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@zehicle.robhirschfeld.com
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In Baltimore, CEO & Co-Founder of RackN Bare Metal Automation platform.
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Tim Onion
about 1 month ago
Tremendous economy, "the hottest in the world," they're saying, incredible economy, yes, we're buying cartel gold and selling it as our own, they're saying it's the greatest economy of all time.
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U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as āAmericanā
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/americas/us-mint-gold-drug-cartel-colombia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d1A.gDwR.j8RJGq9AcUPc&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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TheSpinMD
about 1 month ago
Super duo of identify/delivery smartness here. Don't miss it.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
2 months ago
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Chris Short
2 months ago
Linux kernel czar says AI bug reports aren't slop anymore
#devopsish
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Linux kernel czar says AI bug reports aren't slop anymore
Interview: Greg Kroah-Hartman can't explain the inflection point, but it's not slowing down or going away
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/greg_kroahhartman_ai_kernel/
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RackN
2 months ago
Still managing bare metal the hard way? When infrastructure demand spikes, manual processes turn into outages, delays, and weekend work. RackN Digital Rebar makes bare metal operations repeatableāso scaling feels like a workflow, not an emergency. š Schedule a demo:
rackn.com/schedule/
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RackN
3 months ago
Would you try to use
#AI
in your everyday operations processes? In this video, an operator asks an AI assistant to help manage bare metal, configure a server, and recover a failure. It goes about as well as you would expect:
rackn.com/blog/ai-isnt...
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P. Andrew Torrez
3 months ago
Anthropic is trying to carve out a space for itself as the non-MAGA AI. We talk about the commercial and legal implications & so much more! With
@lizdye.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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Law and Chaos
Government Podcast Ā· Updated Weekly Ā· Ignorance of the law is no excuse! That's true for a traffic stop, and it's true if you want to participate in whatever's left of American democracy. If the event...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-and-chaos/id1727769913
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD
3 months ago
Hear
@stu.bsky.social
, Senior Director of Market Insights, Hybrid Platforms at Red Hat on
@redmonk.com
's MonkCast. We chat about Stu's career in the tech industry, including behind-the-scenes stories from his time as an analyst at theCUBE
redmonk.com/videos/cloud...
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Stu Miniman on the Origins of theCUBE #opensource #technology #redhat #infrastructure
YouTube video by RedMonk
https://youtube.com/shorts/KKYtlOb5bJs?feature=share
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Liz Dye
3 months ago
Trump couldn't be bothered to actually nominate Kari Lake to lead the US Agency for Global Media, so she just started showing up and claiming to be the boss. Turns out, not so much.
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/judge-rule...
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Judge Rules That Kari Lake Is Still A Loser
Making the Federal Vacancies Reform Act great again.
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/judge-rules-that-kari-lake-is-still
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Jay š¦
3 months ago
Some personal news: Iām transitioning from CEO to a new role as Blueskyās Chief Innovation Officer! Iām excited to welcome
@toni.bsky.team
as our interim CEO. More here:
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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A New Chapter for Bluesky - Bluesky
After several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-09-2026-a-new-chapter-for-bluesky
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RackN
3 months ago
"Redfish is a standard" Until an OEM changes it ā ļø Dell pre-implemented a breaking iDRAC 10 change before the spec updated. Boot order broke silently. Digital Rebar handles it. Homegrown scripts don't.
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Liz Dye
3 months ago
Or ⦠Bondi could stop asking DOJ lawyers to do crazy unethical shit that gets them in trouble with state bars
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Maybell Romero
3 months ago
Knock me over with a feather. They ran it!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...
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Opinion | The Epstein Files and Our Broken Public Trust
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-files.html
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P. Andrew Torrez
3 months ago
Grocery stores are testing out surge pricing using big data. We talk about the Democratic plan to stop it, plus how to think about the Fourth Amendment in a world of near-ubiquitous monitoring & so much more! With
@lizdye.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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Law and Chaos
Government Podcast Ā· Updated Weekly Ā· Ignorance of the law is no excuse! That's true for a traffic stop, and it's true if you want to participate in whatever's left of American democracy. If the event...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-and-chaos/id1727769913
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Senator Chris Van Hollen
3 months ago
They're not even trying to hide the grift anymore. This week, Trump's crypto company held a conference at Mar-A-Lago where Admin officials & Wall Street execs wined & dined together. Just the latest from the most corrupt admin in American history & Republicans are still silent.
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CEOs Kiss the Ring at Trump Family Crypto Forum at Mar-a-Lago
The Trump family isnāt bothering to hide its blatant corruption.
https://newrepublic.com/post/206745/trump-family-crypto-forum-world-liberty-financial-mar-a-lago
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RedMonk
4 months ago
Hear
@sogrady.org
&
@zehicle.robhirschfeld.com
, Co-Founder and CEO of
@rackn.com
, discuss the complexities of bare metal automation, the role of platform teams, and the importance of observability and governance in managing infrastructure in this episode of the MonkCast.
redmonk.com/videos/navig...
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Navigating Bare Metal Automation with Rob Hirschfeld
In this conversation, Stephen OāGrady and Rob Hirschfeld discuss the complexities of bare metal automation, the role of platform teams, and the importance of observability and governance in managing i...
https://redmonk.com/videos/navigating-bare-metal-automation-with-rob-hirschfeld/
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We've been having fun with these
#vmware
#baremetal
informational shorts! But my CFO is starting to question my costume budget
www.youtube.com/shorts/nJjLa...
