bolson
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computer wizard. acrobat. better democracy through computer science.
@datadoghq.com your docs are bad and you should feel bad. The Python SDK has no notes on using the new personal access tokens. The best way I've found to design a new query is to use the web 'explore', then turn on browser debugging, reload, and watch what queries it does
September 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
@datadoghq.com your docs are bad and you should feel bad. The Python SDK has no notes on using the new personal access tokens. The best way I've found to design a new query is to use the web 'explore', then turn on browser debugging, reload, and watch what queries it does
I believe they will "cheat like hell", they will id-challenge people, they will throw away ballots, they will intimidate with armor and guns
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that "we want honesty in our elections," he led them in a pledge to "cheat like hell" and "go out and vote" in the midterm elections. https://to.pbs.org/4yTjfzl
WATCH: Trump leads RNC in pledge to 'cheat like hell' in November elections
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that “we want honesty in our elections,” he led them in a pledge to “cheat like hell” and “go out and vo...
to.pbs.org
September 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I believe they will "cheat like hell", they will id-challenge people, they will throw away ballots, they will intimidate with armor and guns
Some part of the AI debate is essentialism. The belief that a thing is better _because of the story behind it_. Sometimes this is a compressed bundle of beliefs around labor and justice and sustainable economy; but sometimes it's just magic.
September 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Some part of the AI debate is essentialism. The belief that a thing is better _because of the story behind it_. Sometimes this is a compressed bundle of beliefs around labor and justice and sustainable economy; but sometimes it's just magic.
Make a band edible:
Buns n Roses
Buns n Roses
Make a band edible:
The Meatles
The Meatles
Make a band edible:
They Might Be Gigantes
They Might Be Gigantes
September 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Make a band edible:
Buns n Roses
Buns n Roses
Vaccine hangover
I'm not _really_ sick
I'm only _practice_ sick
I'm not _really_ sick
I'm only _practice_ sick
September 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Vaccine hangover
I'm not _really_ sick
I'm only _practice_ sick
I'm not _really_ sick
I'm only _practice_ sick
qntm is the scifi-horror writer for our age
September 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
qntm is the scifi-horror writer for our age
I hear getting a tattoo on the sole of the foot is a terrible idea, but if I was drunk and getting a tattoo right now it would be ⏚ ("earth ground") on the sole of my foot (because I'm a little bit electrical engineer and a little bit hippie)
September 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I hear getting a tattoo on the sole of the foot is a terrible idea, but if I was drunk and getting a tattoo right now it would be ⏚ ("earth ground") on the sole of my foot (because I'm a little bit electrical engineer and a little bit hippie)
"my coworkers are all smart nice people" is the
"A- minus is the bare minimum" of my corporate existence.
Across many jobs in my career it really is an outlier where there are shitty people around.
Lucky me?
"A- minus is the bare minimum" of my corporate existence.
Across many jobs in my career it really is an outlier where there are shitty people around.
Lucky me?
September 8, 2026 at 2:48 AM
"my coworkers are all smart nice people" is the
"A- minus is the bare minimum" of my corporate existence.
Across many jobs in my career it really is an outlier where there are shitty people around.
Lucky me?
"A- minus is the bare minimum" of my corporate existence.
Across many jobs in my career it really is an outlier where there are shitty people around.
Lucky me?
Can the Bernie fan club survive him? Yes, because he helped build up AOC and Mamdani and others
This week's POLITICO Magazine cover story: Bernie Sanders lets loose on the Democratic Party, the midterms and 2028.
The 84-year-old progressive champion built a movement. Could it survive without him?
🔗 politi.co/4czy413
Also in this issue👇🧵
The 84-year-old progressive champion built a movement. Could it survive without him?
🔗 politi.co/4czy413
Also in this issue👇🧵
September 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Can the Bernie fan club survive him? Yes, because he helped build up AOC and Mamdani and others
The flip of "why does everything cost so much?" Is "why is everyone paid so little?"
Federal minimum wage in:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
September 7, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The flip of "why does everything cost so much?" Is "why is everyone paid so little?"
