James
@mrjmws.bsky.social
This. Wish people will point out Data centers are all the same. Exactly AI or otherwise. Many are mixed BUT then we get back to the issue from 10 yrs ago. Data centers are a drain on communities and resources and should have been regulated for their strain on both over a decade ago.
umm...the ai data centers shouldn't exist AT ALL
WDYM put them in flyover states??? do they have a separate atmosphere idk about?!?
y'all are stupid.
WDYM put them in flyover states??? do they have a separate atmosphere idk about?!?
y'all are stupid.
a little boy in a blue shirt is sitting on a couch .
ALT: a little boy in a blue shirt is sitting on a couch .
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December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This. Wish people will point out Data centers are all the same. Exactly AI or otherwise. Many are mixed BUT then we get back to the issue from 10 yrs ago. Data centers are a drain on communities and resources and should have been regulated for their strain on both over a decade ago.
Remember they are also responsible for multiple laws protecting them and others from poisoning waterways and local communities. Also please stop cooking, microwaving and eating with plastics.
Definitely becoming more cognizant of the types of things I’m allowing into and on my body!
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Remember they are also responsible for multiple laws protecting them and others from poisoning waterways and local communities. Also please stop cooking, microwaving and eating with plastics.
Kinda feel like AI isn’t doing what was promised. It’s being packaged as essentially a code base or assistant to slap an UI on and call done. Where’s the revolutionary medicine or financial models or inventions.
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Kinda feel like AI isn’t doing what was promised. It’s being packaged as essentially a code base or assistant to slap an UI on and call done. Where’s the revolutionary medicine or financial models or inventions.
Sometimes I wonder if we'll realize the way we constructed the internet and silicon chips wasn't the best way but just the way that we found first. We REALLY need more talent in the material sciences.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sometimes I wonder if we'll realize the way we constructed the internet and silicon chips wasn't the best way but just the way that we found first. We REALLY need more talent in the material sciences.
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Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
Again. Even with proof the customer “prefers” this over here.
"Nearly 300,000 filers used Direct File for the 2025 tax season, and 94% of users who completed an IRS survey rated their experience as 'excellent' or 'above average.'"
'I don't care about Direct File': IRS chief says agency plans to end free filing program
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program.
www.cnbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Again. Even with proof the customer “prefers” this over here.
Planning the next illegal act in our faces. Undermining democracy is this man’s favorite sport.
July 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Planning the next illegal act in our faces. Undermining democracy is this man’s favorite sport.
👋🏾
July 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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This is just one example of how government technologists were working to improve digital services for the American people. Folks at USDS, 18F, and across our partner agencies were in the midst of many other projects like this when DOGE interrupted our work.
I’m thrilled to see State in the spotlight for this achievement. Also surprised to see no mention of the U.S. Digital Service — a key partner in the approach that @bzcohen.bsky.social celebrates.
USDS ➡️ DOGE in Jan & has since lost much of the talent behind this work.
www.wsj.com/business/us-...
USDS ➡️ DOGE in Jan & has since lost much of the talent behind this work.
www.wsj.com/business/us-...
America Has Pulled Off the Impossible. It Made Getting a Passport Simple.
Washington is not exactly known for tech innovation. So how did a team of bureaucrats put their stamp on a new program for renewing passports online?
www.wsj.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is just one example of how government technologists were working to improve digital services for the American people. Folks at USDS, 18F, and across our partner agencies were in the midst of many other projects like this when DOGE interrupted our work.
Starting to think maybe some of the guys we think are out standing around creeping may just be waiting on a response text from their wife.
a man in a blue shirt and shorts stands on a gravel road
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and shorts stands on a gravel road
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June 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Starting to think maybe some of the guys we think are out standing around creeping may just be waiting on a response text from their wife.
*Don’t act like a Jedi walking through this door*
*Don’t act like a Jedi walking through this door*
*Don’t act like….*
*Don’t act like a Jedi walking through this door*
*Don’t act like….*
a man wrapped in a blanket is standing in front of a door with a lock that says ' i ' on it
Alt: Jedi Obi Wan Kenobi closing a does with the Force
media.tenor.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
*Don’t act like a Jedi walking through this door*
*Don’t act like a Jedi walking through this door*
*Don’t act like….*
*Don’t act like a Jedi walking through this door*
*Don’t act like….*
Zaxby’s charges $.25 for Zac sauce and I’m curious what their processing fee is. 🤔
June 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Zaxby’s charges $.25 for Zac sauce and I’m curious what their processing fee is. 🤔
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“They had things like the U.S. Digital Service and 18F, the internal consultancy ... . They had that expertise in house, and they sacked them all. You have to wonder why they’ve done that.” 🤔
DOGE cut federal IT contracts. Don’t count on the government to pick up the slack
The Department of Government Efficiency is getting rid of outside vendors in favor of in-house digital services. But without the necessary talent, can the plan succeed?
www.fastcompany.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“They had things like the U.S. Digital Service and 18F, the internal consultancy ... . They had that expertise in house, and they sacked them all. You have to wonder why they’ve done that.” 🤔
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"We always assumed there would be people gunning for it, but we also knew it was something people wanted. We knew it was an idea whose time had come." — @merici.bsky.social
The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."
www.404media.co
June 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"We always assumed there would be people gunning for it, but we also knew it was something people wanted. We knew it was an idea whose time had come." — @merici.bsky.social
As she was saying! I love it!
March 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
As she was saying! I love it!
You said you want Gov Efficiency but fire the team in place doing it. Make it make sense.
They say AA and DEI needed to go away and we should only be doing merit based qualification and then fire gov employees like 18F.org because they were “liberal“?
Hypocrisy as far as the eye can see.
They say AA and DEI needed to go away and we should only be doing merit based qualification and then fire gov employees like 18F.org because they were “liberal“?
Hypocrisy as far as the eye can see.
March 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
You said you want Gov Efficiency but fire the team in place doing it. Make it make sense.
They say AA and DEI needed to go away and we should only be doing merit based qualification and then fire gov employees like 18F.org because they were “liberal“?
Hypocrisy as far as the eye can see.
They say AA and DEI needed to go away and we should only be doing merit based qualification and then fire gov employees like 18F.org because they were “liberal“?
Hypocrisy as far as the eye can see.
Pass it along. Everyone should hear this.
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Pass it along. Everyone should hear this.
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The BBC is quite correct.
February 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The BBC is quite correct.
Literally disgraceful. There are clowns in the White House. His country is in he middle of a war they did not start and your worried about a suit?!
Dude asking this is the guy who is currently sliding into MTG’s swamp hole
March 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Literally disgraceful. There are clowns in the White House. His country is in he middle of a war they did not start and your worried about a suit?!
😒https://www.theverge.com/tesla/617230/doge-is-axing-federal-employees-in-charge-of-regulating-robotaxis
DOGE is axing federal employees in charge of regulating robotaxis.
The federal team in charge of overseeing the safety of autonomous vehicles was already pretty small: only about seven people total, according to the Washington Post. But now the Elon Musk-led cuts hav...
www.theverge.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
😒https://www.theverge.com/tesla/617230/doge-is-axing-federal-employees-in-charge-of-regulating-robotaxis
I agree in the irony of OpenAI potentially having their IP taken but this is actually a serious security issue. Enough isn’t talked about how vulnerable these LLM are.
January 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I agree in the irony of OpenAI potentially having their IP taken but this is actually a serious security issue. Enough isn’t talked about how vulnerable these LLM are.
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My father grew up under segregation. He drank from "Colored" drinking fountains as grown man. The Loving decision that legalized interracial marriage went into effect just one year before I was conceived by my parents. Guys... I'm not that old. We can still feel its breath on our heels.
The little girl in this photo? Ruby Bridges? The first Black child to integrate the schools in New Orleans? The inspiration for Norman Rockwell’s painting?
She has a podcast on Spotify. She’s younger than my MAMA. She’ll probably be at Mardi Gras again this year.
So miss me with the nostalgia.
She has a podcast on Spotify. She’s younger than my MAMA. She’ll probably be at Mardi Gras again this year.
So miss me with the nostalgia.
January 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My father grew up under segregation. He drank from "Colored" drinking fountains as grown man. The Loving decision that legalized interracial marriage went into effect just one year before I was conceived by my parents. Guys... I'm not that old. We can still feel its breath on our heels.
I remind myself of this continuously. Social conditioning is hard to break.
The impulse to default to nefarious intent when incomptence is right there always surprises me.
January 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I remind myself of this continuously. Social conditioning is hard to break.