bolson
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computer wizard. acrobat. better democracy through computer science.
"this is not a place of honor" (from the universal declaration of do not dig here nuclear waste warning) should translate _great_ into Klingon
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"this is not a place of honor" (from the universal declaration of do not dig here nuclear waste warning) should translate _great_ into Klingon
hey bsky friends, how's the latest Elon-Musk-Event going for yall? biggest thing since Xitter getting blocked in Brazil?
The prosecutors raided the offices of X as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They also summoned owner Elon Musk for questioning. n.pr/3ZhlKvr
Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images
The prosecutors raided the offices of X as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They also summoned owner Elon Musk for questioning.
n.pr
February 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
hey bsky friends, how's the latest Elon-Musk-Event going for yall? biggest thing since Xitter getting blocked in Brazil?
Reposted by bolson
Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
The philosophy of naming and conceptualizing things is underrated! Every day at my job if we choose a different name for something, or a different boundary for its concept, we get a different basis for "what _is_ this?" and a different way of thinking about it and different results!
February 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The philosophy of naming and conceptualizing things is underrated! Every day at my job if we choose a different name for something, or a different boundary for its concept, we get a different basis for "what _is_ this?" and a different way of thinking about it and different results!
New England roboticists should organize a conference in Jan/Feb somewhere warm. The slogan can be something about "Feeling your Degrees of Freedom"
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
New England roboticists should organize a conference in Jan/Feb somewhere warm. The slogan can be something about "Feeling your Degrees of Freedom"
I get cranky about the ills of organized religions, but cathedral architecture impresses me
Oh, it's that "good art vs problematic artist" thing again
Oh, it's that "good art vs problematic artist" thing again
January 29, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I get cranky about the ills of organized religions, but cathedral architecture impresses me
Oh, it's that "good art vs problematic artist" thing again
Oh, it's that "good art vs problematic artist" thing again
I LOLed. The Onion had to reach nerdier and weirder for this one and I appreciate it
CERN Researchers Apologize For Destruction Of 5 Parallel Universes In Recent Experiment https://theonion.com/cern-researchers-apologize-for-destruction-of-5-paralle-1819579830/
January 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I LOLed. The Onion had to reach nerdier and weirder for this one and I appreciate it
My name is Inigo Montoya;
Like and Subscribe;
Prepare to die.
Like and Subscribe;
Prepare to die.
My name is Inigo Montoya.
All these moments will be lost, like tears in rain.
Prepare to die.
All these moments will be lost, like tears in rain.
Prepare to die.
My name is Inigo Montoya,
You've read your last free article,
Prepare to die.
You've read your last free article,
Prepare to die.
January 22, 2026 at 10:53 PM
My name is Inigo Montoya;
Like and Subscribe;
Prepare to die.
Like and Subscribe;
Prepare to die.
Hakeem Jeffries thinks reasonable people can disagree about whether it's okay for ICE to full stream bearspray in the face of someone they're kneeling on. I think the D party should be less polite. (Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Hakeem Jeffries thinks reasonable people can disagree about whether it's okay for ICE to full stream bearspray in the face of someone they're kneeling on. I think the D party should be less polite. (Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
my premature optimization craving is bugged by storing a "uuid" as 36 bytes of text instead of 16 bytes
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
my premature optimization craving is bugged by storing a "uuid" as 36 bytes of text instead of 16 bytes
this is a whole lot of muscle and skill applied quickly and precisely. Cirque du Soleil would have strung this out over 5 minutes. they gotta be breathing hard at the end of that. nailed it. awesome.
Weber State with a "WTF did I just watch? (Complimentary)" to win the partner stunt competition at nats
www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...
www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...
January 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM
this is a whole lot of muscle and skill applied quickly and precisely. Cirque du Soleil would have strung this out over 5 minutes. they gotta be breathing hard at the end of that. nailed it. awesome.
There was a lot of discourse of atproto/Bluesky being billionaire enshittification resistant. bsky could die tomorrow and blacksky could go on. The network is at least resistant to malodorous millionaires
Bluesky runs an appview.
Blacksky runs an appview.
A complete appview is a several terabytes sized database of the >18 billion follows, likes and posts of all bsky users, ever and forever.
