Zach Nelson
@zacharynelson.me
Channeling chaos to build equitable frameworks in physical and digital spaces. Organization growth geek, aspiring leftist, occasional digital alchemist branching into Python, and chronic rabbit-hole explorer. Guided by curiosity and humanist principles.
I am annoyed to be at that age where I'm proud of my travel pill organizer.
September 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I am annoyed to be at that age where I'm proud of my travel pill organizer.
A few thunderstorm and cloud photos from last night.
July 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A few thunderstorm and cloud photos from last night.
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lol they took the bait
July 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
lol they took the bait
Friends who know clouds, should we be concerned?
July 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Friends who know clouds, should we be concerned?
A final rule is set to take effect on July 15, 2025, that removes accessibility requirements for new federal buildings. The rule will happen unless "significat adverse" comments are received.
See the link for what makes significantly adverse comment & leave one. www.regulations.gov/document/DOE...
See the link for what makes significantly adverse comment & leave one. www.regulations.gov/document/DOE...
June 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A final rule is set to take effect on July 15, 2025, that removes accessibility requirements for new federal buildings. The rule will happen unless "significat adverse" comments are received.
See the link for what makes significantly adverse comment & leave one. www.regulations.gov/document/DOE...
See the link for what makes significantly adverse comment & leave one. www.regulations.gov/document/DOE...
Cool clouds over Omaha at the moment.
May 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Cool clouds over Omaha at the moment.
While inflation edged down to 2.3%, the lowest since 2021, worker's purchasing power dropped to -0.1%. Low inflation and a drop in real purchasing power isn't good news for the economy.
May 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
While inflation edged down to 2.3%, the lowest since 2021, worker's purchasing power dropped to -0.1%. Low inflation and a drop in real purchasing power isn't good news for the economy.
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🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
May 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Nice evening to be out writing.
May 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Nice evening to be out writing.
I've had a Synology NAS since 2020 and I've promoted the benefits of Synology to anyone who would listen. With their new vendor lock practices, that's no longer the case. Fortunately, the community has found ways around this senseless vendor lock.
I got around Synology's dumb drive restrictions — here's how
Synology’s new NAS models block third-party drives I found a way around it.
www.xda-developers.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I've had a Synology NAS since 2020 and I've promoted the benefits of Synology to anyone who would listen. With their new vendor lock practices, that's no longer the case. Fortunately, the community has found ways around this senseless vendor lock.
Microsoft has the wrong approach - if you want Copilot adoption, make it useful, don't force it into everything.
I was so annoyed with Microsoft forcing Copilot on me that I changed my laptops to Ubuntu and switched my default office suite @onlyoffice.bsky.social on all my devices.
I was so annoyed with Microsoft forcing Copilot on me that I changed my laptops to Ubuntu and switched my default office suite @onlyoffice.bsky.social on all my devices.
Consumers make their voices heard as Microsoft's huge venture flatlines in popularity
It's showing no sign of budging.
www.xda-developers.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Microsoft has the wrong approach - if you want Copilot adoption, make it useful, don't force it into everything.
I was so annoyed with Microsoft forcing Copilot on me that I changed my laptops to Ubuntu and switched my default office suite @onlyoffice.bsky.social on all my devices.
I was so annoyed with Microsoft forcing Copilot on me that I changed my laptops to Ubuntu and switched my default office suite @onlyoffice.bsky.social on all my devices.
Is it really that Americans have lost their appetite for fast casual restaurants, or is it that most Americans are struggling financially and cutting back on non-essential expenses AND that private equity ran the ones they took over into the ground in pursuit of profits?
America has lost its appetite for casual dining chains | CNN Business
Restaurant industry icons where Americans went out for decades for wings, dinner, and celebrations are facing a crisis.
www.cnn.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Is it really that Americans have lost their appetite for fast casual restaurants, or is it that most Americans are struggling financially and cutting back on non-essential expenses AND that private equity ran the ones they took over into the ground in pursuit of profits?
We are ready for the eclipse!
March 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We are ready for the eclipse!
Ads are out of control. I searched "data governance trends in nonprofit sector" on Bing (because I haven't changed the default on my work computer) and I got 6 ads and 3 search results. 🤯
March 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ads are out of control. I searched "data governance trends in nonprofit sector" on Bing (because I haven't changed the default on my work computer) and I got 6 ads and 3 search results. 🤯
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Things didn’t used to be this way:
“Today there isn’t a single state, city or county in the United States where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.”
“Since 1985, rent prices have exceeded income gains by 325 percent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
“Today there isn’t a single state, city or county in the United States where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.”
