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Web developer. Plays in bands. DC area. MLS, University of Maryland, 2015; MA History, George Mason University, 2011. Boilerplate: all views my own.

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Hard agree

07.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Word salad

06.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"When you're a star they let you do it"

06.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kissability
Kissability YouTube video by Sonic Youth - Topic

I have a work task on site cacheability so of course this is stuck in my head youtu.be/nbWaT9XMH18?...

06.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember 2016, lying about calling global warming a hoax? From the start, a demonstrably shameless liar and everyone should have called it out

06.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's another Bandcqmp Friday and I'm going to buy a bunch of recordings from awesome musicians who deserve it. You should too!

06.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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bro google search is cooked

06.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 234 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 7

In a declared war a warship anywhere is a legit target, but in a special military operation I guess it's a vibe question

04.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
My vinyl copy of Sunny Day Real Estate’s β€œHow It Feels to Be Something On” playing on the turntable in my home office

My vinyl copy of Sunny Day Real Estate’s β€œHow It Feels to Be Something On” playing on the turntable in my home office

I’m continuing the turntable party with Sunny Day Real Estate’s β€œHow It Feels to Be Something On,” my favorite album of theirs

06.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A large crowd of people at Wonderland Ballroom in DC.

A large crowd of people at Wonderland Ballroom in DC.

Absolutely packed house tonight at Wonderland for An Awful Panic, Green Slay, and Burden's Landing. Never seen it this packed for a show

06.03.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"We should have nuked Hanoi" is now official US policy

05.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A bit on-the-nose, I'm afraid

05.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not the Idoru I imagined, l’m afraid. (Actually the previous sentence can be two, as well.)

05.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 538 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 1

Before this is all over, he's going to missile strike Bezos for not agreeing on the next James Bond casting

05.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

LeBron is playing in the league the way I play a video game that I "beat" but want to collect all the accomplishments

05.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So... how fucked are we

05.03.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thought he said yesterday there were no rules of engagement

04.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooooh so 'red blooded Americans' means white ppl, thx for clarifying

04.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...it's just ground beans and (frozen and unfrozen) water, right? ...right?

04.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a phrase for the chilling effect that AI transcription has on meeting participation?

03.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
What the National Park Service Has Flagged Thus Far. It's Much Worse Than I Thought. Note: This is a long post.

I spent hours looking through hundreds of files of materials that have been flagged for review by National Park Service sites around the country. Here is just a small sample of what I found. #NationalParks πŸ—ƒοΈ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

03.03.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 345 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 12

They are literally running with β€œwe have always been at war with Eurasia.” Unreal.

03.03.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 4866 πŸ” 1038 πŸ’¬ 151 πŸ“Œ 25

People realize that they just get a new Ayatollah now, right?

01.03.2026 04:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I figured that I didn't hear anything about it because it was bad... guess I was right?

28.02.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Admittedly it's a hypothetical, but - if I remember correctly, Warren was on the front lines but could have hung back; if there was a more safe command position, Washington probably would have been in it?

25.02.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I heard the first song and it's good. Like a raw, garage-y Mastadon?

21.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

F*** yeah, new Converge and Toys That Kill records this month. Maybe 2026 is turning around?

20.02.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

tbt when i read that post to actual damon albarn www.vulture.com/2021/11/damo...

20.02.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 3707 πŸ” 1082 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 22
DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT β€˜Is ThisΒ DEI?’ Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explainβ€”in under 120 charactersβ€”that they were "related to DEI." That's what the newly released proposed amended complaint from the Authors Guild against the US government reveals about how DOGE actually decided which National Endowment for the Humanities grants to kill.

DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT β€˜Is ThisΒ DEI?’

Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explainβ€”in under 120 charactersβ€”that they were…

19.02.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 804 πŸ” 349 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 97