I do not like async/await (Sam I Am)
It effectively adds another type to functions that has to be type-checked or type-coerced and it's _tedious_
I always run into it as a burden: "oops, that's async so now I have to do async stuff"
In both Rust and Python it's just an awkward extension to me
It effectively adds another type to functions that has to be type-checked or type-coerced and it's _tedious_
I always run into it as a burden: "oops, that's async so now I have to do async stuff"
In both Rust and Python it's just an awkward extension to me
September 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I do not like async/await (Sam I Am)
It effectively adds another type to functions that has to be type-checked or type-coerced and it's _tedious_
I always run into it as a burden: "oops, that's async so now I have to do async stuff"
In both Rust and Python it's just an awkward extension to me
It effectively adds another type to functions that has to be type-checked or type-coerced and it's _tedious_
I always run into it as a burden: "oops, that's async so now I have to do async stuff"
In both Rust and Python it's just an awkward extension to me
Gaming addiction? Don't WASD your life away
August 31, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Gaming addiction? Don't WASD your life away
probably pissing in the rain, but I went to google maps and right clicked on Lake Ontario to select "Add a Missing Place" and filled it out for "Lake Ontario"
August 31, 2026 at 8:37 PM
probably pissing in the rain, but I went to google maps and right clicked on Lake Ontario to select "Add a Missing Place" and filled it out for "Lake Ontario"
Just threw a donation at letsencrypt.org
They have directly made my internet better, and lots of internet better
They have directly made my internet better, and lots of internet better
Let's Encrypt
Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority brought to you by the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Read all about our nonprofit work this year in our 2025 Annu...
letsencrypt.org
August 31, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Just threw a donation at letsencrypt.org
They have directly made my internet better, and lots of internet better
They have directly made my internet better, and lots of internet better
I don't expect there's anything actually deficient in Safari, so it seems pretty self-dealing for #Google to offer a checkbox where GAFYD admins can insist that gmail only be used from Chrome
August 31, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I don't expect there's anything actually deficient in Safari, so it seems pretty self-dealing for #Google to offer a checkbox where GAFYD admins can insist that gmail only be used from Chrome
I guess they can't publish "Lake Fuck You Make Me", but it really is disappointing to see "Lake Compliance In Advance"
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
n.pr
August 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I guess they can't publish "Lake Fuck You Make Me", but it really is disappointing to see "Lake Compliance In Advance"
Make your favourite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title:
Lady scientist talks to aliens
Lady scientist talks to aliens
Make your favourite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title:
Five women walk to a lighthouse.
Five women walk to a lighthouse.
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title:
A chief technology officer is worried about keeping his spreadsheets private.
A chief technology officer is worried about keeping his spreadsheets private.
August 29, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Make your favourite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title:
Lady scientist talks to aliens
Lady scientist talks to aliens
I threw some leftovers in a bowl and microwaved it, and realized I'd accidentally made a perfect single serving green-bean-tatertot-casserole. This feels like an underexplored part of my Minnesotan heritage and didn't expect it to land so hard at breakfast today.
August 27, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I threw some leftovers in a bowl and microwaved it, and realized I'd accidentally made a perfect single serving green-bean-tatertot-casserole. This feels like an underexplored part of my Minnesotan heritage and didn't expect it to land so hard at breakfast today.
A song I was dancing to at an off grid rave in 2015 just came on the mall muzak
August 26, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A song I was dancing to at an off grid rave in 2015 just came on the mall muzak
Church of Bluesky is unanimous, Dolly Parton canonized as Saint Dolly. Miracles too numerous to count
August 26, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Church of Bluesky is unanimous, Dolly Parton canonized as Saint Dolly. Miracles too numerous to count
Thinking about github outages vs self hosting and you know, _tradeoffs_, but maybe a big win is that self hosting doesn't have to scale, it just serves your project
August 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Thinking about github outages vs self hosting and you know, _tradeoffs_, but maybe a big win is that self hosting doesn't have to scale, it just serves your project
Reposted by bolson
Waiting for society to acknowledge that Wikipedia is the real paper of record.
August 23, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Waiting for society to acknowledge that Wikipedia is the real paper of record.
my least favorite government is crapping on one of my favorite agencies, the Census Bureau! They had one job, be good data nerds and provide the country with good data, and of course the worst government hates that and just wants the Census to be a mouthpiece for stupid crap
NEW: Today is Day 3 of the Census Bureau's homepage, census.gov, featuring an unauthored report with analysis that @npr.org found was conducted not by career civil servants, but a team that included individuals affiliated with a President Trump-aligned think tank, the America First Policy Institute
Experts raise alarms over Census Bureau report Trump is touting on noncitizen voting
A Trump-aligned think tank has ties to a highly unusual Census Bureau report that the president is using to renew false claims of widespread voting by non-U.S. citizens in 2020, NPR has learned.
www.npr.org
August 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM
my least favorite government is crapping on one of my favorite agencies, the Census Bureau! They had one job, be good data nerds and provide the country with good data, and of course the worst government hates that and just wants the Census to be a mouthpiece for stupid crap
I hope there's a whole bunch of rebuttal poems "fuck you, I wanted those plums"
possibly a screaming punk song or two on the topic
possibly a screaming punk song or two on the topic
August 21, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I hope there's a whole bunch of rebuttal poems "fuck you, I wanted those plums"
possibly a screaming punk song or two on the topic
possibly a screaming punk song or two on the topic
SQL is the worst way to access a database, except for all the others that have been tried from time to time
August 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
SQL is the worst way to access a database, except for all the others that have been tried from time to time