Doug 🔜 AGDQ 2026
@nerdyexcursions.bsky.social
30-something Dad, gamer, trucker | he/they 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Bi, Enby, Poly/ENM
Whenever someone I'm talking politics with gets antcy about the term "socialism," I bring up professional sports and how rarely teams pay for their stadiums up front and/or anything approaching their share of taxes once their stadiums are built.
The Kansas City Chiefs are relocating from Missouri to Kansas and getting a new $3 billion stadium.
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Whenever someone I'm talking politics with gets antcy about the term "socialism," I bring up professional sports and how rarely teams pay for their stadiums up front and/or anything approaching their share of taxes once their stadiums are built.
Remember: the current iteration of LLM "A.I." is a souped-up Markov Chain generator. Basically fancy predictive text.
And it can't reliably *count*. Literally, the first thing we taught the fancy rocks to do once we stuck the lightning in them.
Gods, I can't wait for this bubble to pop.
And it can't reliably *count*. Literally, the first thing we taught the fancy rocks to do once we stuck the lightning in them.
Gods, I can't wait for this bubble to pop.
AI ran into a brick wall trying to control smart home devices this year, which feels like the canary in the coal mine for a lot of things. Excellent @jp2e.bsky.social dive into why and what comes next www.theverge.com/tech/845958/...
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Remember: the current iteration of LLM "A.I." is a souped-up Markov Chain generator. Basically fancy predictive text.
And it can't reliably *count*. Literally, the first thing we taught the fancy rocks to do once we stuck the lightning in them.
Gods, I can't wait for this bubble to pop.
And it can't reliably *count*. Literally, the first thing we taught the fancy rocks to do once we stuck the lightning in them.
Gods, I can't wait for this bubble to pop.
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I hope everyone understands that this was never about the grade or religious freedom. This was a targeted attack on a trans faculty member, and it succeeded.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I hope everyone understands that this was never about the grade or religious freedom. This was a targeted attack on a trans faculty member, and it succeeded.
Hey gang,
Now that news agencies have had the weekend to actually read what's been released, we're starting to see that even with the ridiculous level of tampering & redacting there is some *heavy* topics covered.
Please remember to practice self-care & potentially sit this week out offline.
Now that news agencies have had the weekend to actually read what's been released, we're starting to see that even with the ridiculous level of tampering & redacting there is some *heavy* topics covered.
Please remember to practice self-care & potentially sit this week out offline.
December 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hey gang,
Now that news agencies have had the weekend to actually read what's been released, we're starting to see that even with the ridiculous level of tampering & redacting there is some *heavy* topics covered.
Please remember to practice self-care & potentially sit this week out offline.
Now that news agencies have had the weekend to actually read what's been released, we're starting to see that even with the ridiculous level of tampering & redacting there is some *heavy* topics covered.
Please remember to practice self-care & potentially sit this week out offline.
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When they ask me what radicalized me
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
When they ask me what radicalized me
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23 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- GenderBender, 1 of 11 companies FDA is trying to force to register chest binders as "medical devices," fires back: "Chest binders aren't a medical device in the same way that scissors used to give someone a gender-affirming haircut aren't a medical device."
Chest binder vendors respond to 'absurd' FDA warning letter: 'Clearly discrimination'
The FDA warned companies selling chest binders to register their products as medical devices. Here's how they're responding.
www.advocate.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
23 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- GenderBender, 1 of 11 companies FDA is trying to force to register chest binders as "medical devices," fires back: "Chest binders aren't a medical device in the same way that scissors used to give someone a gender-affirming haircut aren't a medical device."
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This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
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raised by x-men and gargoyles to adore broad shouldered women and despise wealthy technofascists
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
raised by x-men and gargoyles to adore broad shouldered women and despise wealthy technofascists
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Slay the Princess and Scarlet Hollow are both horror games, but even people who don't typically like horror have a great time, so don't let that stop you!
Our games don't have jump scares, and have heart, romance and comedy woven into their nests of dread.
Both are on sale RIGHT NOW.
Our games don't have jump scares, and have heart, romance and comedy woven into their nests of dread.
Both are on sale RIGHT NOW.
