David Pollak

@dpp
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Twin dad, Spice Labs, @liftweb founder, @ricnews & @bu_law alum, learned to be kinder from @archer_dog tweets are my own LLAP

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the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.

GitHubhttps://github.com/dpp
Bloghttps://blog.goodstuff.im
Workhttps://spicelabs.io
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Google’s free cash flow will hit zero next year

The commodities strike back Alphabet generated $73.266 billion in free cash flow in FY2025, which sounds enormous until you look at what’s coming. CEO Sundar Pichai has guided for 2026 capita…

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Anyone looking for some 90s workstation monitors? Mostly Sun, a few SGI. These plus two more not in photo. Generally in "probably working" condition, but untested. Located in Providence. Free. If you take them all, I'll throw in a Sun pizzabox of some sort.

#RetroComputing

@benroyce

Yup. With one clarification: social media objectively, unequivocally, reduced bigotry.

I'm a nerd. I went to a fancy prep school, then a fancy liberal arts college, then work with computers. I'm a classic nerdy jock. I don't do hard drugs, I don't steal I don't get in trouble. I didn't even drink in high school. Super square!

But I started getting pulled over and harassed by cops starting from age 12, because I'm a Black boy.

Before social media, no one that wasn't Black believed me about my experiences. Now, after social media, people believe it.

Before social media, no one believed Black people when we said how often cops lie and plant evidence. Now, after social media, people believe it.

No one believed Black people about how many evil, racist, white ladies there are, being racist and attacking Black people and kids, and trying to get us killed by cop or vigilante. Now, after social media, people believe it.

Elon bought Twitter, in large part because racists are mad at how effective social media is at calling racists out on their nonsense.

@wendynather @davefischer have you tried the RI Computer Museum https://www.ricomputermuseum.org/

And if you need transportation down there, lemme know.

Also, 👋🏽 fellow RI geek

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an irony of the Iran War is it was perpetrated in hopes of a color revolution but by governments who’d drained all color from everywhere else in the world and mocked any hope for it as folly.

A recent CoinDesk survey found 73% disapprove of government officials having crypto business ties, yet 55% weren’t aware of Trump’s involvement, and only 17% knew he co-founded World Liberty Financial.

This underscores why my work at Citation Needed is so necessary.

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Citation Needed

Citation Needed

The day after a Covid jab and my right arm aches and has limited range of motion

Small price to pay for the absolute _magic_ of mRNA vaccines

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/116539510083516629

@molly0xfff is a national treasure. I wish more reporters had enough spine to point out when the quotes they include contain such pure nonsense like Molly does.