Dan Bornstein

@danfuzz
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Virtual Machinist. Loves coffee and noise. May or may not be working on an operating system.
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"I would suggest that The Times look in the mirror, but that would violate its policy, for those inside who try to do that are reprimanded and forced to delete their legitimate criticism."
https://medium.com/whither-news/the-times-mamdani-vendetta-81fbe6e85116
The Times’ Mamdani Vendetta - Whither news? - Medium

The latest attack on him is journalistically unconscionable, and so is the editors’ reaction to legitimate criticism. In a story played by its editors on its home page and boosted by its reporter as…

Whither news?
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We need to throw the GOP out. They’ve just handed us the playbook.
This Zohran Mamdani video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? It is the blueprint.

I have heard it said that tech people do not commission enough art.

https://ericwbailey.website/published/you-must-listen-to-rfc-2119/

You MUST listen to RFC 2119

It turns out you can just pay people to do things.

As with every June 1, I am reminded of this incredibly insightful piece by Kekeflipnote <https://youtube.com/@kekeflipnote> entitled "Brands when Pride Month ends," which in turn reminds me to remain extra skeptical until July 1.
Any serious discussion of current Supreme Court opinions must start from the recognition that Court is lawless. It is as if high energy physicists starting conducting their work according to astrology without being honest about the shift. This wouldn’t be bad physics; it wouldn’t be physics at all. But they might be able to bamboozle non-physicists. So honest physicists of integrity would have to keep exposing the sham. 7/

People of the Fediverse, stop everything. This is some true shit happening here: Two-Factor Authentication, a thread:

In French, the word for "factor" is "facteur". But it has another meaning: mailman. Yes, the one who delivers letters in your physical mailbox. For this reason, there is a funny meme in French where 2FA is in fact your mailman coming in and confirming that it's you.

Every time I meet an Anarchist, they really just want small local government.

Every time I meet a Satanist, they are really actually agnostic or atheists, with a wicked sense of humor.

Every time I meet a Nihilist, I'm really worried about their long term depression.

Every time I meet a MAGA, they're a Nazi.