Rob Shearer
@r.v.cx
Pretty sure I’m right about:
- RFC 3339 dates
- ISO 216 paper sizes
- Fahrenheit weather temperatures
- Dot-grid paper
- End-to-end encryption
- Software engineering being about collaboration costs
Less confident about the rest.
https://linktr.ee/rvcx
- RFC 3339 dates
- ISO 216 paper sizes
- Fahrenheit weather temperatures
- Dot-grid paper
- End-to-end encryption
- Software engineering being about collaboration costs
Less confident about the rest.
https://linktr.ee/rvcx
Wait this Livvy stuff is real?
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Wait this Livvy stuff is real?
The really basic point about bribery is that it’s good for businesses, but they need to coordinate on avoiding it. If you let an official impose an unbounded toll on a business transaction, that official will soon extract most or all of the surplus value of that transaction. Ie no profit.
/3 …and now we have an administration that expressly refuses to enforce the Corrupt Foreign Practices Act (at least until a political enemy violates it) because Trumpism celebrates overt corruption as manly and shrewd.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The really basic point about bribery is that it’s good for businesses, but they need to coordinate on avoiding it. If you let an official impose an unbounded toll on a business transaction, that official will soon extract most or all of the surplus value of that transaction. Ie no profit.
Again: I deeply resent that there is so much less urgency behind saving people’s health insurance than what is, while gross and tragic, mostly a political point-scoring exercise.
But if point-scoring is what it takes to make progress on real issues so be it.
But if point-scoring is what it takes to make progress on real issues so be it.
Leader Thune should bring this legislation to the Senate Floor and it should be passed immediately.
We should protect children, not abusers and their corruption. Transparency is the only path forward to expose the extent of the crimes committed and give survivors justice.
We should protect children, not abusers and their corruption. Transparency is the only path forward to expose the extent of the crimes committed and give survivors justice.
Breaking News: The House overwhelmingly voted to demand that the Justice Department release all files related to its investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Again: I deeply resent that there is so much less urgency behind saving people’s health insurance than what is, while gross and tragic, mostly a political point-scoring exercise.
But if point-scoring is what it takes to make progress on real issues so be it.
But if point-scoring is what it takes to make progress on real issues so be it.
I remember when our “great allies” were the countries least likely to start wars.
I miss you, Canada.
I miss you, Canada.
Q: Are the F-35s you're selling to Saudi Arabia the same ones being used by Israel? And if so, how does that allow for an edge for Israel?
TRUMP: I think it's gonna be pretty similar, yeah. This is a great ally and Israel is a great ally.
TRUMP: I think it's gonna be pretty similar, yeah. This is a great ally and Israel is a great ally.
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I remember when our “great allies” were the countries least likely to start wars.
I miss you, Canada.
I miss you, Canada.
Just do a global search-and-replace across all of 2025 swapping “the right way” with “in bad faith”.
Q: The president campaigned on transparency. Why not in the name of transparency just call on the president to release the full Epstein files?
MIKE JOHNSON: He says release all the files. He's been saying that. What he was counting on is doing it in the right way so it's not haphazard.
MIKE JOHNSON: He says release all the files. He's been saying that. What he was counting on is doing it in the right way so it's not haphazard.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Just do a global search-and-replace across all of 2025 swapping “the right way” with “in bad faith”.
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
We all doomscroll for both outrage and giggles at the stupidity of our political enemies. At last a twenty-second clip that fills the void. We’ve found it. Doomscrolling complete.
watching these two Christian Nationalists have a conversation and see if you can spot the part where I spit coffee all over my screen.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We all doomscroll for both outrage and giggles at the stupidity of our political enemies. At last a twenty-second clip that fills the void. We’ve found it. Doomscrolling complete.
Genuinely classy.
Compare with the army of “moderators should only apply the rules to people I disagree with politically!” who claimed to be on his side.
Compare with the army of “moderators should only apply the rules to people I disagree with politically!” who claimed to be on his side.
First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Genuinely classy.
Compare with the army of “moderators should only apply the rules to people I disagree with politically!” who claimed to be on his side.
Compare with the army of “moderators should only apply the rules to people I disagree with politically!” who claimed to be on his side.
No greater proof of the bubble Trump lives in than that he keeps admitting he finds utterly trivial mundane tasks challenging.
Hypothetical: Trump changes the oil in a car. Once. After someone sets it all up on a lift/trench/whatever. Does he *ever* give a speech in which he doesn’t mention that?
