Samantha Yeargin
@slyeargin.com
👩🏻💻 Nashville-based software engineer (previously: Erlang, Python, React, Go, et al; currently: Rails, Elixir, Typescript, Next.js), [sporadic, slow] + [runner, writer], mom, elder Millennial.
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Seriously, just do not use muse
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to:
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appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com
September 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Seriously, just do not use muse
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This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it.
If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight.
If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight.
I would like to see more men talking about how to and peer pressuring each other into calling out misogyny and rape culture. Going against social norms is hard, and it helps to share tips and support.
September 28, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it.
If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight.
If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight.
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Why do the rest of us bother to write jokes?
Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days.
September 28, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Why do the rest of us bother to write jokes?
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if we were numerate enough--if we understood how many women and girls are made sacrifice to the altar of promising young men with bright futures--we might not survive it. accounting for that loss will take the rest of my life, and yours. but we've got to; that's the only way of killing the thing.
September 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
if we were numerate enough--if we understood how many women and girls are made sacrifice to the altar of promising young men with bright futures--we might not survive it. accounting for that loss will take the rest of my life, and yours. but we've got to; that's the only way of killing the thing.
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the two big ai stories to kick off the week are
- meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace
- stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work
this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else
- meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace
- stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work
this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else
September 28, 2026 at 12:21 PM
the two big ai stories to kick off the week are
- meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace
- stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work
this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else
- meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace
- stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work
this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else
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locking a senate seat for the next forty to sixty years is probably the best outcome for the project possible. hell yeah madam senator
Oh, she might be going for Senate instead
AOC test-runs a Senate bid in upstate New York
She says her goal is to "transform the state."
www.axios.com
September 28, 2026 at 3:23 AM
locking a senate seat for the next forty to sixty years is probably the best outcome for the project possible. hell yeah madam senator
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Fresh on the heels of similar complaints about OpenAI from mathematicians, a biologist says Anthropic’s Claude “discovered” the same system his team has spent years researching while sharing their unpublished work with Claude.
It’s no longer just publishers & artists accusing AI labs of plagiarism.
It’s no longer just publishers & artists accusing AI labs of plagiarism.
September 28, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Fresh on the heels of similar complaints about OpenAI from mathematicians, a biologist says Anthropic’s Claude “discovered” the same system his team has spent years researching while sharing their unpublished work with Claude.
It’s no longer just publishers & artists accusing AI labs of plagiarism.
It’s no longer just publishers & artists accusing AI labs of plagiarism.
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Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
www.wisn.com
September 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
Anyone know why the street lights east of Riverside are out right now?
September 28, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Anyone know why the street lights east of Riverside are out right now?
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Remember, they prosecuted Aaron Swartz and drove him to suicide for hacking one system with the goal of making academic articles freely available to the public. Sam Altman hacked 1000s of sites with the goal of being a trillionaire.
September 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Remember, they prosecuted Aaron Swartz and drove him to suicide for hacking one system with the goal of making academic articles freely available to the public. Sam Altman hacked 1000s of sites with the goal of being a trillionaire.
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An important thing we’ve been practicing for YEARS already with our 3 year old twin boys.
“Can I give you a kiss?”
And if they say “no” we don’t give them a damn kiss.
They now ask us, too, and we practice that it’s okay to be disappointed and also FINE if we ever say no.
This is about Cornell.
“Can I give you a kiss?”
And if they say “no” we don’t give them a damn kiss.
They now ask us, too, and we practice that it’s okay to be disappointed and also FINE if we ever say no.
This is about Cornell.
September 27, 2026 at 4:10 AM
An important thing we’ve been practicing for YEARS already with our 3 year old twin boys.
“Can I give you a kiss?”
And if they say “no” we don’t give them a damn kiss.
They now ask us, too, and we practice that it’s okay to be disappointed and also FINE if we ever say no.
This is about Cornell.
“Can I give you a kiss?”
And if they say “no” we don’t give them a damn kiss.
They now ask us, too, and we practice that it’s okay to be disappointed and also FINE if we ever say no.
This is about Cornell.
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A lot of media trends can be explained by the fact that the people who still pay for legacy media are old people who resent their adult children.
