Randy Hall
@randy.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
Grew up in Silicon Valley, did the big corporate technology thing, then moved to wine country, produced Wine Biz Radio (RIP), then making films and video as an […]
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I would think that #fuckchuck and #fuckchuckschumer would have so much more traction today since it appears that he was in the driver's seat with the asshat centrist democrats who showed us all how little they understand the political landscape.
So sick of milquetoast democrats. So sick of them.
So sick of milquetoast democrats. So sick of them.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I would think that #fuckchuck and #fuckchuckschumer would have so much more traction today since it appears that he was in the driver's seat with the asshat centrist democrats who showed us all how little they understand the political landscape.
So sick of milquetoast democrats. So sick of them.
So sick of milquetoast democrats. So sick of them.
So Dems caved, getting nothing but empty promises of a future possibility of debating a bill that would... I don't even know anymore, because once again they negotiate for nothing but maintaining the status quo. Except now the status quo is fascism writ large. #fuckinghell #democrats #mediocrity […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
So Dems caved, getting nothing but empty promises of a future possibility of debating a bill that would... I don't even know anymore, because once again they negotiate for nothing but maintaining the status quo. Except now the status quo is fascism writ large. #fuckinghell #democrats #mediocrity […]
@pluralistic your #enshittification book just arrived yesterday. What a an unapologetic dust cover!
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@pluralistic your #enshittification book just arrived yesterday. What a an unapologetic dust cover!
@chrisjrn when someone you know is a featured speaker at a Python conference and provides a shockingly on-brand headshot for the conference to post.
I particularly liked writing the alt text for this screenshot.
I particularly liked writing the alt text for this screenshot.
October 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
@chrisjrn when someone you know is a featured speaker at a Python conference and provides a shockingly on-brand headshot for the conference to post.
I particularly liked writing the alt text for this screenshot.
I particularly liked writing the alt text for this screenshot.
[Politics, civil war]
I think we can safely say that the civil war is fully engaged, it's now a question of who will actually fight.
I think we can safely say that the civil war is fully engaged, it's now a question of who will actually fight.
September 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
[Politics, civil war]
I think we can safely say that the civil war is fully engaged, it's now a question of who will actually fight.
I think we can safely say that the civil war is fully engaged, it's now a question of who will actually fight.
My friend, author Melissa Geissinger, makes some great connections in this essay about ableism in everyday contexts. https://open.substack.com/pub/twistedmoonoutpost/p/the-toxicity-of-just-ablism-in-conversation
The Toxicity of “Just” — Ablism in Conversation and Interface
Writing for neurodivergent accessibility in product design
twistedmoonoutpost.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My friend, author Melissa Geissinger, makes some great connections in this essay about ableism in everyday contexts. https://open.substack.com/pub/twistedmoonoutpost/p/the-toxicity-of-just-ablism-in-conversation
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Republicans want to give a $300 million subsidy to American coal companies that ship the coal to China.
Yes, you read that right. Republicans want to spend your tax money so that China can get cheaper coal […]
Yes, you read that right. Republicans want to spend your tax money so that China can get cheaper coal […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
July 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Republicans want to give a $300 million subsidy to American coal companies that ship the coal to China.
Yes, you read that right. Republicans want to spend your tax money so that China can get cheaper coal […]
Yes, you read that right. Republicans want to spend your tax money so that China can get cheaper coal […]
https://youtu.be/LOXyZWeRvVY
Yes, I know it's YT. Yes, it might end up being taken down for whatever reason (doesn't take a lot of imagination to figure out why) No idea if @Skepchick has posted this on fedi or not.
Even so, it is GREAT info to help contend with the coming events of this […]
Yes, I know it's YT. Yes, it might end up being taken down for whatever reason (doesn't take a lot of imagination to figure out why) No idea if @Skepchick has posted this on fedi or not.
Even so, it is GREAT info to help contend with the coming events of this […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
June 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
https://youtu.be/LOXyZWeRvVY
Yes, I know it's YT. Yes, it might end up being taken down for whatever reason (doesn't take a lot of imagination to figure out why) No idea if @Skepchick has posted this on fedi or not.
Even so, it is GREAT info to help contend with the coming events of this […]
Yes, I know it's YT. Yes, it might end up being taken down for whatever reason (doesn't take a lot of imagination to figure out why) No idea if @Skepchick has posted this on fedi or not.
Even so, it is GREAT info to help contend with the coming events of this […]
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This one is easy: it ends when you die, or when we muster the collective will to tax the fucking rich people. #eattherich #BillionairesShouldntExist
May 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This one is easy: it ends when you die, or when we muster the collective will to tax the fucking rich people. #eattherich #BillionairesShouldntExist
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Elections have consequences and voting matters a lot, if not to you than others less privileged than you are.
May 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Elections have consequences and voting matters a lot, if not to you than others less privileged than you are.
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- Mass deportations without trials
- Extrajudicial imprisonment in foreign concentration camps.
- National registry of autistic people, who are declared "nonproductive"
- Arrests of judges
History is rhyming pretty hard right now.
- Extrajudicial imprisonment in foreign concentration camps.
- National registry of autistic people, who are declared "nonproductive"
- Arrests of judges
History is rhyming pretty hard right now.
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
- Mass deportations without trials
- Extrajudicial imprisonment in foreign concentration camps.
- National registry of autistic people, who are declared "nonproductive"
- Arrests of judges
History is rhyming pretty hard right now.
- Extrajudicial imprisonment in foreign concentration camps.
- National registry of autistic people, who are declared "nonproductive"
- Arrests of judges
History is rhyming pretty hard right now.
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Goooooood morning, North Bay Pythonistas! It's a crisp spring morning, the hills are green, and the venue is appropriately rustic and surrounded by barn cats. See you soon! #nbpy
April 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Goooooood morning, North Bay Pythonistas! It's a crisp spring morning, the hills are green, and the venue is appropriately rustic and surrounded by barn cats. See you soon! #nbpy
[Political art in the wild]
From Reddit: someone took this photo on the way to their workplace in Arlington, Virginia.
From Reddit: someone took this photo on the way to their workplace in Arlington, Virginia.
![A pole in Arlington, Virginia has a pair of handmade/photoshopped posters, the top one a hand drawn rendition of Elon Musk from he pre hairplug Ebay/PayPal days with the caption above "being mean to my cars is terrowism[sic]" while the one underneath is styled as a Rene Magritte surrealist pastiche of Musk throwing his Nazi salute while his head is replaced with a green apple and the presidential seal replaced with a drawing of a Roman citizen in toga skewering a man in a suit with the words "mundus sine caesarius", and the caption on that poster reads "c'est définitivement un salut nazi"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4a2sjnzv5y426rf2yc4bwqlp/bafkreiai3g42tuvnccw45uo4edcsdlqv4yie5jurtkvvbrvubwteglk3sa@jpeg)
March 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
[Political art in the wild]
From Reddit: someone took this photo on the way to their workplace in Arlington, Virginia.
From Reddit: someone took this photo on the way to their workplace in Arlington, Virginia.
[#Democrats #uspol]
My take on #aoc and #berniesanders is more like they are greasing the skids for launching a new political party, one that would pull significantly from democrats and independents to force a more responsive and truly populist political party.
Then again, I'm probably wrong […]
My take on #aoc and #berniesanders is more like they are greasing the skids for launching a new political party, one that would pull significantly from democrats and independents to force a more responsive and truly populist political party.
Then again, I'm probably wrong […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
March 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
[#Democrats #uspol]
My take on #aoc and #berniesanders is more like they are greasing the skids for launching a new political party, one that would pull significantly from democrats and independents to force a more responsive and truly populist political party.
Then again, I'm probably wrong […]
My take on #aoc and #berniesanders is more like they are greasing the skids for launching a new political party, one that would pull significantly from democrats and independents to force a more responsive and truly populist political party.
Then again, I'm probably wrong […]
Reposted by Randy Hall
The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far.
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
March 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far.
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Reminder to us all that the character Howard Beale was shot live on TV for *ratings*.
**There is nobody coming to save us.**
## We have to do it ourselves.
#everyoneornoone
**There is nobody coming to save us.**
## We have to do it ourselves.
#everyoneornoone
March 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Reminder to us all that the character Howard Beale was shot live on TV for *ratings*.
**There is nobody coming to save us.**
## We have to do it ourselves.
#everyoneornoone
**There is nobody coming to save us.**
## We have to do it ourselves.
#everyoneornoone
"I want you to get up right now. Sit up. Go to your windows. Open them and stick your head out and yell – ‘I’m as mad as hell and I’m not gonna take this anymore!’ Things have got to change. But first, you’ve gotta get *mad!*…You’ve got to say, ‘**I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take […]
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social.coop
March 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"I want you to get up right now. Sit up. Go to your windows. Open them and stick your head out and yell – ‘I’m as mad as hell and I’m not gonna take this anymore!’ Things have got to change. But first, you’ve gotta get *mad!*…You’ve got to say, ‘**I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take […]
"So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell: **‘I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take this anymore!’"**
Howard Beale, from the film *Network*
Howard Beale, from the film *Network*
March 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
"So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell: **‘I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take this anymore!’"**
Howard Beale, from the film *Network*
Howard Beale, from the film *Network*
"Well, I’m not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get MAD! I don’t want you to protest. I don’t want you to riot – I don’t want you to write to your congressman, because I wouldn’t know what to tell you to write. I don’t know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
March 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"Well, I’m not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get MAD! I don’t want you to protest. I don’t want you to riot – I don’t want you to write to your congressman, because I wouldn’t know what to tell you to write. I don’t know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians […]
"We know things are bad – worse than bad. They’re crazy. It’s like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don’t go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is: ‘Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
March 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"We know things are bad – worse than bad. They’re crazy. It’s like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don’t go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is: ‘Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me […]
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"... many people — including in my mentions and DMs on Sunday — were telling me the rule of law was over based on the past 30 hours.
I get the feeling. I’m living it unceasingly.
But, before we give up the rule of law because trump wants us to do so, I believe we must continue to fight for it […]
I get the feeling. I’m living it unceasingly.
But, before we give up the rule of law because trump wants us to do so, I believe we must continue to fight for it […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
March 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"... many people — including in my mentions and DMs on Sunday — were telling me the rule of law was over based on the past 30 hours.
I get the feeling. I’m living it unceasingly.
But, before we give up the rule of law because trump wants us to do so, I believe we must continue to fight for it […]
I get the feeling. I’m living it unceasingly.
But, before we give up the rule of law because trump wants us to do so, I believe we must continue to fight for it […]
The time has come, folks. They are coming for us. Don't let it happen quietly.
March 17, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The time has come, folks. They are coming for us. Don't let it happen quietly.
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NPR's Fresh Air just broadcast an absolutely infuriating interview about the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education: <https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325731/what-trumps-cuts-to-the-department-of-education-mean-for-schools-and-students>
This is […]
[Original post on federate.social]
This is […]
[Original post on federate.social]
March 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
NPR's Fresh Air just broadcast an absolutely infuriating interview about the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education: <https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325731/what-trumps-cuts-to-the-department-of-education-mean-for-schools-and-students>
This is […]
[Original post on federate.social]
This is […]
[Original post on federate.social]