Carl Bennett

After more than 8 years building & securing cloud infrastructure, my time with my previous company has come to an end as part of a workforce reduction. I'm now looking ahead to what's next. Open to new opportunities in secure cloud, Linux, and infrastructure architecture.

I’m sick of the bad guys winning all the time.

fuck texas

This is not about protecting kids, this is about destroying online privacy for adults. It is not a coincidence that this is occurring at the same time as the global fascist resurgence.

Bluesky dot app lemme tell you youre not important enough for me to give you my entire ssn buddy

Well i dont know how long this login session is gonna last but @bsky.app just asked me to do an age verification with personal information. If this happens again i will not attempt to log back in. If i dont post here again let bsky know that i prefer my privacy over this platform.

Signal has abandoned Fedora Linux users to bad options: an expired 8.5.0 package, no Fedora 44 build, a Flatpak that has corrupted my message database after crashes, or a bloated AppImage. Stop treating Fedora Linux as an afterthought. Ship and maintain an official RPM. #SignalDesktop

I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...

Trump was supposed to drain the swamp, but have you seen the reflecting pool at the Washington monument? Not only is there algae in it now, but the paint is already peeling off that his regime wasted millions of tax dollars on.

Sleepy Don at it again! The most energetic president ever btw.

In case you forgot what it looks like when a real president gets the love at a game. You know, when the crowd actually wants the president there.

I GOT THE DOMAIN! I FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!1 🥳🎉 Paint​.NET is now at paint.net! Well, it will be just as soon as I push all the buttons to migrate content and set up redirects from getpaint​.net etc. For now it's just a "hey go here" redirect page.

A judge has ordered the MAGA regime to remove the orange felon’s name from The Kennedy Center as as well as blocked them from closing it for 2 years. Huge win, fuck fascists.

The conversion and cannibalization from the Fitbit app to the Google Health app made me cancel my Fitbit subscription and export my data. What an inferior app. Greedy mother fuckers.

Android should stay open, user-controlled, and interoperable. Restricting sideloading, third-party stores, and custom software hurts innovation, security research, and user freedom. Support the open letter. #Android #OpenSource #Linux #Privacy

Donald Trump just said it himself: He doesn't care about the American people.

Trump: "Americans' financial situation -- I don't think about anybody. I think about one thing. We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all."

We need to win back Congress to put a roadblock in front of Trump. Every Republican seat we flip is a vote against healthcare cuts, rising prices, voter suppression and racist Jim Crow rhetoric like what Jen Kiggans said on a talk show yesterday. #JimCrowJen www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

I always love getting tacos with friends, but today was really something special.

It was great joining @jamestalarico.bsky.social and @ginafortexas.bsky.social today in Texas. They're working hard to make a difference in the lives of all Texans, and will be able to do even more as your next Senator and Governor. Let’s get it done, Texas!

PabloReports: Ted Cruz called you a parasite and disparaged your work as a bartender. AOC: I think it’s funny that he’s been taking a government paycheck for 23 years but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here.

Is anyone surprised that MAGA is racist?

Inflation hit 3.8% last month, the highest rate in three years. Gas prices alone rose 5.4% from March to April due to Trump's war on Iran. And the jump in grocery prices this past month was the highest in nearly four years. Wages are now officially lagging behind inflation. "New Golden Age."

More Americans now say things were cheaper under Joe Biden than under Donald Trump, a new poll reveals. www.atlasintel.org/polls/genera...

These deaths are on him as well as the parents he has misled.

RESULTS from Texas: The school district of Grapevine Colleyville, near Fort Worth, drew national attention after conservatives running on an explicitly Christian message took over the board (archive: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...). Voters just ousted 3 conservative incumbents tonight.

Democrats just flipped Pearland, Texas. Quentin Wiltz has defeated Republican Tony Carbone in the mayoral race — turning a red seat blue.

Last night saw more setbacks for the Texas right in school boards. They already lost a lot of ground twelve months ago; yesterday, at least six conservative board members who’ve been at the forefront of book bans or policies restricting LGBT rights were ousted. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

BURGUM: Understand -- there are times in North Dakota when the wind does not blow and the sun doesn't shine KING: Of course. That's where batteries come in

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "It's absolute madness. How can any person that is mentally stable call for an entire civilization of people to be murdered? That's what the president called for. That shows there's serious instability in his thinking. This should never be tolerated."

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After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

NEW: A federal judge has ordered the DOJ to hand over all it's evidence in the murder of Renee Nicole Good in the next 3 weeks. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

25th amendment. Impeachment. I will support any avenue to remove Donald Trump from office. We cannot leave this man in charge of America’s nuclear weapons as he threatens to end an entire civilization. And Congress must not fund this reckless administration.

The Vice President is overseas campaigning for a dictator, because I guess there’s nothing going on here that warrants his attention.

What if the United States had a Congress?

I'm sure I'm not the first to say this but they need to stop remaking classic films. We don't need a million reboots, we need to be remaking movies that had great ideas but were executed poorly. Actually give them a chance to realize their potential. Leave the classics alone. Make new classics.

Delaying booking a return flight back to my house in case my idiot president launches a nuclear war tonight. Even if he eats shit and walks away tonight, don't let anyone forget how fucking stupid this moment was. Don't let kids forget how close we are to annihilation, provided we make it.

The Vice President is abroad campaigning for a dictator. The President is threatening to wipe out an entire civilization. Congress is on recess. This is a total collapse of American moral leadership — at a historic scale.

Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.

BREAKING: There it is. 2 week extension. TACO.

He still needs to be removed from office. A war powers resolution will not suffice. He circumvented Congress to start the war. He circumvented them on tariffs and appropriations. Why anyone thinks he'd adhere to a Congressional war powers resolution is beyond me.

Trump says he’s “ordering” CNN to retract their reporting and “authorities are looking to determine whether or not a crime was committed.” Dude thinks he’s a dictator.

We’ve had presidents who didn’t understand economics, foreign policy, diplomacy, and lacked knowledge of historical lessons. But they were advised by people who did and listened to them. Now we have a president who doesn’t understand anything and won’t listen to people who do.

Buh-bye, Johnny. Don’t let the door hit your ass on your way out.

may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye.