Trinition
@trinition.bsky.social
Software Engineer, Nerd, Independent
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This government needs to discuss Cuba policy urgently because it could blow up very badly for everybody if Trump and Rubio successfully choke off all the Venezuelan oil. Rubio could be the dog that finally caught the car -- and he has no plan for what to do the day after. 1/
Cuba is the ultimate manifestation of the Pottery Barn Rule. If they destabilize the govt & can’t rebuild the economy quickly, then they will face a tsunami of migration that will make the MASSIVE 1980 Mariel Boatlift look like a picnic. Rubio’s dream is Miller’s greatest nightmare. This is no joke!
January 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This government needs to discuss Cuba policy urgently because it could blow up very badly for everybody if Trump and Rubio successfully choke off all the Venezuelan oil. Rubio could be the dog that finally caught the car -- and he has no plan for what to do the day after. 1/
This is what I was thinking. Physics says the car will keep moving!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "The reality is firing a handgun at someone driving a car is not particularly effective at stopping the vehicle"
January 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
This is what I was thinking. Physics says the car will keep moving!
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If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
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None of this excuses Trump, but:
1) There is an OLC opinion that authorizes this, which future AG then OLC head Bill Barr signed in 1989 to authorize the very similar Panama invasion.
2) There is an indictment. It was unsealed under Barr in 2020.
3) Indictment is real. Former top aide pled in June
1) There is an OLC opinion that authorizes this, which future AG then OLC head Bill Barr signed in 1989 to authorize the very similar Panama invasion.
2) There is an indictment. It was unsealed under Barr in 2020.
3) Indictment is real. Former top aide pled in June
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
None of this excuses Trump, but:
1) There is an OLC opinion that authorizes this, which future AG then OLC head Bill Barr signed in 1989 to authorize the very similar Panama invasion.
2) There is an indictment. It was unsealed under Barr in 2020.
3) Indictment is real. Former top aide pled in June
1) There is an OLC opinion that authorizes this, which future AG then OLC head Bill Barr signed in 1989 to authorize the very similar Panama invasion.
2) There is an indictment. It was unsealed under Barr in 2020.
3) Indictment is real. Former top aide pled in June
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😐 Residents of Valdai, where Putin's residence is located, did not notice the flight of dozens of UAVs, nor warnings of an attack, and did not hear explosions - Russian opposition media.
Journalists spoke with locals and concluded that the information about a "mass attack" is not confirmed.
Journalists spoke with locals and concluded that the information about a "mass attack" is not confirmed.
December 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
😐 Residents of Valdai, where Putin's residence is located, did not notice the flight of dozens of UAVs, nor warnings of an attack, and did not hear explosions - Russian opposition media.
Journalists spoke with locals and concluded that the information about a "mass attack" is not confirmed.
Journalists spoke with locals and concluded that the information about a "mass attack" is not confirmed.
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2025 marked #Java's 30th birthday. We celebrated loud, proud, and in style 🎉
To end this landmark year properly, update to the latest version of the Java 30 Anniversary plugin jb.gg/1lak0x and unwrap a festive Duke for the holidays, plus the full Duke collection to boot.
To end this landmark year properly, update to the latest version of the Java 30 Anniversary plugin jb.gg/1lak0x and unwrap a festive Duke for the holidays, plus the full Duke collection to boot.
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
2025 marked #Java's 30th birthday. We celebrated loud, proud, and in style 🎉
To end this landmark year properly, update to the latest version of the Java 30 Anniversary plugin jb.gg/1lak0x and unwrap a festive Duke for the holidays, plus the full Duke collection to boot.
To end this landmark year properly, update to the latest version of the Java 30 Anniversary plugin jb.gg/1lak0x and unwrap a festive Duke for the holidays, plus the full Duke collection to boot.
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NEW: The phone metrics reported publicly by the Social Security Administration are way lower than actual wait times, a new watchdog report shows.
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
SSA phone wait times longer than publicly reported metrics, per OIG report
The agency’s “average speed of answer” metric masks longer call wait times, according to data in a recent OIG report.
www.nextgov.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
NEW: The phone metrics reported publicly by the Social Security Administration are way lower than actual wait times, a new watchdog report shows.
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
They're going to be gold-plated battleships, aren't they?
🇺🇸 Trump: The battleships are going to be armed just in terms of guns and missiles at the highest level.
They’ll also have hypersonic weapons, state of the art electric railguns, and even the high-powered lasers.
Navy will lead the design of these ships along with me, I’m a very aesthetic person.
They’ll also have hypersonic weapons, state of the art electric railguns, and even the high-powered lasers.
Navy will lead the design of these ships along with me, I’m a very aesthetic person.
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
They're going to be gold-plated battleships, aren't they?
