Das Doak
@dasdoak.bsky.social
Gentleman adventurer, mostly decent bastard, only slightly pessimistic optimist. I ride bikes, tinker, program, and read way too much.
White, cis, straight, US male if you need the context. It's a fucked demographic; wasn't my choice to be born into it.
White, cis, straight, US male if you need the context. It's a fucked demographic; wasn't my choice to be born into it.
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Das Doak
@dasdoak.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Here's what Democrats should do - as a minimum - to help fix the media ecosystem:
Start a newspaper in every single congressional district - yes, all 435 of them - called "The <name of geographic area> Democrat." It can literally be the district number if there's nothing better to hand. (1/7)
Start a newspaper in every single congressional district - yes, all 435 of them - called "The <name of geographic area> Democrat." It can literally be the district number if there's nothing better to hand. (1/7)
Cool how the obscenely unprofitable AI industry is literally strangling the *ACTUALLY PROFITABLE* sectors of Tech to death.
I hate this dumb bullshit and the people pushing it SO much.
I hate this dumb bullshit and the people pushing it SO much.
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Cool how the obscenely unprofitable AI industry is literally strangling the *ACTUALLY PROFITABLE* sectors of Tech to death.
I hate this dumb bullshit and the people pushing it SO much.
I hate this dumb bullshit and the people pushing it SO much.
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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
...we are two and a half months into 2026.
This shit is going to crash so goddamn hard.
This shit is going to crash so goddamn hard.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 9:36 PM
...we are two and a half months into 2026.
This shit is going to crash so goddamn hard.
This shit is going to crash so goddamn hard.
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A lobbyist used AI to falsify 20,000 public comments to tip the scales against reducing deadly air pollution in homes. This has been illegal since at least 2019 - but enforcement would require a prosecutor brave enough to argue that "bot" can mean "AI". Crickets.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.
www.latimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
A lobbyist used AI to falsify 20,000 public comments to tip the scales against reducing deadly air pollution in homes. This has been illegal since at least 2019 - but enforcement would require a prosecutor brave enough to argue that "bot" can mean "AI". Crickets.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Behold, the consequences of our choices.
February 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Behold, the consequences of our choices.
If you're even remotely familiar with computing technology, the absolutely obscene specs of what they're building out for AI servers will immediately make you go "holy power draw, batman!"
These are *monsters* and they're building datacenters full of them.
These are *monsters* and they're building datacenters full of them.
This is completely correct other than the infrastructure not existing. I think people need to realize WHY this is happening is because, for example, NVIDIA sells GB200 NVL72s (racks of 72 GPUs) with *17TB of RAM* and likely over 500TB of storage.
February 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
If you're even remotely familiar with computing technology, the absolutely obscene specs of what they're building out for AI servers will immediately make you go "holy power draw, batman!"
These are *monsters* and they're building datacenters full of them.
These are *monsters* and they're building datacenters full of them.
Little boy knows he's so damn close to touching the lathe of heaven.
Fox: Surely you'd like to be president?
Vance: *nervous laughter* Well, look, I think I'm going to try to do as good of a job as I can right now
Vance: *nervous laughter* Well, look, I think I'm going to try to do as good of a job as I can right now
February 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Little boy knows he's so damn close to touching the lathe of heaven.
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Content warning for conversion therapy, suicide.
One thing I'd like to add to this is that not only does conversion therapy not work, the academic work that launched an industry of abuse was based on fraud; Rekers and Lovaas' "Sissy Boy" experiment, the child subjected to it later took his own life
One thing I'd like to add to this is that not only does conversion therapy not work, the academic work that launched an industry of abuse was based on fraud; Rekers and Lovaas' "Sissy Boy" experiment, the child subjected to it later took his own life
The problem of conversion therapy is, as ever, not that conversion therapy doesn't work (although that's true) but that it constitutes an act of violence to suppress almost exclusively vulnerable people's core psychological development and that is devastating.
February 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Content warning for conversion therapy, suicide.
One thing I'd like to add to this is that not only does conversion therapy not work, the academic work that launched an industry of abuse was based on fraud; Rekers and Lovaas' "Sissy Boy" experiment, the child subjected to it later took his own life
One thing I'd like to add to this is that not only does conversion therapy not work, the academic work that launched an industry of abuse was based on fraud; Rekers and Lovaas' "Sissy Boy" experiment, the child subjected to it later took his own life
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I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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Republicans are successfully building out Orban's state media model here in the states. It's really not very subtle.
February 17, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Republicans are successfully building out Orban's state media model here in the states. It's really not very subtle.
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And if you’re wondering “Why is there a blob in the back?” Well, that’s where the first woman president was supposed to go. More than a century later, it remains unsculpted.
