August J. Pollak
@augustjpollak.bsky.social
Your face is good. I am a Soos.
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he’s the creator of Flask. he’s literally the creator of Django. you dipshits he invented Zoop. better watch how you talk to the actual inventor of Peebo
Wow 80% bad-faith responses, and people lecturing the creator of Flask here and the creator of Django/datasette in the comments on why AI is useless for software engineering...
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
he’s the creator of Flask. he’s literally the creator of Django. you dipshits he invented Zoop. better watch how you talk to the actual inventor of Peebo
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
A casual reminder that these are the actual episode titles for May I Ask For One Final Thing, an anime that if you are not watching, then you're dumb
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A casual reminder that these are the actual episode titles for May I Ask For One Final Thing, an anime that if you are not watching, then you're dumb
JD Vance is objectively the least qualified vice president in modern American history, but at least he’s also unfathomably stupid
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
JD Vance is objectively the least qualified vice president in modern American history, but at least he’s also unfathomably stupid
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The Kamala Harris book is so excruciating
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Kamala Harris book is so excruciating
Your continuing reminder that "Trump is going to cancel elections and declare a military dictatorship" was never a rational belief because amongst all other reasons it requires the military to not actually hate him
SOUTHCOM is curbing holiday leave as it prepares for potential land strikes in Venezuela within the next 10–14 days, NewsNation reports.
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Your continuing reminder that "Trump is going to cancel elections and declare a military dictatorship" was never a rational belief because amongst all other reasons it requires the military to not actually hate him
Okay but Republicans don't care because the point of all this isn't to actually punish anyone; it's to taint the very perception of prosecutions starting in 2029. They want to spend three years making federal investigations look vindictive and meaningless for when they all face them themselves.
Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Okay but Republicans don't care because the point of all this isn't to actually punish anyone; it's to taint the very perception of prosecutions starting in 2029. They want to spend three years making federal investigations look vindictive and meaningless for when they all face them themselves.
A major sign of things getting dire in DC is when House members start breaking kayfabe like this. It's really, REALLY not fun to be a minority caucus member under a lame duck president. A cushy board seat or academic chairmanship sounds a LOT better and the race for the exits is obvious.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A major sign of things getting dire in DC is when House members start breaking kayfabe like this. It's really, REALLY not fun to be a minority caucus member under a lame duck president. A cushy board seat or academic chairmanship sounds a LOT better and the race for the exits is obvious.
One of the very annoying performative-outrage traps that has already been set for the next Democratic administration is they will almost certainly attempt to "restore" the Press Corps to its pre-Trump roster and the current one's immediate tantrum about it will be one for the history books
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One of the very annoying performative-outrage traps that has already been set for the next Democratic administration is they will almost certainly attempt to "restore" the Press Corps to its pre-Trump roster and the current one's immediate tantrum about it will be one for the history books
This is called having an eating disorder
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is called having an eating disorder
DOGE was not a failure. Its purpose was to use the completely fabricated claim of “efficiency” to irreparably annihilate vast amounts of federal government infrastructure, which it did instantly, violently, and in ways we will not see the full repair of in our lifetimes.
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
DOGE was not a failure. Its purpose was to use the completely fabricated claim of “efficiency” to irreparably annihilate vast amounts of federal government infrastructure, which it did instantly, violently, and in ways we will not see the full repair of in our lifetimes.
