Louis Ingenthron
@louisingenthron.bsky.social
Software contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #Godot.
#Pilot in training.
Fan of #1A
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
He/Him 🏳️🌈
#Pilot in training.
Fan of #1A
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
He/Him 🏳️🌈
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Oh my god, this is a nightmare. I do not, under any circumstances, want to give props to Tucker Carlson for using anti-gay slurs... but if he's legitimately doing so to protest government overreach that punished protected speech... I might just have to. This is a truly awful combination of things.
1. Tucker Carlson, in a manner bordering on sensuous euphoria, said the word Fa**ot twenty times in his interview with Piers Morgan.
Tucker was saying it as some sort of protest to a woman who was allegedly arrested and charged for using it in response to her domestic abuser.
Tucker was saying it as some sort of protest to a woman who was allegedly arrested and charged for using it in response to her domestic abuser.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Oh my god, this is a nightmare. I do not, under any circumstances, want to give props to Tucker Carlson for using anti-gay slurs... but if he's legitimately doing so to protest government overreach that punished protected speech... I might just have to. This is a truly awful combination of things.
Turns out you can actually post your way through getting dogpiled by a popular account on this site.
I would not recommend the experience, though.
I would not recommend the experience, though.
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Turns out you can actually post your way through getting dogpiled by a popular account on this site.
I would not recommend the experience, though.
I would not recommend the experience, though.
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Yeah, if you want to limit your audience to those people who don't give a shit about AI, then that's an excellent reason to use AI art in your messaging. It's like the intentional English errors in 419 scams.
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Yeah, if you want to limit your audience to those people who don't give a shit about AI, then that's an excellent reason to use AI art in your messaging. It's like the intentional English errors in 419 scams.
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If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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I take issue with folks who view those who have committed suicide as exclusively victims, particularly in the use of the term "victim-blaming".
If they had taken someone else's life, we would condemn them, regardless of mental health issues.
But since they took their own, we ignore...
1/2
If they had taken someone else's life, we would condemn them, regardless of mental health issues.
But since they took their own, we ignore...
1/2
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I take issue with folks who view those who have committed suicide as exclusively victims, particularly in the use of the term "victim-blaming".
If they had taken someone else's life, we would condemn them, regardless of mental health issues.
But since they took their own, we ignore...
1/2
If they had taken someone else's life, we would condemn them, regardless of mental health issues.
But since they took their own, we ignore...
1/2
The most un-intuitive, but crucial, lesson any programmer has to learn is this:
It's 10x easier to write code than it is to read code.
This maxim remains true even in the era of vibe coding. But when an AI writes your code for you, reading it becomes *even harder* because now it's alien.
It's 10x easier to write code than it is to read code.
This maxim remains true even in the era of vibe coding. But when an AI writes your code for you, reading it becomes *even harder* because now it's alien.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The most un-intuitive, but crucial, lesson any programmer has to learn is this:
It's 10x easier to write code than it is to read code.
This maxim remains true even in the era of vibe coding. But when an AI writes your code for you, reading it becomes *even harder* because now it's alien.
It's 10x easier to write code than it is to read code.
This maxim remains true even in the era of vibe coding. But when an AI writes your code for you, reading it becomes *even harder* because now it's alien.
Headline 10 years from now: "How Catholic boarding schools became the dominant source of skilled computer workers"
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Headline 10 years from now: "How Catholic boarding schools became the dominant source of skilled computer workers"
As a gay man who grew up in the midwest, it's disturbing how succinctly the developmental trauma that haunts me to this day can be summed up.
I still have no idea what kind of man I would have been had masculinity not been beaten into me.
I still have no idea what kind of man I would have been had masculinity not been beaten into me.
The training/socialization of men starts instantly and goes hard. Everything you might like is too gay, too feminine. You are required to hate yourself for being insufficiently masculine, to blame others for that feeling, and to hate everyone who doesn't "respect" your manliness.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
As a gay man who grew up in the midwest, it's disturbing how succinctly the developmental trauma that haunts me to this day can be summed up.
I still have no idea what kind of man I would have been had masculinity not been beaten into me.
I still have no idea what kind of man I would have been had masculinity not been beaten into me.
