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Alex Karp (not the CEO)

@autistic.af

Sr. Engineering Manager at Slack. Profoundly autistic. Classically-trained pianist, public speaker, avid swing dancer, YA fantasy fiction lover, and a whisky enthusiast. Occasionally funny, usually by accident. More scared of you than you are of me.

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Shia LaBeouf arrested after ‘aggressive’ behavior during Mardi Gras celebrations ‘Transformers’ actor was arrested in the French Quarter just after midnight

🎶 Normal Tuesday night for Shia LaBeouf. Running for your life from Shia LaBeouf. 🎶

18.02.2026 13:15 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DOJ has opened civil rights probe into Alex Pretti shooting, Deputy AG says Nationwide protests took place as questions remain after border czar Tom Homan announced earlier he ordered federal immigration authorities to work on a drawdown plan for Minnesota.

How do I know we’re in the bad place?

I saw this headline and my initial understanding was that they were investigating whether *he* had deprived the officers of *their* civil rights.

31.01.2026 16:43 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My only suggestion is that I'd call the twin Clod!

29.01.2026 19:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My favorite are the ones that make fake typing sounds while they try to figure out how to respond.

22.01.2026 03:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Right before they try to feed it to you.

21.01.2026 03:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Baby-led weening is all fun and games until you have to watch your 15-month-old dip his pancake in syrup… and then ketchup. #ActuallyAutistic

21.01.2026 03:00 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

If you’re considering a glass whiteboard, just remember that they’re a lot heavier than they look and a lot more difficult to mount than a normal one. Learn from my follies. 😅

18.01.2026 20:33 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Dato Menu bar calendar and world clocks, plus fullscreen meeting notifications

That used to happen to me a lot until I started using Dato, which takes over the whole screen with a notification when it's time to start a meeting.

16.01.2026 19:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

stocking up on alphabet spaghettiO's in case i ever need an analog LLM

16.01.2026 14:32 👍 45 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

And be ridiculously combative and offensive in the process.

14.01.2026 02:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Or redact them to the point of uselessness!

14.01.2026 02:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

There is nothing like a ride on the new NextGen Acela to make you wish that the US (and North America in general) had a robust high-speed rail network.

11.01.2026 15:35 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Someone should probably tell Charlie’s Wife that “biblical womanhood” is all fun and games until you get turned into a pillar of salt. 🧂

10.01.2026 20:30 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?

I’m just going to leave this here.

10.01.2026 03:57 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Fireworks over Grand Army Plaza

Fireworks over Grand Army Plaza

BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins

01.01.2026 05:10 👍 22333 🔁 2897 💬 333 📌 155

There is little in this world that so thoroughly assaults all five senses as a root canal. What a sensory nightmare. #ActuallyAutistic

29.12.2025 21:01 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Democrats divided over how to retake House, Senate majorities Democratic lawmakers are battling among themselves over whether they need to review the lessons of the disastrous 2024 election as they hope to win back the House and possibly the Senate in next ye…

Saying that we should focus on the upcoming election rather than learning from the 2024 election is like saying that the disastrous 2024 election was just a fluke, or bad luck, and that we just have to get back out there and keep trying the same things that haven't been working.

25.12.2025 02:12 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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New "Trump-class" Navy warships named after president: what to know The White House is framing the move as a centerpiece of Trump's vision for a revamped “Golden Fleet."

Or as they’ll be known at The Hague: Exhibit A.

22.12.2025 23:29 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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a cartoon character with red hair and a red nose is saying they call me heat miser . Alt: A GIF of the “Heat Miser” from The Year Without Santa Claus. The caption reads: “they call me Heat Miser”.

The candidate:

21.12.2025 04:05 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump announces ‘Patriot Games,’ a youth athletic competition celebrating United States’ 250th birthday | CNN Politics President Donald Trump announced Thursday the White House will host the “Patriot Games,” a competition with young athletes from across the county, as part of the celebration of the United States’ 250t...

