Scudder Stevens
@scudderstevens.me
(he/him) Founder @verdanttongues.com – This is my personal account where I share tales of adventure and observations regarding the tragicomedy currently playing out upon the World Stage.
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Canadian economy added 8,200 jobs in December, while unemployment rose to 6.8% #Canada
Results come after 3 months of strong gains from September to November
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Results come after 3 months of strong gains from September to November
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Canadian economy added 8,200 jobs in December, while unemployment rose to 6.8% | CBC News
The results come after three months of strong gains from September to November. Full-time employment rose to 50,200, while part-time employment fell by 42,000.
www.cbc.ca
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Where all my Sponsors At?!
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Worthy of Reposting - insightful, honest and hopeful (ish)
I have been telling my students for years that unless they have the aptitude to do doctoral-level work in CS then it’s a dead-end major. For 70 years it’s been both intellectually exciting and lucrative. No more. The field ate itself.
www.anildash.com/2026/01/06/5...
www.anildash.com/2026/01/06/5...
500,000 tech workers have been laid off since ChatGPT was released - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Worthy of Reposting - insightful, honest and hopeful (ish)
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“Renewable energy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in clean energy topped $2tn, outstripping that into fossil fuels by two to one.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Renewable energy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in clean energy topped $2tn, outstripping that into fossil fuels by two to one.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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My first job out of college was as a programmer.
Now it’s called called “coder.”
These jobs are being taken over by assh*le AI.
What is someone to do !
Now it’s called called “coder.”
These jobs are being taken over by assh*le AI.
What is someone to do !
December 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
My first job out of college was as a programmer.
Now it’s called called “coder.”
These jobs are being taken over by assh*le AI.
What is someone to do !
Now it’s called called “coder.”
These jobs are being taken over by assh*le AI.
What is someone to do !
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Dick Cheney lived long enough to witness the horrors he had unleashed.
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Dick Cheney lived long enough to witness the horrors he had unleashed.
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
This design decision would point us down a very slippery (ethically) and dangerous path (major risks). The toxic & often misleading dialogue, once mostly isolated to social media, would split out into all daily activities; personal, professional, transactional, institutional and governance.
“Today’s design trajectory aims to erase the interface altogether, replacing it with conversation under surveillance—mechanized eavesdropping dressed up as dialogue.”
LLMs are the users now
Tech companies have shifted focus from designing for people to prioritizing algorithms.
www.fastcompany.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This design decision would point us down a very slippery (ethically) and dangerous path (major risks). The toxic & often misleading dialogue, once mostly isolated to social media, would split out into all daily activities; personal, professional, transactional, institutional and governance.
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In 1775, we fought a revolution over taxes. In 2025, we just renamed them tariffs.
September 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In 1775, we fought a revolution over taxes. In 2025, we just renamed them tariffs.
@sanders.senate.gov Thank You Bernie! It is reassuring to know you will consistently cut through the political spin and publicly state the truth of the matter.
RFK: "It's the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural healthcare in American history."
Sen. Bernie Sanders: "You know why? Because you're cutting $150 billion for rural hospitals and putting $50 billion back. That's not an infusion — that's a loss of $100 billion."
Sen. Bernie Sanders: "You know why? Because you're cutting $150 billion for rural hospitals and putting $50 billion back. That's not an infusion — that's a loss of $100 billion."
September 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@sanders.senate.gov Thank You Bernie! It is reassuring to know you will consistently cut through the political spin and publicly state the truth of the matter.
Yes Yes Yes, Please Read! putting the phone down now, good night world.
September 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yes Yes Yes, Please Read! putting the phone down now, good night world.
FL is slipping into oblivion. The rising tide will make a manmade island of Miami and reclaim the rest. Sorry, not sorry.
"Who am I to tell you what your child should put in their body?" Said the party that wants to ban birth control and family planning. They should be concerned over the bullets the lunatic fringe keeps putting in children's bodies if ya ask me.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates
"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," Dr. Joseph Ladapo said. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?"
www.nbcnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
FL is slipping into oblivion. The rising tide will make a manmade island of Miami and reclaim the rest. Sorry, not sorry.