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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 atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
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47. As Amory Lovins has said for years, no one wants a lump of coal, or a barrel of oil. All we want is a hot shower and a cold beer. And if we can get that heat and light and chilling without paying for (or burning) fuel, we're all happier... with one notable exception.
December 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
47. As Amory Lovins has said for years, no one wants a lump of coal, or a barrel of oil. All we want is a hot shower and a cold beer. And if we can get that heat and light and chilling without paying for (or burning) fuel, we're all happier... with one notable exception.
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If your kid believes in Santa, let them believe in Santa.
Mathematicians still believe in imaginary numbers.
Mathematicians still believe in imaginary numbers.
December 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If your kid believes in Santa, let them believe in Santa.
Mathematicians still believe in imaginary numbers.
Mathematicians still believe in imaginary numbers.
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Offering so-called ‘Article 5–style security assurances’ is a trapp convincing Ukraine to give up Donbas.
When Russia resumes war, Trump will blame Ukraine for ‘not needing to attack Russia’.
I. Ponomarenko
When Russia resumes war, Trump will blame Ukraine for ‘not needing to attack Russia’.
I. Ponomarenko
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Offering so-called ‘Article 5–style security assurances’ is a trapp convincing Ukraine to give up Donbas.
When Russia resumes war, Trump will blame Ukraine for ‘not needing to attack Russia’.
I. Ponomarenko
When Russia resumes war, Trump will blame Ukraine for ‘not needing to attack Russia’.
I. Ponomarenko
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🇺🇸 A U.S. grand jury has indicted Russian GRU hackers for cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, including a Missouri airport, water systems in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, and a meat plant in California. One attack spilled 757 tons of water; another ruined 900 kg of meat.
December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🇺🇸 A U.S. grand jury has indicted Russian GRU hackers for cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, including a Missouri airport, water systems in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, and a meat plant in California. One attack spilled 757 tons of water; another ruined 900 kg of meat.
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‼️🇺🇸 Russian GRU hackers attacked critical US infrastructure, a grand jury indictment in California has been released.
They carried out attacks on an airport in Missouri, water systems in Texas, Pennsylvania and Indiana, a meatpacking plant in California, and an oil and gas company in Colorado.
They carried out attacks on an airport in Missouri, water systems in Texas, Pennsylvania and Indiana, a meatpacking plant in California, and an oil and gas company in Colorado.
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
‼️🇺🇸 Russian GRU hackers attacked critical US infrastructure, a grand jury indictment in California has been released.
They carried out attacks on an airport in Missouri, water systems in Texas, Pennsylvania and Indiana, a meatpacking plant in California, and an oil and gas company in Colorado.
They carried out attacks on an airport in Missouri, water systems in Texas, Pennsylvania and Indiana, a meatpacking plant in California, and an oil and gas company in Colorado.
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Exactly this. I graduated in 1982 & remember reading 2-3 books or plays per year. (One was always a Shakespeare play.) I’d rather students read fewer books with in-depth analysis than skimming thru multiple books just to have a certain number checked off a list.
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Exactly this. I graduated in 1982 & remember reading 2-3 books or plays per year. (One was always a Shakespeare play.) I’d rather students read fewer books with in-depth analysis than skimming thru multiple books just to have a certain number checked off a list.
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BREAKING:
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
BREAKING:
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
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Quite a good set of questions.
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quite a good set of questions.
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☢️🇺🇦 Today marks another anniversary of the Budapest Memorandum.
Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for assurances of support in the event of aggression…
History has shown that without effective guarantees, international law often fails to work in practice.
Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for assurances of support in the event of aggression…
History has shown that without effective guarantees, international law often fails to work in practice.
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
☢️🇺🇦 Today marks another anniversary of the Budapest Memorandum.
Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for assurances of support in the event of aggression…
History has shown that without effective guarantees, international law often fails to work in practice.
Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for assurances of support in the event of aggression…
History has shown that without effective guarantees, international law often fails to work in practice.
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If anyone has an extra holiday card, I would absolutely love one, even if we have never chatted.
Howie Hua
PO Box 28003
Fresno, CA 93729
Howie Hua
PO Box 28003
Fresno, CA 93729
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If anyone has an extra holiday card, I would absolutely love one, even if we have never chatted.
Howie Hua
PO Box 28003
Fresno, CA 93729
Howie Hua
PO Box 28003
Fresno, CA 93729
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Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
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Russia is pure evil. Georgia, Ukraine, always destroying places and people.
Europe needs to take the money instead of obsessing about it.
Take it out of Trumps hands
Europe needs to take the money instead of obsessing about it.
Take it out of Trumps hands
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Russia is pure evil. Georgia, Ukraine, always destroying places and people.
Europe needs to take the money instead of obsessing about it.
Take it out of Trumps hands
Europe needs to take the money instead of obsessing about it.
Take it out of Trumps hands
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#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
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This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.