Stephen J. (he/him or they/them) 🏳️🌈
@mavjop.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺
Father, software engineer, science fiction afficionado, podcast listener, multinational person of mystery.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #BlackLivesMatter #StopAsianHate
Opinions do not represent my employer.
Father, software engineer, science fiction afficionado, podcast listener, multinational person of mystery.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #BlackLivesMatter #StopAsianHate
Opinions do not represent my employer.
YouTube has destroyed queue functionality.
Before: Enqueue videos. Play. Videos I enqueued play, then stops after last one ends.
Now: Enqueue videos. Play. Plays all(?) of them, continues playing, ADDs other videos it thinks I'd like, then re-enqueues videos I had queued so that it replays them. 😠
Before: Enqueue videos. Play. Videos I enqueued play, then stops after last one ends.
Now: Enqueue videos. Play. Plays all(?) of them, continues playing, ADDs other videos it thinks I'd like, then re-enqueues videos I had queued so that it replays them. 😠
August 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
YouTube has destroyed queue functionality.
Before: Enqueue videos. Play. Videos I enqueued play, then stops after last one ends.
Now: Enqueue videos. Play. Plays all(?) of them, continues playing, ADDs other videos it thinks I'd like, then re-enqueues videos I had queued so that it replays them. 😠
Before: Enqueue videos. Play. Videos I enqueued play, then stops after last one ends.
Now: Enqueue videos. Play. Plays all(?) of them, continues playing, ADDs other videos it thinks I'd like, then re-enqueues videos I had queued so that it replays them. 😠
Fantastic! Perfection. *chef kiss*
As promised here’s Pink Pony Club but it’s about encryption
May 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Fantastic! Perfection. *chef kiss*
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FACT: You don't destroy the CDC unless you want people to die in large numbers.
April 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
FACT: You don't destroy the CDC unless you want people to die in large numbers.
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Wow, what a run. Tremendously proud of my friend and colleague for his display of courage over these 24+ hours. This is exactly what's needed to fight back against Trump's authoritarianism. We're lucky to have him on our side.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Wow, what a run. Tremendously proud of my friend and colleague for his display of courage over these 24+ hours. This is exactly what's needed to fight back against Trump's authoritarianism. We're lucky to have him on our side.
Today, an elected representative Black man -- a Senator -- performed an astounding feat, obliterating the record of an awful racist, segregationist remnant of the civil war (set whilst trying to defeat the Civil Rights Act of 1957).
It was perfection.
It was perfection.
April 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Today, an elected representative Black man -- a Senator -- performed an astounding feat, obliterating the record of an awful racist, segregationist remnant of the civil war (set whilst trying to defeat the Civil Rights Act of 1957).
It was perfection.
It was perfection.
Good friends in Texas are having a really hard time, even without the awful human rights situations in the state (and, sadly, the nation). 😔
Anything you can chip in would be greatly appreciated, so jENN, their wife, and young child can manage the coming heat.
www.gofundme.com/f/jenn-needs...
Anything you can chip in would be greatly appreciated, so jENN, their wife, and young child can manage the coming heat.
www.gofundme.com/f/jenn-needs...
Donate to jENN Needs Your Help: AC and repairs for Health Relief, organized by Jennifer Sherwood
Good moment in time!
My name is Jenn. I am raising funds … Jennifer Sherwood needs your support for jENN Needs Your Help: AC and repairs for Health Relief
www.gofundme.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Good friends in Texas are having a really hard time, even without the awful human rights situations in the state (and, sadly, the nation). 😔
Anything you can chip in would be greatly appreciated, so jENN, their wife, and young child can manage the coming heat.
www.gofundme.com/f/jenn-needs...
Anything you can chip in would be greatly appreciated, so jENN, their wife, and young child can manage the coming heat.
www.gofundme.com/f/jenn-needs...
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Can confirm. Former USAID here, and I’ve been approached twice in the last 30 days.
