VanPancake
@vanpancake.bsky.social
Husband, father, soccer coach, product management and payments expert. I do boring work so my wife and kids can create art for all of you!
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This place must be a shit show.
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This place must be a shit show.
What should we do with serial harassers who refuse to change or get help?
www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
Convicted harasser and groper Bill Gene Hobbs arrested and jailed after resurfacing in S.F.
Hobbs, 37, who appears to have been released from prison recently, was booked Tuesday on suspicion of a parole violation.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
What should we do with serial harassers who refuse to change or get help?
www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
Stories like this are why we are branded soft on crime. No one will be surprised when this man commits a more violent crime against a woman.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b...
Convicted serial harasser back in SF after prison — and again approaching women
A serial harasser of women who was sentenced to five and a half years in jail and prison has apparently been released — and was seen approaching several women in San Francisco.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Stories like this are why we are branded soft on crime. No one will be surprised when this man commits a more violent crime against a woman.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b...
Ever since Kimmel came back on the air, there is a sense that this administration is a paper tiger. Behind the snarling rhetoric there is no substance. They are limp-dick dorks who conned desperate and systemically under-educated Americans to trust them to make their lives better.
October 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Ever since Kimmel came back on the air, there is a sense that this administration is a paper tiger. Behind the snarling rhetoric there is no substance. They are limp-dick dorks who conned desperate and systemically under-educated Americans to trust them to make their lives better.
How long before we see a remake of A Few Good Men where a general goes on trial for NOT ordering the bloody code red?
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
How long before we see a remake of A Few Good Men where a general goes on trial for NOT ordering the bloody code red?
AI itself isn't replacing jobs. Companies are reducing headcount to invest in AI.
www.inc.com/jason-aten/m... Microsoft’s Xbox CEO Just Explained Why the Company Is Laying Off 9,000 People. It’s Not Great
www.inc.com/jason-aten/m... Microsoft’s Xbox CEO Just Explained Why the Company Is Laying Off 9,000 People. It’s Not Great
Microsoft’s Xbox CEO Just Explained Why the Company Is Laying Off 9,000 People. It’s Not Great
If you have to let people go, do it with honesty and respect.
www.inc.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
AI itself isn't replacing jobs. Companies are reducing headcount to invest in AI.
www.inc.com/jason-aten/m... Microsoft’s Xbox CEO Just Explained Why the Company Is Laying Off 9,000 People. It’s Not Great
www.inc.com/jason-aten/m... Microsoft’s Xbox CEO Just Explained Why the Company Is Laying Off 9,000 People. It’s Not Great
Normalize logging out of ChatGPT and never using it again.
June 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Normalize logging out of ChatGPT and never using it again.
If this is true (which I doubt), those jobs were dogshit.
www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-m... Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says up to 50% of Some Work Now Done by AI - Business Insider
www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-m... Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says up to 50% of Some Work Now Done by AI - Business Insider
If up to half of Salesforce's work is being done by AI — what happens to half of Salesforce employees?
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says up to 50% of the work in key departments is being done by AI. So what's that mean for up to 50% of human employees?
www.businessinsider.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If this is true (which I doubt), those jobs were dogshit.
www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-m... Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says up to 50% of Some Work Now Done by AI - Business Insider
www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-m... Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says up to 50% of Some Work Now Done by AI - Business Insider
If Trump was successful at getting US companies to eat the cost of tariffs and not raise prices on consumer goods, wouldn't this be an increase in corporate taxes? If that actually happened, as progressives, shouldn't we be on board? Ignore the practicalities of ensuring prices did not increase.
May 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If Trump was successful at getting US companies to eat the cost of tariffs and not raise prices on consumer goods, wouldn't this be an increase in corporate taxes? If that actually happened, as progressives, shouldn't we be on board? Ignore the practicalities of ensuring prices did not increase.
While I am inherently skeptical of this administration's motives, the news yesterday that Trump is advocating for tax increases on the very rich ($2.5M in income) is a good step. It's a small step, as it only moves that bracket from 37% to 39.6%, but it's a good step.
May 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
While I am inherently skeptical of this administration's motives, the news yesterday that Trump is advocating for tax increases on the very rich ($2.5M in income) is a good step. It's a small step, as it only moves that bracket from 37% to 39.6%, but it's a good step.
Who's going to tell Josh the president doesn't actually care about working people?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...
Josh Hawley and the Republican Populists, at War With Their Party
The conservative senator from Missouri, better known for his raised fist in solidarity with Trump supporters on Jan. 6, is embracing a key rhetorical theme in the president’s political ascendancy.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Who's going to tell Josh the president doesn't actually care about working people?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...
Given Trump's power comes from being the center of attention, what if we just, like, turned off the news and didn't give him any?
April 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Given Trump's power comes from being the center of attention, what if we just, like, turned off the news and didn't give him any?
All of a sudden I find myself pining for a parliamentary democracy.
April 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
All of a sudden I find myself pining for a parliamentary democracy.
Let's say you are someone who has "sausage fingers." Any federal programs to help retrain these chubs to handle tiny screws?
April 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Let's say you are someone who has "sausage fingers." Any federal programs to help retrain these chubs to handle tiny screws?
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the vice president of the united states follows this guy on twitter!
Geoff Martin, aka captive dreamer, may be identified, but he’s lost none of his wit or charm
March 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
the vice president of the united states follows this guy on twitter!
This platform feels like a liberal echo chamber. Who should I follow to be provoked?
March 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This platform feels like a liberal echo chamber. Who should I follow to be provoked?
Is it possible there is no kleptocratic master plan and that these guys are just spectacularly inept?
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Is it possible there is no kleptocratic master plan and that these guys are just spectacularly inept?
Microcosm matches the microcosm. The top gets more and the bottom get unemployment. It is just such an obvious transfer of company wealth. Companies usually wait a bit between a RIFs and big bonuses.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Bay Area tech giant raises executive pay after laying off thousands of workers
Bay Area tech giant Meta is raising the bonuses for its CFO, CTO, COO and CPO after laying off thousands of workers.
www.sfgate.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Microcosm matches the microcosm. The top gets more and the bottom get unemployment. It is just such an obvious transfer of company wealth. Companies usually wait a bit between a RIFs and big bonuses.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
If you're wondering why Trump is pivoting toward Russia, it's as simple as this: there is money to be made by lifting sanctions and rebuilding their economy. It's the same rationale as everything else.
February 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you're wondering why Trump is pivoting toward Russia, it's as simple as this: there is money to be made by lifting sanctions and rebuilding their economy. It's the same rationale as everything else.
Did anyone else already know that before Teddy Roosevelt the civil service was staffed by the President's friends and family in a system called the "spoils system?" It was, withhold your surprise, wildly inefficient and corrupt. Mayhap this is what MAGA is going for.
February 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Did anyone else already know that before Teddy Roosevelt the civil service was staffed by the President's friends and family in a system called the "spoils system?" It was, withhold your surprise, wildly inefficient and corrupt. Mayhap this is what MAGA is going for.
This "prophet" is a make-believe intellectual. He's the guy who read a few more obscure books in the library and passes off his reckless takes as awakenings. The two most telling things I heard in this interview are: (thread)
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.
The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This "prophet" is a make-believe intellectual. He's the guy who read a few more obscure books in the library and passes off his reckless takes as awakenings. The two most telling things I heard in this interview are: (thread)
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
Let's say a third party forms to represent the interests of regular people over oligarchy. What party is it? Who is the face? Also, where can I sign up?
February 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Let's say a third party forms to represent the interests of regular people over oligarchy. What party is it? Who is the face? Also, where can I sign up?