Jacob 🌱
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unemployed civil servant hire me today and your state won't be sorry for long
don't sleep on the other contemporaneous ESV programs big soft bumpers are for everyone
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
don't sleep on the other contemporaneous ESV programs big soft bumpers are for everyone
That's roughly 1-2 hrs of wealth accumulation for Mr. Bezos. Certainly better than nothing, but also he can stick $11.25 million up his fucking ass.
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
That's roughly 1-2 hrs of wealth accumulation for Mr. Bezos. Certainly better than nothing, but also he can stick $11.25 million up his fucking ass.
agreed, fact-checking by itself is easily weaponized or neutered, and i'm skeptical about how practically we can really legislate the issue. but stating as fact that obvious and self-serving lies are not acceptable in our government is a very good start.
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
agreed, fact-checking by itself is easily weaponized or neutered, and i'm skeptical about how practically we can really legislate the issue. but stating as fact that obvious and self-serving lies are not acceptable in our government is a very good start.
SIDEWALK $115
BUS PARKING IN LOWER MANHATTAN $115
FRONT OR BACK PLATE MISSING $65
BUS PARKING IN LOWER MANHATTAN $115
FRONT OR BACK PLATE MISSING $65
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
SIDEWALK $115
BUS PARKING IN LOWER MANHATTAN $115
FRONT OR BACK PLATE MISSING $65
BUS PARKING IN LOWER MANHATTAN $115
FRONT OR BACK PLATE MISSING $65
if its not trouble would love to know your gluten free recipe
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
if its not trouble would love to know your gluten free recipe
well with a name like that
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
well with a name like that
Reposted by Jacob 🌱
District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
right message, wrong messenger. should be fixed now.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
right message, wrong messenger. should be fixed now.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
does dim wedi bod amser gwell i ddysgu Cymraeg
They also killed of a ton of other similarly good teams. 18F was GSA's digital services agency, destroyed by many of the same people. Dozens (hundreds?) of individual agency teams are gone at DOGE's hand. But USDS was perverted and killed from the inside and it hurt to see.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
They also killed of a ton of other similarly good teams. 18F was GSA's digital services agency, destroyed by many of the same people. Dozens (hundreds?) of individual agency teams are gone at DOGE's hand. But USDS was perverted and killed from the inside and it hurt to see.
DOGE took over the US Digital Service as its parasite host, using its statutory authority and then firing its staff. USDS weren't dedicated to cost saving per se, but basically everything they did saved significant money vs. the status quo (to say nothing of the improvement to public services)
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
DOGE took over the US Digital Service as its parasite host, using its statutory authority and then firing its staff. USDS weren't dedicated to cost saving per se, but basically everything they did saved significant money vs. the status quo (to say nothing of the improvement to public services)
i hope they're not so smart as to be aware of their tragically short livespans
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
i hope they're not so smart as to be aware of their tragically short livespans
Cupertino is a tough nut to crack
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Cupertino is a tough nut to crack
idk i'm a layperson here but research and discourse on UPFs seems hugely lacking in rigor. am I missing something? Like wtf is the proposed mechanism for processing (in a general sense) being a meaningful factor in health outcomes? what even motivates that question?
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
idk i'm a layperson here but research and discourse on UPFs seems hugely lacking in rigor. am I missing something? Like wtf is the proposed mechanism for processing (in a general sense) being a meaningful factor in health outcomes? what even motivates that question?
well fuck i know what i'm going to be building when i visit family for the holidays
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
well fuck i know what i'm going to be building when i visit family for the holidays
exactly, not everything needs to be deeply error handled. completely blanketing code with unwrap() can be irresponsible, but handling every Option is often pointless and moves attention away from bigger actual problems.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
exactly, not everything needs to be deeply error handled. completely blanketing code with unwrap() can be irresponsible, but handling every Option is often pointless and moves attention away from bigger actual problems.
core strength won’t hurt but it’s not super demanding. certainly not something you have to work up to enjoy.
day rentals are usually easy to find, id see you what like first
day rentals are usually easy to find, id see you what like first
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
core strength won’t hurt but it’s not super demanding. certainly not something you have to work up to enjoy.
day rentals are usually easy to find, id see you what like first
day rentals are usually easy to find, id see you what like first
The post-new deal state was built surprisingly quickly. To pick a more recent example, CFPB was operational from scratch in about a year.
Building administrative capacity is something we’ve kinda figured out, it’s building and maintaining the political support for it that’s harder.
Building administrative capacity is something we’ve kinda figured out, it’s building and maintaining the political support for it that’s harder.
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The post-new deal state was built surprisingly quickly. To pick a more recent example, CFPB was operational from scratch in about a year.
Building administrative capacity is something we’ve kinda figured out, it’s building and maintaining the political support for it that’s harder.
Building administrative capacity is something we’ve kinda figured out, it’s building and maintaining the political support for it that’s harder.
The Library of Congress has the best single authority on copyright status in the US, and it's not able to establish rights status or ownership for a huge portion of its own holdings.
Copyright is not a contract its a half-remembered handshake agreement.
Copyright is not a contract its a half-remembered handshake agreement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Library of Congress has the best single authority on copyright status in the US, and it's not able to establish rights status or ownership for a huge portion of its own holdings.
Copyright is not a contract its a half-remembered handshake agreement.
Copyright is not a contract its a half-remembered handshake agreement.