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Retired software guy, hiker, skier, cat lover. Caltech drop-out. Married dad to four adult kids. 3x cancer survivor. Ex-Tesla enthusiast. Favorite jobs: my first: Caine, Farber, & Gordon (1977-89) my last: Apple (2002-10) [Compiler group]
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At least somebody is getting some use from my skis (Dynastar Contact 4x4). I guess the garage door will be staying open all summer.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Five things to remember about war:

submitted 6 days ago • 155 comments

Trump will soon speak to the nation about the unprovoked war crime of unilateral war that he just illegally ordered. Every word out of his mouth will be a lie. He will lie about history, about intel, about Israel, and about his own interests. He will lie to ALL our faces. 🤬

submitted 6 days ago • 358 comments

When you realize that what you were taught in school was selected so it wouldn't inconvenience you.

submitted 8 days ago • 220 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w... Our current government continues its attempts to destroy anything good. Kristi Noem, international asshole. Gift link.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Recent actions by HHS have put the US at risk of losing trusted, evidence-based vaccine guidance—jeopardizing Americans’ ability to make informed decisions about vaccines for flu, COVID, RSV, and all vaccine-preventable diseases. 🧵1/

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings

submitted 13 days ago • 234 comments

Make the effort to show up tomorrow for a local No Kings event. Be seen! www.nokings.org

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

If you smell smoke, maybe it’s the Reichstag

submitted 20 days ago • 84 comments

So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.

submitted 22 days ago • 246 comments

Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

submitted 22 days ago • 722 comments

We are now living in a time when the weather reporter is the best journalist on the evening news, here explaining how Trump's cuts to science are jeopardizing lives in hurricane season:

submitted 25 days ago • 31 comments

Choosing incompetent fools for important positions is a key part of the game plan.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

*Millions* of your fellow white supremacist Trump supporters voted to deport moms. And they didn't keep their gleeful embrace of that cruelty hidden, Vanessa.

submitted 27 days ago • 147 comments

Count the misses: Trump has declared unilateral war on Harvard, so it’s hardly “their ongoing battle”; Harvard isn’t “resistant” to the claimed purpose of the Task Force, but government demands having nothing to do with countering antisemitism; no mention is made of the academic control Trump seeks.

submitted 35 days ago • 17 comments

Is that you, Mr. Spock?

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

The real "one and done." Remarkable new data supporting the HPV vaccine prevention of cancer. www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/h... by @matthewherper.bsky.social @statnews.com

submitted 60 days ago • 11 comments

What a great graphic! Available as a sticker from rootsofcompassion.org.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

One million people checked out my list of the Top 15 signs from the Hands Off protest two weeks ago. These are my favorite new ones from yesterday. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

submitted 68 days ago • 108 comments

This is essential reading.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

There's a lot more to the deportation deal between Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele that you REALLY need to know about. WATCH:

submitted 70 days ago • 31 comments

I don't need to describe how disturbing "disappearing people without a trial to outside the bounds of the law" is. It's not "Nazi death camps" level, but they didn't start until 8 years after the first concentration camps. In 1933, only 200 were sent to concentration camps, mostly political...

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

If the Trump administration were honest that they are only deporting our worst criminals, Donald would already be in El Salvador.

submitted 80 days ago • 78 comments

Y'all should read my favorite historian blogger. 4quarters10dimes.blogspot.com/2025/04/furt... 4quarters10dimes.blogspot.com/2025/04/furt... "I will stop calling them Nazis when they stop doing the things that Nazis did." Note items 15 (for fear) and 39 (for hope) in the second post.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

First rule of understanding: Admit you don’t.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one

submitted 86 days ago • 403 comments

Go, Cory! Who's up next???

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk and the the Threat of the Over-Mighty Subject, Part II talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-...

submitted 91 days ago • 11 comments

I knew Dan Drezner when his headings were like "Sanctions work somewhat better than you think."

submitted 95 days ago • 29 comments