Darren White
@whitedarrenj.bsky.social
Software Engineer
CU Class of 07 && 17
Drums, hiking, dogs, programming, etc etc
CU Class of 07 && 17
Drums, hiking, dogs, programming, etc etc
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms, at night I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms, at night I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
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Our 249-year-old system -- two-party presidentialism -- has sometimes worked in spite of itself due to favorable conditions, un-codified norms, & a few periodic fixes.
That run is clearly over. I argue below that we need a multiparty democracy with the legislature supreme and a limited executive.
That run is clearly over. I argue below that we need a multiparty democracy with the legislature supreme and a limited executive.
“We cannot go back to anything approaching the old constitutional order, which already had been in a long, terminal decline.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again
It’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our 249-year-old system -- two-party presidentialism -- has sometimes worked in spite of itself due to favorable conditions, un-codified norms, & a few periodic fixes.
That run is clearly over. I argue below that we need a multiparty democracy with the legislature supreme and a limited executive.
That run is clearly over. I argue below that we need a multiparty democracy with the legislature supreme and a limited executive.
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1. The commercial was done by Ontario, not Canada itself, which is run by someone in the opposing party to Carney. He had nothing to do with it.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
Trump on Mark Carney: "He apologized for what they did with the commercial. Because it was a false commercial. It was the exact opposite. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs. And he did apologize."
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
1. The commercial was done by Ontario, not Canada itself, which is run by someone in the opposing party to Carney. He had nothing to do with it.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
"Empathy has never started a war, never sought to take the dignity of others, and empathy teaches you that power is interchangeable with another word: responsibility.”
-Jacinda Ardern
-Jacinda Ardern
September 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"Empathy has never started a war, never sought to take the dignity of others, and empathy teaches you that power is interchangeable with another word: responsibility.”
-Jacinda Ardern
-Jacinda Ardern
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Just learned that one of my faculty colleagues is leaving the US for Europe, due to scientific funding cuts and other changes here. The first I know of but not the last, I suspect.
August 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just learned that one of my faculty colleagues is leaving the US for Europe, due to scientific funding cuts and other changes here. The first I know of but not the last, I suspect.
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We need to make it illegal for AI models to offer advertising. And, we need to really examine referral fees as well.
The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions.
We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media
The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions.
We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media
July 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We need to make it illegal for AI models to offer advertising. And, we need to really examine referral fees as well.
The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions.
We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media
The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions.
We need to have learned our lessons from algos in social media
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
July 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Great weekend, why does it have to end?
March 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Great weekend, why does it have to end?
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After today's elections, Germans send their greetings to Elon Musk. ✨😎✨😂✨👏✨ 🇩🇪✨
February 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
After today's elections, Germans send their greetings to Elon Musk. ✨😎✨😂✨👏✨ 🇩🇪✨
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Big day for weird assholes who can't even stop being weird assholes on their big day.
January 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Big day for weird assholes who can't even stop being weird assholes on their big day.
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“Will pay any amount.”
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
January 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“Will pay any amount.”
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
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And watch how often the American media describes #RFKJr with the strangely legitimizing description "vaccine skeptic" instead of the more accurate term, "anti-vax and anti-science crank."
Doctor here. Can confirm. The consequences of this will be massive. Not just normalizing this shit, but the deaths & disability for years to come. Lean on your (vaccinated) communities, my friends.
👀 Our president, @nickfish.me, just issued a scathing response to Trump choosing RFK, Jr to lead the Dept. of Health & Human Services.
Read the full statement: atheists.org/news
In short, as an org that values #science #evidence and #facts, we've got serious concerns about such an unserious pick.
Read the full statement: atheists.org/news
In short, as an org that values #science #evidence and #facts, we've got serious concerns about such an unserious pick.
November 15, 2024 at 4:30 PM
And watch how often the American media describes #RFKJr with the strangely legitimizing description "vaccine skeptic" instead of the more accurate term, "anti-vax and anti-science crank."