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Tech pro in San Francisco. Posting on #technology, #nonprofits, #sysadmin, #cybersecurity, #infosec, #news, #philosophy, #SanFrancisco things, and attempts at humor. [bridged from https://self.social/@mergy on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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I was told the stock market would crash, unemployment and inflation would rise, our allies wouldn’t be taking us seriously anymore, the war in Ukraine would still be going, and the ceasefire in Israel would collapse if Kamala Harris became president. Good thing we avoided that. #uspol […]

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff https://archive.is/FQfBu

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

Surprising even with reply so much of the bad calls stayed. Calling contact on the Warriors but not the Rockets. Crazy #dubnation

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Very very very poor refs tonight. Shameful #dubnation

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Let's go #Dubnation

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

No. San Francisco is horrible. Everyone should stay away. :) >> Rents Rose Last Year In SF Faster Than Any Other US City https://sfist.com/2025/04/04/rents-rose-last-year-in-sf-faster/

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Someone put this together... #HandsOff #protests #Politics

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

This was always nice as a way to handle #Sysadmin monitoring alerts without having to go and config a SMS solution. >> Say goodbye to email-to-text and text-to-email https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1061254/

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Can we have a parade now? #DubNation

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Huge huge win. #dubnation

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

This is a great second half. Playoff intensity, clutch shots. W’s gotta finish this one! #DubNation

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Draymond #BeatLA #DubNation

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#BeatLA #dubnation

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

#BeatLA #dubnation

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

It was a mistaken bet on chaos and ignorance if you voted for the guy last year in the hope for something that clearly is not his reality. Everything that has happened since January was stated in the run up to the election. It was what I voted against. I am so sad and we are all in pain.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Dang. I like Brian Eno.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

#Trump

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Tech companies are telling immigrant employees on visas not to leave the U.S. https://archive.is/uZvX4

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.

submitted 4 days ago • 1394 comments

Excellent segment on Private Equity and hospitals operate. (If you can ignore the eye liner on the guy from Duke.) >> How private equity’s increasing role in health care is affecting patients https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-private-equitys-increasing-role-in-health-care-is-affecting-patients

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Had a discussion today and the topic of insecure websites from the past came up and it took me a while but I finally remembered one of my nemesis sites built in #ColdFusion

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Wait - we still have that branch of government? Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports https://mer.gy/sc

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WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

#L https://mer.gy/sb

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

#L

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Kim Deal "Coast" is my favorite track on the new album https://youtu.be/MBu_Ec33byA?feature=shared

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

If we are relying on Florida to save the Republic, that would be a mistake.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Closer than it should have been #dubnation

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more US companies say retailers turning away their products | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/buy-canadian-grows-more-us-companies-say-retailers-turning-away-their-products-2025-03-31/?utm_source=reddit.com

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

"Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for public office for five years, meaning she would not be able to run in the 2027 French presidential election She was found guilty of embezzling European funds to finance her French far-right National Rally (RN) party She has also been given a […]

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Okay. I will consider this now - since I just do this kind of thing so often. >> How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-) https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/em-dash-en-dash-how-to-use

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Remarkable indeed to see France and Brazil properly recognize and prosecute high profile (and sadly popular) political figures and bar them from office and uphold the rule of law while the US struggles with it. >> Possible Electoral Ban on Marine Le Pen Has France on Edge […]

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Another awesome and innovative way to use the medium of the physical NYT Sunday For Kids section. Excellent. #NYTforKids #ForKids #NYT

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Upcoming Windows 11 builds won't have the ability to to install without internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account. https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/03/28/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26200-5516-dev-channel/

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

So many great points. Love the "mid tech" references and "The problem is that asking the right questions requires the opposite of having zero education. You can’t just learn how to craft a prompt for an A.I. chatbot without first having the experience, exposure and, yes, education to know what […]

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

FYI, we have a COBOL conversion project at the day job and my estimate is 3-5 years with 2 years running in parallel to fix everything that got missed or misunderstood before decommissioning the COBOL app.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Katharine Hepburn is absolutely amazing in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Dubs cleaned things up in the second half to secure the win. Good result for the team. And fans. #DubNation

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Feeling better now. #dubnatiom

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Enjoyed. Especially, the take on the administration just going on the attack instead of recognition of the absolute incompetence. >> Brooks and Marcus on political reaction to Trump officials using app to discuss Yemen plan […]

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Great segment on the #cybersecurity issues around how applications might be secure, but their use and the environment they are used in drives the issue. The security vulnerabilities of using Signal to discuss military operations>> […]

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments