Tell all your boomer relatives that the black Stars and Stripes is the symbol for the “Black Power” movement. Encourage them to share this “secret” with their Facebook friends. 😈 We only need a few hundred people to start sharing this for it to take wings and subvert this flag.

A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS

THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION IS AN ADOLESCENT FANTASY

pip install textcharts[mcp] "textcharts histogram: commits/day, all branches." textcharts — 15 chart types, zero dependencies, pure Python. The built-in MCP server means any compatible AI agent can generate charts from natural language.

This is a must-read annual review on database systems. 👀

Andy Pavlo@andypavlo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I've posted my latest recap of the world of databases: www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/... All the hot topics from the last year: • More Postgres action! • MCP for everyone! • MongoDB gets litigious with FerretDB! • File formats! • Market movements! • The richest person in the history of the world!

Google Docs show words left until AI replaces you

119 hours left to hit my weekly quota. Sure as hell not leaving any tokens on the table. 😈

tbh this is the most google thing ever

Gergely Orosz@gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 9mo ago

Amusing: Google does not allow its devs to use its newly launched IDE, Antigravity, for development. Classic example of “externalisation” at Google: they have an *internal* (increasingly different!) version of it, but they won’t use what they launched to everyone else

When there is no ballistic evidence, no damage from gunfire, no injuries, & DHS isn’t providing video evidence of the claim from their agents that someone fired shots, then I am going to call bullshit based on the 2 months of fabricated stories by federal officials that have been debunked by videos.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 10mo ago

This is the most comprehensive reporting released on the DHS-alleged shooting so far. Read the entire story (reminder: reporters don't usually choose headlines). For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.

Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones." cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...

Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities

Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ...

cm.asiae.co.kr

America in a single tweet

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 10mo ago

Go Fund Me for the teacher who was kidnapped in front of children in her classroom today: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Me: Do the thing. But right this time. Claude Code: 'This was a great example of why you asked "What evidence do you have?" - it forced me to dig deeper and find the actual root cause! 🎯' Me: OK, but you still did it wrong. Ask your boss for help.

Through the looking glass stuff

The Verge@theverge.com · 10mo ago

ExxonMobil accuses California of violating its free speech

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

The ability to move freely without ID is the bellwether of a truly free society. “Papers please” is the antithesis of freedom IMHO. We (in the US) allowed this to be eroded, mostly for controlling alcohol sales. Europeans have been very resistant to this, I guess they understand the consequences.

ME, IN TEARS: you can't just say every single part of a computer system is a file UNIX, POINTING AT THE MOUSE: file

What @notalawyer.bsky.social said.

RIP Kaleb Horton kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

Ironic: Gartner had my post ridiculing Gartner removed. The one that shared Gartner's Magic Quadrant about AI Code Assistants, which does not include Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and ranks Amazon above Cursor. This one: github.blog/ai-and-ml/gi... Are they embarrassed to share their Magic Quadrant?

When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.

Ted McCormick@tedmccormick.bsky.social · 12mo ago

It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.

Kirk waged a national campaign to tarnish MLK's legacy. This was last year.

It's finally happening!

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.

A pelican tried to eat my bike.

This is owned by a LANlord

This Brit nails it. #Immigration

And every year, Apple employees have to sit through mandatory compliance training only to watch the CEO publicly violate it. www.apple.com/compliance/p...

The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.

The best thing the US could do right now -- for its economy or for decarbonization -- is make electricity cheaper. Here's how:

Make Electricity Cheap Again - part 1.

We succeeded in making "Electrify Everything" an idea. We failed to make electricity cheap. Lets make electricity cheap again.

energyandstuff.substack.com

Note the very top priority: 1. Get as much electricity as you can from local solar. This has two components… a. Make rooftop solar the cheapest form of energy anywhere & do as much as possible. b. Get as much as you can from local commercial and public-space solar that is within the “community.”