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VMware Migration Doesn't Happen in a Day
YouTube video by RackN
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nJjLasjyIek
4 months ago
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Liz Dye
5 months ago
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. And also...did the DOJ just forget to indict the alleged pipe bomber?
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/is-doj-try...
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Is DOJ Trying To Blow The DNC Pipe Bomb Case?
Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/is-doj-trying-to-blow-the-dnc-pipe
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Lisa Needham
5 months ago
this
@lizdye.bsky.social
piece is so good and so spot on and i remain in my constant state of incandescent rage after reading it.
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Is DOJ Trying To Blow The DNC Pipe Bomb Case? - Above the Law
Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/01/is-doj-trying-to-blow-the-dnc-pipe-bomb-case/
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Paul Fairie
5 months ago
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026 š§µ
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Drew Starr
6 months ago
I loved this.
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RackN
9 months ago
Now, through
#DigitalRebar
, you can automate the entire factory reset process with out-of-the-box workflows. Watch the video to see how you can break free from expensive IT Asset Disposition companies. Read our blog post:
rackn.com/blog/decommi...
#InfrastructureAutomation
#datacenters
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Adam Kinzinger
12 months ago
Just a reminder that Trump was going to announce his sanctions on Russia for not negotiating āin two weeksā about 3.5 weeks ago. Taco
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
12 months ago
Thereās an overwhelming number of awful things happening. My gentle suggestion is to consider attending a protest tomorrow if you can. In addition to exercising your rights, it can be helpful to be in a sea of people who share your values. MAGA has exploited this, and now itās our turn.
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SFGATE
12 months ago
Scenes from Monday night's anti-ICE protest in the Mission
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Charlotte Clymer
12 months ago
If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487
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Elizabeth Warren
12 months ago
RFK Jr.ās extreme anti-vax views ā and his related conflicts of interest ā were a huge problem during his confirmation process. So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel. Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
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RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-cdc-acip-vaccines-3790c89f45b6314c5c7b686db0e3a8f9?taid=68475063c3bbb300014b062a&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
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Brian Tyler Cohen
12 months ago
She was right.
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I'm curious, how do people wash chopsticks in their dishwasher?
12 months ago
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We were always at war with ElonAsia.
#tacotuesday
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Chad Geidel
12 months ago
My email signature has been this quote from Dune for quite some time: "Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." - Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
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Esther Schindler
12 months ago
New to me, but it's great.
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We already get so much spearfishing :(
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Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake āchief financial officerā | CNN
A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the companyās chief financial officer in a video conference call, ac...
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Tim Onion
12 months ago
The Onion does not use AI in any way. Our newspaper is proudly made by actual living people. AI makes bad, boring shit, and people make art. Subscribe to us instead:
membership.theonion.com
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Senator Chris Van Hollen
about 1 year ago
On Memorial Day, we remember the heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. We owe them and their families a debt that we can never truly repay, and we honor them today and every day by doing our part to defend the freedoms and values they died to protect.
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David Roberts
about 1 year ago
You know what was an awesome abundance agenda? The Green New Deal.
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Enjoying a day cruise on the WWII John W Liberty Ship with period music and dress!
www.americas-sweethearts.com
about 1 year ago
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Sean Morrow
about 1 year ago
Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable. The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
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Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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Anna Beers
about 1 year ago
Hey all, here's a post at
@ssrc.org
about how anti-trans talking points are getting wrapped into Google's AI search results. AI search not only cites anti-trans disinfo, but sanitizes it, making practices like conversion therapy sound legitimate and safe.
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Anti-Transgender Disinformation in the Age of Algorithmic Search Summaries
Recently Google introduced a feature in its search engine that algorithmically creates summaries of one's search results. Though it could be viewed as a useful tool, researcher Anna Beers argues this ...
https://just-tech.ssrc.org/articles/anti-transgender-disinformation-in-the-age-of-algorithmic-search-summaries/
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Love our "back to bare metal" theme for Red hat summit.
about 1 year ago
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Scott Hanselman š®
about 1 year ago
www.designcult.org/2011/08/why-...
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The secret origin of ālog inā
We do it dozens of times a day, every day, but why do we call it logging in? āLog inā is one of those phrases that sounds weirder the more you say it. Itās ubiquitous in online liā¦
https://www.designcult.org/2011/08/why-do-we-call-in-logging-in.html
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debate on AI import controls
about 1 year ago
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Bill Grueskin
about 1 year ago
A Pulitzer prize to Ann Telnaes, whose cartoon showing a supplicating Bezos led to her departure from the Washington Post's Opinion section
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Cooper Lund
about 1 year ago
Wrote a bit about the Trump tariffs and their lack of any kind of discernible win for the average American
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For No Reason
I donāt think itās a particularly big stretch to say that we will look at the last two weeks as some of the most bone stupid weeks inā¦
https://cooperlund.medium.com/for-no-reason-fa6ad8cc3f83
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Adam Kinzinger
about 1 year ago
Every citizen deserves to see their congressman face to face
@thecountryfirst.bsky.social
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Seth Abramson
about 1 year ago
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