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bill-lumbergh.bsky.social
Division Vice President at Texas-based software company Initech. Graduated from MIT with a BS in physics. TPS report enthusiast.
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We may need France to save us again.

“It took immense courage to create our constitutional republic, and now immense cowardice is placing our system of justice under threat.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

“Trump is the master of grievance and animus precisely because he himself is an exposed nerve of status anxiety. No one articulates this sense of injury quite like him because perhaps no one is as covetous, spiteful, and achingly needy as he is.” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-secr...

"Trump is good at reading America the way a vulture is good at detecting prey. But he can never feel soul, and soul is what the river has to offer. Soul is safe at the river, even when your own soul hurts like hell." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...

This is so f*cked up. My daughter was days away from starting a remote job with the Dept of Commerce. www.axios.com/local/washin...

The corruption is going to be epic. www.axios.com/2025/01/18/t...

A version of this is about to play out here. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

It would be great if we could tax religious organizations/churches - even just a little bit - so fucking Elon doesn't feel the need to cut the safety nets so many people depend on

I think we’ve hit a tipping point on climate. Warming is going to accelerate.

This is from the other place but it is correct.

My kid just asked me if I knew anything about VPNs and if she needs one after the inauguration.

I thought orange man would have peace between russia and Ukraine by now. Orange man is horseshit.