Hypothetical: Trump changes the oil in a car. Once. After someone sets it all up on a lift/trench/whatever. Does he *ever* give a speech in which he doesn’t mention that?
Trump: "They had the line. The people had no idea. So I made the french fries. The guy was really good. He had a great wrist. He's going like, 'Sir -- nyha. Hhhhuh.' It was not that easy but I got it sort of finally. Not the greatest. But pouring it in."
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No greater proof of the bubble Trump lives in than that he keeps admitting he finds utterly trivial mundane tasks challenging.
Hypothetical: Trump changes the oil in a car. Once. After someone sets it all up on a lift/trench/whatever. Does he *ever* give a speech in which he doesn’t mention that?
Hypothetical: Trump changes the oil in a car. Once. After someone sets it all up on a lift/trench/whatever. Does he *ever* give a speech in which he doesn’t mention that?
What’s most revealing is how passive he is. Somebody *else* is going to decide that the US is going to war, and Trump will let them because he doesn’t give a damn.
Trump: "Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It's okay with me."
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What’s most revealing is how passive he is. Somebody *else* is going to decide that the US is going to war, and Trump will let them because he doesn’t give a damn.
Who could have possibly foreseen that Trump would be willing—eager, even—to burn down a Republican Party that had moved on from him?
Q: There's a report that Ted Cruz is laying the groundwork for a 2028 presidential run. Would you consider supporting him?
TRUMP: I haven't spoken to him about it. It's a little early. We had quite a campaign against Ted and it worked out quite nicely. We're in the Oval Office.
TRUMP: I haven't spoken to him about it. It's a little early. We had quite a campaign against Ted and it worked out quite nicely. We're in the Oval Office.
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Who could have possibly foreseen that Trump would be willing—eager, even—to burn down a Republican Party that had moved on from him?
I really really want the debate among the MAGA faithful to be over whether performing oral sex on Bill Clinton is wrong.
This is true! Other than the vague claim he was “dirty,” Epstein did not accuse Trump of any wrongdoing.
He merely said Trump knew about the hundreds of underage women that Epstein was sexually exploiting and abusing, and maintained a close personal relationship with Epstein anyway. Nothing BAD
He merely said Trump knew about the hundreds of underage women that Epstein was sexually exploiting and abusing, and maintained a close personal relationship with Epstein anyway. Nothing BAD
Kate Bolduan: "The president has not been accused of any crimes or wrongdoing as it relates to Jeffrey Epstein or these files even with these emails being released. That's one thing we need to make clear. There's no accusations of any wrongdoing so far."
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I really really want the debate among the MAGA faithful to be over whether performing oral sex on Bill Clinton is wrong.
“Every man I meet wants to sleep with me” had the same effect on women as having a billion dollars has on men.
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“Every man I meet wants to sleep with me” had the same effect on women as having a billion dollars has on men.
It’s amazing to me that the most powerful men in the world still have no idea how to impress women. Remember Trump’s furniture-shopping gambit?
So the lesson to young men seems to be: it actually doesn’t get better.
So the lesson to young men seems to be: it actually doesn’t get better.
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It’s amazing to me that the most powerful men in the world still have no idea how to impress women. Remember Trump’s furniture-shopping gambit?
So the lesson to young men seems to be: it actually doesn’t get better.
So the lesson to young men seems to be: it actually doesn’t get better.
Ted Cruz and JD Vance are waddling embodiments of the lack of authenticity Trump voters were rebelling against.
LMAO -- Ted Cruz is on Fox News talking about running for president in 2028
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Ted Cruz and JD Vance are waddling embodiments of the lack of authenticity Trump voters were rebelling against.
One of my unifying theories is the legitimacy of apathy. Everybody has a at most handful of things they’re willing to invest their lives into understanding and tailoring perfectly to their tastes. In *every* other case they want A Good Option to take no mental effort to choose.
Dr. Oz is clearly a moron who, incredibly, doesn't understand anything about how the insurance system works.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
One of my unifying theories is the legitimacy of apathy. Everybody has a at most handful of things they’re willing to invest their lives into understanding and tailoring perfectly to their tastes. In *every* other case they want A Good Option to take no mental effort to choose.
Skipping over the obvious WTFs here...what counts as a "signature" policy? Is deploying troops to US streets not a Trump signature? Extrajudicial executions?
Honestly if you'd asked me what the signature of Trump II is I'd simply say brazen corruption. Are tariffs legal as a *form* of corruption?
