sgmax (frigga_motherofbordercollies)
@sgmax.bsky.social
Border-Collie/dog lover & rescuer
Techie & academic: how design works, human-centered design,
situated design
Veggie/pescatarian
Creative arts & crafts: knitting, sewing, drawing, books, writing
Website (work in progress) https://improvisingdesign.com
Techie & academic: how design works, human-centered design,
situated design
Veggie/pescatarian
Creative arts & crafts: knitting, sewing, drawing, books, writing
Website (work in progress) https://improvisingdesign.com
From PA Dept of Human Services:
SNAP clients are receiving calls saying that their benefits are on hold until they verify their eligibility and asking that they call and provide their PIN. This is a SCAM.
DHS will not ask for personal information in an unsolicited text message, email, or phone call.
SNAP clients are receiving calls saying that their benefits are on hold until they verify their eligibility and asking that they call and provide their PIN. This is a SCAM.
DHS will not ask for personal information in an unsolicited text message, email, or phone call.
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
From PA Dept of Human Services:
SNAP clients are receiving calls saying that their benefits are on hold until they verify their eligibility and asking that they call and provide their PIN. This is a SCAM.
DHS will not ask for personal information in an unsolicited text message, email, or phone call.
SNAP clients are receiving calls saying that their benefits are on hold until they verify their eligibility and asking that they call and provide their PIN. This is a SCAM.
DHS will not ask for personal information in an unsolicited text message, email, or phone call.
Don't forget Kristi Noem. The dog killer looks like a Stepford Wife (or a sexbot) following plastic surgery.
Photo courtesy of tinyurl.com/58fzj7mp
Photo courtesy of tinyurl.com/58fzj7mp
June 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Don't forget Kristi Noem. The dog killer looks like a Stepford Wife (or a sexbot) following plastic surgery.
Photo courtesy of tinyurl.com/58fzj7mp
Photo courtesy of tinyurl.com/58fzj7mp
We can't afford Medicare for disabled or low-income citizens, but we *can* afford a $45 million military parade for a draft-dodger with delusions of grandeur
June 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We can't afford Medicare for disabled or low-income citizens, but we *can* afford a $45 million military parade for a draft-dodger with delusions of grandeur
Today is full of customer service complaints
Meet Freki, covered in freckles so we named him after one of Odin's wolves. Always with the customer service complaints: greooowl, aoooow, aoooow! You'd think I never fed him or played with him. I think he just likes to tell me when he's bored ... 😉 #dogs
Meet Freki, covered in freckles so we named him after one of Odin's wolves. Always with the customer service complaints: greooowl, aoooow, aoooow! You'd think I never fed him or played with him. I think he just likes to tell me when he's bored ... 😉 #dogs
May 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today is full of customer service complaints
Meet Freki, covered in freckles so we named him after one of Odin's wolves. Always with the customer service complaints: greooowl, aoooow, aoooow! You'd think I never fed him or played with him. I think he just likes to tell me when he's bored ... 😉 #dogs
Meet Freki, covered in freckles so we named him after one of Odin's wolves. Always with the customer service complaints: greooowl, aoooow, aoooow! You'd think I never fed him or played with him. I think he just likes to tell me when he's bored ... 😉 #dogs
I posted this in response to right-wing commentators decrying the decline in US birth rates since 1800s. More infants died in 1850 than were born.
April 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I posted this in response to right-wing commentators decrying the decline in US birth rates since 1800s. More infants died in 1850 than were born.
Graphs of maternal mortality and child mortality over time
Both graphs show a rapid decline due to medical advances.
* Maternal deaths flatten in 1960s as contraception became widespread
* Infant mortality declined in 1960s, after Medicaid and other federal programs were implemented (source: CDC)
Both graphs show a rapid decline due to medical advances.
* Maternal deaths flatten in 1960s as contraception became widespread
* Infant mortality declined in 1960s, after Medicaid and other federal programs were implemented (source: CDC)
April 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Graphs of maternal mortality and child mortality over time
Both graphs show a rapid decline due to medical advances.
* Maternal deaths flatten in 1960s as contraception became widespread
* Infant mortality declined in 1960s, after Medicaid and other federal programs were implemented (source: CDC)
Both graphs show a rapid decline due to medical advances.
