Nicholas Venture
@nicholasventure.bsky.social
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Well they finally did it. DOGE got rid of my friend Anne, the only remaining person at the web design system for the entire US government. The replacement appears to be AI-generated code with no dedicated human oversight.
GSA’s web design system head replaced with Treasury AI engineer
The U.S. Web Design System is intended to help the federal government build accessible and mobile-friendly websites.
www.nextgov.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Well they finally did it. DOGE got rid of my friend Anne, the only remaining person at the web design system for the entire US government. The replacement appears to be AI-generated code with no dedicated human oversight.
The hot dog suit gif, but with a noose around his neck.
One unnamed GOP senator on the ballot accused the White House of “putting a noose around all of our necks” by escalating its trade war with Canada so close to the election, the outlet said Wednesday. In a new report, they're not the only Republican senator complaining about the latest legislation.
'Noose around all of our necks': Panicked GOP senators lash out at White House
Republican senators are privately complaining their party isn't advancing legislation that helps ordinary voters ahead of the crucial midterm elections, according to a new report.Endangered incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) told colleagues at a closed-door GOP meeting Tuesday that the Senate shou...
bit.ly
September 17, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The hot dog suit gif, but with a noose around his neck.
I was just saying to someone that the Dropout folks would go well with The Muppets, so...
do i have a muppets connect?
September 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I was just saying to someone that the Dropout folks would go well with The Muppets, so...
Look, I've explained Bronze Age Pervert to my parents, so this is the next step.
I know it may seem cruel, but it is time: the normies have to be told about Aella, before it’s too late for democracy.
I wish I was making a joke.
I wish I was making a joke.
September 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Look, I've explained Bronze Age Pervert to my parents, so this is the next step.
I'll be frank, two races which will make me get some sense of how good for Dems the night will be is SC-01, a district that was gerrymandered relatively recently to be safer for Republicans, and the SC Senate race. If SC-01 flips, and the Senate seat is close, or an upset, hold on folks.
🚨🚨🚨
Dem +12 in the new Economist/YouGov poll with LV & named Congressional candidates.
Lord have mercy...
Dem +12 in the new Economist/YouGov poll with LV & named Congressional candidates.
Lord have mercy...
September 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I'll be frank, two races which will make me get some sense of how good for Dems the night will be is SC-01, a district that was gerrymandered relatively recently to be safer for Republicans, and the SC Senate race. If SC-01 flips, and the Senate seat is close, or an upset, hold on folks.
What have you done to volunteer?
Hope is great, action is better.
Hope is great, action is better.
Senate polling update, per Nate Silver:
ALASKA 🔵 +1.1%
FLORIDA 🔴 +5.4%
GEORGIA 🔵 +9.0%
IOWA 🔵 +1.2%
KANSAS 🔴 +3.6%
MAINE 🔵 +4.0%
MICHIGAN 🔵 +2.9%
MINNESOTA 🔵 +4.8%
NORTH CAROLINA 🔵 +8.7%
NEBRASKA 🟡 +2.3%
NEW HAMPSHIRE 🔵 +6.3%
OHIO 🔵 +4.0%
TEXAS 🔵 +2.4%
Generic Ballot: 🔵 +8.0%
ALASKA 🔵 +1.1%
FLORIDA 🔴 +5.4%
GEORGIA 🔵 +9.0%
IOWA 🔵 +1.2%
KANSAS 🔴 +3.6%
MAINE 🔵 +4.0%
MICHIGAN 🔵 +2.9%
MINNESOTA 🔵 +4.8%
NORTH CAROLINA 🔵 +8.7%
NEBRASKA 🟡 +2.3%
NEW HAMPSHIRE 🔵 +6.3%
OHIO 🔵 +4.0%
TEXAS 🔵 +2.4%
Generic Ballot: 🔵 +8.0%
September 15, 2026 at 1:59 AM
What have you done to volunteer?
Hope is great, action is better.
Hope is great, action is better.
Apple TV, the Bluesky of streaming services?
September 15, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Apple TV, the Bluesky of streaming services?
Rip and Tear until it is done.
120th Congress: lay out and promote the legislative plan to reclaim our power, restore our democracy.
2028 Election: every Dem POTUS candidate runs on making the plan a reality bc it’s popular.
2029-31: Pass, enact, and entrench the plan to reclaim our power and restore our democracy.
2028 Election: every Dem POTUS candidate runs on making the plan a reality bc it’s popular.
2029-31: Pass, enact, and entrench the plan to reclaim our power and restore our democracy.
September 15, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Rip and Tear until it is done.
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A GAO investigation into how much Trump's various name changes and vanity monuments to himself cost the US taxpayer would be a worthy undertaking.
The National Weather Service is proceeding with renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America in all forecast products and maps. These sort of changes require extensive coding time for NOAA and NWS personnel to implement across so many different products that regularly reference them.
September 14, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A GAO investigation into how much Trump's various name changes and vanity monuments to himself cost the US taxpayer would be a worthy undertaking.
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Funny and true thread
I need younger generations to understand how weird it is that trump is such a unique terrible fuck up that it’s actually correct to blame the president for a demonstrably shittier economy and costs
September 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Funny and true thread
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A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
September 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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"One-third of young scientists who were planning careers in academic research changed their minds in the spring of 2025."
Survey of young researchers raises concerns over future of science in U.S. — Harvard Gazette
Fewer planning careers in academy, nation, and more doubt value of Ph.D. amid policy shifts in funding, international students
news.harvard.edu
September 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"One-third of young scientists who were planning careers in academic research changed their minds in the spring of 2025."
