a year ago i wrote a story that went viral over here about how republicans could create a de facto national care ban for trans medicine to stop it, democrats would have to hold the line in funding talks, and staff in congress told me they were unsure if they would today, they stopped it

And now, I can move on.

This year I’m going to be kinder, more positive, work harder, and put more faith in myself until the very first minor obstacle throws me off for the next 350+ days

Excellent!

This is not a place of honor Fa la la la la, la la la la

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

finally, we've created a natural language interface that will make the awesome power of computers accessible to everyone, not just a highly trained caste. any problem we want them to solve in business, ordinary users will just be able to ask. pic unrelated

Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done

BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...

Gambetta & Origgi on the LL Game, in which agents prefer to deliver and receive (!) low quality. This paper is absolutely savage but also feels uncomfortably relevant to parts of academia outside of Italy 👀 diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...

they are profoundly unpopular and they are raising the volume and the threats because they know they are profoundly unpopular

OK, hear me out...A LORD OF THE RINGS remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:

Imagine it's 1850 and you've just been flattened by an elite cavalry officer who just yells "SOWWY" as he thunders away.

A few weeks late for the trend, but time is an illusion. 1 like = 1 random CCG I have squirreled away somewhere in this house.

Doing an old NYT crossword reprinted in the Sunday press with @perchperchson.bsky.social and that’s how I learned that “Marisa Tomei” is an anagram for “It’s a me, Mario.” This feels impossible, correct, and like an Italian American hate crime all at once.

I got 9 questions in before rage quitting jsdate.wtf

Ooh, really neat play-by-post wargame, replicating some of the ways that professional war games are conducted (separate rooms, messages and information mediated by referee, etc). Delightful to see my writing play some small part in the creation of something cool!

this is a cool project! in addition to automating offsite repo+blob backups, it has a web UI for registering PLC recovery keys (which you keep in a p/w manager, not remote service), and doing the adversarial PLC recovery process (eg, if your "old" PDS is unavailable) solid step for own-your-data

Got me craving a flagon of ale i tell you what

The new crypto is criming and state coercion, wrapped up into one. www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-new-cr...

This is a very fun read.

The state of Utah voted to ban pride flags so Salt Lake City Council decided to make official city flags that incorporate the progress pride, Juneteenth, and transgender flags so they can fly them without breaking state law

Pittsburgh, in case your food all went bad in your fridge from the outages, keep this in mind: www.wtae.com/article/pitt...

I have trouble believing this game could possibly be as good as the trailer for it, but goddamn what if it is www.youtube.com/watch?v=efMg...

Information overload is THE problem of the modern world. In "The Unaccountability Machine" @dsquareddigest.bsky.social draws on the lost legacy of management cybernetics to explain how the world stopped making sense & the neoliberal class war fueled global chaos. 1/22 www.salon.com/2025/04/26/w...

Hey everyone, I'm following up on my first hit (re)post here with some more of these, as Andor's dropping NEXT WEEK. WHAT? FINALLY. OK, so I'm just going to go through the Aldahni heist gang today. Here's our leader, Vel Sartha.

It strikes me that one way @cmu.edu can support our students who are being unfairly persecuted by this administration is to make whatever allowances are necessary to ensure they can complete their degrees whether they are able to be physically present in the US or not

The lovely @robowieland.bsky.social has interviewed @mytholder.bsky.social and @shadowlands.bsky.social and ME about our upcoming TERRAFORMING MARS TTRPG should you crave more hints and affirmations: www.forbes.com/sites/robwie...

Abraham Lincoln is often quoted for saying: "As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” But the passage I think of daily from the same 1838 speech to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois is this one. (don’t get hung up on his use of the word genius)

good morning. no new DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS today, though i'll have a summary of what i've published out later this afternoon. however, if you've enjoyed WORK IS FOUR LETTERS, i have some good news: we're back up for the first time since october.

An engineer once explained to me that an efficient system always has need available when a resource becomes free, and an effective system always has a resource available when a need arises. Mind was blown.

incredible. I am so proud.

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

In a small piece of bright news: exciting news today for everyone who wishes there were a non-addictive, effective way to treat pain. The first in a new class of medications was approved by the FDA 🛟🩺🧪 (Nb: The RCTs for approval focused on acute, not chronic, pain.) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/h...

A federal judge has called a 4pm conference in the emergency lawsuit brought by nonprofit groups to halt President Trump's federal aid freeze:

Harold Meyerson talked to USW president Dave McCall about the Nippon Steel/US Steel deal that Biden blocked last week. Nippon's investment plans were only tied to repairing equipment, and a "force majeure" clause would void all investment if Nippon faced labor action. prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

In case you need an extra smile today, the winners of the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Contest have been announced... The winner? Stuck squirrel by Milko Marchetti. #science #biology #nature #scicomm (Check out all the finalists here: www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/come...)

Oh you gotta be kidding me. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Read a little bit more about this, and goddammit we're getting played you guys. The original link from the ASA is very dishonest. They are moving to the CMS standard for anesthesia billing. In other words, they are going to pay the same way they do for Medicare and Medicaid.

This is a list of statements by House Democrats defending Sarah McBride. It does not include statements of support that make no mention of the transphobic attacks against her, or statements about transphobia that are not directly relevant. It also does not include retweets/reposts.

It's important that you look through the gallery for this listing until you get to the top floor bathroom. Important. www.cbmaritimerealty.com/listing/2024...

I teach a class on data science here at Illinois and during the seminar I host a competition for the class called "The Hunt for the Worst Data Visualization." This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:

NYT Games and Cooking are BEHIND THE PICKET LINE. Please don’t play or engage with Games or Cooking content while the strike lasts! News coverage — including election coverage — is NOT behind the picket line. It’s okay to read and share that, though the site and app may very well have problems.

As of this morning, @nytguildtech.bsky.social, which represents NYT tech workers, is on strike. Unless it's resolved while today's Wordle is still live, this streak is gone. Here's a 🧵 with info on the picket line and how you can help. PLEASE READ — the rules may not be what you think!