* Maternal deaths flatten in 1960s as contraception became widespread
* Infant mortality declined in 1960s, after Medicaid and other federal programs were implemented (source: CDC)
I'm not holding my breath. Fetterman will vote for this
April 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm not holding my breath. Fetterman will vote for this
Early evening, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
April 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Early evening, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
** Why Democrats are losing hearts & minds of tech graduates.** I've been arguing for years that the problem with a computing education is that we teach students to over-simplify problem-solving. Now DOGE has an army of tech graduates armed with the crudest problem-solving techniques known to man:
March 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
** Why Democrats are losing hearts & minds of tech graduates.** I've been arguing for years that the problem with a computing education is that we teach students to over-simplify problem-solving. Now DOGE has an army of tech graduates armed with the crudest problem-solving techniques known to man:
Chuck Schumer thinks that now is the perfect time for a book tour.
Why don't we all turn up and convince him it's the perfect time for a resignation tour?
Why don't we all turn up and convince him it's the perfect time for a resignation tour?
March 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Chuck Schumer thinks that now is the perfect time for a book tour.
Why don't we all turn up and convince him it's the perfect time for a resignation tour?
Why don't we all turn up and convince him it's the perfect time for a resignation tour?
Of all the fentanyl joints in all the towns in all the world, Trump walks into mine ... #Casablanca
March 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Of all the fentanyl joints in all the towns in all the world, Trump walks into mine ... #Casablanca
There speaks someone who has no idea who medicaid recipients are ... less than 1/6 of budget goes on adult recipients and THEY have conditions that preclude their being able to work (or they wouldn't qualify for Medicaid)
March 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
There speaks someone who has no idea who medicaid recipients are ... less than 1/6 of budget goes on adult recipients and THEY have conditions that preclude their being able to work (or they wouldn't qualify for Medicaid)
#Project2029
There's an excellent opinion piece in NYT today, discussing where to start in remaking an administrative government after Trump. Images below if you don't have a sub
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
There's an excellent opinion piece in NYT today, discussing where to start in remaking an administrative government after Trump. Images below if you don't have a sub
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
March 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#Project2029
There's an excellent opinion piece in NYT today, discussing where to start in remaking an administrative government after Trump. Images below if you don't have a sub
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
There's an excellent opinion piece in NYT today, discussing where to start in remaking an administrative government after Trump. Images below if you don't have a sub
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
It was probably coordinated by Uber-President Musk ...
"Musk is working directly with the President, and the President then works with the Cabinet secretaries," Josh Hawley said, recalling how Susie Wiles described the workflow.
This sounds awfully like Trump is acting as a Gofer-President
"Musk is working directly with the President, and the President then works with the Cabinet secretaries," Josh Hawley said, recalling how Susie Wiles described the workflow.
This sounds awfully like Trump is acting as a Gofer-President
February 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It was probably coordinated by Uber-President Musk ...
"Musk is working directly with the President, and the President then works with the Cabinet secretaries," Josh Hawley said, recalling how Susie Wiles described the workflow.
This sounds awfully like Trump is acting as a Gofer-President
"Musk is working directly with the President, and the President then works with the Cabinet secretaries," Josh Hawley said, recalling how Susie Wiles described the workflow.
This sounds awfully like Trump is acting as a Gofer-President
"Musk is working directly with the President, and the President then works with the Cabinet secretaries," Hawley said, recalling how Susie Wiles described the workflow.
This sounds awfully like Trump is acting as a #Gofer-President
This sounds awfully like Trump is acting as a #Gofer-President
February 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"Musk is working directly with the President, and the President then works with the Cabinet secretaries," Hawley said, recalling how Susie Wiles described the workflow.
This sounds awfully like Trump is acting as a #Gofer-President
This sounds awfully like Trump is acting as a #Gofer-President
Think of it, a modestly successful reality TV personality talked Russian oligarchs into investing millions in insolvent golf courses. He's now repaying these "investments" in bucketfuls, claiming a mandate for monarchy on < 50% of the vote, sucking up to Putin, and selling US allies down the river:
February 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Think of it, a modestly successful reality TV personality talked Russian oligarchs into investing millions in insolvent golf courses. He's now repaying these "investments" in bucketfuls, claiming a mandate for monarchy on < 50% of the vote, sucking up to Putin, and selling US allies down the river:
@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social We need a leader with a spine - NOW.
I thank you for at least trying to question Musk's access to key Treasury systems. But we need an organizer for the #resistance.
We need a Democratic Plan to resist Trump. He has some horrific plans.
PLEASE can someone take charge?
I thank you for at least trying to question Musk's access to key Treasury systems. But we need an organizer for the #resistance.
We need a Democratic Plan to resist Trump. He has some horrific plans.
