Theo Schlossnagle
@postwait.lethargy.org
Husband, Father, Entrepreneur, Investor, Butcher, Farmer
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Lots of guys with backwards ball caps and truck nutz never gonna listen to Philip Glass again
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Lots of guys with backwards ball caps and truck nutz never gonna listen to Philip Glass again
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You know, many of us said the post 9/11 War on Terror measures were Orwellian bullshit at the time, from DHS to ICE. The Patriot Act was chilling as well.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
You know, many of us said the post 9/11 War on Terror measures were Orwellian bullshit at the time, from DHS to ICE. The Patriot Act was chilling as well.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
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A reminder that it's your last day for 2025 charitable giving. Food insecurity, homelessness, and reproductive health services are big on my list of targets but whatever yours are, now's the time to finish them if you haven't
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A reminder that it's your last day for 2025 charitable giving. Food insecurity, homelessness, and reproductive health services are big on my list of targets but whatever yours are, now's the time to finish them if you haven't
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
I'm excited to get on board too!
Madrid ↔️ Lisbon in just 3 hours – we're on board 🚄
Today, we adopted a plan to complete the Madrid–Lisbon high-speed rail connection by 2034.
This is a key step in fully integrating Portugal and Spain into the European high-speed rail network.
More → link.europa.eu/kqjJHM
Today, we adopted a plan to complete the Madrid–Lisbon high-speed rail connection by 2034.
This is a key step in fully integrating Portugal and Spain into the European high-speed rail network.
More → link.europa.eu/kqjJHM
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I'm excited to get on board too!
Out-and-out superb explanation.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Out-and-out superb explanation.
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Trans girls on gender affirming hormone replacement therapy are girls in both physiological and performance terms!
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trans girls on gender affirming hormone replacement therapy are girls in both physiological and performance terms!
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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This is amazing research by Nadia Heninger and her co-authors Wenyi Morty Zhang, Annie Dai, Keegan Ryan, Dave Levin and Aaron Schulman. TL;DR a huge number of satellite links over our heads are totally unencrypted. satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
🛰️ SATCOM Security
Research project homepage for SATCOM Security: papers, source code, and recent satellite communications vulnerabilities.
satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is amazing research by Nadia Heninger and her co-authors Wenyi Morty Zhang, Annie Dai, Keegan Ryan, Dave Levin and Aaron Schulman. TL;DR a huge number of satellite links over our heads are totally unencrypted. satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
Wanted to look at the new line of Polk Audio speakers. Got about 5 pages into the site and got a Cloudflare block. I'm not using a VPN or anything else wonky. No more research into Polk for me.
It's truly surprising how sensitive I am to being told I'm not wanted somewhere. I just go elsewhere. /1
It's truly surprising how sensitive I am to being told I'm not wanted somewhere. I just go elsewhere. /1
October 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Wanted to look at the new line of Polk Audio speakers. Got about 5 pages into the site and got a Cloudflare block. I'm not using a VPN or anything else wonky. No more research into Polk for me.
It's truly surprising how sensitive I am to being told I'm not wanted somewhere. I just go elsewhere. /1
It's truly surprising how sensitive I am to being told I'm not wanted somewhere. I just go elsewhere. /1
This is wild. Fantastic journalism.
The cough syrup was contaminated with industrial chemicals. Experts say this is no accident. It's the latest case of what is being called a global crime. n.pr/4nQIGfM
More than 20 kids in India have died from contaminated cough syrup. Who's to blame?
The cough syrup was contaminated with industrial chemicals. Experts say this is no accident. It's the latest case of what is being called a global crime.
n.pr
October 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is wild. Fantastic journalism.
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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Filling classrooms with computers didn't have the huge and positive impact on learning that was promised. Filling them with tablets hasn't done it either.
I know this might sound absurd to many (especially politicians) but what if we filled them with highly skilled and properly supported educators?
I know this might sound absurd to many (especially politicians) but what if we filled them with highly skilled and properly supported educators?
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Filling classrooms with computers didn't have the huge and positive impact on learning that was promised. Filling them with tablets hasn't done it either.
I know this might sound absurd to many (especially politicians) but what if we filled them with highly skilled and properly supported educators?
I know this might sound absurd to many (especially politicians) but what if we filled them with highly skilled and properly supported educators?
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She basically invented astrophysics.
She proved the laws of chemistry, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, not just gravity, applied universally.
She determined the composition of the sun and primacy of hydrogen in the universe.
She advised the PhDs of Frank Drake and Frank Kameny.
