Michael K
@meekay.bsky.social
#Philly adjacent.
Software guy #Java, #Node, #TypeScript, #Python, #AWS, #Kubernetes.
Progressive #Democrat.
Enthusiast of #aviation, #trains, and #transit.
#StandWithUkraine
Software guy #Java, #Node, #TypeScript, #Python, #AWS, #Kubernetes.
Progressive #Democrat.
Enthusiast of #aviation, #trains, and #transit.
#StandWithUkraine
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
When working on home improvement projects you need to remember your ABCs:
Always
Be
Drilling pilot holes so you don’t need
Extra work.
Always
Be
Drilling pilot holes so you don’t need
Extra work.
December 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
When working on home improvement projects you need to remember your ABCs:
Always
Be
Drilling pilot holes so you don’t need
Extra work.
Always
Be
Drilling pilot holes so you don’t need
Extra work.
Reposted by Michael K
Amid soaring starvation in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, one young mother of two said she had considered taking her own life to save her children, “because I heard the U.N. takes care of the kids when the parents are gone.”
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Amid soaring starvation in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, one young mother of two said she had considered taking her own life to save her children, “because I heard the U.N. takes care of the kids when the parents are gone.”
Disney executive: Good news team, we've successfully poison-pilled any future pre-production IP leaks out of our major franchises.
However, there is also some bad news...
However, there is also some bad news...
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Disney executive: Good news team, we've successfully poison-pilled any future pre-production IP leaks out of our major franchises.
However, there is also some bad news...
However, there is also some bad news...
Reposted by Michael K
The biggest question about Epstein is not who he associated with, but how he got rich in the first place. The NYTimes has done very good work on that in the past, and now pushes the story even farther. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The biggest question about Epstein is not who he associated with, but how he got rich in the first place. The NYTimes has done very good work on that in the past, and now pushes the story even farther. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Someone should make a gym ad featuring voiceover saying motivational stuff like "Pain is weakness leaving the body" and "What does not kill you will only make you stronger" except it's Ian McDiarmid
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Someone should make a gym ad featuring voiceover saying motivational stuff like "Pain is weakness leaving the body" and "What does not kill you will only make you stronger" except it's Ian McDiarmid
Reposted by Michael K
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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This meme has a wild school finance history: this guy’s name is Jim and he’s voting against the town of Arlington, VT selling a school bond to rebuild their local school in 1940. The building had burned down, but Jim didn’t want to pay more taxes. He was the only one voting no.
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This meme has a wild school finance history: this guy’s name is Jim and he’s voting against the town of Arlington, VT selling a school bond to rebuild their local school in 1940. The building had burned down, but Jim didn’t want to pay more taxes. He was the only one voting no.
Me: I would like to be able to focus and be productive today.
A national pharmacy-slash-health insurance company: Death comes for us all, but some sooner than others. Reply HELP for help or STOP to cancel.
A national pharmacy-slash-health insurance company: Death comes for us all, but some sooner than others. Reply HELP for help or STOP to cancel.
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Me: I would like to be able to focus and be productive today.
A national pharmacy-slash-health insurance company: Death comes for us all, but some sooner than others. Reply HELP for help or STOP to cancel.
A national pharmacy-slash-health insurance company: Death comes for us all, but some sooner than others. Reply HELP for help or STOP to cancel.
Reposted by Michael K
Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
SVG Filters - Clickjacking 2.0
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
lyra.horse
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
The good news is we get to put Kubernetes on our resumés.
The bad news is we have to work with Kubernetes.
The bad news is we have to work with Kubernetes.
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The good news is we get to put Kubernetes on our resumés.
The bad news is we have to work with Kubernetes.
The bad news is we have to work with Kubernetes.
Everyone: What I need, more than anything, is some reliability in my life.
AI bros: Good news, we've invented a computer that stops working or gives bad results when it feels sad. We're putting it in cars!
