Manas Saksena
@saksena.me
Software Leader -- IoT and Embedded Software. https://www.linkedin.com/in/msaksena
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Republicans control the White House, Senate, and the House. This government shutdown is failed Republican leadership on full display.
October 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Republicans control the White House, Senate, and the House. This government shutdown is failed Republican leadership on full display.
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Let me just say a simple thing.
Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy.
If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.
Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy.
If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.
September 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Let me just say a simple thing.
Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy.
If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.
Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy.
If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.
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Once you realize most conservative arguments are in bad faith and their philosophy is actual the the 5 principles below, you will know peace
• men > women
• white people > other races
• straight people > LGBTQ
• Christians > other religions
• rich people > poor people
Everything else is flexible
• men > women
• white people > other races
• straight people > LGBTQ
• Christians > other religions
• rich people > poor people
Everything else is flexible
August 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Once you realize most conservative arguments are in bad faith and their philosophy is actual the the 5 principles below, you will know peace
• men > women
• white people > other races
• straight people > LGBTQ
• Christians > other religions
• rich people > poor people
Everything else is flexible
• men > women
• white people > other races
• straight people > LGBTQ
• Christians > other religions
• rich people > poor people
Everything else is flexible
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after this stunning victory, it seems clear that mainstream media does not understand the true populist heart of this country. I expect outlets like the NYT and the Atlantic to immediately find multiple Muslim socialists to explain America to them and their readers.
June 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
after this stunning victory, it seems clear that mainstream media does not understand the true populist heart of this country. I expect outlets like the NYT and the Atlantic to immediately find multiple Muslim socialists to explain America to them and their readers.
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Amazon Prime Video is going from 3 minutes to 6 minutes of ads per hour.
While this is far less than the 15 minutes of ads per hour on TV, it shows the relentless march of enshitification of streaming video isn’t stopping even when you pay $8.99/month.
While this is far less than the 15 minutes of ads per hour on TV, it shows the relentless march of enshitification of streaming video isn’t stopping even when you pay $8.99/month.
Exclusive: Amazon Doubles Ad Load on Prime Video
The move could lower CPMs but potentially hurt performance.
www.adweek.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Amazon Prime Video is going from 3 minutes to 6 minutes of ads per hour.
While this is far less than the 15 minutes of ads per hour on TV, it shows the relentless march of enshitification of streaming video isn’t stopping even when you pay $8.99/month.
While this is far less than the 15 minutes of ads per hour on TV, it shows the relentless march of enshitification of streaming video isn’t stopping even when you pay $8.99/month.
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Right now, Dems are hiding in their offices, scrolling their phones fearfully, wondering "how are voters going to feel about the National Guard being deployed?"
The right, meanwhile, is vigorously *attempting to shape* how voters feel about it, filling every medium with coordinated propaganda.
The right, meanwhile, is vigorously *attempting to shape* how voters feel about it, filling every medium with coordinated propaganda.
June 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Right now, Dems are hiding in their offices, scrolling their phones fearfully, wondering "how are voters going to feel about the National Guard being deployed?"
The right, meanwhile, is vigorously *attempting to shape* how voters feel about it, filling every medium with coordinated propaganda.
The right, meanwhile, is vigorously *attempting to shape* how voters feel about it, filling every medium with coordinated propaganda.
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“As in the last Trump presidency, we see that purported deficit hawks are far more interested in securing large-scale tax cuts for the wealthy while raking the poorest Americans over the coals than they are in actually addressing our burgeoning national debt.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-modera...
www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-modera...
GOP ‘Moderates’ Lied Their Way Through Cutting Medicaid
The “big, beautiful bill” is a hot mess.
www.thebulwark.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“As in the last Trump presidency, we see that purported deficit hawks are far more interested in securing large-scale tax cuts for the wealthy while raking the poorest Americans over the coals than they are in actually addressing our burgeoning national debt.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-modera...
www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-modera...
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All 100% real, just like other newspaper summer book lists.
May 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
All 100% real, just like other newspaper summer book lists.
The right thing would have been to not ever vote for him. But this is better than not ever admitting a mistake.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen to Marco Rubio: "I regret voting for you."
May 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The right thing would have been to not ever vote for him. But this is better than not ever admitting a mistake.
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Both Microsoft and GitHub announced support for a coding agent that you can assign a pull request and it goes off and sorts it (or at least tries). Microsoft: this is within Copilot. Google: called Jules (uses GitHub)
Feels like Big Tech eating coding startups’ lunch already.
Feels like Big Tech eating coding startups’ lunch already.
May 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Both Microsoft and GitHub announced support for a coding agent that you can assign a pull request and it goes off and sorts it (or at least tries). Microsoft: this is within Copilot. Google: called Jules (uses GitHub)
Feels like Big Tech eating coding startups’ lunch already.
Feels like Big Tech eating coding startups’ lunch already.
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the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation
May 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation
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The idea that Americans will be more tolerant of hardships caused by a trade war than the Chinese is contradicted by all of the meltdowns around COVID restrictions and mild inflation under Biden.
We the people, can’t handle hard times.
We the people, can’t handle hard times.
