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Senior software engineer, Dad, cancer survivor, been on the internet since the early 80's. My kids are smarter than I am, I just try to keep up. (He/him)
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2287 comments

I was listening to coverage about the new concentration camp at Guantanamo this morning. Of course, they said they are just housing people there temporarily until they can find a place to deport them to... which is how Auschwitz started out. Just sayin'.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

You know, the fake accounts following me would be less obvious if they didn't use pictures of the same model on two different accounts on adjacent days...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

“Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.” - Donald Trump Day 24:

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

We have an election coming up in 2026. We should be using all of the evil things Trump is doing as arguments to elect Democratic Congresspeople and Senators who are going to actually impeach and convict Trump and get him out of there. We need an Impeach Trump platform.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

The universe speaks in mysterious ways.

submitted 21 days ago • 1507 comments

“Trump gutted the Aviation Safety committee last week,” AOC wrote. “Air traffic controllers—already understaffed—got Trump’s ‘buyout’ this week with a 1 week ultimatum to decide. It’s not DEI—it’s him. And Elon too.”

submitted 22 days ago • 37 comments

There's no way to spin it. Trump's tariffs will increase prices for consumers right here in Illinois—especially at the grocery store and the gas pump. Not exactly the platform he campaigned on...

submitted 22 days ago • 19 comments

I haven’t lived through the collapse of a civilisation before I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there

submitted 22 days ago • 565 comments

@akkartik.name -- I stumbled upon your 2014 blog article "Literate programming: Knuth is doing it wrong" today, and while I like many of your points; I think you miss the value of L.P. as "Teddy Bear" code review / "Rubber Duck" debugging -- The value is in attempting the explanation.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Don't let things like shuttling kids to school or other life changes stop you from doing important things like exercising regularly or visiting with friends; figure out how to meld those changes into those important things, lest you be lonely and out of shape at 60.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Recent events have made this parody song/video even more relevant, so for you young pups who haven't seen it, I present "Born in East LA": www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFUF...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments