James
@types4life.bsky.social
he/him. Lover of type theory and functional programming. Also, comedy and politics. Not super optimistic.
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Robber: "Give me the most valuable thing you own!"
Me: "Oh wow ok. I have here a mint copy of the Battlestar Galatica board game in shrink with all the expansions. You'll have to find the right buyer but-"
Robber: "WTF? Give me all your money!"
Me: "Oh man I am like, so broke until payday. lol"
Me: "Oh wow ok. I have here a mint copy of the Battlestar Galatica board game in shrink with all the expansions. You'll have to find the right buyer but-"
Robber: "WTF? Give me all your money!"
Me: "Oh man I am like, so broke until payday. lol"
December 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Robber: "Give me the most valuable thing you own!"
Me: "Oh wow ok. I have here a mint copy of the Battlestar Galatica board game in shrink with all the expansions. You'll have to find the right buyer but-"
Robber: "WTF? Give me all your money!"
Me: "Oh man I am like, so broke until payday. lol"
Me: "Oh wow ok. I have here a mint copy of the Battlestar Galatica board game in shrink with all the expansions. You'll have to find the right buyer but-"
Robber: "WTF? Give me all your money!"
Me: "Oh man I am like, so broke until payday. lol"
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Reminder that if you still have FSA funds to spend this year, you can spend them at FSA store: fsastore.com - you can purchase menstrual products for example to donate to your local pantries and homeless shelters. I have $130 left and that's what I did yesterday.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Reminder that if you still have FSA funds to spend this year, you can spend them at FSA store: fsastore.com - you can purchase menstrual products for example to donate to your local pantries and homeless shelters. I have $130 left and that's what I did yesterday.
Maybe if I were assimilated by the Borg, they could cure my ADHD. I think I'm ready.
December 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Maybe if I were assimilated by the Borg, they could cure my ADHD. I think I'm ready.
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In the next four years you’ll see a lot of New York Post articles about City Hall that don’t make sense when you read them as an outsider because they’re just permission to hit the anger button in the reader’s brain. This is about seeing someone non-binary in power and getting permission to be mad.
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
In the next four years you’ll see a lot of New York Post articles about City Hall that don’t make sense when you read them as an outsider because they’re just permission to hit the anger button in the reader’s brain. This is about seeing someone non-binary in power and getting permission to be mad.
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Happy Pop-Tarts Bowl Day to all who celebrate
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Happy Pop-Tarts Bowl Day to all who celebrate
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I'm 37 now which means only 1 more year til I'm legally allowed to post on Bluesky dot app
December 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I'm 37 now which means only 1 more year til I'm legally allowed to post on Bluesky dot app
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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Pricing currently is “LOL I dunno” which is gonna sink or swim the entire endeavor.
AWS and Google Cloud announce a jointly built multicloud networking solution and a new open interoperability spec; AWS plans a rollout with Azure later in 2026 (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Pricing currently is “LOL I dunno” which is gonna sink or swim the entire endeavor.
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Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
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The only legitimate software development methodology:
1. Think very hard about an implementation
2. Don't do anything
1. Think very hard about an implementation
2. Don't do anything
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The only legitimate software development methodology:
1. Think very hard about an implementation
2. Don't do anything
1. Think very hard about an implementation
2. Don't do anything
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Tony: Hey Dave. Check it out. I added a button to the login page.
Dave: Oh yeah?
Tony: Yeah it's right there. See that right there, little oval in blue with a check mark next to it, says "stay logged in on this device"?
Dave: Oh yeah ok cool. What's it do?
Tony: literally nothing
Dave: Oh yeah?
Tony: Yeah it's right there. See that right there, little oval in blue with a check mark next to it, says "stay logged in on this device"?
Dave: Oh yeah ok cool. What's it do?
Tony: literally nothing
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Tony: Hey Dave. Check it out. I added a button to the login page.
Dave: Oh yeah?
Tony: Yeah it's right there. See that right there, little oval in blue with a check mark next to it, says "stay logged in on this device"?
Dave: Oh yeah ok cool. What's it do?
Tony: literally nothing
Dave: Oh yeah?
Tony: Yeah it's right there. See that right there, little oval in blue with a check mark next to it, says "stay logged in on this device"?
Dave: Oh yeah ok cool. What's it do?
Tony: literally nothing
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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Pure cruelty.
Officially, stores cannot give SNAP recipients preferential treatment absent a waiver, w waivers given to places encouraging healthy eating.
So obvs a rule aimed at preventing junk-food places from targeting SNAP.
This is … SO much not that.
And this enforcement is a CHOICE.
Officially, stores cannot give SNAP recipients preferential treatment absent a waiver, w waivers given to places encouraging healthy eating.
So obvs a rule aimed at preventing junk-food places from targeting SNAP.
This is … SO much not that.
And this enforcement is a CHOICE.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Pure cruelty.
Officially, stores cannot give SNAP recipients preferential treatment absent a waiver, w waivers given to places encouraging healthy eating.
So obvs a rule aimed at preventing junk-food places from targeting SNAP.
This is … SO much not that.
And this enforcement is a CHOICE.
Officially, stores cannot give SNAP recipients preferential treatment absent a waiver, w waivers given to places encouraging healthy eating.
So obvs a rule aimed at preventing junk-food places from targeting SNAP.
This is … SO much not that.
And this enforcement is a CHOICE.
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Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
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"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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LinkedIn just made an update, and it is USING YOUR DATA.
As of Nov 3, your posts/comments/activity will be used to train AI automatically.
Rather than in, it’s opt-out.
If you do nothing, your stuff becomes free fuel for AI with no "undo"
Wanna opt out? Update your settings: lnkd.in/emughyJ8
As of Nov 3, your posts/comments/activity will be used to train AI automatically.
Rather than in, it’s opt-out.
If you do nothing, your stuff becomes free fuel for AI with no "undo"
Wanna opt out? Update your settings: lnkd.in/emughyJ8
LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn
Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.
lnkd.in
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
LinkedIn just made an update, and it is USING YOUR DATA.
As of Nov 3, your posts/comments/activity will be used to train AI automatically.
Rather than in, it’s opt-out.
If you do nothing, your stuff becomes free fuel for AI with no "undo"
Wanna opt out? Update your settings: lnkd.in/emughyJ8
As of Nov 3, your posts/comments/activity will be used to train AI automatically.
Rather than in, it’s opt-out.
If you do nothing, your stuff becomes free fuel for AI with no "undo"
Wanna opt out? Update your settings: lnkd.in/emughyJ8
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Monthly DoD payroll is ~$16 billion. This supposed "gift" would cover less than 1% of that amount.
If split evenly among active duty service members, each would get just under $100.
Reporters who don't challenge on this are committing egregious malpractice.
If split evenly among active duty service members, each would get just under $100.
Reporters who don't challenge on this are committing egregious malpractice.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Monthly DoD payroll is ~$16 billion. This supposed "gift" would cover less than 1% of that amount.
If split evenly among active duty service members, each would get just under $100.
Reporters who don't challenge on this are committing egregious malpractice.
If split evenly among active duty service members, each would get just under $100.
Reporters who don't challenge on this are committing egregious malpractice.
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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Subject of Investigation: Are some Congressional Republicans Nazis
Means of Investigation: look at them
Conclusion of Investigation: yeop
Means of Investigation: look at them
Conclusion of Investigation: yeop
Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.
Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Subject of Investigation: Are some Congressional Republicans Nazis
Means of Investigation: look at them
Conclusion of Investigation: yeop
Means of Investigation: look at them
Conclusion of Investigation: yeop
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Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometimes hostile. n.pr/4nRqsdT
In rural America, scarce doctors battle misinformation as they practice medicine
Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometimes hostile.
n.pr
October 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometimes hostile. n.pr/4nRqsdT
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Welcome new Bluesky users, to prove that your are at least 36 years old, the minimum age for this website, please list your favorite song on the first ten volumes of Now! That’s What I Call Music. Please consult this playlist if you need assistance.
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Now thats what i call music(US Vol 1-10 by Cooper Lund on Apple Music
Playlist · 174 Songs
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October 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Welcome new Bluesky users, to prove that your are at least 36 years old, the minimum age for this website, please list your favorite song on the first ten volumes of Now! That’s What I Call Music. Please consult this playlist if you need assistance.
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
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You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
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James Michael Johnson, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is fanatically devoted to Donald Trump and expresses his adoration by endeavoring to give Trump everything he wants, despite never having heard a word Trump has written or said or any specific account of anything Trump has done.
REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?
MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know
MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know
October 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
James Michael Johnson, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is fanatically devoted to Donald Trump and expresses his adoration by endeavoring to give Trump everything he wants, despite never having heard a word Trump has written or said or any specific account of anything Trump has done.