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Data and Politics.
Engineer, then academic, now engineer again.
Daytime is AI/ML research.
I care a lot about the open Internet and security. Wikipedia administrator.
Very San Francisco with an ATLien heart.
A widow who misses their husband. 🏳️🌈
Engineer, then academic, now engineer again.
Daytime is AI/ML research.
I care a lot about the open Internet and security. Wikipedia administrator.
Very San Francisco with an ATLien heart.
A widow who misses their husband. 🏳️🌈
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· Oct 15
The Blurring
What I live with isn't forgetting, it's the blurring. A meditation on grief, memory, and continuing without answers three years after loss.
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Three years after my husband died, I’m still trying to prove our life together was worth losing his family.
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
I did time travel today.
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I did time travel today.
Every American dude has an “Devil’s Envy Whiskey Brew Pub” t-shirt.
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Every American dude has an “Devil’s Envy Whiskey Brew Pub” t-shirt.
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me: [reads "EBOO"]
me: ah yes, extra birgin olive oil
me: ah yes, extra birgin olive oil
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
me: [reads "EBOO"]
me: ah yes, extra birgin olive oil
me: ah yes, extra birgin olive oil
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I've been braying "SCRAPE OFF YOUR PUNDIT CLASS" at Dems for months, now.
Dem culture is bottom-up culture.
That whole "I, public intellectual, shall guide you!" trope was lifted from right-wing cable tv. IMO It doesn't work very well for (messy, bottom-up) Liberalism.
Dem culture is bottom-up culture.
That whole "I, public intellectual, shall guide you!" trope was lifted from right-wing cable tv. IMO It doesn't work very well for (messy, bottom-up) Liberalism.
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I've been braying "SCRAPE OFF YOUR PUNDIT CLASS" at Dems for months, now.
Dem culture is bottom-up culture.
That whole "I, public intellectual, shall guide you!" trope was lifted from right-wing cable tv. IMO It doesn't work very well for (messy, bottom-up) Liberalism.
Dem culture is bottom-up culture.
That whole "I, public intellectual, shall guide you!" trope was lifted from right-wing cable tv. IMO It doesn't work very well for (messy, bottom-up) Liberalism.
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あさんぽする犬🐶
Good morning! Since it's gotten cold, Masuke is wearing a sweatshirt. Does this sweatshirt look good on him?
Good morning! Since it's gotten cold, Masuke is wearing a sweatshirt. Does this sweatshirt look good on him?
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
あさんぽする犬🐶
Good morning! Since it's gotten cold, Masuke is wearing a sweatshirt. Does this sweatshirt look good on him?
Good morning! Since it's gotten cold, Masuke is wearing a sweatshirt. Does this sweatshirt look good on him?
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this post brought to you by a purportedly socialist city supervisor promoting a crypto rug pull named after a cat killed by a robot car
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
this post brought to you by a purportedly socialist city supervisor promoting a crypto rug pull named after a cat killed by a robot car
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My sweet senior dog Dottie—a proud Muttville alumna—wants me to remind everyone that older dogs are angels in fur coats. 😍
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My sweet senior dog Dottie—a proud Muttville alumna—wants me to remind everyone that older dogs are angels in fur coats. 😍
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Imagining these guys forming a primitive fertility cult around Clippy
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Imagining these guys forming a primitive fertility cult around Clippy
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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Roy is officially in (and will win)
*DEMOCRAT ROY COOPER FILES TO RUN FOR US SENATE
*DEMOCRAT ROY COOPER FILES TO RUN FOR US SENATE
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Roy is officially in (and will win)
*DEMOCRAT ROY COOPER FILES TO RUN FOR US SENATE
*DEMOCRAT ROY COOPER FILES TO RUN FOR US SENATE
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Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
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So the lesson is: if Republicans freak out, spend all the money they can in the last two weeks, and get good rural turnout, they can limit Democratic overperformance relative to 2024 to 16 points.
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
So the lesson is: if Republicans freak out, spend all the money they can in the last two weeks, and get good rural turnout, they can limit Democratic overperformance relative to 2024 to 16 points.
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That's Gingrich country!
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
That's Gingrich country!
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Judge Anthony Napolitano on Newsmax: "It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Judge Anthony Napolitano on Newsmax: "It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
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The interesting thing about the TN-07 vote is that Van Epps doesn’t seem like a terrible candidate—the 15 point swing in favor of Democrats isn’t primarily a candidate effect.
If 2026 is anything close to a +15 environment for Democrats, it’s going to be the biggest wave election in a long time.
If 2026 is anything close to a +15 environment for Democrats, it’s going to be the biggest wave election in a long time.
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The interesting thing about the TN-07 vote is that Van Epps doesn’t seem like a terrible candidate—the 15 point swing in favor of Democrats isn’t primarily a candidate effect.
If 2026 is anything close to a +15 environment for Democrats, it’s going to be the biggest wave election in a long time.
If 2026 is anything close to a +15 environment for Democrats, it’s going to be the biggest wave election in a long time.
If you know Georgia, Roswell flipping blue is a big deal.
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If you know Georgia, Roswell flipping blue is a big deal.
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JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
15% Dem over performance puts the Texas senate seat in play.
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
15% Dem over performance puts the Texas senate seat in play.
Prediction: the culture is going to swing really hard against any form of cheating or rule breaking.
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Prediction: the culture is going to swing really hard against any form of cheating or rule breaking.
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Something I hate how many non-Americans have a PhD in Bad Shit Done By The United States, but will absolutely bristle with outrage if you discuss bad things their country have done.
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Something I hate how many non-Americans have a PhD in Bad Shit Done By The United States, but will absolutely bristle with outrage if you discuss bad things their country have done.
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そろそろ寝る犬🐶
Good Night guys!
Good Night guys!
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
そろそろ寝る犬🐶
Good Night guys!
Good Night guys!
Something I hate how many non-Americans have a PhD in Bad Shit Done By The United States, but will absolutely bristle with outrage if you discuss bad things their country have done.
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Something I hate how many non-Americans have a PhD in Bad Shit Done By The United States, but will absolutely bristle with outrage if you discuss bad things their country have done.
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it’s kind of insane it came out that the president might be one of the most notable pedophiles in modern history and he’s just still the president
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
it’s kind of insane it came out that the president might be one of the most notable pedophiles in modern history and he’s just still the president
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baiting Argentineans is honestly way too easy, it's like hunting dodo.
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
baiting Argentineans is honestly way too easy, it's like hunting dodo.