She proved the laws of chemistry, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, not just gravity, applied universally.
She determined the composition of the sun and primacy of hydrogen in the universe.
She advised the PhDs of Frank Drake and Frank Kameny.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
September 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
She basically invented astrophysics.
She proved the laws of chemistry, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, not just gravity, applied universally.
She determined the composition of the sun and primacy of hydrogen in the universe.
She advised the PhDs of Frank Drake and Frank Kameny.
She proved the laws of chemistry, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, not just gravity, applied universally.
She determined the composition of the sun and primacy of hydrogen in the universe.
She advised the PhDs of Frank Drake and Frank Kameny.
Take care of your teeth.
Try to be a better person each day, but don't hate yourself when you fall short; try again tomorrow.
Try to be a better person each day, but don't hate yourself when you fall short; try again tomorrow.
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Take care of your teeth.
Try to be a better person each day, but don't hate yourself when you fall short; try again tomorrow.
Try to be a better person each day, but don't hate yourself when you fall short; try again tomorrow.
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Kode Vicious
The Process: From start to finish
While the Scientific Method gives us a way to evaluate a hypothesis, a Scientific Process allows us to organize our minds to form these hypotheses, lay out a piece of code, organize a project, or debug a program.
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The Process: From start to finish
While the Scientific Method gives us a way to evaluate a hypothesis, a Scientific Process allows us to organize our minds to form these hypotheses, lay out a piece of code, organize a project, or debug a program.
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The Process - ACM Queue
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September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Kode Vicious
The Process: From start to finish
While the Scientific Method gives us a way to evaluate a hypothesis, a Scientific Process allows us to organize our minds to form these hypotheses, lay out a piece of code, organize a project, or debug a program.
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...
The Process: From start to finish
While the Scientific Method gives us a way to evaluate a hypothesis, a Scientific Process allows us to organize our minds to form these hypotheses, lay out a piece of code, organize a project, or debug a program.
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...
Does anyone I know have (or have had) Sonesse (Somfy) roller shades? Can you share your thoughts and opinions and experiences?
September 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Does anyone I know have (or have had) Sonesse (Somfy) roller shades? Can you share your thoughts and opinions and experiences?
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Three dead after historic funicular railway derails in Lisbon
Three dead after historic funicular railway derails in Lisbon
A train on Lisbon's famous Gloria funicular cable railway derailed and crashed.
www.bbc.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Three dead after historic funicular railway derails in Lisbon
Given what I'm seeing on email and on linkedin, the world seems intensely focused on (perhaps even desperate to be) deploying capital. Sign of the times. Make of it what you will.
September 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Given what I'm seeing on email and on linkedin, the world seems intensely focused on (perhaps even desperate to be) deploying capital. Sign of the times. Make of it what you will.
I don't think anyone truly understands the scope and the consequences of this.
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On Friday, the U.S. is ending its de minimis rule that made it easy for cheap goods to reach consumers. The change will affect roughly 4 million such packages processed each day.
What will the end of the 'de minimis' rule mean for U.S. consumers?
On Friday, the U.S. is ending its de minimis rule that made it easy for cheap goods to reach consumers. The change will affect roughly 4 million such packages processed each day.
n.pr
August 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I don't think anyone truly understands the scope and the consequences of this.
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To the moon!
July 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
To the moon!
Unexpected things I did today: disassembled my generator control board to to meticulously clean out an ant infestation. Also reassembled it. I am not a big bug fan.
June 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Unexpected things I did today: disassembled my generator control board to to meticulously clean out an ant infestation. Also reassembled it. I am not a big bug fan.
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Develop, Deploy, Operate
A holistic model for understanding the costs and value of software development:
- Tensions between factors
- 4 distinct forms of impact
- Warning against measuring against unknown counterfactuals
- Consensus mechanism for estimating DDR costs.
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A holistic model for understanding the costs and value of software development:
- Tensions between factors
- 4 distinct forms of impact
- Warning against measuring against unknown counterfactuals
- Consensus mechanism for estimating DDR costs.
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...
Develop, Deploy, Operate - ACM Queue
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May 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Develop, Deploy, Operate
A holistic model for understanding the costs and value of software development:
- Tensions between factors
- 4 distinct forms of impact
- Warning against measuring against unknown counterfactuals
- Consensus mechanism for estimating DDR costs.
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...
A holistic model for understanding the costs and value of software development:
- Tensions between factors
- 4 distinct forms of impact
- Warning against measuring against unknown counterfactuals
- Consensus mechanism for estimating DDR costs.
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...