xatharine
@xatharine.bsky.social
Existential questions before breakfast??!! Rude.
Cloudy datacenter infrastructure nerd. Knitter. Hiker. In a disfunctional relationship with the U.S. government.
Cloudy datacenter infrastructure nerd. Knitter. Hiker. In a disfunctional relationship with the U.S. government.
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“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 AM
“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
Oh my God, water balloons!! Genius.
January 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Oh my God, water balloons!! Genius.
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Truly the man’s logic is “but we have more guns. Why does the larger country not simply eat the other countries?”
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Truly the man’s logic is “but we have more guns. Why does the larger country not simply eat the other countries?”
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“If you want to look for where the water was, look for the breweries,” says Chris Carlsson, a local writer and historian.
missionlocal.org/2010/05/biki...
missionlocal.org/2010/05/biki...
Biking the Mission's Waterways
Click here for a pdf of the map. "You've got to understand, these creeks smelled bad," says Carlsson. "Wetlands don't smell great even when they're healthy, but so much sewage ran into them that by th...
missionlocal.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
“If you want to look for where the water was, look for the breweries,” says Chris Carlsson, a local writer and historian.
missionlocal.org/2010/05/biki...
missionlocal.org/2010/05/biki...
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DO NOT SHOW UP TO OPPOSE THEM. The community leaders in
C-R want streets empty. This is 100% a move to escalate violence.
PLEASE DO NOT GO DOWNTOWN, TO THE U, OR TO CEDAR RIVERSIDE ON SATURDAY.
Please be careful driving near these areas.
Please do copy/paste and pass on the word.
#TwinCities
C-R want streets empty. This is 100% a move to escalate violence.
PLEASE DO NOT GO DOWNTOWN, TO THE U, OR TO CEDAR RIVERSIDE ON SATURDAY.
Please be careful driving near these areas.
Please do copy/paste and pass on the word.
#TwinCities
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
DO NOT SHOW UP TO OPPOSE THEM. The community leaders in
C-R want streets empty. This is 100% a move to escalate violence.
PLEASE DO NOT GO DOWNTOWN, TO THE U, OR TO CEDAR RIVERSIDE ON SATURDAY.
Please be careful driving near these areas.
Please do copy/paste and pass on the word.
#TwinCities
C-R want streets empty. This is 100% a move to escalate violence.
PLEASE DO NOT GO DOWNTOWN, TO THE U, OR TO CEDAR RIVERSIDE ON SATURDAY.
Please be careful driving near these areas.
Please do copy/paste and pass on the word.
#TwinCities
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Walz is a wartime governor.
The federal government has gone to war on his state.
The federal government has gone to war on his state.
2/ "Another way you can help: Witness.
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You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct their activities. So carry your phone with you at all times.
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Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans ... to bank evidence for future prosecution."
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You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct their activities. So carry your phone with you at all times.
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Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans ... to bank evidence for future prosecution."
Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota
YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Walz is a wartime governor.
The federal government has gone to war on his state.
The federal government has gone to war on his state.
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Tragic: local man wants to solve technical problems at scale, realises that at scale they’re all ultimately social problems
January 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Tragic: local man wants to solve technical problems at scale, realises that at scale they’re all ultimately social problems
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"build a data center in space!"
says someone who never heard of ping time
says someone who never heard of ping time
December 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"build a data center in space!"
says someone who never heard of ping time
says someone who never heard of ping time
Cheap solar makes this idea absolutely ridiculous, but that doesn't mean that venture capitalists won't do it anyway.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Cheap solar makes this idea absolutely ridiculous, but that doesn't mean that venture capitalists won't do it anyway.
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“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
Questions I was not ever expecting to ask:
But has the overall rate of 'pets killed by cars' gone up or down?
But has the overall rate of 'pets killed by cars' gone up or down?
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Questions I was not ever expecting to ask:
But has the overall rate of 'pets killed by cars' gone up or down?
But has the overall rate of 'pets killed by cars' gone up or down?
A board game docent is key to playing a new game. They must have a good memory and a robust enough ego that they want other people to win instead of them, but be competitive enough to have thought seriously through the strategies.
Being good at explaining games is a whole separate skill.
One of my brothers is both super good at it and super good at suggesting games based on what his guest will enjoy and he's one of the only people who can suggest a new game and I'm like "sure, let's do it"
One of my brothers is both super good at it and super good at suggesting games based on what his guest will enjoy and he's one of the only people who can suggest a new game and I'm like "sure, let's do it"
I used to think I didn’t like board games or a lot of games really, then I found out that I just don’t like having to learn how to play a game from people who are bad at explaining it. And because some don’t know, you can play a game very well AND be bad at explaining how to play the game.
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A board game docent is key to playing a new game. They must have a good memory and a robust enough ego that they want other people to win instead of them, but be competitive enough to have thought seriously through the strategies.
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Being good at explaining games is a whole separate skill.
One of my brothers is both super good at it and super good at suggesting games based on what his guest will enjoy and he's one of the only people who can suggest a new game and I'm like "sure, let's do it"
One of my brothers is both super good at it and super good at suggesting games based on what his guest will enjoy and he's one of the only people who can suggest a new game and I'm like "sure, let's do it"
I used to think I didn’t like board games or a lot of games really, then I found out that I just don’t like having to learn how to play a game from people who are bad at explaining it. And because some don’t know, you can play a game very well AND be bad at explaining how to play the game.
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Being good at explaining games is a whole separate skill.
One of my brothers is both super good at it and super good at suggesting games based on what his guest will enjoy and he's one of the only people who can suggest a new game and I'm like "sure, let's do it"
One of my brothers is both super good at it and super good at suggesting games based on what his guest will enjoy and he's one of the only people who can suggest a new game and I'm like "sure, let's do it"
Amazing that a mere decade after women existing for the first time, we're able to get funding for increasing their ability to survive car accidents.
The federal Transportation Department has approved a new female crash dummy, replacing an outdated model largely based on male proportions. The new dummy would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.
U.S. Introduces New Female Crash-Test Dummy Standards
A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Amazing that a mere decade after women existing for the first time, we're able to get funding for increasing their ability to survive car accidents.
Weirdest headline ever. This is the loudest case of "Blink twice if you're not able to criticize the police" I've ever seen in reporting.
From @theathletic.com: Police were no longer chasing Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland when he crashed his car into a pickup truck shortly before his death from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound earlier this month.
Police were no longer pursuing Marshawn Kneeland at time of crash, report says
Dallas Cowboys defensive end was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Weirdest headline ever. This is the loudest case of "Blink twice if you're not able to criticize the police" I've ever seen in reporting.
New York Times Op Ed Pitch:
Is Ruining Thanksgiving the Third Rail of American Politics?
Is Ruining Thanksgiving the Third Rail of American Politics?
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
New York Times Op Ed Pitch:
Is Ruining Thanksgiving the Third Rail of American Politics?
Is Ruining Thanksgiving the Third Rail of American Politics?
Oh, it appears to be "embarrass yourself at work by mentioning Dick Cheney to coworkers born in 1998" day.
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Oh, it appears to be "embarrass yourself at work by mentioning Dick Cheney to coworkers born in 1998" day.
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This is fucking amazing
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is fucking amazing
Cancelled my account.
Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
indivisible.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Cancelled my account.
Nobody tell them that measles can cause low testosterone and infertility in men.
What medical experts won't tell you is that vaccinations are the only thing that can help with this risk to male virility.
What medical experts won't tell you is that vaccinations are the only thing that can help with this risk to male virility.
October 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nobody tell them that measles can cause low testosterone and infertility in men.
What medical experts won't tell you is that vaccinations are the only thing that can help with this risk to male virility.
What medical experts won't tell you is that vaccinations are the only thing that can help with this risk to male virility.
There is work to do for all of us, even when we're not sure how to start.
missionlocal.org/2025/10/the-...
missionlocal.org/2025/10/the-...
People We Meet: The S.F. composer who became an immigration court watcher
Nicholas Weininger's grandfather fled to the U.S. Now, he tries to help others do the same as a court watch observer.
missionlocal.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There is work to do for all of us, even when we're not sure how to start.
missionlocal.org/2025/10/the-...
missionlocal.org/2025/10/the-...
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ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
October 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
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Malignant machine spirits:
- printer
- vending machine
- us-east-1
Benevolent machine spirits:
- crt display
- kei truck
- those industrial lights that you turn on with a big switch and they go thwomp thwomp thwomp as they light up
No soul, but evil within capitalism:
- large language models
- printer
- vending machine
- us-east-1
Benevolent machine spirits:
- crt display
- kei truck
- those industrial lights that you turn on with a big switch and they go thwomp thwomp thwomp as they light up
No soul, but evil within capitalism:
- large language models
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
October 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Malignant machine spirits:
- printer
- vending machine
- us-east-1
Benevolent machine spirits:
- crt display
- kei truck
- those industrial lights that you turn on with a big switch and they go thwomp thwomp thwomp as they light up
No soul, but evil within capitalism:
- large language models
- printer
- vending machine
- us-east-1
Benevolent machine spirits:
- crt display
- kei truck
- those industrial lights that you turn on with a big switch and they go thwomp thwomp thwomp as they light up
No soul, but evil within capitalism:
- large language models