February 17, 2026 at 3:38 AM
And if you’re wondering “Why is there a blob in the back?” Well, that’s where the first woman president was supposed to go. More than a century later, it remains unsculpted.
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This sounds dramatic, but the funding required to do this is not insane.
Here's what Democrats should do - as a minimum - to help fix the media ecosystem:
Start a newspaper in every single congressional district - yes, all 435 of them - called "The <name of geographic area> Democrat." It can literally be the district number if there's nothing better to hand. (1/7)
Start a newspaper in every single congressional district - yes, all 435 of them - called "The <name of geographic area> Democrat." It can literally be the district number if there's nothing better to hand. (1/7)
February 17, 2026 at 3:59 AM
This sounds dramatic, but the funding required to do this is not insane.
We really need to burn the tech industry to the ground. They're digitally desecrating corpses for fun and profit now.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 AM
We really need to burn the tech industry to the ground. They're digitally desecrating corpses for fun and profit now.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Per the ImpactCounter dashboard, approximately 88 people an hour are now dying as a result of Vought and Musk’s murder of USAID.
They must be brought to justice.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
They must be brought to justice.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Per the ImpactCounter dashboard, approximately 88 people an hour are now dying as a result of Vought and Musk’s murder of USAID.
They must be brought to justice.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
They must be brought to justice.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
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Here’s a story about him with no paywall: www.military.com/daily-news/h...
Army Veteran Deported Despite Pending Appeal: 'He Served This Country'
“He served. He did what he was supposed to do. And now he’s not even here.”
www.military.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Here’s a story about him with no paywall: www.military.com/daily-news/h...
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Complaining that following the Constitution will stop you from doing the thing you want to do is... an admission that what you want to do is unconstitutional.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Complaining that following the Constitution will stop you from doing the thing you want to do is... an admission that what you want to do is unconstitutional.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Lol, they blocked me.
Anyways, the woman who just got let off with a slap on the wrist for killing a family with her SUV responded to the wrongful death lawsuit with a cross-complaint categorically refusing to accept responsibility for their actions and denying everything.
Not remotely remorseful.
Anyways, the woman who just got let off with a slap on the wrist for killing a family with her SUV responded to the wrongful death lawsuit with a cross-complaint categorically refusing to accept responsibility for their actions and denying everything.
Not remotely remorseful.
Your insistence on dragging this dead horse made me actually go look up the civil case (CGC24615312) and it's worse than I thought;
I've never claimed to be remorseful for leniency from a judge while also filing a cross-complaint against the civil lawsuit that actively denies any responsibility.
I've never claimed to be remorseful for leniency from a judge while also filing a cross-complaint against the civil lawsuit that actively denies any responsibility.
February 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Lol, they blocked me.
Anyways, the woman who just got let off with a slap on the wrist for killing a family with her SUV responded to the wrongful death lawsuit with a cross-complaint categorically refusing to accept responsibility for their actions and denying everything.
Not remotely remorseful.
Anyways, the woman who just got let off with a slap on the wrist for killing a family with her SUV responded to the wrongful death lawsuit with a cross-complaint categorically refusing to accept responsibility for their actions and denying everything.
Not remotely remorseful.
Maximum Age Limits for Drivers Licenses.
There are twelve year olds who could safely drive but we, as a society, recognize that it would be irresponsible to let twelve year olds as a class drive. We should apply the same logic to the elderly, for the same reason.
There are twelve year olds who could safely drive but we, as a society, recognize that it would be irresponsible to let twelve year olds as a class drive. We should apply the same logic to the elderly, for the same reason.
This story is fucking appalling. The utility of locking up someone 80+ is admittedly a little dubious, but at a bare minimum this woman should never be able to drive ever again. She killed an entire family, transferred assets to avoid civil judgement, and gets…2 years without license
S.F. driver accused of killing family of 4 in West Portal crash likely to avoid prison time
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Maximum Age Limits for Drivers Licenses.
There are twelve year olds who could safely drive but we, as a society, recognize that it would be irresponsible to let twelve year olds as a class drive. We should apply the same logic to the elderly, for the same reason.
There are twelve year olds who could safely drive but we, as a society, recognize that it would be irresponsible to let twelve year olds as a class drive. We should apply the same logic to the elderly, for the same reason.
This is, sadly, the best argument against an AOC candidacy.
I hate it with my heart and soul, but things aren't going to change until we pry all the scared mediocre white men from their positions of power.
I hate it with my heart and soul, but things aren't going to change until we pry all the scared mediocre white men from their positions of power.
Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
This is, sadly, the best argument against an AOC candidacy.
I hate it with my heart and soul, but things aren't going to change until we pry all the scared mediocre white men from their positions of power.
I hate it with my heart and soul, but things aren't going to change until we pry all the scared mediocre white men from their positions of power.