davidpham5
@davidpham5.bsky.social
Self taught in many things. Slightly above average software engineer. Work for the local paper. Privacy and data protection is my racket. Studied history. Gen 1 American. 99.99.99hrs+ on FF7 on PS1. My new years' resolution is to eat more homemade carbs.
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davidpham5
@davidpham5.bsky.social
· Sep 25
We dream in the dark. Darkness everywhere we see. Blind to what is to come next. Fear and dread make our bed. Gentle heads slumber in the dead of night.
Do not wake me. I need to sleep deeply. I want to see what could be — dreams of democracy.
Do not wake me. I need to sleep deeply. I want to see what could be — dreams of democracy.
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When the times are such that a pro wrestler has more moral clarity and political acuity than the sitting opposition leaders combined
The crowd showing solidarity with competitor Brody King, who was very clear where he stands before.
Fuck Ice. Can't wait for the Super Bowl crowd to do the same.
Fuck Ice. Can't wait for the Super Bowl crowd to do the same.
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 AM
When the times are such that a pro wrestler has more moral clarity and political acuity than the sitting opposition leaders combined
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Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
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Me versus the AI coming for my job
February 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Me versus the AI coming for my job
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Wall Street has gone from thinking AI is a bubble to thinking AI is an iceberg and the software industry is the Titanic.
There’s now a belief that vibe coding and chatbots will replace the need for a lot of the software businesses use today.
There’s now a belief that vibe coding and chatbots will replace the need for a lot of the software businesses use today.
AI Won’t Kill the Software Business, Just Its Growth Story
Fears that software companies are facing an extinction event are exaggerated, but other dangers are real.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Wall Street has gone from thinking AI is a bubble to thinking AI is an iceberg and the software industry is the Titanic.
There’s now a belief that vibe coding and chatbots will replace the need for a lot of the software businesses use today.
There’s now a belief that vibe coding and chatbots will replace the need for a lot of the software businesses use today.
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This is awful. Families of autistic kids are often desperate for help & are vulnerable to scammers peddling things that will actually hurt their precious children.
This was reported earlier but still important: The FDA removed a webpage that warned consumers about potentially dangerous products and therapies marketed as autism treatments.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
FDA Removes Warning Page About Dangerous Autism Treatments
Autism researchers question motivations for latest HHS changes, including the new IACC
www.medpagetoday.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
This is awful. Families of autistic kids are often desperate for help & are vulnerable to scammers peddling things that will actually hurt their precious children.
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These are the last words in the last column I wrote for The Washington Post, titled "When institutions crumble, strongmen step in". www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
These are the last words in the last column I wrote for The Washington Post, titled "When institutions crumble, strongmen step in". www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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If you ever want to feel like you live in “the ruins of a once great civilization,” then read a local daily paper from the middle of last century — our predecessors had more and better knowledge of their neighbors, their societies, and their local democracies than we do about our own.
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
If you ever want to feel like you live in “the ruins of a once great civilization,” then read a local daily paper from the middle of last century — our predecessors had more and better knowledge of their neighbors, their societies, and their local democracies than we do about our own.
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even more relevant today!
Here’s why some billionaires are going soft on Trump
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
even more relevant today!
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This is such a familiar right-wing move: you use your propaganda apparatus to raise "concerns" among your slop-eating dittoheads, and then you use the existence of the concerns as a pretext to act.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez on Trump's lies about the 2020 election: "You may say 100 times that it's 'false claims,' but there are a number of people in this country that don't believe that, okay? They believe that something happened."
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
This is such a familiar right-wing move: you use your propaganda apparatus to raise "concerns" among your slop-eating dittoheads, and then you use the existence of the concerns as a pretext to act.
They are main vehicle to which people can achieve a middle class life. From the 1950's till the 1980's America saw the biggest expansion in the middle class. Nearly half of the population was in it. It had a lot to do with unions, the power unions brought to the workplace, and earning a fair wage.