Many experts believe that estrangements are becoming an epidemic, driven by shifting family norms and changing therapy practices. on.wsj.com/3TuDHay
Many experts believe that estrangements between adult children and their parents are becoming an epidemic in the U.S. What’s going on?
Many experts believe that estrangements are becoming an epidemic, driven by shifting family norms and changing therapy practices.
on.wsj.com
September 26, 2026 at 9:16 PM
A lot of media trends can be explained by the fact that the people who still pay for legacy media are old people who resent their adult children.
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sitting comfortably? thank a butt
September 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
sitting comfortably? thank a butt
The last hour involved:
- my dog point his butt downhill into a yard, sending turds 5 directions while the homeowner was walking to a Lyft
- my dog trying to go to a (house? street? construction site?) party a few dozen youth in 90s clothes were at
- walking back to the school for movie night 🍿
- my dog point his butt downhill into a yard, sending turds 5 directions while the homeowner was walking to a Lyft
- my dog trying to go to a (house? street? construction site?) party a few dozen youth in 90s clothes were at
- walking back to the school for movie night 🍿
September 26, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The last hour involved:
- my dog point his butt downhill into a yard, sending turds 5 directions while the homeowner was walking to a Lyft
- my dog trying to go to a (house? street? construction site?) party a few dozen youth in 90s clothes were at
- walking back to the school for movie night 🍿
- my dog point his butt downhill into a yard, sending turds 5 directions while the homeowner was walking to a Lyft
- my dog trying to go to a (house? street? construction site?) party a few dozen youth in 90s clothes were at
- walking back to the school for movie night 🍿
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Wait for it . . .
September 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Wait for it . . .
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The general manager of WBHM in Birmingham announces the public radio station is compelled to begin referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." view.reach.uab.edu/?vawpToken...
view.reach.uab.edu
September 25, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The general manager of WBHM in Birmingham announces the public radio station is compelled to begin referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." view.reach.uab.edu/?vawpToken...
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Wu on redistricting if Dems get control: "You do the exact same thing that they did to you until they say mercy" and agree to national, bipartisan reform.
Texas dem minority leader Gene Wu at Texas Tribune Fest: "I think we can take the (Texas) House."
September 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Wu on redistricting if Dems get control: "You do the exact same thing that they did to you until they say mercy" and agree to national, bipartisan reform.
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they’re just heading into the office early to ketchup on some paperwork
September 25, 2026 at 7:25 PM
they’re just heading into the office early to ketchup on some paperwork
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every poster thinks they are casually sharing their passing thoughts; every replier thinks they are critiquing a manifesto
July 31, 2023 at 2:09 PM
every poster thinks they are casually sharing their passing thoughts; every replier thinks they are critiquing a manifesto
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He knows what he's doing.
September 25, 2026 at 2:23 PM
He knows what he's doing.
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Man this shit is embarassing
Great photo from NYT’s Doug Mills appears to show authoritarian Xi Jinpeng gesturing toward the WH wall where Joe Biden is depicted as an autopen. Xi’s expression, to me, says “even I couldn’t get away with this shit”
September 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Man this shit is embarassing
They're in the process of discontinuing our couch at IKEA, so of course I'm in the slowest warranty claim process possible to replace the corner seat cushion. I'd save myself the hassle & order the replacement, but it's not available for delivery & it's not at the tiny location in Huntsville.
September 24, 2026 at 6:57 PM
They're in the process of discontinuing our couch at IKEA, so of course I'm in the slowest warranty claim process possible to replace the corner seat cushion. I'd save myself the hassle & order the replacement, but it's not available for delivery & it's not at the tiny location in Huntsville.
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"AI Has Hacked Government Websites" we are entering the fifth decade of media and the public misunderstanding the word "hack." the statistical average of mass market novels and reddit posts is not committing privilege escalation. if your server hands private data to cURL you fucked up your server
September 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"AI Has Hacked Government Websites" we are entering the fifth decade of media and the public misunderstanding the word "hack." the statistical average of mass market novels and reddit posts is not committing privilege escalation. if your server hands private data to cURL you fucked up your server
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Imagine finally beating a boss you've been struggling against for hours and then the fucking O'Reilly Auto Parts jingle starts playing.
September 24, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Imagine finally beating a boss you've been struggling against for hours and then the fucking O'Reilly Auto Parts jingle starts playing.