James Hollingshead
@bladesjester.bsky.social
Software Developer/security weirdo, swordsman, Native. Always trying to improve. Tweets are my own. I write at http://misanthropic.dev (He/They)
Columbus, Ohio area
All my links/sites - https://linktr.ee/jameshollingshead
Columbus, Ohio area
All my links/sites - https://linktr.ee/jameshollingshead
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I've said it before, but it's worth repeating given everything happening now.
Survival is an act of defiance. Every breath, every heartbeat is an expression of your sheer force of will to endure and overcome. Keep at it.
Survival is an act of defiance. Every breath, every heartbeat is an expression of your sheer force of will to endure and overcome. Keep at it.
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OK. I am honestly shocked. This is crazy
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
OK. I am honestly shocked. This is crazy
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$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
Meta plans $1 billion data center in Beaver Dam
The facility is expected to be completed in 2027 and will support 100 jobs, according to state officials.
www.wisn.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
He's on a mission from
Nevermind
Nevermind
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
He's on a mission from
Nevermind
Nevermind
Can lying under oath to congress be pardoned? I'm assuming so, but, hey why not make him actually do it?
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Can lying under oath to congress be pardoned? I'm assuming so, but, hey why not make him actually do it?
I can't even
Trump is talking about repealing the ACA, stealing insurance from tens of millions, bringing back pre-existing conditions, and killing the filibuster to do it (since there better not be a single Dem vote for this misery). And the press needs to explain that because the plan is to elide all that.
Obamacare could collapse under Trump’s new plan, policy experts say
Republicans say giving health care subsidies as cash to consumers would give Americans more control over their coverage. Critics say it could severely undermine the ACA marketplaces.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I can't even
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Where was Schumer highlighting this at his press conferences?!
Donald Trump sent more money to bail out Argentina than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits for just 1 year.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Where was Schumer highlighting this at his press conferences?!
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We live in the richest country in the history of the world, and we’re the only wealthy nation that doesn’t guarantee health care. Now we’re arguing over whether people deserve food. Explain it to me like I’m five because I don’t get it.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We live in the richest country in the history of the world, and we’re the only wealthy nation that doesn’t guarantee health care. Now we’re arguing over whether people deserve food. Explain it to me like I’m five because I don’t get it.
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Here are the Democrats who sold out the American public:
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sen. Angus King (independent who caucuses with Democrats)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Sen. Jacky Rosen
Sen. John Fetterman
Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Sen. Maggie Hassan
Vote them out.
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sen. Angus King (independent who caucuses with Democrats)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Sen. Jacky Rosen
Sen. John Fetterman
Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Sen. Maggie Hassan
Vote them out.
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Here are the Democrats who sold out the American public:
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sen. Angus King (independent who caucuses with Democrats)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Sen. Jacky Rosen
Sen. John Fetterman
Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Sen. Maggie Hassan
Vote them out.
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sen. Angus King (independent who caucuses with Democrats)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Sen. Jacky Rosen
Sen. John Fetterman
Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Sen. Maggie Hassan
Vote them out.
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Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
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Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
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Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
Translation - the ACA is finished and the Democrats want to cave for literally nothing
Outline of the deal:
-Government funding through Jan. 2026
-backpay for federal employees
-Furlough prevention
-A vote on the ACA credits in December
-Undoes reductions in force from the shutdown put in place by Russ Vought
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
-Government funding through Jan. 2026
-backpay for federal employees
-Furlough prevention
-A vote on the ACA credits in December
-Undoes reductions in force from the shutdown put in place by Russ Vought
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Translation - the ACA is finished and the Democrats want to cave for literally nothing
I, for one, would *never* encourage people to flood the lines and make them useless by reporting billionaires nonstop, but I'm sure that *someone* might suggest it...
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I, for one, would *never* encourage people to flood the lines and make them useless by reporting billionaires nonstop, but I'm sure that *someone* might suggest it...
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Mamdami is going to implement Shakira law. Hips caught making false statements to Wyclef Jean will be subject to fines.
Mamdani is gonna implement sharpei law. The state will now issue every family their very own wrinkle dog.
Mamdani is going to implement sashimi law. Everything will be served sliced thin and raw, with pickled ginger and wasabi.
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Mamdami is going to implement Shakira law. Hips caught making false statements to Wyclef Jean will be subject to fines.
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Obama was basically Regan from a policy standpoint...
In fact, most of the progressive wins during his presidency were things that he was basically forced into (gay marriage for example)
That's right - the "radical left" boogey man that you all go on about was actually, at *best* center-right
In fact, most of the progressive wins during his presidency were things that he was basically forced into (gay marriage for example)
That's right - the "radical left" boogey man that you all go on about was actually, at *best* center-right
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Obama was basically Regan from a policy standpoint...
In fact, most of the progressive wins during his presidency were things that he was basically forced into (gay marriage for example)
That's right - the "radical left" boogey man that you all go on about was actually, at *best* center-right
In fact, most of the progressive wins during his presidency were things that he was basically forced into (gay marriage for example)
That's right - the "radical left" boogey man that you all go on about was actually, at *best* center-right
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CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003." #EconSky
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003." #EconSky
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Watching a French chef vastly overcomplicating Scotch broth is frustrating.
Someone's wee gran needs to smack him upside the head with a caber.
It's a one pot peasant dish. It doesn't require 4 pots and assembling it after the fact
Someone's wee gran needs to smack him upside the head with a caber.
It's a one pot peasant dish. It doesn't require 4 pots and assembling it after the fact
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Watching a French chef vastly overcomplicating Scotch broth is frustrating.
Someone's wee gran needs to smack him upside the head with a caber.
It's a one pot peasant dish. It doesn't require 4 pots and assembling it after the fact
Someone's wee gran needs to smack him upside the head with a caber.
It's a one pot peasant dish. It doesn't require 4 pots and assembling it after the fact
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Oh also - lawyers aren’t allowed to tell jurors this so i do:
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
Jury nullification imo
November 27, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Oh also - lawyers aren’t allowed to tell jurors this so i do:
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
I don't know about you, but I'm getting kind of tired of one of the top items in my threat model being "the government is run by petty, failed TV personalities that make your average two year old look mature..."
Yeah so they’re cutting flights at the 40 busiest airports starting with 4% on Friday and ramping up to 10% through the weekend, and that includes ATL. If you’re attending #KubeCon and you aren’t threat modeling around this and making contingency plans already, strongly recommend starting now
So, uh, KubeCon attendees: how we feeling about the threat model of them shutting down the airspace? Are we all moving to Atlanta
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I don't know about you, but I'm getting kind of tired of one of the top items in my threat model being "the government is run by petty, failed TV personalities that make your average two year old look mature..."
SOMEBODY GET VIDEO
"Andrew Cuomo is visibly upset and people are crying"
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
SOMEBODY GET VIDEO