Ken Richards
@klrpdx.bsky.social
Computer Engineer, poker player, aspiring jazz piano player. I think about the Roman Empire at least three times a week.
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This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
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Our government is being dismantled in a fast-moving coup because a bunch of ostensible adults are afraid of mean tweets from a spent 78 year old skin bag who wears Oompa Loompa makeup.
February 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Our government is being dismantled in a fast-moving coup because a bunch of ostensible adults are afraid of mean tweets from a spent 78 year old skin bag who wears Oompa Loompa makeup.
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This passage from Tocqueville (1840) leapt out at me as I was revisiting Democracy in America tonight. The last line especially made me think of the tough-guy-bad-ass-outlaw MAGA types who sycophantically hang on every word from their Daddy-who-will-regularly-spank-them in the White House.
February 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This passage from Tocqueville (1840) leapt out at me as I was revisiting Democracy in America tonight. The last line especially made me think of the tough-guy-bad-ass-outlaw MAGA types who sycophantically hang on every word from their Daddy-who-will-regularly-spank-them in the White House.
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Incredible to think how hard Merrick Garland worked for four years to avoid even the remotest appearance of partisanship or ideological commitments, and literally on her first day as AG Pam Bondi is like "Diversity is now illegal, we will be putting all the libs in prison"
Breaking from me and @mjsdc.bsky.social : Newly installed AG Pam Bondi sent out more than a dozen memos in a 15 minute period on Wednesday. One of them told staffers to come up with "proposals for criminal investigations" of large companies that have DEIA initiatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI
Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Incredible to think how hard Merrick Garland worked for four years to avoid even the remotest appearance of partisanship or ideological commitments, and literally on her first day as AG Pam Bondi is like "Diversity is now illegal, we will be putting all the libs in prison"
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
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everybody clap for elon and his fluff monkey. they "deleted" the office that now allows you to file your taxes for free as opposed to paying Turbotax
February 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
everybody clap for elon and his fluff monkey. they "deleted" the office that now allows you to file your taxes for free as opposed to paying Turbotax
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1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
The Democratic leadership is deeply unserious. Tomato prices are the least of our worries.
You’re worried about tomato prices.
Wait till Trump’s Mexico tariffs raise your tomato prices.
Wait till Trump’s Mexico tariffs raise your tomato prices.
February 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The Democratic leadership is deeply unserious. Tomato prices are the least of our worries.
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I really can’t wrap my head around congressional Democrats’ response to the past 12 days of crises. It reeks of pathetic capitulation. Trump is asserting dictatorial powers of absolute control over the entire government and the reaction is “we don’t swing at every pitch”? An appalling abdication.
February 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I really can’t wrap my head around congressional Democrats’ response to the past 12 days of crises. It reeks of pathetic capitulation. Trump is asserting dictatorial powers of absolute control over the entire government and the reaction is “we don’t swing at every pitch”? An appalling abdication.
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Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
“They took Bernoulli’s concept of subjective utility and extended it into a logical, axiomatic framework for rational decision making under uncertainty.” - but can it help me decide what to have for lunch?
January 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“They took Bernoulli’s concept of subjective utility and extended it into a logical, axiomatic framework for rational decision making under uncertainty.” - but can it help me decide what to have for lunch?
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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I’m the son of Jewish refugees that fled the Nazis. I know exactly what I’m looking at.
January 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m the son of Jewish refugees that fled the Nazis. I know exactly what I’m looking at.
Happy Recrudescence Day to all who celebrate.
January 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy Recrudescence Day to all who celebrate.
I just completed "Restroom Redoubt" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode
Oh, Robotic Christmas Tree. Your entropy is low.
adventofcode.com/2024/day/14
Oh, Robotic Christmas Tree. Your entropy is low.
adventofcode.com/2024/day/14
December 16, 2024 at 7:34 AM
I just completed "Restroom Redoubt" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode
Oh, Robotic Christmas Tree. Your entropy is low.
adventofcode.com/2024/day/14
Oh, Robotic Christmas Tree. Your entropy is low.
adventofcode.com/2024/day/14
I just completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11
(after a lot of this in part 2)
(after a lot of this in part 2)
December 12, 2024 at 9:16 AM
I just completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11
(after a lot of this in part 2)
(after a lot of this in part 2)
First Friday poker, December edition
December 7, 2024 at 5:41 AM
First Friday poker, December edition
I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4
December 5, 2024 at 2:29 AM
I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3
December 4, 2024 at 3:24 AM
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3
