Alex Karp (not the CEO)
@autistic.af
Sr. Engineering Manager at Slack. Profoundly autistic. Classically-trained pianist, public speaker, avid swing dancer, YA fantasy fiction lover, and a whisky enthusiast. Occasionally funny, usually by accident. More scared of you than you are of me.
Asking for a friend: Is Seth Moulton capable of saying anything without sounding like a dick? #mapol
Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with them
Ghosted After a Job Interview? Report the Company
Ghosted after a job interview? Submit an anonymous report and see which companies candidates say stopped responding after interviews.
didtheyghostyou.com
Million dollar idea: a feature for navigation apps that creates a route for you continue driving for a bit after nearing your destination, so that your sleeping toddler can continue to nap. 😴
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
What if we made billionaire tax cuts contingent on proving they're meeting an unnecessarily cruel set of work requirements?
God@thegodshow.com · 2w agoWhen Democrats take power, they must immediately cancel all of Elon Musk’s government welfare checks. Like and repost if you want this to happen.
I don’t care whether this actually happened or not. I want it to be true.
Does Not Rhyme -through -cough -though -rough -bough Does Rhyme -pony -bologna
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
I have a funny feeling we’ll be hearing more about Schrodinger’s Turtle on August 3rd.
Kentucky: What happens if Senator Mitch McConnell cannot finish his term
A 2024 change to state law requires a special election to fill a vacant Senate seat.
wave3.com
Washington Post Stops Short of Being a Real Newspaper
King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 3w ago"Stops short of offering evidence"?? What fresh hell of a mealy-mouthed headline is this??
My wife: What does a shark eat? Our 21-month-old, watching a shark eat a seal on a nature documentary: Ice cream!
Honestly, at this point, I’m more surprised that they haven’t carried him into the senate chamber and tried to pull a “Weekend at Bernie’s”.
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · last mo.¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Good morning from DC—where you’ve got to look twice to see if the masked paramilitaries on the street are ICE or Patriot Front.
Restaurants at municipal airfields are highly underrated, especially if you have kids who love airplanes!
“Payback Squad” sounds like the name of a knock-off Quentin Tarantino movie.
Kash Patel Created a “Payback Squad” Just to Help Trump
The FBI has a new team focused solely on investigating political cases.
newrepublic.com
Every time I hear someone say that people managers aren’t or won’t be necessary, the way that they describe the role makes it obvious that they have absolutely no idea what all a good people manager does.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky warns two types of people won’t survive the AI era: ‘pure people managers’ and workers who resist change | Fortune
Brian Chesky, the cofounder and CEO of $84.4 billion short-term rental giant Airbnb, says managers need to do more than meetings to stay afloat in the AI era.
fortune.com
🎶 Normal Tuesday night for Shia LaBeouf. Running for your life from Shia LaBeouf. 🎶
Shia LaBeouf arrested after ‘aggressive’ behavior during Mardi Gras celebrations
‘Transformers’ actor was arrested in the French Quarter just after midnight
the-independent.com
How do I know we’re in the bad place? I saw this headline and my initial understanding was that they were investigating whether *he* had deprived the officers of *their* civil rights.
DOJ has opened civil rights probe into Alex Pretti shooting, Deputy AG says
Nationwide protests took place as questions remain after border czar Tom Homan announced earlier he ordered federal immigration authorities to work on a drawdown plan for Minnesota.
cnn.com
Baby-led weening is all fun and games until you have to watch your 15-month-old dip his pancake in syrup… and then ketchup. #ActuallyAutistic
stocking up on alphabet spaghettiO's in case i ever need an analog LLM
There is nothing like a ride on the new NextGen Acela to make you wish that the US (and North America in general) had a robust high-speed rail network.
Someone should probably tell Charlie’s Wife that “biblical womanhood” is all fun and games until you get turned into a pillar of salt. 🧂
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
There is little in this world that so thoroughly assaults all five senses as a root canal. What a sensory nightmare. #ActuallyAutistic
Saying that we should focus on the upcoming election rather than learning from the 2024 election is like saying that the disastrous 2024 election was just a fluke, or bad luck, and that we just have to get back out there and keep trying the same things that haven't been working.
Democrats divided over how to retake House, Senate majorities
Democratic lawmakers are battling among themselves over whether they need to review the lessons of the disastrous 2024 election as they hope to win back the House and possibly the Senate in next ye…
thehill.com
