Seth Rubenstein
@sethrubenstein.info
Head of Engineering at @pewresearch.org. #WordPress #Gutenberg Contributor. Passionate about WordPress, buffalo wings, #StarCitizen, and surviving the slow motion ecological collapse from the D.C. area. 🚴 📷 🌹
Certified hater.
https://sethrubenstein.info
Certified hater.
https://sethrubenstein.info
They should make AirPods Pro that heat up during the cold months.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
They should make AirPods Pro that heat up during the cold months.
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They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it,…
https://zeldman.com/2025/10/25/receipts-a-brief-list-of-prominent-articles-proclaiming-the-death-of-the-web/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://zeldman.com/2025/10/25/receipts-a-brief-list-of-prominent-articles-proclaiming-the-death-of-the-web/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it,…
https://zeldman.com/2025/10/25/receipts-a-brief-list-of-prominent-articles-proclaiming-the-death-of-the-web/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://zeldman.com/2025/10/25/receipts-a-brief-list-of-prominent-articles-proclaiming-the-death-of-the-web/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
It must be so cool to live and work in a real city whose mayor isn’t collaborating with a mad king. So jelly of NYers.
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It must be so cool to live and work in a real city whose mayor isn’t collaborating with a mad king. So jelly of NYers.
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these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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A source familiar with this incident told me today that not only did they arrest and charge the comedy club manager, but the Latino man he was defending from ICE -- who was also arrested and whisked away -- **is also a U.S. citizen.**
It's unclear where the Latino man is now.
It's unclear where the Latino man is now.
Laugh Factory manager charged with assaulting Border Patrol agent outside Chicago comedy club last week
The night manager at the Chicago Laugh Factory has been charged with assaulting U.S. Border Patrol agent during a confrontation outside the North Side comedy club last week.
www.cbsnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A source familiar with this incident told me today that not only did they arrest and charge the comedy club manager, but the Latino man he was defending from ICE -- who was also arrested and whisked away -- **is also a U.S. citizen.**
It's unclear where the Latino man is now.
It's unclear where the Latino man is now.
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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Cosign.
Another point that it’s hard to make in a way that doesn’t sound like a threat: we cannot go on forever having a minority of the country block the will of the majority, especially when it also takes far more from the federal government than it gives, and the majority pays the bills.
Another point that it’s hard to make in a way that doesn’t sound like a threat: we cannot go on forever having a minority of the country block the will of the majority, especially when it also takes far more from the federal government than it gives, and the majority pays the bills.
This thread makes a point I find myself coming to often these days.
It's hard to make this point in a way that doesn't sound like a threat, but it's just a fact that for centuries the wealthy in America worried that the mob would come get them and did all they could to avoid that fate.
It's hard to make this point in a way that doesn't sound like a threat, but it's just a fact that for centuries the wealthy in America worried that the mob would come get them and did all they could to avoid that fate.
lol what the wealthy today don't seem to understand is part of staying wealthy in society is not pissing off the masses.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Cosign.
Another point that it’s hard to make in a way that doesn’t sound like a threat: we cannot go on forever having a minority of the country block the will of the majority, especially when it also takes far more from the federal government than it gives, and the majority pays the bills.
Another point that it’s hard to make in a way that doesn’t sound like a threat: we cannot go on forever having a minority of the country block the will of the majority, especially when it also takes far more from the federal government than it gives, and the majority pays the bills.
🛫 Off to GitHub Universe with the whole team. Excited to see what ideas we come back with!
October 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🛫 Off to GitHub Universe with the whole team. Excited to see what ideas we come back with!
