Padraig2112
@isomorphism.net
IT professional for 30 years. Former local elected official. Education and technology policy, former grad student working on Information Systems for untrained responders in big disasters. Happily married with adult kids.
The cry of the moderate in today's political situation:
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 AM
The cry of the moderate in today's political situation:
This is what they took from us
January 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
This is what they took from us
The Irishier the better
January 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The Irishier the better
Not my house, but I know my way around
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Not my house, but I know my way around
I read this as:
Red: Had a Primary Residence Here
Orange: Have Spent at least One Night
Yellow: Have Gotten off the Freeway and stopped to see at least two Sights
Green: Have Gotten off the Freeway and stopped to see at least one Sight
Blue: Only Got Off The Freeway to get gas/bathroom
Red: Had a Primary Residence Here
Orange: Have Spent at least One Night
Yellow: Have Gotten off the Freeway and stopped to see at least two Sights
Green: Have Gotten off the Freeway and stopped to see at least one Sight
Blue: Only Got Off The Freeway to get gas/bathroom
January 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I read this as:
Red: Had a Primary Residence Here
Orange: Have Spent at least One Night
Yellow: Have Gotten off the Freeway and stopped to see at least two Sights
Green: Have Gotten off the Freeway and stopped to see at least one Sight
Blue: Only Got Off The Freeway to get gas/bathroom
Red: Had a Primary Residence Here
Orange: Have Spent at least One Night
Yellow: Have Gotten off the Freeway and stopped to see at least two Sights
Green: Have Gotten off the Freeway and stopped to see at least one Sight
Blue: Only Got Off The Freeway to get gas/bathroom
The last sixth-round pick to have an NBA career. His first wife left him for Dr. Dre.
January 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The last sixth-round pick to have an NBA career. His first wife left him for Dr. Dre.
To be fair Totoro is neck and neck
January 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
To be fair Totoro is neck and neck
Article VI, Clause II says Steven Miller (not to mention Trump) are violating the Supreme Law of the Land by threatening a ratified-by-treaty ally.
January 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Article VI, Clause II says Steven Miller (not to mention Trump) are violating the Supreme Law of the Land by threatening a ratified-by-treaty ally.
I don't want to be on the top engagement list this is fine:
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I don't want to be on the top engagement list this is fine:
One would hope you would not need this explained.
January 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
One would hope you would not need this explained.
There is not 66% support for secession in California.
(Noteworthy, the last major poll I can find that has anything resembling broad coverage is feom 2024 and the partisan support was, uh)
(Noteworthy, the last major poll I can find that has anything resembling broad coverage is feom 2024 and the partisan support was, uh)
January 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
There is not 66% support for secession in California.
(Noteworthy, the last major poll I can find that has anything resembling broad coverage is feom 2024 and the partisan support was, uh)
(Noteworthy, the last major poll I can find that has anything resembling broad coverage is feom 2024 and the partisan support was, uh)
That's me, just a bean
January 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
That's me, just a bean
Sometimes labelers work, a case study
December 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sometimes labelers work, a case study
Yeah CA is a hellscape
December 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Yeah CA is a hellscape
The hollowing out of the American Midwest in particular is going to be ugly.
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The hollowing out of the American Midwest in particular is going to be ugly.
The fact that the U.S. could, at the start of the 2007 financial crisis, put a trillion dollars of Treasuries up at the window at a negative interest rate indexed to inflation and they sold out immediately is the only thing that saved us from a far worse outcome.
December 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The fact that the U.S. could, at the start of the 2007 financial crisis, put a trillion dollars of Treasuries up at the window at a negative interest rate indexed to inflation and they sold out immediately is the only thing that saved us from a far worse outcome.
Merry Christmas from California, everybody else (images from the thread), we got it all here
December 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Merry Christmas from California, everybody else (images from the thread), we got it all here
