Andrew McFadden
@tldrew.bsky.social
I like to think
First computer- Commodore 64
First game system- Intellivision
First computer- Commodore 64
First game system- Intellivision
Otters welcomed at Santa Ana Zoo!
December 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Otters welcomed at Santa Ana Zoo!
This is amazing
Friends, I am so delighted to share that Version 2 of our FREE patent casebook is now available on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This is amazing
Reposted by Andrew McFadden
The Justice Department’s case against James Comey is falling apart in plain sight. Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes and Anna Bower walk through every “fact” the Trump DOJ offers—and find no lie, no crime, just political vengeance.
The Situation: Where’s the Lie?
The government’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution raises one very big and important question.
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The Justice Department’s case against James Comey is falling apart in plain sight. Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes and Anna Bower walk through every “fact” the Trump DOJ offers—and find no lie, no crime, just political vengeance.
Reposted by Andrew McFadden
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
Walking around a neighborhood and thinking, ‘I wonder which one of these houses is still very pro-trump’….
November 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Walking around a neighborhood and thinking, ‘I wonder which one of these houses is still very pro-trump’….
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freshy-fresh
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Color Engineering
The tool that snaps mercurial design into mechanical focus.
www.chartography.net
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
freshy-fresh
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Too much of a good thing? Where things stand with oxygen therapy in critical illness. #EMIMCC
evolutionmedicine.com/2025/06/28/t...
evolutionmedicine.com/2025/06/28/t...
Too much oxygen in critical illness?
Humans and other animals have evolved adaptations to hypoxia, most famously among high altitude people. Oxygen availability, especially at the tissue level, varies at sea level too. Adaptation to h…
evolutionmedicine.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Too much of a good thing? Where things stand with oxygen therapy in critical illness. #EMIMCC
evolutionmedicine.com/2025/06/28/t...
evolutionmedicine.com/2025/06/28/t...
Hey Spotify- it is you, not me.
June 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey Spotify- it is you, not me.
“No weapons allowed” in urgent care waiting room.
Just another sign of the world we live in
Just another sign of the world we live in
March 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“No weapons allowed” in urgent care waiting room.
Just another sign of the world we live in
Just another sign of the world we live in
So is this state secret a new Signal group? if so please invite
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
Trump administration invoking state secrets privilege over deportation flight information sought by federal judge | CNN Politics
Top Justice Department officials told a federal judge on Monday that the Trump administration is invoking the state secrets privilege to avoid giving him information about deportation flights from ear...
www.cnn.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
So is this state secret a new Signal group? if so please invite
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
Just tried to explain the phrase ‘jump the shark’ to someone under 30. It did not go well. Tried to show the Wikipedia page, did not help. What do people say now instead? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping...
Jumping the shark - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just tried to explain the phrase ‘jump the shark’ to someone under 30. It did not go well. Tried to show the Wikipedia page, did not help. What do people say now instead? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping...
It is time to update Reagan’s ‘nine most terrifying words in the English language:
“I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.”
How about: “The US Government is experiencing an unscheduled rapid disassembly”
#notmydoge
Ideas??
@mcuban.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
@semaforben.bsky.social
“I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.”
How about: “The US Government is experiencing an unscheduled rapid disassembly”
#notmydoge
Ideas??
@mcuban.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
@semaforben.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
It is time to update Reagan’s ‘nine most terrifying words in the English language:
“I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.”
How about: “The US Government is experiencing an unscheduled rapid disassembly”
#notmydoge
Ideas??
@mcuban.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
@semaforben.bsky.social
“I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.”
How about: “The US Government is experiencing an unscheduled rapid disassembly”
#notmydoge
Ideas??
@mcuban.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
@semaforben.bsky.social
Reposted by Andrew McFadden
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
January 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
Reposted by Andrew McFadden
The team has been working hard on stories and also on keeping the live blog updated (the timestamps can be a little weird, I assure you the items are updating). I’m back on the blog in the early morning, but it is a good spot to get a look at what is going on.
www.latimes.com/california/l...
www.latimes.com/california/l...
