Kevin Trainor
@kevintrainor.bsky.social
Teacher, programmer, data modeler, data analyst, systems analyst, Web developer.
For more information about my professional life, please see my LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/trainorkevin
For more information about my professional life, please see my LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/trainorkevin
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
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Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees.
In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.
Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.
Textbook corporate greed.
In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.
Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.
Textbook corporate greed.
September 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees.
In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.
Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.
Textbook corporate greed.
In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.
Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.
Textbook corporate greed.
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Military occupation of areas loyal to the political opposition is what you see in a civil war, kids.
August 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Military occupation of areas loyal to the political opposition is what you see in a civil war, kids.
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At this point they could announce that Ghislaine Maxwell is being put in charge of labor statistics and I wouldn’t even be surprised
August 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
At this point they could announce that Ghislaine Maxwell is being put in charge of labor statistics and I wouldn’t even be surprised
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If the Senate confirms the wildly unqualified Emil Bove, it will be responsible for the even Trumpier and more lawless Supreme Court for which the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is potentially but a Bovean stepping stone. He is an antijudge extraordinaire
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
Opinion | Revenge, Thy Name Is Emil Bove
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If the Senate confirms the wildly unqualified Emil Bove, it will be responsible for the even Trumpier and more lawless Supreme Court for which the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is potentially but a Bovean stepping stone. He is an antijudge extraordinaire
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
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In which I argue that arguments about whether #genai is useful or not are the wrong arguments. The important issues are what it’s for and what it costs.
Having very unkind feelings about the people pushing it.
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/07/06/AI-Manifesto
Having very unkind feelings about the people pushing it.
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/07/06/AI-Manifesto
The Real GenAI Issue
www.tbray.org
July 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In which I argue that arguments about whether #genai is useful or not are the wrong arguments. The important issues are what it’s for and what it costs.
Having very unkind feelings about the people pushing it.
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/07/06/AI-Manifesto
Having very unkind feelings about the people pushing it.
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/07/06/AI-Manifesto
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Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.
July 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.
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Whatever is learned about the death, those details are going to raise serious questions about the deployment of law enforcement resources under Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s dragnet.
https://trib.al/VfQFOyb
https://trib.al/VfQFOyb
Why Did a 75-Year-Old Man in Poor Health Just Die in ICE Custody?
Isidro Perez came to the United States from Cuba nearly 60 years ago. This is who Stephen Miller is going after now?
trib.al
July 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whatever is learned about the death, those details are going to raise serious questions about the deployment of law enforcement resources under Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s dragnet.
https://trib.al/VfQFOyb
https://trib.al/VfQFOyb
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They are cutting us from climate information at every turn.
The White House took down the nation's top climate report. You can still find it here
The National Climate Assessment is the most influential source of information about climate change in the United States.
www.npr.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
They are cutting us from climate information at every turn.
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The speaker of the Minnesota House, Melissa Hortman is assassinated with numerous other persons by a MAGA gunman whose screed says he wants the GOP to control the legislature. This barely causes a ripple in US media. Trump won't call the survivors to express condolences. Reps boycott her memorial.
June 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The speaker of the Minnesota House, Melissa Hortman is assassinated with numerous other persons by a MAGA gunman whose screed says he wants the GOP to control the legislature. This barely causes a ripple in US media. Trump won't call the survivors to express condolences. Reps boycott her memorial.
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Under Trump and Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill,” 17 MILLION people will lose their health care.
That’s your grandma with a walker, your niece who was born with a life-threatening condition, and your neighbor whose kid just broke his arm.
That’s your grandma with a walker, your niece who was born with a life-threatening condition, and your neighbor whose kid just broke his arm.
Under Trump and Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill,” 17 MILLION people will lose their health care.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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June 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Under Trump and Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill,” 17 MILLION people will lose their health care.
That’s your grandma with a walker, your niece who was born with a life-threatening condition, and your neighbor whose kid just broke his arm.
That’s your grandma with a walker, your niece who was born with a life-threatening condition, and your neighbor whose kid just broke his arm.
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maybe this helps a little
June 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
maybe this helps a little
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This. Is. Insane.
Read this, please.
Read this, please.
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.
This man has no citizenship now.
This man has no citizenship now.
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
www.austinchronicle.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This. Is. Insane.
Read this, please.
Read this, please.
