@jhsnyder.bsky.social
ex-AT&T (Bell) Labs Research, ex-DoD SETA, retired
for no particularly good reason I use the account jhstoo.bsky.social when I'm on my tablet.
for no particularly good reason I use the account jhstoo.bsky.social when I'm on my tablet.
Trying to think of a way to phrase my joke w/o offending my libertarian friends ...
May 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trying to think of a way to phrase my joke w/o offending my libertarian friends ...
May Day protest along US Route 22 in NJ, 1 May 2025
Sign at far 3rd of overpass reads "YOUR RIGHTS ARE NEXT"
Sign at far 3rd of overpass reads "YOUR RIGHTS ARE NEXT"
May 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
May Day protest along US Route 22 in NJ, 1 May 2025
Sign at far 3rd of overpass reads "YOUR RIGHTS ARE NEXT"
Sign at far 3rd of overpass reads "YOUR RIGHTS ARE NEXT"
Seems like this would be another factor in understanding how states could best deter ICE kidnappings ... the pressure to produce detainees might result (from a states PoV) in low-hanging fruit. (replacing quote post after OP deleted hers.)
afsc.org/sites/defaul...
afsc.org/sites/defaul...
April 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Seems like this would be another factor in understanding how states could best deter ICE kidnappings ... the pressure to produce detainees might result (from a states PoV) in low-hanging fruit. (replacing quote post after OP deleted hers.)
afsc.org/sites/defaul...
afsc.org/sites/defaul...
This is absolutely insane. "Fool" isn't strong enough. "Moron" is more like it ... but that'd be unfair to morons.
April 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is absolutely insane. "Fool" isn't strong enough. "Moron" is more like it ... but that'd be unfair to morons.
"I understand that reference"
February 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"I understand that reference"
Listen to the principal, children.
February 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Listen to the principal, children.
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
February 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
Define "business acumen". Explain why you think Donald Trump and Elon Musk are exemplars of business acumen.
February 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Define "business acumen". Explain why you think Donald Trump and Elon Musk are exemplars of business acumen.
This is the whole thing: is Trump the source of laws, or is he an illegitimate dictator?
February 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is the whole thing: is Trump the source of laws, or is he an illegitimate dictator?
leopard eating a condemned man's face.
February 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
leopard eating a condemned man's face.
You know, b/c that worked out so well in 2020.
February 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You know, b/c that worked out so well in 2020.
I mean, that's just common sense! Everyone knows that! (/s)
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I mean, that's just common sense! Everyone knows that! (/s)
TBF, he persuaded the Dem Congresscritter leadership, so he must be right, eh? (/s)
February 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
TBF, he persuaded the Dem Congresscritter leadership, so he must be right, eh? (/s)
I've heard that America aint way popular in Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and Greenland, either ... and probably another half dozen countries I'm not remembering right now.
February 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I've heard that America aint way popular in Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and Greenland, either ... and probably another half dozen countries I'm not remembering right now.
Unusually, I enthusiastically award this NYT piece my seal of approval.
February 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Unusually, I enthusiastically award this NYT piece my seal of approval.
I don't know anything about anything, but a) seems like the compromise of Social Security data might be important to a lot of voters; and b) Schumer and Jeffries might - just *might* - be able to make hay out of the compromise. But what do I know? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
February 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I don't know anything about anything, but a) seems like the compromise of Social Security data might be important to a lot of voters; and b) Schumer and Jeffries might - just *might* - be able to make hay out of the compromise. But what do I know? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Cheery article. The basic idea is that complex systems can collapse suddenly & unexpectedly. Ends with "... it's beginning to look as if no one has our backs. Prepare for the worst."
Kinda light on "how to survive if that happens", sadly.
Kinda light on "how to survive if that happens", sadly.
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Cheery article. The basic idea is that complex systems can collapse suddenly & unexpectedly. Ends with "... it's beginning to look as if no one has our backs. Prepare for the worst."
Kinda light on "how to survive if that happens", sadly.
Kinda light on "how to survive if that happens", sadly.
February 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
But ... but ... I've been assured that the not-a-nazi guy is not only the smartest guy in history, he also knows everything, even things that aren't yet known. How can this be?!?
February 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
But ... but ... I've been assured that the not-a-nazi guy is not only the smartest guy in history, he also knows everything, even things that aren't yet known. How can this be?!?
so very very bizarre... sounds like Homan has never heard of the Bill of Rights.
February 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
so very very bizarre... sounds like Homan has never heard of the Bill of Rights.
readers responding to the discovery that DOGE bros sucked $80M of appropriated $ out of NYC bank accounts
February 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
readers responding to the discovery that DOGE bros sucked $80M of appropriated $ out of NYC bank accounts
February 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What, 49.5% isn't a mass? Ofc it is.
"The question remains: what kind of mass." /snark
"The question remains: what kind of mass." /snark
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What, 49.5% isn't a mass? Ofc it is.
"The question remains: what kind of mass." /snark
"The question remains: what kind of mass." /snark
