Brian Sletten
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Liberal Arts-Educated Foodie ML SemWeb REST Architectural Music Geek Software/Security Consultant Author @LongNow.org @eff.org @ACM W&M Alum.
Any Senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche is also siding with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell – and is actively participating in covering-up their numerous and heinous crimes.
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
🗣️ Say it louder for the people in the back: We need to give up on nostalgia for the past. Donald Trump has decimated the government in some profound, irreversible ways. The only way forward? Building something newer and better, Marc Elias says. Watch below👇 https://demdock.com/4w4O9mk
We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
BREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
WE NEED 4 SEATS TO FLIP THE SENATE. JOSH TUREK SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM. I was researching Josh and came across one of his signature issues: Right to Repair. I had no idea how important this was. Most people in big cities probably don’t either. 🧵
🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
🤯 Max Miller's interview with Tapper is an utter trainwreck 🤯
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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Republican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer to be AG when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering and Trump wants exemption from being investigated for tax fraud. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.
Incredible nonsense from John Cornyn. True, the harm to Epstein’s victims can’t be remedied by a “no” vote. But why should Blanche’s corrupt cover-up of the Epstein files—in violation of a Congressional mandate(!)—be rewarded by “yes”? Can’t get any more craven than this.
Cornyn justifies his support for Blanche: "That's one of those things that can't be remedied by a 'no' vote"
The DOJ is now 0-20 in court trying to access states' voter files. They've lost in: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
Tonight @thekns.bsky.social made the famous cold Spanish veggie soup (it is 🔥). In honor of the occasion, I cite the worst lyric maybe ever: “Did you carry out those threats I heard Or were you only playing macho? And the stains on her Versace scarf Were they really just Gazpacho?” - Marillion
I shouldn't have to convince adults that science is real.
So OH Sen Bernie Moreno is calling on Rep Max Miller to resign while OH Sen Jon Husted is still highlighting Miller's endorsement www.jonhustedforsenate.com/press-releas...
This is awesome! Maybelle Blair pitched in the original Women’s Baseball League in the 1940’s . Here she is throwing out the ceremonial first pitch of the WPBL.
Geeks of a certain age will appreciate this: first new release of C-Kermit in 15 years. #history #kermit #update changelog.complete.org/archives/444...
Making sure you're not a bot!
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The news story about Donald Trump being desperate for immunity for tax fraud & the news story about Donald Trump being kicked to the curb by Capital One for widespread money laundering are RELATED.
Dasia Taylor,now 22, developed a surgical suture that changes color in response to pH changes associated with wound infections. #Invention #Innovation #MedicalBreakthroughs
Congrats again to the White House Correspondents Association!
Trump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
Fair play Wales! 💪✊🏴 Now the English FA need to show the same backbone. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Gianni Infantino: Wales first nation to withdraw support for Fifa president
Wales become the first nation to publicly withdraw backing for Gianni Infantino's bid to continue his leadership of Fifa.
bbc.co.uk
The first few slides of my agentic coding class for a customer quotes Shakespeare, Rush, my worst bug, and an extended metaphor around the Big Mac.
Every conversation about autism is a chance to replace an assumption with understanding. 😊
For the third time in history, women outnumber men in the workforce as the stay-at-home boyfriend becomes an economic trend.
For the third time in history, women outnumber men in the workforce as the stay-at-home boyfriend becomes an economic trend | Fortune
Women now hold more jobs than men in America, for the third time ever. A Federal Reserve economist says this time, it's not reversing.
fortune.com
Every once in a while, the internet delivers sublime joy. #humor #foundontheinternet #magritte #comewithmeifyoufearthetreacheryofimages
This is why they’ll actually cut him loose. Not because he’s a woman-beating monster.
Hell, even *AI's* can identify the risks posed by autonomous robotic weapons. Here's a conversation my friend Brian Sletten had with Claude about my drone thriller KILL DECISION... bsky.app/profile/dani... HT @bsletten.bsky.social
This week only KILL DECISION on sale for $1.99 Fifteen years ago this novel anticipated how low-cost kamikaze drones would radically transform military conflict. But ...