AI bros: Good news, we've invented a computer that stops working or gives bad results when it feels sad. We're putting it in cars!
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Everyone: What I need, more than anything, is some reliability in my life.
AI bros: Good news, we've invented a computer that stops working or gives bad results when it feels sad. We're putting it in cars!
AI bros: Good news, we've invented a computer that stops working or gives bad results when it feels sad. We're putting it in cars!
Promise: AI will make us more efficient!
Reality: Every 8 hours I get an email complaining that I have not yet started a mandatory training that is scheduled for a live session a week from now.
Reality: Every 8 hours I get an email complaining that I have not yet started a mandatory training that is scheduled for a live session a week from now.
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Promise: AI will make us more efficient!
Reality: Every 8 hours I get an email complaining that I have not yet started a mandatory training that is scheduled for a live session a week from now.
Reality: Every 8 hours I get an email complaining that I have not yet started a mandatory training that is scheduled for a live session a week from now.
A closed laptop at 11:44pm, but it's running Windows 11:
"Hey!" *chime* "I'm almost out of power!" *chime* "You should probably put me to sleep!" *chime* "Somebody?" *chime*
"Hey!" *chime* "I'm almost out of power!" *chime* "You should probably put me to sleep!" *chime* "Somebody?" *chime*
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A closed laptop at 11:44pm, but it's running Windows 11:
"Hey!" *chime* "I'm almost out of power!" *chime* "You should probably put me to sleep!" *chime* "Somebody?" *chime*
"Hey!" *chime* "I'm almost out of power!" *chime* "You should probably put me to sleep!" *chime* "Somebody?" *chime*
Reposted by Michael K
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
How Thanksgiving is going so far:
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
How Thanksgiving is going so far:
Who do you trust more: The guy who flew combat in Iraq, went to SPACE four times, and supported his wife's recovery after she was shot in the head; or
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Who do you trust more: The guy who flew combat in Iraq, went to SPACE four times, and supported his wife's recovery after she was shot in the head; or
Reposted by Michael K
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
Have you ever noticed how Trump always seems to think the person making the phone call is the one doing the work?
Trump on Susie Wiles: "She can take out a country -- destroy -- take out a country with one phone call. That's power. I don't know if I could do that, but she could."
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Have you ever noticed how Trump always seems to think the person making the phone call is the one doing the work?
If we move our entire customer-facing business to the cloud it will only cost us *checks notes* three days of revenue in two months!
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If we move our entire customer-facing business to the cloud it will only cost us *checks notes* three days of revenue in two months!
Science Fiction fans: "Praxis-effect explosions look cool, but don't really happen in space."
Science Fact: "With the FORS2 data, the astronomers found that the initial blast of material was shaped like an olive."
www.eso.org/public/news/...
Science Fact: "With the FORS2 data, the astronomers found that the initial blast of material was shaped like an olive."
www.eso.org/public/news/...
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Science Fiction fans: "Praxis-effect explosions look cool, but don't really happen in space."
Science Fact: "With the FORS2 data, the astronomers found that the initial blast of material was shaped like an olive."
www.eso.org/public/news/...
Science Fact: "With the FORS2 data, the astronomers found that the initial blast of material was shaped like an olive."
www.eso.org/public/news/...
I’m not normally a conspiracy theorist, but I’m starting to think maybe Epstein didn’t really kill himself.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’m not normally a conspiracy theorist, but I’m starting to think maybe Epstein didn’t really kill himself.
what the fuck
Kevin Hassett on the October jobs report: "We'll maybe be able to concoct something, but we'll never actually know for sure what the unemployment rate was in October."
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
what the fuck
Any computer is a steam machine if you use it wrong enough.
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Any computer is a steam machine if you use it wrong enough.
What kind of stupid-ass operating system doesn't put the laptop to sleep when you close the lid!?
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What kind of stupid-ass operating system doesn't put the laptop to sleep when you close the lid!?