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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... PC Revolutions, C compilers clacking huge Floppy Disks , Lisp Machine Nirvana, Unix Wars, building an early ISP, Metro Wireless, #Startups that went down, Hardware Image Processing, Objective C training from Brad Cox, first C++ Conference, unreadable Perl, lots of Python, Ruby, #Clojure and now back to #Python, #DevOps, #AWSCommunityBuilder, #Serverless, #Sourdough Software System and Cloud Architectures. Not time to die!

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The CFPB is genuinely making America better, and they're going HARD

Let's take a sec here and notice something genuinely great happening in the US government: the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's stunning, unbroken streak of major, muscular victories over the forces of corporate corruption, with the backing of the Supreme Court (yes, that Supreme Court), and which is only speeding up! - @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/10/getting-things-done/#deliverism

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Indeed, airlines are the cradle of junk-fees, the business that figured out how to extract 100 percent margins on "extras" that don't cost them anything to provide, like seat selection. The Big Four airlines pull down $8.3 billion/year on junk-fees, and it's all thanks to one fella: Jay Sorensen, founder of Ideaworkscompany, a consultancy that teaches airlines how to rip us off. - @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/07/drip-drip-drip/#drip-off

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The entire top management of Boeing needs to removed and proscecuted for endangering the lives of millions while destroying a key industrial capacity of the USA. They should be replaced by people with engineering and safety mentalities.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/01/boeing-safety-crisis-response-union-busting?CMP=share_btn_url

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Impeach Justice Samuel Alito https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuHFFkezgVs&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rberger ,
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@rbreich And while you are at it, Impeach the other ultra-corrupt Clarence Thomas

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The Appeal to Heaven flag isn't just tied to Jan 6.

It's a Christian nationalist symbol.

Christian nationalists believe that the law of the land is not the Constitution, but instead the law of God as they interpret it.

Do you see the problem with Alito flying this flag?

rberger ,
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@rbreich I mean, isn’t this in complete conflict with his oath to uphold the Constitution?

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Finally, there was the eye-popping story broken by Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow in the Washington Post on Thursday, revealing that last month, at a private meeting with about two dozen top oil executives at Mar-a-Lago, Trump offered to reverse President Joe Biden’s environmental rules designed to combat climate change and to stop any new ones from being enacted in exchange for a $1 billion donation.
... (1/2)

rberger OP ,
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Chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration Richard Painter wrote: “This is called bribery. It’s a felony.” He followed up with “Even a candidate who loses can be prosecuted for bribery. That includes the former guy asking for a billion dollars in campaign cash from oil companies in exchange for rolling back environmental laws.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-12-2024?r=103mi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email (2/2)

mekkaokereke , to random
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If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

rberger ,
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@mekkaokereke @John @Laplantgenetics @martinvermeer @CelloMomOnCars The problem is that the Chinese cars are fantasticly good. And the US car manufacturers are unwilling to make as good a car at a good price point. We need industrial policy that will effectively [re]-create world class unionized (or better yet worker owned) manufacturing and meta-manufacturing (the machines to make machines). (1/2)

rberger ,
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We allowed the financial manipulators gut our manufacturing and get rich and even more powerful while being traitors to our nation.

We should have high tarriffs for the Chinese cars as the Chinese government did subsizdize those manufacturers to a huge degree. But the high tarrfis should only be there to allow the US to [re]-develop its manufacturing base. If the Corps will block that then don’t put in the tarrifs. (2/2)

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Enshittification arises when the everyday mediocre sociopaths who run tech companies are freed from the constraints that act against them. When the web - and its browsers - were a big, contented, diverse, competitive space, it was harder for tech companies to collude to capture standards bodies like the W3C to secure even more dominance. (1/2)

rberger OP ,
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As the web turned into Tom Eastman's "five giant websites filled with screenshots of text from the other four," that kind of collusion became much easier - @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/07/treacherous-computing/#rewilding-the-internet (2/2)

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All this highlights the increasing divergence between the UK and the US when it comes to labor rights. Under the Biden Administration, @NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has promulgated a rule that grants a union automatic recognition if the boss does anything to interfere with a union election:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/06/goons-ginks-and-company-finks/#if-blood-be-the-price-of-your-cursed-wealth… (1/2)

rberger OP ,
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In other words, if Amazon tries these tactics in the USA now, their union will be immediately recognized. Abruzzo has installed an ultra-sensitive tilt-sensor in America's union elections, and if Bezos or his class allies so much as sneeze in the direction of their workers' democratic rights, they automatically lose.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/06/one-click-to-quit-the-union/ (2/2)

Strandjunker , to random
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Voting for Biden means you have the freedom to vote for another president in 4 years.

Voting for Trump means you lose that very freedom.

rberger ,
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@Strandjunker Agree 100%. But it would be even better if Biden would come out and say “I was mistaken, Netanyahu has gone way to far. We are stopping all military aid to Israel until they enter peace talks and commit to a 2 state agreement. Netanyahu and Hamas should both go in front of the ICC war crimes commission”

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McNerney's big idea was to get rid of "phenomenally talented assholes" and outsource the Dreamliner's design to Boeing's suppliers, who were utterly dependent on the company and could easily be pushed around (McNerney didn't care that most of these companies lacked engineering departments). (1/2)

rberger OP ,
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This resulted in a $80b cost overrun, and a last-minute scramble to save the 787 by shipping a "cleanup crew" from Seattle to South Carolina, in the hopes that those "phenomenally talented assholes" could save McNerney's ass.

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“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate put it to the convention. “We do not want to be a democracy.”

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-wa-gop-put-it-in-writing-that-theyre-not-into-democracy/

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Via Adam Parkhomenko:

Republican Congressman Gonzales on CNN:

I serve with some real scumbags. Matt , he paid minors to have sex with him at drug parties.

rberger ,
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@GottaLaff All we need is a couple of Republicans who have an actual shred of morality in them to go independent and caucus with the Democrats. They should do that instead of (or before) just resigning.

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“Conflict is a reliable way to know whether or not you're a leftist. As Steven Brust says, the way to distinguish a leftist is to ask "What's more important, human rights, or property rights?" If you answer "Property rights are human right," you're not a leftist. Leftists don't necessarily oppose all property rights - they just think they're less important than human rights.”

“ Hate ”

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/18/in-extremis-veritas/

rberger , to random
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The Supreme Court has a history of its own obstruction of justice and process.

They put their finger on the scale for Bush in 2000 setting in motion the Republican takeover of Democracy.

Upheld "Citizens" United that gave corporations and billionaires infinite power.

The majority perjured themselves in Senate hearings declaring Roe vs. Wade settled law then going against the law and the will of the people to strike it down. (1/3)

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#SCOTUS is hearing a challenge today to a federal #law prosecutors used to charge >350 people who attacked the Capitol on #Jan6.
>100 have been convicted & sentenced under the statute for obstructing or impeding an ofcl proceeding—the joint session that convened to confirm Biden’s victory.

The case could impact #Trump’s federal trial in DC for trying to remain in power, 2 charges he faces are based on the same #obstruction statute.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/16/supreme-court-jan-6-obstruction-case-trump-rioters/

rberger ,
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@Nonilex #ClarenceThomas's wife is one of the insurrectionists!

randahl , to random
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If your feed is a little quiet, just follow more people.

Here are 10 accounts of really friendly folk, I enjoy following:

@Eetschrijver
@TalktoBeverley
@JohnLoader6
@harriettmb
@isaackuo
@rberger
@jenselbaek
@stargazersmith
@ekknappenberger
@DeeGLloyd

🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘

rberger ,
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@randahl @Eetschrijver @TalktoBeverley @JohnLoader6 @harriettmb @isaackuo @jenselbaek @stargazersmith @ekknappenberger @DeeGLloyd I didn’t originally see you had me listed there! Thanks. And thanks for the additional folks I hadn’t been already following.

Its true that the more folks you follow, the better your Mastadon experience is!

rberger , to random
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As The Economist has noted, “the arsenal of deceit is highly effective at keeping malign leaders in power, which is perhaps why global democracy has been in retreat for the past decade.” That’s why the media needs to call a lie a lie, and not worry if doing so appears partisan, while making clear that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would mark a radical break from America as we know it. This isn’t just another normal presidential race.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/donald-trump-2024-election-none-of-this-is-normal

futurebird , (edited ) to random
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Am I the only one who finds the republicans in the house quitting a little ... ominous?

What is about to go down that the rats are fleeing the ship?

(with apologies to actual rats)

rberger ,
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@futurebird We need just one more to drop or flip

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rberger ,
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@RikerGoogling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PG5PCd284o

mastodonmigration , (edited ) to random
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"Waiting for Mueller prevented us from talking to the American people about the facts we already knew about Trump’s rancid relationship with the Russian government. We should not repeat that consequential mistake again this year... We should take these trials from the legal domain and bring them into the political one." -Simon Rosenberg

Really smart advice! Sitting around with bated breath for courts to move on matters that the American public already know in their hearts is a sucker move.

rberger ,
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@mastodonmigration We need to have massive protests in every city and particularly in Washington DC demanding the removal of Trump Appointees from all Judicial positions and insurrectionists from Congress.

GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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Forgot the #WompWomp !

🤭👉🏼 “#Trump offered NY appeals court a bond of only $100 mil to pause the more than $450 million penalty he faces in his civil fraud case, a clear sign that the former president lacks the $ to cover the full amount.

..also asked to pause enforcement of finan penalty & wide range of other punishments the judge levied.” #legal

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/nyregion/trump-bond-civil-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y00.UqI6.B_XfSft7EHNo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

rberger ,
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@GottaLaff @tomiahonen The money came to me, big strong money, with tears streaming down from its eyes…

rberger , to random
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Libraries are enjoying a renaissance in usage. They're also battling book bans and bearing the brunt of a host of societal issues — from caring for unhoused people and migrants to distributing COVID tests and Narcan for drug overdoses.

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/libraries-ebooks-hoopla-libby-book-ban-censorship

rberger , to random
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@pluralistic coined yet another great new word describing the dystopian era we are living in:

The Enshittocene

Google reneged on the monopolistic bargain

"A funny thing happened on the way to the enshittocene: Google – which astonished the world when it reinvented search, blowing Altavista and Yahoo out of the water with a search tool that seemed magic – suddenly turned into a pile of shit.”
#Enshittocene #enshitification
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/21/im-feeling-unlucky/#not-up-to-the-task

rberger , to random
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Republican insurgents building military bases to fight the USA with public funds


https://wapo.st/3UIkZdC

rberger OP ,
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@ariadne It was supposed to be a “Gift Article” There is some way to click on it that will get to the free one vs other ways to click on it that won’t. Try clicking on the “wapo.st” directly instead of the box that contains it. Unfortunately I can’t test it since I have a subscription :-)

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"One day after Putin told Tucker Carlson he invaded Ukraine not because of NATO, but because of his commitment to pursue Greater Russia, Trump promised he'd help Putin pursue Greater Russia. …

At a time when winning the election is an existential necessity for Trump, one day after Putin made clear he is seeking not just Ukraine, but Greater Russia, Trump overtly promised to allow Russia to carve up NATO."

~ Marcy Wheeler

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/12/call-and-response-putin-is-demanding-greater-russia/

rberger ,
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@wdlindsy @digitalrodent So besides sedition and insurrection, Trump should be hung for Treason

GottaLaff , to random
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👋🏼Marianne Williamson suspends her presidential campaign, ending long-shot primary challenge to Biden https://apnews.com/article/76505d653c2f06f703bd5755c6cb9908

rberger ,
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@GottaLaff Good riddance

rberger , to random
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“Look, I know that Eisenhower didn't trade cow-lips for alien technology - but our political and commercial elites really did trade national resiliency away for IP laws, and it's a bargain that screwed everyone, except the one percenters whose power and wealth have metastasized into a deadly cancer that threatens the country and the planet.” - @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/07/farewell-mr-chips/

rberger , to random
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Trump's aide says to him, "Sir, I had a dream you got your parade.

It was miles and miles long winding through Washington DC.

Joyful Americans lined the route, literally in the millions. People were laughing, cheering, playing in the street.

You were riding in the most beautiful carriage."

Trump asks, "Was I happy?"

The aide answers, "I don't know, sir. The casket was closed."

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YES BY ALL MEANS LET’S SEE IF IS

Nail him to for three days. If he comes back we’ll all be .

It should be a for him. After all, he already has the

rberger ,
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@otownKim @RodneyPetersonTalent https://hachyderm.io/@rberger/111859382712581507

rberger , to random
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We're living in the enshittocene, in which the forces of enshittification are turning everything from our cars to our streaming services to our dishwashers into thoroughly enshittifified piles of shit. Call it the Great Enshittening…

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Supported kickstarter presale of @pluralistic 2nd book in the Martin Hench series “a hard-charging, two-fisted forensic accountant who's spent 40 years busting every baroque finance scam Silicon Valley came up with.”

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-bezzle-a-martin-hench-audiobook-amazon-wont-sell?ref=thanks-copy

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