Chad Schultz
@chadschultz.bsky.social
- Senior Android Engineer
- Three cats
- Liberal (raised conservative)
- Atheist (raised Baptist)
- Vaccines save lives
- I value science and empathy, and strive to be open to changing my mind based on the evidence.
- Three cats
- Liberal (raised conservative)
- Atheist (raised Baptist)
- Vaccines save lives
- I value science and empathy, and strive to be open to changing my mind based on the evidence.
#BookReview for "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival" by Maria Pinto
Meh
What do I like? The topic.
I dislike many things about the book, including the title... mindly.social/@chad/116081...
Meh
What do I like? The topic.
I dislike many things about the book, including the title... mindly.social/@chad/116081...
Chad (@[email protected])
#BookReview for "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival" by Maria Pinto
Meh
What do I like? The topic. M...
mindly.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
#BookReview for "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival" by Maria Pinto
Meh
What do I like? The topic.
I dislike many things about the book, including the title... mindly.social/@chad/116081...
Meh
What do I like? The topic.
I dislike many things about the book, including the title... mindly.social/@chad/116081...
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This is chilling for anyone who cares about Freedom of speech. In another blatantly fascist move, the government wants to expose and do who-knows-what to people who criticize #ICE.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
This is chilling for anyone who cares about Freedom of speech. In another blatantly fascist move, the government wants to expose and do who-knows-what to people who criticize #ICE.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Happy Friday the 13th to those who celebrate!
February 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Happy Friday the 13th to those who celebrate!
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Trump's Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, was buddy-buddy with Epstein, even though he claimed to have cut off contact with him.
Don't Republican voters ever get tired of the cabinet's corruption and incompetence?
Don't they ever get tired of being lied to?
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
Don't Republican voters ever get tired of the cabinet's corruption and incompetence?
Don't they ever get tired of being lied to?
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
Lutnick confirms an island lunch with Epstein while insisting they ‘did not have any relationship’ | CNN Business
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed on Tuesday that he and his family had lunch with Jeffrey Epstein on the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender’s Caribbean island in 2012, even as h...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Trump's Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, was buddy-buddy with Epstein, even though he claimed to have cut off contact with him.
Don't Republican voters ever get tired of the cabinet's corruption and incompetence?
Don't they ever get tired of being lied to?
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
Don't Republican voters ever get tired of the cabinet's corruption and incompetence?
Don't they ever get tired of being lied to?
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
Let's wait and see if they actually do pull the #ICE goons out of Minnesota - hopefully so!
Disgusting how they treat it as a victory, after harassing, kidnapping and even murdering innocent people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Disgusting how they treat it as a victory, after harassing, kidnapping and even murdering innocent people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Minneapolis immigration enforcement operation to 'conclude', officials say
Two US citizens were killed in Minneapolis during the crackdown dubbed "Operation Metro Surge".
www.bbc.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Let's wait and see if they actually do pull the #ICE goons out of Minnesota - hopefully so!
Disgusting how they treat it as a victory, after harassing, kidnapping and even murdering innocent people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Disgusting how they treat it as a victory, after harassing, kidnapping and even murdering innocent people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Once again, #ICE thugs abuse people. Once again, the administration lies in a sad attempt to cover it up.
"Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint"
"officers shot rubber bullets and threw flash-bang grenades into vehicles “that had people sitting inside.”"
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint"
"officers shot rubber bullets and threw flash-bang grenades into vehicles “that had people sitting inside.”"
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Once again, #ICE thugs abuse people. Once again, the administration lies in a sad attempt to cover it up.
"Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint"
"officers shot rubber bullets and threw flash-bang grenades into vehicles “that had people sitting inside.”"
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint"
"officers shot rubber bullets and threw flash-bang grenades into vehicles “that had people sitting inside.”"
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"All told, Mr. Trump has profited from his return to the presidency by an amount of money equal to 16,822 times the median U.S. household income."
