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These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov

Ann Burrell’s passing has affected me deeply. Never knew her, but she was one of the “celebrity” chefs who exhibited her skill honestly, authentically, and with passion. Made me want to get in the kitchen. One couldn’t help but appreciate her presence.

Desperately need a chat, professional partnership, and general “I am your people” arrangement with @billybinion.bsky.social . But because rules e can’t have a conversation

Yo @bsky.app can we get an actual iPad app sometime soon?

If you are an ICE or DHS or whatever the fuck agent and you feel you have to wear a balaclava to hide your face during plucking someone off the street for fear of retaliation, I’d love for you to engage in a few moments of self-reflection.

I don’t do politics on social media. But I do look at the Trump administration and wonder: “why is everyone just an asshole?” Like for real. The way every person in the admin addresses others. Just assholes.

Okay real talk. It’s a fire pole down, and a stripper pole up.

Nothing feels worse than finding out everyone else in the group chat made a new group chat without you because they’re planning a war you aren’t invited to

@nycbosslady.bsky.social ummmm. This hits hard.

you ever seen someone “in your network” on LinkedIn and be like, “screw you, X” where X = person who was your nemesis in a prior job.

I do not cry wolf. LLMs have limited utility, but having likely one of the worst of them “assisting” government employees is beyond alarming. Me and @nycbosslady.bsky.social did a thing.

“There will be an adjustment period” is the drumbeat of the day. Careful, my friends. They are boiling the frog.

That one can “lose” $130billion and still be the world’s richest person is… sort of the problem, no?

I’m seeing this more and more—on any number of topics, that showing emotion is weakness. It absolutely is not. Caring is t weakness, expressing your feelings is a core part of being human.

M&T bank is full of liars and cheats, in case anyone is wondering.

…but did they get data?

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

Sitting at the NJ MVC, realizing how broken this entire state is. @govmurphy.bsky.social hasn’t don’t well with basic civic services. @stevenfulop.bsky.social, think you can do better?

I am thinking, maybe the people who need to blow up a rocket 38 times to get “data” before finally learning how to, on occasion, land something back on earth without incident… maybe these aren’t the right people to make “improvements” to air traffic control.

It’s becoming a real challenge to figure out how I want to manage my social media presence in my new meta-free life. I feel like the “every day is a fresh hell” angle is getting played out.

I might be misunderstanding, but in the World of Me, the president’s anti-DEI initiative has fuck-all to do with anything, least of all what I have on a calendar.

This @rokhanna.bsky.social @jdvanceoffical.bsky.social argument is amazing. JD talkin’ like the youthful indiscretions of Elon’s goonies were years back before anyone cared and not literally December. Does that fool really think little man had a soul-searching moment in the last month and a half?

Trying to chart a path forward in my digital life. Decentralized, no megalomaniacs. It’s harder than you think.

FFS can I just take over the DNC? It’s not hard. Make them own it all. Give them nothing, no quarter, no room, no bipartisanship. Stop sniffing your own farts and learn the art of active non-participation.

True then. True now. Thank you, Willem Arondeus.

I've got only one resolution. Stay focused.

Holy shit.

If you wanna know how much trouble Meta is in, just look at how hard it is to get your data and delete your account.

I’m seeing a lot of discussion about congestion pricing in which people say that “it’s a good first step.” Assume I stipulate that as fact. What’s the second step? And when do we expect that to happen?

Ok. So. Congestion pricing is bullshit. Discuss.

People ask what I do all day. Well, I mainly sit in Teams meetings and get disapproving glares from this one.

I have a good feeling about ‘25. This is the year we reclaim our state of being. And no, I’m not talking about politics. At all. Ever. #lifeisgood

Okay for all you playing South for new years and making black-eyed peas and collards please know: collards ain’t no al dente affair. That shit ain’t kale, go ahead and cook ‘em good. Get the pot likker. Thank me on the 2nd. #food

My husband got me a PS5 Pro for Christmas so I’ll see you in a while.

Driving back to NJ from our future Southern homeland, and I swear that Pennsylvania is 92% of this drive.

Not a lot of #craftbeer traffic here on #bsky. Makes me wonder—industry in near-fatal decline, looking for customers, still talking to the same tired old audiences.

Working remotely has been the single largest productivity and creativity boost I’ve ever experienced. Solving more problems, faster, and better.

Rose and Baz, Littermates. #inseparable

Can we get 500 of you as soon as possible to share this new ad Kamala Harris just released