*quickly runs to the local bookstore to move the Hunger Games novels from the fiction section to the nonfiction section*

21.12.2025 04:01 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you went through the Epstein Files that were released today and replaced every redaction with the word, "TRUMP", you would be correct more often than wrong.

20.12.2025 05:08 👍 2783 🔁 490 💬 72 📌 17
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20.12.2025 00:21 👍 36869 🔁 7831 💬 428 📌 328

Question for married folks with young kids, who travel for work at least a few times a year: how do you split up childcare responsibilities equitably around the times when you’re away?

19.12.2025 01:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

PSA: You should *always* write a self-review during performance review season, even if it's optional.

It doesn't matter if you have a great manager or a terrible one, you should *never* pass up an opportunity to directly influence your documented performance.

17.12.2025 16:03 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

BREAKING: Mike Johnson orders second strike on surviving citizens clinging to the wreckage of this economy.

16.12.2025 17:33 👍 730 🔁 133 💬 8 📌 3
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Is Hanukkah Today? Is it Hanukkah today? Find out instantly with our simple tool that lets you know if today is part of the Festival of Lights. Perfect for quick checks, holiday planning, and celebrating the season. Boo...

For some reason, I decided to check to make sure that one of my silly side projects was working today.

ishanukkah.today

14.12.2025 21:25 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

"there's a new serif in town"

10.12.2025 01:06 👍 14787 🔁 2508 💬 1017 📌 256
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Supreme Court to hear major test of presidential power over Trump's firing of FTC commissioner President Trump's efforts to reshape the executive branch and flex his presidential power are set to be tested at the Supreme Court on Monday.

Why do we keep giving them tests? We already know they’re going to fail… again… 🫠

08.12.2025 00:08 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A screenshot of a Reddit post titled, “Where are all the other Puffin Rock parents? Are all of Oona’s friends adults?”

The post reads:

“So Oona and Baba are clearly young kids and live with their parents. We see Silky's mom and Mama Hedgehog and there are references to other parents, like when the baby starling needs to find her family. Bernie is kind of a local grouchy uncle and Flynne seems kind of like a surly teen.

But what's the deal with Mossy and Mae? They appear to be Oona's peers, but Mae seems to live alone and Mossy is with the Shrew Crew. Are they full grown? And what's up with the Hoots? Otto is clearly older than Pip and Pop but it seems more like he's their brother than their dad. But we see them sleeping all the time and there's clearly no parents in their log and Otto seems to be responsible for them. Is Puffin Rock full of orphans? I think about this a lot.”

The first comment is:

“Look man, it’s a children’s cartoon.

That means it’s safe to assume that they have all been either shot by poachers, eaten in the most tragic fashion, or otherwise fallen to their own hubris to which their progeny will soon also fall.

Kid stuff.”

A screenshot of a Reddit post titled, “Where are all the other Puffin Rock parents? Are all of Oona’s friends adults?” The post reads: “So Oona and Baba are clearly young kids and live with their parents. We see Silky's mom and Mama Hedgehog and there are references to other parents, like when the baby starling needs to find her family. Bernie is kind of a local grouchy uncle and Flynne seems kind of like a surly teen. But what's the deal with Mossy and Mae? They appear to be Oona's peers, but Mae seems to live alone and Mossy is with the Shrew Crew. Are they full grown? And what's up with the Hoots? Otto is clearly older than Pip and Pop but it seems more like he's their brother than their dad. But we see them sleeping all the time and there's clearly no parents in their log and Otto seems to be responsible for them. Is Puffin Rock full of orphans? I think about this a lot.” The first comment is: “Look man, it’s a children’s cartoon. That means it’s safe to assume that they have all been either shot by poachers, eaten in the most tragic fashion, or otherwise fallen to their own hubris to which their progeny will soon also fall. Kid stuff.”

One of my favorite things about parenthood so far is reading through the strong thoughts and spicy takes on children’s TV shows and songs from other parents.

I love that we get so invested.

My current favorite:

07.12.2025 18:46 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

No, no. Don’t worry! I had a full 10 minutes to observe the Hertz shuttle van driver beforehand! 😂

06.12.2025 01:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0