Ackman Says Time Is Friend of US, Enemy of China in Trade War
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said China will need to strike a trade deal with the US quickly as it can’t win a drawn-out trade war that will do severe damage to its economy.
www.bloomberg.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The idea that Americans will be more tolerant of hardships caused by a trade war than the Chinese is contradicted by all of the meltdowns around COVID restrictions and mild inflation under Biden.
We the people, can’t handle hard times.
We the people, can’t handle hard times.
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Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
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Trump defying a 9-0 Supreme Court decision is the reason I say "if we still have free and fair elections in the United States" when I talk about 2026 midterms.
April 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump defying a 9-0 Supreme Court decision is the reason I say "if we still have free and fair elections in the United States" when I talk about 2026 midterms.
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Every time I read about "ideological diversity", it never applies to encouraging the participation of women, BIPOC, poor people, disabled people, members of the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, people with Long COVID, farmers, non-English speakers, or the working homeless.
April 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every time I read about "ideological diversity", it never applies to encouraging the participation of women, BIPOC, poor people, disabled people, members of the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, people with Long COVID, farmers, non-English speakers, or the working homeless.
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Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.
April 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.
Everyone who supports Trump ends up behaving like a complete moron. There is simply no other option.
April 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Everyone who supports Trump ends up behaving like a complete moron. There is simply no other option.
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Trump always blinks. He's a bully but a coward.
April 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Trump always blinks. He's a bully but a coward.
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John Ousterhout, the author of A Philosophy of Software Design (and a professor at Stanford, and the creator of the Tcl programming language, amongst others), is currently busy with... contributing to the Linux kernel. He is adding support for the Homa Transport Protocol.
What. A. Legend.
What. A. Legend.
April 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
John Ousterhout, the author of A Philosophy of Software Design (and a professor at Stanford, and the creator of the Tcl programming language, amongst others), is currently busy with... contributing to the Linux kernel. He is adding support for the Homa Transport Protocol.
What. A. Legend.
What. A. Legend.
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So, is the mainstream media really just done talking about that time our Secretary of Defense drunk texted war plans to a journalist?
April 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
So, is the mainstream media really just done talking about that time our Secretary of Defense drunk texted war plans to a journalist?
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Look who's getting cold feet.
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April 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Look who's getting cold feet.
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Not sure what's worse, the reporter asking a softball "do you want to weigh in on that" [Signalgate] or the reporter immediately moving onto another topic when Trump demands, like a little baby, that she doesn't "bring that up again".
Our media is failing us. Again.
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Our media is failing us. Again.
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Reporter: On Pete Hegseth and the IG investigation, do you want to comment on that? On the Signal app
Trump: Don’t bring that up again
Trump: Don’t bring that up again
April 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Not sure what's worse, the reporter asking a softball "do you want to weigh in on that" [Signalgate] or the reporter immediately moving onto another topic when Trump demands, like a little baby, that she doesn't "bring that up again".
Our media is failing us. Again.
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Our media is failing us. Again.
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👩🏿OMG! The tariffs?
👩🏼RIght? That's so bad!
👩🏿Cancelling science funding?
👩🏼Absolutely awful!
👩🏿Nazi salutes?
👩🏼Despicable!
👩🏿Anti-DEI?
👩🏼No wait, that one's fine actually.
👩🏿Wait... what?!
👩🏼I mean, yeah? Anti-DEI is just a common sense reaction by totally normal, not racist people. DEI has gone too far!
👩🏼RIght? That's so bad!
👩🏿Cancelling science funding?
👩🏼Absolutely awful!
👩🏿Nazi salutes?
👩🏼Despicable!
👩🏿Anti-DEI?
👩🏼No wait, that one's fine actually.
👩🏿Wait... what?!
👩🏼I mean, yeah? Anti-DEI is just a common sense reaction by totally normal, not racist people. DEI has gone too far!
April 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
👩🏿OMG! The tariffs?
👩🏼RIght? That's so bad!
👩🏿Cancelling science funding?
👩🏼Absolutely awful!
👩🏿Nazi salutes?
👩🏼Despicable!
👩🏿Anti-DEI?
👩🏼No wait, that one's fine actually.
👩🏿Wait... what?!
👩🏼I mean, yeah? Anti-DEI is just a common sense reaction by totally normal, not racist people. DEI has gone too far!
👩🏼RIght? That's so bad!
👩🏿Cancelling science funding?
👩🏼Absolutely awful!
👩🏿Nazi salutes?
👩🏼Despicable!
👩🏿Anti-DEI?
👩🏼No wait, that one's fine actually.
👩🏿Wait... what?!
👩🏼I mean, yeah? Anti-DEI is just a common sense reaction by totally normal, not racist people. DEI has gone too far!
Still astonishing to see how many folks are unable to see this bullshit. And ended up giving the benefit of doubt to them.
Once you realize every GOP argument is in bad faith and intended to perpetuate their power, you stop being surprised by the apparent hypocrisy.
April 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Still astonishing to see how many folks are unable to see this bullshit. And ended up giving the benefit of doubt to them.
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Once you realize every GOP argument is in bad faith and intended to perpetuate their power, you stop being surprised by the apparent hypocrisy.
April 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Once you realize every GOP argument is in bad faith and intended to perpetuate their power, you stop being surprised by the apparent hypocrisy.