Nathan
@nwalters512.bsky.social
some guy living in SF 🏳️🌈 fan of cities, transit, the outdoors, and building things
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wokeness was keeping the economy afloat. wokeness kept planes in the air. wokeness kept us all safe
Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
April 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
wokeness was keeping the economy afloat. wokeness kept planes in the air. wokeness kept us all safe
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They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
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This is straight-up fascist dictatorship activity. Not fascist-adjacent or “reminiscent of authoritarian regimes” or whatever euphemistic bullshit — fascism.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is straight-up fascist dictatorship activity. Not fascist-adjacent or “reminiscent of authoritarian regimes” or whatever euphemistic bullshit — fascism.
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This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Vice Precedent
Vice Precedent
theonion.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Vice Precedent
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
March 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
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The job market has never been better for shills, stooges, and toadies of all stripes. Linkedin absolutely buzzing if you're a sycophant, a flunky, or even an unctuous little worm
February 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The job market has never been better for shills, stooges, and toadies of all stripes. Linkedin absolutely buzzing if you're a sycophant, a flunky, or even an unctuous little worm
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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Just in case people don't know the context, this is a policy called splitting the letters, developed by fundamentalist Christians to use feminist and queer language and culture to split the T off and then turn the others against each other.
You can watch their 2017 conference planning it.
You can watch their 2017 conference planning it.
UPDATE: The National Park Service have now removed “queer” and the “Q+” from the web page for stonewall, along with any mentions of transgender people.
February 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Just in case people don't know the context, this is a policy called splitting the letters, developed by fundamentalist Christians to use feminist and queer language and culture to split the T off and then turn the others against each other.
You can watch their 2017 conference planning it.
You can watch their 2017 conference planning it.
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thankfully the word privilege never appears in any documents related to intelligence or cyber security/hacking
1. EXCLUSIVE
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.
The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work
The NSA's "Big Delete"
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...
popular.info
February 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
thankfully the word privilege never appears in any documents related to intelligence or cyber security/hacking
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There are literally hundreds of research projects here at UIUC being destroyed by the cuts to the NSF, NIH, NIFA, USAID. It’s an incomprehensible waste of scientific progress and human capital.
February 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
There are literally hundreds of research projects here at UIUC being destroyed by the cuts to the NSF, NIH, NIFA, USAID. It’s an incomprehensible waste of scientific progress and human capital.
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In a one-party state like California, voters’ real power is in obscure, low-turnout primary elections that decide who controls the Democratic Party. This is one such election. You should register and vote!
Democrats in California: take 4 minutes to sign up for ADEM elections by Jan 31 at noon (in 12 hours). This is a high-impact election to influence the California Democratic Party @cademocrats.bsky.social, but you have to register.
ademelections.com/register/mail
ademelections.com/register/mail
ADEM 2025
ademelections.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In a one-party state like California, voters’ real power is in obscure, low-turnout primary elections that decide who controls the Democratic Party. This is one such election. You should register and vote!
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Weird Catholic convert: Google “ordo amoris”
Normal Catholic: I better go get some more baked ziti from the big tray before they do the raffle
Normal Catholic: I better go get some more baked ziti from the big tray before they do the raffle
January 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Weird Catholic convert: Google “ordo amoris”
Normal Catholic: I better go get some more baked ziti from the big tray before they do the raffle
Normal Catholic: I better go get some more baked ziti from the big tray before they do the raffle
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Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
"All [NSF] review panels, new awards, and all payments of funds under open awards will be paused as the agency conducts the required reviews and analysis."
love that the government is hard at work making absolutely everything worse for everybody
love that the government is hard at work making absolutely everything worse for everybody
January 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"All [NSF] review panels, new awards, and all payments of funds under open awards will be paused as the agency conducts the required reviews and analysis."
love that the government is hard at work making absolutely everything worse for everybody
love that the government is hard at work making absolutely everything worse for everybody
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After decades of delays and challenges, congestion pricing arrived in the heart of New York City on Sunday. The toll is part of the city’s plan to reduce some of the world’s heaviest traffic while raising billions of dollars to pay for improvements to mass transit. Follow live updates.
Live Updates: Congestion Pricing Begins After Long Delay
The New York City tolling plan, the first of its kind in the country, finally debuts after being halted just weeks before its original start date last summer.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
After decades of delays and challenges, congestion pricing arrived in the heart of New York City on Sunday. The toll is part of the city’s plan to reduce some of the world’s heaviest traffic while raising billions of dollars to pay for improvements to mass transit. Follow live updates.
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Another thing I made this year. Pigeon history!
December 10, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Another thing I made this year. Pigeon history!
the group chat is going absolutely insane right now
December 9, 2024 at 8:41 PM
the group chat is going absolutely insane right now
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I love this project proposal for SF's Sunset District. Massive upgrade from the dinky 2-story SFHs that dominate the district thanks to it's strict zoning.
December 4, 2024 at 7:13 PM
I love this project proposal for SF's Sunset District. Massive upgrade from the dinky 2-story SFHs that dominate the district thanks to it's strict zoning.
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"Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project and to get in the way of that actually succeeding."
gizmodo.com/silicon-vall...
gizmodo.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley's Push Into Transportation Has Been a Miserable Failure
The titans of tech brought plenty of disruption to our broken transportation system but delivered little in the way of innovation.
gizmodo.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:30 PM
"Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project and to get in the way of that actually succeeding."
gizmodo.com/silicon-vall...
gizmodo.com/silicon-vall...
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I think the Dems need to field gruff corruption busters at all levels whose primary campaign response to culture war issues is “All Americans should enjoy the freedom and bounty of this great country. That won’t be possible so long as venal men impoverish you and loot the country of your wealth”
November 25, 2024 at 11:36 PM
I think the Dems need to field gruff corruption busters at all levels whose primary campaign response to culture war issues is “All Americans should enjoy the freedom and bounty of this great country. That won’t be possible so long as venal men impoverish you and loot the country of your wealth”
After two and a half years of living in this house, I finally figured out I could fix our squeaky floors with little wood shims. The silence is beautiful.
November 25, 2024 at 12:31 AM
After two and a half years of living in this house, I finally figured out I could fix our squeaky floors with little wood shims. The silence is beautiful.
We're doing two thanksgivings this year which means so much leftover turkey. Turkey carcass soup, turkey tetrazzini, what else should we make?
November 20, 2024 at 4:37 AM
We're doing two thanksgivings this year which means so much leftover turkey. Turkey carcass soup, turkey tetrazzini, what else should we make?
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Some random Nazi made dozens of accounts to try to harass me today when blocking malfunctioned, & *still* failed because not one single person engaged.
It seems everyone on Bluesky got the memo. React to nothing. Starve them out.
They're so desperate for a crumb of attention. Deny them.
It seems everyone on Bluesky got the memo. React to nothing. Starve them out.
They're so desperate for a crumb of attention. Deny them.
November 19, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Some random Nazi made dozens of accounts to try to harass me today when blocking malfunctioned, & *still* failed because not one single person engaged.
It seems everyone on Bluesky got the memo. React to nothing. Starve them out.
They're so desperate for a crumb of attention. Deny them.
It seems everyone on Bluesky got the memo. React to nothing. Starve them out.
They're so desperate for a crumb of attention. Deny them.