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Sé Reed

@sereedmedia.bsky.social

Irrational optimist, wild hoper.

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Dave Strock@davestrock.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remember when they floated the idea of paying a fee to get a job interview? Somebody get sequoia capital on the phone. Seems Like we're ready for that now.

Sé Reed@sereedmedia.bsky.social · 2w ago

new secretary of labor just dropped. he’s “employer-friendly”. not sure how he feels about employees, but i could guess! the way things are headed feels like workers are going to have to start paying their employers for the privilege of having a job.

Senate confirms insider Keith Sonderling to lead Department of Labor By Helen Huiskes - 09/30/26 11:28 PM EDT The Senate voted 47-41 Wednesday night to confirm Keith Sonderling, acting Secretary of Labor, to the post permanently - filling a seat in President Trump's cabinet that has been officially empty since April. All Republicans present voted for Son-derling's nomination, and all Democrats voted against it, but the nomination only needed a majority to succeed. Twelve senators missed the vote, as the chamber is likely to recess Thursday until after the midterm elections.
The Repository@therepository.email · 2w ago

Court Filings Reveal WordPress .org's "Mission Control" Dashboard Tracked WP Engine's ACF Pro Installs 🔗 www.therepository.email/court-filing...

Court Filings Reveal WordPress.org’s “Mission Control” Dashboard Tracked WP Engine’s ACF Pro Installs

A WordPress .org dashboard called “Mission Control” tracked installs of ACF Pro — a plugin the site doesn’t host — and Matt Mullenweg raised an M&A “exit” before the WP Engine fight went public…

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Sé Reed@sereedmedia.bsky.social · 2w ago

new secretary of labor just dropped. he’s “employer-friendly”. not sure how he feels about employees, but i could guess! the way things are headed feels like workers are going to have to start paying their employers for the privilege of having a job.

Senate confirms insider Keith Sonderling to lead Department of Labor By Helen Huiskes - 09/30/26 11:28 PM EDT The Senate voted 47-41 Wednesday night to confirm Keith Sonderling, acting Secretary of Labor, to the post permanently - filling a seat in President Trump's cabinet that has been officially empty since April. All Republicans present voted for Son-derling's nomination, and all Democrats voted against it, but the nomination only needed a majority to succeed. Twelve senators missed the vote, as the chamber is likely to recess Thursday until after the midterm elections.Sonderling is seen as generally employer friendly. Neil Bradley, executive vice president and chief policy officer at the Chamber of Commerce, released a statement in favor of confirming Sonderling on Tuesday. "As demonstrated during his confirmation hearing and throughout his career, Mr. Sonderling is a highly qualified nominee whose leadership and vision will ensure the Department of Labor continues to uphold its mission while fostering economic growth and job creation," Bradley wrote. During his recent confirmation hearing in July, Democrats questioned him over his past moves at the Labor department - such as rolling back a Biden-era rule granting more workers access to overtime pay - while taking the chance to register their discontent with the state of the economy under the Trump adminis-tration. "I fear any vote to confirm you is for more of the same: to strip overtime protections for our workers, to undercut our unions and to let giant corporations get away with robbery, literally," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said at the hearing.
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 2w ago

Chicagoland friends, I have a favor to ask. I have a pro bono client, a Black woman, who is currently facing charges for allegedly pointing a gun at her abusive ex - who admitted to raping her. I would love if there could be a show of support for her at her next few court dates.

Jason Cosper@jason.cosper.me · 2w ago

Antiflock Action classic tees are only $13 until Friday at 5pm CDT. I make less per unit, but hopefully I'll make up for that in volume. That's how business works, yeah?

ANTIFLOCK ACTION Unisex T-Shirt | Toe by Three

ANTIFLOCK ACTION on Unisex T-Shirt – A spectre is haunting your neighborhood. Flock Safety sold your city council on the idea that a camera reading every license plate that drives by is a totally normal thing to bolt to a pole. It's not. So here's a shirt about it. The old Antifascist Action flags got swapped out for a couple of Flock cameras. Black one out front, red one in back.

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Sé Reed@sereedmedia.bsky.social · 2w ago

Turns out, the U.S. Department of Labor has some things to say about what counts as volunteering and what doesn't. So I took a deep dive into labor law and what it might mean for contributors and businesses in the open source ecosystem. sereed.media/for-love-or-money-open-source-labor-law-problem

For Love or Money: Open Source's Labor Law Problem

Open source software runs on volunteer contributor labor. But U.S. labor law has rules about volunteering, no matter what it's called. Does open source have a labor law problem?

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Brianna Privett@russetpomme.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I made a tool that makes websites the way I fell in love with making websites long ago, and @sophiewhirly.bsky.social helped me work through some of the links and PLAYED with me 🤩

Sophie Whirly@sophiewhirly.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For the past weekish, I've been building a new website. It's live now, and it's everything I loved from Web 1.0 with a tasteful color story. I was totally lost until @russetpomme.bsky.social decided to volunteer me to try out her new website builder. Yup. SHE MADE THE THING THAT MAKES THE WEBSITE.

The Questionable Authority@questauthority.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another" U.S. Const. Art 1, s. 9, cl. 6

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Markwayne Mullin: "We are currently drawing up plans to say, listen, in these sanctuary cities where the local radical left Democrats aren't allowing us to do our job and enforce federal laws, then we shouldn't be processing international flights into their cities."

Sé Reed@sereedmedia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

so FYI: the AI writing “it’s not x, it’s y” thing isn’t a recent quirk. it’s a reflection of its model. it happens because the llms are eliminating and refining responses, literally cycling through dimensions of “it’s not this, it’s that” in order to find its response. cc @heritage.bsky.social

Brianna Privett@russetpomme.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The NYPL Digital Collections API is being quietly sunsetted in August. The only announcement I can find is behind the dev login for API access. When I look for more info, all that's returned is articles from 2012-2016 announcing this leap forward in public info access. Anyone know anything?

A screenshot of the top of the api.repo.nypl.org page showing the announcement: "The Repo API is being deprecated and will no longer be available starting August 1st, 2026. No public API replacement is planned at this time. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us digitaldam@nypl.org."
ACLU@aclu.org · 6mo ago

BREAKING: We're challenging President Trump's executive order that aims to restrict mail-in voting. Once again, the president is trying to seize power he doesn't have at the expense of our democracy.

Brian PJ Cronin@brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official. How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar. www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...

Sé Reed@sereedmedia.bsky.social · 12mo ago

when i was in college i often wore a tshirt that said “can’t sleep, clowns will eat me” and i always thought it was funny, but nowadays i feeeeel it. tho now its more like “can’t sleep, clowns are eating everything i value on the planet” 🙃

Sé Reed@sereedmedia.bsky.social · last yr.

Jesus: Okay, no more forgiveness, Father, they know what they are doing and they are still doing it! Noah: Yeah, man, I told you they always miss the boat. Moses: Look, fellas, it’s about the journey, not the destination.