Scott Havens
@scotthavens.bsky.social
I specialize in designing and building data-intensive software systems. I enjoy good food, good wine, and bad movies. He/him.
[after seeing Nosferatu]
me: What's Count Orlok's favorite thing to drink?
my wife: Blood?
me: No, Monster energ-oh. yeah. hmm.
me: What's Count Orlok's favorite thing to drink?
my wife: Blood?
me: No, Monster energ-oh. yeah. hmm.
December 27, 2024 at 2:35 PM
[after seeing Nosferatu]
me: What's Count Orlok's favorite thing to drink?
my wife: Blood?
me: No, Monster energ-oh. yeah. hmm.
me: What's Count Orlok's favorite thing to drink?
my wife: Blood?
me: No, Monster energ-oh. yeah. hmm.
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🧵Well-intentioned ppl often warn that “it” could happen here—state-mandated violent disruption & dislocation of communities, cultures, & families, particularly concentration camps & deportations.
US schools mostly don’t teach & US culture mostly doesn’t acknowledge that it already has, many times.
US schools mostly don’t teach & US culture mostly doesn’t acknowledge that it already has, many times.
November 13, 2024 at 6:48 PM
🧵Well-intentioned ppl often warn that “it” could happen here—state-mandated violent disruption & dislocation of communities, cultures, & families, particularly concentration camps & deportations.
US schools mostly don’t teach & US culture mostly doesn’t acknowledge that it already has, many times.
US schools mostly don’t teach & US culture mostly doesn’t acknowledge that it already has, many times.
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the “opposing views” are not “let’s have a robust debate about where to spend our tax dollars to maximum societal benefit.”
The opposing views are “your body my choice,” and “the white race is superior” and “trans and disabled people should just die.”
I’m not going to hear these people out.
The opposing views are “your body my choice,” and “the white race is superior” and “trans and disabled people should just die.”
I’m not going to hear these people out.
November 16, 2024 at 4:36 PM
the “opposing views” are not “let’s have a robust debate about where to spend our tax dollars to maximum societal benefit.”
The opposing views are “your body my choice,” and “the white race is superior” and “trans and disabled people should just die.”
I’m not going to hear these people out.
The opposing views are “your body my choice,” and “the white race is superior” and “trans and disabled people should just die.”
I’m not going to hear these people out.
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What The Fuck Is A "Vaccine Skeptic"? | Defector
At darker moments, contesting this kind of stuff in the wake of the 2024 election—and all the shameless, shameful, unforgivable work the American media did to produce that election’s outcome—feels as ...
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November 15, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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To state the very obvious, this would put an avowed anti-vaxxer in charge of vaccines, allowing him to thwart the development and approval of life-saving shots. It's almost too horrific to fathom—a potential death sentence for our families and children. It's lethal. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
Trump expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS
The choice will roil many public health experts after his years of touting debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:37 PM
To state the very obvious, this would put an avowed anti-vaxxer in charge of vaccines, allowing him to thwart the development and approval of life-saving shots. It's almost too horrific to fathom—a potential death sentence for our families and children. It's lethal. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
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No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis."
November 8, 2024 at 4:54 PM
No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis."
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I think he's aware and like a lot of xenophobic Asian Americans, doesn't care
I don't think you can be a POC conservative without being the kind of person who kicks away the ladder as soon as you're at the top
I don't think you can be a POC conservative without being the kind of person who kicks away the ladder as soon as you're at the top
Judge James Ho should remember that US v Wong Kim Ark, the 1898 case that confirmed the constitutionality of birthright citizenship, came about during complaints that "hordes" of Chinese immigrants -- perhaps his own ancestors -- represented exactly the kind of "invasion" he describes here.
Judge James Ho wants you to know he isn’t *that* committed to birthright citizenship reason.com/volokh/2024/...
November 11, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I think he's aware and like a lot of xenophobic Asian Americans, doesn't care
I don't think you can be a POC conservative without being the kind of person who kicks away the ladder as soon as you're at the top
I don't think you can be a POC conservative without being the kind of person who kicks away the ladder as soon as you're at the top