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H/him. Tax the rich, like, a lot. I work for a Fortune 500, writing software when they let me
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need to make everyone in San Francisco watch this video every morning and every night
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I’m a moderate, I support universal healthcare and housing.
Does this work on the left? "I'm a moderate, I support open borders instead of the abolition of nation-states."
One thing I think it notable here is that Weiss talks about being for "the center." She's doing that thing that Elon Musk does where he goes, "Actually, my views are moderate. I don't get why people say I'm far-right." It's an effort to shift public perception of what "center" or "moderate" means.
February 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Massachusetts has spent months delaying & denying @boltsmag.org’s public records requests on how many people it has transferred ICE during Trump as part of its formal contract with ICE.

A supervisor of records ruled last week that the state’s denials are improper; we hope to get records soon.
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 14, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I love a good ternary plot
Have you seen this? This recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips that are by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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The latest Brussels Airlines Belgian Icon TinTin livery is a stunner.

A320 OO‑SNJ wears a moon and space theme, because “its connection to aviation through flight, altitude, and exploration made it a natural fit, while its clean aesthetic ensured a refined and balanced livery.”
February 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Holy shit
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended

"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"

"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I gotta mute curling so I don’t spoil it and can watch it with my kid tonight
NBC nails the promotional material ahead of the gold medal round.

Its curling time!

(this time with the Alt text)
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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my "i left epstein island with ALL of my children" tshirt is prompting questions already answered by my shirt
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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If you haven’t been keeping up, the overpromising AI vendors are about to bring all their (VC lemming) resources to bear on the only use case that has produced anything near useful results: software development.
Our industry is about to enter a hell of its own making.
February 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I moved into business software 4 years ago, and this is absolutely the thing
Every in house software group is going to have vibe coded rules engines* as far as the eye can see.

* - most business software is just data CRUD with poorly implemented custom rules engines.
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Note that Massachusetts is by far the bluest state in which a state agency has a contract with ICE: boltsmag.org/massachusett...

That, of course, is up to the governor, not the U.S. Senators, but striking to see that while Ed Markey calls for abolishing ICE.
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Justice is so far away, but we can at least wreck a couple of companies. No way we’ll engage with Life touch again
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Not just a hurricane Maria reference, an on going power crisis
If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Washington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
The island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
All my civil engineer nerds love the Bad Bunny halftime show. I’m guessing that was a Hurricane Maria reference
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? Anton Chigurh here for FanDuel,
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I scored 25/35 on jsonwtf.org and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media
February 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Unhinged
Don’t anyone show this to Susan or I’m never gonna be allowed to get an outdoor wok burner
February 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.

Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
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February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM