Colin McMillen
@mcmillen.dev
He/him. Somerville, MA.
Previously: Google, reCAPTCHA, Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D., Computer Science).
Previously: Google, reCAPTCHA, Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D., Computer Science).
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Colin McMillen
@mcmillen.dev
· Mar 2
I've always been tempted to do a #DailyPhoto thing, but the problem for me is that *taking* photos is easy, but I rarely get around to actually editing & printing them.
So: here's a crow perched at the Tōkagakudō music hall in the Imperial Palace East Gardens, Tokyo Japan, 2023-09-26.
1/365 (?)
So: here's a crow perched at the Tōkagakudō music hall in the Imperial Palace East Gardens, Tokyo Japan, 2023-09-26.
1/365 (?)
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We've had these two little posters hanging on our wall for basically ever. They helped our kids get through middle school and high school and I personally still take a second to read them often.
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We've had these two little posters hanging on our wall for basically ever. They helped our kids get through middle school and high school and I personally still take a second to read them often.
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
Elden Ring (2022)
I think medieval beekeeper outfits could be the strongest look in the entire history of fashion.
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Elden Ring (2022)
they're emolumating in plain sight
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
they're emolumating in plain sight
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yep. this is, notably, the case wrt to the "brain isn't fully developed until age 25" myth. Brains do not stop developing and there is nothing notable that happens to them at age 25. There's just a development study that stopped following up at that age.
In general you can safely assume that any claim about human bodies that says "this stops at a hard cutoff of [x] years" actually means "the studies on this ran out of funding at [x] years"
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
yep. this is, notably, the case wrt to the "brain isn't fully developed until age 25" myth. Brains do not stop developing and there is nothing notable that happens to them at age 25. There's just a development study that stopped following up at that age.
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We took professional sports - a job that is, by its very nature, one of the most high-stress, unhealthy things you can do for a living - and then added the ability for the most unsavory, unhinged freaks on Earth to tie their life savings to you, and threaten your family, without leaving their couch
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We took professional sports - a job that is, by its very nature, one of the most high-stress, unhealthy things you can do for a living - and then added the ability for the most unsavory, unhinged freaks on Earth to tie their life savings to you, and threaten your family, without leaving their couch
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wanna see what Twitter suspended me for?
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
wanna see what Twitter suspended me for?
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every time this happens people start going "what about this, huh" and getting suspended too, so may I recommend not doing that
at this point everyone should know what the policy is and "I'm going to go right up to what I think the line is and poke it with a stick" is asking to get got
at this point everyone should know what the policy is and "I'm going to go right up to what I think the line is and poke it with a stick" is asking to get got
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
every time this happens people start going "what about this, huh" and getting suspended too, so may I recommend not doing that
at this point everyone should know what the policy is and "I'm going to go right up to what I think the line is and poke it with a stick" is asking to get got
at this point everyone should know what the policy is and "I'm going to go right up to what I think the line is and poke it with a stick" is asking to get got
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dystopian ass weather report
Chicago may experience less tear gas use as Operation Midway Blitz winds down. Cold and wet weather reduce effectiveness, while wind adds unpredictability.
Wind, cold temps can change the impact of tear gas and pepper balls, experts say
chicago.suntimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
dystopian ass weather report
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I swear, the war on Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I swear, the war on Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year.
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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FILET O FISH not a sammich
But hot dog IS
But hot dog IS
Fun fact: the USDA defines a sandwich "a meat or poultry filling between two slices of bread, a bun or a biscuit."
According to this definition, a pb&j or grilled cheese sandwich or *any* vegan sandwich is not a sandwich.
The USDA only considers it a sandwich if it's got meat.
According to this definition, a pb&j or grilled cheese sandwich or *any* vegan sandwich is not a sandwich.
The USDA only considers it a sandwich if it's got meat.
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
FILET O FISH not a sammich
But hot dog IS
But hot dog IS
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Yet more anecdata for the COVID/antihistamine preventative link: just ran the 1-week-after-travel RT-LAMP test, and I do not have COVID! And I was a lot less paranoid about perfect masking this time: we even ate inside a restaurant (for the first time since the summer of '21!)
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yet more anecdata for the COVID/antihistamine preventative link: just ran the 1-week-after-travel RT-LAMP test, and I do not have COVID! And I was a lot less paranoid about perfect masking this time: we even ate inside a restaurant (for the first time since the summer of '21!)
between the Europa Universalis 5 release, the Crusader Kings Southeast Asia expansion, and the Age of Wonders vampires expansion, there simply is too much Paradox Gaming to be had right now
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
between the Europa Universalis 5 release, the Crusader Kings Southeast Asia expansion, and the Age of Wonders vampires expansion, there simply is too much Paradox Gaming to be had right now
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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Once wasn’t enough. Trump pardons a J6 rioter for a SECOND time.
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Once wasn’t enough. Trump pardons a J6 rioter for a SECOND time.
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
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If I had the privilege of blasting music out of the White House at 100 dB? Caramelldansen. No questIon.
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If I had the privilege of blasting music out of the White House at 100 dB? Caramelldansen. No questIon.
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It's very interesting how the media pushed the line that arresting politicians 'makes you a banana republic' when the reverse is absolutely true.
History shows that democracies don’t survive when their leaders live above the law. This danger is magnified by Trump’s pardoning or promising to pardon people who’ve already committed crimes on his behalf, acts intended to benefit him politically or personally.
hartmannreport.com/p/the-epstei...
hartmannreport.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein Affair Has Move From Sleaze to a Crisis for American Democracy Itself
This Epstein Affair has shown a pattern where men of wealth and power created a zone of impunity that protected them for decades while destroying vulnerable people like Virginia Guiffrey…
hartmannreport.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's very interesting how the media pushed the line that arresting politicians 'makes you a banana republic' when the reverse is absolutely true.
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everyone needs to respond like this tbqh.
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ looking to add AI-generated short form content
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
everyone needs to respond like this tbqh.
a truly terrible time to be a tea drinker in america
BREAKING: President Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices.
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
a truly terrible time to be a tea drinker in america
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works at www.Ozy_KoK.com
Look on my Works at www.Ozy_KoK.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works at www.Ozy_KoK.com
Look on my Works at www.Ozy_KoK.com
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The Mozart Experience in Vienna really isn't selling it to me:
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Mozart Experience in Vienna really isn't selling it to me:
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Clerical staff used to hide the fact that the C-suites are filled with clods by translating their grunts, hoots, and feces flingling into Business English
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Clerical staff used to hide the fact that the C-suites are filled with clods by translating their grunts, hoots, and feces flingling into Business English