Ned Redmond
@nedredmond.bsky.social
Senior Software Engineer @ Khan Academy, dad @ home
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
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What the fuck?
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents
The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...
www.iowapublicradio.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What the fuck?
Graphic design for the SpiderMonkey JS engine goes HARD. They are each collages of public domain images to celebrate open source by John Howard, aka monkeyink share.google/57KHTEzxlylj...
July 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Graphic design for the SpiderMonkey JS engine goes HARD. They are each collages of public domain images to celebrate open source by John Howard, aka monkeyink share.google/57KHTEzxlylj...
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Can't stop staring at this decoration in a falafel joint.
Just something remarkably surreal about the bloody maws on this wholesome nonsense that'd be out of place even without the dinosaurs.
Just something remarkably surreal about the bloody maws on this wholesome nonsense that'd be out of place even without the dinosaurs.
July 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Can't stop staring at this decoration in a falafel joint.
Just something remarkably surreal about the bloody maws on this wholesome nonsense that'd be out of place even without the dinosaurs.
Just something remarkably surreal about the bloody maws on this wholesome nonsense that'd be out of place even without the dinosaurs.
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Because their campaigns aren’t entirely built on the legacy of their last name
June 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Because their campaigns aren’t entirely built on the legacy of their last name
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
June 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
@mattmeyerde.bsky.social *cough cough*
Illinoisans deserve dignity, privacy, and the freedom to live without fear of surveillance or discrimination.
I'm issuing an Executive Order to safeguard the rights of those with autism in our state as Trump's administration threatens those very freedoms.
I'm issuing an Executive Order to safeguard the rights of those with autism in our state as Trump's administration threatens those very freedoms.
In response to RFK Jr., Pritzker to sign first in nation executive order protecting autism data
The governor's office said the executive order is in response to rising concerns about efforts to create federal autism registries or databases without legal safeguards or accountability.
chicago.suntimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@mattmeyerde.bsky.social *cough cough*
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are disrupting a breakthrough cancer treatment so they can fund tax cuts for billionaires.
Tell your friends.
Tell your friends.
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are disrupting a breakthrough cancer treatment so they can fund tax cuts for billionaires.
Tell your friends.
Tell your friends.
Remember those two NASA astronauts that were trapped in space last Spring due to a faulty Boeing craft?
They're still up there.
www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-as...
They're still up there.
www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-as...
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams says "we don't feel abandoned" or "stuck" as space mission stretches on
Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Butch Wilmore have not been "abandoned" in space, as NASA considers plans to speed their return.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Remember those two NASA astronauts that were trapped in space last Spring due to a faulty Boeing craft?
They're still up there.
www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-as...
They're still up there.
www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-as...
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i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
January 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
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to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
January 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
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happy black friday everyone
November 29, 2024 at 2:36 PM
happy black friday everyone