David Ciani
@davidciani.com
🇺🇸🏳️🌈 Thinker, Liberal, Technology Oriented. Data-driven research and analysis. Hailing from Monterey County, California. I speak for the trees, for myself, and no one else.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Birthright citizenship under the common law, a thread:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Birthright citizenship under the common law, a thread:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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One of the many, many reforms we have to make after all of this is to make it impossible for the executive branch to withhold federal funding mandated by congress.
I know there many hurdles and impeachment is the proper recourse, but we've seen the limits of that. Something must be done.
I know there many hurdles and impeachment is the proper recourse, but we've seen the limits of that. Something must be done.
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
One of the many, many reforms we have to make after all of this is to make it impossible for the executive branch to withhold federal funding mandated by congress.
I know there many hurdles and impeachment is the proper recourse, but we've seen the limits of that. Something must be done.
I know there many hurdles and impeachment is the proper recourse, but we've seen the limits of that. Something must be done.
Wait… katy perry and justin trudeau are an item now?
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Wait… katy perry and justin trudeau are an item now?
Who'd have thought…
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Who'd have thought…
Unions should advocate fair work rules and that employers follow those rules. If you sexually harass a customer, you should be fired. That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be appropriate due process.
Still laughing at this. Cannot imagine a more self-discrediting argument for socialism than “under socialism, you should be able to gesture to your crotch, tell a customer to suck it and keep your job”.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Unions should advocate fair work rules and that employers follow those rules. If you sexually harass a customer, you should be fired. That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be appropriate due process.
It’s gonna be hilarious if, come November 2026, California is the only actually successful partisan gerrymander.
December 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s gonna be hilarious if, come November 2026, California is the only actually successful partisan gerrymander.
Mr DIY seems to have fixed the issue with the dryer that made the whole place turn in to a steam room every time it was run.
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Mr DIY seems to have fixed the issue with the dryer that made the whole place turn in to a steam room every time it was run.
Thank you LinkedIn and/or Google Chrome Team for fixing whatever was generating an infinite number of pages when you went to print (to PDF) a LinkedIn job posting.
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Thank you LinkedIn and/or Google Chrome Team for fixing whatever was generating an infinite number of pages when you went to print (to PDF) a LinkedIn job posting.
In terms of what to do with the mess Trump and Co. have made of DHS:
I'd do the ICE split and transfer HSI's investigatory budget and mission to the FBI. The ERO mission should be significantly cut down, and can split between the Dept. of Labor and the Marshals service.
USCIS should merge into the State Dept. Bureau of Consular Affairs.
USCIS should merge into the State Dept. Bureau of Consular Affairs.
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 AM
In terms of what to do with the mess Trump and Co. have made of DHS:
I went grocery shopping without my AirPods. Bad idea… needed like an hour to recover from that.
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I went grocery shopping without my AirPods. Bad idea… needed like an hour to recover from that.
Surprised it wasn't Rancho Peñasquitos.
Criminal investigators equipped with shovels and a specially trained dog descended on a home in San Diego this week and started to dig. They found human remains on the property, and now authorities are trying to figure out what happened.
Human Remains Found Buried at San Diego Home
Prosecutors are looking at potential connections to a former resident, who faces a murder charge in another case.
nyti.ms
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Surprised it wasn't Rancho Peñasquitos.
Seeing disaster relief supplies emblazoned with “USAID From The American People” being distributed was one of the things I was proudest about being an American.
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Seeing disaster relief supplies emblazoned with “USAID From The American People” being distributed was one of the things I was proudest about being an American.
It’s annoying that carmakers treat this as a “luxury” feature, e.g. Honda only participating with its Acura brand.
Car Keys are coming to the Wallet app for 13 new vehicle brands soon
Car Keys are coming to the Wallet app for 13 new vehicle brands soon
Apple debuted some great new CarPlay features in iOS 26, but the company has more coming for your vehicle soon. Here are the 13 new vehicle brands that Apple says will soon support car keys in the Apple Wallet app.
more…
9to5mac.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It’s annoying that carmakers treat this as a “luxury” feature, e.g. Honda only participating with its Acura brand.
Oh lovely, the dryer vent isn't connected.
December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Oh lovely, the dryer vent isn't connected.
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Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
I suspect there is significant overlap on the venn diagram for "services likely to experience a data breach" and "services that store unvalidated email addresses in their database indefinitely".
I've had this dumb report too many times, and Bruce has finally tipped me over the edge. @haveibeenpwned.com is a real service that looks up email addresses in actual data breaches, but some people don't understand what an email address actually is www.troyhunt.com/why-does-hav...
Why Does Have I Been Pwned Contain "Fake" Email Addresses?
Normally, when someone sends feedback like this, I ignore it, but it happens often enough that it deserves an explainer, because the answer is really, really simple. So simple, in fact, that it should...
www.troyhunt.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I suspect there is significant overlap on the venn diagram for "services likely to experience a data breach" and "services that store unvalidated email addresses in their database indefinitely".
That feeling when you finally get the SQL incantation right and the query planner spits out what you want. 😇
And yes, it did involve CTEs.
And yes, it did involve CTEs.
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
That feeling when you finally get the SQL incantation right and the query planner spits out what you want. 😇
And yes, it did involve CTEs.
And yes, it did involve CTEs.
Ooh. Hot links and rockstar for brunch.
December 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ooh. Hot links and rockstar for brunch.
Jeeze. Any non-natural death is a critical incident.
California law requires police to disclose recordings of “critical incidents” in 45 days. Oakland police argue the “brief struggle” that led to Martin’s death was not a critical incident.
OPD will not release bodycam video of ex-NFL player Doug Martin’s in-custody death
California law requires police to disclose recordings of “critical incidents” in 45 days. Oakland police argue the “brief struggle” that led to Martin’s death was not a critical incident.
oaklandside.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Jeeze. Any non-natural death is a critical incident.
Naked racism.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Naked racism.
This PGRouting import script is running much faster now that it isn't adding an additional index for each file…
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This PGRouting import script is running much faster now that it isn't adding an additional index for each file…
Cursed: powdered Budweiser concentrate.
Making SuperBeer™
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December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Cursed: powdered Budweiser concentrate.
When you accidently overwrite a 10GB data file…
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
When you accidently overwrite a 10GB data file…