Billy
@wavdl.blog
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Car-free in Columbus, Ohio.
This is my temporary posting place until it is enshittified just like Twitter. Permanently posting at wavdl.blog and sfba.social/@wavdl
Car-free in Columbus, Ohio.
This is my temporary posting place until it is enshittified just like Twitter. Permanently posting at wavdl.blog and sfba.social/@wavdl
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Billy
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Support the Fired 50 Google Workers' Legal Defense Fund
Dear Friends, Family, Coworkers, and Supporters,
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There are a LOT of other causes out there more worthy of your help right now.
But if you are a tech worker or otherwise interested in trying to protect workers' right to organize, we would be grateful for your donation or a reshare. Litigation is expensive.
But if you are a tech worker or otherwise interested in trying to protect workers' right to organize, we would be grateful for your donation or a reshare. Litigation is expensive.
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We have $ for a dozen ICE agents to hang around for hours trying to arrest 2 roofers working in MN.
Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.
Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.
December 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We have $ for a dozen ICE agents to hang around for hours trying to arrest 2 roofers working in MN.
Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.
Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.
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i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
"the thing about Trump's rude and disrespectful words is it really makes you appreciate how nice Jeffrey Epstein was"
- A real thought that pops into people's heads apparently
- A real thought that pops into people's heads apparently
Regarding the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them".
December 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"the thing about Trump's rude and disrespectful words is it really makes you appreciate how nice Jeffrey Epstein was"
- A real thought that pops into people's heads apparently
- A real thought that pops into people's heads apparently
Every single (non-manager) person I've told I'm leaving the company has said something from "congrats on escaping this place" to "you're inspiring me to start interviewing to try to get out of here myself"
Every single one
Every single one
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Every single (non-manager) person I've told I'm leaving the company has said something from "congrats on escaping this place" to "you're inspiring me to start interviewing to try to get out of here myself"
Every single one
Every single one
There's a "Real feel" of -17°F while I waited for the bus this morning. It felt so good to step on to the heated bus!
When it's this cold, COTA should be free just like it is when there's a heat advisory in the summer
When it's this cold, COTA should be free just like it is when there's a heat advisory in the summer
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December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
There's a "Real feel" of -17°F while I waited for the bus this morning. It felt so good to step on to the heated bus!
When it's this cold, COTA should be free just like it is when there's a heat advisory in the summer
When it's this cold, COTA should be free just like it is when there's a heat advisory in the summer
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Four days before Epstein went to prison, and six months after Wexner claimed to have cut ties with his former financier, Wexner emailed Epstein to stay he felt sorry.
Why did Wexner think Epstein was going to jail for not being careful, rather than gross sexual misconduct?
Why did Wexner think Epstein was going to jail for not being careful, rather than gross sexual misconduct?
December 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Four days before Epstein went to prison, and six months after Wexner claimed to have cut ties with his former financier, Wexner emailed Epstein to stay he felt sorry.
Why did Wexner think Epstein was going to jail for not being careful, rather than gross sexual misconduct?
Why did Wexner think Epstein was going to jail for not being careful, rather than gross sexual misconduct?
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My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
2 of the 12 things listed as what to do at the downtown Wanderlights are parking your personal vehicle
December 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
2 of the 12 things listed as what to do at the downtown Wanderlights are parking your personal vehicle
Being anti-car is one of the more anti-carceral takes you can have.
Those people who act like police and heavy enforcement would make us safer from cars are *pro-car*. They think having just the right punishments against "bad drivers" would allow us to be safe while maintaining the status quo.
Those people who act like police and heavy enforcement would make us safer from cars are *pro-car*. They think having just the right punishments against "bad drivers" would allow us to be safe while maintaining the status quo.
I think it was a huge mistake to make our society so car-dependent. But man. The Discourse today is a good reminder that when it comes to roadways policy, otherwise progressive anti-car people quickly become some of the most pro-carceral, anti-civil liberties people on the planet.
December 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Being anti-car is one of the more anti-carceral takes you can have.
Those people who act like police and heavy enforcement would make us safer from cars are *pro-car*. They think having just the right punishments against "bad drivers" would allow us to be safe while maintaining the status quo.
Those people who act like police and heavy enforcement would make us safer from cars are *pro-car*. They think having just the right punishments against "bad drivers" would allow us to be safe while maintaining the status quo.
I was at a holiday work event outside the reaches of COTA today so I was looking at Lyft to get home and it's outrageously expensive (appropriately priced for a chauffeur service, but almost twice as much as I spent on food and drinks)
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I was at a holiday work event outside the reaches of COTA today so I was looking at Lyft to get home and it's outrageously expensive (appropriately priced for a chauffeur service, but almost twice as much as I spent on food and drinks)
It's the Dril tweet over and over and over again
There’s a problem in large swaths of political advocacy where introducing any negative externality (“but what if a chronic dangerous driver needs to drive to work?”) is an unacceptable evil. Any status quo harms are just the natural order of things.
Unfortunately, almost any change has a downside.
Unfortunately, almost any change has a downside.
for whatever reason, the victims of traffic violence never factor into the calculation. no urgency there. but do something that might affect a suburban lawyer who had a few drinks and then it becomes an “equity” issue
December 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It's the Dril tweet over and over and over again
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most people, left and right, treat traffic violence like the weather and not a specific policy choice
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
most people, left and right, treat traffic violence like the weather and not a specific policy choice
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This isn't really satire. It's basically what happened, just written more clearly than we are accustomed to.
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This isn't really satire. It's basically what happened, just written more clearly than we are accustomed to.
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The idea that you can just duck out of these complexities by saying “I’m a socialist” is literal baby talk. I’m embarrassed for you dude.