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in 40 years of covering politics and government, i've never encountered anyone as sinister as Stephen Miller
my @zeteo_news column
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Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History
Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.
zeteo.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
in 40 years of covering politics and government, i've never encountered anyone as sinister as Stephen Miller
my @zeteo_news column
please read, share and subscribe
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my @zeteo_news column
please read, share and subscribe
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October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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New enshittification just dropped: Compressing old DVD releases into single-layer DVD for re-releases to save 5 cents
youtu.be/Hzz_d9Y44ZE
youtu.be/Hzz_d9Y44ZE
Some DVD re-releases got cheapened out in a weird way
YouTube video by Technology Connextras
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October 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
New enshittification just dropped: Compressing old DVD releases into single-layer DVD for re-releases to save 5 cents
youtu.be/Hzz_d9Y44ZE
youtu.be/Hzz_d9Y44ZE
Someone should make Flighty app for trains
September 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Someone should make Flighty app for trains
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🚨This is a big deal: suburban chicago police launch an investigation into an ICE attack on local CBS news journalists.
Broadview Police have opened an investigation into an attack from federal agents on a CBS crew at Broadview, per BPD Chief Mills.
September 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
🚨This is a big deal: suburban chicago police launch an investigation into an ICE attack on local CBS news journalists.
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This is fucking horrifying.
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is fucking horrifying.
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Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think
Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.
thebarbedwire.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
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Italy said it deployed one of its naval vessels on Wednesday to come to the aid of an aid flotilla that was targeted by drones while trying to reach Gaza, with activists claiming that Israel was behind the strikes.
Italy deploys navy ship to help Gaza aid flotilla targeted in drone attack | CNN
Italy said it deployed one of its naval vessels on Wednesday to come to the aid of an aid flotilla that was targeted by drones while trying to reach Gaza, with activists claiming that Israel was behin...
www.cnn.com
September 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Italy said it deployed one of its naval vessels on Wednesday to come to the aid of an aid flotilla that was targeted by drones while trying to reach Gaza, with activists claiming that Israel was behind the strikes.
Ah damn. Today’s the worst day ever. IT got wise and stopped hard wired internet access for non IT machines. Back the work the laptop 😤
September 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Ah damn. Today’s the worst day ever. IT got wise and stopped hard wired internet access for non IT machines. Back the work the laptop 😤
No
Brooke Rollins: "Soybean, corn, wheat, sorghum, cotton farmers are facing very difficult times. We are currently in conversations here at the White House, across the government, on a farmer aid package."
September 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
No
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In only 9 months, we've seen the top-to-bottom transformation of US into an isolationist nation willing to sacrifice economic & political power for nativism. It's happening so quickly & it's so at odds with the values a lot of us were socialized with that it doesn't feel real or possible.
You've likely seen the new $100,000 penalty on high-skill immigrant workers.
Here's the next, separate bomb the White House is dropping on high skill immigration, to be officially published *tomorrow*.
tl;dr: Most H-1Bs now inaccessible for entry-level jobs, e.g. new grads from US universities.
Here's the next, separate bomb the White House is dropping on high skill immigration, to be officially published *tomorrow*.
tl;dr: Most H-1Bs now inaccessible for entry-level jobs, e.g. new grads from US universities.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
In only 9 months, we've seen the top-to-bottom transformation of US into an isolationist nation willing to sacrifice economic & political power for nativism. It's happening so quickly & it's so at odds with the values a lot of us were socialized with that it doesn't feel real or possible.
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Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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NJ PBS shutting down next summer.
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
New Jersey PBS shutting down in July - New Jersey Globe
New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026 following WNET's decision not to renew its agreement, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The
newjerseyglobe.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NJ PBS shutting down next summer.
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
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From yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses.
September 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
From yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses.
Pretty cool! Run AI models locally on your iOS device including Apples on device models. apps.apple.com/app/id674142...
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Run AI models like Llama, Gemma, Qwen, and more on your iPhone and iPad. Offline. Private. No login. No data collection. Powered by Apple MLX.
Meet Locally AI, the AI app that respects your privacy....
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September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Pretty cool! Run AI models locally on your iOS device including Apples on device models. apps.apple.com/app/id674142...