celeste
@celesteasaurus.bsky.social
died tragically rescuing her family from the wreckage of a destroyed sinking battleship
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I hope this email finds you unprepared or forestalled by competitors.
June 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I hope this email finds you unprepared or forestalled by competitors.
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it doesn't work on jellyfish stings either so at some point you have to conclude there was just a very successful fetishist with a public health column
The “urine defeats tear gas” thing is an urban legend with roots in the Vietnam War
June 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
it doesn't work on jellyfish stings either so at some point you have to conclude there was just a very successful fetishist with a public health column
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The South African health minister who promoted “treating” HIV with beetroot juice and garlic instead of anti-retrovirals is estimated to have caused 300,000 deaths.
“As a measles outbreak expands in West Texas, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, on Tuesday cheered several unconventional treatments, including cod liver oil, but again did not urge Americans to get vaccinated.”
As Measles Spreads, Kennedy Embraces Remedies Like Cod Liver Oil
In an interview, the H.H.S. secretary claimed that unconventional treatments were helping patients but did not mention vaccination.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The South African health minister who promoted “treating” HIV with beetroot juice and garlic instead of anti-retrovirals is estimated to have caused 300,000 deaths.
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Friday was my last day working at 18F. It was a team of extraordinary people, but a few things happened that made me realize I had to leave.
Everything happens so much these days, so I thought I’d write down for myself what happened, and how I made my decision:
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leavin...
Friday was my last day working at 18F. It was a team of extraordinary people, but a few things happened that made me realize I had to leave.
Everything happens so much these days, so I thought I’d write down for myself what happened, and how I made my decision:
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leavin...
Moving on from 18F. — ethanmarcotte.com
I had a wonderful job, until I didn’t. This is about what happened—and what is happening.
ethanmarcotte.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Friday was my last day working at 18F. It was a team of extraordinary people, but a few things happened that made me realize I had to leave.
Everything happens so much these days, so I thought I’d write down for myself what happened, and how I made my decision:
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leavin...
Friday was my last day working at 18F. It was a team of extraordinary people, but a few things happened that made me realize I had to leave.
Everything happens so much these days, so I thought I’d write down for myself what happened, and how I made my decision:
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leavin...
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
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i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
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I've assembled a team of the most horrible perverts and criminals you've ever seen and we're going to fix this country
January 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I've assembled a team of the most horrible perverts and criminals you've ever seen and we're going to fix this country
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It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
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one thing I'm pretty sure of (though not from direct experience) is that if you somehow do the nazi salute by accident, & you're not a nazi, your reaction is more like "oh god what just happened, I'm mortified, I'm so sorry" than "I'll do it again if I want"
just saying
just saying
January 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
one thing I'm pretty sure of (though not from direct experience) is that if you somehow do the nazi salute by accident, & you're not a nazi, your reaction is more like "oh god what just happened, I'm mortified, I'm so sorry" than "I'll do it again if I want"
just saying
just saying
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American media: What could Elon Musk's hand gesture have meant?
German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
American media: What could Elon Musk's hand gesture have meant?
German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
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Spite and sheer bloodymindedness in the pursuit of transcendence is the vibe.
Spite and sheer bloodymindedness in the pursuit of transcendence is the vibe.
Get fucking cherished, asshole. Embrace joy, motherfucker. Seek fulfilling activities and friends, shithead. Smile at a puppy, fucko.
January 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
bsky.app/profile/pook...
Spite and sheer bloodymindedness in the pursuit of transcendence is the vibe.
Spite and sheer bloodymindedness in the pursuit of transcendence is the vibe.
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Once again, a gaslighting of what it was like. I found the leadership of tech to be very conservative even if their employees were not
Making my way through the Andreessen interview. A few immediate reactions…
He asserts that Silicon Valley in 1994 was all Clinton-Gore Dems.
…Tell that to George Gilder, Newt Gingrich, Louis Rossetto, and the Progress and Freedom Foundation.
The Ayn Rand tradition runs pretty deep.
He asserts that Silicon Valley in 1994 was all Clinton-Gore Dems.
…Tell that to George Gilder, Newt Gingrich, Louis Rossetto, and the Progress and Freedom Foundation.
The Ayn Rand tradition runs pretty deep.
January 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Once again, a gaslighting of what it was like. I found the leadership of tech to be very conservative even if their employees were not
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Actual smart people see being able to not double down, being able to admit error or lack of knowledge, as smart behavior. They respect a person *more* for saying "I don't know"
People who only want to appear smart, never seem to do any of this.
People who only want to appear smart, never seem to do any of this.
June 15, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Actual smart people see being able to not double down, being able to admit error or lack of knowledge, as smart behavior. They respect a person *more* for saying "I don't know"
People who only want to appear smart, never seem to do any of this.
People who only want to appear smart, never seem to do any of this.
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cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual
saving this to read again later
(& it feels very related to the miscommunication of vaccine benefits as primarily individual in nature)
saving this to read again later
(& it feels very related to the miscommunication of vaccine benefits as primarily individual in nature)
"The fundamental problem, as I see it, is not that social media misinforms individuals about what is true or untrue but that it creates publics with malformed collective understandings." www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics
www.programmablemutter.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual
saving this to read again later
(& it feels very related to the miscommunication of vaccine benefits as primarily individual in nature)
saving this to read again later
(& it feels very related to the miscommunication of vaccine benefits as primarily individual in nature)
amplifying stuff like this instead of the other hogwash today
Stack Overflow founder Jeff Atwood is pledging half of his family fortune to Americans in need - starting with an immediate $8m donation to orgs working on the ground.
blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-am...
blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-am...
Stay Gold, America
We are at an unprecedented point in American history.
blog.codinghorror.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
amplifying stuff like this instead of the other hogwash today
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It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID
Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.
www.pbs.org
January 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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the internet is the best place to learn the fact that even your most innocuous and inoffensive thoughts engender a deep personal hatred in someone
humanity contains multitudes and at least one of them despises you
humanity contains multitudes and at least one of them despises you
December 29, 2024 at 6:51 PM
the internet is the best place to learn the fact that even your most innocuous and inoffensive thoughts engender a deep personal hatred in someone
humanity contains multitudes and at least one of them despises you
humanity contains multitudes and at least one of them despises you
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Live your life in a way that Piers Morgan would hate you
December 23, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Live your life in a way that Piers Morgan would hate you
never have I felt more like a mom than when I’m catching my child’s vomit in my cupped hands, entirely unfazed
December 23, 2024 at 12:35 AM
never have I felt more like a mom than when I’m catching my child’s vomit in my cupped hands, entirely unfazed
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i am disgusted on a moral and aesthetic level, separately
December 15, 2024 at 10:04 PM
i am disgusted on a moral and aesthetic level, separately
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