Tyrant #Trump is mixing his presidential duties and personal profit in a way that should have gotten him impeached, IMO
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tyrant #Trump is mixing his presidential duties and personal profit in a way that should have gotten him impeached, IMO
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How Much Can One Man Make From Being President? (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
"All told, Mr. Trump has profited from his return to the presidency by an amount of money equal to 16,822 times the median U.S. household income."
Tyrant #Trump is mixing his presidential duties and personal profit in a way that should have gotten him impeached, IMO
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tyrant #Trump is mixing his presidential duties and personal profit in a way that should have gotten him impeached, IMO
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
#BookReview for "Quirkology" by Richard Wiseman
⭐⭐⭐
Enjoyable pop psychology, what scientific studies tell us about quirks of human behavior.
Unfortunately, it isn't all accurate, and it's hard to know what to trust.
⭐⭐⭐
Enjoyable pop psychology, what scientific studies tell us about quirks of human behavior.
Unfortunately, it isn't all accurate, and it's hard to know what to trust.
February 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
#BookReview for "Quirkology" by Richard Wiseman
⭐⭐⭐
Enjoyable pop psychology, what scientific studies tell us about quirks of human behavior.
Unfortunately, it isn't all accurate, and it's hard to know what to trust.
⭐⭐⭐
Enjoyable pop psychology, what scientific studies tell us about quirks of human behavior.
Unfortunately, it isn't all accurate, and it's hard to know what to trust.
It's disgusting how proud Republicans are of destroying the world. And they're quite open about doing it to ensure people keep buying oil.
Remember that the same people who say the climate crisis isn't real also said COVID-19 isn't real and that racism isn't real.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Remember that the same people who say the climate crisis isn't real also said COVID-19 isn't real and that racism isn't real.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:10 AM
It's disgusting how proud Republicans are of destroying the world. And they're quite open about doing it to ensure people keep buying oil.
Remember that the same people who say the climate crisis isn't real also said COVID-19 isn't real and that racism isn't real.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Remember that the same people who say the climate crisis isn't real also said COVID-19 isn't real and that racism isn't real.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
#BookReview for "The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know" by Mark J. Plotkin
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Protecting the Amazon is very important in multiple ways, so I recommend the book for that reason. The book is a firehose of information, randomly ranging from animal facts to history to psychoactive compounds and more
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Protecting the Amazon is very important in multiple ways, so I recommend the book for that reason. The book is a firehose of information, randomly ranging from animal facts to history to psychoactive compounds and more
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
#BookReview for "The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know" by Mark J. Plotkin
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Protecting the Amazon is very important in multiple ways, so I recommend the book for that reason. The book is a firehose of information, randomly ranging from animal facts to history to psychoactive compounds and more
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Protecting the Amazon is very important in multiple ways, so I recommend the book for that reason. The book is a firehose of information, randomly ranging from animal facts to history to psychoactive compounds and more
"when cameras cut to US vice-president JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, large sections of the crowd responded with boo. Not subtle ones, but audible and sustained ones. Canadian viewers heard them... American viewers watching NBC did not."
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM
"when cameras cut to US vice-president JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, large sections of the crowd responded with boo. Not subtle ones, but audible and sustained ones. Canadian viewers heard them... American viewers watching NBC did not."
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
#BookReview for "Doctor Who: The Auntie Matter"
Anyone who's a fan of both P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories and Doctor Who will find this highly entertaining. It's a touch sillier than most Dr. Who audiobooks, but has many classic elements.
www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
Anyone who's a fan of both P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories and Doctor Who will find this highly entertaining. It's a touch sillier than most Dr. Who audiobooks, but has many classic elements.
www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
2.1. Doctor Who: The Auntie Matter - Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures - Big Finish
Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, Avengers, Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Pathfinder Leg...
www.bigfinish.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:17 AM
#BookReview for "Doctor Who: The Auntie Matter"
Anyone who's a fan of both P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories and Doctor Who will find this highly entertaining. It's a touch sillier than most Dr. Who audiobooks, but has many classic elements.
