Healthcare costs in the US are out of control. The whole system is FUBAR.

QOTD - 'Production Grade Agentic Infrastructure' I think I will put my 'jumbo shrimp' in a 'plastic glass' before I put on some 'icey hot' and engage in 'intense apathy'.

Safe travels #KubeCon people! I know flights have been a problem.

I don't agree with Rand Paul on many issues, but this speech is solid - youtu.be/X4xcHLsDX9Y?...

Reminder: The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.

Prodding everyone to look up Scott Bessent’s wealth. 🤡 www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...

We've bet our whole economy on LLMs, and that was a bad move. I'm now 100% convinced that the current systems are a dead end, and I will need to exit safely soon. The run-up may continue, but doom today or doom tomorrow... It's still DOOM!

Go on LinkedIn, watch everyone complain about AWS being down, then I find some great gems about how you failed to architect your systems. This is classic failure-domain analysis and understanding your MTTR. If your service is down, don't blame the cloud provider; blame your architect.

Ahhh amazon...

This isn’t an administration. It’s a crime syndicate.

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.” @opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

As us-east1 adds to it's history of outages. Just a gentle reminder that we solved multi-region A/B clustering many moons ago.

J.D. Vance says it's OK to joke about gas chambers, rape, and "watermelon people", but if you quote Charlie Kirk you'll get your VISA revoked

QOTD: China has decided to invest in solar, electric cars, and devices of all kinds. We've decided to bet the farm on LLMs, even though we don't have the infrastructure to support the demand.

The three most dangerous white men on earth today

Nothing about the escalation of this 'trade war' is strategic. In fact, there seems to be only downsides in most scenarios... So why are we doing this? Because of one single idiot who can't see past his own ego. This is a level of insanity that is difficult to quantify.

The misanthrope in me wants to buy a small farm in Canada and live there for the next 3 and a half years.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

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Why does the media even interview politicians anymore? It should just be the facts and logistics in a news piece; everything else is just bullshit.

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

futurism.com/future-socie... Who on earth could have seen this coming? Wait, everyone... Turns out drug addicts make terrible bosses, who knew?

Hug ops for Google Cloud folks who were affected. The reporting is not very detailed.

Just pulled up this 2022 article from @theguardian.com on oligarchs planning their bunkers. www.theguardian.com/news/2022/se...

I sometimes think that when Trump picked his cabinet, he picked the dumbest dumbfucks he could find that would do his bidding. All the while, China outmaneuvers us at every turn...

My current opinion on a government shutdown after 10 months of the clown car. youtu.be/mewYpU5OSUM?...

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Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice

Our economy is being gutted by influencer trolls trying to convince people that up is down and left is right. All the while, China grinds away, building next-level grid infrastructure, cars, and more. Additionally, AI has its place, but it's nowhere near the panacea that some claim it to be.

We've gone from "90 deals in 90 days" to "4 deals no one really believes".

The least surprising news from yesterday. Huge spike in Grindr traffic in Phoenix over the weekend.

Tell us how you really feel, @arstechnica.com. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Why do people listen to or watch influencers at all? They're all soulless shills bought and paid to spread an agenda or disinformation. Fuck all these people.

I'm pretty astounded by the average consumer's trust in big tech. After working in the industry for 25+ years, I have almost zero trust in these firms, including the new ones. Be cautious when trusting an LLM, as they're not your friend.

futurism.com/sam-altman-d... - Good! Let the bots duke it out and have the kids go touch grass.

Buckle up friendos, shit is about to get real.

i cannot overstate how extraordinary it is for federal civil servants to do this

"Trump accuses Xi, Putin and Kim of ‘conspiring against the US’" - No fucking shit!

80% of his automaker’s value will come from Optimus humanoid robots!?!? How on earth is this stock completely in the shitter?

This is never going away, is it?

This. 100%.

I'm genuinely confused by WTF the republican party stands for anymore? I honestly have no idea. States rights-No, Limited Gov't-No, free markets-No... It just seems like a cult filled with pettiness and hate, bent on hurting others, but only really hurting their own.!.!.!

I wonder when the true cost per token begins to take effect. T-Minus 1 year IMO until enshitification. Current cost economics are a loss leader to land grab before the pivot.