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Love to say you’re running government like a business and then immediately gut the accounts receivable team

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

congrats democrats, you got played like chumps. but at least you're respecting the office or some bullshit

submitted 2 days ago • 320 comments

it would be great if we had a democratic party willing to go out and say “this is an insane lie to get you to irrationally hate a minority group trying to just exist peacefully” rather than start throwing us under the bus and twiddling their thumbs

submitted 3 days ago • 131 comments

This. I'm not usually one to harp on political messaging, but why Dems aren't everywhere complaining all of this is illegal and irresponsible is beyond me.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Either transgender Americans are important enough to warrant year after year of breathless coverage questioning their healthcare and existence, or they're so insignificant that destroying their rights is the "least consequential" action of a presidency. www.readtpa.com/p/not-exactl...

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

18F was dissolved because it saved money. We pushed back against contractors who tried to screw American taxpayers. We showed how cheap and good government software can be. Musk hates that. writing by Dan Tangherlini via @donmoyn.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 29 comments

Eliminating 18F while saying you're trying to modernize government using technology is like eliminating doctors while saying you want to improve health care... Oh wait they're also doing that www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

The cynicism of the anti woke bullshit of the past decade was transparent the whole time but it’s still worth noting how quiet the defenders of the enlightenment are now

submitted 8 days ago • 10 comments

i'm looking for a job. my resume is i can do anything and everyone likes me

submitted 10 days ago • 42 comments

I got a 30 day contract job offer... They want to defer a payment for a year, AND pro-rate based on their financial success during the year (vaguely, as in no set minimum). Get paid a standard rate a year after i do the work, MAYBE? Why would I do this???

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

So excited that I'm seeing Mulholland Drive AND Wild at Heart today (also Lost Highway if I have the fortitude). For FREE! Love IU Cinema!!!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

i am once again offering the free work of moving anyone from substack to the platform of their choice (preferably ghost, but there are others that are good)

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

The Republicans hold majorities in both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court and hold the White House and they could pass basically whatever agenda they would care to enact, but they have instead decided on a unique strategy of letting someone unelected do crimes all over the federal government.

submitted 31 days ago • 40 comments

I hate when opening a media app stops my podcast audio. The silence is so harsh. Wait til I hit play!

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Honor his memory by doing something strange, unraveling a riddle within yourself, and working on your favorite projects.

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Better idea: pass a comprehensive data privacy bill that applies across the board... and maybe DON'T mimic Chinese authoritarianism by creating a "Great Firewall" of apps that aren't allowed to operate here. You can actually fix things AND not abuse the 1st Amendment in one shot!

submitted 51 days ago • 105 comments

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2024 A video countdown vimeo.com/1046284152

submitted 52 days ago • 117 comments

been chuckling about a dream i had recently... me and a friend were dressed in business suits, doing some kind of espionage (I'm watching a lot of spy stuff lately). then we had to dance like we were in an LMFAO video to "blend in". i woke up laughing before we were found out.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

there's an entire ecosystem of male podcasters on gear wearing tight t-shirts and telling people the key to being a masculine is eating liver pills. meanwhile the actual perfect man is just this screengrab of Lee Pace from The Fall

submitted 65 days ago • 82 comments

Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving

submitted 77 days ago • 354 comments

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx

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10 INCREDIBLE ways to BOOST your immune system: The Measles vaccine The Mumps vaccine The Rubella vaccine The Tetanus vaccine The Diphtheria vaccine The Polio vaccine The HPV vaccine The Pneumonia vaccine The Hepatitis B vaccine The Covid-19 vaccine

submitted 95 days ago • 58 comments

Made a RailsTalk discussion post about my thoughts on custom generator templates -- how I wish they were used more often, and were easier to import into a project. I'm going to work on a solution, give some feedback if you have thoughts! discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/custom-gen...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Remember, Thanksgiving isn’t easy for everybody. Some people got sewn into Charlie Brown’s pants at the big parade and, to this day, can’t stand bald boys because when they see them, they think they’re back in the pants.

submitted 98 days ago • 4 comments

This was easy, but I don't recommend messing with DNS settings after midnight. My site is down until tomorrow.

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

I'm going to setup up the domain bsky username, if only to force me into updating my site.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Poked around mise some more, gotta say I'm impressed! Give it a shot next time you get annoyed by version management.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

I really enjoyed frum ruby version manager until I started having issues with it a month or two ago (openssl, not using .ruby-version). Looks un-maintained? Switching back to rbenv soon, I guess!

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

PSA for newbies: Please include ALT text on your images. This is an inclusive space for blind and visually impaired people. Don't arrive late to the party and ignore a bunch of people. Also, please share this skeet, rather than liking it, to ensure the message gets delivered. Thanks!

submitted 110 days ago • 112 comments

In The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, after hearing about a massive & deadly scapegoating, the narrator asks why the peasants didn't attack the landlords, their true enemies, & is told, "When your real enemies are too strong, you get weaker enemies," & every day I think about this & also see it

submitted 110 days ago • 34 comments

The publication with 15 columnists who all share the same 3 takes every week are very concerned that this place might be an echo chamber

submitted 110 days ago • 72 comments

The graffiti on this dumpster gets a chuckle every time.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

I’m sorry for the late email reply. If it’s helpful, I thought about it constantly for days. “I’ll email them tomorrow,” I recited every night like a Hail Mary or evening prayer. Begging for a salvation I could not type.

submitted 160 days ago • 0 comments

reposting this banger, good day to you

submitted 112 days ago • 7 comments