StaffSRE1138
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You might know me from ServerFault or maybe a few talks I gave. Or that book I wrote, "Software Telemetry" from Manning. Also [email protected]
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I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff.
Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb
Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb
September 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff.
Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb
Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb
Sumarian is more than Ea-Ñasir
September 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Sumarian is more than Ea-Ñasir
And it was split-brain after all.
September 22, 2026 at 12:47 AM
And it was split-brain after all.
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HAND. STITCHED.
WOW.
WOW.
My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.
September 22, 2026 at 12:04 AM
HAND. STITCHED.
WOW.
WOW.
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What if we could 'see' beneath the desert sands? 🏜️
Designed primarily to study forests, @esa.int’s Biomass mission is also helping scientists investigate ancient river systems hidden beneath the Sahara, thanks to its unique P-band radar.
Read the full story🔗 earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...
Designed primarily to study forests, @esa.int’s Biomass mission is also helping scientists investigate ancient river systems hidden beneath the Sahara, thanks to its unique P-band radar.
Read the full story🔗 earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...
Biomass helps study ancient rivers below deserts - Earth Online
Scientists have been using satellites for decades to study hydrological structures hidden below the sand in deserts. Now, with its unique P-band synthetic aperture radar, Biomass is playing a role too...
earth.esa.int
September 21, 2026 at 10:47 AM
What if we could 'see' beneath the desert sands? 🏜️
Designed primarily to study forests, @esa.int’s Biomass mission is also helping scientists investigate ancient river systems hidden beneath the Sahara, thanks to its unique P-band radar.
Read the full story🔗 earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...
Designed primarily to study forests, @esa.int’s Biomass mission is also helping scientists investigate ancient river systems hidden beneath the Sahara, thanks to its unique P-band radar.
Read the full story🔗 earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...
This Metropolitan Opera production of Tristan und Isolde is like @cjward.bsky.social was the set designer.
September 20, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This Metropolitan Opera production of Tristan und Isolde is like @cjward.bsky.social was the set designer.
The linked article goes pretty far in describing why Vance is as much of an existential threat as Trump is. My flee the country risk analysis has regressed in threat in the last 9 months. If Vance rises to the big chair, they advance a lot.
September 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The linked article goes pretty far in describing why Vance is as much of an existential threat as Trump is. My flee the country risk analysis has regressed in threat in the last 9 months. If Vance rises to the big chair, they advance a lot.
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yeah, but the root cause of their mistake is also interesting on its own:
the original premise that “slavery was a theft of labour” is arguably correct [and incomplete], but became “solely a theft of labour” at which point someone should've stopped to think
they kept going, veering into a ditch ;)
the original premise that “slavery was a theft of labour” is arguably correct [and incomplete], but became “solely a theft of labour” at which point someone should've stopped to think
they kept going, veering into a ditch ;)
September 18, 2026 at 4:08 AM
yeah, but the root cause of their mistake is also interesting on its own:
the original premise that “slavery was a theft of labour” is arguably correct [and incomplete], but became “solely a theft of labour” at which point someone should've stopped to think
they kept going, veering into a ditch ;)
the original premise that “slavery was a theft of labour” is arguably correct [and incomplete], but became “solely a theft of labour” at which point someone should've stopped to think
they kept going, veering into a ditch ;)
One is a crime against a business model (property rights as they apply to ideas) the other is a crime against people. Different levels entirely.
*Rubs bridge of nose*
So, equating _property rights_ with _civil rights_. Mmm, yes. I see. This is why former slaveholders got compensation, but not the formerly enslaved.
So, equating _property rights_ with _civil rights_. Mmm, yes. I see. This is why former slaveholders got compensation, but not the formerly enslaved.
September 18, 2026 at 3:24 AM
One is a crime against a business model (property rights as they apply to ideas) the other is a crime against people. Different levels entirely.
The Jev model that spits out structured data instead of text and is so much cheaper? That's the kind of thing you can stuff in a loitering munition for independent targeting and payload delivery.
September 18, 2026 at 3:18 AM
The Jev model that spits out structured data instead of text and is so much cheaper? That's the kind of thing you can stuff in a loitering munition for independent targeting and payload delivery.
Two things paying attention to big city politics has taught me are:
* How much of the Public Safety budget is both Police and not subject to regular budget rules.
* Police overtime expenses are never budgeted.
