Water Under The Burned Bridge
@callacareer.bsky.social
All around weirdo. Here for politics. And laughs!
"The sculptor is a Chinese woman, you dork ass weirdos"
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The sculptor is a Chinese woman, you dork ass weirdos"
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Good moment to reread this excellent essay about how the software industry preference for “shipping velocity” over readiness & reliability caused the 737 Max air disasters
spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-boei...
spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-boei...
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Good moment to reread this excellent essay about how the software industry preference for “shipping velocity” over readiness & reliability caused the 737 Max air disasters
spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-boei...
spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-boei...
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listen, if we want to keep providing this thing that no one likes or wants, we have to be willing to suck at it.
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
listen, if we want to keep providing this thing that no one likes or wants, we have to be willing to suck at it.
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everybody knows about kissing under the mistletoe, but standing under certain other plants can make you do stuff too
December 22, 2024 at 4:42 AM
everybody knows about kissing under the mistletoe, but standing under certain other plants can make you do stuff too
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On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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I have watched this in full and the segment is well-reported and devastating. We know why it got killed, and we know why we must see it.
December 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I have watched this in full and the segment is well-reported and devastating. We know why it got killed, and we know why we must see it.
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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get out of there, stacked santa claus. bring those things in through the front door
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
get out of there, stacked santa claus. bring those things in through the front door
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So the Epstein Files are:
–not complete
–comically redacted
–not in a “searchable” format
The Trump-Vance administration had months to recover from the embarrassing influencer binder photo-op and this is what they came up with.
This is what they think of you
–not complete
–comically redacted
–not in a “searchable” format
The Trump-Vance administration had months to recover from the embarrassing influencer binder photo-op and this is what they came up with.
This is what they think of you
December 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
So the Epstein Files are:
–not complete
–comically redacted
–not in a “searchable” format
The Trump-Vance administration had months to recover from the embarrassing influencer binder photo-op and this is what they came up with.
This is what they think of you
–not complete
–comically redacted
–not in a “searchable” format
The Trump-Vance administration had months to recover from the embarrassing influencer binder photo-op and this is what they came up with.
This is what they think of you
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Truth time:
Hillary Clinton ran a good campaign. Kamala Harris ran a great campaign considering the circumstances. Trump ran a shit show of a campaign both times.
He won anyway because
1. The mainstream media coverage did everything possible to help him
2. The voters made a dumb, terrible choice.
Hillary Clinton ran a good campaign. Kamala Harris ran a great campaign considering the circumstances. Trump ran a shit show of a campaign both times.
He won anyway because
1. The mainstream media coverage did everything possible to help him
2. The voters made a dumb, terrible choice.
I'm sorry, why are we retroactively acting like his campaign was particularly good in 2024? It was a shit show, it just didn't matter.
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Truth time:
Hillary Clinton ran a good campaign. Kamala Harris ran a great campaign considering the circumstances. Trump ran a shit show of a campaign both times.
He won anyway because
1. The mainstream media coverage did everything possible to help him
2. The voters made a dumb, terrible choice.
Hillary Clinton ran a good campaign. Kamala Harris ran a great campaign considering the circumstances. Trump ran a shit show of a campaign both times.
He won anyway because
1. The mainstream media coverage did everything possible to help him
2. The voters made a dumb, terrible choice.
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historically, people have answered this with "national economy bad, but i'm doing alright" or such. the fact they're now saying "ii'm going bad" is, uh, not great
"How would you rate..."
National Economy:
Poor/Fair: 65%
Excellent/Good: 29%
Personal Finances:
Poor/Fair: 66%
Excellent/Good: 29%
Local Economy:
Poor/Fair: 58%
Excellent/Good: 37%
Clarity / Dec 11, 2025
National Economy:
Poor/Fair: 65%
Excellent/Good: 29%
Personal Finances:
Poor/Fair: 66%
Excellent/Good: 29%
Local Economy:
Poor/Fair: 58%
Excellent/Good: 37%
Clarity / Dec 11, 2025
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
historically, people have answered this with "national economy bad, but i'm doing alright" or such. the fact they're now saying "ii'm going bad" is, uh, not great
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Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
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wapo.st/48V6Jni marketing gift link for my colleague’s story.
She blew the whistle at Meta. Then her career fell apart.
After exposing the harms of Big Tech, many whistleblowers say they faced poor job prospects and isolation in Silicon Valley. They have no regrets.
wapo.st
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
wapo.st/48V6Jni marketing gift link for my colleague’s story.
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Over 600 people in America were fired from their jobs over social media posts about Charlie Kirk's murder, because Trump supporters complained to their bosses that their posts were insufficiently sympathetic
The statement about Rob and Michelle Reiner is sick, but don’t forget that Trump’s response to the Brown University shooting was “things happen.” A truly depraved man atop a depraved movement.
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Over 600 people in America were fired from their jobs over social media posts about Charlie Kirk's murder, because Trump supporters complained to their bosses that their posts were insufficiently sympathetic
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Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
Creativity is not efficient!
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You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
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If you wanna learn more about immune amnesia this is a good primer from the American Society for Microbiology.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
Measles and Immune Amnesia | ASM.org
Measles is much more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia and leaves patients especially vulnerable to secondary infection.
asm.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If you wanna learn more about immune amnesia this is a good primer from the American Society for Microbiology.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
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They like Trump and want to help him. They have pre-written "THE COMEBACK KID" narratives ready to break out of he crosses back over 40% approval for a couple polls, not to report a narrative but to try and change it
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
They like Trump and want to help him. They have pre-written "THE COMEBACK KID" narratives ready to break out of he crosses back over 40% approval for a couple polls, not to report a narrative but to try and change it
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The beginning
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The beginning
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Conservatives being shocked at the logical endpoint of their ideological commitments would be funny if it wasn't so costly to everyone who cares about democracy, equal rights, common decency, etc.
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Conservatives being shocked at the logical endpoint of their ideological commitments would be funny if it wasn't so costly to everyone who cares about democracy, equal rights, common decency, etc.
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I mean this: if your DAs and AGs aren’t talking about prosecuting this, get some who will if you possibly can. Either by shaming or voting.
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I mean this: if your DAs and AGs aren’t talking about prosecuting this, get some who will if you possibly can. Either by shaming or voting.
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there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.
The way Trump talks about the problems he caused by unilaterally imposing tariffs is fairly insane, even by his standards.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.
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Trump's farmer bailout will primarily go to massive row-crop farmers. Big Ag as they say. Smaller and diversified farms are getting something else - it rhymes with shackjit.
Trump is going to dump tens of $ billions in payments for huge commodity farmers to compensate for huge losses they will suffer from his idiotic trade war. Meanwhile, small farmers growing for local markets will get nothing. Just canceled grants and "thoughts and prayers". wapo.st/3YXdAbU
A Kansas family farm, barely getting by, grapples with Trump’s cuts
Like many of his rural neighbors in northeast Kansas, Jacob Thomas is trying to compensate for deep losses in federal funding. There’s worry and anger.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump's farmer bailout will primarily go to massive row-crop farmers. Big Ag as they say. Smaller and diversified farms are getting something else - it rhymes with shackjit.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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It’s a eugenics project. He thinks all the babies that die are “inferior” and this will make humans (which in his mind are only white people) “more fit.”
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a eugenics project. He thinks all the babies that die are “inferior” and this will make humans (which in his mind are only white people) “more fit.”