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Michael F. Meitbual

@michaelmeitbual.bsky.social

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The goddamn paterfamilias of the family Meitbual. Wearer of many nerd hats - current professional focus is GPU-accelerated motion graphics plugins. Longtime resident of the City of Trees he/him/fuck crypto dipshits stay away

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Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 9h

Every facet like this presumes good-faith operators. Folks who understand that they may be out of power eventually.

No one listened - 2024 was the last election in the US. There will be state elections but as far as our national government goes, we're not getting it back short of...

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Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 12h

Crystal meth. This sounds like a smart-ass answer but as I understand, Stone really likes his meth.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 12h

If there was a single person in this world who I'm glad doesn't know who I am, it's Roger Stone.

Dude is a first-class sociopath.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 14h

Time to see what Polymarket has available...

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15h

Via @klasfeldreports.com, George Santos may not be done with the criminal justice system.

A statement from Nassau, NY DA Anne Donnelly:

Since first learning of George Santos' actions, I have been at the forefront of bringing him to justice. I am proud of the work my office has done, and the conviction achieved in partnership with the US Attorney's office, While the office cannot comment on ongoing investigations, suffice it to say that I remain focused on prosecuting political corruption whereever it exists regardless of political affiliation.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 15h

The value of public transportation isn't the fares - it's the economic activity created by "grandma can get her hair done on the other side of town".

Right-wingers can't understand this because they don't understand economics.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 15h

We've always known physical accses to a machine allows you to mess with things.

But you can't do stuff like this without changing firmware checksums and those checksums not matching would be caught by the deployment procedures.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 15h

People have all kinds of fun shit tattoooed on them in languages they don't speak.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah you have the first part right, it is a skill game, but the second part - poker is definitely illegal in Idaho. There have been some underground games in Boise over the years but they all shut down over time. I only remember 1 game that shut down due to intervention by law enforcement, however.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

The funny part to me is everything in this picture is Red aka Communist instead of Red White and Blue.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

So I'm trying to find what movies this is and it sends me down this rabbit hole.

Apparently Google's AI believes someone actually baked a shit pie for the production?

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

@annabower.bsky.social isn't a journalist but imma follow her anyway and I think you should too.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

I've played in Boise poker games - at one game there was easily $10K on the table - for 20+ years.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

LLMs actually have utility though.

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Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

Ya know when your buddy comes back from tour all born-again cuz he took too much L and met Jesus but then 3 weeks later is saying "Bananas and blow? I only have room for one of these in my rectum and it's not a fucking banana."

That's the vibe I get from Thiel.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

"You never even told me about a story" HALLIGAN CONTACTED HER.

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Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah if she intended it to be on-the-record she would have communicated via carrier pigeon as is tradition. Her intent was clear.

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Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know how these folks still manage to surprise me with their incompetence. Wow.

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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 1d

If he abused you behind closed doors,
But controlled himself around potential witnesses, friends and his family… that was abuse and he knew exactly what he was doing.

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Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah there's a huge difference between being hated on principle and being hated the way "Jesus loves you but everyone else thinks you're an asshole" seems to apply so uniquely to guys like Cuomo.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

Part of why "software engineering" is precisely the wrong term to use for the discipline.

There's no stamp of professional responsibility. If my software goes all Tacoma Narrows Bridge - oh well, we'll fix it on next release.

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Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

They should call the Epstein files the "pedo files".

I'll be here all week, tip your wait staff.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up in a cult started by a fella named Joseph Smith so I did a double-take reading this.

Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

Boise born and raised in LDS family. I'm no longer a member of the LDS church but my family - immediate and extended - who think Trump is a dangerous moron on his best days.

Idaho is a diverse place.

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Michael F. Meitbual @michaelmeitbual.bsky.social · 1d

Sandpoint had estimated 1200 people which is 10% of the population.

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