“Since 1985, rent prices have exceeded income gains by 325 percent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Things didn’t used to be this way:
“Today there isn’t a single state, city or county in the United States where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.”
“Since 1985, rent prices have exceeded income gains by 325 percent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
“Today there isn’t a single state, city or county in the United States where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.”
“Since 1985, rent prices have exceeded income gains by 325 percent.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
Cat misbehaving? Give it a screen! It's probably good I'm not a parent...
March 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Cat misbehaving? Give it a screen! It's probably good I'm not a parent...
From The Daily Upside's newsletter: "According to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics seen by The Wall Street Journal last week, the top 10% of American earners — or households making more than $250,000 per year — are now responsible for just a hair under 50% of all consumer spending"
March 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
From The Daily Upside's newsletter: "According to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics seen by The Wall Street Journal last week, the top 10% of American earners — or households making more than $250,000 per year — are now responsible for just a hair under 50% of all consumer spending"
My grandfather used to say he could tell the weather was changing because he felt it in his bones. Now that I'm older, I totally get it.
February 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My grandfather used to say he could tell the weather was changing because he felt it in his bones. Now that I'm older, I totally get it.
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Korea's attempted coup was no less dangerous or politically protected by career opportunists and cowards than the current coup in the US was.
It was shut down in 6 hours. The president was in jail within weeks.
It's only impossible to resist if you are convinced it is impossible to resist.
It was shut down in 6 hours. The president was in jail within weeks.
It's only impossible to resist if you are convinced it is impossible to resist.
February 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Korea's attempted coup was no less dangerous or politically protected by career opportunists and cowards than the current coup in the US was.
It was shut down in 6 hours. The president was in jail within weeks.
It's only impossible to resist if you are convinced it is impossible to resist.
It was shut down in 6 hours. The president was in jail within weeks.
It's only impossible to resist if you are convinced it is impossible to resist.
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Was sent a memo from a DOJ contact. New AG announcement: DOJ will criminally prosecute private corporations who enact DEIA policies.
Yes—private corporations😳
This is Project 2025. This is fascism. This will get worse.
My full analysis: www.qasimrashid.com/p/ag-bondi-t...
Yes—private corporations😳
This is Project 2025. This is fascism. This will get worse.
My full analysis: www.qasimrashid.com/p/ag-bondi-t...
AG Bondi to Criminally Prosecute Private Entities for DEIA
Bondi makes clear that the "again" in MAGA refers to the period of Jim Crow America
www.qasimrashid.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Was sent a memo from a DOJ contact. New AG announcement: DOJ will criminally prosecute private corporations who enact DEIA policies.
Yes—private corporations😳
This is Project 2025. This is fascism. This will get worse.
My full analysis: www.qasimrashid.com/p/ag-bondi-t...
Yes—private corporations😳
This is Project 2025. This is fascism. This will get worse.
My full analysis: www.qasimrashid.com/p/ag-bondi-t...
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
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Tesla sales drop since Elon Musk did a Nazi Salute, Great job Spain, you can do much better UK!
Spain -75.4%
France -63.4%
Sweden -46.0%
Netherlands -42.5%
Denmark -40.9%
Norway -40.2%
Portugal -31.0%
UK -18.2%
Spain -75.4%
France -63.4%
Sweden -46.0%
Netherlands -42.5%
Denmark -40.9%
Norway -40.2%
Portugal -31.0%
UK -18.2%
February 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Tesla sales drop since Elon Musk did a Nazi Salute, Great job Spain, you can do much better UK!
Spain -75.4%
France -63.4%
Sweden -46.0%
Netherlands -42.5%
Denmark -40.9%
Norway -40.2%
Portugal -31.0%
UK -18.2%
Spain -75.4%
France -63.4%
Sweden -46.0%
Netherlands -42.5%
Denmark -40.9%
Norway -40.2%
Portugal -31.0%
UK -18.2%
Nice to see open source projects successfully taking on the corporate giants.
Hugging Face clones OpenAI’s Deep Research in 24 hours
Open source “Deep Research” project proves that agent frameworks boost AI model capability.
arstechnica.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nice to see open source projects successfully taking on the corporate giants.
Thank you Nebraska Senators Megan Hunt, John Cavanaugh, Machaela Cavanaugh, Terrell McKinney, George Dungan, Jane Raybould, Victor Rountree, Margo Juarez, and Ashlei Spivey.
February 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Thank you Nebraska Senators Megan Hunt, John Cavanaugh, Machaela Cavanaugh, Terrell McKinney, George Dungan, Jane Raybould, Victor Rountree, Margo Juarez, and Ashlei Spivey.