Luke Kanies
@lkanies.bsky.social
Founder of Puppet. I helped create DevOps. Writing at https://lukekanies.com/.
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www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-... Wow, this really does such a great job breaking down "The Poverty Line" and the reason we're all working more to have less spending money.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-... Wow, this really does such a great job breaking down "The Poverty Line" and the reason we're all working more to have less spending money.
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I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
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Wrote another headline with @lopatto.bsky.social www.theverge.com/business/828...
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wrote another headline with @lopatto.bsky.social www.theverge.com/business/828...
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I have long had an obscure, complex theory about Susan Collins that explains these things.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I have long had an obscure, complex theory about Susan Collins that explains these things.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
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Over 320,000 Black women have been pushed out of the workforce.
This is a red flag for our economy thanks to Trump’s mass firings & attacks on DEIA.
I convened Black women leaders to discuss how to fight back and save Black women, Black families, & Black futures.
This is a red flag for our economy thanks to Trump’s mass firings & attacks on DEIA.
I convened Black women leaders to discuss how to fight back and save Black women, Black families, & Black futures.
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Over 320,000 Black women have been pushed out of the workforce.
This is a red flag for our economy thanks to Trump’s mass firings & attacks on DEIA.
I convened Black women leaders to discuss how to fight back and save Black women, Black families, & Black futures.
This is a red flag for our economy thanks to Trump’s mass firings & attacks on DEIA.
I convened Black women leaders to discuss how to fight back and save Black women, Black families, & Black futures.
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Hakeem Jeffries was literally voting for a resolution condemning socialism while this meeting was taking place
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hakeem Jeffries was literally voting for a resolution condemning socialism while this meeting was taking place
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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Good news: only really, really dumb people thought they really wanted free speech on campus
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Good news: only really, really dumb people thought they really wanted free speech on campus
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
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What I honestly find depressing is all that money and energy against trans athletes when the coach accused of raping multiple people is just *there*
(I know why, easier to demonize the oppressed rather than challenge the patriarchy).
(I know why, easier to demonize the oppressed rather than challenge the patriarchy).
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
What I honestly find depressing is all that money and energy against trans athletes when the coach accused of raping multiple people is just *there*
(I know why, easier to demonize the oppressed rather than challenge the patriarchy).
(I know why, easier to demonize the oppressed rather than challenge the patriarchy).
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Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
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The greatest call in higher education history:
A professor who had also read the US white nationalist plans to do a little Asian hate, even if it bankrupts US universities, saw that Trump had selected Stephen Miller to run immigration.🤦🏿♂️
So he insured his university against "sudden revenue loss!"🤯
A professor who had also read the US white nationalist plans to do a little Asian hate, even if it bankrupts US universities, saw that Trump had selected Stephen Miller to run immigration.🤦🏿♂️
So he insured his university against "sudden revenue loss!"🤯
mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)
@carnage4life@mas.to
This part is hilarious:
The University of Illinois insured itself against a big drop in Chinese students as soon as it saw that Trump won the 2016 election. The drop in Chinese...
hachyderm.io
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The greatest call in higher education history:
A professor who had also read the US white nationalist plans to do a little Asian hate, even if it bankrupts US universities, saw that Trump had selected Stephen Miller to run immigration.🤦🏿♂️
So he insured his university against "sudden revenue loss!"🤯
A professor who had also read the US white nationalist plans to do a little Asian hate, even if it bankrupts US universities, saw that Trump had selected Stephen Miller to run immigration.🤦🏿♂️
So he insured his university against "sudden revenue loss!"🤯
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Okay folks, it's time: I'm hiring!
Looking for 5(!) developer relations engineers across the world! Our company is remote-first but this role involves in-person appearances at events so although you don't need to work in a specific office we are focusing our search in specific metro areas:
Looking for 5(!) developer relations engineers across the world! Our company is remote-first but this role involves in-person appearances at events so although you don't need to work in a specific office we are focusing our search in specific metro areas:
Developer Relations Engineer
San Francisco, CA
job-boards.greenhouse.io
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Okay folks, it's time: I'm hiring!
Looking for 5(!) developer relations engineers across the world! Our company is remote-first but this role involves in-person appearances at events so although you don't need to work in a specific office we are focusing our search in specific metro areas:
Looking for 5(!) developer relations engineers across the world! Our company is remote-first but this role involves in-person appearances at events so although you don't need to work in a specific office we are focusing our search in specific metro areas:
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Aspects of our political system which are currently failing and long overdue for reform:
- The two-party system
- The US Senate
- An all-powerful, stand-alone presidency
- A politicized Supreme Court with full veto power over Congress and the executive
- The two-party system
- The US Senate
- An all-powerful, stand-alone presidency
- A politicized Supreme Court with full veto power over Congress and the executive
Take stock of everything that is failing us right now.
When the moment comes, don’t seek to restore + improve those institutions.
We should replace them.
When the moment comes, don’t seek to restore + improve those institutions.
We should replace them.
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Aspects of our political system which are currently failing and long overdue for reform:
- The two-party system
- The US Senate
- An all-powerful, stand-alone presidency
- A politicized Supreme Court with full veto power over Congress and the executive
- The two-party system
- The US Senate
- An all-powerful, stand-alone presidency
- A politicized Supreme Court with full veto power over Congress and the executive
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KubeCon’s gonna get real weird if this keeps up. I’m sure I’m not the only delayed speaker and I don’t envy the events team right now
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
KubeCon’s gonna get real weird if this keeps up. I’m sure I’m not the only delayed speaker and I don’t envy the events team right now
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the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*
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the only time the filibuster has ever been used to protect a particular interest of a set of states is to kill anti-lynching and civil rights legislation. that's it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
the only time the filibuster has ever been used to protect a particular interest of a set of states is to kill anti-lynching and civil rights legislation. that's it.