v9y
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This obituary of 18F was sadder than I expected
How 18F transformed government technology − and why its elimination matters
18F was the US government’s in-house technology consultancy, lauded for saving taxpayer money and improving services. Here’s what it did − and what’s now lost.
theconversation.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This obituary of 18F was sadder than I expected
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one of the most celebrated artists of all time who painted dozens of self-portraits and the top image is AI-generated lol
March 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
one of the most celebrated artists of all time who painted dozens of self-portraits and the top image is AI-generated lol
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NEW: The FDA has found problems at an Indian factory that makes generic drugs for American patients, including one medication that was made there and has been linked to at least eight deaths.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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The FDA Finally Visited an Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths. It Found Problems.
The inspection comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that drugs made at the Glenmark Pharmaceuticals plant accounted for an outsized share of U.S. recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve…
propub.li
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The FDA has found problems at an Indian factory that makes generic drugs for American patients, including one medication that was made there and has been linked to at least eight deaths.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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RMIM Puraskaar 2024 are announced!
Congratulations to all the featured artists!
Checkout the awards, lists, jury comments and more at awards.giitaayan.com/2024/
Congratulations to all the featured artists!
Checkout the awards, lists, jury comments and more at awards.giitaayan.com/2024/
February 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
RMIM Puraskaar 2024 are announced!
Congratulations to all the featured artists!
Checkout the awards, lists, jury comments and more at awards.giitaayan.com/2024/
Congratulations to all the featured artists!
Checkout the awards, lists, jury comments and more at awards.giitaayan.com/2024/
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We should be specific when we say "tech", whether we mean the fascist overlords, or some kid who works at an Apple Store. The folks who organized unions at Amazon and Google are people, too, and are more _tech_ than any of the tycoons.
the only reason that tech was ever remotely left-coded was that in the early 2010s they consciously aligned themselves with what appeared to be the dominant political party. that meant large donations to Dems and nominal gestures toward diversity. as soon as the winds shifted they swung right.
December 2, 2024 at 5:59 PM
We should be specific when we say "tech", whether we mean the fascist overlords, or some kid who works at an Apple Store. The folks who organized unions at Amazon and Google are people, too, and are more _tech_ than any of the tycoons.
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I’ll be honest it is hard to tell the right wing trolls posing as liberals and actual liberals profiles sometimes cause some of you really are like that
December 2, 2024 at 1:49 PM
I’ll be honest it is hard to tell the right wing trolls posing as liberals and actual liberals profiles sometimes cause some of you really are like that
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We are excited to announce the opening of nominations for the 19th RMIM Puraskaar. You can submit up to 30 of your favorite Hindi film songs from year 2024. Look back at what you loved listening to this year and let us know. bit.ly/rmimp2024
19th RMIM Puraskaar: HFM Nominations
Public nominations for the 19th RMIM Puraskaar are open.
To nominate your favorite Hindi film music (HFM) songs from 2024, all you have to do is fill out the song titles and their movies in the form ...
bit.ly
December 1, 2024 at 2:31 AM
We are excited to announce the opening of nominations for the 19th RMIM Puraskaar. You can submit up to 30 of your favorite Hindi film songs from year 2024. Look back at what you loved listening to this year and let us know. bit.ly/rmimp2024
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I've found it freeing to allow myself hypocrisy. And when I yet complain about others' hypocrisy, it only demonstrates my commitment to this philosophy.
November 28, 2024 at 5:59 AM
I've found it freeing to allow myself hypocrisy. And when I yet complain about others' hypocrisy, it only demonstrates my commitment to this philosophy.
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I talk too much. Well, what else am I going to do? I don't have the body for basketball.
November 28, 2024 at 4:03 AM
I talk too much. Well, what else am I going to do? I don't have the body for basketball.
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Please keep the Palestinians on this platform in your hearts, especially on this day of all days.
Reiterating that there are more Gazans here and they are more persistent in posting their links because there has essentially been no flour in all of South Gaza for well over a week. It is also cold. Please treat them how you’d want people to treat you or your family in a famine.
November 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Please keep the Palestinians on this platform in your hearts, especially on this day of all days.
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In honor of Glicked
November 27, 2024 at 3:58 PM
In honor of Glicked
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someone please put me in a haven’t stabbed any relatives yet starter pack
November 28, 2024 at 1:57 AM
someone please put me in a haven’t stabbed any relatives yet starter pack
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Time once again to reiterate my most controversial opinion:
One dryer sheet is more than enough, and using dryer sheets on towels makes not a single bit of sense.
One dryer sheet is more than enough, and using dryer sheets on towels makes not a single bit of sense.
November 28, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Time once again to reiterate my most controversial opinion:
One dryer sheet is more than enough, and using dryer sheets on towels makes not a single bit of sense.
One dryer sheet is more than enough, and using dryer sheets on towels makes not a single bit of sense.
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If you can’t be funny be naked that’s what I always say
June 13, 2024 at 11:06 PM
If you can’t be funny be naked that’s what I always say
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I wrote a piece summarizing a few of the things Trump's pick to lead the NIH, Dr. Bhattacharya, got catastrophically wrong — especially in 2020.
I’ve criticized public authorities, including for nonsensical and excessive measures (closing parks and beaches?).
But let’s not rewrite history either.
I’ve criticized public authorities, including for nonsensical and excessive measures (closing parks and beaches?).
But let’s not rewrite history either.
November 27, 2024 at 10:45 PM
I wrote a piece summarizing a few of the things Trump's pick to lead the NIH, Dr. Bhattacharya, got catastrophically wrong — especially in 2020.
I’ve criticized public authorities, including for nonsensical and excessive measures (closing parks and beaches?).
But let’s not rewrite history either.
I’ve criticized public authorities, including for nonsensical and excessive measures (closing parks and beaches?).
But let’s not rewrite history either.
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You either die in obscurity or live long enough to die in obscurity
November 27, 2024 at 5:50 AM
You either die in obscurity or live long enough to die in obscurity
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So much human activity is wasted on BUSINESS, as though a valuable end in itself even apart from delivering any improvement or value to the public.
November 27, 2024 at 1:21 AM
So much human activity is wasted on BUSINESS, as though a valuable end in itself even apart from delivering any improvement or value to the public.
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This is probably part of why everyone on bluesky is 38 years old: 38 year olds are basically the only people who consider it totally normal to flee a sinking ship and then just casually resume the conversation on the tropical island they end up on.
They've outlived dozens of ships.
They've outlived dozens of ships.
June 20, 2024 at 4:00 AM
This is probably part of why everyone on bluesky is 38 years old: 38 year olds are basically the only people who consider it totally normal to flee a sinking ship and then just casually resume the conversation on the tropical island they end up on.
They've outlived dozens of ships.
They've outlived dozens of ships.
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There's an interesting problem in digital preservation, which is that preservation only exists actively. Only the things you actively move to new formats, survives.
Community is probably the same way: it has to be actively maintained in order to outlive whatever spot it's currently in.
Community is probably the same way: it has to be actively maintained in order to outlive whatever spot it's currently in.
June 20, 2024 at 3:46 AM
There's an interesting problem in digital preservation, which is that preservation only exists actively. Only the things you actively move to new formats, survives.
Community is probably the same way: it has to be actively maintained in order to outlive whatever spot it's currently in.
Community is probably the same way: it has to be actively maintained in order to outlive whatever spot it's currently in.
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Conquering smooth motion on TVs nationwide!!!
This is the Lord's work.
This is the Lord's work.
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 27, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Conquering smooth motion on TVs nationwide!!!
This is the Lord's work.
This is the Lord's work.
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I made a Chrome Extension to bring Bluesky comments to any URL :)
Get it here: github.com/joneslloyd/b...
Credits to:
- @emilyliu.me
- @coryzue.com
- @louee.bsky.social
Any feedback and/or PRs are welcome.
I threw this together in 1.5 errors, so expect bugs etc.
Get it here: github.com/joneslloyd/b...
Credits to:
- @emilyliu.me
- @coryzue.com
- @louee.bsky.social
Any feedback and/or PRs are welcome.
I threw this together in 1.5 errors, so expect bugs etc.
GitHub - joneslloyd/bluesky-comments-chrome
Contribute to joneslloyd/bluesky-comments-chrome development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:40 AM
I made a Chrome Extension to bring Bluesky comments to any URL :)
Get it here: github.com/joneslloyd/b...
Credits to:
- @emilyliu.me
- @coryzue.com
- @louee.bsky.social
Any feedback and/or PRs are welcome.
I threw this together in 1.5 errors, so expect bugs etc.
Get it here: github.com/joneslloyd/b...
Credits to:
- @emilyliu.me
- @coryzue.com
- @louee.bsky.social
Any feedback and/or PRs are welcome.
I threw this together in 1.5 errors, so expect bugs etc.
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Let’s run the government like a business, drive the car like a bicycle, and play the guitar like a piano
November 25, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Let’s run the government like a business, drive the car like a bicycle, and play the guitar like a piano
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Not Saeed's main point, but I wonder how much of U.S. cultural resistance to doing the reading/homework and getting smarter in general (note: not resistance to good grades—those are 2 diff. things) is a response to the pain it brings. Humans have done some bad things, and it hurts to learn about it.
Doing historical research isn’t just an intellectual enterprise; it’s emotional and embodied.
I legit almost threw up earlier this morning while researching etymology related to the year 1712.
If you’re a historian and/or do archival research, how do you handle the SHOCK of revelation?
I legit almost threw up earlier this morning while researching etymology related to the year 1712.
If you’re a historian and/or do archival research, how do you handle the SHOCK of revelation?
November 25, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Not Saeed's main point, but I wonder how much of U.S. cultural resistance to doing the reading/homework and getting smarter in general (note: not resistance to good grades—those are 2 diff. things) is a response to the pain it brings. Humans have done some bad things, and it hurts to learn about it.
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Good Mood Wasted On Coworkers
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theonion.com/good-mood-wa...
November 25, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Good Mood Wasted On Coworkers
theonion.com/good-mood-wa...
theonion.com/good-mood-wa...