Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "Hold on. What's the threat we're trying to defend against here? And why will this help?"
James Munns@jamesmunns.com · 5mo agoWithout naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "So who knows how this part of the system works, and does everyone agree on how it's supposed to work? Where's that written down?"
Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, “A Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal
As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...
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The recent days have been horrific. We can't become numb to repeated instances of illegal and unconstitutional action by government agencies. It's even worse when public officials are blatantly lying in ways that contradict dozens of pieces of video evidence.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo agoSen. Lankford blatantly lies about what the video of Renee Good's killing shows: "A classic law enforcement moment -- they have to fire their weapon and then when you see her car crash, law enforcement is running to her to provide aid. They're never looking to be able to take a life of individuals."
kinda hard to explain to Unix admins why "superfund" would be a bad thing
Discovered today that "colorable" is a contranym -- it can take one of two opposite meanings, either "seemingly valid" or "intended to deceive".
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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rules virtualization illegal. "The kernel executive may not be denied full access to hardware." Kagan, writing for the Court's SREs: "What, we're using Docker now? What the fuck."
Seatbelts in a restaurant! Never thought I'd see the day. go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/674835
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Going to find out how long my stockpile of pens will last.
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12mo agoJapan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
You can keep your galaxy brain edgelords. I'm proud to have a governor who can play literal 2D chess.
Gov. Bob Ferguson@governorferguson.bsky.social · 12mo agoI sent her a response today: Washington state will not be bullied or intimidated by threats and legally baseless accusations.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Holdco in possession of a pot of Bitcoin, must be in want of a small publicly-listed US company.
Matt Levine@matt-levine.bsky.social · last yr.I track usage of words like huzz, soyboy, baddie, or mewing, not just to use in text messages with friends, but to include in this newsletter. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
Under other circumstances I would have been excited to learn that "contemnor" is a word.
Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.🚨Here is Judge Boasberg's opinion finding that he has probable cause that the government in CRIMINAL contempt for defying his orders on March 15: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Holy fuck. Any company that thinks they're going to avoid the need to fight -- or to utterly debase themselves -- is not dealing with reality.
Eric Geller@ericjgeller.com · last yr.Trump going after his former CISA director @thekrebscycle.bsky.social, who debunked his 2020 lies. He just ordered a probe of Krebs' leadership of CISA (including any "censorship"), revoked Krebs' clearances, and suspended those of his @sentinelone.com colleagues. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho *cared* that his country was suffering. He eagerly sought intelligent advice and let it change his mind. He was held to account by a vigorous legislature. For us, today, Idiocracy might as well be The West Wing.
Scott Hanselman 🌮@scott.hanselman.com · last yr.
The White House Correspondents Association deems speaking truth to power to be “the politics of division.” They’ve joined the growing regiment of submission.
Again, how can you not hear the deafening echoes of history here? www.cnbc.com/2025/02/18/w...
White House posts video of immigrants in shackles, calls deportation footage 'ASMR'
President Donald Trump has made the crackdown on undocumented immigrants living in the United States a priority for his second term in the White House.
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can't believe they went with "Project 2025" when "Opus DEI" was right there
