Keith Avery
@slabgorb.com
I do things with my mind such as art, writing software, and crushing my own vertebrae slabgorb.com I live in DC for no good reason (ok it's the museums) If you like my art please feel free to print it out. It is almost all digital.
Trump's deployment of the National Guard to DC hasn't reduced violent crime but it has raised the risk of escalation. It's breeding disillusionment among troops, and has politicized their presence. A new report from @protectdemocracy.org looks at what the Guard's deployment in DC is costing them.
What a year in D.C. has cost the National Guard
Trump’s deployment is quietly unraveling the Guard’s core mission
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The richest person in the world, an avowed white supremacist, today again posted "the next step is getting rid of 'source code' entirely and just making an efficient binary directly with AI" because he has no idea how anything works, not even the basics of industries he is in.
That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
here's some charts www.reddit.com/r/washington...
From the washingtondc community on Reddit: Vehicle/Pedestrian vs Bike/Pedestrian crash data since 2018
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Keith Avery@slabgorb.com · 2d agothe point is the asymmetery of the argument and the amount of harm Big truck = dead pedestrian, but no one gives a shit because hey got to get to work Bike = angry pedestrian, maybe even a slight injury - but man bites dog so huge story. How dare those nerds make my commute longer
It is pretty sad that so few people actually believe in open borders
It's almost like a Greek myth. The thing that is a good tool for the skilled people is being sold as a thing to reduce the number of skilled people hired.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 5d agoThe other question Suresh implicitly raises is, "How can you reconcile the failure of AI in the enterprise with the individual claims of skilled technologists who insist that AI is helping them do great work?" 67/
The problem most companies struggle with is that they're "terminally bad at running software projects effectively." Adding AI to the mix doesn't solve this problem - it just adds a whole new range of ways that software deployment can fail. 28/
It’s hard to undersell the importance of Steve in our warehouse. Twenty years on the floor, runs night ops solo, and every morning we come in and the whole place has been moved — eight hundred pallets stacked to the rafters. Turns out he’s using a forklift.
Jonathan Jarry@jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 6d agoIt’s hard to undersell the importance of Hank Green in our space. Co-creator of Crash Course and SciShow, OG YouTuber, and a really good novelist to boot. Turns out he’s using AI.
The kit is meant to break up their shape against the background, making it difficult for opposing teams to ascertain their speed and direction.
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5d agoNigerian cycling kit appreciation post (Commonwealth Games edition)
If you haven't been to DC lately, the new gilded statues look really, really, really fucking tacky
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)@repstansbury.bsky.social · 5d agoWhile you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.
no, no, Iran is absolutely trying to penetrate all infrastructure - water - power generation (nukes included) - power transmission - other utilities (wastewater, etc0 Other actors North Korea China
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."
Woke 2 will be led by the preschool field trip chaperones, and they will show no mercy
If anything is made with our lie machine, please use our lie machine checker for help. The process will be opaque and the damage done, but this fulfills our legal obligation in this matter.
This is a completely insane interview in that the things they are discussing are so alarming that their heads should be exploding and yet they are calm. History will be unkind to those, like the NYT, who underreacted to Trump’s violation of the country. 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/o...
Opinion | How Trump Has Changed, With Maggie Haberman
The New York Times correspondent says 70 percent of the president’s mind is dedicated to White House renovations.
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Fuuuuuuuuck youuuu Worry about your own state
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 6d agoNEWS: Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Florida) has a new bill to require the U.S. flag be displayed in all D.C. school classrooms and mandate the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the day, though students could opt out. "We should be teaching kids why America is worth loving," she says.
what jobs would those be? - guy with flashlight and taser wandering around - maintenance guys Like, as far as jobs per square feet? Jobs per dollar spend? GTFO
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
At a GWU dinner in 2015, Dr Fauci - who was getting an honorary degree the next day - saw a student in distress, performed the Heimlich maneuver, saved the kid's life, and quietly went back to his seat.
Trump attacks the Smithsonian for not portraying history the way he sees it anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-orde...
theonion.com/pharmaceutic... You gotta fight 👏👏 For your right To valium
Pharmaceutical Ad Urges Viewers To Fight Doctors Who Say Drug Not Right For Them
NORTH CHICAGO, IL—Emphasizing that potential users of the drug should never take no for an answer, a Skyrizi ad that began airing nationally Tuesday encourages viewers to fight any doctors who say the...
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Chloe Zhao's THE TIGER IS OUT, coming 2028
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
we ain't invading Cuba after the Iran bullshit, hope little Marco is proud of himself
Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · last wk.You can't make this stuff up.
