Chris Parker

Totally representative of the Trump regime. A competent military chasing the fever dreams of a senile crazy man with no competent policy advisors.

Bobsled Is Actually INSANE I traveled to Park City, Utah to train with the USA Bobsled Team and find out if a retired NFL lineman has what it takes to push a four-man sled. Spoiler: it's way harder than it looks. The team put…

Jason Kelce picking up bobsledding in 24 hours is incredible and fun to watch. The training he's had for football clearly cross over and seeing him process what he's being taught and the respect the bobsledders have for how fast he picks it up is so cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdGJ...

If AI is going to be writing all this code and computer languages are all going to be read-only anyway does this mean Perl's time is coming back around?

I think my perfect machine these days would be an M2 11” MacBook Air. Or just let my 11” iPad Pro run macOS.

Is it just me or is reading LinkedIn exhausting?

So many people taking so many small ideas so seriously. It reminds me of the old joke:

"Why are academic politics so vicious?"
"Because the stakes are so small."

What does all this posturing on LinkedIn do? Anything?

My favorite thing on the Rational Security podcast from @lawfaremedia.org used to be how @shaneharris.bsky.social said “Goodbye” at the end, but now it’s how @sranderson.bsky.social says ”Me!” when he’s reading the credits for audio engineer.

I think you can remove “individual” from that sentence. Or maybe it’s that 6 of them are _really_ concerned with the rights of one individual.

OK, I know the world is burning down and everything, but sometimes my brain just goes “Hey, what about this?” Today, it’s:

In _The Little Mermaid_ movie, after Eric and Ariel are married - does the kingdom just stop eating seafood?

I’d forgotten how good the cast of 1776 is. William Daniels is amazing, but the talent in the cast is incredible.

The problem with having a particular sense of humor and being a student of the classics is that you can’t participate in your child’s Scouting activities without having a certain song on repeat in your head every time.

Two Republican senators told me tonight this vote shows they can execute the same strategy again — cut Democrats out of the negotiations on a gov’t funding bill, pass it thru the House, and expect Senate Dems to back down and not filibuster it.

“We liked it over here,” one said.

It’s a real shame they tamped him down so much on the campaign. Probably wouldn’t have made the difference, but damn, remember the euphoria of that first weekend she picked him and they were talking like people and we were on the offensive? It felt fucking amazing and he is really good at this.

It’s a 2015 Macan, so … 10 or so years?

A car odometer showing 65535 miles.

Hit 16 bits on the odometer yesterday!

Just looking at the events of *this one day* compels the conclusion that the United States Government is being run by morons, psychos, invertebrates, and crooks.

Listen to Secretary Pete. And remember, these are our funds. These are our courts. And these are our streets.

Elon Musk was raised in apartheid South Africa. He and his family observed, endorsed, and enjoyed apartheid.

Until the age of 18, Elon was completely immersed in a wildly racist, homophobic, whites-only culture. These were Elon’s formative years, and as a result, bigotry is firmly embedded in…

This is a long article but stick with it from beginning to end. Some excerpts attached.

9. I understand from our Office Manager, however, that as of Sunday, February 2, no funds have been deposited to our bank account. We have checked our accounts multiple times a day since January 29, but no funds have been transmitted. We have received no information or explanation from the Administration for Community Living about the interruption in funds. 10. In short: we have received no federal funds since the OMB Freeze Memo was issued. Our Center had enough money to meet payroll on Friday, January 31, and to cover outstanding bills. But we did not have enough money on hand to cover another two-week pay period at full staffing. 11. Thus, on Friday, January 31, the Board of Directors voted to lay off three of our five employees and drastically reduce services to our customers. This presented a dire situation for our customers, who have immediate needs. 12. For example, on Monday, February 3, we are scheduled to take an 86-year-old woman to dialysis treatments (which we do for her every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Our agency is her only way to get to these life-sustaining appointments.

NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."

FDR 1938

Maybe tomorrow a <single journalist> might bother to find the Speaker or the Senate Majority Leader & ask why the hell they aren't acting to stop unelected people who aren't even federal employees from violating the laws Congress already passed, & to explain why this isn't a constitutional crisis? 🤷‍♂️

New State Department appointee's message to Black Americans (including a Republican Senator, Trump appointee and former head of Heritage)

Chief Leopard announces they lied about how tariffs work. Can't wait to hear how their base justifies this.

Any Democrat politician who doesn’t immediately get out there to politicize this tragedy - because Donald Trump’s blood cult did just cause a deadly plane crash - is a pathetic waste of oxygen.

Do your goddamn jobs and help us save this country.

To every Senate Dem: Shut it the fuck down. Trump’s unconstitutional chaos will kill people.
1️⃣ Oppose all nominees until OMB reverses the freeze.
2️⃣ Deny Unanimous Consent to slow Senate proceedings.
3️⃣ Vote no on all Cloture.
4️⃣ Force Quorum Calls at every opportunity.

It's time to fight.

Is it bad that I’m just assuming it’s much worse?