I voted for Steyer but I’m happy with Becerra in part because all the wonkiest people I know in CA say he’s legit, if not colorful. After seeing the outcomes of a dramatic government, I bet I’d be pretty happy with a merely effective one

I’m experimenting with posting more. The internet can’t die as long as people keep writing

there are only a couple things about AI that I’m pretty certain of: * We should store every one of our input and output tokens. These are ours. * In a few years your laptop will run all the AI you need for 99% of cases. 100% for most people

Start planning now to attend a No Kings protest on Oct. 18. We need this one to be even bigger than the last one. Invite your family and friends, and ask them to invite their family and friends. People power can defeat fascism.

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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Time lapse of Oakland no kings march eventually taking over both sides of Broadway from @oaklandside.org. Many thousands of people.

Almost half a million people live in Oakland, CA and it seemed like we were all marching today

Remember that we’re nearly powerless to effect change in one day, but we can do anything if we show up to bi-weekly meetings for years. Literally anything. Find a group, plug in deeply and regularly until you have power.

Do not obey in advance

Hello folks, ramping up my participation on this lovely platform. I know the election was last week, but if you want to learn more about how voting works, the mechanics of it, especially in the US, you might enjoy my podcast. how.voting.works 3 episodes out, 1 more later this week.

This is so good. Love @kmtani.bsky.social's perfect description of what it really would mean to think of the justices as a certain kind of umpire.

I've extracted the thesis of my new book into a short blog post (with images!). If you've ever seen an engineering team slow down over time this is for you: jackdanger.com/technical-co...

When Elon bought Twitter I left. I used my new free time to write a book on the fundamental forces of software engineering. It's now available: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...