Jeff PummillAlways has been…
Knut Branson
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Computer programmer, Modern money theory, Federal Job Guarantee, home automation with Home Assistant, and manatee enthusiast
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SabineSmall flocks of Cedar Waxwings (aka "Seidenschwanz") have arrived.
Jonathan Kamens 86 47Reading today about the cruelty inflicted upon detainees at ICE c̶o̶n̶c̶e̶n̶t̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶p̶s̶ detention centers, it occurs to me that government legitimacy requires a commitment to humane treatment of everyone.
Even if it doesn't always get it right, the commitment needs to be there.
The current U.S. federal government's intentional cruelty makes it illegitimate.
Our founding fathers had a thing or two to say about what the people are supposed to do to illegitimate governments.
#politics #USPol
Even if it doesn't always get it right, the commitment needs to be there.
The current U.S. federal government's intentional cruelty makes it illegitimate.
Our founding fathers had a thing or two to say about what the people are supposed to do to illegitimate governments.
#politics #USPol
Heidi Li FeldmanImmigrants held in Camp East Montana in Texas have filed a class action against DHS alleging violations of their Fifth Amendment rights and the Administrative Procedure Act. Their complaint makes clear that the Trump regime, particularly DHS, now headed by Markwayne Mullin, is intentionally running a wretched concentration camp. 1/ #LawFedi
[object Object]haters will try to tell you that your backup tool shouldn’t be slop that silently corrupts data
Michael BuschI have submitted a comment opposing Russell Vought's latest attempt to destroy US science; focusing on how it would have prohibited everything I have worked on for the last 20 years.
QT Chanda Prescod-Weinstein @chanda.blacksky.app
2026 May 29
A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes
https://news.chanda.science/archive/its-the-end-of-american-science-as-we-know-it/
https://bsky.app/profile/chanda.blacksky.app/post/3mmz4jxsekc2l
Kevin BeaumontIf anybody is wondering how this keeps happening, Google pull their AI output from Reddit. Somebody posted a Reddit thread saying days have fish in them, so now Google replies saying that. Google just blindly trusts any poster on Reddit (not a joke).
GenAI is going great (this is real)
GlyphReal talk: the real "supply chain risk" is that you treat your open source "supply chain" like shit and assume that we will all take any amount of abuse from you and just keep doing volunteer labor forever without ever complaining. And, equally real talk: most of us—myself included—actually do love the process and the community so much that you're right, and there will never be any real consequence.
But not all of us.