* How much of the Public Safety budget is both Police and not subject to regular budget rules.
* Police overtime expenses are never budgeted.
September 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Two things paying attention to big city politics has taught me are:
* How much of the Public Safety budget is both Police and not subject to regular budget rules.
* Police overtime expenses are never budgeted.
* How much of the Public Safety budget is both Police and not subject to regular budget rules.
* Police overtime expenses are never budgeted.
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Researchers at Kobe University created a nanostructured coating that creates vivid, glossy colors.
The coating provides a uniform and long-lasting color that is unaffected by the protective layers typically used for cars, planes and architectural structures. https://bit.ly/3UOIx2P 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
The coating provides a uniform and long-lasting color that is unaffected by the protective layers typically used for cars, planes and architectural structures. https://bit.ly/3UOIx2P 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
September 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Researchers at Kobe University created a nanostructured coating that creates vivid, glossy colors.
The coating provides a uniform and long-lasting color that is unaffected by the protective layers typically used for cars, planes and architectural structures. https://bit.ly/3UOIx2P 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
The coating provides a uniform and long-lasting color that is unaffected by the protective layers typically used for cars, planes and architectural structures. https://bit.ly/3UOIx2P 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
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A person who boarded a train to Chicago in Missouri late last month has tested positive for measles, becoming the first confirmed case in a St. Louis County resident in 20 years, health officials announced Thursday.
Full story:
Full story:
First measles case in 20 years confirmed in St. Louis County
A person who boarded a train to Chicago late last month has tested positive for the disease. Another person who had a confirmed measles case had boarded the same train in Sedalia.
www.stlpr.org
September 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
A person who boarded a train to Chicago in Missouri late last month has tested positive for measles, becoming the first confirmed case in a St. Louis County resident in 20 years, health officials announced Thursday.
Full story:
Full story:
Stunned for days, worldview totally blown up.
And I wouldn't want to share it even if I could. What that kid would be impressed by was due to lotteries, and that kid would be obsessed with reproducing this and face a decade+ of worry about "not living up."
And I wouldn't want to share it even if I could. What that kid would be impressed by was due to lotteries, and that kid would be obsessed with reproducing this and face a decade+ of worry about "not living up."
Would 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?
September 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Stunned for days, worldview totally blown up.
And I wouldn't want to share it even if I could. What that kid would be impressed by was due to lotteries, and that kid would be obsessed with reproducing this and face a decade+ of worry about "not living up."
And I wouldn't want to share it even if I could. What that kid would be impressed by was due to lotteries, and that kid would be obsessed with reproducing this and face a decade+ of worry about "not living up."
Sounds like this plan worked like most major corporate restructurings. The C-suite came up with it, there may be a few analysts doing numbers things — but everyone below them is expected to lump it and do what the adults say.
Never nice to live through, but this ain't a C-suite.
Never nice to live through, but this ain't a C-suite.
i hope most folks know this already, but a reminder that any sort of "transformation" plan coming out of MPS was put together by like 10 high-level people and there are thousands of school-based staff and hundreds of district-level staff who are hearing about this for the first time
September 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Sounds like this plan worked like most major corporate restructurings. The C-suite came up with it, there may be a few analysts doing numbers things — but everyone below them is expected to lump it and do what the adults say.
Never nice to live through, but this ain't a C-suite.
Never nice to live through, but this ain't a C-suite.
I've been doing this stay/go analysis every month since Feb 25, and I agree.
internal displacement? oh yes, absolutely, see the flood of people leaving TX, OK, FL, and going to CA, WA, NY etc.
but reasons to leave the country in a hurry? fewer I'd say.
but reasons to leave the country in a hurry? fewer I'd say.
September 16, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I've been doing this stay/go analysis every month since Feb 25, and I agree.
I am pleased to see another use of "handcrafted code" as a rhetorical device.
Next talk at @LDX3NYC - @charity.wtf What hand-crafted servers taught us about hand-coded code
Until recently, we were obsessed with code readability and understandability, because good code was rare and expensive. So your ability to understand code gates the change.
Until recently, we were obsessed with code readability and understandability, because good code was rare and expensive. So your ability to understand code gates the change.
September 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I am pleased to see another use of "handcrafted code" as a rhetorical device.
