Peter J. Kootsookos
@kootsoop.com
Need to do FUN STUFF! Oz/Irish/US engineer, currently living in the USA. Married, 1 🐶, 1 🙀, 2 adult kids, and 3 passports. He/him.
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Peter J. Kootsookos
@kootsoop.com
· Nov 28
Dreams live and fester ; Great dreams are hard to kill off ; They morph and come true
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@github.com Where do I go to for GitHub Classroom help. The website takes me around in circles with no real help / information available. Many of my students are getting this error when accepting an assignment in GitHub.
February 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM
@github.com Where do I go to for GitHub Classroom help. The website takes me around in circles with no real help / information available. Many of my students are getting this error when accepting an assignment in GitHub.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACE GUY!
www.gocomics.com/brewsterrock...
www.gocomics.com/brewsterrock...
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACE GUY!
www.gocomics.com/brewsterrock...
www.gocomics.com/brewsterrock...
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First they killed children and Republicans did nothing because they were not children.
Now they’re killing adults and Republicans will do nothing because they are not adults.
Now they’re killing adults and Republicans will do nothing because they are not adults.
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
First they killed children and Republicans did nothing because they were not children.
Now they’re killing adults and Republicans will do nothing because they are not adults.
Now they’re killing adults and Republicans will do nothing because they are not adults.
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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Saying the officer who committed murder is a murderer is dangerous, but it's OK to claim that his victim was a domestic terrorist who literally ran him over.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Saying the officer who committed murder is a murderer is dangerous, but it's OK to claim that his victim was a domestic terrorist who literally ran him over.
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TAPPER: “You called Renee Good a "domestic terrorist" shortly after. Why did you not wait?”
@KristiNoem: “Everything I've said has been proven to be factual.” 🤥
@jaketapper: “What you said is not what happened.”
NOEM: “It absolutely is.” 🤥
A regime of shameless liars.
@KristiNoem: “Everything I've said has been proven to be factual.” 🤥
@jaketapper: “What you said is not what happened.”
NOEM: “It absolutely is.” 🤥
A regime of shameless liars.
January 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
TAPPER: “You called Renee Good a "domestic terrorist" shortly after. Why did you not wait?”
@KristiNoem: “Everything I've said has been proven to be factual.” 🤥
@jaketapper: “What you said is not what happened.”
NOEM: “It absolutely is.” 🤥
A regime of shameless liars.
@KristiNoem: “Everything I've said has been proven to be factual.” 🤥
@jaketapper: “What you said is not what happened.”
NOEM: “It absolutely is.” 🤥
A regime of shameless liars.
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SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
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“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
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DHS executed a U.S. citizen when ICE was never in danger — then lied to cover it up.
The video is clear. The threat was fabricated.
Kristi Noem didn’t misspeak. She deceived the public to justify a killing.
This is state violence, not law enforcement.
The video is clear. The threat was fabricated.
Kristi Noem didn’t misspeak. She deceived the public to justify a killing.
This is state violence, not law enforcement.
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
DHS executed a U.S. citizen when ICE was never in danger — then lied to cover it up.
The video is clear. The threat was fabricated.
Kristi Noem didn’t misspeak. She deceived the public to justify a killing.
This is state violence, not law enforcement.
The video is clear. The threat was fabricated.
Kristi Noem didn’t misspeak. She deceived the public to justify a killing.
This is state violence, not law enforcement.
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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This should be a legal requirement for being allowed to sell networked devices.
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This should be a legal requirement for being allowed to sell networked devices.
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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god damn the opposite camera's views of each of their faces is peak schadenfreude
December 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Well we have corollary:
Well we have corollary:
December 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Well we have corollary:
Well we have corollary:
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Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black bear
Opossum
Ringtail possum
Kea
Kororā
Black bear
Opossum
Ringtail possum
Kea
Kororā
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hawaiian monk seal
humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa
Balinese long-tailed macque
black bear
Drosophila grimshawi
Hawaiian monk seal
humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa
Balinese long-tailed macque
black bear
Drosophila grimshawi
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
black bear
fox
groundhog
raccoon
opossum
bonus bird: some sort of gigantic, gold-colored raptor, seen in Central Park from about 15' away. I was catcher in a softball game, and it landed on the backstop. We all just gaped in awe.
black bear
fox
groundhog
raccoon
opossum
bonus bird: some sort of gigantic, gold-colored raptor, seen in Central Park from about 15' away. I was catcher in a softball game, and it landed on the backstop. We all just gaped in awe.
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black bear
Opossum
Ringtail possum
Kea
Kororā
Black bear
Opossum
Ringtail possum
Kea
Kororā
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Paul Simon
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Midnight Oil
Le Vent du Nord
Paul Kelly
Paul Simon
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Midnight Oil
Le Vent du Nord
Paul Kelly
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Paul Simon
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Midnight Oil
Le Vent du Nord
Paul Kelly
Paul Simon
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Midnight Oil
Le Vent du Nord
Paul Kelly
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.