December 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Slay the Princess and Scarlet Hollow are both horror games, but even people who don't typically like horror have a great time, so don't let that stop you!
Our games don't have jump scares, and have heart, romance and comedy woven into their nests of dread.
Both are on sale RIGHT NOW.
Our games don't have jump scares, and have heart, romance and comedy woven into their nests of dread.
Both are on sale RIGHT NOW.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
These photos don't do these pins justice. They are gorgeous and I was so thrilled to be able to pick them up at PAX Unplugged this year!
Go do yourself a favor and add them to your collection today!
Go do yourself a favor and add them to your collection today!
hey! you! dice enthusiast! do you like putting dice in your mouth? here’s another pin i designed that’s kinda about that! (see also last year’s)
join team EAT THE DICE with “diced fruit,” my 2025 pinny arcade pin!!
i finally got it up on my website!!
www.ariellemilstein.com/product-page...
join team EAT THE DICE with “diced fruit,” my 2025 pinny arcade pin!!
i finally got it up on my website!!
www.ariellemilstein.com/product-page...
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
These photos don't do these pins justice. They are gorgeous and I was so thrilled to be able to pick them up at PAX Unplugged this year!
Go do yourself a favor and add them to your collection today!
Go do yourself a favor and add them to your collection today!
I think I'm sticking with 1200×800, but I'm willing to bet that I'm on the road a bit more than Lanaruse.
I think my New Year's Resolution is going to be 1920x1080.
😊
😊
December 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I think I'm sticking with 1200×800, but I'm willing to bet that I'm on the road a bit more than Lanaruse.
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God. If you can say “I think you should have the same rights as everyone else but now isn’t the time…” then you don’t think everyone should have the same rights. You’re just a cowardly shitbag trying to convince yourself that you’re a decent person. But you’re not.
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
God. If you can say “I think you should have the same rights as everyone else but now isn’t the time…” then you don’t think everyone should have the same rights. You’re just a cowardly shitbag trying to convince yourself that you’re a decent person. But you’re not.
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The thing about RFK jr. being a terrible head of health and human services is like…yeah. Yeah, he is literally the worst possible person for the job.
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The thing about RFK jr. being a terrible head of health and human services is like…yeah. Yeah, he is literally the worst possible person for the job.
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As always, the alt text is the best.
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As always, the alt text is the best.
This is well-worth your time reading. As end-users, we should *always* be pushing the corpos only focused on the bottom line for more accessibility.
A rant in the face of the industry's continued neglect and outright hostility towards digital accessibility and care for users.
vale.rocks/posts/access...
#WebDev #Accessibility #a11y #FrontEndDevelopment
vale.rocks/posts/access...
#WebDev #Accessibility #a11y #FrontEndDevelopment
You Can't Opt-Out of Accessibility
Shiny exclusion all the way down.
vale.rocks
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is well-worth your time reading. As end-users, we should *always* be pushing the corpos only focused on the bottom line for more accessibility.
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I think on some level conservative NIMBYs oppose more housing because they dislike the idea of young people having more choices in how their lives are going to unfold
Is YIMBYism About Sex?
Sexual mores and housing demand, and the meaning of "pro-family housing"
www.thedeletedscenes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I think on some level conservative NIMBYs oppose more housing because they dislike the idea of young people having more choices in how their lives are going to unfold
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Finally got around to reading this. Really important piece that I hope more folks read, because this articulates a lot of the issues that I've had in my mind for a while with digital accessibility, in a much better way than I've been able to express.
We can all do better. Me, you, everyone. Period.
We can all do better. Me, you, everyone. Period.
A rant in the face of the industry's continued neglect and outright hostility towards digital accessibility and care for users.
vale.rocks/posts/access...
#WebDev #Accessibility #a11y #FrontEndDevelopment
vale.rocks/posts/access...
#WebDev #Accessibility #a11y #FrontEndDevelopment
You Can't Opt-Out of Accessibility
Shiny exclusion all the way down.
vale.rocks
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Finally got around to reading this. Really important piece that I hope more folks read, because this articulates a lot of the issues that I've had in my mind for a while with digital accessibility, in a much better way than I've been able to express.
We can all do better. Me, you, everyone. Period.
We can all do better. Me, you, everyone. Period.
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Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me: