EricLaw 🎻
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Impatient optimist. Dad. Zetetic. Author. Runner. Speaker. Made Fiddler & SlickRun. My code runs in your browser. @ MSFT 19yrs+ on web & security. I speak for myself.
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Impatient optimist. Dad. Zetetic. Author. Runner. Speaker. Made Fiddler & SlickRun. My code runs in your browser. @ MSFT 19yrs+ on web & security. I speak for myself.
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@ericlawrence.com
· Nov 11
On Politics
I do not come from an especially political family. One parent has not voted in decades, and the other votes regularly, but is not an enthusiast and values harmony over potentially-divisive politica…
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"Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous".
Indeed it is. Given 4 _reported_ deaths from measles and given a 0.1% - 0.3% CFR, the true number of cases - currently reported at 731 - is likely a couple/few thousand.
That is big - and 100% vaccine preventable.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
Indeed it is. Given 4 _reported_ deaths from measles and given a 0.1% - 0.3% CFR, the true number of cases - currently reported at 731 - is likely a couple/few thousand.
That is big - and 100% vaccine preventable.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous
The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.
www.theatlantic.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous".
Indeed it is. Given 4 _reported_ deaths from measles and given a 0.1% - 0.3% CFR, the true number of cases - currently reported at 731 - is likely a couple/few thousand.
That is big - and 100% vaccine preventable.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
Indeed it is. Given 4 _reported_ deaths from measles and given a 0.1% - 0.3% CFR, the true number of cases - currently reported at 731 - is likely a couple/few thousand.
That is big - and 100% vaccine preventable.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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It is incumbent upon on Dem digital fundraisers to show us data that echoing GOP assertions that our candidate is struggling and the race is “tightening” helps us win. It may help us raise money but does it help us win?
I know folks need to raise money but Democratic fundraising appeals should not be using these clearly right-aligned polls in their fundraising appeals. It gives the polls legitimacy, and can make our candidates look weak rather than strong - which is the whole intent of this GOP op.
In the past six days six right-aligned pollsters have begun "flooding the zone," releasing eighteen polls in eleven battleground Senate races.
While they've done this before the pace and intensity of this effort is unprecedented, a reflection of their desperation. 1/
While they've done this before the pace and intensity of this effort is unprecedented, a reflection of their desperation. 1/
September 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
It is incumbent upon on Dem digital fundraisers to show us data that echoing GOP assertions that our candidate is struggling and the race is “tightening” helps us win. It may help us raise money but does it help us win?
Remind your Trumpy acquaintances. The whiplash is funny to watch.
No one in the history of the world has done more than Donald Trump to promote the adoption of alternative energy
“It is unprecedented. We have two major waterways obstructed, active attacks, Iran escalating attacks, proxies being active and no signs of diplomatic talks. It’s a disastrous situation when you’re looking at it from an energy security angle.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
September 16, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Remind your Trumpy acquaintances. The whiplash is funny to watch.
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My new book—HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and the Fight for America—is now out. It's the full story of Putin's decade-long clandestine attack on the US to aid Trump & Trump's complicity in this assault. See this video narrated by Nick Offerman.
Learn more & order at HowRussiaWon.com.
Learn more & order at HowRussiaWon.com.
September 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM
My new book—HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and the Fight for America—is now out. It's the full story of Putin's decade-long clandestine attack on the US to aid Trump & Trump's complicity in this assault. See this video narrated by Nick Offerman.
Learn more & order at HowRussiaWon.com.
Learn more & order at HowRussiaWon.com.
Economics rules everything around us.
the one positive legacy of donald trump: our greatest climate president, despite himself
NEW – Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/spnuTWt
Read here: buff.ly/spnuTWt
September 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Economics rules everything around us.
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Also, if you're willing to negate an agent's autonomy when its actions are that far afield from its core goals, you've created a definition of "autonomy" that humans flunk, too. Like in some sense most everything I do is to satisfy very basic biological prerogatives, even if the link is attenuated.
September 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Also, if you're willing to negate an agent's autonomy when its actions are that far afield from its core goals, you've created a definition of "autonomy" that humans flunk, too. Like in some sense most everything I do is to satisfy very basic biological prerogatives, even if the link is attenuated.
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As I said the first time Trump proposed tariffs: this is precisely why he likes them! It makes everyone come to him on bended knee, begging for exemptions. It makes economic survival dependent on his whim. That, not any economic theory, is the whole attraction. Mafia boss thinking.
