Jesse Lawson
@jesselawson.dev
Speculative science fiction author & anti-disinformation columnist (culture, tech, social media, politics, and public policy).
There was no evidence? There was nothing indicating that the responsibility for this shutdown was falling squarely on the political party in control of all three branches of government? Are we living in the same reality?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There was no evidence? There was nothing indicating that the responsibility for this shutdown was falling squarely on the political party in control of all three branches of government? Are we living in the same reality?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Going to go out on a limb and assume that my testing system has a bug:
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Going to go out on a limb and assume that my testing system has a bug:
While I was out running a couple days ago, I passed two older women having a conversation about Covid. One of them was saying “god wants us to get sick to test our faith”.
March 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
While I was out running a couple days ago, I passed two older women having a conversation about Covid. One of them was saying “god wants us to get sick to test our faith”.
I’ve had this in my head for a long time @steveklabnik.com. I respectfully submit The Klabnik Constant:
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’ve had this in my head for a long time @steveklabnik.com. I respectfully submit The Klabnik Constant:
March 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Wait is it shitting the bed because it's got a token link in the screenshot?
Does this work?
Does this work?
March 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wait is it shitting the bed because it's got a token link in the screenshot?
Does this work?
Does this work?
I asked my daughter how it’s going with her friend and she sent me this:
March 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I asked my daughter how it’s going with her friend and she sent me this:
I have a little script called "report" that I run when I log into this particular dev box just to feel the sweet relief of my non-Bayesian anti-bot blocking tools hard at work. (These numbers are the result of the box being online for a whopping 3m13s).
February 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I have a little script called "report" that I run when I log into this particular dev box just to feel the sweet relief of my non-Bayesian anti-bot blocking tools hard at work. (These numbers are the result of the box being online for a whopping 3m13s).
Whatever side of this you land on, one thing is for sure: they decided to remove this text entirely instead of adding clarifying language.
Even if it’s harmless, the level of tone-deafness here with the change is concerning—especially because this feels like a pattern.
github.com/mozilla/bedr...
Even if it’s harmless, the level of tone-deafness here with the change is concerning—especially because this feels like a pattern.
github.com/mozilla/bedr...
February 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Whatever side of this you land on, one thing is for sure: they decided to remove this text entirely instead of adding clarifying language.
Even if it’s harmless, the level of tone-deafness here with the change is concerning—especially because this feels like a pattern.
github.com/mozilla/bedr...
Even if it’s harmless, the level of tone-deafness here with the change is concerning—especially because this feels like a pattern.
github.com/mozilla/bedr...
But Jim how do we know if tolerating the intolerant will work if we don’t try. It’s like you don’t even care about intolerant people who violate the social contract. What kind of chaotic hellscape do you want, man, where people can engage in wanton intolerance of the intolerant! /s
February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
But Jim how do we know if tolerating the intolerant will work if we don’t try. It’s like you don’t even care about intolerant people who violate the social contract. What kind of chaotic hellscape do you want, man, where people can engage in wanton intolerance of the intolerant! /s
I’ll forever be impressed by this person’s dedication to my browser clicker game Existence Simulator:
jessesgames.itch.io/existence-si...
jessesgames.itch.io/existence-si...
February 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I’ll forever be impressed by this person’s dedication to my browser clicker game Existence Simulator:
jessesgames.itch.io/existence-si...
jessesgames.itch.io/existence-si...
I appreciate the offer, but a specialist in undefined, my personal focus is on communication systems for humans.
February 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I appreciate the offer, but a specialist in undefined, my personal focus is on communication systems for humans.
February 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Cloudflare trying to tease me
February 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Cloudflare trying to tease me
Can someone smarter than I am about presidential candidate spending help me understand how Trump spent 0.035% of what Biden and Kamala spent combined and still won?
fwiw that's 0.1% of what Trump spent in 2020... How does anyone look at stuff like this and say "yes our elections are fine"
fwiw that's 0.1% of what Trump spent in 2020... How does anyone look at stuff like this and say "yes our elections are fine"
February 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Can someone smarter than I am about presidential candidate spending help me understand how Trump spent 0.035% of what Biden and Kamala spent combined and still won?
fwiw that's 0.1% of what Trump spent in 2020... How does anyone look at stuff like this and say "yes our elections are fine"
fwiw that's 0.1% of what Trump spent in 2020... How does anyone look at stuff like this and say "yes our elections are fine"
The American Yawp is such a good, free, online American history textbook. The latest chapter, "The Recent Past," is really well written—and starts out with a vignette of the attacks against our government on January 6th, 2021.
www.americanyawp.com/text/30-the-...
www.americanyawp.com/text/30-the-...
February 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The American Yawp is such a good, free, online American history textbook. The latest chapter, "The Recent Past," is really well written—and starts out with a vignette of the attacks against our government on January 6th, 2021.
www.americanyawp.com/text/30-the-...
www.americanyawp.com/text/30-the-...
Love that you referenced James Scott's (1998) Seeing Like a State. Some snippets from chapter 6 ("Soviet Collectivization, Capitalist Dreams") that seem particularly relevant to this thread:
February 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Love that you referenced James Scott's (1998) Seeing Like a State. Some snippets from chapter 6 ("Soviet Collectivization, Capitalist Dreams") that seem particularly relevant to this thread:
Okay give me your best 6-digit OTP generator in Rust. I'll start:
play.rust-lang.org?version=nigh...
play.rust-lang.org?version=nigh...
February 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Okay give me your best 6-digit OTP generator in Rust. I'll start:
play.rust-lang.org?version=nigh...
play.rust-lang.org?version=nigh...
What leverage indeed:
February 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What leverage indeed:
Here's what the option looks like for FreeTaxUSA users:
February 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Here's what the option looks like for FreeTaxUSA users:
The trick to making homemade macaroni and cheese is to accompany it with NY strip. As a public service, I will continue to validate this theory on my pasta-making journey. For you. I’m doing it for you.
February 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The trick to making homemade macaroni and cheese is to accompany it with NY strip. As a public service, I will continue to validate this theory on my pasta-making journey. For you. I’m doing it for you.
That’s embarrassing sorry here’s the one I meant to share
February 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
That’s embarrassing sorry here’s the one I meant to share