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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I love hearing news the church that kicked me out for being lesbian is getting into controversies bc their pastors are either predators or committing adultery…
Meanwhile I design both Heaven and Hell now for the number 1 show on Prime 🥰 I wish them a horrible life ✌🏻
Meanwhile I design both Heaven and Hell now for the number 1 show on Prime 🥰 I wish them a horrible life ✌🏻
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I love hearing news the church that kicked me out for being lesbian is getting into controversies bc their pastors are either predators or committing adultery…
Meanwhile I design both Heaven and Hell now for the number 1 show on Prime 🥰 I wish them a horrible life ✌🏻
Meanwhile I design both Heaven and Hell now for the number 1 show on Prime 🥰 I wish them a horrible life ✌🏻
It’s quite telling how the American right has basically achieved nearly everything in their wildest dreams through Trump’s presidencies but “the wheels are falling off” this unmitigated generational victory because he showed civility to an ideological opponent
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It’s quite telling how the American right has basically achieved nearly everything in their wildest dreams through Trump’s presidencies but “the wheels are falling off” this unmitigated generational victory because he showed civility to an ideological opponent
Oh no I’m at the farmers market being overstimulated
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Oh no I’m at the farmers market being overstimulated
Trump just gave a stronger endorsement of Zohran Mamdani than Chuck Schumer did.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Trump just gave a stronger endorsement of Zohran Mamdani than Chuck Schumer did.
This is of course one of the most glaring examples on how surrendering for a vote on ACA was peak Democrat stupidity. The vote will fail but Democrats generously provided Collins another out for that precious, precious Sensible Moderate™️ cred.
Cygnal poll: ME Senate race at 49% generic Dem, 41% Collins. If she votes for ACA subsidies, race tightens to 45% Dem, 43% Collins, which is within the poll's 4-pt margin of error. #mepolitics www.newsweek.com/susan-collin...
Susan Collins gets new warning signs in Maine poll
Collins' positioning on Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits could be critical to her reelection next November, the poll found.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is of course one of the most glaring examples on how surrendering for a vote on ACA was peak Democrat stupidity. The vote will fail but Democrats generously provided Collins another out for that precious, precious Sensible Moderate™️ cred.
The Press Secretary’s job is literally to spin and promote the president’s agenda and Leavitt being a horrible person with a horrible boss is completely irrelevant to the objective fact that she is better at that job than Jean-Pierre was.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Press Secretary’s job is literally to spin and promote the president’s agenda and Leavitt being a horrible person with a horrible boss is completely irrelevant to the objective fact that she is better at that job than Jean-Pierre was.
I’ve made this point before but the biggest luxury item consumed by the median American voter is racism. It’s the thing they most enjoy when they have nothing else to care about and whenever the economy goes to shit it’s the first thing they let go of to tighten their budgets.
I can’t be the only one that doesn’t give a shit about “illegal immigration” (dubious as that term is). Insofar in that it’s an issue to be addressed beyond - we should help people who want to come to America for a better life. The whole premise on immigration from the right is complete nonsense
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’ve made this point before but the biggest luxury item consumed by the median American voter is racism. It’s the thing they most enjoy when they have nothing else to care about and whenever the economy goes to shit it’s the first thing they let go of to tighten their budgets.
This is astonishingly bad news for Trump in that there is basically no way prices are going to lower now because even if he eliminated all of his tariffs (he won’t), companies will simply… Keep prices where they are now. This is gas post-Iraq war all over again.
One issue is top of mind for a majority of Americans right now, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is astonishingly bad news for Trump in that there is basically no way prices are going to lower now because even if he eliminated all of his tariffs (he won’t), companies will simply… Keep prices where they are now. This is gas post-Iraq war all over again.
It is honestly horrifying that Netflix buying Warner Bros is at this point the least-worst option of all of the viable options currently on the table
Netflix has reportedly told Warner Bros. it would keep releasing their films in theaters if their acquisition of the studio is successful.
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It is honestly horrifying that Netflix buying Warner Bros is at this point the least-worst option of all of the viable options currently on the table
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
“I didn’t think the leopards would rip off MY face and use it as a mask”
Joe Rogan and Theo Von slam DHS for using Von's image in a video promoting deportation:
"I was like, oh my God, what the fuck are they doing? That's not how you envision the government."
"They were making, like, deportation hype videos with trap beats and shit. What are we doing? It's idiocracy."
"I was like, oh my God, what the fuck are they doing? That's not how you envision the government."
"They were making, like, deportation hype videos with trap beats and shit. What are we doing? It's idiocracy."
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“I didn’t think the leopards would rip off MY face and use it as a mask”