Kris Kumler
@kumler.dev
Good grief, just be excellent to each other.
Current work: Ops/platform, security
Kentucky
he/him
Current work: Ops/platform, security
Kentucky
he/him
Post your favorite LOTR character(s). Wrong answers only.
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Post your favorite LOTR character(s). Wrong answers only.
The great disappointment of not looking at social media for the evening, only to miss out on catching the Aurora in time.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The great disappointment of not looking at social media for the evening, only to miss out on catching the Aurora in time.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
"Definitive" facial recognition alone is a torment nexus concept.
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Definitive" facial recognition alone is a torment nexus concept.
Oh ffs
Breyer continues: One of these three things in the statute must be there. The first is an invasion...But he didn't cite it.
Shumate interjects: But that's an inherently political question. Not for courts to decide.
Shumate interjects: But that's an inherently political question. Not for courts to decide.
June 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Oh ffs
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my magical robots are going to create heaven on earth by overturning the laws of economics is the kind of message that really speaks to wall streets spiritual side
April 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
my magical robots are going to create heaven on earth by overturning the laws of economics is the kind of message that really speaks to wall streets spiritual side
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As the ancient Chinese proverb says, whenever you arrive at a fork in the road, remember to use your fucking indicator you asshole.
April 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
As the ancient Chinese proverb says, whenever you arrive at a fork in the road, remember to use your fucking indicator you asshole.
Surely having to look at tariff rates on a daily basis will be good for business. /s
Updated our blog post to reflect this morning's update that we stand at a 145% tariff on goods imported from China, not 125%.
shop.keyboard.io/blogs/news/a...
At this point, I'm considering writing tooling to automate future updates to this post.
shop.keyboard.io/blogs/news/a...
At this point, I'm considering writing tooling to automate future updates to this post.
An open letter to U.S. customers
Updated 2025-04-09 10:02 PDT to reflect new tariff rates and add a note about de minimis rates for HK Post. Updated 2025-04-09 20:02 PDT to reflect the new 125% tariff rate. Updated 2025-04-10 08:22 P...
shop.keyboard.io
April 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Surely having to look at tariff rates on a daily basis will be good for business. /s
Explains a bit of why everything will be more expensive (and why a lot of things just can't be manufactured in the USA), not just my favorite keyboards.
shop.keyboard.io/blogs/news/a...
This is an expanded and updated version of the message we sent to our mailing list late last week.
This is an expanded and updated version of the message we sent to our mailing list late last week.
An open letter to U.S. customers
To our US customers: A few days ago, the Trump Administration announced that they will be ending the de minimis exemption for all shipments from Hong Kong and China on May 2. They also raised the mini...
shop.keyboard.io
April 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Explains a bit of why everything will be more expensive (and why a lot of things just can't be manufactured in the USA), not just my favorite keyboards.
I don't know if this -- or uninhabited places -- is stupider.
We tariffed BIOT, Mike.
BIOT. Diego fucking Garcia.
We tarrifed our own military base.
BIOT. Diego fucking Garcia.
We tarrifed our own military base.
April 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I don't know if this -- or uninhabited places -- is stupider.
Tituss is just as funny and fabulous as one might expect, playing Mary Todd Lincoln.
April 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Tituss is just as funny and fabulous as one might expect, playing Mary Todd Lincoln.
Fascinating talk about hippos.
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Fascinating talk about hippos.
What is this, a divorce party?
February 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What is this, a divorce party?
🎯
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
February 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🎯
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I hope the number of NYT subscribers goes to zero. I’ve done my part to make that happen.
“Audacious.” What the fuck are these people doing.
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I hope the number of NYT subscribers goes to zero. I’ve done my part to make that happen.
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The party of small government is awfully authoritarian.
February 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The party of small government is awfully authoritarian.
Now this is AI money well-spent!
February 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Now this is AI money well-spent!
DEI used the last of the toilet paper roll and did not replace it.
DEI used the last stick of butter in the fridge and didn't take any out of the freezer
DEI drank the last of the milk and put the empty carton back in the fridge.
January 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
DEI used the last of the toilet paper roll and did not replace it.
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I believe the correct term for something like this is "concentration camp"
Trump: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of defense and homeland security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay
January 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I believe the correct term for something like this is "concentration camp"
Okay, this gets in your head.
January 12, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Okay, this gets in your head.
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I wrote a little bit about how the U.S. press continues to fail utterly to describe the fight over net neutrality (really a fight over whether federal consumer protection should exist AT ALL) with any sort of urgency or accuracy:
U.S. Media Once Again Fails To Cover The Corrupt Net Neutrality Ruling With Any Clarity
Last week a corrupt court system bought and paid for by corporations effectively made it illegal for the federal government to protect broadband consumers from widely despised regional telecom mono…
www.techdirt.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I wrote a little bit about how the U.S. press continues to fail utterly to describe the fight over net neutrality (really a fight over whether federal consumer protection should exist AT ALL) with any sort of urgency or accuracy:
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Important reminder!
Transphobes suck, transphobia sucks, and those people ought to get a fucking life and quit trying to ruin the lives of others.
Transphobes suck, transphobia sucks, and those people ought to get a fucking life and quit trying to ruin the lives of others.
a man is writing on a whiteboard with the words it 's simple math written below him
ALT: a man is writing on a whiteboard with the words it 's simple math written below him
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Important reminder!
Transphobes suck, transphobia sucks, and those people ought to get a fucking life and quit trying to ruin the lives of others.
Transphobes suck, transphobia sucks, and those people ought to get a fucking life and quit trying to ruin the lives of others.
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
December 11, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
One of:
1. Airline services are getting *really* interesting
2. I must beg editors to look up "walk of shame" before writing it
1. Airline services are getting *really* interesting
2. I must beg editors to look up "walk of shame" before writing it
December 6, 2024 at 2:24 AM
One of:
1. Airline services are getting *really* interesting
2. I must beg editors to look up "walk of shame" before writing it
1. Airline services are getting *really* interesting
2. I must beg editors to look up "walk of shame" before writing it