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Somerville, MA, USA parent of two Googler working on experiment infrastructure. Language hackery and IDE integration stuff feels a little like knitting thneeds, but at least it's fun
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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

Worst. Episode. EVER.

Countries need to stop being cowards and ban Elon Musk’s disgusting Nazi website. Yes, right wing extremists in those countries will squeal about it. That’s better than continuing to tolerate a website that’s actively attempting to put those extremists in power globally.

"MAGA stands for trying to erase trans people from existence. MAGA stands for resegregation and racism. MAGA stands for censorship and book bans. MAGA stands for firing air traffic controllers while planes are crashing. MAGA stands for firing the people overseeing our nuclear arsenal."

📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

JD Vance is so nauseatingly unlikeable that he’s literally dragging down the AfD’s approval rating

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

Billionaire Goldfinger makes move for ownership of James Bond

Sure, since you asked so nicely! 1. McConnell and the Senate GOP kept Judd Gregg from joining Obama’s Cabinet and blocked Tom Daschle — a powerful senator! — from being Obama’s HHS pick.

Eerily missing from all the DOGE news: anything to do with the NSA.

You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger. Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

“The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, is stealing money from you to put in his pocket” has to be the easiest political argument ever www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

Phone call spam is, er, off the hook today. I guess the FTC isn't gonna help me with these anymore, is it?

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

the republican party showed more resistance to a moderate democrat who happened to be black than the democratic party has shown to the full dismantling of the federal government in service of a fascist take over.

"Our party must act swiftly. There’s no time for hesitation. Or delay. Or dawdling. Or dragging our feet. Or indecision. Or dilly-dallying. Or stalling. Or hemming and hawing. Or equivocation. Or grandstanding. Or mincing words. Or slow-walking. Or procrastinating."

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Okay but why didn't the eagles just *fly* the football to the end zone.

The CFPB union has just sued Russell Vought over shuttering the agency

i wonder why these guys hate the CFPB so much ohh

Costco, which has come out saying it supports DEI, will make no changes to its existing programs, AND pays workers a minimum of $30/hour, is up 15% YTD. Target, which announced it is ending all DEI programs and has a minimum wage of $15-$24/hour, is down over 4%. Keep voting with your wallet.

I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic - DON'T CALL THEM N@ZIS - Brought to you by the Inner Hive, including longtime member Bob Davisio and new member Ben C. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive ) - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇

Remember that time Bush ignored that CIA report on his desk "Bin Laden determined to strike in US"? This is a million times worse. www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/p...

I can't believe he gets to preside over the semiquincentennial celebrations. If the country still exists by then.

I wonder what kind of mining they're getting out of that NOAA supercomputer

I keep seeing people say Democrats need to get out there and be heard, but I don't see anyone talking about it when it does happen. Here's Ed Markey. www.instagram.com/p/DFsiJPSOsFX/

But why the NOAA?

I'm once again reminded of the fact that IBM provided the German government with information technology in the WWII era.

Now we know what Trump had to agree to to get Netanyahu to drag his heels on a cease fire til after the election.

1. I keep saying this, but it’s important to try to slow things down. It’s something that the Democrats really don’t get. You can win a war by losing every battle slowly.

Bring it

Dems should take a hard line: no CRs or debt ceiling increases without full reinstatement of fired federal employees with back pay and an independent special prosecutor that Trump can't fire to investigate what happened over the last week with Musk.

Time to brush up on Mel Brooks' "To Be or Not to Be"

Iodine: it's what thyroids crave

I missed this entirely: The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines. Musk demanded he resign. He did. On January 20th. www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...