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#programming in Toronto. Recently switched to #Linux. #gamer #tech #csharp #SQL #TypeScript He/him ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

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Letโ€™s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trumpโ€™s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesnโ€™t like.

18.09.2025 14:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 61822 ๐Ÿ” 19674 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2005 ๐Ÿ“Œ 917

And he blocked me ๐Ÿคฃ

22.07.2025 16:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah yes, calling people idiots - the most effective way to get your point across. I totally bothered to read the rest.

22.07.2025 16:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

10.07.2025 19:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 6896 ๐Ÿ” 3015 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106 ๐Ÿ“Œ 625
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Projected changes in rare extreme precipitation design values in the United States due to global warming - Frontiers of Earth Science There is high confidence that extreme precipitation will increase in most areas if the globe continues to warm. In the US, NOAA Atlas 14 (NA14) is the most authoritative source for heavy rainfall freq...

Then it mentions there's a growing concern they are making the wrong assumptions, which this paper touches on link.springer.com/article/10.1...

08.07.2025 19:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope.

She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive.

But the FDA recently denied its approval.

Now, her health hangs in the balance.

Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. ๐Ÿงต

23.06.2025 21:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 7847 ๐Ÿ” 4805 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 211 ๐Ÿ“Œ 248
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Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 - Wikipedia

But the president still needed Congress approval, no? Ie. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authori...

21.06.2025 17:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The people who own the politicians are the same who own the media ๐Ÿ˜”

20.06.2025 14:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That claim was retracted. No idea how the commander of the task force 51 got it wrong initially, but yeah

12.06.2025 12:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"One police officer told CNN reporter Jason Carroll and other members of the crew to put their hands behind their backs.

They were then led by police away from the protest zone.

โ€œYou are not allowed to be in this area,โ€ an officer told Carroll."

10.06.2025 04:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LA protests continue as California sues Trump administration: Live updates | CNN California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Gov. Gavin Newsom are asking the court to set aside President Donald Trumpโ€™s โ€œunlawful actionโ€ of federalizing the California National Guard amid protests in ...

If it's the same people, according to www.cnn.com/us/live-news..., they were forced to leave the area

10.06.2025 04:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Afaik the money gets collected and handed out by the federal government, so California has no control where it goes

06.06.2025 20:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Because other people are doing his job for him and he probably just plays on his phone all day.

06.06.2025 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Only 14 and 6 for Edmonton and Calgary, so probably

06.06.2025 14:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

05.06.2025 20:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 24203 ๐Ÿ” 5763 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 699 ๐Ÿ“Œ 435

Now 12! Going down fast โ˜บ๏ธ

05.06.2025 18:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We only rate dogs. This is Chewbacca having a spa day. He's trying to relax. Please give him some privacy. 13/10

04.06.2025 23:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 16524 ๐Ÿ” 1443 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 308 ๐Ÿ“Œ 104
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Weโ€™re in the DOGE Subcommittee hearing, but whereโ€™s Elon? Is the โ€œoversightโ€ in the room with us?
โ€จRepublicans wanted to talk about NGOs and Stacey Abrams. But, Trumpโ€™s out here slapping a for sale sign on the White House lawnโ€”and yโ€™all wanna play games?

05.06.2025 01:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 3839 ๐Ÿ” 791 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 127 ๐Ÿ“Œ 54

The first sentence says DHS confirmed it?

03.06.2025 20:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Review of Disparities in Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder Affecting Sexual and Gender Minority Populations and Evidence for Contributing Factors - Current Addiction Reports Purpose of Review Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) appear to be at elevated risk for cannabis use (CU) and cannabis use disorder (CUD) compared to cisgender heterosexuals. However, risk factors rema...

Happy Pride Month!

Did you know that 2SLGBTQ+ people have higher rates of cannabis use than cis, straight people?

Bisexual women appear to have the highest rates

Read more in this fantastic review from Christina Dyar: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

03.06.2025 16:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Russian bombers are burning en masse' โ€” Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claims "Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3," a source told the Kyiv Independent.

kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...

01.06.2025 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse

31.05.2025 20:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 20151 ๐Ÿ” 4529 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7049 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4459

๐Ÿคฎ

30.05.2025 15:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The best video Iโ€™ve seen today

29.05.2025 16:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2386 ๐Ÿ” 431 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 113 ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
Cost-cutting tactics

The secret bonuses were just one of many maneuvers UnitedHealth devised to track and cut expenses in its nursing home initiative.

Internal emails show, for example, that UnitedHealth supervisors gave their teams โ€œbudgetsโ€ showing how many hospital admissions they had โ€œleftโ€ to use up on nursing home patients.

The company also monitored nursing homes that had smaller numbers of patients with โ€œdo not resuscitateโ€ โ€“ or DNR โ€“ and โ€œdo not intubateโ€ orders in their files. Without such orders, patients are in line for certain life-saving treatments that might lead to costly hospital stays.

Two current and three former UnitedHealth nurse practitioners told the Guardian that UnitedHealth managers pressed nurse practitioners to persuade Medicare Advantage members to change their โ€œcode statusโ€ to DNR even when patients had clearly expressed a desire that all available treatments be used to keep them alive.

Cost-cutting tactics The secret bonuses were just one of many maneuvers UnitedHealth devised to track and cut expenses in its nursing home initiative. Internal emails show, for example, that UnitedHealth supervisors gave their teams โ€œbudgetsโ€ showing how many hospital admissions they had โ€œleftโ€ to use up on nursing home patients. The company also monitored nursing homes that had smaller numbers of patients with โ€œdo not resuscitateโ€ โ€“ or DNR โ€“ and โ€œdo not intubateโ€ orders in their files. Without such orders, patients are in line for certain life-saving treatments that might lead to costly hospital stays. Two current and three former UnitedHealth nurse practitioners told the Guardian that UnitedHealth managers pressed nurse practitioners to persuade Medicare Advantage members to change their โ€œcode statusโ€ to DNR even when patients had clearly expressed a desire that all available treatments be used to keep them alive.

UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.

This is murder.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

21.05.2025 17:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 5587 ๐Ÿ” 2969 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 219 ๐Ÿ“Œ 604

He hasn't written anything in two months, that's what he means

21.05.2025 16:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TIL not being for a gerontocracy is selfish

21.05.2025 15:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#PoutineCrime

21.05.2025 14:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Months later I finally got around to watching all of @freya.bsky.social's video on Generative AI. It puts a lot of what has irked me so much about the tech into words that I hadn't been able to put together. Particularly eye-opening to me was the view of it all being "fundamentally deceptive" (1/4)

20.05.2025 13:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 80 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a .NET application (MSBuild) profile open in Firefox profiler flame graph. You can see managed frames, native frames, GC, allocations and even time in Kernel.

Screenshot of a .NET application (MSBuild) profile open in Firefox profiler flame graph. You can see managed frames, native frames, GC, allocations and even time in Kernel.

I don't tweet enough about how amazing the Ultra profiler is:

github.com/xoofx/ultra

20.05.2025 18:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 49 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1