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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · 1d

Derek is simply one of the best engineers and managers I’ve ever worked with. He’s the first engineer that I hired and he played a direct role in building our department and so many peoples’ careers along the way. Hire him. Seriously. Or get in touch with me if you want to know more.

Derek Kın̈sman @derekkinsman.com · 2d

Heya friends, I lost my job this morning and am back on the market. If you’re in need of a Canadian tech director I’d love to chat. ❤️ www.linkedin.com/in/derekkins...

Derek J. Kinsman - Unwinnable | LinkedIn

Creative developer, designer, researcher, strategist, and prototyper with over a decade… · Experience: Unwinnable · Location: Guelph · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Derek J. Kinsman’s profile on ...

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · 7d

What he is essentially saying is “If democrats won’t let me take away healthcare from millions of people, I’m going to jeopardize the safety of every single American.”

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

These so-called "DEMOCRAT AGENCIES"...

-Ensure our food is safe to eat
-Keep our air and water clean
-Alert us to natural disasters
-Protect us from financial fraud and scammers

Remember what Trump is actually attacking.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · 12d

Co-sign

Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 12d

Losing Merici and Victor, and SO many feds, is a loss for all of us: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Former Federal Workers on the Cost of Trump's Cuts (Gift Article)

The New York Times photographed and interviewed two dozen former federal workers from across the country to get a sense of what they left behind and what they face next.

www.nytimes.com

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · 14d

That an escalator temporarily stairs incident (his own team caused) stays in the news cycle longer than a school shooting… I don’t know.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Bartiromo: "Probably not a good idea to play games with President Trump while he was riding the elevator and reading his script at the UN if in fact the funding is in fact already in jeopardy because of an ineffective agency, and then you have these political tricks."

Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · 15d

“ChatGPT help me falsify evidence to show anti ICE bias”

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15d

Hours after a shooting of ICE detainees, the FBI says “early evidence” of messages on the rounds are “anti-ICE in nature.”

Here is a picture FBI Director Kash Patel just tweeted of “the unspent shell casings recovered…engraved with the phrase ANTI ICE.”

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17d

Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene

RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*

A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”

Person watching on tv: well if they say so

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Chris Coyier @chriscoyier.net · 27d

CSS `field-sizing` on a `<textarea>` is obviously awesome.

But the horizontal growth using it on an `<input>` is less clearly useful to me. But check out this design pattern I cooked up. I don't hate it. Keeps the name area compact until you need to see more. Just a bit of flexbox wrapping.

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · 20d

Roberto Carlos

Carlos Estrada @ctothelos77.bsky.social · 21d

What is Dad playing?

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · 26d

Conservatives: “The left needs to tone down their rhetoric.”

Also conservatives: “We should just kill homeless people.”

Mainstream media: “The left needs to tone down their rhetoric.”

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 26d

'Fox & Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested euthanizing unhoused people with mental health issues who decline help, saying, “Just kill ‘em.” More:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Fox Host Says to 'Just Kill 'Em' While Discussing Homeless People Who Decline Help

'Fox and Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested euthanizing unhoused people with mental health issues who decline help, saying, 'Just kill 'em.'

www.rollingstone.com

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Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 27d

wake up babe new blue & black dress just dropped

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 27d

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · Sep 6

The press: “Kamala, what is your position on updates to section 420(c)69 of the internal revenue code? Too slow, you dumb bitch, never gonna be president.”

Also the press: “mr. Vance you’re so dreamy, tell us more about Ohio.”

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · Sep 6

Amazing how many articles there were about “Kamala Harris, what does she do? What policy debates does she participate in? How is she “messing up the border?” And the current VP is just a full on shitposter and the political press goes, “ah well, nevertheless”

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · Sep 6

This is real, somehow

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · Sep 6

To better reflect the future of the United States and its role in the world, they should have named it the Department of Defense/Offense (DODO).

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Sep 6

POV: you've just been thrown off a balcony by the beatles (Beatles are looking down and delighted that you are splat on the ground)

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · Sep 6

“4,800 sites in over 160 countries”

Image from the Covid era of two figures blasting each other with particles

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · Sep 5

Some shots on film of life in DC these days.

A man holding a baguette walking between two banksy-inspired stencils of a masked man throwing a sandwich

Banksy-inspired street art on a storefront under construction

Sign that says immigrants make America great

A press conference with lots of people standing. A speaker is flanked by two camera operators in the foreground.

Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · Sep 5

Really loved @craigmod.com’s Things Become Other Things. Beautifully-written along with a healthy dose of humor that somehow manages to sneak up on you.

The book Things Become Other Things on a side table. Next to it is a coaster with a Shiba Inu.

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · Sep 5

Got my COVID shot at a CVS in Maryland. If you are under 65 and answer ‘yes’ to having one of the health conditions, you can schedule a shot. No prescription needed. No questions asked at the pharmacy.

Arm with a bandaid where a Covid shot was given.

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EmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social · Sep 5

The exact talent & work they are talking about was happening for 10+ yrs. The people doing that work were fired & the teams they worked on gutted & dismantled.

Any journalists who do not even mention what came before should not call themselves journalists.

federalnewsnetwork.com/it-moderniza...

After federal workforce cuts, DOGE chief says ‘we need to hire’

Federal News Network reported in June that DOGE has been inviting federal employees to join the organization.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · Sep 1

You can definitely find one peppered throughout!

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’m here for the spicy takes

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · Aug 26

Half the designers on LinkedIn, who want to use swastikas the way your Uncle Charlie uses the n-word, are thrilled that “design finally has a seat at the table.” Nevermind that the table is in a Nazi restaurant. Thankfully, @danhon.com lays out the truth: newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s20e...

s20e06: Not About How it Looks

0.0 Context Setting It’s Monday, 25 August 2025 and a hot, sunny day in Portland, Oregon. I got back late last night from a family camping trip (it was...

newsletter.danhon.com

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