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FoCo-based Texpat.

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Oh interesting, people who don’t know how to build software are getting mad at my post about building software. Cute.

Let me be clear, over the next year, the job of software engineer will shift dramatically to no longer have typing syntax into an editor as its primary time sink.

04.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 432 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 11

If your job was to know when to hit the semicolon key on the keyboard, I'm sad to say that's not an employable skill anymore.

If you shape ideas into tools and art via code, it's really so much better than ever now, and I don't see that changing soon.

04.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 7

I wish there was a hell so there could be a special place for these folks.

01.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So let’s think about this.

A private company refused - on principle - to yield to the government’s demands.

The government then cancelled its contracts with the company and has set about destroying it

27.02.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 4932 πŸ” 1567 πŸ’¬ 233 πŸ“Œ 88

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

27.02.2026 05:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so cool!

26.02.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey you know what would be really nice? If you subscribed to my writing. I don't charge anything, just put good stuff a few times a month: dansinker.com/follow/

24.02.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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On Joy and Resistance | dansinker.com

Yesterday I wrote a short piece about the radical joy in Alysa Liu's gold-medal-winning skate and Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show and how art and joy is a threat to authoritarians. It's resonated with a lot of folks, maybe also with you. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...

23.02.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 363 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

THEY RAIDED THE CAMP TO TAKE THE KIDS LETTERS

18.02.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

18.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 26475 πŸ” 6434 πŸ’¬ 552 πŸ“Œ 1082

my hypothesis is

17.02.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 344 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

A reminder this happened earlier this week at Trump’s massive concentration camp in El Paso:

β€œThe cases of tuberculosis and COVID-19, two diseases that spread through the air, have underscored concern about the conditions at Camp East Montana and other immigration detention centers.β€œ

11.02.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 700 πŸ” 370 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 37
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

10.02.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 31324 πŸ” 13779 πŸ’¬ 972 πŸ“Œ 1688

KPOP feels like the obvious choice.

10.02.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

money can absolutely buy happiness, you just suck at being rich like you suck at everything else in life

05.02.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 1316 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 6

Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.

05.02.2026 05:58 πŸ‘ 2190 πŸ” 457 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 54

Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time

30.01.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 10076 πŸ” 1771 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 57

Hey John, I’m glad you’re here. ❀️

26.01.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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I host a mental health podcast called Depresh Mode. And I live in Minnesota. Here's what I said at the end of this week's show about mental health, life in Minnesota, and their overlap.

You can also listen to it here:
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Starts at about 56:00.

26.01.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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26.01.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN:

"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."

and

"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."

Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

25.01.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 14801 πŸ” 6131 πŸ’¬ 267 πŸ“Œ 244

Sending good vibes your way, man. We need some pinball and ice cream in Lyons sooner rather than later.

10.01.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.

15.12.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 9384 πŸ” 774 πŸ’¬ 283 πŸ“Œ 510

And, if you waited until now to pick it up - it's 50% off in our Fall/Black Friday sale! Just enter code Save50 on the payment details screen at checkout. (Offer applies to almost everything in the store...)

22.11.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œExecute Operation Mar-a-Lago…”

Couldn’t have seen this coming.

22.11.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

huh, what a weird coincidence

21.11.2025 12:38 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Read to your kids πŸ“–

No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.

No friends with kids? Make a friendβ€”preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operationβ€”and start reading!

It is imperative that children are read to ☝️

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids

22.11.2025 00:22 πŸ‘ 1630 πŸ” 269 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 25

that this happened at a healthcare event is just A+, no notes

06.11.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 809 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 7

Big news: Sunlight Research Center is joining MuckRock! Together, we're creating a capacity- building engine, expanding tools, training and hands-on support for local investigative reporting.
#InvestigativeReporting #LocalNews #LocalJournalism

22.10.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0