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2026-08-12 17:11:18 UTC

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i want to strongly reccomend "Hyperpolitics" by Anton Jager. His focus is on our current situation but also explains the sclerotic institutions we see.

2026-07-30 03:47:20 UTC

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my job is tech project management. A lot of people had it much worse.
But a factor that does get forgotten is that medicine involves a huge amount of people. Pharmacists, admins, janitors, doctors, nurses, warehouse workers, IT staff, etc. A lot of us saw this directly.

2026-07-30 03:43:41 UTC

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Worked in and still work in health care and research. Like I can't forget it.
The best estimates I saw indicate a million deaths in America.

2026-07-14 14:01:50 UTC

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honestly i think hes not a surprising cast - and thats the issue. A good Odysseus has to sell it, do something with it, go somewhere. Take ys on a journey.
Damon is fine, I guess. But it wont take us places.
Someone semi joked it should be Jason Mantzoukas. Know what? Yeah.
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/116/918/695/055/123/003/original/c9a59cc27726e45a.jpg

2026-06-16 17:27:11 UTC

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/116760402374270005
And we all know what happened last time they messed with Minnesota.

2026-02-13 02:36:54 UTC

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Also that cast is so awesome. Brendan Fraiser is amazing, April Bowlby owned her role and helped really re-envision the character . . . I could just go on about them all. EVERY actor could have played their role as a main character.

2026-02-01 18:33:26 UTC

Let me know when ICE agents start arresting the billionaires in the Epstein Files.
#Epstein #ICE

2026-01-29 18:11:59 UTC

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entirely agreed there.
I just noted that I think these folks assumed everyone thought like them and were proven wrong.
Unless I misinterpreted?

2026-01-29 17:53:40 UTC

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I have noted this elsewhere, but these people really do live in the comment spaces and message board worlds. They think their social media buddies are representative.
Minneapolis would, to them, look "easy." Bunch of white people. A POC population they demonized.
Now they can't pull out without looking weak.

2026-01-27 03:33:58 UTC

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yeah. Unless theyre given something to do theyll find something. They signed up for action.

2026-01-27 03:23:21 UTC

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they may not have thought that out.
A bunch of angry,burnt out, humiliated, poorly trained troops at odds with society? Doesn't sound good. History tells us pent up or abandoned troops go wrong.
My thoughts:
1) they hold them in reserve awhile. That doesn't go well.
2) the troops resort to crime, pursuing sude agendas, etc. Discipline issues increase.
3) troops factonalize, turn on each other. Organization fragments, vulnerable to psy-ops.
4) late attempt to shuffle them around. Increased disorder and violence
They stay stupid and violent but at whom?

2026-01-24 17:33:48 UTC

Reminder these Democrats in the house decided to fund ICE. Give 'em a call, then donate to their opponent in the primary.
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/951/273/076/967/076/original/f2af2a10eadf12aa.png

2026-01-20 20:06:56 UTC

So anyway, looks like it's "Sell America" as the GOP happily lets Trump careen us towards chaos. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/sell-america-trade-dollar-treasury-gold-us-trump-greenland.html

2026-01-06 20:21:31 UTC

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Haven't touched code professionally in 20 years, but I've worked in IT for 30 and still going. Yeah, this is all true.
I've experienced active code that's 15 years old (and some mathematical packages are older as no one wants to tweak them). I've also seen aging systems creaking and bending and have to be updated, and often too late.
I wonder how much of IT work and budgets are REALLY maintenance.

2025-11-28 16:02:54 UTC

"No one can be that stupid" is a phrase I don't see much anymore.

2025-09-12 03:59:43 UTC

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Appreciate your reviews. I've actually tried some of your reccomendations!

2025-07-23 01:40:27 UTC

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throw in curry powder.

2025-06-26 15:52:23 UTC

Gonna say the Admin disabling critical hurricane forecasting tools is bad and a great chance for a lawsuit.
https://www.local10.com/weather/hurricane/2025/06/26/critical-hurricane-forecast-tool-abruptly-terminated/

2025-06-18 12:57:53 UTC

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2025-06-10 22:13:47 UTC

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. . . go on.

2025-04-27 19:55:30 UTC

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I always felt Sector General could be adapted, with some effort, to a great TV series

2025-04-02 16:47:12 UTC

Watching people "on the left" rush to criticize Cory Booker is informative. Going after him is a bad idea when this provides a rallying point for progress.
Also watching white guys arguing the black guy isn't good enough ...
I get how @npub1ywm…qdga feels.

2025-02-19 14:19:16 UTC

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Nothing. These are people living in a bubble, unable to feel, a kind of sensory deprivation chamber of the soul. There's nothing there.
Your average person who lost their job has friends, family, hobbies, community. Each of their lives is more meaningful than these spoiled brats.

2025-01-28 23:28:53 UTC

The "why aren't democrats doing anything" calls are nonproductive. It just further helps disempower a party that lost because not enough people showed up to stop an obvious criminal while the media was complicit.
Now YELLING at your electeds is GREAT. Call them. Give specific non-obscene suggestions. If they're recalcitrant bug the hell out of them.
Also, join an activist group. You cannot say "DO SOMETHING" until you first do something.
More importantly being active plugs you into the larger network. It makes YOU the one doing something, and helps you understand how things get done.
But don't help out the complicit media or the Republicans.
@npub1ywm…qdga @npub107g…hjuf

2025-01-25 20:22:47 UTC

Trump is trying to put strings on aid to California. Here's the representatives in CA that need to be convinced it's a bad idea.
Support a clean aid bill for California.
Here's the Republicans:
CA-01 (Rep. Doug LaMalfa)
CA-03 (Rep. Kevin Kiley)
CA-05 (Rep. Tom McClintock)
CA-20 (Rep. Vince Fong)
CA-22 (Rep. David Valadao)
CA-23 (Rep. Jay Obernolte)
CA-41 (Rep. Ken Calvert)
CA-48 (Rep. Darrell Issa)
In their district? CALL THEM.
Not in there? Engage them on social media.
Go for it!

2025-01-02 22:58:25 UTC

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oh man this sounds juicy. It speaks to my project manager side.

2024-12-27 05:43:56 UTC

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oh kinda has a Merz meets pop vibe. Awesome!

2024-12-24 19:19:32 UTC

President Musk tells people not to donate to Wikipedia.
So send them money.
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-takes-aim-wikipedia-fund-raising-editing-political-woke-2005742

2024-12-17 04:01:30 UTC

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House 2

2024-11-27 18:49:23 UTC

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inevitably, we're simply not a reliable partner for the next few years and a far less reliable partner even if things are righted.
Plus, I suspect, a lot of people are looking forward to passive-aggressively putting the US "in it's place."

2024-11-26 03:08:16 UTC

It's weird to factor "idiots vote to tank economy" into my retirement and career plans.

2024-11-25 02:54:27 UTC

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it really does fit doesn't it? It's all individualistic, ignores the real causes AND is about blame.
The people who made and benefit from this messed up system don't want to look at what they did AND don't want anyone else looking at them. So this fits too.
This is where the climate change issues and probable pandemic(s) is going to get real nasty. I expect Weather Control to actually come up in congress from more than MTG, and any pandemic will have so much bullshit that we'll see a higher body count.

2024-11-21 21:41:53 UTC

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the leaks also just keep coming and its pretty bad.
The fact MTG went to the mat for him is telling too. Plus we can bring this up for EVERY Trump nominee - "what are they hiding."

2024-11-07 03:39:14 UTC

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the way I also put it is we made our world stupidly complex and pointlessly overcomplicated and are paying for it.
Since you're only one state over from me, I'd like to hear about your farm!

2024-11-07 01:46:14 UTC

My take on the election is America made a choice, one which will not serve it well, moreso with climate change bearing down on us. A sustainable future is not on the table, and reality will assert itself on even the most fevered dreams.
We can work to ensure that people survive, that the good in us survives, and that what remains is a foundation for a better future. But the US - and humanity - are heading for a derailment of climate and bad policy.
For me, I'll be sticking with my work in health care, work on sustainability and resilience, and keep up distributing books.

2024-09-24 03:15:20 UTC

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Oh thats lovely.
But still, I applaud the attempt to do it with vienna sausages.

2024-09-24 03:09:11 UTC

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All barbeque is necessary.

2024-07-31 20:55:58 UTC

Journalists yesterday: Can Harris erase Trump’s gains among Black voters?
Journalists today: Jesus Christ.

2024-07-06 23:21:19 UTC

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excuse me gotta go found a new band.

2024-07-02 19:55:25 UTC

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a lesson
https://theconversation.com/black-economic-boycotts-of-the-civil-rights-era-still-offer-lessons-on-how-to-achieve-a-just-society-228057

2024-07-02 18:01:37 UTC

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oh there's lots of organization. It just rarely makes the news. Once I started doing activism I realized how there's a lot of networked folks doing good.

2024-07-02 17:39:10 UTC

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oh he will. We just have to be ready and make it hard to do or sustain.

2024-07-02 15:50:21 UTC

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this is where I am concerned that:
1) people do not realize there are folks with truly nothing to lose.
2) those with nothing to loose may be more ready to break stuff.
3) those with nothing to lose may be harder to call back after an incident

2024-07-02 14:08:48 UTC

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I'd also add that we've not had a general strike.
I've been analyzing this since I'm a "systems guy" and the industry I work in is dependent on supply chains.
A few things:
1) Lots of fed up and angry people mean more "nothing less to loose" feelings.
2) Strike responses will doubtlessly be stupid and non-productive. Things will get worse.
3) "Giving in" to a large strike is not something our business/political culture will manage. It'll be labeled terrorism.
4) The economy won't take it, especially if it gets disruptive.
5) Recovery will take years due to a delicate economy.
Our economy has a lot of delicate, poorly-run, systems run by people with short-term goals. It'll be ugly.

2024-07-02 04:00:16 UTC

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there's more of us, we have something worth fighting for, we're organized, and we have a just cause.
And we know they don't deserve power.