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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 14h

We are definitely in an era where a disturbing portion of our news sounds like deranged, satirical Mad Libs.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 15h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Gay Virginia Republican plagued by Nazi porn scandal brags running mate is ‘100% against’ marriage equality

It's a statewide political ticket of extremes.

www.yahoo.com

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 2d

Great point by the Episcopal father here: this is specifically condemning the things that Jesus Christ literally ordered us to do.

opera trinitatis ad extra indivisa sunt @mtrkdjoyce.bsky.social · 7d

the specific language of “break bread with” and “visit him in prison” is so striking to me, used in condemnation this way

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

DHS includes a bunch of false and defamatory statements in their tweet about Kilmar Abrego Garcia as they prepare to send him to Uganda.

Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 2d

This is great advice: it is actually possible to just say "no" if your boss asks you to do something illegal. Better than doing it, even!

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 6d

If you're asked to do someting potentially illegal at work: know that if you do so, you're the one could well have to face consequences.

A few more stories about when engineers went along with illegal asks, and are now in hot water: blog.pragmaticengineer.com/asked-to-do-...

Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 2d

Years ago I learned this lesson when a colleague had someone break into their house and steal both their computer and the backup drive sitting next to it. I've had on-site and cloud backups since.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 2d

No, pre-coffee self, `git rm --cached package.json` is not the same as `git rm --cached package-lock.json`. Once you figure that out, you'll know why you've struggled with builds all day.

Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 2d

Can't believe that, of all things, JIRA doesn't have built-in support for not counting weekends in ticket aging. If someone picks up a ticket on Friday, it shouldn't be 3 days old by Monday.

Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 2d

How did I manage to break my rvm config in tmux somehow between Friday and today?

Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Just good enough that I had a great time

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

No RSI in the future, which is an essential adaptation to a world made of blinkenlights.

Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

The future uses trackballs. The future believes in ergonomics.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

This isn't like the theme to Star Trek II, this is exactly the theme. It's amazing how much Horner borrowed from himself.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

It's like actors in this movie were promised a moving death scene as part of their contract

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

There's this returning character in the space station bar who's basically a French clown building houses out of cards. He's fantastic.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Some things are shot on a Hollywood backlot, but this "planet "was shot just in the hills behind someone's apartment.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

"We're gonna crash!"
"Nope, we're probably gonna burn up before we get anywhere near the crash."
This is amazing screenplaymanship.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

There really was a deep belief in the defensive turret gun in the 1980s, huh. Like, just defensive turrets shooting down enemies in every direction. (Historically, they were useless when deployed by single aircraft not in a large formation.)

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Never has anyone said "the board of directors is gonna love me" in a more evil way. This b-movie really did anticipate the future, didn't it.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, I get it, the hero Hawk (fka Armand Assante from the back, Ron Jeremy from the front) is really a type of Mal Reynolds, not a type of Han Solo. Like, Mal + 20 years and nothing worked out on Serenity either.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, I figured this was going to be a weak re-cut of Battle Beyond the Stars, but this has a lot of interior sets and is overall a better movie, if not a Better Movie

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

OK, I've got a little free time and am going to finish this movie.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

As an Orioles fan, I dream of a team that can make a playoff exit

Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

But Trump didn’t come from nowhere; he, and those who follow him, and the organizations he’s managed to pervert, were all created in our country before Trump took office. We can’t just go back; then we’ll only make another Trump. We need to move forward, make something better.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 4d

Downside of being old: fell asleep in the middle of this movie.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 4d

Seems like Max Reebo's playin' the jizz here

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