Unions are the driver to a middle class life
Bloggin is back, baby.
davidchicopham.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 AM
They are main vehicle to which people can achieve a middle class life. From the 1950's till the 1980's America saw the biggest expansion in the middle class. Nearly half of the population was in it. It had a lot to do with unions, the power unions brought to the workplace, and earning a fair wage.
Unions are the driver to a middle class life
Bloggin is back, baby.
davidchicopham.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Mike Johnson is a poser. He does not believe in God or the word of Christ.
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 4, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Mike Johnson is a poser. He does not believe in God or the word of Christ.
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it only tuesday
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
it only tuesday
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The most predictable outcome of the Trump's hostility to immigrants is mass outsourcing of those jobs from the United States.
This is another example of damage being done to the economy which will be hard to reverse in a few years when people finally figure out how badly Trump screwed things up.
This is another example of damage being done to the economy which will be hard to reverse in a few years when people finally figure out how badly Trump screwed things up.
Alphabet Plots Big Expansion in India as US Restricts Visas
Alphabet Inc. is plotting to dramatically expand its presence in India, with the possibility of taking millions of square feet in new office space in Bangalore, India’s tech hub.
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The most predictable outcome of the Trump's hostility to immigrants is mass outsourcing of those jobs from the United States.
This is another example of damage being done to the economy which will be hard to reverse in a few years when people finally figure out how badly Trump screwed things up.
This is another example of damage being done to the economy which will be hard to reverse in a few years when people finally figure out how badly Trump screwed things up.
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to all the people telling me we should bring back "poser" as well: I hear you, I see you, this is a noble cause
February 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
to all the people telling me we should bring back "poser" as well: I hear you, I see you, this is a noble cause
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Here is the original draft federal indictment of Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking that was prepared by federal prosecutors in 2007, but ultimately tossed aside by Alex Acosta's office to allow Epstein to plea to a much lesser state charge.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Here is the original draft federal indictment of Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking that was prepared by federal prosecutors in 2007, but ultimately tossed aside by Alex Acosta's office to allow Epstein to plea to a much lesser state charge.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Extraordinary US government surveillance of ordinary people is beginning
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Extraordinary US government surveillance of ordinary people is beginning
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Broken link. This works.
Federal attorney on ICE cases: ‘The system sucks’
www.fox9.com/news/federal...
Federal attorney on ICE cases: ‘The system sucks’
www.fox9.com/news/federal...
Federal attorney on ICE cases: ‘The system sucks’
A federal judge in Minnesota demanded to know why ICE is not complying with court orders and failing to immediately release immigrants who are being wrongfully detained as part of Operation Metro Surg...
www.fox9.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Broken link. This works.
Federal attorney on ICE cases: ‘The system sucks’
www.fox9.com/news/federal...
Federal attorney on ICE cases: ‘The system sucks’
www.fox9.com/news/federal...
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Here's how a federal prosecutor responded when a federal judge demanded answers about the Trump admin's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis:
"I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep," Julie Le said. "The system sucks, this job sucks."
"I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep," Julie Le said. "The system sucks, this job sucks."
www.fox9.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Here's how a federal prosecutor responded when a federal judge demanded answers about the Trump admin's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis:
"I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep," Julie Le said. "The system sucks, this job sucks."
"I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep," Julie Le said. "The system sucks, this job sucks."
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““They’re both sick right now,” Gutierrez said. “She has no access to any medical care.” Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms, while her mom has broken out in hives, Gutierrez said. Neither has been given any medicine or testing — a particular concern given the measles cases in the facility.” She is 10
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
““They’re both sick right now,” Gutierrez said. “She has no access to any medical care.” Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms, while her mom has broken out in hives, Gutierrez said. Neither has been given any medicine or testing — a particular concern given the measles cases in the facility.” She is 10
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Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
February 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
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This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
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My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.
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this is exactly right. "popularism" in practice amounts to an abdication of political leadership!
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 AM
this is exactly right. "popularism" in practice amounts to an abdication of political leadership!