Nick

@e3b0c442
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Dad, husband, choralist, cinema lover, Kubernetes enthusiast, hockey fan. Supporter of open source, open networks, non-profit media, and anything that keeps monopolists and oligarchs from controlling the public discourse. Opinions are my own.
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NickNov 3
Ham on WryNov 3

Is America going in the right direction?

(Please boost for a broader cross section)

#america #politics

Yes
1.9%
No
94.1%
Unsure
1.2%
I’m unaffected so I don’t care
2.8%
Poll ended at .
NickNov 3
Rafael PérezNov 3

Daylight Savings Time (DST) in the twenty-first century, yay or nay?

Please consider boosting for a more statistically significant result.

#daylightsavingstime #dst #us #poll #autumn

Yay
11.2%
Nay
87%
"My opinion is that..." (comments.)
1.8%
Poll ended at .
NickSep 12

This used to be my favorite part about my Friday evening commute. It's great to hear these three back together again, though I wish the subject matter were different.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/the-conversation-trump-strength-brooks-dionne-siegel.html

Opinion | When Authoritarianism Looms, Old Friends Reunite

David Brooks, E.J. Dionne Jr. and Robert Siegel take a temperature check on Trump’s second term.

The New York Times
NickSep 10

Look folks, I know it's hard out there right now, but _violence is not the answer._

This is how we finish the destruction of our society.

My heart goes out to the wife who lost her husband and the children who lost their father today.

We need to be better.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah

Manhunt for Charlie Kirk Shooter Continues in Utah: Live Updates

Mr. Kirk, a close ally of President Trump, was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. The authorities were still searching for the shooter, with no one in custody.

The New York Times
NickMay 27
Qasim Rashid, Esq.May 26

“The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." — 1797 Treaty of Tripoli, unanimously ratified by the US Senate, signed by President Adams

Comments like Johnson’s are what happens when you ban books instead of reading them.

NickMay 18

Gift NYTimes article.

The DOGE cuts to the National Weather Service are already having life and death consequences.

This never should have been allowed to happen. It’s absolutely abhorrent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/weather/nws-cuts-kentucky-tornado.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IE8.LA5T.39YrVc0bWfjD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down

The office in Jackson, Ky., is one of several left without an overnight forecaster after hundreds of jobs were recently cut from the National Weather Service.

The New York Times
NickApr 29
Simon WillisonApr 29

I'm glad somebody out there is brave enough to push back against the "personal ChatGPT usage is terrible for the environment" message https://andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversations-about

"If you want to prompt ChatGPT 40 times, you can just stop your shower 1 second early."

"If I choose not to take a flight to Europe, I save 3,500,000 ChatGPT searches. this is like stopping more than 7 people from searching ChatGPT for their entire lives."

Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment - a cheat sheet

The numbers clearly show this is a pointless distraction for the climate movement

The Weird Turn Pro
NickApr 26
VeeApr 25
NickApr 24

There is nothing quite like listening to a new record, enjoying the infinite analog resolution, and knowing that _I OWN it_ and the record companies can never take it away.

So relaxing.

NickApr 8
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Apr 7
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.