PLEASE can someone take charge?
February 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social We need a leader with a spine - NOW.
I thank you for at least trying to question Musk's access to key Treasury systems. But we need an organizer for the #resistance.
We need a Democratic Plan to resist Trump. He has some horrific plans.
PLEASE can someone take charge?
I thank you for at least trying to question Musk's access to key Treasury systems. But we need an organizer for the #resistance.
We need a Democratic Plan to resist Trump. He has some horrific plans.
PLEASE can someone take charge?
Perhaps the #tariffs are just a ploy to drive the market price of #TrumpMemecoin back up?
It must be embarrassing to launch a cybercurrency that is such a flop ... especially for someone with such a fragile ego as Trump 🍄
It must be embarrassing to launch a cybercurrency that is such a flop ... especially for someone with such a fragile ego as Trump 🍄
February 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Perhaps the #tariffs are just a ploy to drive the market price of #TrumpMemecoin back up?
It must be embarrassing to launch a cybercurrency that is such a flop ... especially for someone with such a fragile ego as Trump 🍄
It must be embarrassing to launch a cybercurrency that is such a flop ... especially for someone with such a fragile ego as Trump 🍄
Let me introduce you to the Gannet, aka the Northern Gannet or Solan Goose. 2/3 of world's population live in the UK, where their capacity for eating large quantities of fish has led to "gannet" becoming a description of somebody who eats vast quantities of food e.g. "my dog is a real Gannet" #birds
January 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Let me introduce you to the Gannet, aka the Northern Gannet or Solan Goose. 2/3 of world's population live in the UK, where their capacity for eating large quantities of fish has led to "gannet" becoming a description of somebody who eats vast quantities of food e.g. "my dog is a real Gannet" #birds
Goal of RW extremism is to make people distrust MSM so they don't see competing info. US media are complicit:
@cnn.com should be ashamed of moving Jim Acosta to midnight
@abc7.bsky.social should be ashamed of abandoning lawsuit they could have won
At least the British Press aren't obeying in advance
@cnn.com should be ashamed of moving Jim Acosta to midnight
@abc7.bsky.social should be ashamed of abandoning lawsuit they could have won
At least the British Press aren't obeying in advance
January 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Goal of RW extremism is to make people distrust MSM so they don't see competing info. US media are complicit:
@cnn.com should be ashamed of moving Jim Acosta to midnight
@abc7.bsky.social should be ashamed of abandoning lawsuit they could have won
At least the British Press aren't obeying in advance
@cnn.com should be ashamed of moving Jim Acosta to midnight
@abc7.bsky.social should be ashamed of abandoning lawsuit they could have won
At least the British Press aren't obeying in advance
@benwikler.bsky.social It looks as if Fetterman fooled us all. It's important to find a credible and authentic primary challenger for his Senate seat, next time around
January 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
@benwikler.bsky.social It looks as if Fetterman fooled us all. It's important to find a credible and authentic primary challenger for his Senate seat, next time around
Here's a couple of articles discussing the dangers:
Researchers are careful not to expose themselves to litigation, by separating what #TikTok could potentially do with data they collect & what data researchers were able to track TikTok actually collecting
tinyurl.com/3u32jphx
tinyurl.com/5xnen4df
Researchers are careful not to expose themselves to litigation, by separating what #TikTok could potentially do with data they collect & what data researchers were able to track TikTok actually collecting
tinyurl.com/3u32jphx
tinyurl.com/5xnen4df
January 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here's a couple of articles discussing the dangers:
Researchers are careful not to expose themselves to litigation, by separating what #TikTok could potentially do with data they collect & what data researchers were able to track TikTok actually collecting
tinyurl.com/3u32jphx
tinyurl.com/5xnen4df
Researchers are careful not to expose themselves to litigation, by separating what #TikTok could potentially do with data they collect & what data researchers were able to track TikTok actually collecting
tinyurl.com/3u32jphx
tinyurl.com/5xnen4df
Chloe jumped up on my lap after dinner and proceeded to scavenge in all the crevices. To my lasting mortification, she found some popcorn. I have been reduced to the status of a #dogs puzzle-feeder
January 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Chloe jumped up on my lap after dinner and proceeded to scavenge in all the crevices. To my lasting mortification, she found some popcorn. I have been reduced to the status of a #dogs puzzle-feeder
Happy Tumultuous Tuesday from the #ConspiracyCollies - have a nice day!
January 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Happy Tumultuous Tuesday from the #ConspiracyCollies - have a nice day!