Sebastian Good
@sebastiangood.bsky.social
Houston native. Co-founder of Expero, a software engineering consultancy specializing in bringing challenging ideas to reality. Trilogy Mafia.
What can one tend? Bar. Goal. What else?
March 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What can one tend? Bar. Goal. What else?
This is roughly correct. Only Congress can reclaim its own power.
letter from the biggest federal employee union: "AFGE members have concluded that a widespread government shutdown has been underway since January 20 and will continue to spread whether senators vote yes or no on HR 1968" talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...
March 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is roughly correct. Only Congress can reclaim its own power.
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SoCal friends, I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. A few things I wish I’d known as we evacuated ahead of a wildfire (that took our home in 2021) 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
SoCal friends, I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. A few things I wish I’d known as we evacuated ahead of a wildfire (that took our home in 2021) 🧵
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WARNING: This product contains programming languages known to the State of California to cause memory unsafety
January 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
WARNING: This product contains programming languages known to the State of California to cause memory unsafety
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Most interesting DOGE take I’ve seen yet: www.eatingpolicy.com/p/um-congres...
From @pahlkadot.bsky.social
From @pahlkadot.bsky.social
Um, Congress, you might want to take a look at this
What might DOGE have brewing?
www.eatingpolicy.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Most interesting DOGE take I’ve seen yet: www.eatingpolicy.com/p/um-congres...
From @pahlkadot.bsky.social
From @pahlkadot.bsky.social
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yeah I liked Montreal *a lot* but Quebec is very strange. Canada is fine, Canada is just another country. Quebec is like visiting an alternate timeline where Napoleon won WW1 or something.
Canadian man tempted to support annexation just to watch Americans try to deal with Quebec
Canadian man tempted to support annexation just to watch Americans try to deal with Quebec
OTTAWA – Local man Matthew Kearns has admitted that, despite despising Trump and wanting Canada to remain independent, it would almost be worth becoming the 51st state just to watch American politicia...
thebeaverton.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:34 AM
yeah I liked Montreal *a lot* but Quebec is very strange. Canada is fine, Canada is just another country. Quebec is like visiting an alternate timeline where Napoleon won WW1 or something.
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If there ultimately has to be some entity that rations healthcare and tells patients/consumers “no” it totally makes sense why given the culture of the US the public has decided it should be for-profit corporations rather than the government.
December 13, 2024 at 9:56 PM
If there ultimately has to be some entity that rations healthcare and tells patients/consumers “no” it totally makes sense why given the culture of the US the public has decided it should be for-profit corporations rather than the government.
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“Our officers are monitoring their ex-wives’ residences 24-hours a day”
December 8, 2024 at 5:52 AM
“Our officers are monitoring their ex-wives’ residences 24-hours a day”
You love to see it.
I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
December 8, 2024 at 7:06 AM
You love to see it.
You love to see it.
It is about to conclude. Syrian rebels are pouring into Damascus City.
December 7, 2024 at 8:45 PM
You love to see it.
They will be able to read your fingerprints from space. Amazing. physics.aps.org/articles/v17...
Quantum Radar over Long Distances
A proposed remote-sensing scheme could potentially probe targets hundreds of kilometers away and uses one of the strangest quantum properties of light.
physics.aps.org
December 7, 2024 at 12:46 AM
They will be able to read your fingerprints from space. Amazing. physics.aps.org/articles/v17...
It’s good to know that even over here at this social network there are idiots to block.
"Denying insurance claims is violence.... We don’t think of this kind of stuff as violence because it is baked into our assumptions about how a capitalist society functions, but that doesn’t make the impact of this system on people any less violent." www.splinter.com/who-is-allow...
Who Is Allowed to Kill in America?
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 PM
It’s good to know that even over here at this social network there are idiots to block.
