@johnlowry.bsky.social
Technical debt collector. Pushing back on hypernormalization. He/Him
Well this extra ticking blows. Fun fact: I lost my father to a salmonella outbreak.
The bill to end the shutdown kills FDA food safety rules.
Just like public health, food safety isn’t flashy or exciting
When it’s functioning well, you barely notice it.
But it’s necessary for our survival.
Food borne illnesses have been on the rise & this cut will endanger lives l
Just like public health, food safety isn’t flashy or exciting
When it’s functioning well, you barely notice it.
But it’s necessary for our survival.
Food borne illnesses have been on the rise & this cut will endanger lives l
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Well this extra ticking blows. Fun fact: I lost my father to a salmonella outbreak.
@genebaxter.bsky.social cool podcast with the author of the "Gales of November" pca.st/episode/7cba...
pca.st
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@genebaxter.bsky.social cool podcast with the author of the "Gales of November" pca.st/episode/7cba...
@wyden.senate.gov and @merkley.senate.gov not only do.i.nrrd you to vote no on the CR I am going to.nrrd you to call for a replacement of Senator Schumer as the minority leader. Clawing defeat from the jaws of victory is not smart.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
@wyden.senate.gov and @merkley.senate.gov not only do.i.nrrd you to vote no on the CR I am going to.nrrd you to call for a replacement of Senator Schumer as the minority leader. Clawing defeat from the jaws of victory is not smart.
Every time. Chase every collaborator out of office
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
Alt: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Every time. Chase every collaborator out of office
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from, "Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Dr. Who," or "Transformers.
October 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from, "Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Dr. Who," or "Transformers.
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Fly fishing friends, Western Alaska got absolutely mollywhopped by a storm recently and Josh Mills is over on Instagram coordinating various auctions to fundraise for relief efforts. www.instagram.com/millsfly
And the hash tag #fliesforalaska
And the hash tag #fliesforalaska
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fly fishing friends, Western Alaska got absolutely mollywhopped by a storm recently and Josh Mills is over on Instagram coordinating various auctions to fundraise for relief efforts. www.instagram.com/millsfly
And the hash tag #fliesforalaska
And the hash tag #fliesforalaska
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This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
October 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
No fish, especially sea run cutt throats were caught today.
October 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
No fish, especially sea run cutt throats were caught today.
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One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
Williamette River
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Williamette River
There it is. No gaps
October 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
There it is. No gaps
My first Mickey Finn that doesn't totally suck ass. Still working on wrapping the body better, there are some small gaps if you look close.
October 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
My first Mickey Finn that doesn't totally suck ass. Still working on wrapping the body better, there are some small gaps if you look close.
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A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.
September 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.
Fucking sweet
rapture happened if you can read this you are gay
September 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Fucking sweet
Behold! The only fish caught! A wild rainbow trout I suck at pictures
September 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Behold! The only fish caught! A wild rainbow trout I suck at pictures
A Thin Mint Wooly Bugger
August 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A Thin Mint Wooly Bugger
My back hurts reading this
August 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My back hurts reading this
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i don't like admitting this about myself but i would forgive all of a tech oligarchs sins if they delivered me a triceratops
August 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
i don't like admitting this about myself but i would forgive all of a tech oligarchs sins if they delivered me a triceratops
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JFC this is gonna be ugly
August 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
JFC this is gonna be ugly
As of 8:25 PM EDT July 29, 2025: Please visit tsunami.gov for the latest updates on expanding watches, warnings and advisories across the Pacific and western U.S.
U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
tsunami.gov
July 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I don’t give a fuck about your chiropractic cures and homeopathic crystals, in this house we believe in constantly questioning our prior assumptions but only acting on them if they meet the rigorous demands of overturning currently proven practices to at least five sigma
July 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I don’t give a fuck about your chiropractic cures and homeopathic crystals, in this house we believe in constantly questioning our prior assumptions but only acting on them if they meet the rigorous demands of overturning currently proven practices to at least five sigma
