Freddy Bowen
@freddybowen.com
Nerd friend and lifelong learner of occasionally useful mistakes. Supporter of good trouble, necessary trouble. He/him.
Staff-level software engineer with deep experience in #dotnet and #linux, webapps, infrastructure, and too many ambitious DIY projects.
Staff-level software engineer with deep experience in #dotnet and #linux, webapps, infrastructure, and too many ambitious DIY projects.
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Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
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I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
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They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.
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how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35
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its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
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why the hell are they confirming trump's judges when trump's speaker of the house won't swear in Grijalva?
By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
why the hell are they confirming trump's judges when trump's speaker of the house won't swear in Grijalva?
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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Wrote a thing. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Wrote a thing. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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You have to understand that there is NO accountability for ICE even in theory. You can't sue an ICE agent. They won't be criminally prosecuted for violating your rights. They won't be fired. THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ICE IS TO RUN FROM ICE.
Here's another Kavanaugh stop in action. Agent says: "Why are you running?" Admitting that he had no cause to stop and tackle this boy.
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You have to understand that there is NO accountability for ICE even in theory. You can't sue an ICE agent. They won't be criminally prosecuted for violating your rights. They won't be fired. THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ICE IS TO RUN FROM ICE.
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Brett Kavanaugh is basically arguing tha there have been "sufficient remedies" for racism.
This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Brett Kavanaugh is basically arguing tha there have been "sufficient remedies" for racism.
This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
This seems like a good time to bring up the @politico.com about how young Republicans have *remedied* racism.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Imagine if Biden had tried to federalize the Texas National Guard to halt Operation Lone Star, perhaps by claiming Texas was engaged in "rebellion."
Would a single legal commentator on the right have claimed that decision was unreviewable? I just fundamentally do not believe they would.
Would a single legal commentator on the right have claimed that decision was unreviewable? I just fundamentally do not believe they would.
The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Imagine if Biden had tried to federalize the Texas National Guard to halt Operation Lone Star, perhaps by claiming Texas was engaged in "rebellion."
Would a single legal commentator on the right have claimed that decision was unreviewable? I just fundamentally do not believe they would.
Would a single legal commentator on the right have claimed that decision was unreviewable? I just fundamentally do not believe they would.
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The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
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In Portland, Oregon,(DHS) and (ICE) used pepper spray on the breathing hole of a peaceful protester who was wearing a blow-up frog costume.
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In Portland, Oregon,(DHS) and (ICE) used pepper spray on the breathing hole of a peaceful protester who was wearing a blow-up frog costume.
I'm really hoping the new Taylor Swift pushes KPOP Demon Hunters off the family playlist.
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm really hoping the new Taylor Swift pushes KPOP Demon Hunters off the family playlist.
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
For real tho. I started making sourdoughs and now I am also straining and salting yogurt at home to spread on my bread with za'atar and olive oil.
September 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
For real tho. I started making sourdoughs and now I am also straining and salting yogurt at home to spread on my bread with za'atar and olive oil.
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this bitch
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
this bitch
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is resigning from the ice cream company, saying the brand’s freedom to speak out on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder quits, says Unilever ‘silenced’ activism - The Boston Globe
“I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee of Ben & Jerry’s,” co-founder Jerry Greenfield said.
trib.al
September 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is resigning from the ice cream company, saying the brand’s freedom to speak out on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever.