Josh Berkus
@fuzzychef.org
Potter, Cook, Kubernetes geek.
Mostly on Mastodon (https://m6n.io/@fuzzychef) but I use this account too.
Mostly on Mastodon (https://m6n.io/@fuzzychef) but I use this account too.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The Houston Chronicle article below, titled “Texas A&M ends women and gender studies, modifies hundreds of courses in race, gender ban,” speaks for itself.
You can access the article by clicking the link here: eedition.houstonchronicle.com/infinity/art...
You can access the article by clicking the link here: eedition.houstonchronicle.com/infinity/art...
A&M cutting women’s, gender studies program
A&M cutting women’s, gender studies program
eedition.houstonchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The Houston Chronicle article below, titled “Texas A&M ends women and gender studies, modifies hundreds of courses in race, gender ban,” speaks for itself.
You can access the article by clicking the link here: eedition.houstonchronicle.com/infinity/art...
You can access the article by clicking the link here: eedition.houstonchronicle.com/infinity/art...
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Jeffrey Epstein did not stop raping children after his 2008 conviction. Jeffrey Epstein did not stop facilitating the rape of children after his 2008 conviction. He kept doing it.
That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction.
/1
www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...
That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction.
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www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...
Jeffrey Epstein allegedly sexually abused girls in the US Virgin Islands through 2018 | CNN
Jeffrey Epstein allegedly transported underage girls to his secluded homes in the US Virgin Islands and forced them into sex work from 2001 through 2018, according to a lawsuit filed by the Attorney G...
www.cnn.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Jeffrey Epstein did not stop raping children after his 2008 conviction. Jeffrey Epstein did not stop facilitating the rape of children after his 2008 conviction. He kept doing it.
That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction.
/1
www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...
That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction.
/1
www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...
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The U.S. - which we know is now run by merciless ultra-rich pedophiles - recently withdrew from “key U.N. bodies that seek to hold states accountable for rape and use of child soldiers in conflict, among other crimes.”
The U.S has become a state run by and for the interests of child rapists.
The U.S has become a state run by and for the interests of child rapists.
US turns its back on global efforts for women and children terrorized by violence and conflict
The Trump administration’s move to withdraw the US from these organizations risks undercutting lasting peace and global human rights accountability.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The U.S. - which we know is now run by merciless ultra-rich pedophiles - recently withdrew from “key U.N. bodies that seek to hold states accountable for rape and use of child soldiers in conflict, among other crimes.”
The U.S has become a state run by and for the interests of child rapists.
The U.S has become a state run by and for the interests of child rapists.
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2/ Starting with measles, the South Carolina outbreak has now surpassed last year’s West Texas outbreak. As of Tuesday, there have been 789 cases in South Carolina. West Texas totaled 762 cases. The Utah-Arizona outbreaks also continue to grow.
January 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
2/ Starting with measles, the South Carolina outbreak has now surpassed last year’s West Texas outbreak. As of Tuesday, there have been 789 cases in South Carolina. West Texas totaled 762 cases. The Utah-Arizona outbreaks also continue to grow.
Y'all have probably seen the elections update:
opensource.org/blog/2026-os...
So that the folks who elected me know, I will be stepping down from the board at the scheduled end of my term (this March), regardless of election changes.
#opensource #osi
opensource.org/blog/2026-os...
So that the folks who elected me know, I will be stepping down from the board at the scheduled end of my term (this March), regardless of election changes.
#opensource #osi
2026 OSI Elections Update - Open Source Initiative
Pausing the 2026 Board Election Cycle to Improve How OSI Selects Directors and Hears the Community
opensource.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Y'all have probably seen the elections update:
opensource.org/blog/2026-os...
So that the folks who elected me know, I will be stepping down from the board at the scheduled end of my term (this March), regardless of election changes.
#opensource #osi
opensource.org/blog/2026-os...
So that the folks who elected me know, I will be stepping down from the board at the scheduled end of my term (this March), regardless of election changes.
#opensource #osi
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Over at the #MindPalate site: Yes, it's still more French toast! In this case, the Pennsylvania Railroad's delightfully fiddly recipe in which you get to make little tiny sweet sandwiches and fry them! Dump the doomcrolling for an afternoon and make these instead. 🙂 mind-palate.com/pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania Railroad French Toast - The Mind Palate
A classy (if slightly finicky) take on French toast: tiny sweet sandwiches cut up and fried
mind-palate.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Over at the #MindPalate site: Yes, it's still more French toast! In this case, the Pennsylvania Railroad's delightfully fiddly recipe in which you get to make little tiny sweet sandwiches and fry them! Dump the doomcrolling for an afternoon and make these instead. 🙂 mind-palate.com/pennsylvania...
