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David Pollak
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Twin dad, Spice Labs, @liftweb founder, @ricnews & @bu_law alum, learned to be kinder from @archer_dog tweets are my own LLAP

319 ppm

the law cannot protect anyone […]

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Reposted by David Pollak
Generally well informed sources told me, that the

International Criminal Court https://www.icc-cpi.int/

was kicked out of #ms365 within seven days (#microsoft does not confirm.)

Given the actual development around @hateaid this means that everybody who is in disagreement with the US regime […]
Original post on 23.social
23.social
December 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Cats think they are helping me floss… they’re not
December 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
@FediTree hello
December 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
@FediTree May I have a tree?
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I am at Tortilla Flats and wanted you to know.

"It’s not Friday, but it is the beginning of a loooooong weekend

Check out my photo or leave a comment at: https://app.foursquare.com/share/checkin/694b315b6947a0086a3bd677?s=p2odwJcS6s7cIhola-KRi69zuzQ&lang=en

(Tortilla Flats 355 Hope St […]
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mastodon.social
December 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Fuck private equity. Buying up a greasy Rhode Island icon… olneyville New York systems
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Yeah… I’ve been doing tech professionally since 1978.

We as an industry really got it wrong.

The US government also failed to regulate the industry… probably starting in 2005. But at the time, regulation and government surveillance went hand in hand. So, now we have a weakened government and […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by David Pollak
The CBS 60 Minutes CECOT segment showed up in Canada's Global TV app and then quickly disappeared. But a direct copy (not a screen recording) is now archived online: https://archive.org/details/60minutes-cecotsegment
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#silentsunday happy winter solstice
December 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Reposted by David Pollak
Want to make a chicken stock like the one at the Fat Duck in 60 minutes? What about a pain-free consommé?

Chris Young has your back:

https://youtu.be/3k20zFlbFfE
December 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Artemis and I had interactions with three new people as well as a few previously met friends on our walk today

It’s particularly gratifying to interact with other rescue dogs and their humans https://mastodon.green/@d6y/115751428203689158
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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How about some Friday zen: the falls in downtown Pawtucket, beside the cradle of industrialization of America, swollen by heavy rains.
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I am at Tortilla Flats and wanted you to know.

"Happy Friday!

Check out my photo or leave a comment at: https://app.foursquare.com/share/checkin/6945dc360150db2f14e17032?s=vv7WDWp2OOnfV2Fg85ISr3z7dyE&lang=en

(Tortilla Flats 355 Hope St, Providence, RI, 02906, US)

- David

Don't have Swarm […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Reposted by David Pollak
A meme meets physics.
December 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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I’m hiring (Australia remote) Senior OT DFIR http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/dragos/jobs/5013899008
Senior OT Incident Responder
Australia
job-boards.greenhouse.io
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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“The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was unanimous.’ That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.” - Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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WCVB - Police have identified a person they believe is connected to the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor in Brookline earlier this week. https://www.wcvb.com/article/mit-professor-shot-brookline-brown-university-shooting-possible-link/69811151
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Chilling with Artemis and @mick
December 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Reposted by David Pollak
it's truly amazing what LLMs can achieve. we now know it's possible to produce an html5 parsing library with nothing but the full source code of an existing html5 parsing library, all the source code of all other open source libraries ever, a meticulously maintained and extremely comprehensive […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Reposted by David Pollak
Politico - Former special counsel tells a House committee his team found evidence “beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.” […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
December 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Last week, we replaced a Lift app with a Springboot app.

It was the right thing technically, but it makes me sad.
December 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM