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Tao Neuendorffer
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🚋 on the T 😷 in Pittsburgh 🎤Songs and stories of computer science💾 We are none of us alone🎵 People of all colors and genders keep making tech history🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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A statue of pioneering 19th Century mathematician Ada Lovelace has been officially unveiled in the town near her childhood home
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“I shall stay until next October”

“You will find it hot in midsummer,” I said

“I shall be too busy and too happy to notice it”

Thus freedom brings not stagnation, but rather the danger of overwork.

The wife of an English member recently asked: “Does everyone work until 2 o’clock in the morning?”
February 4, 2026 at 4:48 AM
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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The Newton was beloved by almost everybody who had one. It came from an R&D group hidden deep within Apple and was developed by people who believed it was the next big leap in computers

The #LoveNotesToNewton film was made possible by Newton fans all over the world
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July 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Okay but. They were right? On this one? They just mis-estimated when the public would mass-embrace PDAs? By… not much more than ten years? "Feeds" have completely replaced web pages now. You are reading this post on a "push" type application *right now*. Very probably not even in a web browser.
Wired magazine, March 1997. Kiss Your Browser Goodbye.
February 4, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Pittsburgh Says ICE Out!

This Sunday, February 8th, we'll gather on the South Side, with a short march to the ICE office on Sidney Street.

www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Pittsburgh Says: ICE OUT · Mobilize
Pittsburgh says, "ICE Out!" Indivisible Pittsburgh and a coalition of Pittsburgh-based organizations know that Pittsburghers want to stand with the rule of law, our neighbors in Minnesota, and beyond....
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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January 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM
February 4, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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February 4, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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TODAY: Let’s contact voters in key states and connect them with their GOP senators to demand ICE Out For Good. This is how we turn up the pressure on Republicans who are complicit in enabling the regime’s brutal lawlessness.
ICE OUT For Good Indivisible Phone Bank · Indivisible
Masked federal agents are terrorizing our communities. They’re teargassing babies, kidnapping our neighbors, shooting clergy in the face with chemical projectiles, and killing innocent people. **But ...
www.mobilize.us
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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It's black history month, and so our writer S. Baum decided to cover black trans people you may not hear about in your history classes.

Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...
Black Trans Trailblazers That You May Not Learn About in History Class
For Black History Month, we’re honoring these Black trans pioneers from across America.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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We will NOT let this anti-Black administration take away our joy.

Happy Black History Month!
February 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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⏰ REMINDER: REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION for Allegheny and Lehigh Counties! Our one-seat majority in the state house is in YOUR hands—make sure your voice is heard! REGISTER TO VOTE TODAY! padems.org/vote #RegisterToVote
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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The composer behind 'Mirror Image' talks about challenging guitar-hero expectations, finding inspiration in Argentine rhythms, and why the best band leaders sometimes disappear into the music.

Disappearing Act — Tal Yahalom's Generous Guitar Moves:
Disappearing Act — Tal Yahalom's Generous Guitar Moves
The composer behind 'Mirror Image' talks about challenging guitar-hero expectations, finding inspiration in Argentine rhythms, and why the best band leaders sometimes disappear into the music.
www.thetonearm.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours:

1️⃣ “Oversight: Why Is a Sitting President Suing Agencies He Leads for $10 Billion?” (+8,407)
2️⃣ “Defend Elections in Our State: Stop Federal Raids, Reject MEGA, Protect Midterms” (+3,636)
3️⃣ “Stop Trump from taking over elections” (+3,405)
Resistbot Petitions
Trending campaigns organized by Resistbot members.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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Free money hack!🤑

Suppose a woman attorney makes $200K a year! Or rather, she would, if she had a flexible work schedule and affordable, high quality child care.

If I pay a childcare provider $50K to take care of her kid and do drop-offs... but lawyer mom pays $60K in income tax?

Free money!
Roughly half a million women in the US exited the workforce in 2025, and 42% of those who voluntarily left cited their caregiving responsibilities as the main reason, according to a recent survey from Catalyst.

www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
42% of women are leaving the workforce over lack of caregiver support
In a tight employment market, employers that offer less flexibility risk losing working caregivers, according to a Catalyst report.
www.hr-brew.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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this was also one of the many things I found sorta comforting about reading Taylor Branch’s “Parting the Waters” series on the American civil rights movement.
Upon re-reading the "Parting the Waters" series last year, the historical infighting was a huge consolation to me. It's not that, today, the various strands of the resistance movement are uniquely incapable of cooperating with each other. That's just how all insurgencies have always worked!
February 4, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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ICE and CBP are out of control. ​Join us Thursday at 10 am PT for a livestream​ to discuss ways to protect and exercise your digital rights in the face of immigration enforcement's brutality. eff.org/livestream-ice
EFF Town Hall: ICE, CBP, and Digital Rights
You see it. We see it. ICE and CBP are out of control. Many people are exercising their right to say it's unacceptable. But what are the limitations around recording immigration agents? Is it true
www.eff.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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What are some games you love because of the MOVEMENT? Think: swinging as Spider-Man, Mirror's Edge, Dead Cells... 2D, 3D, doesn't matter.

And why do you love it?

Writing a script now around this topic-- expect a shout out if I use a game of yours I didn't think of!
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 AM
So don't buy a gun. You're not going to out-shoot BORTAC. You're not going to out-opsec the FBI. You're not facing a civilian paramilitary that operates at arm's length from the government. Armed insurgency is not a winning strategy for us.

Resistance is.

Elections are the people, speaking.
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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Support for the Roadless Rule has never been louder: "Americans cherish their public lands and they’re never silent when the places they love are under attack." https://bit.ly/4brvR8g
Democrat or Republican, Americans want their National Forests kept intact
Repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule would not be in the long-term interest of the American people.
thehill.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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kali, online gaming tool, official website (1997) web.archive.org/web/19970412...
February 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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The music didn't change, who got punished and who benefited?

youtube.com/shorts/MLN0G...
“Rock Was Too Black—Until America Sold It” #history #blackhistory
YouTube video by NEWSPAPER-TALES : Untold African Realities
youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Cardiologist Dr. Helen Taussig founded the field of pediatric cardiology.

Co-developed the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt in 1944. This groundbreaking surgical procedure treated "blue baby syndrome" saving thousands of infants who previously had no treatment option.

#WomensPhysiciansDay #WomenInSTEM
February 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM