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joe sepi @joesepi.com · 18d

Work! #jsconf

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OpenJS Foundation @openjsf.org · Sep 23

Open source foundations don’t run on “magic piles of money.”

Registries, CDNs, CI pipelines, security response and compliance work all require sustained support. Read why OpenJS joined peers in signing “Open Infrastructure is Not Free.”

🔗 hubs.la/Q03KtFgr0

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Apr 10

The trader guys woke up this morning in the same clothes as last night, covered in margarita stains and their own vomit.

Then the realisation hit. A 125% tariff on China and 10% tariff on 200 other countries isn’t a “pause on tariffs”.

The S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq all showing falls of 2.38%, 1.98% and 2.7% respectively

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Apr 10

Let’s estimate that Apple sells 50 million iPhones per year in the US. Apple couldn’t manufacture 50 million iPhones per year in the US at any cost. No amount of money could be thrown at the problem and make it happen that 50 million new iPhones are made in the US:
daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...

Trump, Supposedly, Thinks the U.S. Has the ‘Resources’ Needed to Make iPhones

Link to: https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/08/trump-thinks-the-us-has-the-resources-needed-to-make-iphones/

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Apr 2

Discount Fireworks’
BIG WEEKEND OF SHOWS!

APR 4 FRI - at AS220 in Providence, RI
APR 5 SAT - at Joe Nolan’s 50th birthday bash at Scottish Dave’s in Clinton, CT
APR 6 SUN - at Three Sheets punk rock matinee

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Apr 1

“Behold the decade of mid tech!

That is what I want to say every time someone asks me, “What about A.I.?” with the breathless anticipation of a boy who thinks this is the summer he finally gets to touch a boob….”

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes

A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

www.nytimes.com

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Apr 1

In this 10-minute video, John Lithgow reads each of the lessons from Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

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John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

In this 10-minute video, John Lithgow reads each of the lessons from Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Mar 25

Keep hearing people say protests against first Trump administration were ineffective. Evidence suggests otherwise.

Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Feb 2

Many “savvy” folks argue protests can’t work. Evidence suggests otherwise.

“Muslim ban set off a fury of protests across US, garnering tremendous media attention and discussion… Portraying ‘Ban’ at odds with inclusive elements of American identity prompted some citizens to shift their attitudes…”

A Change of Heart? Why Individual-Level Public Opinion Shifted Against Trump’s “Muslim Ban” - Political Behavior

Public opinion research suggests that rapid and significant individual-level fluctuations in opinions toward various policies is fairly unexpected absent methodological artifacts. While this may gener...

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Mar 28

👊 Law Firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders

President Trump has targeted big law firms that he claims have “weaponized” the legal system. On Friday, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale fought back in court.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/b...

Law Firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders

President Trump has targeted big law firms that he claims have “weaponized” the legal system. On Friday, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale fought back in court.

www.nytimes.com

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Mar 28

Two prominent American scholars on fascism & authoritarianism, Timothy Snyder & Jason Stanley, have recently moved from Yale to the University of Toronto. Stanley: “the primary reason was the deteriorating political situation in the United States”.

kottke.org/25/03/004652...

Two prominent American scholars on fascism & authoritarianis...

Two prominent American scholars on fascism & authoritarianism, Timothy Snyder & Jason Stanley, have recently moved from Yale to th

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Mar 27

“A new report from Reuters: one of the young DOGE employees, 19yo Edward Coristine, previously was involved with a cybercrime group known as "EGodly."

Also known by his online nickname "Big Balls," he provided support for cybercriminals through his company DiamondCDN”

mashable.com/article/doge...

DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' allegedly involved with cybercrime ring

Elon Musk's DOGE boys are currently rifling through government data. Do you trust them?

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Mar 27

“Der Spiegel reported Wed not only were Trump's officials communicating via Signal, their cell phone numbers can be found online.

Hegseth, Mike Waltz and Gabbard all had their private data, passwords and cell phone numbers leaked and can be found online…”

boingboing.net/2025/03/26/w...

White House officials’ Signal group chat leak now includes passwords, phone data

The Trump Administration's "SignalGate" leak of war plans only gets worse and worse.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Mar 21

Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:

"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."

Jeremy and colleagues, Many deals I work on have concepts of conditional
notice. This is mine. Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment, which should include at minimum (i) signing on to the firm amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie in its litigation fighting the Trump administration's executive order against it, ii) committing to broad future representation, regardless of whether powerful people view it as adverse to them, (iii) refusal to cooperate with the EEOC's request for personal information of our colleagues clearly targeted at intimidating non-white employees, (iv) public refusal to fire or otherwise force out employees at the Trump administration's directive or implied directive and (v) public commitment to maintenance of affinity
groups and related initiatives. This is not what I saw for my career or for my evening, but Paul Weiss' decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEl, representation and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not
continue to work here.

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Mar 21

“Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US

Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gig”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US

Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gig

www.theguardian.com

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Mar 13

The US is vulnerable and its getting worse...
#cybersecurity

www.wired.com/story/inside...

‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge

Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.

www.wired.com

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Mar 12

This will be incredible, I’m sure. I cannot wait! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/a...

Meow Wolf to Open New York Edition of Its Immersive Art Program

The Santa Fe, N.M., company has found success tapping into the experience economy and artistic psychedelia.

www.nytimes.com

joe sepi @joesepi.com · Feb 26

iPhones are briefly changing 'racist' to 'Trump' due to an iOS dictation issue

www.engadget.com/mobile/iphon...

iPhones are briefly changing 'racist' to 'Trump' due to an iOS dictation issue

A bizarre bug is causing iPhones to automatically change the word “racist” to “Trump” when using the built-in dictation feature in iOS.

www.engadget.com

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Halaylah, of No House @halaylah.com · Feb 24

I've been screaming this for years.

"Listen, if a Bad President can come in and take away our rights and we're dependent on a Good President replacing them in four years to give us back our rights, then we do not have any rights.

"If politicians can take or distribute them, then they're not 'inalienable' and they're not 'rights.'

"We don't have inalienable rights we have conditional privileges, divvied out according to the whims of whoever currently holds the reins.

"And if we want to have actual rights, then we must build a system in which no one has the power to take them away to begin with."

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Marc Hedlund @marcprecipice.bsky.social · Feb 21

Here's a little thread of some excellent videos of people punching up this week. First up, the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, telling Trump, "I'll see you in court," to his face and on video. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 21

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?

JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here

TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?

JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law

T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

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kottke.org @kottke.org · Feb 24

We the Builders is a site run by current and former federal employees about how “DOGE” is destroying the government. “They are destroyers. We are the builders. We don’t work for DOGE. We have always worked for you.” [wethebuilders.org]

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Feb 21

Both bands! Two shows! One club! One weekend!

Saturday, Drifting North is with My Fellow and Magic Deal from Philly at Three Sheets in New Haven

Discount Fireworks is doing the Sunday matinee thing with EGG! and Pencils Down, also at Three Sheets

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Feb 21

While Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Bing have all caved, Mapquest has held fast, along with the Associated Press and Encyclopedia Britannica.

Now, the OG online map service lets you rename the Gulf of Mexico anything you want with "Name Your Own Gulf."

boingboing.net/2025/02/20/m...

Mapquest lets "Name Your Own Gulf"

While Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Bing have all caved and renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Mapquest has held fast, along with the Associated Press…

boingboing.net

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Feb 19

MUST READ: “…this is not just Elon Musk’s coup. Musk seems to be following his own playbook but it’s clear that there are multiple, intersecting, mutually beneficial things going on there with Trump, Musk, Vought, and many Republican members of Congress.”

kottke.org/25/02/theyre...

They’re Purposefully Traumatizing the Federal Workforce

Russell Vought is a Christian nationalist, a significant contributor to Project 2025, the policy director of the RNC’s platf

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Feb 18

Through moving images, intimate portraits & interviews, Juliet Klottrup created Skate Like a Lass: a moving archive of these skate subcultures that aims to “address gaps in representation, participation, and historical documentation within skateboarding"
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/jul...

Skate like a lass: Juliet Klottrup’s take on skating, survival and self-expression up north

Documenting underrepresented communities in the skate scene, the photographer and filmmaker has merged self-authored images with poignant portraits to reimagine the conventional capturing of the sport...

www.itsnicethat.com

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joe sepi @joesepi.com · Feb 9

Truly how I feel right now

RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · Feb 9

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