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Sonya Massey will not be forgotten.
Nothing we ever say or do will bring her back, but today’s decision is a step toward change and justice.
May her memory be a blessing and may it continue to fuel our work to build a system that protects all its citizens.
Nothing we ever say or do will bring her back, but today’s decision is a step toward change and justice.
May her memory be a blessing and may it continue to fuel our work to build a system that protects all its citizens.
A former Illinois deputy is sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Sonya Massey
A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black women who dialed 911 asking for help.
apnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Sonya Massey will not be forgotten.
Nothing we ever say or do will bring her back, but today’s decision is a step toward change and justice.
May her memory be a blessing and may it continue to fuel our work to build a system that protects all its citizens.
Nothing we ever say or do will bring her back, but today’s decision is a step toward change and justice.
May her memory be a blessing and may it continue to fuel our work to build a system that protects all its citizens.
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Breaking: The Senate BLOCKED the first vote on a bill that would give ICE a $400M raise to continue harming our communities!
This is a direct result of the thousands of you who have called your Senators and told them not another dime for ICE and CBP.
Continue calling your senator --> 281-306-4198
This is a direct result of the thousands of you who have called your Senators and told them not another dime for ICE and CBP.
Continue calling your senator --> 281-306-4198
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Breaking: The Senate BLOCKED the first vote on a bill that would give ICE a $400M raise to continue harming our communities!
This is a direct result of the thousands of you who have called your Senators and told them not another dime for ICE and CBP.
Continue calling your senator --> 281-306-4198
This is a direct result of the thousands of you who have called your Senators and told them not another dime for ICE and CBP.
Continue calling your senator --> 281-306-4198
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important reporting from my colleagues @rachelleingang.bsky.social @maanvisingh.bsky.social
at an ICE raid, observer RM's car was gassed and windows smashed; they were taken to Whipple and forced to the ground by agents:
"Agents yelled at RM, who is trans, saying 'Do you like the dirt, queer?'"
at an ICE raid, observer RM's car was gassed and windows smashed; they were taken to Whipple and forced to the ground by agents:
"Agents yelled at RM, who is trans, saying 'Do you like the dirt, queer?'"
Minnesotans following and documenting ICE activity here have been detained, pulled out of their cars, hit with chemicals, had agents route them to their homes and take photos. Even after the killings of two observers, they aren't stopping. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Minneapolis ICE observers keep showing up despite risk of arrest and violence
Bystanders say they are determined to keep recording federal agents’ actions: ‘There will be absolutely no accountability unless people are documenting’
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
important reporting from my colleagues @rachelleingang.bsky.social @maanvisingh.bsky.social
at an ICE raid, observer RM's car was gassed and windows smashed; they were taken to Whipple and forced to the ground by agents:
"Agents yelled at RM, who is trans, saying 'Do you like the dirt, queer?'"
at an ICE raid, observer RM's car was gassed and windows smashed; they were taken to Whipple and forced to the ground by agents:
"Agents yelled at RM, who is trans, saying 'Do you like the dirt, queer?'"
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Ingress NGINX: Statement from the Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees-
Ingress NGINX: Statement from the Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees
In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. The retirement of Ingress NGINX was announced for March 2026, after...
kubernetes.io
January 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Ingress NGINX: Statement from the Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees-
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Joint statement from Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees: In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. This is an emergency. Please pay attention.
kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...
kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...
Ingress NGINX: Statement from the Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees
In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. The retirement of Ingress NGINX was announced for March 2026, after...
kubernetes.io
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Joint statement from Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees: In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. This is an emergency. Please pay attention.
kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...
kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...
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2026 continues to be entirely unsubtle as there is now a garbage truck on fire at the end of our street.
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
2026 continues to be entirely unsubtle as there is now a garbage truck on fire at the end of our street.
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The climatologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The climatologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
The only thing that's really delivered the Star Trek future we were promised is CT scan machines. I mean, just look at them. And the sounds!
January 29, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The only thing that's really delivered the Star Trek future we were promised is CT scan machines. I mean, just look at them. And the sounds!
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Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
January 28, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
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Proud to have been one of the 9,200 people who submitted that name to the contest. Lol blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...
'Abolish ICE' Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show
Anti-ICE sentiments made up nearly 80 percent of submissions. Voting for the top six names opens Sunday and runs through Feb. 14.
blockclubchicago.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Proud to have been one of the 9,200 people who submitted that name to the contest. Lol blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...
