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Lance Finney

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Cis father of 2, software developer, Ethical Humanist, and world traveler (when I can).

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Interesting. I hadn't thought of using this like that.

I'm not entirely comfortable with that, because 'user' is now ambiguous; it could refer to either the signal or the unwrapped value.

06.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missouri Advances Three Anti-Trans Bathroom Ban Bills In One Night β€œThis is a make-or-break moment with what just happened in Kansas.”

1. Missouri appears to be forging ahead with 3 bathroom bans in public buildings across the state.

They heard 3 bills in a single night on the topic.

Lawmakers are worried that we could see what happened to Kansas happen there too.

The latest from our writer S. Baum.

05.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 658 πŸ” 285 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 18

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

05.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 40229 πŸ” 9070 πŸ’¬ 1492 πŸ“Œ 306
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"We changed everything we thought we knew about life because the truth was worth it." - @forrestvalkai.bsky.social

#SeekingTruth #EthicalSTL #Science

05.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

It really is pathetic how the entire administration can't go a paragraph with insulting Biden.

Nothing but projection from incompetent fascists.

05.03.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Paternal: Farmer, rancher, and irrigation system installer
Maternal: Rancher and union electrician (I think)

So, yeah, their grandson who sits in a home office looking at computer screens all day is much less rugged.

04.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Think we need a few new PR options:

Approve, but I take no responsibility, because:

- I have no clue what this code does and I'm not sure you do either

- Clearly someone else is pressuring you to rush this out

- AI generated so much code that no human can reasonably review this

04.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:

- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

03.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 11181 πŸ” 3482 πŸ’¬ 616 πŸ“Œ 358

IMO the worst mistake people make trying to AI-proof their career is dropping everything to learn AI. It's like dropping out of math to study how to push calculator buttons really fast. The skill cap for AI is going to be your understanding of the underlying subject, not how good you are at prompts.

03.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Alan Cumming explains why trans people are like superheroes

22.07.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 954 πŸ” 395 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 77

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

03.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 6983 πŸ” 3157 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 48

Insane.

The anti-trans movement wants an absolute right of parents to control their children, from the kids' religion to their gender. The state must obey the parents.

Except when the parents want to affirm their children as transgender. Then the state can do whatever the fuck it wants.

03.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 783 πŸ” 218 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

Press gave Biden far worse coverage for a small number of American soldiers dying while leaving a war than to Trump for a similar number dying while starting a war for no reason. It makes you think!

01.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 4069 πŸ” 819 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 31
Screenshot of Mastodon user @scott@carfree.city writing:

"As an ethical AI user, I begin each session by asking the chatbot to give a stolen data acknowledgement. It is an important first step toward justice."

Screenshot of Mastodon user @scott@carfree.city writing: "As an ethical AI user, I begin each session by asking the chatbot to give a stolen data acknowledgement. It is an important first step toward justice."

01.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 269 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

That's the plan, and to the extent the Trump admin even wanted to help (they don't), they illegally dismantled the mechanisms for it, like USAID.

It would've served our strategic interests greatly for millions of Iranians to see boxes and crates of vital supplies with U.S. flags on them. Oh well.

28.02.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 1478 πŸ” 483 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 12
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28.02.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 359 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change

28.02.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 5173 πŸ” 1314 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1
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2011:

28.02.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 326 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 10
In a long tweet about Anthropic, Pete Hegseth, through the offical "SecWar" Twitter account says "the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic’s models for every LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic."

In a long tweet about Anthropic, Pete Hegseth, through the offical "SecWar" Twitter account says "the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic’s models for every LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic."

Hegseth is wholeheartedly endorsing the core premise of fascism: industry, as part of the private sphere, must be subordinated to the military objectives of the state.

27.02.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 2590 πŸ” 866 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 52
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I'm so uncomfortable rooting for Anthropic.

28.02.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait....

It's not real?

27.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Back to the Basics: Signal Forms with Deborah Kurata
Back to the Basics: Signal Forms with Deborah Kurata We’re kicking off a brand new Angular Air series: Back to the Basics β€” focused on the Angular fundamentals that actually matter. And there is no better person to launch it with than the magnanimous…

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Deborah Kurata is walking us through Signal Forms β€” clearly, practically, foundationally.

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27.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: We're suing Kansas for a law that invalidates transgender people's updated driver's licenses and authorizes anyone to sue anyone they suspect of being trans for using the "wrong" bathroom.

27.02.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 13784 πŸ” 3656 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 178
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Trans men file lawsuit over Kansas law that restricts bathroom use and invalidates driver's licenses β€’ Kansas Reflector Two transgender men from Lawrence are suing the state over a new law that invalidates driver's licenses and restricts bathroom use based on sex assigned at birth, citing numerous constitutional rights...

A lawsuit has now been filed against the state by two trans men. (17/15)

27.02.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

CBS, Fox, the Washington Post, and Twitter are all owned by Trump-loving billionaires and soon CNN will be too. Here's why American media has a liberal bias problem.

27.02.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 2848 πŸ” 777 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 22

imo the threat posed by CBS News and CNN getting absorbed by pro-regime billionaires isn't that they're going to produce right-wing slop that convinces people to be right-wing, it's the dismantling of newsrooms capable of doing investigative reporting on the administration. Fewer eyes on the street.

27.02.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 7213 πŸ” 1747 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 102

People are always like what’s something you miss from the past and one of mine is antitrust laws

26.02.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 13118 πŸ” 3033 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 49
We need to talk about naked mole rats - The Oatmeal This is a comic about naked mole rats, aka tube goblins.

We need to talk about naked mole rats
theoatmeal.com/comics/naked...

26.02.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 345 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 37

Check if she knows about a group of upstart kids called "The Beatles".

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