Mark Shellenberger
@m-shellenberger.bsky.social
Husband, Father, XML Enthusiast, local election official, technical generalist, life-long Democrat
This is both interesting and depressing. I'd read it.
December 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is both interesting and depressing. I'd read it.
Look, I hate her too but, if this is why she is retiring on 1/5/26, even I'm surprised by her pettiness.
Can we instead point out that she and other gov employees have the opportunity to get a pension at all? That is an outlier in the US now. The Fed system should be the model.
Can we instead point out that she and other gov employees have the opportunity to get a pension at all? That is an outlier in the US now. The Fed system should be the model.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Look, I hate her too but, if this is why she is retiring on 1/5/26, even I'm surprised by her pettiness.
Can we instead point out that she and other gov employees have the opportunity to get a pension at all? That is an outlier in the US now. The Fed system should be the model.
Can we instead point out that she and other gov employees have the opportunity to get a pension at all? That is an outlier in the US now. The Fed system should be the model.
We didn't recover from Slavery, the Civil War, Nixon, or Reagan. We've been shambling forward into the future since the beginning and just continue to make the same 'mistakes'.
Could we stop making them? Yes. Will we?
Could we stop making them? Yes. Will we?
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We didn't recover from Slavery, the Civil War, Nixon, or Reagan. We've been shambling forward into the future since the beginning and just continue to make the same 'mistakes'.
Could we stop making them? Yes. Will we?
Could we stop making them? Yes. Will we?
Charlotte's subsequent post made me reread the deferred pension aspect. She wouldn't get it until 62, 11 years away. But yes she would get it.
BTW, this is what we all should be earning over our careers. That only certain industries and companies include this anymore is a travesty.
#unions
BTW, this is what we all should be earning over our careers. That only certain industries and companies include this anymore is a travesty.
#unions
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Charlotte's subsequent post made me reread the deferred pension aspect. She wouldn't get it until 62, 11 years away. But yes she would get it.
BTW, this is what we all should be earning over our careers. That only certain industries and companies include this anymore is a travesty.
#unions
BTW, this is what we all should be earning over our careers. That only certain industries and companies include this anymore is a travesty.
#unions
She is likely eligible for continued health insurance for the five years of service as you stated.
However she doesn't appear to fit the requirements for the pension.
Congressional pension - Wikipedia share.google/wB9iiMvG2hn1...
However she doesn't appear to fit the requirements for the pension.
Congressional pension - Wikipedia share.google/wB9iiMvG2hn1...
Congressional pension - Wikipedia
share.google
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
She is likely eligible for continued health insurance for the five years of service as you stated.
However she doesn't appear to fit the requirements for the pension.
Congressional pension - Wikipedia share.google/wB9iiMvG2hn1...
However she doesn't appear to fit the requirements for the pension.
Congressional pension - Wikipedia share.google/wB9iiMvG2hn1...
Either stupid or compromised. In either case just wonderful that this is the "leader" of the Democratic Party.
September 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Either stupid or compromised. In either case just wonderful that this is the "leader" of the Democratic Party.
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, generally warehouse workers aren't directly interacting with customers, but they are the most expendable of the logistics system.
Overall follow the distance from human interaction and you'll see an increase in compensation.
Overall follow the distance from human interaction and you'll see an increase in compensation.
September 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, generally warehouse workers aren't directly interacting with customers, but they are the most expendable of the logistics system.
Overall follow the distance from human interaction and you'll see an increase in compensation.
Overall follow the distance from human interaction and you'll see an increase in compensation.
Forgot to link the Tech Crunch article:
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/l...
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/l...
Library of Congress explains how parts of US Constitution vanished from its website | TechCrunch
The U.S. congressional agency confirmed to TechCrunch that the removal of key sections of the Constitution from its website were removed in error. The full text has now been reinstated.
techcrunch.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Forgot to link the Tech Crunch article:
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/l...
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/l...
I'm certain that the people at the LoC are looking into how to mitigate this kind of problem in the future. Schematron schematron.com is a wonderful language for validating business logic in XML? I hope the experts at LoC are investigating it as as solution for their future pipelines.
August 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm certain that the people at the LoC are looking into how to mitigate this kind of problem in the future. Schematron schematron.com is a wonderful language for validating business logic in XML? I hope the experts at LoC are investigating it as as solution for their future pipelines.
Humans make mistakes. We in the programming world try to reduce those errors by putting a lot of testing (manual and programmatic) around our code. But mistakes do happen, even to a codebase that is very mature like the one at the LoC.
August 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Humans make mistakes. We in the programming world try to reduce those errors by putting a lot of testing (manual and programmatic) around our code. But mistakes do happen, even to a codebase that is very mature like the one at the LoC.