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If nothing else today, I got USA Today to print my analogy of the significance of ICE administrative warrants.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 AM
If nothing else today, I got USA Today to print my analogy of the significance of ICE administrative warrants.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Security friends: is NordVPN trustworthy? If not, who is?
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Security friends: is NordVPN trustworthy? If not, who is?
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1/ Recently, RFK Jr. made sweeping changes to childhood vaccine guidance using terms like “shared clinical decision-making” and “informed consent.” At first glance, they sound empowering—but the reality is more complicated. YLE contributor @kmpanthagani.bsky.social is breaking it down for us🧵
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM
1/ Recently, RFK Jr. made sweeping changes to childhood vaccine guidance using terms like “shared clinical decision-making” and “informed consent.” At first glance, they sound empowering—but the reality is more complicated. YLE contributor @kmpanthagani.bsky.social is breaking it down for us🧵
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Use separate cars for rapid response and mutual aid. That one really is important
Don’t use your full legal name as your Signal display name. Assume your Signal chats are public & don’t talk about crimes or share sensitive info you wouldn’t want screenshotted by a reporter or read out loud in court
Don’t use your full legal name as your Signal display name. Assume your Signal chats are public & don’t talk about crimes or share sensitive info you wouldn’t want screenshotted by a reporter or read out loud in court
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Use separate cars for rapid response and mutual aid. That one really is important
Don’t use your full legal name as your Signal display name. Assume your Signal chats are public & don’t talk about crimes or share sensitive info you wouldn’t want screenshotted by a reporter or read out loud in court
Don’t use your full legal name as your Signal display name. Assume your Signal chats are public & don’t talk about crimes or share sensitive info you wouldn’t want screenshotted by a reporter or read out loud in court
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... and they called out Biden's mental health .... where are they now?
Trump health fears soar after ‘concerning’ meeting with European ally www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
Trump health fears soar after ‘concerning’ meeting with European ally www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
January 28, 2026 at 5:44 PM
... and they called out Biden's mental health .... where are they now?
Trump health fears soar after ‘concerning’ meeting with European ally www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
Trump health fears soar after ‘concerning’ meeting with European ally www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
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Rachel Maddow relays a warning by Rep. Veronica Escobar that her amendment to the bill to fund Homeland Security that would ban the deportation of Americans citizens was stripped out of the bill by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaD...
Ban on deporting U.S. citizens removed from DHS funding bill, congresswoman warns
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Rachel Maddow relays a warning by Rep. Veronica Escobar that her amendment to the bill to fund Homeland Security that would ban the deportation of Americans citizens was stripped out of the bill by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaD...
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DHS and DOJ were *already* monitoring all your big Signal chats, they have been doing it for years. All unvetted chats have feds in them. And it's safe to assume every 20th person in a vetted chat is a fed too. Don't let it stop you from organizing.
FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
FBI Director Kash Patel made the statement after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:01 AM
DHS and DOJ were *already* monitoring all your big Signal chats, they have been doing it for years. All unvetted chats have feds in them. And it's safe to assume every 20th person in a vetted chat is a fed too. Don't let it stop you from organizing.
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As someday it may happen that a victim must be found
I've got a little list, I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed!
There's the pestilential nuisances who blow their whistles loud
All people who are filming us and chasing us in crowds
I've got a little list, I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed!
There's the pestilential nuisances who blow their whistles loud
All people who are filming us and chasing us in crowds
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
As someday it may happen that a victim must be found
I've got a little list, I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed!
There's the pestilential nuisances who blow their whistles loud
All people who are filming us and chasing us in crowds
I've got a little list, I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed!
There's the pestilential nuisances who blow their whistles loud
All people who are filming us and chasing us in crowds
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I sent my friend
an article about how
the “US government has lost
more than 10,000 STEM PhDs
since Trump took office,”
and my friend
(who is one of those 10,000)
replied that: “lost”
is a funny way of spelling
“were fired or driven out.”
an article about how
the “US government has lost
more than 10,000 STEM PhDs
since Trump took office,”
and my friend
(who is one of those 10,000)
replied that: “lost”
is a funny way of spelling
“were fired or driven out.”
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I sent my friend
an article about how
the “US government has lost
more than 10,000 STEM PhDs
since Trump took office,”
and my friend
(who is one of those 10,000)
replied that: “lost”
is a funny way of spelling
“were fired or driven out.”
an article about how
the “US government has lost
more than 10,000 STEM PhDs
since Trump took office,”
and my friend
(who is one of those 10,000)
replied that: “lost”
is a funny way of spelling
“were fired or driven out.”