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Houston FTW: "The gradual shift away from reliance on a single industry has helped the self-styled 'energy capital of the world' take the top spot in the FT-Nikkei ranking of best US cities for foreign investment"
https://buff.ly/40ShFzZ
https://buff.ly/40ShFzZ
December 4, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Houston FTW: "The gradual shift away from reliance on a single industry has helped the self-styled 'energy capital of the world' take the top spot in the FT-Nikkei ranking of best US cities for foreign investment"
https://buff.ly/40ShFzZ
https://buff.ly/40ShFzZ
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Saturday night reminder that LinkedIn is psychotic.
December 1, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Saturday night reminder that LinkedIn is psychotic.
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Getting rid of the penny saves $100+ million/year but everyone will notice and some will complain.
Changing the composition of the penny will save single-digit millions/year but no one will care.
It's a tiny issue but a decision that will be indicative of how bold the DOGE is willing to go.
Changing the composition of the penny will save single-digit millions/year but no one will care.
It's a tiny issue but a decision that will be indicative of how bold the DOGE is willing to go.
November 26, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Getting rid of the penny saves $100+ million/year but everyone will notice and some will complain.
Changing the composition of the penny will save single-digit millions/year but no one will care.
It's a tiny issue but a decision that will be indicative of how bold the DOGE is willing to go.
Changing the composition of the penny will save single-digit millions/year but no one will care.
It's a tiny issue but a decision that will be indicative of how bold the DOGE is willing to go.
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I think the story of media, particularly online media, in the last couple decades is basically “market becomes more efficient, society realizes inefficiency was load bearing ”
November 27, 2024 at 11:50 PM
I think the story of media, particularly online media, in the last couple decades is basically “market becomes more efficient, society realizes inefficiency was load bearing ”
Palo Duro canyon sure is nice.
November 24, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Palo Duro canyon sure is nice.
It’s super annoying that humans wear clothes right? Like, lions don’t have to pack suitcases of junk to go visiting.
November 24, 2024 at 1:28 PM
It’s super annoying that humans wear clothes right? Like, lions don’t have to pack suitcases of junk to go visiting.
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NYC used to consistently build 5-10 new subway stations every single year.
Since 1990 we have built 4. Not 4 per year. 4 total over 34 years.
If Democrats are going to prove we can govern, we need to fix this asap.
Since 1990 we have built 4. Not 4 per year. 4 total over 34 years.
If Democrats are going to prove we can govern, we need to fix this asap.
November 24, 2024 at 12:54 AM
NYC used to consistently build 5-10 new subway stations every single year.
Since 1990 we have built 4. Not 4 per year. 4 total over 34 years.
If Democrats are going to prove we can govern, we need to fix this asap.
Since 1990 we have built 4. Not 4 per year. 4 total over 34 years.
If Democrats are going to prove we can govern, we need to fix this asap.
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There is a much higher risk of a breakup of the euro area than a default on the US debt (which is nil)
November 23, 2024 at 12:40 PM
There is a much higher risk of a breakup of the euro area than a default on the US debt (which is nil)
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
I feel it’s reasonable to give the singalong crowd the first week or two. I mean why not. Can’t we all get along?
If you go to a Wicked showing and start singing they should be allowed to beat you with popcorn bags. Them babies came to hear Ariana Grande and Cynthia Eviro, not Pam from the community theater troupe. GROW UP.
November 23, 2024 at 5:23 AM
I feel it’s reasonable to give the singalong crowd the first week or two. I mean why not. Can’t we all get along?
Honestly this might be a better product than actual home insurance.
One thing that stood out when I interviewed Tarek Mansour, CEO of Kalshi, is that ppl place bets on hurricanes battering their counties as a hedge against disaster, because they can't get home insurance where hurricanes are common.
November 22, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Honestly this might be a better product than actual home insurance.
I feel like we all agreed to legalize pot so you could smoke in the peace of your own home, not so everyone in a customer facing role could be stoned.
May 7, 2023 at 9:46 PM
I feel like we all agreed to legalize pot so you could smoke in the peace of your own home, not so everyone in a customer facing role could be stoned.