any discussion of city transit improvement online ever

The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...

we need more allies doing stuff like this instead of sharing screenshots of content by white supremacists

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Yes, please do this! Thank you for considering the request, and thank you for serving the people of New York!

I think we're seeing the beginning of a dangerous precedent here: if an AI does it, it's nobody's fault. Which is a convenient stance when so many people in the media and the tech industry are increasingly relying on AI to do their work for them.

A very good read, unsurprisingly.

Building security into the Terraform playbooks with Trivy and rego = no double checking = saved time and quicker turnaround. See more;

I made 3 of these videos and have been putting the metrics on my resume. I think I'm -6k less, remember I made 4 of these videos, and see I'm actually 7k+ more. Here's one about DataDog; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRjPWYNlAcU

My favorite thing is people teasing LinkedIn - and the moment someone says "True,I find LinkedIn so unhelpful," they go "omg LinkedIn has been SO value add about relationship build!" If you're selling a career service, yes it's probably helpful. Everyone else, my laughter isn't loud enough.

Well, this blew up. I do not have a SoundCloud but I do have a Venmo and a recent $12,000/year increase in my ACA health insurance premium. No that is not a typo. So anything helps. Those are all just facts. Thank you.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

After talking things out with the family, we've made some changes. Our new target is to fill in the gap for Jan-March. This should give us time to find more stable ways to fill the gap and a solid target to reach. Any donation, repost, and/or help is welcomed. gofund.me/cfccd2a40

Remember that this is still happening and you can still pressure your republican reps in the House to vote to extend credits; thehill.com/homenews/hou...

I want people new to disability communities, mutual aid, disability justice to realize mutual aid network realities Assume helpers face tough symptoms and situations, some just as or even more severe than those they’re helping, and that we all need help — no false dichotomies

I’ve just learned, to considerable dismay, that “open the schools!” came from Trump. He’s so ubiquitous, it’s possible to quote him without knowing it.

Automated EC2 patching with SSM and centralized parameters; reduced toil and variance. 25% reduction in update windows Centralized configuration via Parameter Store https://www.notion.so/Systems-Manager-and-Patch-Groups-46db032a742146d6af513e9f165b03eb

3 Examples of my Docker usage; https://www.notion.so/runtcpip/3-Examples-of-Docker-Usage-25b7cede4ad680eba4f7cd771e6c85fc

Before Joe Biden had officially launched his campaign, I had warned that resegregation was at the core of the racial grievance of Trumpism. A month later, I would write about the solution to it, and as usual nobody heard because nobody listens to me lol

There's a global solar energy revolution happening led by China and it should have been one of the biggest stories of 2025. While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...

With Cloudformation, you use code to make infra and push to #AWS. It's quicker, reusable, and can be tailored with built-in security. See more at the link.

I did it!

"My healthcare premiums are going up 200% - or more??" BOTHER! YOUR! REPRESENTATIVES! I have a guide! If you don't want to go to LinkedIn, read the thread! #ACA www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-ca...

Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie

Periodic reminder: If you use less gas for transportation, you help drop the value of a barrel of oil, which makes the people looking to profit off of stealing from Venezuelans, lose money. 🇻🇪♥️ Take the bus/train/bike/scooter, buy an EV, don't use gas.

There are 770,000 Venezuelan refugees in the US. Let's be sure to protect them too. Here's a list of refugee resettlement orgs by state that you can volunteer with or donate to: rcusa.org/resources/st... Here's a map highlighting resettlement clusters:

Back to this DataDog lab....hope I can move past the borked SSM in AWS.

Calling is better if you can swing it, but if you're phone shy here's a slightly augmented script I made for faxing/emailing/etc (feel free to steal in alt text). Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen... Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...

People want to live more and drive less. Arlington’s metro corridors “comprise only 11% of the county’s land but half of its tax base,” she said. “People want to be near other people,” Cristol said. www.ffxnow.com/2026/01/02/n...

Policy‑as‑code to enforce naming + security compliance before Terraform plans reach AWS. 75% fewer misconfigs at review (tfsec style gating) Consistent tagging + resource hygiene https://www.notion.so/Securing-Terraform-and-You-e01c3f6b7d044a4eb36ae84dc52114e5

2 hours? I got this; learn.datadoghq.com/courses/intr...

If the general public hated all new disruptive tech, people wouldn’t have lined up for the first iPhone. Show people something useful for them and they’ll want to adopt it. If it’s a solution in search of a problem and people are being forced to use it? Maybe not so much

Today is the first day Californians can use a legislatively mandated platform to request that online platforms delete their data. privacy.ca.gov/drop/about-d...

In 2025, Republicans stripped a trillion from Medicaid and made historic cuts to SNAP in order to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, and actively chose to make marketplace health insurance prohibitively expensive for millions more. If Democrats can’t effectively run on that in 2026…

It bears repeating: "Last year,...Republicans cut more than $1 trillion in federal health care & food assistance with Trump’s big tax & spending cuts bill..." - Ali Swenson @apnews.com

Remember that 4 Republicans broke ranks to sign a petition to force a vote to extend them this month. If that fails, remember who did it :) Remember how to vote this November. If you're still alive.

Yes. We can.

Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

But can it run on a Texas Instruments Calculator.

Love the Community Note

This person made an app that fixes a lot of Regal Cinema's ability to search and plan if you have Unlimited. old.reddit.com/r/RegalUnlim...

Checked my county...we only lost 10%. Which is not great but considering it's a VERY red county, it could be worse.

It's my birthday today, for a gift, please give something to PJP.

🎂 ✨ 🎁 Happy Birthday to me!

NPR reported today that the overwhelming majority of the aid Israel is allowing into Gaza is *commercial.* In other words, Israel is banning free food and shelter aid and only allowing in goods that Palestinians have to buy. With money they don't have.

People go to dating sites to network because LinkedIn doesn't work; LinkedIn posts about it. www.linkedin.com/news/story/j...

One of PJP s year-end traditions is sharing our favorite stories of the year. Choosing isn’t easy. This year, our editors narrowed nearly 160 published stories down to a final list through thoughtful (and spirited) debate.

Windows 98: Flying Windows

3 Examples of Terraform Usage https://www.notion.so/runtcpip/3-Examples-of-Streamlining-Terraform-Usage-2577cede4ad6806d8a09e26b331bcb3a

Reading life after cars, they describe how responsibility of the death of a pedestrian was shifted from systems to the individual. Makes me wonder, if my safety as a pedestrian is my responsibility, does that then give me the right to install bollards on my street to keep me and my family safe?