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A positive perspective on the roll of AI to mitigate the consequences of climate change.
grist.org/wildfires/ho...
grist.org/wildfires/ho...
How drones and AI are changing the way we fight wildfires
As the threat of wildfires intensifies, modern technology is playing an increasingly large role in both research and management.
grist.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A positive perspective on the roll of AI to mitigate the consequences of climate change.
grist.org/wildfires/ho...
grist.org/wildfires/ho...
Any suggestions for an adjective and adverb variation when I describe our current era or actions within the US Government? E.g. “Trump’s _turd_ policy has ensured the US democratic experiment is _turd_ spiraling down the drain of history.” … Something like that. Thanks 🫠
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Any suggestions for an adjective and adverb variation when I describe our current era or actions within the US Government? E.g. “Trump’s _turd_ policy has ensured the US democratic experiment is _turd_ spiraling down the drain of history.” … Something like that. Thanks 🫠
@microsoft.com 🤯 As if this administration had ran out of ways to ensure a less efficient government. Switch to a Certified Microsoft Solution and watch productivity drop to zero. "When is a gift not a gift?", the term is #Enshittification
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/m...
Microsoft offers U.S. government over $6 billion in savings on cloud services over 3 years
Microsoft is the latest company to discount the cost of its software to the General Services Administration.
www.cnbc.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
@microsoft.com 🤯 As if this administration had ran out of ways to ensure a less efficient government. Switch to a Certified Microsoft Solution and watch productivity drop to zero. "When is a gift not a gift?", the term is #Enshittification
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/m...
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Ghost jobs are a real danger for people living paycheck to paycheck. Someone teetering on the edge of poverty may spend precious hours, transportation money, and emotional energy applying to positions that don’t exist or are already filled.
More than 80% of recruiters admit to posting ‘ghost jobs’ to juice their talent pool and business reputation
Companies are trying to improve their reputation at the detriment of job-seekers.
fortune.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Ghost jobs are a real danger for people living paycheck to paycheck. Someone teetering on the edge of poverty may spend precious hours, transportation money, and emotional energy applying to positions that don’t exist or are already filled.
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Well done 🇩🇪 Germany!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Germany Already Met Its 2028 Goal for Reducing Coal-Fired Power
Germany has already met its 2028 goal for reducing coal-fired power generation, so won’t need to order the shutdown of any plants for a second year running, the country’s regulator said.
www.bloomberg.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Well done 🇩🇪 Germany!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The sheer cruelty with which ICE officers operate on a daily basis—these masked officers have gone out of their way to NOT be IDed as law enforcement—demonstrate it is an organization that cannot be allowed to exist in a democracy.
August 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The sheer cruelty with which ICE officers operate on a daily basis—these masked officers have gone out of their way to NOT be IDed as law enforcement—demonstrate it is an organization that cannot be allowed to exist in a democracy.
Raucous Conscious Fashion, Love It!
August 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Raucous Conscious Fashion, Love It!
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Trump is acting like a Chinese Communist Party asset: Trying to kill the American clean energy industry — ensuring an energy shortage & skyrocketing costs — as China smartly rockets ahead with massive clean energy expansion.
August 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump is acting like a Chinese Communist Party asset: Trying to kill the American clean energy industry — ensuring an energy shortage & skyrocketing costs — as China smartly rockets ahead with massive clean energy expansion.
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Wake Up Call! It is possible and the West is losing the race.
www.renewableinstitute.org/china-surpas...
www.renewableinstitute.org/china-surpas...
China Surpasses 2030 Renewable Energy Goals Years Ahead of Schedule - The Renewable Energy Institute
China broke its own renewable energy record once again in 2024, installing 80 gigawatts (GW) of wind capacity and 277 GW of solar capacity, according to the National Energy Administration, as reported...
www.renewableinstitute.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wake Up Call! It is possible and the West is losing the race.
www.renewableinstitute.org/china-surpas...
www.renewableinstitute.org/china-surpas...
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Chicago keeping art alive:
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Chicago keeping art alive:
🚴 I always feel a renewed sense of hope when I see my neighbors support common sense and good governance – All is not lost 🫠
August 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🚴 I always feel a renewed sense of hope when I see my neighbors support common sense and good governance – All is not lost 🫠
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August 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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