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In Baltimore, CEO & Co-Founder of RackN Bare Metal Automation platform.

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Law and Chaos Government Podcast · Updated Weekly · Ignorance of the law is no excuse! That's true for a traffic stop, and it's true if you want to participate in whatever's left of American democracy. If the event...

Anthropic is trying to carve out a space for itself as the non-MAGA AI. We talk about the commercial and legal implications & so much more!

With @lizdye.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

10.03.2026 12:57 👍 22 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
Stu Miniman on the Origins of theCUBE #opensource #technology #redhat #infrastructure
Stu Miniman on the Origins of theCUBE #opensource #technology #redhat #infrastructure YouTube video by RedMonk

Hear @stu.bsky.social, Senior Director of Market Insights, Hybrid Platforms at Red Hat on @redmonk.com's MonkCast. We chat about Stu's career in the tech industry, including behind-the-scenes stories from his time as an analyst at theCUBE redmonk.com/videos/cloud... youtube.com/shorts/KKYtl...

10.03.2026 12:08 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Another case showing we're so far past assuming that we can default to trusting authority. @lawandchaospod.bsky.social has been doing a great job explaining how the Bench has shifted it stance away from deference.

09.03.2026 21:09 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Judge Rules That Kari Lake Is Still A Loser Making the Federal Vacancies Reform Act great again.

Trump couldn't be bothered to actually nominate Kari Lake to lead the US Agency for Global Media, so she just started showing up and claiming to be the boss.

Turns out, not so much.

www.lawandchaospod.com/p/judge-rule...

09.03.2026 20:21 👍 122 🔁 19 💬 10 📌 0
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A New Chapter for Bluesky - Bluesky After several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer.

Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome @toni.bsky.team as our interim CEO.

More here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

09.03.2026 19:08 👍 6066 🔁 910 💬 577 📌 408
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"Redfish is a standard" Until an OEM changes it ⚠️
Dell pre-implemented a breaking iDRAC 10 change before the spec updated. Boot order broke silently.

Digital Rebar handles it. Homegrown scripts don't.

rackn.com/blog/redfish...

03.03.2026 20:02 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Or … Bondi could stop asking DOJ lawyers to do crazy unethical shit that gets them in trouble with state bars

04.03.2026 15:24 👍 205 🔁 50 💬 10 📌 1
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Opinion | The Epstein Files and Our Broken Public Trust

Knock me over with a feather. They ran it! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...

27.02.2026 19:28 👍 470 🔁 90 💬 20 📌 7

your coverage of the intersection of Law and Tech is fantastic

20.02.2026 14:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Law and Chaos Government Podcast · Updated Weekly · Ignorance of the law is no excuse! That's true for a traffic stop, and it's true if you want to participate in whatever's left of American democracy. If the event...

Grocery stores are testing out surge pricing using big data. We talk about the Democratic plan to stop it, plus how to think about the Fourth Amendment in a world of near-ubiquitous monitoring & so much more!

With @lizdye.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

20.02.2026 14:31 👍 22 🔁 7 💬 6 📌 0
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CEOs Kiss the Ring at Trump Family Crypto Forum at Mar-a-Lago The Trump family isn’t bothering to hide its blatant corruption.

They're not even trying to hide the grift anymore.

This week, Trump's crypto company held a conference at Mar-A-Lago where Admin officials & Wall Street execs wined & dined together.

Just the latest from the most corrupt admin in American history & Republicans are still silent.

20.02.2026 14:45 👍 519 🔁 231 💬 40 📌 16
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Navigating Bare Metal Automation with Rob Hirschfeld In this conversation, Stephen O’Grady and Rob Hirschfeld discuss the complexities of bare metal automation, the role of platform teams, and the importance of observability and governance in managing i...

Hear @sogrady.org & @zehicle.robhirschfeld.com, Co-Founder and CEO of @rackn.com, discuss the complexities of bare metal automation, the role of platform teams, and the importance of observability and governance in managing infrastructure in this episode of the MonkCast. redmonk.com/videos/navig...

05.02.2026 14:24 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
VMware Migration Doesn't Happen in a Day
VMware Migration Doesn't Happen in a Day YouTube video by RackN

We've been having fun with these #vmware #baremetal informational shorts! But my CFO is starting to question my costume budget
www.youtube.com/shorts/nJjLa...

23.01.2026 15:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Apparently, malice and incompetence is the peanut butter and chocolate combo of 2025. We'll see it double-stuffed this year. 😶

05.01.2026 19:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Is DOJ Trying To Blow The DNC Pipe Bomb Case? Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

And also...did the DOJ just forget to indict the alleged pipe bomber?

www.lawandchaospod.com/p/is-doj-try...

05.01.2026 16:16 👍 104 🔁 22 💬 9 📌 2
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Is DOJ Trying To Blow The DNC Pipe Bomb Case? - Above the Law Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.

this @lizdye.bsky.social piece is so good and so spot on and i remain in my constant state of incandescent rage after reading it.

05.01.2026 19:02 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026

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01.01.2026 17:13 👍 1611 🔁 894 💬 12 📌 97

I loved this.

24.11.2025 21:41 👍 63 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

we keep finding new uses for these decom workflows - being able to reset and scrub is key for *aaS use cases.

15.09.2025 20:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Now, through #DigitalRebar, you can automate the entire factory reset process with out-of-the-box workflows. Watch the video to see how you can break free from expensive IT Asset Disposition companies. Read our blog post: rackn.com/blog/decommi...
#InfrastructureAutomation #datacenters

09.09.2025 19:02 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Just a reminder that Trump was going to announce his sanctions on Russia for not negotiating “in two weeks” about 3.5 weeks ago.

Taco

18.06.2025 14:12 👍 11262 🔁 2450 💬 424 📌 96

Attending Pride here in Baltimore - which, sadly, has also become a protest march.

13.06.2025 15:20 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

There’s an overwhelming number of awful things happening.

My gentle suggestion is to consider attending a protest tomorrow if you can.

In addition to exercising your rights, it can be helpful to be in a sea of people who share your values.

MAGA has exploited this, and now it’s our turn.

13.06.2025 14:57 👍 1440 🔁 326 💬 31 📌 7
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Scenes from Monday night's anti-ICE protest in the Mission

10.06.2025 04:09 👍 246 🔁 44 💬 2 📌 1

My experience entirely. My old Linux desktop still valently warms my basement as my ssh host for development

10.06.2025 11:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:

1-877-447-4487

09.06.2025 21:08 👍 22316 🔁 11324 💬 90 📌 349
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RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.

RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.

So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.

Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.

09.06.2025 22:34 👍 16470 🔁 6230 💬 1383 📌 571
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She was right.

09.06.2025 17:01 👍 18271 🔁 5305 💬 545 📌 322

I'm curious, how do people wash chopsticks in their dishwasher?

09.06.2025 17:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We were always at war with ElonAsia. #tacotuesday

07.06.2025 14:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0