skef
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Waiting for snow. And decency. At scale.
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@skef.bsky.social
· Jan 17
I remember when Twitter was the place where Lin Manuel Miranda saved Brooklyn Nine-Nine
“Not since the ransacking of the library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge.”
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"Destroying Knowledge": Michael Mann on Trump's Dismantling of Key Climate Center in Colorado
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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December 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Not since the ransacking of the library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge.”
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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
I delivered the Post when I was a kid (decades and decades ago). It’s not at all what it was.
We now live in the Age of the Onion (i.e., interesting, cursed times).
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We now live in the Age of the Onion (i.e., interesting, cursed times).
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Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I delivered the Post when I was a kid (decades and decades ago). It’s not at all what it was.
We now live in the Age of the Onion (i.e., interesting, cursed times).
(Subscribed)
We now live in the Age of the Onion (i.e., interesting, cursed times).
(Subscribed)
Is there anything better about aging than moving up to less competitive age groups?
Annual neighborhood Turkey Trot 10K: 48:38, a little slower than last year, which was a little slower than the prior year. Still grateful I can do it, and for the 16 other old bastards in my age group slower than I am.
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Is there anything better about aging than moving up to less competitive age groups?
Trying to decide whether to snort this or mainline it
Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Trying to decide whether to snort this or mainline it
‘Tis the year for lying liars who lie
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
‘Tis the year for lying liars who lie
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Jack Smith Calls Idea That Politics Infected Trump Prosecutions ‘Ludicrous’
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Three shots instead of one: little kids gets pricked thrice, not once.
It’s almost as if the cruelty is the point.
It’s almost as if the cruelty is the point.
The acting director of the CDC called for vaccine makers to develop separate shots against measles, mumps and rubella to replace combination MMR vaccines, despite no evidence of any benefit to getting the shots separately.
Acting CDC director, citing Trump directive, calls for MMR shot to be split into three despite no evidence of benefit | CNN
The acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for vaccine makers to develop separate shots against measles, mumps and rubella to replace combination MMR vaccines, des...
www.cnn.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Three shots instead of one: little kids gets pricked thrice, not once.
It’s almost as if the cruelty is the point.
It’s almost as if the cruelty is the point.
I’ve been meaning to rewatch The Death of Stalin www.imdb.com/title/tt4686... for a while now. Guess I better hurry…
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I’ve been meaning to rewatch The Death of Stalin www.imdb.com/title/tt4686... for a while now. Guess I better hurry…
I feel seen
Report: Friend Has Been Going By Middle Name This Whole Fucking Time
Report: Friend Has Been Going By Middle Name This Whole Fucking Time
CALABASAS, CA—Astounded that it had never come up at any point in the six years they had known each other, local woman Lucy Reed, 25, reported Tuesday that her friend Nicole Silberthau had apparently ...
theonion.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I feel seen
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I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
The print edition A1 headline is “White House Calls in Reinforcements for Siege on Wind Energy” which is a *little* closer to the Cervantes (gift link 🎁)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The print edition A1 headline is “White House Calls in Reinforcements for Siege on Wind Energy” which is a *little* closer to the Cervantes (gift link 🎁)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
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As a DC resident I do feel that the city has been overrun by "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals" and I would like them to leave the White House and stop destroying the federal government.
August 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
As a DC resident I do feel that the city has been overrun by "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals" and I would like them to leave the White House and stop destroying the federal government.
Timeline cleanser:
apnews.com/article/john...
apnews.com/article/john...
John Oliver's Erie Moon Mammoths debut in front of a record crowd
John Oliver brought his quirky humor to minor league baseball with the debut of the Erie Moon Mammoths.
apnews.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Timeline cleanser:
apnews.com/article/john...
apnews.com/article/john...
The Trump GOP, staunch ally of murderous, racist thugs:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Trump GOP, staunch ally of murderous, racist thugs:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
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All I’m asking, as an American, is for another set of Americans on a hill to have the moral courage and tenacity to fight for the Republic
At the end of the day, this is the experiment of democracy
At the end of the day, this is the experiment of democracy
July 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
All I’m asking, as an American, is for another set of Americans on a hill to have the moral courage and tenacity to fight for the Republic
At the end of the day, this is the experiment of democracy
At the end of the day, this is the experiment of democracy
NYT print edition, page A5
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/c...
The World Is Warming Up. And It’s Happening Faster.
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
NYT print edition, page A5
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/c...
Ours is the “interesting/ignorant” age
What’s interesting/ignorant about this is that we *do do the big things here - the AI and the weapons systems. And we don’t do T shirts and textiles at scale.
Once again, he has no idea how any of this works.
Once again, he has no idea how any of this works.
Trump: "We're not looking to make sneakers and t-shirts. We want to make military equipment, we want to make big things. We want to do the AI things with the computers. But the textile -- you know, I'm not looking to make t-shirts, to be honest. I'm not looking to make socks."
May 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ours is the “interesting/ignorant” age
Worst. Episode. Of. Black. Mirror.
Ever.
Ever.
Holy shit. There is some tab among my 400+ tabs that suddenly, without reason, appears to have started playing a podcast... twice? Like it started randomly, and then 30 seconds later, it started again? So it's the same podcast repeating over itself AND I CANNOT FIND THE TAB. HELP.
May 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Worst. Episode. Of. Black. Mirror.
Ever.
Ever.
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Hardcoded credentials in the Signal archiving tool used by the White House is a five-alarm security dumpster fire.
The source code for the TM SGNL apps (basically a backdoored version of Signal used by Trump officials) is public! Since it's open source, I've pushed it to github for easier research micahflee.com/heres-the-so...
Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials
Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz, and presumably also by Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, ...
micahflee.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hardcoded credentials in the Signal archiving tool used by the White House is a five-alarm security dumpster fire.
“If this were a side project, it would just be bad code,” the reviewer wrote. “But if this is representative of how you build production systems, then there are much larger concerns.”
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/doge...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/doge...
DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower
A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged last week that denizens of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) siphoned gigabytes of data from the agency's sens...
krebsonsecurity.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
“If this were a side project, it would just be bad code,” the reviewer wrote. “But if this is representative of how you build production systems, then there are much larger concerns.”
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/doge...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/doge...
Read/listen about Mohsen Mahdawi 👇
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
April 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Read/listen about Mohsen Mahdawi 👇
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...