Stephen
@steeef.net
Nerdy father living in Portland, OR.
I hate running, but I seem to do it often.
Former sysadmin turned SRE.
I hate running, but I seem to do it often.
Former sysadmin turned SRE.
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Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years
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This sentence cuts through much of my political world right now: “people like Klein—liberals with a big platform who see themselves as pragmatic—have accidentally become reactive centrists because they don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history & what it is exactly that they’re doing”
October 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This sentence cuts through much of my political world right now: “people like Klein—liberals with a big platform who see themselves as pragmatic—have accidentally become reactive centrists because they don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history & what it is exactly that they’re doing”
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Very much enjoyed this piece from @andreapitzer.bsky.social on the conversation between Ezra Klein and Ta-nehisi Coates:
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...
You don't have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Very much enjoyed this piece from @andreapitzer.bsky.social on the conversation between Ezra Klein and Ta-nehisi Coates:
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...
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THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
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Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward.
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
There Is No Trolley Problem
We actually aren't constrained into atrocious premises by thought exercises. Obstacles are a reason to fight, not an excuse to quit. Our friends and neighbors aren't distractions..
www.the-reframe.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward.
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursing everything.
www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
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ok now we got entering *and* leaving the room all covered
May 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
ok now we got entering *and* leaving the room all covered
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The closure of CFPB highlights the grand lie at the heart of DOGE.
CFPB is cheap to run & delivers billions to victims of corporate scams. It’s the definition of value for money.
But X & Meta hate it because it targets big tech fraud.
DOGE is not about waste. It’s about enriching the oligarchy.
CFPB is cheap to run & delivers billions to victims of corporate scams. It’s the definition of value for money.
But X & Meta hate it because it targets big tech fraud.
DOGE is not about waste. It’s about enriching the oligarchy.
Musk's team takes control of key systems at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest target of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
www.npr.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The closure of CFPB highlights the grand lie at the heart of DOGE.
CFPB is cheap to run & delivers billions to victims of corporate scams. It’s the definition of value for money.
But X & Meta hate it because it targets big tech fraud.
DOGE is not about waste. It’s about enriching the oligarchy.
CFPB is cheap to run & delivers billions to victims of corporate scams. It’s the definition of value for money.
But X & Meta hate it because it targets big tech fraud.
DOGE is not about waste. It’s about enriching the oligarchy.
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I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.
February 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.
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"...it’s only a matter of time until DOGE’s meddling inadvertently triggers a catastrophic failure of Bureau of the Fiscal Service systems," writes @lizthegrey.com in an op-ed for @thebulletin.org.
thebulletin.org/2025/02/why-...
thebulletin.org/2025/02/why-...
Why DOGE’s meddling at Treasury could have catastrophic consequences for the US economy
It’s only a matter of time until DOGE meddling inadvertently triggers a catastrophic failure of Bureau of the Fiscal Service systems.
thebulletin.org
February 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"...it’s only a matter of time until DOGE’s meddling inadvertently triggers a catastrophic failure of Bureau of the Fiscal Service systems," writes @lizthegrey.com in an op-ed for @thebulletin.org.
thebulletin.org/2025/02/why-...
thebulletin.org/2025/02/why-...
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I’m just… not going to get too worked up about racist white folks taking their masks off. It was *always* just a mask.
February 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’m just… not going to get too worked up about racist white folks taking their masks off. It was *always* just a mask.
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Behold: My unified Terminator Theory of parenting through the Trump Era into the apocalypse he has created for our children.
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
Parenting In the Age of Trump
Like Sarah Connor, the heroine of the Terminator movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for the dystopian future.
www.thenation.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Behold: My unified Terminator Theory of parenting through the Trump Era into the apocalypse he has created for our children.
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
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literally what Théoden sounded like after Wormtongue whispered in his ear
REPORTER: Why is it important for Elon Musk to have access to the payments systems at Treasury?
TRUMP: Well, he's got access only to letting people go that he thinks are no good, and it's only if we agree with him
TRUMP: Well, he's got access only to letting people go that he thinks are no good, and it's only if we agree with him
February 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
literally what Théoden sounded like after Wormtongue whispered in his ear
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Black History teaches that you can get soul food feasts out of slavery and big band jazz out of a great depression, so you probably shouldn't spent too much time ruminating on "we're cooked" posts written by white people. They'll come up with their own resilient joy in due time. It takes practice.
February 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Black History teaches that you can get soul food feasts out of slavery and big band jazz out of a great depression, so you probably shouldn't spent too much time ruminating on "we're cooked" posts written by white people. They'll come up with their own resilient joy in due time. It takes practice.
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When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Billionaires Should Not Exist
Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
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yeah you saw what you saw youtube.com/shorts/EGqyq...
you saw what you saw
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
yeah you saw what you saw youtube.com/shorts/EGqyq...
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if there is one funny thing about yesterday’s blitzkrieg of executive orders is that it makes the “democratic opposition went too far last time” crowd look like total dipshits
January 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
if there is one funny thing about yesterday’s blitzkrieg of executive orders is that it makes the “democratic opposition went too far last time” crowd look like total dipshits
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Everyone in the US is a female, got it.
Big tell in this Trump order targeting trans people: "at conception"
January 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Everyone in the US is a female, got it.
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people are angry with you for watching them punch us in the face and then saying "we gotta be bipartisan." they're right. punch back or get out of the way.
It is time to look to the future.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
January 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
people are angry with you for watching them punch us in the face and then saying "we gotta be bipartisan." they're right. punch back or get out of the way.
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Instead of joining Chinese apps as an alternative to TikTok, Gen Z users should simply stop dancing and having fun and become mildly depressed 37 year old Bluesky users talking about Star Trek Deep Space 9
January 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Instead of joining Chinese apps as an alternative to TikTok, Gen Z users should simply stop dancing and having fun and become mildly depressed 37 year old Bluesky users talking about Star Trek Deep Space 9
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"The two companies reportedly signed an agreement last year stating OpenAI has only achieved AGI when it develops AI systems that can generate at least $100 billion in profits."
"AGI is when I have heaps of money," is one hell of a position.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/m...
"AGI is when I have heaps of money," is one hell of a position.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/m...
Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of AGI: Report | TechCrunch
Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup's profits, according to a new
techcrunch.com
December 27, 2024 at 12:42 AM
"The two companies reportedly signed an agreement last year stating OpenAI has only achieved AGI when it develops AI systems that can generate at least $100 billion in profits."
"AGI is when I have heaps of money," is one hell of a position.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/m...
"AGI is when I have heaps of money," is one hell of a position.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/26/m...
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i would like to ask some folks how much it’s worth to them to be bigots. like what percentage of their earnings, how many drops in the class hierarchy are they willing to give up in order to enforce bigotry.
December 26, 2024 at 6:12 PM
i would like to ask some folks how much it’s worth to them to be bigots. like what percentage of their earnings, how many drops in the class hierarchy are they willing to give up in order to enforce bigotry.
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The answer to “why doesn’t America have [insert social program every other Western nation has]” is always racism.
After they could no longer legally exclude Black people from receiving them, they nuked them altogether.
After they could no longer legally exclude Black people from receiving them, they nuked them altogether.
December 17, 2024 at 2:59 PM
The answer to “why doesn’t America have [insert social program every other Western nation has]” is always racism.
After they could no longer legally exclude Black people from receiving them, they nuked them altogether.
After they could no longer legally exclude Black people from receiving them, they nuked them altogether.