While Sen. Katie Britt was publicly defending Trump's tariffs, she was privately seeking exemptions for 4 companies operating in Alabama that could be hurt by tariffs, according to emails between her staff & Trump's US Trade Representative, obtained via FOIA by @wsj.com. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati...
September 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
As I said the first time Trump proposed tariffs: this is precisely why he likes them! It makes everyone come to him on bended knee, begging for exemptions. It makes economic survival dependent on his whim. That, not any economic theory, is the whole attraction. Mafia boss thinking.
Good guys have to be good.
Bad guys can abuse this.
Bad guys can abuse this.
September 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Good guys have to be good.
Bad guys can abuse this.
Bad guys can abuse this.
Serving attacks from the ".beer" TLD is just rude.
September 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Serving attacks from the ".beer" TLD is just rude.
Hey, @developer.chrome.com did y'all really remove the RECORD button from chrome://tracing with no note in the UI explaining why?
September 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Hey, @developer.chrome.com did y'all really remove the RECORD button from chrome://tracing with no note in the UI explaining why?
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Can you imagine if White House correspondents had the courage to support each other the way the opening acts on Sheeran's tour are supporting Macklemore...?
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect.
September 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Can you imagine if White House correspondents had the courage to support each other the way the opening acts on Sheeran's tour are supporting Macklemore...?
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“I think adults bullying and demanding to see children’s’ genitals on command is bad.”
Look at that. It’s that easy.
Look at that. It’s that easy.
wait fr??
September 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM
“I think adults bullying and demanding to see children’s’ genitals on command is bad.”
Look at that. It’s that easy.
Look at that. It’s that easy.
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The goal of this new right-aligned polling effort is to make it appear that Senate is slipping away from us. That our candidates are weakening, theirs strengthening. That's there no reason to invest and fight - all is lost.
I talk more about all this 👇4/
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/fake-polls...
I talk more about all this 👇4/
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/fake-polls...
Fake Polls, “Demoralization Operations,” And The 2026 Elections - A New Conversation With Tom Bonier
In elections across the country Republicans have repeatedly “flooded the zone” with favorable polls. With Trump’s new social media post it appears they are intent to do it again
www.hopiumchronicles.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The goal of this new right-aligned polling effort is to make it appear that Senate is slipping away from us. That our candidates are weakening, theirs strengthening. That's there no reason to invest and fight - all is lost.
I talk more about all this 👇4/
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/fake-polls...
I talk more about all this 👇4/
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/fake-polls...
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The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
September 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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Elon Musk: 20+ years here, hates American culture and most Americans, constantly undermines our multi-racial democracy as part of his obsession to restore the Apartheid of his foreign youth, says non-white people can't assimilate
Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs
Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs
September 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Elon Musk: 20+ years here, hates American culture and most Americans, constantly undermines our multi-racial democracy as part of his obsession to restore the Apartheid of his foreign youth, says non-white people can't assimilate
Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs
Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs
four minutes and counting
September 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
four minutes and counting
A human designed this. WTF.
September 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
A human designed this. WTF.
// TODO: Figure out what this does and replace it with something that does it better.
September 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
// TODO: Figure out what this does and replace it with something that does it better.
Neat OSS utility for understanding Defender for Endpoint's configuration
www.laplantelabs.com/highwind.html
github.com/chlaplan/Hig...
www.laplantelabs.com/highwind.html
github.com/chlaplan/Hig...
September 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Neat OSS utility for understanding Defender for Endpoint's configuration
www.laplantelabs.com/highwind.html
github.com/chlaplan/Hig...
www.laplantelabs.com/highwind.html
github.com/chlaplan/Hig...
Career Advice:
"figure out how your employer makes money and position your ass directly in-between the corporate bank account and your customers' credit card information."
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"figure out how your employer makes money and position your ass directly in-between the corporate bank account and your customers' credit card information."
justin.searls.co/posts/full-b...
Full-breadth Developers
The software industry is at an inflection point unlike anything in its brief history. Generative AI is all anyone can talk about. It has rendered entire product…
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September 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Career Advice:
"figure out how your employer makes money and position your ass directly in-between the corporate bank account and your customers' credit card information."
justin.searls.co/posts/full-b...
"figure out how your employer makes money and position your ass directly in-between the corporate bank account and your customers' credit card information."
justin.searls.co/posts/full-b...
Back in the IE8 days, I proposed an "Asynchronous Queued Messaging" feature that predated ServiceWorker/BackgroundFetch/etc.
September 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Back in the IE8 days, I proposed an "Asynchronous Queued Messaging" feature that predated ServiceWorker/BackgroundFetch/etc.
OneDrive might be neat some day
September 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
OneDrive might be neat some day