Luigi Ray-Montañez

I am by a few months. Our moms are sisters, and just happened to like Italian names.

I have a cousin named Mario.

How I Helped Todd Akin Win — So I Could Beat Him Later I had successfully manipulated the Republican primary so that in the general election I would face the candidate I was most likely to beat.

Remembering Claire McCaskill's work in 2012: www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Taking Karpathy's "summoning ghosts" metaphor literally.

karpathy.bearblog.dev/animals-vs-g...

Haynes King/FDR

Haynes King/FDR

Github Downfall Track Github's incidents and downtime

I've certainly felt this in the last year, but seeing it visualized is stunning: githubdownfall.com

“Just a little detail that wouldn’t sell anything” – Unsung A blog about software craft and quality

The breathing light was so great. unsung.aresluna.org/just-a-littl...

Clyde the Contractor couldn’t Claude Code, so Clyde called Codex not Copilot to claw code.

Shaky Knees 2026 lineup with The Strokes, Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Wu-Tang Clan, Coheed and Cambria

Targeting Millenial Dads like this should be illegal.

When dudes share screenshots of their Claude Code session

Westeros and Essos world map

Ever wonder in what ways this map is misleading because of the maester's projection?

Policy Is Not a Vending Machine Many political scientists implicitly rely on something like a vending machine model of public policy.

A new Substack essay from me: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Policy is not a vending machine.

we still talk about you

a man in a suit and tie is laughing with his mouth open Alt: Ray Liotta laughing reaction image from Goodfellas

Idle thought, while donating blood with the little ball in my hand: "Well this time, the juice really is worth the squeeze!"

I'm not sure we'll ever overcome the original sins of using terms like "learning" and "training".

firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...

My view is that these systems will never be intelligent because they're not alive, and it's as simple as that.

I don’t care for the drones.

Find Your Legislators - Plural Policy Find Your Legislators. Search for your representatives & look up legislation across the United States Search Legislation Look up a bill Looking for your existing OpenStates.org account and bill tracki...

State level: pluralpolicy.com/open

Federal: api.congress.gov

Eye on the Hog - Wikipedia

My Internet research on the Hog Line has uncovered the Eye on the Hog. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_on_...

Well at least the phrase "frontier model" doesn't anthropomorphize the technology...

It merely invokes settler colonialism!

Contrasting visions of how to find a lost dog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvEF...

Big Kendall Roy energy here.

Please don't use the Forward, Back, or Refresh buttons at the top of your browser as they may cause an error. To move within Georgia Gateway, select a link, button, or picture on the web page.

Me: "Oh wow, Georgia finally modernized their public benefits portal, which previously looked like it was stuck in 2002!"

*clicks around to check things out*

Website: "Oh no! Don't use the browser back button!"

gateway.ga.gov/access/

Engineering Director - Digital Services (0932) The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco.   The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Visio...

hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...

This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...

It's the year 2056. Klint, Klay, Gary, Katelyn, Kyle, Kyrdo, Kquest, and Kaptain Kubiak all coach AFC teams, while Mike, Matt, Marcus, Mordred, Mildred, and Mickey LaFleur coach NFC teams. Tensions grow between the two families

In the piece I argue that we can Enforce, Build, and Simplify our way out of this Means-Testing Industrial Complex and stop sacrificing our public programs to poorly performing contractors.

The Means-Testing Industrial Complex As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.

This is an absolute banger.

lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...

I have completely lost track of what day of the week it is.

Bilbo looking at his phone top on bottom is ChatGPT After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.

Screenshot of Clawdbot conversation as found on the project's README

Genuine question: why do people talk to LLMs like this?

via github.com/clawdbot/cla...