Duran Goodyear

Duran Goodyear

@alphex.bsky.social

alphex.com Web technology strategy, process and technology implementation. #drupal Space, motorcycles, and everything nice.

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Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

Hyper Capitalism defined - Not only are you taking books that could one day be in a library for everyone to access freely - you're literally destroying them and caging them in a data center to be owned by a company who will charge for access for the knowledge within.

Emanuel Maiberg@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social

companies are sourcing millions of printed books for AI labs that scan them for training data, then destroy them. printed books are more valuable because they're free of AI slop, and AI labs know destroying them is an "optics problem." www.404media.co/ai-companies...

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Hungary's prime minister elect announcing that Orbán was funding CPAC and other Trump-related political activities (also Heritage Foundation's Project 2025), and this will now end.

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Airport bound? ICE is assisting TSA, and border checks are up. Don't wipe your phone—it's a red flag 🚩 1️⃣ Android: Power off, boot up, don't unlock, switch to Guest Mode. 2️⃣ iOS: Disable Face ID to force Passcode (5th Amdt protected). Step-by-step guides attached 👇🏾

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Misty Copeland comes out of retirement to put Timothée Chalamet in his place during a live ‘Sinners’ performance at the #Oscars.

In a surprise to no one - there is no plan.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

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I have genuinely *never* seen an NYC mayor get an ovation from a TV crowd before. I thought we were contractually obligated to boo them.

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One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.

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The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"

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thanks brett kavanaugh!

Jared@jaredmcclain.bsky.social

Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status. So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.

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This is especially key because we know that the January 6th seditionists, like all Trumpists are prone to crimes like sexually abusing children, and spousal abuse. They are, of course, setting the stage for allowing January 6th seditionists to be able to legally sexually assault children.

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last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper" anyways, great news! (1/X)

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Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

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How can you guys handle all that freedom? When I got caught in the U.S. at SeaTac during Trump's whole "ban middle eastern people from coming to the US" in 2017, and finally made it back to Canadian customs, the customs guy was like, "You look freaked out, do you want a hug?" And I got a hug. 🇨🇦

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

NEW—Earlier this evening agents from ICE/other fed agencies were outside Rhode Island Ave metro in DC asking people exiting the station for their IDs, per someone who experienced it. When the person presented their Real ID license, an agent said that wasn't sufficient. Luckily they had secondary ID.

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one question to ask the editorial board is whether there is a minimum bar for what constitutes "american democracy." if most people in most states are gerrymandered out of effective political representation, is that democracy?

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social

What in gods name is this

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Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.

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#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

washingtonpost.comBaltimore is seeing the city’s fewest homicides in 50 years. Here’s why.Multiple people have taken credit for the historic drop that mirrors a national decrease in violent crimes. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says it’s due to a community-based approach to gun violence.

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Quickbooks is one of the worst products I've used ever. Not because it doesn't do what I need it to do... Its because they keep fucking with how it does it. Today I sent a round of invoices, as I do every 1st of the month, and noticed that AI was changing the templated messages I send.

And on top of that, year after year, the price goes up $5 like clockwork. And no, the core product hasn't changed, they don't even integrate well with 3rd party tools. They just keep adding shit no on asked for, and slamming it down your throat. No, I can't find where to turn off the AI crap.

Quickbooks is one of the worst products I've used ever. Not because it doesn't do what I need it to do... Its because they keep fucking with how it does it. Today I sent a round of invoices, as I do every 1st of the month, and noticed that AI was changing the templated messages I send.

QB has been doing this for ever. And the anti patterns they build in to it are nefarious. A few years ago they put a button, thats was bigger and more visual prominent next to the "send invoice" button, that actually sent you to a loan application for zero day payments on your invoicing.

Quickbooks is one of the worst products I've used ever. Not because it doesn't do what I need it to do... Its because they keep fucking with how it does it. Today I sent a round of invoices, as I do every 1st of the month, and noticed that AI was changing the templated messages I send.

And, worse! Each invoice was getting DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. I have had the same templated boilerplate for years, and now this morning "Pay Duran Goodyear, the requested amount" "Alphex Information Solutions is asking for your payment." Were some of the made up bullshit I had to catch.

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Replying to @tobyn.bsky.social

Easy to be flippant, but Trump going on the record to tell the media he is not in control of his govt and is being misinformed by advisors. Someone else is running the country.