Code Junkie

Code Junkie

@codejunkie.bsky.social

Did you know there's only 24 hours in a day? WTF? Software engineer that loves the math part of computer science. Relearning math and physics. Learning to weld. Shop bookshop.org before you buy at Amazon. They even have an eReader. He/him

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@codejunkie.bsky.social

I want to live in a country where the people are ashamed to be rich because others are poor, not one where people are ashamed to be poor because others are rich.

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Brian Willis
@bwillisful.bsky.social

New @eprinews.bsky.social data shows U.S. grid battery failure rates fell more than 97% from 2016 to 2025, even as cumulative installations grew 250-fold. Batteries now have failure rates comparable to conventional substation transformers. via @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...

canarymedia.comAs US grid batteries surge, risk of fires plummetsConcerns about fires loom large in communities, but data shows the tech is no more at risk of failure than boring legacy infrastructure like substation…

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle
@dytsras.bsky.social

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

goodmorningamerica.com27-year-old man credited for saving kids, driver in runaway school busA 27-year-old Minnesota man is opening up after he saved nearly 20 children when their school bus driver suffered a medical emergency.

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Kevin Collier
@kevincollier.bsky.social

In any other admin, this would probably be the most outrageous official statement ever made by a sitting FCC director: Strongly implying that the government forbids broadcast networks from reporting on the president's falling poll numbers. (Sorry to paste from twitter but that's where he posts.)

Code Junkie
@codejunkie.bsky.social

This is why I worry about the trans people in my state, and why so many keep their heads down. All it takes is for someone to yell "trans" in a tense election environment and it brings out the people will go after people and claim it's Gods will. www.texastribune.org/2026/10/20/t...

texastribune.orgTexas trans rights group blames backlash on false mailersThe mailers, sent by an organization formed last month in Wyoming, implicate a Texas transgender rights group that says it was not involved.

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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social

Team Paxton appears to have sent out fake mailers to Texas voters impersonating a trans student group and claiming to want to help kids secretly transition. The actual group said they had nothing to do with it, despite the mailers copying their aesthetic, and the address traces to a random UPS box.

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Tiffany⸆⸉
@tiffanyclay.dev

WSJ’s failure to cite @marisakabas.bsky.social’s work notwithstanding, it’s incredible that while David Axelrod is telling AES to smile more, WSJ is calling that same AES/Tommy exchange a “highlight.”

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

A young man asked Abdul-El Sayed if he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. The tense exchange has turned into a highlight for the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan. Here’s what happened.

on.wsj.comHow an Abdul El-Sayed Opponent Handed Him a Campaign HighlightHow an Abdul El-Sayed Opponent Handed Him a Campaign Highlight

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Ashton Pittman
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

mississippifreepress.orgKohen Wiley Shooting ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi AG SaysThe police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s…

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Robert Downen
@robertdownen.bsky.social

A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

texastribune.orgMigrant found dead at Laredo Processing Center run by ICEThe death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person to die while detained by ICE this year.

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ChrisO_wiki
@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

1/ The Musk-Trump decision to degrade Ukraine's Starlink access as a pressure tactic is a disaster not just for the United States' reputation but for the entire US defence industry. Musk's action may end up burning the whole industry. ⬇️

Code Junkie
@codejunkie.bsky.social

Watching ParaNorman, one of my favorite movies, especially around Halloween. There's a great line: "It's ok to be scared, as long as you don't let it change who you are." So many people need to learn that.

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Tom Joscelyn
@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org

jan6memoryproject.orgThe January 6 Memory ProjectA public archive of Department of Justice news releases and related court filings concerning prosecutions from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Ian Boudreau
@ianboudreau.com

Really important to make sure you quit or retire from your 'talking about stuff' job before you hit this point

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

Tucker Carlson: "If you look at pornography enough or bestiality videos all day, after a while... it's kind of an attractive horse, I get it."

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Kelly
@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Disability can happen to anyone at any time. It’s not due to deconditioning or a moral failing. Many chronic illnesses are the result of a viral infection from which the body never recovers. We need more awareness, treatments & clean air to reduce viral spread. www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...

bbc.comBeth Dobbin: British Olympic sprinter in bed for 22 hours a day after ME diagnosisBeth Dobbin ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Five years on, she is largely bedbound after being diagnosed with ME, a devastating illness for which there is no cure.

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Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

Dear Trump voters, You wanted mass deportations. Well, hundreds of thousands of people have been deported. NOW WHAT? • Did you get that job they supposedly took from you? • Did grocery prices drop? • Is rent cheaper? • Did your health insurance premiums drop? #TrumpsAbuseOfPower 🧵

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Kath Barbadoro
@kathbarbadoro.bsky.social

every culture eventually invents its own dumpling and its own bluegrass

Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

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Jonathan Howard
@joho.bsky.social

How could atrocities like the Tuskegee Experiment been allowed to happen? Thanks to MAHA, and reporters like @katherineeban.bsky.social and @melodyschreiber.com, none of us have to wonder such things anymore. My latest.

sciencebasedmedicine.orgI Used to Wonder How the Tuskegee Experiment Could Have Happened. No More.The cowards and sycophants who enabled, promoted, and normalized MAHA in any way are collectively to blame for its attempt to do Tuskegee 2.0.

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Adam Keiper
@adamkeiper.com

Parents, if you have dropped off a kid named Jimmy in the morning and picked up a kid named Janet at the end of the school day, please return to the school: You've driven off with some other family's child.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "They want to cut your children. It's unbelievable what they do. Your son leaves as Jimmy and comes home in three days as Janet, and they don't even ask you. They can take your child out of school and do whatever the hell they want. Minnesota is one of those states."

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James Talarico
@jamestalarico.bsky.social

Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

Fox host: President Trump said you all should have a debate… Is that in the works? Are you requesting one with him? Ken Paxton (lying): Oh well, no, look... We can never quite work out the details.

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Eric Umansky
@ericumansky.bsky.social

Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...

abc7.comICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEOSurveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
Code Junkie
@codejunkie.bsky.social

WAR.GOV? Really? What a disgusting link from our goverment, at the end of an ad that is supposedly touting the military, but is really just another "if you hate the administration, you hate the military, and you hate our country" ad.

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Eddie Smith
@eddsmitty.bsky.social

If you plan to watch a livestreamed public execution, chances are you would have attended a lynching 100 years ago. This is no different. Shame on you—whoever you are. #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth...

newsweek.comPete Hegseth pushes for public firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooterHegseth says Hasan's firing-squad execution should be public, potentially the first U.S. public execution in nearly 90 years.