brandon
@devnulled.bsky.social
Just some old guy on the interwebs.
That guy runs a YT channel about “EV news” that is unwatchable because it’s 95% Elon simping and most of the headlines/thumbnails are Tesla/Elon schilling. The Elon cult is so weird and out of touch.
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 AM
That guy runs a YT channel about “EV news” that is unwatchable because it’s 95% Elon simping and most of the headlines/thumbnails are Tesla/Elon schilling. The Elon cult is so weird and out of touch.
Pure speculation, but my guess is that it's just for winter sports.
December 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Pure speculation, but my guess is that it's just for winter sports.
Some great confirmation of the squeeze that everyone is feeling. 120-150K is the new middle class, below that is poverty: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Some great confirmation of the squeeze that everyone is feeling. 120-150K is the new middle class, below that is poverty: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Ah right, makes sense. I was thinking of the Google Auth app vs how annoying their 2FA is forced through GMail. It annoys the hell out of me since every other thing lets you use your own 2FA app and/or passkeys.
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ah right, makes sense. I was thinking of the Google Auth app vs how annoying their 2FA is forced through GMail. It annoys the hell out of me since every other thing lets you use your own 2FA app and/or passkeys.
Ente Auth is good. Open Source, does encrypted backups, etc. Have been slowly moving all of my 2FA into it. ente.io/auth/
Ente Auth - Open source 2FA authenticator, with E2EE backups
Protect your accounts with Ente Auth - Free, open source, cross-platform 2FA authenticator, with end-to-end encrypted backups
ente.io
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Ente Auth is good. Open Source, does encrypted backups, etc. Have been slowly moving all of my 2FA into it. ente.io/auth/
Dating is very weird in general right now for a lot of reasons. Especially for people in their 20s as I understand it. There’s just not a good one sentence summary.
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Dating is very weird in general right now for a lot of reasons. Especially for people in their 20s as I understand it. There’s just not a good one sentence summary.
I have zero connection to MS, but them throwing Teams in for free during the COVID era is a good example of it.
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I have zero connection to MS, but them throwing Teams in for free during the COVID era is a good example of it.
At least in my own experience of working in SaaS, companies trying to justify a new product will either throw in seats of the new thing for free, or do a deal for new product which is actually just a contract renewal for the existing product, but label it as new product success.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At least in my own experience of working in SaaS, companies trying to justify a new product will either throw in seats of the new thing for free, or do a deal for new product which is actually just a contract renewal for the existing product, but label it as new product success.
In case you were wondering, the Meshtastic network across the Front Range of Colorado is legit.
One of my friends (who basically built my first unit) was able to communicate with his wife in Broomfield when he was in Colorado Springs recently.
One of my friends (who basically built my first unit) was able to communicate with his wife in Broomfield when he was in Colorado Springs recently.
August 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
In case you were wondering, the Meshtastic network across the Front Range of Colorado is legit.
One of my friends (who basically built my first unit) was able to communicate with his wife in Broomfield when he was in Colorado Springs recently.
One of my friends (who basically built my first unit) was able to communicate with his wife in Broomfield when he was in Colorado Springs recently.
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When Cliven Bundy and his family occupied federal property and engaged in an armed standoff with federal agents during the Obama administration, Fox News was apoplectic about the outrageous actions of *the government*
June 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
When Cliven Bundy and his family occupied federal property and engaged in an armed standoff with federal agents during the Obama administration, Fox News was apoplectic about the outrageous actions of *the government*
Go download your Amazon Kindle library before Feb 26th (read about it elsewhere).
I used this to do it, and it worked great:
github.com/treetrum/ama...
I used this to do it, and it worked great:
github.com/treetrum/ama...
GitHub - treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloader: Designed for downloading your Kindle eBooks in a more automated fashion than is typically permitted, this tool allows you to create backup copies of th...
Designed for downloading your Kindle eBooks in a more automated fashion than is typically permitted, this tool allows you to create backup copies of the books you've already purchased. - treetr...
github.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Go download your Amazon Kindle library before Feb 26th (read about it elsewhere).
I used this to do it, and it worked great:
github.com/treetrum/ama...
I used this to do it, and it worked great:
github.com/treetrum/ama...
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022.
The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion.
Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.
The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion.
Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.
February 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022.
The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion.
Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.
The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion.
Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.
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At least six independent inspectors general fired by Trump all have one thing in common: their agencies investigated Elon Musk's corporations.
Musk's crusade against the government isn't about "waste" or "efficiency."
It's about shielding himself from accountability.
Musk's crusade against the government isn't about "waste" or "efficiency."
It's about shielding himself from accountability.
February 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
At least six independent inspectors general fired by Trump all have one thing in common: their agencies investigated Elon Musk's corporations.
Musk's crusade against the government isn't about "waste" or "efficiency."
It's about shielding himself from accountability.
Musk's crusade against the government isn't about "waste" or "efficiency."
It's about shielding himself from accountability.
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USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and one of the authors of Project 2025, just ordered the agency's staff to effectively cease all operations in an org wide email.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
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DOGE is a trojan horse for Elon to gut labor, consumer, and environmental protections.
If he actually wanted to cut waste, he'd look at the massive tax loopholes, government contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
Watch my latest video: youtu.be/2hVMghqarHY?...
If he actually wanted to cut waste, he'd look at the massive tax loopholes, government contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
Watch my latest video: youtu.be/2hVMghqarHY?...
The REAL Waste That DOGE Should Cut
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
February 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
DOGE is a trojan horse for Elon to gut labor, consumer, and environmental protections.
If he actually wanted to cut waste, he'd look at the massive tax loopholes, government contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
Watch my latest video: youtu.be/2hVMghqarHY?...
If he actually wanted to cut waste, he'd look at the massive tax loopholes, government contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
Watch my latest video: youtu.be/2hVMghqarHY?...
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Every morning as a big tech worker in 2025.
January 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Every morning as a big tech worker in 2025.
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To recap, Trump:
-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI
This is disastrous leadership.
-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI
This is disastrous leadership.
January 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
To recap, Trump:
-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI
This is disastrous leadership.
-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI
This is disastrous leadership.
I use Cryptomator to create vaults in Dropbox. It’s not perfect but seems to be the best alternative.
I used to use Boxcryptor until Dropbox bought it and killed it.
I used to use Boxcryptor until Dropbox bought it and killed it.
January 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I use Cryptomator to create vaults in Dropbox. It’s not perfect but seems to be the best alternative.
I used to use Boxcryptor until Dropbox bought it and killed it.
I used to use Boxcryptor until Dropbox bought it and killed it.
I can personally verify that the new ChatGPT O3 model has achieved AGI. Always Gonna Implode.
December 26, 2024 at 7:06 PM
I can personally verify that the new ChatGPT O3 model has achieved AGI. Always Gonna Implode.
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Yes, I just tell people to make me some cookies or something if they really want to; already have more stuff than I need.
December 10, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Yes, I just tell people to make me some cookies or something if they really want to; already have more stuff than I need.
During the pandemic, a woman in a meeting I was in somehow managed to unmute her phone right as she got into a bathroom in the middle of a meeting and started taking a dump (including farting, etc). Everyone was frozen in disbelief/shock; she finally got booted like 3 plops in. Surreal.
December 5, 2024 at 6:42 AM
During the pandemic, a woman in a meeting I was in somehow managed to unmute her phone right as she got into a bathroom in the middle of a meeting and started taking a dump (including farting, etc). Everyone was frozen in disbelief/shock; she finally got booted like 3 plops in. Surreal.