Karsten Wade

Thanks to everyone who has watched as I’ve shared all of the “250 to 250” videos for which I wrote scripts. This is the last one, & how fitting to have it read by @hcrichardson.bsky.social herself since the “250 to 250” project was her idea. Tonight: the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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IF ONLY WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT MOST VICTIMS OF TRUMP'S POLITICAL VIOLENCE HAVE IN COMMON?!?! Because knowing is half the battle.

Today I learned: Where a facial wash product for women "gently cleanses and moisturizes ..." A face wash for men "cleans thoroughly and fights dryness ..." 🫯🚱

Hearing the latest news about the Kennedy Center and the redacted construction plan from a company with Delta in its name, I'm wondering what is near there might be getting a secret bunker or tunnel treatment?

The oldest open-source cloud, OpenStack, is ready for the age of #AI with additions like confidential computing, improved DNS, and more AI-friendly infrastructure .by @sjvn.bsky.social opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/openstack-...

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If you look closely you see the design prompt was to make a uniform to look like the Starship Troopers movie. You know, the movie that specifically made them look like fascist uniforms on purpose to visually drive home a major point of the story about fascist behaviors being bad.

Another non-solution to inflation and high gas prices.

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

BREAKING: We filed multiple briefs to respond to today's SHOCKING USPS whistleblower report 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u... We are helping make sure everyone's vote is free & fair @democracydefendersfund.org @campaignlegal.org @lulacorg.bsky.social will not allow Trump’s mail ballot interference

This week's Distro of the Week, Garuda Linux, took a year to develop an update. Spoiler alert: It's great. This Arch-based distro also changed the naming convention of its distro to dragons. No small feat there either. Welcome to Garuda Temeraire Xfce! distrooftheweek.com/2026/08/26/d...

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep42 is out! With guest Simon Willison @simonwillison.net—an open source developer & creator of Datasette—on how AI is changing software development. We covered a LOT of fun territory. Listen here: 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/how... 📺 youtu.be/IrHaLMO96jg?...

As Bowie would say to Mark Goodman two years later: “.. Having watched MTV over the past few months, .. I’m just floored that by the fact that there’s so few black artists featured on it. Why IS that?”

The President of the United States is a liar.

Been saying the same myself for years, and I think that's how it works: pick what you care most about and can do, support others as you can, and we end up with good coverage

I just referred to unused memory buffers as "the liminal spaces of an ASIC" and I'm not sure if I'm proud or embarrassed...

There was a whole shakeup at the end of Trump's first term about it as well. 4/

Between Burnham's rise, Jackson's path to the Maine Senate ballot, and Trump's election fraud claims, there's a lot to keep up with. If you're feeling overwhelmed, start here.

From the production to the message, this is 💯🔥 and I ❤️‍🔥 it for you, and me, and all the children wee: youtu.be/OxONIPyYDZU?...

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Sen. Ossoff: If the President calls Georgia's senators illegitimate, he is calling Georgia's voters illegitimate. Donald Trump tried to commit voter fraud in Georgia when he badgered Brad Raffensperger to "find" him the exact number of votes he needed to win in a state he had lost.

Nothing to see here: Just 292,150+ people warning about Trump Admin’s new federal rule to strip grant funding power away from experts, scientists and unbiased arbiters Instead granting power over federal grants to Trump appointees Enormous issue Comment deadline is today

A bombshell FOIA request has revealed how the FBI and Department of Justice trained its investigators to scrub the Epstein files clean. trib.al/dNbUbM3

Lindsey Graham died the way he lived, as a minor distraction from Mitch McConnell

Got some big Epstein news for you today. bsky.app/profile/muel...

Gosh, only a true friend would die as a distraction from what's happening with Mitch McConnell! #HabeasTortoise

Sold me at 'oblong', here's my money: 💵💵💵💵💸💸💸🤑

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 9 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/FNfgR

I've never seen #SantaCruz so quiet on the 4th of July Barely any fireworks in the month leading up to today, either

In conclusion.......Why do you guys think I'm on here all the time talking about how farmers & farm workers are different? And how knowing that, & how rural power functions, is kinda key to having the US function as a democracy? It's because we have a mighty need!

Today we celebrate the PDFing of "Declaration FINAL v3 USE THIS ONE - SIGNED.docx" (Jefferson's draft was heavily edited by the Committee, then again by Congress, and he was big mad about it.)

Between April 26 & July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson had to rewrite the 13 colonies' breakup letter to King George Part 2 of our series on America's 250th bday explains how a mass murder shaped the Declaration of Independence

copyediting party!

Article 1 & the 1st Amendment are the opening elements because they are embodying the actual power of the People directly, all else in the Constitution cascades out of the Voice and Will of the People!

In honor of NYC and SF Pride, a story about sodomy.

"We are building the world's first XPipe ... Starpipe 3Pipe XPipe YPipe"

Norway has officially opened a new 13-kilometre cycling superhighway linking the cities of Stavanger and Sandnes. And, it’s a beautiful thing. momentummag.com/norway-opens...

@flysfo.bsky.social I thought the City outsourced its TSA services so y'all could make sure passengers were respected to a higher standard than what the feds required? Sad to report that very much was not the case today for my partner. Would very much appreciate a response.

The Supreme Court will release new opinions next Tuesday and Thursday. We are still waiting on several key voting and election cases. My advice: subscribe to Democracy Docket now to be ready and stay informed. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Perfect analogy 👨🏼‍🍳😚🤌🏼 (From my experience living in a man-body, I suspect the testosterone makes us fixate on the fruiting parts — I always feel the draw to act as @gwensnyder.bsky.social describes so perfectly, only discipline and experience keep me listening & eventually able to help the mycelium)

There we go!

Heads up for anyone checking out the new 'quaid-scanner', I just did a bugfix release 0.1.3 for a handful of things I caught while doing a large scale scan Sunday & Monday. `npm update quaid-scanner` Details at github.com/quaid/quaid-...

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

I am not calling Talarico a fake Christian, I'm just saying that his faith might not matter in Texas as much as outside it.