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Brian Partridge
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Emerging Tech & Innovation @ Twilio
Austin, TX
I’m going to need The Wonders to reunite to cover “Accidentally in Love” by Counting Crows. IYKYK…
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Organist at Dodgers Stadium playing Golden from #KPopDemonHunters
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Wait, so the vow to surveil and intimidate Spanish-speaking Americans from the US territory of Puerto Rico at the Super Bowl came from a DHS adviser with a documented history of abuse who is reported to be in a relationship with the department secretary and staying on beyond his statutory authority?
October 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The Gospel According to Weapons
Oh, The Irony #theresistance #singersongwriter
YouTube video by Billy Simons Jr.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'm 41yo with two kids, but absolutely no medical background whatsoever. I can pronounce "acetaminophen" just fine...

It's also useful to know when to take naproxen or ibuprofen. But don't take medical advice from me BECAUSE I'M NOT A DOCTOR.
September 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Time is a flat circle, nothing ever happens, etc
September 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Predicting "Go Birds" will have a moment as the progressive "Let's Go Brandon", and people will be punished for saying it.
September 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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If you believe that a white woman who is a convicted child sex abuser and trafficker is innocent and honest, but a Latino father who had to be released because they could find no evidence against him is guilty and a liar, then it isn't law & order you believe in, it's child abuse & white supremacy.
August 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Don't watch alone, unless you don't want others to know that @billysimonsjr.bsky.social made you cry.
youtu.be/6J6w3F_4Zf8?...
We the People
YouTube video by Billy Simons Jr.
youtu.be
August 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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For most of the last decade, our media and political class has panicked over the idea that progressives were intruding on free speech rights by loudly criticizing people with unpopular views.

Anyway, here's far-right federal paramilitaries advertising that they'll rip down pro-immigrant messages.
ICE just posted this video taking down the sign in Mount Pleasant on Twitter.
August 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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If your org happens to be looking to hire security people. Someone great just became available.
fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.

going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.

if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!

reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
July 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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The Supreme Court is out of control. To allow the president, without any explanation, to unilaterally dismantle agencies created by an Act of Congress is to endow the president with sovereignty. There is no justification, because they haven’t given one. Our country is in big trouble.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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If you ask the new Grok (via grok.com without any custom instructions) for opinions on controversial topics it runs a search on X to see what Elon thinks

I know this sounds like a joke but it's not. This genuinely happens: x.com/jeremyphowar...
July 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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DEAR MR . GOOGLE:

YOUR RANKING OF BEST PRESIDENTS IS INACCURATE AS A MATTER OF LAW. THE PEOPLE DEMAND YOU CORRECT IT.

SINCERELY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI

ago.mo.gov/attorney-gen...
Attorney General Bailey Fights To Expose Big Tech Censorship Of President Trump As AI Chatbots Produce Fake News | Attorney General Office of Missouri
ago.mo.gov
July 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
(Voice note) a Pretenders cover band called the Pre Tenders, we perform shows in chicken costumes...
July 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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An exercise in climatological theology from the Rev Kristi Noem. Note that when wildfires strike California, this is the hand of God purging the land of atheists and sexual deviants. When floods sweep through the Texas Hill County, this is the hand of God sparing survivors from the waters.
Kristi Noem on Texas floods: "I'm extremely grateful for God's hand in that whole situation, because hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people were saved."
July 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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As I reflect on the reality of self driving Ubers becoming a reality, I’m considering what today are cutting edge uses of tech will be mundane next decade.

I expect wearable A.I. companions that are proactive, always listening and advising people will be commonplace.
June 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I have a challenge for you in Ep 4 of the Resistor Vic Podcast with @billysimonsjr.bsky.social
resistorvic.substack.com/p/billy-simo...
Billy Simons Jr. Ep 4
Watch now (37 mins) | Is he protesting or storytelling? Or both?
resistorvic.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Chenowith singing the National Anthem in 4, mostly. Bold choice.
June 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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By the way, one of the reasons it’s terrible all of these people lie all of the time about meaningless things is it makes it impossible to believe them when they’re talking about incredibly consequential things.
Pete Hegseth repeated claims by Trump that US strikes had completely destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities even as the Pentagon acknowledged it was too early to provide a full damage assessment @theguardian.com latest www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hegseth claims US ‘obliterated’ Iranian nuclear sites despite lack of assessment
US defense secretary praises Trump at first news briefing but Pentagon says it is too early for full damage assessment
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In fact, I'd say there's a 100% chance that talks either do or do not happen. Flawless.
NEW: Trump will decide on Iran within the next two weeks based on the “substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place” in the near future, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says
June 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM