Andy Nortrup

I'm an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran against this bullshit.

I know folks get real mad when I say this but in times of widespread security crisis, static sites sure are nice

If you're a railway customer, you need to jump on this immediately. "We strongly recommend that you immediately roll all environment variables, including any API keys, stored in Railway" blog.railway.com/p/security-d...

Trump’s midterms closing argument

THIS IS NOT A DRILL. If you package/distribute/maintain root stores or chain verifiers, act immediately. If you know how to remove trust in a root, consider doing it now. Otherwise, prepare to update systems as patches/mitigations come. Go users, update to Go 1.27.3 or Go 1.26.10.

I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you

In saner times, we would consider an American who graduated from a US law school and then spent the only practical part of her career practicing for an undisclosed employer in Beijing as "having been developed as a Chinese asset and should in no circumstances be permitted in the White House." But...

Very interesting that we went to the trouble of removing and repatriating these Iranians (generally good) but will murder anyone on a boat that we think has drugs on it in the Caribbean (bad).

Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.

For the love of God, stop saying this regime's ruthless authoritarianism "raises questions" and start telling us what answers you have for us. If you can't do that, get the fuck out of the way.

This story makes it sound like the major problem is that the Trump Admin did this w/in 60 days of an election. Yes, that's a real abuse. But the major problem is they're basically threatening to denaturalize an opposition legislator, based on racist insinuations. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

I'm 100% in favor of blowing things up in Russia, but as a person who makes their living making technology work in the cloud, I don't love the evolution data centers getting blown up. It's not surprising, but if you work in cloud technology you better have a plan for regional failover.

Now when you fill up your truck you can have the satisfaction of knowing that you have helped Putin buy drones to kill children.

Trump Accounts Were a GOOD Idea. He Just Made It an Icky One. What started as a bipartisan savings concept now comes with stocks you can’t reject, a five-year lockup, and some very happy billionaires.

If you lose power during Hurricane Isaias and use a portable generator, remember to run it at least 20 feet away from your home. Never run a generator indoors. Carbon monoxide is a deadly gas you can't see or smell and it can kill in minutes.

Here’s more about the role, and how to apply: 19thnews.org/careers/chie...

Fervo Energy declares commercial operation at Cape Station geothermal power plant www.renewableenergymagazine.com/geothermal/f...

JUST IN: Federal judge has blocked Trump's termination of court-appointed Seattle US attorney Roger Rogoff, for now, ordering AG Blanche to give him access to the office right away. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

As Suicide Prevention Month comes to a close, that doesn't mean the problem ends or we stop talking about it. Veterans, you are not alone, and support is available to you.

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

yeah fine second brain why the hell not

We already had our flight for Thanksgiving changed to a different flight, presumably so they could cancel our original flight.

receiving reports that "mtg" refers to the card game Magic The Gathering and not, as I have assumed for years, to Marjorie Taylor Greene

BREAKING: Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee sitting in DC, issues a preliminary injunction blocking the entire U.S. Postal Service mail ballot rule. Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (Key portions of the rule were blocked by Judge Talwani in federal court in Massachusetts.)

Omggg @propublica.org Absolute balls of steel to publish this story on the Russian oligarch and Putin crony who apparently funded a bunch of Don Trump Jr’s latest wedding. The president did not attend, but a bunch of mysterious Russian-speaking men did www.propublica.org/article/dona...

You haven't met all the people that will love you for you yet.

This is what happens when Product Managers don't write clear acceptance criteria like "product must not impede emergency responders" which I feel like we have enough experience with autonomous cars at this point that we can know we need to include that.

I don’t know how many members of the military will receive the message but it simply could not be clearer that this administration doesn’t give a flying fuck about anyone it’s putting in harm’s way

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No fucking shit buddy. This is what we were trying to tell you.

Kurt Schlicter once told a disabled veteran to off himself. I know because I was that veteran.

Timeline cleanse.....wooo ooooo!

Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.

I'm not sure if Muppet Treasure Island or Three Musketeers is my favorite Tim Curry role.

I'm hiring a Product Manager II to join me at Smartsheet. If you ever have 💭s about and want to reshape how process and project work actually gets done join me. Looking for PMs with ~2-5 years of PM experience. www.linkedin.com/posts/mikalf...

dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it

"Illinois is the latest example of how a state can embrace virtual power plants and see results almost immediately." insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202...

Getting more productive shouldn't mean that most companies produce 10x the amount of software, it's that they get 10x as ambitious on what they produce. "What have we not built for the last 5 years because it was too hard?" Is the question Product Management and engineering should be asking.

Got a message for the Russian government on Ukrainian Independence Day? I’ll write it on one of the 500 blue and yellow balloons we are delivering to the embassy in Washington tomorrow!

Seems like a good day to repost this great @99pi.org story on CanCon and the MAPL test. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/669-... #canada

'"Remove any information that could identify your connection to the DON or reveal patterns of life," the message says. "Adversaries are actively mining this data."'