5 dead, more than 2,000 structures destroyed as new fire hits Hollywood Hills
More than 2,000 structures have burned and at least five people are dead in wildfires burning across L.A. County. Red flag warnings remained in effect for Los Angeles County and much of Ventura County...
www.latimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The team has been working hard on stories and also on keeping the live blog updated (the timestamps can be a little weird, I assure you the items are updating). I’m back on the blog in the early morning, but it is a good spot to get a look at what is going on.
www.latimes.com/california/l...
www.latimes.com/california/l...
Reposted by Andrew McFadden
As you can imagine, it was a long day at work. We are thankfully safe but have a lot of friends and coworkers impacted.
Here’s a good story from today about Watch Duty.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Here’s a good story from today about Watch Duty.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
With L.A. on alert, wildfire app Watch Duty adds 600,000 users overnight
With the explosion of fires across the L.A. area, tracking app Watch Duty, which has 7.2 million active users annually, told The Times it counted 600,000 new sign-ups in the last 24 hours.
www.latimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
As you can imagine, it was a long day at work. We are thankfully safe but have a lot of friends and coworkers impacted.
Here’s a good story from today about Watch Duty.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Here’s a good story from today about Watch Duty.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Reposted by Andrew McFadden
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
@niemanlab.org Remember when Google built this to partner with newspapers so advertisers would use Adwords to buy print ads?
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Google Print Ads
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December 7, 2024 at 10:58 PM
@niemanlab.org Remember when Google built this to partner with newspapers so advertisers would use Adwords to buy print ads?
youtu.be/1k_8hHjYik8
youtu.be/1k_8hHjYik8
@mmasnick.bsky.social Google and Apple wearables sending private data to other apps. research.google/pubs/wears-m...
APIs available from wearable include location, sensors, health.
what could go wrong with the world's largest ad platform and video co accessing user vital signs and location?
APIs available from wearable include location, sensors, health.
what could go wrong with the world's largest ad platform and video co accessing user vital signs and location?
Wear's my Data? Understanding the Cross-Device Runtime Permission Model in Wearables
research.google
December 6, 2024 at 8:04 PM
@mmasnick.bsky.social Google and Apple wearables sending private data to other apps. research.google/pubs/wears-m...
APIs available from wearable include location, sensors, health.
what could go wrong with the world's largest ad platform and video co accessing user vital signs and location?
APIs available from wearable include location, sensors, health.
what could go wrong with the world's largest ad platform and video co accessing user vital signs and location?
Reposted by Andrew McFadden
“My gut feeling it is probably not as high as 100,000 (genes),” Martinez says, “but 50,000 is in the realm of possibility.”🧪
WHAT?!
WHAT?!
'But a new systematic analysis of what some call the “dark proteome” suggests scientists have missed thousands of nontraditional genes that lurk in previously overlooked stretches of the genome and make smaller than average proteins.'
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Dark proteome’ survey reveals thousands of new human genes
Database confirms that overlooked segments of the genome code for a multitude of tiny proteins
www.science.org
December 3, 2024 at 3:38 AM
“My gut feeling it is probably not as high as 100,000 (genes),” Martinez says, “but 50,000 is in the realm of possibility.”🧪
WHAT?!
WHAT?!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #79,223!
September 22, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #79,223!
Parent of AudHD 7 year of boy here with a question: why does he only like (allow) me to sing him ‘working on the railroad’ as a bed time song and why only after I turn off the light in his room? It does not matter what voice/accent I use or if I sing to a different tune. Other singing not allowed
September 9, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Parent of AudHD 7 year of boy here with a question: why does he only like (allow) me to sing him ‘working on the railroad’ as a bed time song and why only after I turn off the light in his room? It does not matter what voice/accent I use or if I sing to a different tune. Other singing not allowed
Is your plant depressed?
February 21, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Is your plant depressed?
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Videogames have really lied to me about how many audiologs I’d encounter in day to day life
February 19, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Videogames have really lied to me about how many audiologs I’d encounter in day to day life
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This must be where they keep the sage
February 14, 2024 at 10:13 AM
This must be where they keep the sage
When was the last presidential election when the candidates did not participate in primary debates?
December 7, 2023 at 4:46 AM
When was the last presidential election when the candidates did not participate in primary debates?