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PRESS RELEASE: Rail Passengers Urges STB to Summarily Deny UP–Norfolk Southern Merger Application
1/7
1/7
September 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
PRESS RELEASE: Rail Passengers Urges STB to Summarily Deny UP–Norfolk Southern Merger Application
1/7
1/7
Shrinkflation again.
Frozen diced hashbrowns are now gone from our stores. The shredded kind are now 2oz short of the 2lbs they used to be. Same price.
Frozen diced hashbrowns are now gone from our stores. The shredded kind are now 2oz short of the 2lbs they used to be. Same price.
September 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Shrinkflation again.
Frozen diced hashbrowns are now gone from our stores. The shredded kind are now 2oz short of the 2lbs they used to be. Same price.
Frozen diced hashbrowns are now gone from our stores. The shredded kind are now 2oz short of the 2lbs they used to be. Same price.
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Pro-tip for any 2028 Democratic candidate looking for an easy win: skip the standard stump speech and just promise to invoke the Defense Production Act for estradiol patches. The estrogen-deprived voting bloc is highly motivated.
September 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Pro-tip for any 2028 Democratic candidate looking for an easy win: skip the standard stump speech and just promise to invoke the Defense Production Act for estradiol patches. The estrogen-deprived voting bloc is highly motivated.
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The companies have not published the trial data but said in a press release that the experimental treatment extended the time before cancer returned in high-risk patients. The data will be presented at an upcoming medical meeting and shared with regulators.
• news.modernatx.com/merck-and-mo...
• news.modernatx.com/merck-and-mo...
September 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The companies have not published the trial data but said in a press release that the experimental treatment extended the time before cancer returned in high-risk patients. The data will be presented at an upcoming medical meeting and shared with regulators.
• news.modernatx.com/merck-and-mo...
• news.modernatx.com/merck-and-mo...
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Great for Minneapolis in summer, since there’s a speed limit of 25 anyway, and you can go to lakes or shops easily
It’d stay inside all winter though I bet
It’d stay inside all winter though I bet
September 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Great for Minneapolis in summer, since there’s a speed limit of 25 anyway, and you can go to lakes or shops easily
It’d stay inside all winter though I bet
It’d stay inside all winter though I bet
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Fiat Topolino
It’s a low-speed electric vehicle with 8 horsepower, 46 mile range, and 25 mph max speed. It’s only 100 inches long, 6 inches shorter than a Smart Car.
Seen in Minneapolis. A kid nearby saw me taking the picture and said there’s only 50 in the US. I have no idea if that is true.
It’s a low-speed electric vehicle with 8 horsepower, 46 mile range, and 25 mph max speed. It’s only 100 inches long, 6 inches shorter than a Smart Car.
Seen in Minneapolis. A kid nearby saw me taking the picture and said there’s only 50 in the US. I have no idea if that is true.
September 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Fiat Topolino
It’s a low-speed electric vehicle with 8 horsepower, 46 mile range, and 25 mph max speed. It’s only 100 inches long, 6 inches shorter than a Smart Car.
Seen in Minneapolis. A kid nearby saw me taking the picture and said there’s only 50 in the US. I have no idea if that is true.
It’s a low-speed electric vehicle with 8 horsepower, 46 mile range, and 25 mph max speed. It’s only 100 inches long, 6 inches shorter than a Smart Car.
Seen in Minneapolis. A kid nearby saw me taking the picture and said there’s only 50 in the US. I have no idea if that is true.
Okay. Gen Xer here.
We fucking warned you. The Department of Homeland Security was ALWAYS, FROM THE START, about quelling domestic unrest. Trump is using it in the way it was intended, having EOed the 'break glass in case of emergency' glass out of the way.
We fucking warned you. The Department of Homeland Security was ALWAYS, FROM THE START, about quelling domestic unrest. Trump is using it in the way it was intended, having EOed the 'break glass in case of emergency' glass out of the way.
September 10, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Okay. Gen Xer here.
We fucking warned you. The Department of Homeland Security was ALWAYS, FROM THE START, about quelling domestic unrest. Trump is using it in the way it was intended, having EOed the 'break glass in case of emergency' glass out of the way.
We fucking warned you. The Department of Homeland Security was ALWAYS, FROM THE START, about quelling domestic unrest. Trump is using it in the way it was intended, having EOed the 'break glass in case of emergency' glass out of the way.
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You may have memory holed this but if you're wondering who might accept illegal orders
September 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
You may have memory holed this but if you're wondering who might accept illegal orders