www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
Anyone who's a fan of both P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories and Doctor Who will find this highly entertaining. It's a touch sillier than most Dr. Who audiobooks, but has many classic elements.
www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
So, after turning DEI into the new red scare because we are supposedly in a post-racism country, Tyrant #Trump, "leader of the free world," posts a racist video showing the Obamas as apes.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
So, after turning DEI into the new red scare because we are supposedly in a post-racism country, Tyrant #Trump, "leader of the free world," posts a racist video showing the Obamas as apes.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Tyrant #Trump's buddy #SteveBannon says "We’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November"
#ICE goons have been working hard to oppress and intimidate the people - now Republicans may use them to intimidate citizens to keep them from voting.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
#ICE goons have been working hard to oppress and intimidate the people - now Republicans may use them to intimidate citizens to keep them from voting.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Steve Bannon calls for Trump to deploy ICE and military troops to polling sites
The Trump ally was one of few GOP voices to support the president’s push to nationalize voting.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Tyrant #Trump's buddy #SteveBannon says "We’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November"
#ICE goons have been working hard to oppress and intimidate the people - now Republicans may use them to intimidate citizens to keep them from voting.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
#ICE goons have been working hard to oppress and intimidate the people - now Republicans may use them to intimidate citizens to keep them from voting.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
New poll just dropped. Tyrant #Trump is very unpopular. Independents are siding with Democrats. Republicans are firm in their support for "Teflon Don" - 70% of them think Trump should invade Greenland. No atrocity seems to have perforated the conservative echo chamber.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say ICE has 'gone too far' in immigration enforcement
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM
New poll just dropped. Tyrant #Trump is very unpopular. Independents are siding with Democrats. Republicans are firm in their support for "Teflon Don" - 70% of them think Trump should invade Greenland. No atrocity seems to have perforated the conservative echo chamber.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
The life of a software engineer:
0 years experience: I don't know what I'm doing
2 years experience: I hope they don't find out I don't know what I'm doing
5 years experience: I hope they don't find out I don't know what I'm doing
10 years experience: wait, they don't know what they're doing either!
0 years experience: I don't know what I'm doing
2 years experience: I hope they don't find out I don't know what I'm doing
5 years experience: I hope they don't find out I don't know what I'm doing
10 years experience: wait, they don't know what they're doing either!
February 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The life of a software engineer:
0 years experience: I don't know what I'm doing
2 years experience: I hope they don't find out I don't know what I'm doing
5 years experience: I hope they don't find out I don't know what I'm doing
10 years experience: wait, they don't know what they're doing either!
0 years experience: I don't know what I'm doing
2 years experience: I hope they don't find out I don't know what I'm doing
5 years experience: I hope they don't find out I don't know what I'm doing
10 years experience: wait, they don't know what they're doing either!
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
February 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Tyrant #Trump: "“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” he said. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Tyrant #Trump: "“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” he said. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
"A government official and top royal from the United Arab Emirates purchased a $500 million stake in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture last year, months before the Trump administration greenlit the sale of advanced AI chips to the UAE"
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/s...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/s...
United Arab Emirates' 'Spy Sheikh' bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ
“This is corruption, plain and simple," said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee.
www.cnbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"A government official and top royal from the United Arab Emirates purchased a $500 million stake in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture last year, months before the Trump administration greenlit the sale of advanced AI chips to the UAE"
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/s...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/s...
#BookReview for "The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power" by Michael A. Cusumano
Meh
Occasionally interesting nuggets, but overall a bit dull - and although it was only released in 2019, it's already become obsolete in some ways.
Meh
Occasionally interesting nuggets, but overall a bit dull - and although it was only released in 2019, it's already become obsolete in some ways.
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM
#BookReview for "The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power" by Michael A. Cusumano
Meh
Occasionally interesting nuggets, but overall a bit dull - and although it was only released in 2019, it's already become obsolete in some ways.
Meh
Occasionally interesting nuggets, but overall a bit dull - and although it was only released in 2019, it's already become obsolete in some ways.