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O Lord please don't tax us,
Don't take and spend our dough
We need every red cent
To help our money grow.
If you take our funds now
And spend them on the poor
We will cut your funding
And won't give you no more.
A- men.
Don't take and spend our dough
We need every red cent
To help our money grow.
If you take our funds now
And spend them on the poor
We will cut your funding
And won't give you no more.
A- men.
JP Morgan billionaire CEO with $43m pay meets Burnham and Healey to oppose UK bank tax rise.
Banks making record profits from high charges, measly payment to savers, speculation, wars.
What chance of the poor meeting PM/Chancellor to make their case?
Banks making record profits from high charges, measly payment to savers, speculation, wars.
What chance of the poor meeting PM/Chancellor to make their case?
JP Morgan boss meets Burnham and Healey to warn against bank tax rise
Jamie Dimon tells UK politicians before October budget that investment could be at risk, it is understood
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
O Lord please don't tax us,
Don't take and spend our dough
We need every red cent
To help our money grow.
If you take our funds now
And spend them on the poor
We will cut your funding
And won't give you no more.
A- men.
Don't take and spend our dough
We need every red cent
To help our money grow.
If you take our funds now
And spend them on the poor
We will cut your funding
And won't give you no more.
A- men.
She's now running press for his sister's campaign. I feel like not enough attention is paid to the folks like this behind the scenes.
Bold move to follow yourself from your dead boss's Twitter account the day he died, tbh.
September 11, 2026 at 5:02 AM
She's now running press for his sister's campaign. I feel like not enough attention is paid to the folks like this behind the scenes.
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The Election Deniers’ Long Game: Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do.
🎁Gift article:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
🎁Gift article:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Election Deniers’ Long Game
Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do.
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2026 at 3:42 AM
The Election Deniers’ Long Game: Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do.
🎁Gift article:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
🎁Gift article:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Okay now even more a bribe. It was less so when he would have to get congressional approval
Trump told a CBS station in Texas that he doesn't think he needs congressional approval to send over a trillion dollars to American citizens in "dividends"
September 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Okay now even more a bribe. It was less so when he would have to get congressional approval
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the top headlines in our news media today are about the wonderful new promises of the guy who said "i will fix it on day one" to high gas prices
28 states that today have set a new all-time high for diesel:
AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, KS, LA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NM, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WY
AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, KS, LA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NM, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WY
September 10, 2026 at 9:56 PM
the top headlines in our news media today are about the wonderful new promises of the guy who said "i will fix it on day one" to high gas prices
Me wearing sunglasses in front of my neon lit sign that just says "PROJECTION BABY!"
"It’s too easy to get elected, giving everything away," Trump said of socialists in June. "It’s easy for them to get followers because they make promises they know they can’t keep."
September 10, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Me wearing sunglasses in front of my neon lit sign that just says "PROJECTION BABY!"
This is an ad. All the lies.
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised:
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend"
-$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend"
-$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies
-$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms
No checks have been issued
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend"
-$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend"
-$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies
-$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms
No checks have been issued
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."
September 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM
This is an ad. All the lies.
I know this is terrible, but this is edited like a YouTube Poop
Here’s the video of Sen. John Fetterman’s video appearance at the GOP Convention:
September 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I know this is terrible, but this is edited like a YouTube Poop
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"The President can't remember 9/11" would have been received totally calmly if said about Joe Biden, right?
"September 11th was 25 years ago" -- Ted Cruz defends Trump lying about his response to 9/11 but suggesting he might not remember because it was so long ago
September 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
"The President can't remember 9/11" would have been received totally calmly if said about Joe Biden, right?
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To even keep it open is an affront to the guest.
Congrats! You wasted a 20 minutes of your $200 a head day on drawing with a TV!
Congrats! You wasted a 20 minutes of your $200 a head day on drawing with a TV!
Olaf was “having a beach day” when we stopped by. B-Mode show is screen only with an animator.
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
To even keep it open is an affront to the guest.
Congrats! You wasted a 20 minutes of your $200 a head day on drawing with a TV!
Congrats! You wasted a 20 minutes of your $200 a head day on drawing with a TV!
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Woah. This is good news.
People may not realize it when they demand this feature, but what they're saying is "I will not buy a car which requires an ongoing subscription to remain fully functional" and it is a good sign GM may be responding to that.
carbuzz.com/gm-not-compl...
People may not realize it when they demand this feature, but what they're saying is "I will not buy a car which requires an ongoing subscription to remain fully functional" and it is a good sign GM may be responding to that.
carbuzz.com/gm-not-compl...
GM May Not Completely Kill Apple CarPlay And Android Auto After All
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are available for the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq despite GM saying it's not going to include them anymore.
carbuzz.com
September 9, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Woah. This is good news.
People may not realize it when they demand this feature, but what they're saying is "I will not buy a car which requires an ongoing subscription to remain fully functional" and it is a good sign GM may be responding to that.
carbuzz.com/gm-not-compl...
People may not realize it when they demand this feature, but what they're saying is "I will not buy a car which requires an ongoing subscription to remain fully functional" and it is a good sign GM may be responding to that.
carbuzz.com/gm-not-compl...
No, no I didn't get angry while brushing my teeth because I thought about the sack of Constantinople during the 4th Crusade.
September 9, 2026 at 7:39 AM
No, no I didn't get angry while brushing my teeth because I thought about the sack of Constantinople during the 4th Crusade.
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what zelda will look like in 2026
September 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
what zelda will look like in 2026