DontMakeMoi
@dontmakemoi.bsky.social
Dog dad/wrangler/butler, software engineer, malcontent. Sometimes Crass. Former polisci guy. In a blue dot in TN.
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Disabled people are forced to live in legislated poverty.
Qualifying for benefits is a dehumanizing and lengthy process designed to make you quit.
You can’t have assets.
You can’t marry without losing benefits.
Next they plan to cut SSI payments to disabled adults whose families receive SNAP
Qualifying for benefits is a dehumanizing and lengthy process designed to make you quit.
You can’t have assets.
You can’t marry without losing benefits.
Next they plan to cut SSI payments to disabled adults whose families receive SNAP
The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
www.propublica.org
August 14, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Disabled people are forced to live in legislated poverty.
Qualifying for benefits is a dehumanizing and lengthy process designed to make you quit.
You can’t have assets.
You can’t marry without losing benefits.
Next they plan to cut SSI payments to disabled adults whose families receive SNAP
Qualifying for benefits is a dehumanizing and lengthy process designed to make you quit.
You can’t have assets.
You can’t marry without losing benefits.
Next they plan to cut SSI payments to disabled adults whose families receive SNAP
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Trump doesn’t force people to do bad things. All he did was show people they could get away with being horrible if they really wanted to, and a lot of powerful people decided they didn’t need to pretend anymore. Especially those in influential positions who could push back but did not.
July 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Trump doesn’t force people to do bad things. All he did was show people they could get away with being horrible if they really wanted to, and a lot of powerful people decided they didn’t need to pretend anymore. Especially those in influential positions who could push back but did not.
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Treating AI as a "coworker" will make you do a worse job.
AI agents are not your “coworkers”
Marketing AI agents as digital employees may make human workers worse at spotting errors and more likely to offload accountability.
trib.al
July 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Treating AI as a "coworker" will make you do a worse job.
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Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.
May 1, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.
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Coding aside, even the best AI systems struggle to be economically viable in the workplace. What happens then?
The missing step between hype and profit
Coding aside, even the best AI systems struggle to be economically viable in the workplace. What happens then?
www.technologyreview.com
April 27, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Coding aside, even the best AI systems struggle to be economically viable in the workplace. What happens then?
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Discovered a cursed photo subgenre: "grift hands"
March 17, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Discovered a cursed photo subgenre: "grift hands"
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the strait of hormuz rn
April 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
the strait of hormuz rn
@edzitron.com do you read this blog/newsletter? Lots of good stuff relevant to your work there.
techtrenches.dev
(not affiliated, I don't know him personally, etc)
techtrenches.dev
(not affiliated, I don't know him personally, etc)
From the Trenches | Denis Stetskov | Substack
Practical engineering management lessons learned in the trenches of scaling tech teams. Click to read From the Trenches, by Denis Stetskov, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
techtrenches.dev
April 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
@edzitron.com do you read this blog/newsletter? Lots of good stuff relevant to your work there.
techtrenches.dev
(not affiliated, I don't know him personally, etc)
techtrenches.dev
(not affiliated, I don't know him personally, etc)
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What does a product look like with 100% AI-written code look like? Reading about the Claude Code leak is fascinating. techtrenches.dev/p/the-snake-...
April 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
What does a product look like with 100% AI-written code look like? Reading about the Claude Code leak is fascinating. techtrenches.dev/p/the-snake-...
Trump at the Supreme Court sitting through oral arguments? Easy "prediction market" bet that he falls asleep.
April 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Trump at the Supreme Court sitting through oral arguments? Easy "prediction market" bet that he falls asleep.
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Trump just raged at our NATO allies for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bail him out of the fiasco he created. He threatened to withdraw from NATO with childish insults.
This is best seen as an admission of serious political weakness. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2080...
This is best seen as an admission of serious political weakness. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2080...
Trump Erupts in Fury Over His War Failures—and Exposes a Big Weakness
His rage at NATO is actually an admission that he needs our allies’ help—and that he wants somebody to blame as his war goes from bad to worse.
newrepublic.com
March 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Trump just raged at our NATO allies for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bail him out of the fiasco he created. He threatened to withdraw from NATO with childish insults.
This is best seen as an admission of serious political weakness. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2080...
This is best seen as an admission of serious political weakness. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2080...
This Olympic opening ceremony is nice and all, but nothing will ever compare to the Paris Olympics where they commemorated that time they executed their monarchs and nobility.
Gojira - Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Gojira
m.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This Olympic opening ceremony is nice and all, but nothing will ever compare to the Paris Olympics where they commemorated that time they executed their monarchs and nobility.
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@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
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This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
THANK YOU CARSON!
Turns out the refs couldn't win it for you however fucking much they tried.
Now go cash your social security checks.
Turns out the refs couldn't win it for you however fucking much they tried.
Now go cash your social security checks.
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 AM
THANK YOU CARSON!
Turns out the refs couldn't win it for you however fucking much they tried.
Now go cash your social security checks.
Turns out the refs couldn't win it for you however fucking much they tried.
Now go cash your social security checks.
Oh now you're gonna fuckin call it
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Oh now you're gonna fuckin call it
FUCK YEAH MENDOZA
Holy shit
Holy shit
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 AM
FUCK YEAH MENDOZA
Holy shit
Holy shit
You can say that again!
what. a. punt.
January 20, 2026 at 3:12 AM
You can say that again!
And that's a doink
January 20, 2026 at 2:12 AM
And that's a doink
Oh now they decide to take the 4K Couple out of frame. You bastards!
January 20, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Oh now they decide to take the 4K Couple out of frame. You bastards!
Wait there was a cameraperson there the whole time and only decided to adjust the frame when the 4K Couple found out and decided to turn around and have their moment?! BOOO!
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Wait there was a cameraperson there the whole time and only decided to adjust the frame when the 4K Couple found out and decided to turn around and have their moment?! BOOO!
Lol they just saw themselves in a screenshot on his phone omg
this lady keeps holding her phone up high enough to be seen but JUST low enough that we can't read her texts
Maaaaaaaake ouuuuuuut
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Lol they just saw themselves in a screenshot on his phone omg
Can't believe no one has texted the ESPN 4K couple to let them know.
The Miami fan woman on the left knows tho. She never turns sideways.
The Miami fan woman on the left knows tho. She never turns sideways.
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Can't believe no one has texted the ESPN 4K couple to let them know.
The Miami fan woman on the left knows tho. She never turns sideways.
The Miami fan woman on the left knows tho. She never turns sideways.