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The idea that you can just duck out of these complexities by saying “I’m a socialist” is literal baby talk. I’m embarrassed for you dude.
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“Drunk and drugged driving is now so common in car-centric California that drivers routinely rack up four, five, six DUIs. One woman in Fresno just got her 16th.”
California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the nation. Here, DUI-related deaths have been rising more than twice as fast as the rest of the country.
But this fall, a state bill to strengthen DUI penalties was gutted at the last minute. calmatters.org/investigatio...
8/9
But this fall, a state bill to strengthen DUI penalties was gutted at the last minute. calmatters.org/investigatio...
8/9
15 DUIs, still driving: California's failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road
As alcohol-related roadway deaths spike across the state, a CalMatters investigation finds California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the country.
calmatters.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“Drunk and drugged driving is now so common in car-centric California that drivers routinely rack up four, five, six DUIs. One woman in Fresno just got her 16th.”
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I don’t think I’ll really understand the full extent of Wexner’s power and influence over Columbus and Ohio State until he dies. I assume his wife will try to use their fortune in similar ways, but there will probably be some unexpected and revealing shifts in how business is done around here.
It should be bigger news that Leslie Wexner, the person most responsible for Jeffrey Epstein's wealth and entrée into circles of power, is currently ducking a subpoena in a case brought by victims of sexual assault by an Ohio State doctor which occurred while Wexner was on the OSU board of trustees.
December 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I don’t think I’ll really understand the full extent of Wexner’s power and influence over Columbus and Ohio State until he dies. I assume his wife will try to use their fortune in similar ways, but there will probably be some unexpected and revealing shifts in how business is done around here.
Ah so there is a formal process for removing people's names (I guess it happens that often?)
And they specifically require "substantial evidence" for "conduct or behavior [that] is harmful to Ohio State’s reputation"
So it comes down to having a campaign big enough to cause reputational harm
And they specifically require "substantial evidence" for "conduct or behavior [that] is harmful to Ohio State’s reputation"
So it comes down to having a campaign big enough to cause reputational harm
December 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ah so there is a formal process for removing people's names (I guess it happens that often?)
And they specifically require "substantial evidence" for "conduct or behavior [that] is harmful to Ohio State’s reputation"
So it comes down to having a campaign big enough to cause reputational harm
And they specifically require "substantial evidence" for "conduct or behavior [that] is harmful to Ohio State’s reputation"
So it comes down to having a campaign big enough to cause reputational harm
I don't think if you removed their ability to do small crimes that they would stop doing big crimes
My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
It must be wild to get to abuse the public then pay for it with the public's money
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I don't think if you removed their ability to do small crimes that they would stop doing big crimes
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hey, that's official sponsor of Ohio State Athletics Anduril Industries to you, buddy
NEW: I looked into MAGA darling Anduril's latest foreign partner, and its weapons are accused of fueling the ongoing genocide in Sudan. theintercept.com/2025/12/11/a...
Anduril Partners With UAE Bomb Maker Accused of Arming Sudan’s Genocide
Anduril calls itself an “arsenal of democracy.” So why is it partnering with the United Arab Emirates, an authoritarian monarchy to build drones?
theintercept.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
hey, that's official sponsor of Ohio State Athletics Anduril Industries to you, buddy
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“20 jobs for a $54 million (!!!!!!) tax benefit," wrote former Columbus City Council president pro tem Elizabeth Brown at the time to a staffer, "I don’t understand." She voted to approve anyway. #Google #datacenters #ColumbusOhio
bit.ly/3XLfU4N
bit.ly/3XLfU4N
Google's Far South Side data center right at home at former snake-oil farm
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“20 jobs for a $54 million (!!!!!!) tax benefit," wrote former Columbus City Council president pro tem Elizabeth Brown at the time to a staffer, "I don’t understand." She voted to approve anyway. #Google #datacenters #ColumbusOhio
bit.ly/3XLfU4N
bit.ly/3XLfU4N
Not sure what "this whole situation" refers to, but I think this is just generally true everywhere
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Not sure what "this whole situation" refers to, but I think this is just generally true everywhere
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I’m not some fancy business knower but aren’t you supposed to get paid for licensing rather than paying the company using your copyrights?
Disney and OpenAI sign a deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’m not some fancy business knower but aren’t you supposed to get paid for licensing rather than paying the company using your copyrights?
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Merging “boutique” school districts like Grandview, Bexley, and Upper Arlington with Columbus City Schools is transparently the right thing to do - though any attempt to actually do it would probably turn PTO meetings in those neighborhoods into de facto Klan rallies
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A new study proposes reducing the number of school districts in Ohio by redrawing district lines to decrease rates of racial and economic segregation.
by Laura Hancock
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/12...
by Laura Hancock
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/12...
Study proposes merging Ohio school districts to reduce racial, economic segregation
A new study creates three different school district maps in Ohio to reduce racial and economic segregation. The maps dramatically shrink the number of school districts in Ohio from the current 607.
www.cleveland.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Merging “boutique” school districts like Grandview, Bexley, and Upper Arlington with Columbus City Schools is transparently the right thing to do - though any attempt to actually do it would probably turn PTO meetings in those neighborhoods into de facto Klan rallies
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When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
The survey started the day before my 30th birthday so I'm claiming the youthful category 😤
It also matches my journey from "yeah sure whatever" to "ban it completely"
It also matches my journey from "yeah sure whatever" to "ban it completely"
Everywhere you look there is an opening for leadership.
What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility
What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The survey started the day before my 30th birthday so I'm claiming the youthful category 😤
It also matches my journey from "yeah sure whatever" to "ban it completely"
It also matches my journey from "yeah sure whatever" to "ban it completely"