joffrey 🐍
@joffrey.eu
🇫🇷 in 🇺🇸. Software engineer, chronic pessimist. Software, music, language, politics.
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Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
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I’m sorry but I think folks can often be too harsh with Sarah. 95 Ds voted YES bc of leadership, why single her out so often?
She got elected statewide in Delaware. Her path is challenging and this time is terrifying. I think the disagreements w/ her can be less personal. I care about her safety.
She got elected statewide in Delaware. Her path is challenging and this time is terrifying. I think the disagreements w/ her can be less personal. I care about her safety.
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I’m sorry but I think folks can often be too harsh with Sarah. 95 Ds voted YES bc of leadership, why single her out so often?
She got elected statewide in Delaware. Her path is challenging and this time is terrifying. I think the disagreements w/ her can be less personal. I care about her safety.
She got elected statewide in Delaware. Her path is challenging and this time is terrifying. I think the disagreements w/ her can be less personal. I care about her safety.
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look, it is comforting to think that your political opponents are, at the end of the day, just people like you who really want us all to live together as Americans.
it's just very obviously not *true* in MAGA's case, as you can tell through, well, what they say and do.
it's just very obviously not *true* in MAGA's case, as you can tell through, well, what they say and do.
September 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
look, it is comforting to think that your political opponents are, at the end of the day, just people like you who really want us all to live together as Americans.
it's just very obviously not *true* in MAGA's case, as you can tell through, well, what they say and do.
it's just very obviously not *true* in MAGA's case, as you can tell through, well, what they say and do.
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/3 We can also call out who has encouraged and normalized political violence and made it government policy. We can note the irony of it in many cases. But celebrating it — yelling “hooray” — is like celebrating going to war. People will die and it won’t be fun.
September 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
/3 We can also call out who has encouraged and normalized political violence and made it government policy. We can note the irony of it in many cases. But celebrating it — yelling “hooray” — is like celebrating going to war. People will die and it won’t be fun.
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On the bright side, he didn’t have far to fall.
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
On the bright side, he didn’t have far to fall.
Slightly diminish a band: The Cracking Gourds
Slightly diminishes a band: Postwar British Sea Power
Slightly diminish a band: the Novemberists
August 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Slightly diminish a band: The Cracking Gourds
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I’d go one further and say the gradual moral collapse of our society and our politics is a direct product of the growing social norm where you cannot impute bad faith or immoral motive on people and institutions who clearly exhibit both.
i'm often accused of being uncivil for my willingness to go at people's character but it is not my fault i live in an age where some of our most prominent commentators clearly believe in nothing
July 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I’d go one further and say the gradual moral collapse of our society and our politics is a direct product of the growing social norm where you cannot impute bad faith or immoral motive on people and institutions who clearly exhibit both.
Americans should find the whole concept of "summer recess" for Congress insulting to begin with.
It only gets worse when one party cravenly weaponizes it to protect an individual they're supposed to be holding accountable.
It only gets worse when one party cravenly weaponizes it to protect an individual they're supposed to be holding accountable.
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Americans should find the whole concept of "summer recess" for Congress insulting to begin with.
It only gets worse when one party cravenly weaponizes it to protect an individual they're supposed to be holding accountable.
It only gets worse when one party cravenly weaponizes it to protect an individual they're supposed to be holding accountable.
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I used to think the point of going to shows was to get up front so I could see the band, now I know that the point is to stand near the soundboard so you can hear the band.
July 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I used to think the point of going to shows was to get up front so I could see the band, now I know that the point is to stand near the soundboard so you can hear the band.
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Housing policy is climate policy. If California was serious about mitigating climate change, we would be building tons of new energy-efficient apartments and condos in temperate coastal areas instead of auto-dependent single family sprawl in the desert.
The high in the East Bay today is 70°. The fact that we don't have Manhattan-level density is a climate resilience planning failure.
June 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Housing policy is climate policy. If California was serious about mitigating climate change, we would be building tons of new energy-efficient apartments and condos in temperate coastal areas instead of auto-dependent single family sprawl in the desert.
"Actually this is me stone cold sober" isn't the own he thinks it is
Very normal stuff from Elon, posting his drug test results
June 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"Actually this is me stone cold sober" isn't the own he thinks it is
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LLMs are the natural endpoint of this. Friction between reality and narrative is reduced to zero. Want to hear why something is true? They'll happily tell you, often convincingly. Want to believe your darkest stereotypes? It'll literally draw you a picture that confirms them all.
May 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
LLMs are the natural endpoint of this. Friction between reality and narrative is reduced to zero. Want to hear why something is true? They'll happily tell you, often convincingly. Want to believe your darkest stereotypes? It'll literally draw you a picture that confirms them all.
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“Inclusionary zoning” is one of those policies that sounds great at first but then when you look at the actual impact it ends up just being a massive tax on new apartments that exempts single family homes, accomplishing the exact opposite of the intended effect
May 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Inclusionary zoning” is one of those policies that sounds great at first but then when you look at the actual impact it ends up just being a massive tax on new apartments that exempts single family homes, accomplishing the exact opposite of the intended effect
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New from me in @thenation.com: A YIMBY theory of power and a rejoinder to critics who argue that YIMBYs are blind to class/corporate power www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A YIMBY Theory of Power
Pro-housing advocates offer an analysis of class relations that is more sophisticated and has more explanatory power than the one held by many critics of the “abundance agenda.”
www.thenation.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
New from me in @thenation.com: A YIMBY theory of power and a rejoinder to critics who argue that YIMBYs are blind to class/corporate power www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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We now have:
-Lawful U.S. residents being disappeared to a gulag in El Salvador with no due process
-Targeting for shut down the largest Dem Party fundraising platform
-Arrest of a state judge for running her courtroom in a way ICE doesn’t like
Trump *must* be removed from office immediately.
-Lawful U.S. residents being disappeared to a gulag in El Salvador with no due process
-Targeting for shut down the largest Dem Party fundraising platform
-Arrest of a state judge for running her courtroom in a way ICE doesn’t like
Trump *must* be removed from office immediately.
April 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We now have:
-Lawful U.S. residents being disappeared to a gulag in El Salvador with no due process
-Targeting for shut down the largest Dem Party fundraising platform
-Arrest of a state judge for running her courtroom in a way ICE doesn’t like
Trump *must* be removed from office immediately.
-Lawful U.S. residents being disappeared to a gulag in El Salvador with no due process
-Targeting for shut down the largest Dem Party fundraising platform
-Arrest of a state judge for running her courtroom in a way ICE doesn’t like
Trump *must* be removed from office immediately.
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distracting the British government from further transphobia by starting a firm dedicated to selling shuriken to schoolchildren
April 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
distracting the British government from further transphobia by starting a firm dedicated to selling shuriken to schoolchildren
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NEW from me: A whistleblower says DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data...and then someone posted a threatening letter to his door.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
NEW from me: A whistleblower says DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data...and then someone posted a threatening letter to his door.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Good thing I still have some old meth lying around
Many addiction experts think that today's meth is more dangerous than other versions. Here's what to know.
What to Know About Today’s Meth
The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that ca...
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Good thing I still have some old meth lying around
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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
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weird, what could explain this
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
weird, what could explain this
If 2008 was the Great Recession, what are we going to call this one? The Stupid Recession?
April 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If 2008 was the Great Recession, what are we going to call this one? The Stupid Recession?