Your new allies: www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
www.cnn.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Can confirm. Former USAID here, and I’ve been approached twice in the last 30 days.
I'll be the first to criticize the felonious despot, but there's so many bad takes and so much false information floating around about the stupidly tacky "gold card" "idea" he, supposedly, had.
February 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I'll be the first to criticize the felonious despot, but there's so many bad takes and so much false information floating around about the stupidly tacky "gold card" "idea" he, supposedly, had.
Holy crap! This is absolutely awful :(
February 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Holy crap! This is absolutely awful :(
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Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
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“When a prison camp opens in your town… When a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom… When the president* destroys what’s left of the Constitution… They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” @aoc.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“When a prison camp opens in your town… When a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom… When the president* destroys what’s left of the Constitution… They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” @aoc.bsky.social
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk, with this blitzkrieg, are killing people. All the Republicans in Congress are accomplices. And Trump voters bear responsibility for this, too.
"Two-thirds of the staff of the President’s Malaria Initiative, an organization founded by former President George W. Bush, have been fired, including some of the most senior and respected scientists working on malaria control in the world..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk, with this blitzkrieg, are killing people. All the Republicans in Congress are accomplices. And Trump voters bear responsibility for this, too.
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All terms being used to flagged in NSF research. Notably “women” but not “men”, “disability”, and “trauma”.
Stalin would approve.
Mao would approve.
Our founding fathers would not.
Stalin would approve.
Mao would approve.
Our founding fathers would not.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
All terms being used to flagged in NSF research. Notably “women” but not “men”, “disability”, and “trauma”.
Stalin would approve.
Mao would approve.
Our founding fathers would not.
Stalin would approve.
Mao would approve.
Our founding fathers would not.
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Those of us in tech knew this was coming.
And yes, taking away powers that you do not have the lawful authority to do so is absolutely a coup.
And yes, taking away powers that you do not have the lawful authority to do so is absolutely 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 8:31 PM
Those of us in tech knew this was coming.
And yes, taking away powers that you do not have the lawful authority to do so is absolutely a coup.
And yes, taking away powers that you do not have the lawful authority to do so is absolutely a coup.
Disgusting and outright evil.
The CDC has shuttered its webpages for supporting LGBTQ+ youth in schools, Health Disparities Among LGBTQ Youth, and Creating Safe Schools for LGBTQ+ Youth
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/youth-safe-e...
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/youth-safe-e...
January 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Disgusting and outright evil.
*chef kiss* Perfection.
January 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
*chef kiss* Perfection.
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“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder
November 24, 2024 at 7:11 PM
“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder
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alright you wanna know how to support trans people?
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
January 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
alright you wanna know how to support trans people?
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
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For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
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Checks & balances, you say?
This is how it begins. Project 2025 has been waiting in the wings for this day.
Checks & balances are worthless if they unenforced, but also things like this are sadly within the power of the presidency.
Hate and oppression are at the TOP of their list. Day 1 priority.
This is how it begins. Project 2025 has been waiting in the wings for this day.
Checks & balances are worthless if they unenforced, but also things like this are sadly within the power of the presidency.
Hate and oppression are at the TOP of their list. Day 1 priority.
The passport page about changing your gender marker is now down.
I'm expecting trans people's passports to be a major battleground of this administration.
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
I'm expecting trans people's passports to be a major battleground of this administration.
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
travel.state.gov
January 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Checks & balances, you say?
This is how it begins. Project 2025 has been waiting in the wings for this day.
Checks & balances are worthless if they unenforced, but also things like this are sadly within the power of the presidency.
Hate and oppression are at the TOP of their list. Day 1 priority.
This is how it begins. Project 2025 has been waiting in the wings for this day.
Checks & balances are worthless if they unenforced, but also things like this are sadly within the power of the presidency.
Hate and oppression are at the TOP of their list. Day 1 priority.