To run a different appview is to make a fork in bsky’s timeline.
One has new posts from Łink.
One doesn’t.
Blacksky runs an appview.
A complete appview is a several terabytes sized database of the >18 billion follows, likes and posts of all bsky users, ever and forever.
To run a different appview is to make a fork in bsky’s timeline.
One has new posts from Łink.
One doesn’t.
January 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM
There was a lot of discourse of atproto/Bluesky being billionaire enshittification resistant. bsky could die tomorrow and blacksky could go on. The network is at least resistant to malodorous millionaires
Disappointed in the Internet that it's not trivial to buy CMYK crayons
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Disappointed in the Internet that it's not trivial to buy CMYK crayons
Interaction I love here, when that author I like also likes that other author I like
January 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Interaction I love here, when that author I like also likes that other author I like
gods i don't believe in are pranking me again
I lost my earbuds a month ago
The replacements got here today, an hour after I found the old set
I lost my earbuds a month ago
The replacements got here today, an hour after I found the old set
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
gods i don't believe in are pranking me again
I lost my earbuds a month ago
The replacements got here today, an hour after I found the old set
I lost my earbuds a month ago
The replacements got here today, an hour after I found the old set
"abolish ICE" is the moderate position
my weird niche nerdy position will continue to be, also "abolish the US Senate"
my weird niche nerdy position will continue to be, also "abolish the US Senate"
January 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"abolish ICE" is the moderate position
my weird niche nerdy position will continue to be, also "abolish the US Senate"
my weird niche nerdy position will continue to be, also "abolish the US Senate"
Federal Reserve, welcome to the resistance
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Federal Reserve, welcome to the resistance
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
🧵
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
🧵
Tower with scenic observation level and telescope dome
if you could have one absolutely ridiculous thing in your house, money is no issue, what would you add?
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Tower with scenic observation level and telescope dome
The last egg nog of 2025 into the first coffee of 2026
January 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The last egg nog of 2025 into the first coffee of 2026
Is this Sanders passing the torch? It could be. I think I hope it is. I hope Mamdani takes it and runs like hell. We'll know in 6-12 months?
“I Will Govern as a Democratic Socialist”: Watch Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders at NYC Inauguration
“I Will Govern as a Democratic Socialist”: Watch Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders at NYC Inauguration
Zohran Mamdani hailed “a new era” for New York on Thursday, promising in his inaugural address to deliver on the ambitious agenda that electrified progressives in the city and saw him defeat the polit...
www.democracynow.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Is this Sanders passing the torch? It could be. I think I hope it is. I hope Mamdani takes it and runs like hell. We'll know in 6-12 months?
Non-traditional sacred text you'd swear in on:
The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
OR
The B5 book with the first page of all the human sacred texts they could find
The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
OR
The B5 book with the first page of all the human sacred texts they could find
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Non-traditional sacred text you'd swear in on:
The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
OR
The B5 book with the first page of all the human sacred texts they could find
The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
OR
The B5 book with the first page of all the human sacred texts they could find
I see outage farming, "famous horrible person said something horrible!"
I've never heard of them. Maybe everyone else should try harder to have also never heard of them
I've never heard of them. Maybe everyone else should try harder to have also never heard of them
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I see outage farming, "famous horrible person said something horrible!"
I've never heard of them. Maybe everyone else should try harder to have also never heard of them
I've never heard of them. Maybe everyone else should try harder to have also never heard of them
Happy New Year UTC to sysadmins everywhere and people actually in that time zone
January 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Happy New Year UTC to sysadmins everywhere and people actually in that time zone
public science and public data is good!
this is three National Weather Service stations near where I am that I scrape to give myself a sense of what the last two weeks of weather has been. I can do this because the data is free
this is three National Weather Service stations near where I am that I scrape to give myself a sense of what the last two weeks of weather has been. I can do this because the data is free
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
public science and public data is good!
this is three National Weather Service stations near where I am that I scrape to give myself a sense of what the last two weeks of weather has been. I can do this because the data is free
this is three National Weather Service stations near where I am that I scrape to give myself a sense of what the last two weeks of weather has been. I can do this because the data is free