Isaiah Sarju
@isaiahsarju.bsky.social
Street photography, bikes and urban transpo, BJJ, competitive Halo, Covid cautious, T1D (he/him)
Capitalism: I move methodically and make things secure. My views are my own
Capitalism: I move methodically and make things secure. My views are my own
One thing I've learned from Duolingo: I should only learn languages between 06:00 and 12:00 or 18:00 and 00:00
August 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
One thing I've learned from Duolingo: I should only learn languages between 06:00 and 12:00 or 18:00 and 00:00
Ben and Jerry's bout to be the Bonne Maman of ice cream when we eventually go full fascist
August 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Ben and Jerry's bout to be the Bonne Maman of ice cream when we eventually go full fascist
The optimization is not optimizing
July 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The optimization is not optimizing
Buy film they said...
You will always have physical hard copies of your photos...
They said...
You will always have physical hard copies of your photos...
They said...
July 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Buy film they said...
You will always have physical hard copies of your photos...
They said...
You will always have physical hard copies of your photos...
They said...
June 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Meta launched a stand-alone AI app and now it is full of sensitive content from Facebook users who appear to be unaware that they have made their conversations public: www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerb...
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI app is one of the most depressing places online
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI app has become the saddest place on the internet with its public feed of personal overshares.
www.businessinsider.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Meta launched a stand-alone AI app and now it is full of sensitive content from Facebook users who appear to be unaware that they have made their conversations public: www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerb...
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It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
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In order to eliminate any inconvenience to cars, we’ve made it illegal for children to be children
June 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In order to eliminate any inconvenience to cars, we’ve made it illegal for children to be children
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Frustrated with adaptive keyboards, Kurt developed his *own* single-handed touch-typing solution -- a keymap enabling comfortable and efficient one-handed use of standard two-handed boards. He dubbed his design the Single-Handed Half-Board Keymap ... or "KURTY" for short. 99pi.org/article/sing...
Left to Write (2 of 3): Designing a Single-Handed Keymap for Half a QWERTY Board - 99% Invisible
As a design writer seeking a one-handed writing solution for myself, I expected to research and test various adaptive options, settle on one best suited to my needs, and then write about it. But as…
99percentinvisible.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Frustrated with adaptive keyboards, Kurt developed his *own* single-handed touch-typing solution -- a keymap enabling comfortable and efficient one-handed use of standard two-handed boards. He dubbed his design the Single-Handed Half-Board Keymap ... or "KURTY" for short. 99pi.org/article/sing...
Bruh literally looks like *the quote*
“the bulk of Fugate’s leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model United Nations club.”
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
June 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Bruh literally looks like *the quote*
So... are burning cyber trucks still domestic terrorism?
June 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
So... are burning cyber trucks still domestic terrorism?
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Does spectacular wealth excuse depravity? Some thoughts on Elon Musk and moral character.
June 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Does spectacular wealth excuse depravity? Some thoughts on Elon Musk and moral character.
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On the impact of masks in schools during Covid in 2022
"We further estimate that the removal of mandates during this time contributed to 21,800 COVID deaths through the rest of 2022, 9% of the U.S. total that year."
www.nber.org/papers/w33849
"We further estimate that the removal of mandates during this time contributed to 21,800 COVID deaths through the rest of 2022, 9% of the U.S. total that year."
www.nber.org/papers/w33849
June 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On the impact of masks in schools during Covid in 2022
"We further estimate that the removal of mandates during this time contributed to 21,800 COVID deaths through the rest of 2022, 9% of the U.S. total that year."
www.nber.org/papers/w33849
"We further estimate that the removal of mandates during this time contributed to 21,800 COVID deaths through the rest of 2022, 9% of the U.S. total that year."
www.nber.org/papers/w33849
Nazi Germany oversaw the destruction of a body of transgender scientific knowledge, along with the internment of transgender people
June 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Nazi Germany oversaw the destruction of a body of transgender scientific knowledge, along with the internment of transgender people
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Take the pledge to continue the fight to save transit with us at savetransit.org
June 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Take the pledge to continue the fight to save transit with us at savetransit.org
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My pop shared with me a piece in The NYTimes today about how to say ‘I Told You So’ you know, politely.
This is me being polite, and right, since day 1 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This is me being polite, and right, since day 1 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
My pop shared with me a piece in The NYTimes today about how to say ‘I Told You So’ you know, politely.
This is me being polite, and right, since day 1 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This is me being polite, and right, since day 1 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article)
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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always the people and companies u suspect most
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.
www.404media.co
April 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
always the people and companies u suspect most
Morning food art (F. art™️). Eggs on pan toasted sourdough. Accompanied by a bowl of creamy wheat, with fruit, a bit of brown sugar, and a dusting of cinnamon. (God, I took so much insulin for this lol)
April 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Morning food art (F. art™️). Eggs on pan toasted sourdough. Accompanied by a bowl of creamy wheat, with fruit, a bit of brown sugar, and a dusting of cinnamon. (God, I took so much insulin for this lol)
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thought i was writing a story about an app that pays crypto bounties for reporting undocumented immigrants. but i was actually writing a story about something worse: a crypto pump-and-dump disguised as an app that pays crypto bounties for reporting immigrants
www.theverge.com/tech/650015/...
www.theverge.com/tech/650015/...
This ICE-snitching app is actually promoting a meme coin
‘It’s like a citizen’s arrest, but with Wi-Fi.‘
www.theverge.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
thought i was writing a story about an app that pays crypto bounties for reporting undocumented immigrants. but i was actually writing a story about something worse: a crypto pump-and-dump disguised as an app that pays crypto bounties for reporting immigrants
www.theverge.com/tech/650015/...
www.theverge.com/tech/650015/...
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April 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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I know times are bad because any date from the future (2034, 2078, 2026) sounds like it could be the title of a post-apocalyptic movie.
April 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I know times are bad because any date from the future (2034, 2078, 2026) sounds like it could be the title of a post-apocalyptic movie.