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“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
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This is an ominous step toward martial law. The time for mobilizing peacefully but massively against this dangerous progression is NOW.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
Trump Is Calling Up National Guard Troops Under a Rarely Used Law
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is an ominous step toward martial law. The time for mobilizing peacefully but massively against this dangerous progression is NOW.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
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Horrible for every person in the United States.
We now have the details of the federal 2026 budget proposal, and it spells the end of IMLS. The request is $6,000,000 to "conduct an orderly closeout of IMLS."
Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes.
bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes.
bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
The 2026 Federal Budget Proposal Shutters The Institute for Museum and Library Services
The details of the 2026 federal budget proposal spell out the goal of shutting down the Institute for Museum and Library services.
bookriot.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Horrible for every person in the United States.
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We really need a Creative Commons “EXCEPT AI training is prohibited at any time” license.
I want to share science openly, not feed the fully evil, electric/water greedy, hallucinating-dumb/crazy-things machines used to trick and oppress people who can’t fact check the plausible sounding garbage
I want to share science openly, not feed the fully evil, electric/water greedy, hallucinating-dumb/crazy-things machines used to trick and oppress people who can’t fact check the plausible sounding garbage
May 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We really need a Creative Commons “EXCEPT AI training is prohibited at any time” license.
I want to share science openly, not feed the fully evil, electric/water greedy, hallucinating-dumb/crazy-things machines used to trick and oppress people who can’t fact check the plausible sounding garbage
I want to share science openly, not feed the fully evil, electric/water greedy, hallucinating-dumb/crazy-things machines used to trick and oppress people who can’t fact check the plausible sounding garbage
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🐍📰 Python Community Interview With Katrina Durance
PyCon US can be a unique experience for anyone, let alone a first-timer. We caught up with a first-time PyCon US attendee, Katrina Durance, to learn about her experience.
#python
PyCon US can be a unique experience for anyone, let alone a first-timer. We caught up with a first-time PyCon US attendee, Katrina Durance, to learn about her experience.
#python
Python Community Interview With Katrina Durance
PyCon US can be a unique experience for anyone, let alone a first-timer. We caught up with a first-time PyCon US attendee, Katrina Durance, to learn about her experience and how it will influence the code she writes going forward.
realpython.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🐍📰 Python Community Interview With Katrina Durance
PyCon US can be a unique experience for anyone, let alone a first-timer. We caught up with a first-time PyCon US attendee, Katrina Durance, to learn about her experience.
#python
PyCon US can be a unique experience for anyone, let alone a first-timer. We caught up with a first-time PyCon US attendee, Katrina Durance, to learn about her experience.
#python
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"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.
May 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.
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Dear Republicans,
Cutting science budgets has not historically been a Republican thing. For example, Lincoln created the National Academy of Sciences. Eisenhower's term increased the science budget 366%. Gerald Ford, +15%; George H. W. Bush, +30%; George W. Bush, +54%.
Just sayin’.
Cutting science budgets has not historically been a Republican thing. For example, Lincoln created the National Academy of Sciences. Eisenhower's term increased the science budget 366%. Gerald Ford, +15%; George H. W. Bush, +30%; George W. Bush, +54%.
Just sayin’.
May 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Dear Republicans,
Cutting science budgets has not historically been a Republican thing. For example, Lincoln created the National Academy of Sciences. Eisenhower's term increased the science budget 366%. Gerald Ford, +15%; George H. W. Bush, +30%; George W. Bush, +54%.
Just sayin’.
Cutting science budgets has not historically been a Republican thing. For example, Lincoln created the National Academy of Sciences. Eisenhower's term increased the science budget 366%. Gerald Ford, +15%; George H. W. Bush, +30%; George W. Bush, +54%.
Just sayin’.
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If you’re a scientist with even a little bit of experience talking about your science to the public, I’d encourage you to sign up to do one of these. I can help. 🧪🌎🦑
Our goal is to have 1000 SUFS Teach Ins across the US, by 9/30.
*GASP* 😮
We know, it's a big goal.
If you've received tax dollars for your science, you have a responsibility to inform *your* community what is at stake: public health, the economy, innovation, and America's global leadership.
*GASP* 😮
We know, it's a big goal.
If you've received tax dollars for your science, you have a responsibility to inform *your* community what is at stake: public health, the economy, innovation, and America's global leadership.
May 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you’re a scientist with even a little bit of experience talking about your science to the public, I’d encourage you to sign up to do one of these. I can help. 🧪🌎🦑