Honestly if you'd asked me what the signature of Trump II is I'd simply say brazen corruption. Are tariffs legal as a *form* of corruption?
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Skipping over the obvious WTFs here...what counts as a "signature" policy? Is deploying troops to US streets not a Trump signature? Extrajudicial executions?
Honestly if you'd asked me what the signature of Trump II is I'd simply say brazen corruption. Are tariffs legal as a *form* of corruption?
Honestly if you'd asked me what the signature of Trump II is I'd simply say brazen corruption. Are tariffs legal as a *form* of corruption?
Reposted by Rob Shearer
Sir, if you are going to imply that people on Mastodon are weird and socially stunted and prone to communicating unsettling entitlement in inappropriate ways, I insist that you also include that they do not seem to know how punctuation works
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sir, if you are going to imply that people on Mastodon are weird and socially stunted and prone to communicating unsettling entitlement in inappropriate ways, I insist that you also include that they do not seem to know how punctuation works
I have mentioned before that people using the Mastodon social media service usually contacted me to complain about my sunrise/sunset bots not via Mastodon, but via email.
They also very often used pseudonymous email addresses with no display names and sent emails with no introduction or signature.
They also very often used pseudonymous email addresses with no display names and sent emails with no introduction or signature.
/3 2. Can I write any kind of greeting, introductory sentence or clause, or brief explanation of why I have attached a civil complaint? 3. If I am asking for help, do I SAY I am asking for help, or what kind of help exactly? 4. If I say “get back to me as soon as possible,” have I said about what?
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I have mentioned before that people using the Mastodon social media service usually contacted me to complain about my sunrise/sunset bots not via Mastodon, but via email.
They also very often used pseudonymous email addresses with no display names and sent emails with no introduction or signature.
They also very often used pseudonymous email addresses with no display names and sent emails with no introduction or signature.
A lot of outside-the-beltway Republicans seem to be of the belief that Democrats wouldn’t genuinely enjoy throwing Bill Clinton in jail. FFS they(/we?) drummed Franken out of the party partly out of guilt that Bill got such a pass…
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A lot of outside-the-beltway Republicans seem to be of the belief that Democrats wouldn’t genuinely enjoy throwing Bill Clinton in jail. FFS they(/we?) drummed Franken out of the party partly out of guilt that Bill got such a pass…
It’s been a bad couple of days for correct usage of the “dog that didn’t bark” idiom.
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It’s been a bad couple of days for correct usage of the “dog that didn’t bark” idiom.
Let’s be 100% clear: the favors these tech bros are demanding today *could* be conditioned on their predictions panning out. If AGI *doesn’t* solve climate change by 2030 then does every share, every penny go to climate charities? Of course not. And we know why.
Altman, and all these folks don't make predictions in order to predict the future, they make them to a) justify an overclocked corporate valuation, and b) argue for undoing regulations and receiving government support.
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Let’s be 100% clear: the favors these tech bros are demanding today *could* be conditioned on their predictions panning out. If AGI *doesn’t* solve climate change by 2030 then does every share, every penny go to climate charities? Of course not. And we know why.
I don’t have all that much sympathy for professional celebrities—people whose livelihoods are about building a personal brand—losing work because they chose unpopular political positions to tie to that brand.
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I don’t have all that much sympathy for professional celebrities—people whose livelihoods are about building a personal brand—losing work because they chose unpopular political positions to tie to that brand.
I continue to be unable to imagine any evidence that would be more damaging than the drip-drip Trump has manufactured.
It’s like we’re finally seeing the flip side of the vapid stupidity that has proven such a successful (non)strategy for him.
It’s like we’re finally seeing the flip side of the vapid stupidity that has proven such a successful (non)strategy for him.
Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I continue to be unable to imagine any evidence that would be more damaging than the drip-drip Trump has manufactured.
It’s like we’re finally seeing the flip side of the vapid stupidity that has proven such a successful (non)strategy for him.
It’s like we’re finally seeing the flip side of the vapid stupidity that has proven such a successful (non)strategy for him.
Turkey is the absolute worst Thanksgiving tradition. It’s a bad meal that amateurs *never* cook well, and it’s only gotten worse as other options—including “ethnic” main courses—have gotten better.
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Turkey is the absolute worst Thanksgiving tradition. It’s a bad meal that amateurs *never* cook well, and it’s only gotten worse as other options—including “ethnic” main courses—have gotten better.