Padraig2112
@isomorphism.net
IT professional for 30 years. Former local elected official. Education and technology policy, former grad student working on Information Systems for untrained responders in big disasters. Happily married with adult kids.
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Padraig2112
@isomorphism.net
· Nov 9
Advice that applies to more than just information technology: a thread.
If you're simplifying a complex problem, you're likely doing it wrong.
If you're simplifying a complex problem, you're likely doing it wrong.
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Project 2025 is now Project 2029. Just don't publish it.
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Project 2025 is now Project 2029. Just don't publish it.
Yup
This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
i'm really having a hard time getting past the "surely we can all agree that Somalis are worse than trash" thing. this feels new and very bad
January 12, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Yup
I'm on my third Keanu movie of the night.
Most ridiculously awesome costarring role:
1) Ice-T as head of the LoJacks, Johnny Mnemonic
2) Jeff Daniels as a SWAT dude, Speed
3) Tilda Swinton as Archangel Gabriel, Constantine
Most ridiculously awesome costarring role:
1) Ice-T as head of the LoJacks, Johnny Mnemonic
2) Jeff Daniels as a SWAT dude, Speed
3) Tilda Swinton as Archangel Gabriel, Constantine
January 12, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I'm on my third Keanu movie of the night.
Most ridiculously awesome costarring role:
1) Ice-T as head of the LoJacks, Johnny Mnemonic
2) Jeff Daniels as a SWAT dude, Speed
3) Tilda Swinton as Archangel Gabriel, Constantine
Most ridiculously awesome costarring role:
1) Ice-T as head of the LoJacks, Johnny Mnemonic
2) Jeff Daniels as a SWAT dude, Speed
3) Tilda Swinton as Archangel Gabriel, Constantine
Predictable, really. Act of purest optimism to presume otherwise.
This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
augustafreepress.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Predictable, really. Act of purest optimism to presume otherwise.
The cry of the moderate in today's political situation:
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 AM
The cry of the moderate in today's political situation:
This is what they took from us
January 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
This is what they took from us
I'm no fan of Steve Mnunchin but I think in hindsight it's somewhat remarkable how much effort the guy must have put into preventing the President from incinerating the dollar out of ineptitude.
They know he’s stupid. Some of them just have been thinking they can ride the tiger.
You know the thing where Musk seems smart until he starts talking about things you know about? Finance dudes are about to go through that with Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I'm no fan of Steve Mnunchin but I think in hindsight it's somewhat remarkable how much effort the guy must have put into preventing the President from incinerating the dollar out of ineptitude.
LOL Wanda that's hilarious.
Wanda Sykes thanks Ricky Gervais for not being there because it means she can accept the award on his behalf... and he's gonna thank God and the trans community (he won, she did) #GoldenGlobes
January 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
LOL Wanda that's hilarious.
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some of these guys feel that they're showing remarkable restraint by passing up murders they're entitled to commit
ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 AM
some of these guys feel that they're showing remarkable restraint by passing up murders they're entitled to commit
Jokes aside this happens because once something big enough happens status quo bias gets yeeted into the stratosphere and that unlocks a whole lot of "well, let's try it and see what happens"
Nothing ever happens until everything happens all at once
I confess I have absolutely no idea how the fuck this plays out because the range of outcomes are "Nothing Ever Happens" to "McGotterdammerung."
January 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Jokes aside this happens because once something big enough happens status quo bias gets yeeted into the stratosphere and that unlocks a whole lot of "well, let's try it and see what happens"
Compared to the Niner-Eagles game this game is boring
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Compared to the Niner-Eagles game this game is boring
Again, if the sitting President violates a ratified treaty to attack an ally on his own, not only should he be impeached, he should be put on a plane to Denmark in chains.
Trump: "If we don't take Greenland, Russia or China will take Greenland, and I am not going to let that happen…One way or the other, we're going to have Greenland."
January 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Again, if the sitting President violates a ratified treaty to attack an ally on his own, not only should he be impeached, he should be put on a plane to Denmark in chains.
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Somali aunties were giving out samosas to the anti ICE protesters in Minneapolis.
January 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Somali aunties were giving out samosas to the anti ICE protesters in Minneapolis.
There's no pretense here at all.
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
There's no pretense here at all.
This "Copilot in Excel" commercial is pretending like a simple column sort is something most Excel users need help with?
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
This "Copilot in Excel" commercial is pretending like a simple column sort is something most Excel users need help with?
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You did not see this kind of statement from the Turkish central bank before Erdogan staffed it with sycophants because he had carefully laid the groundwork to do so without resistance over the course of 15 or so years. And then once he did do it, inflation went from 10% to 86% in two years.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:06 AM
You did not see this kind of statement from the Turkish central bank before Erdogan staffed it with sycophants because he had carefully laid the groundwork to do so without resistance over the course of 15 or so years. And then once he did do it, inflation went from 10% to 86% in two years.
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A reminder that any moment a handful of Republicans could simply call up the Democrats and they could have Trump out of office by the end of the week.
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 AM
A reminder that any moment a handful of Republicans could simply call up the Democrats and they could have Trump out of office by the end of the week.
"Yeah it's a real moment of sadness but he died in pursuit of the sick move and how many of us can say that"
Liam Coen looks like he's at the funeral for somebody who died in a dirt bike accident
January 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"Yeah it's a real moment of sadness but he died in pursuit of the sick move and how many of us can say that"
Malcom Reynolds gif
The latest HR nonsense: A gay man in Utah attends a watch party for the gay hockey show wearing a “Gay AF” t-shirt & is forced to leave the bar because multiple women complained to management about the presence of a man who they feared might get turned on by the TV show.
January 11, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Malcom Reynolds gif
Although the "identifying as a Nazi" thing is remarkable, I think it's actually more telling that he identifies the mom in the minivan as an inhuman bug bent on his actual death.
Trying to remember who actually got shot in the face challenge: impossible.
Trying to remember who actually got shot in the face challenge: impossible.
Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers fairly obviously mocks and satirizes fascism.
Jack Posobiec (not a particularly intelligent man) sees this and unironically identifies with the Nazis:
Jack Posobiec (not a particularly intelligent man) sees this and unironically identifies with the Nazis:
January 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Although the "identifying as a Nazi" thing is remarkable, I think it's actually more telling that he identifies the mom in the minivan as an inhuman bug bent on his actual death.
Trying to remember who actually got shot in the face challenge: impossible.
Trying to remember who actually got shot in the face challenge: impossible.
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Watching doc about resilience that reaffirms many changes I made last few years to my mental outlook (I read a LOT of brain books). Brains are hallucination engines. If the story is the world is shit, everything is fucked, brain reframes every interaction this way. It impacts behavior; shuts us down
January 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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This is a cartoon about housing.
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This is a cartoon about housing.
your very existence is troubling, enraging, and distracting as hell for some of the shittiest people on earth so no, i’m afraid you may not kill yourself rn
January 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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I think about this July 2024 threat from the head of the Heritage Foundation quite a lot these days.
January 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I think about this July 2024 threat from the head of the Heritage Foundation quite a lot these days.
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The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
January 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined