wes
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InfoSec, Linux, Python, HPC, social justice, and politics
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I would like enough clips of @kenjennings.bsky.social impersonating Andy Rooney to make the ideal AI Rooney for every occasion
October 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I would like enough clips of @kenjennings.bsky.social impersonating Andy Rooney to make the ideal AI Rooney for every occasion
This dope has already inserted himself into my life enough.
October 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This dope has already inserted himself into my life enough.
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Trump: "We've got a lot of stupid people in this country running things."
September 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump: "We've got a lot of stupid people in this country running things."
Trump would say French fries cause the flu if he thought it would distract from the #EpsteinFiles
September 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Trump would say French fries cause the flu if he thought it would distract from the #EpsteinFiles
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This is all the legislature's fault btw. Always keep your hate for them burning the fiercest. It all comes back to them.
Do not extrapolate that to the people who put them there, however.
Do not extrapolate that to the people who put them there, however.
September 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is all the legislature's fault btw. Always keep your hate for them burning the fiercest. It all comes back to them.
Do not extrapolate that to the people who put them there, however.
Do not extrapolate that to the people who put them there, however.
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Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
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Ask the normie non political people in your life what percentage of the country they think is transgender and it'll blow your mind.
Whenever I tell someone trans folks make up less than 1% of the country, they look at me like I'm a conspiracy theorist.
Whenever I tell someone trans folks make up less than 1% of the country, they look at me like I'm a conspiracy theorist.
the hysteria has gone off the rails so far that the average american thinks 1 in 5 people are transgender. pure absolute insanity that is driving the current lavender scare
September 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ask the normie non political people in your life what percentage of the country they think is transgender and it'll blow your mind.
Whenever I tell someone trans folks make up less than 1% of the country, they look at me like I'm a conspiracy theorist.
Whenever I tell someone trans folks make up less than 1% of the country, they look at me like I'm a conspiracy theorist.
Iowa Board of Regents responding to pressure from Republican legislators: www.kcrg.com/2025/09/17/b...
"Some board members shared frustrations, with one member saying no investigations were conducted prior to the boards decision, which prevented any terminations from being issued this week."
"Some board members shared frustrations, with one member saying no investigations were conducted prior to the boards decision, which prevented any terminations from being issued this week."
Board of Regents orders investigation into university staff social media posts
Following a three-hour closed session, the Iowa Board of Regents announced its decision on faculty members who had praised Charlie Kirk’s death on social media.
www.kcrg.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Iowa Board of Regents responding to pressure from Republican legislators: www.kcrg.com/2025/09/17/b...
"Some board members shared frustrations, with one member saying no investigations were conducted prior to the boards decision, which prevented any terminations from being issued this week."
"Some board members shared frustrations, with one member saying no investigations were conducted prior to the boards decision, which prevented any terminations from being issued this week."
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The median voter isn't a pureed balance of elite centrist takes, they're somebody who has a passionate opinion about vehicle registration fees but couldn't name the current vice president.
August 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The median voter isn't a pureed balance of elite centrist takes, they're somebody who has a passionate opinion about vehicle registration fees but couldn't name the current vice president.
If only the National Guard deployments had caused us to forget the #EpsteinFiles.
August 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If only the National Guard deployments had caused us to forget the #EpsteinFiles.
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Maybe some reporters can check how much they spent last time when they promised this. While you’re at it, check how much Foxconn spent. Narrator: It’s a press release.
* APPLE WILL ANNOUNCE A DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING PLEDGE OF $100 BLN -- WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL
* WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAYS APPLE WILL INVEST $100 BLN ON TOP OF $500 BLN
@reuters.com $AAPL
* WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAYS APPLE WILL INVEST $100 BLN ON TOP OF $500 BLN
@reuters.com $AAPL
August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Maybe some reporters can check how much they spent last time when they promised this. While you’re at it, check how much Foxconn spent. Narrator: It’s a press release.
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ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is 'I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC'
FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?
WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?
WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
August 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is 'I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC'
FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?
WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?
WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
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I think my answer to the interminable “is Trump a fascist?” debate is: “Yes, but he can’t figure out how to do it”
August 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I think my answer to the interminable “is Trump a fascist?” debate is: “Yes, but he can’t figure out how to do it”
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Trump on camera when asked about his close personal ties with Jeffrey Epstein 👀
July 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump on camera when asked about his close personal ties with Jeffrey Epstein 👀
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That last line hits hard
July 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That last line hits hard
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Good to know Kristi Noem's on the case, she can simply take the National Weather Service out back & shoot it
July 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Good to know Kristi Noem's on the case, she can simply take the National Weather Service out back & shoot it
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Nothing -- even Trump's most ridiculous comments, orders, or demands -- is more dystopian than hardbound SCOTUS decisions.
a man wearing a hat and a suit is smiling and looking at the camera .
ALT: a man wearing a hat and a suit is smiling and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Nothing -- even Trump's most ridiculous comments, orders, or demands -- is more dystopian than hardbound SCOTUS decisions.
On the surface Mamdani has a strong victory over Cuomo in the NYC mayor democrat primary. In reality, Cuomo had to resign as governor in shame and scandal. The 9 percentage points is a terrible reflection of US politics.
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On the surface Mamdani has a strong victory over Cuomo in the NYC mayor democrat primary. In reality, Cuomo had to resign as governor in shame and scandal. The 9 percentage points is a terrible reflection of US politics.
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the political lesson everyone should take from Iraq is that you will regret being in favor of this sooner or later and the earlier you were against it the better off you’ll be
ignore the media frenzy and stake your position now, it’s the right thing to do and it’s the ambitious thing to do too
ignore the media frenzy and stake your position now, it’s the right thing to do and it’s the ambitious thing to do too
June 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
the political lesson everyone should take from Iraq is that you will regret being in favor of this sooner or later and the earlier you were against it the better off you’ll be
ignore the media frenzy and stake your position now, it’s the right thing to do and it’s the ambitious thing to do too
ignore the media frenzy and stake your position now, it’s the right thing to do and it’s the ambitious thing to do too
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
I just listened to this episode and it is truly a head desk listen. Sahil is so clueless to how the world works and naive in his assumptions that I had to verify Gumroad is an actual company that completes it's purported objective. I'm glad he's sharing.
This @planetmoney.bsky.social episode on why someone joined DOGE was really good. I really appreciate the transparency of Lavingia even as I had to pause the episode every few minutes to yell about hubris. www.npr.org/2025/06/13/1...
Why I joined DOGE : Planet Money
What was it like to work inside Elon Musk's DOGE? The cost-cutting initiative promised transparency, but most of its actions have been shrouded in secrecy.For months, there were reports of software en...
www.npr.org
June 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I just listened to this episode and it is truly a head desk listen. Sahil is so clueless to how the world works and naive in his assumptions that I had to verify Gumroad is an actual company that completes it's purported objective. I'm glad he's sharing.
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The radicalization of the American right is THE story of US politics over the last four decades and political reporters are still not allowed to talk about it
I am wondering why Lisa Leher from the @nytimes.com did not discuss the data that suggests political violence in the US in the current era mostly comes from the right. Seems like a strange fact to ignore. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...
Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The radicalization of the American right is THE story of US politics over the last four decades and political reporters are still not allowed to talk about it
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Noem says the Department of Homeland Security is “not going away” and that it will “liberate” Los Angeles from its democratically elected mayor and governor.
The fascism is getting more brazen by day.
The fascism is getting more brazen by day.
June 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Noem says the Department of Homeland Security is “not going away” and that it will “liberate” Los Angeles from its democratically elected mayor and governor.
The fascism is getting more brazen by day.
The fascism is getting more brazen by day.