Rich Kirkpatrick
@richkirkpa.bsky.social
Proud Husband & Girl Dad
Retired HS Computer Science Teacher
he/him/his
Retired HS Computer Science Teacher
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Pete Hesgeth — who wants to rename the Navy ship that honors Medgar Evers, a WWII veteran who landed on Omaha Beach — is using that same beach for a photo op in which he promises we will “never forget” the veterans there.
What an unbelievable asshole.
What an unbelievable asshole.
June 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Pete Hesgeth — who wants to rename the Navy ship that honors Medgar Evers, a WWII veteran who landed on Omaha Beach — is using that same beach for a photo op in which he promises we will “never forget” the veterans there.
What an unbelievable asshole.
What an unbelievable asshole.
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Recently, an article has been making it's rounds in the #CSEd community on having different intro CS classes for different purposes.
My thoughts here:
cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/pathwa...
My thoughts here:
cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/pathwa...
How many roads for intro CS - C’est la Z
How many different intro CS courses should we have? A question that resurfaces periodically. This time due to an article in which C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup posits that different audiences would be...
cestlaz.zamansky.net
April 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Recently, an article has been making it's rounds in the #CSEd community on having different intro CS classes for different purposes.
My thoughts here:
cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/pathwa...
My thoughts here:
cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/pathwa...
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It’s deflection because people have been learning about the Dark Enlightenment movement. They’re scared because people are figuring it all out.
April 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It’s deflection because people have been learning about the Dark Enlightenment movement. They’re scared because people are figuring it all out.
Raising visibility for folks no longer on the bad place. This is a starter pack (not my work) for mirrors of govt accounts bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app
April 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Raising visibility for folks no longer on the bad place. This is a starter pack (not my work) for mirrors of govt accounts bsky.app/starter-pack...
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He's lying.
Autism is no epidemic. Diagnostic criteria changed.
In the mid-70's a child had to be severely impaired to get an autism diagnosis.
Now autism is recognized as a spectrum.
Autism is no epidemic. Diagnostic criteria changed.
In the mid-70's a child had to be severely impaired to get an autism diagnosis.
Now autism is recognized as a spectrum.
Kennedy says HHS "launched a massive testing and research effort," involving "hundreds of scientists from around the world."
"By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic, and we'll be we'll be able to eliminate those exposures."
Science isn't known for this kind of certainty.
"By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic, and we'll be we'll be able to eliminate those exposures."
Science isn't known for this kind of certainty.
April 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
He's lying.
Autism is no epidemic. Diagnostic criteria changed.
In the mid-70's a child had to be severely impaired to get an autism diagnosis.
Now autism is recognized as a spectrum.
Autism is no epidemic. Diagnostic criteria changed.
In the mid-70's a child had to be severely impaired to get an autism diagnosis.
Now autism is recognized as a spectrum.
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A subtle manuever by the EU.
Tapping senators on the shoulder and saying there’s a reward for opposing tariffs — like Rand Paul and McConnell did. 🥃
@financialtimes.com #Kentucky
www.ft.com/content/1800...
Tapping senators on the shoulder and saying there’s a reward for opposing tariffs — like Rand Paul and McConnell did. 🥃
@financialtimes.com #Kentucky
www.ft.com/content/1800...
April 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A subtle manuever by the EU.
Tapping senators on the shoulder and saying there’s a reward for opposing tariffs — like Rand Paul and McConnell did. 🥃
@financialtimes.com #Kentucky
www.ft.com/content/1800...
Tapping senators on the shoulder and saying there’s a reward for opposing tariffs — like Rand Paul and McConnell did. 🥃
@financialtimes.com #Kentucky
www.ft.com/content/1800...
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Some good news: I talked to a retired teacher today and, as one does, asked if they’d heard of Curtis Yarvin.
They not only knew his name, they also knew of his evil anti-democracy plot and connections to Peter Thiel!
Keep getting the word out, people! It’s working!! 📢📢📢
They not only knew his name, they also knew of his evil anti-democracy plot and connections to Peter Thiel!
Keep getting the word out, people! It’s working!! 📢📢📢
March 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Some good news: I talked to a retired teacher today and, as one does, asked if they’d heard of Curtis Yarvin.
They not only knew his name, they also knew of his evil anti-democracy plot and connections to Peter Thiel!
Keep getting the word out, people! It’s working!! 📢📢📢
They not only knew his name, they also knew of his evil anti-democracy plot and connections to Peter Thiel!
Keep getting the word out, people! It’s working!! 📢📢📢
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Tesla vs. other partially automated driving systems that use lidar. youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ by Mark Rober
Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?
YouTube video by Mark Rober
youtu.be
March 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tesla vs. other partially automated driving systems that use lidar. youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ by Mark Rober
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Probationary workers that CISA fired are now being re-hired per court order last week. But CISA is putting them on administrative leave - a paid, non-working status. So staff fired to supposedly save money are now being paid to not work. CISA doesn't say how long the paid-nonworking status will last
March 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Probationary workers that CISA fired are now being re-hired per court order last week. But CISA is putting them on administrative leave - a paid, non-working status. So staff fired to supposedly save money are now being paid to not work. CISA doesn't say how long the paid-nonworking status will last
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I photographed Golden Hour in Cleveland, Ohio and this is what I got
March 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I photographed Golden Hour in Cleveland, Ohio and this is what I got
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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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I photographed Cleveland, Ohio tonight in the rain and this is what I got
February 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I photographed Cleveland, Ohio tonight in the rain and this is what I got
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Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
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Even the people working at DOGE say it is a lawless nightmare for America. In fact, they know it better than anyone.
Thanks to these true public servants who won’t stand for such a dangerous betrayal of the American people.
Thanks to these true public servants who won’t stand for such a dangerous betrayal of the American people.
21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services
Twenty-one members of the United States DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Even the people working at DOGE say it is a lawless nightmare for America. In fact, they know it better than anyone.
Thanks to these true public servants who won’t stand for such a dangerous betrayal of the American people.
Thanks to these true public servants who won’t stand for such a dangerous betrayal of the American people.
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DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
February 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
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Oh my God if this is true
February 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Oh my God if this is true
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A point to consider.
February 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A point to consider.
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Elon Musk’s Tesla, SpaceX Relied on Undocumented Immigrant Workers - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Undocumented Workers Who Helped Build Elon Musk’s Texas Gigafactory
Tesla and SpaceX both relied on their labor while Musk advocated for a border crackdown.
www.bloomberg.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted.
Yet somehow Musk isn't.
Yet somehow Musk isn't.
February 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted.
Yet somehow Musk isn't.
Yet somehow Musk isn't.
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MAGAs can be summed up in two sentences.
1. They hate everything they don't understand.
2. They don't understand anything.
#ProveMeWrong
1. They hate everything they don't understand.
2. They don't understand anything.
#ProveMeWrong
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
MAGAs can be summed up in two sentences.
1. They hate everything they don't understand.
2. They don't understand anything.
#ProveMeWrong
1. They hate everything they don't understand.
2. They don't understand anything.
#ProveMeWrong