that lab-grown meat will gradually catch up with real animals and when that happens we will all quietly admit that the vegans were right about factory farming
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Speaking as someone who worked in a slaughterhouse if most people spent a day in a slaughterhouse they would eat a lot more lentils.
(I eat meat. I do not think most burger-eaters have gutted a large animal.)
(I eat meat. I do not think most burger-eaters have gutted a large animal.)
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joyce carol roasts
a man in a yellow suit is holding a flamethrower and the name arthur09 is on the bottom
ALT: a man in a yellow suit is holding a flamethrower and the name arthur09 is on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
joyce carol roasts
If you have never actually participated in assisting a political campaign I suggest you start.
(This brought to you by the Primary Everyone Discourse)
(This brought to you by the Primary Everyone Discourse)
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If you have never actually participated in assisting a political campaign I suggest you start.
(This brought to you by the Primary Everyone Discourse)
(This brought to you by the Primary Everyone Discourse)
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Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
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Musk is a mass murderer on a scale with some of the worst monsters of history, so it's not really like the scales are evened by having a moderately well known author eviscerate him on his own platform.
still, you take what you can get.
still, you take what you can get.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Musk is a mass murderer on a scale with some of the worst monsters of history, so it's not really like the scales are evened by having a moderately well known author eviscerate him on his own platform.
still, you take what you can get.
still, you take what you can get.
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8) This also puts the House in the jackpot.
Will House Republicans vote to accept the Senate deal? If they defect, how many Dems will vote to make up the difference. (Answer: as many Dems as it takes, Jeffries will see to this. While publicly "no," he'll make the plan work.)
Will House Republicans vote to accept the Senate deal? If they defect, how many Dems will vote to make up the difference. (Answer: as many Dems as it takes, Jeffries will see to this. While publicly "no," he'll make the plan work.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Aargh Angry People baiting me into being an Angry Person is not great
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Aargh Angry People baiting me into being an Angry Person is not great
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
I move to put Joyce in charge of heckling Elon until his brain melts the rest of the way I think she would excel and this task and probably wouldn't take her away from anything else for very long
Jesus christ, Joyce
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I move to put Joyce in charge of heckling Elon until his brain melts the rest of the way I think she would excel and this task and probably wouldn't take her away from anything else for very long
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She literally voted against the amendment to extend the ACA subsidies lol
A lot of happy Republican senators tonight. Susan Collins vows there will be a real effort to extend some ACA subsidies, but also said the ACA is not affordable….
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
She literally voted against the amendment to extend the ACA subsidies lol
This is actually something of a good sign because it says to Johnson "Convene the House and vote yes on this, or extend the shutdown again all on your own".
And with that, the Senate is GONE until next Tuesday, November 18.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is actually something of a good sign because it says to Johnson "Convene the House and vote yes on this, or extend the shutdown again all on your own".
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I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
It's NOAA.. for now
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It's NOAA.. for now
Republicans aren't committed to jack shit except tax cuts and the President, and you eat your own boogers.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Republicans aren't committed to jack shit except tax cuts and the President, and you eat your own boogers.
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*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
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honestly I hope some veterinary clinic somewhere is offering neuterings at a reduced price this month
because "no nut november"
because "no nut november"
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
honestly I hope some veterinary clinic somewhere is offering neuterings at a reduced price this month
because "no nut november"
because "no nut november"
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The Iliad is a story about an alpha pouting on the sidelines until his boyfriend gets killed. In the sequel his ghost whines about how he wishes he had been a beta instead.
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The Iliad is a story about an alpha pouting on the sidelines until his boyfriend gets killed. In the sequel his ghost whines about how he wishes he had been a beta instead.