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Looking for a paralegal, law student, or lawyer volunteer for a libertarian legal research project.
Building a 50-state survey of the law and procedure for elected officials to change their partisan registration while in office.
Email [email protected] if you're interested.
Building a 50-state survey of the law and procedure for elected officials to change their partisan registration while in office.
Email [email protected] if you're interested.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Looking for a paralegal, law student, or lawyer volunteer for a libertarian legal research project.
Building a 50-state survey of the law and procedure for elected officials to change their partisan registration while in office.
Email [email protected] if you're interested.
Building a 50-state survey of the law and procedure for elected officials to change their partisan registration while in office.
Email [email protected] if you're interested.
I don't often have good luck in day-to-day life, but today was free bonus tacos day, and I'm gonna ride that high all night.
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I don't often have good luck in day-to-day life, but today was free bonus tacos day, and I'm gonna ride that high all night.
Oh boy. To try to get out of a criminal contempt investigation, the government is arguing that the judge's verbal order doesn't count because she later wrote it down a bit differently.
I'm sure that argument will go over well.
I'm sure that argument will go over well.
"Although the substance of the legal advice given to DHS and Secretary Noem is privileged, the Government has repeatedly explained in its briefs—both in this Court and on appeal—why its actions did not violate the Court’s order, much less constitute contempt."
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Oh boy. To try to get out of a criminal contempt investigation, the government is arguing that the judge's verbal order doesn't count because she later wrote it down a bit differently.
I'm sure that argument will go over well.
I'm sure that argument will go over well.
How is it that my car won't let me forget that a passenger isn't wearing their seatbelt, but dump trucks fairly regularly get driven around in the up position and smash into stuff?
www.fox13news.com/news/dump-tr...
www.fox13news.com/news/dump-tr...
Watch: Dump truck slams into overhead highway sign in Ohio
A dump truck crash on Interstate 70 in Columbus, Ohio, caused major traffic disruptions after the vehicle struck two overhead highway signs, bringing one of them down.
www.fox13news.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
How is it that my car won't let me forget that a passenger isn't wearing their seatbelt, but dump trucks fairly regularly get driven around in the up position and smash into stuff?
www.fox13news.com/news/dump-tr...
www.fox13news.com/news/dump-tr...
Unclear if this is the FBI trying to persecute them for their video, or the FBI following up on the complaint of death threats that those members submitted to the Capitol Police.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Unclear if this is the FBI trying to persecute them for their video, or the FBI following up on the complaint of death threats that those members submitted to the Capitol Police.
Worth remembering: British law does *not* protect free speech anywhere near the extent that US law does.
BBC's lawyers may very well be right under British law, whereas under US law, we can call him corrupt AF with no legal recourse.
BBC's lawyers may very well be right under British law, whereas under US law, we can call him corrupt AF with no legal recourse.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Worth remembering: British law does *not* protect free speech anywhere near the extent that US law does.
BBC's lawyers may very well be right under British law, whereas under US law, we can call him corrupt AF with no legal recourse.
BBC's lawyers may very well be right under British law, whereas under US law, we can call him corrupt AF with no legal recourse.
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Still the greatest rule in any wargame in history.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Still the greatest rule in any wargame in history.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Ah, yes, the type of "meritocracy" where how you wear your medals matters more than how you won them.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ah, yes, the type of "meritocracy" where how you wear your medals matters more than how you won them.
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Just remember: When America descends into civil war, your landlord will expect you to keep paying your rent on time, even though your apartment no longer has a roof.
Your former place of employment being a smoking crater is no excuse for not living up to your obligations in the lease.
Your former place of employment being a smoking crater is no excuse for not living up to your obligations in the lease.
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Just remember: When America descends into civil war, your landlord will expect you to keep paying your rent on time, even though your apartment no longer has a roof.
Your former place of employment being a smoking crater is no excuse for not living up to your obligations in the lease.
Your former place of employment being a smoking crater is no excuse for not living up to your obligations in the lease.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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The thing is, we can disagree about all kinds of policies, and still fundamentally agree on some basic principles of government. I think many of us have rediscovered that, which is one good thing that comes out of all this.
What's wild is that I'm not only just as solidly progressive and left leaning as ever, I'm in fact more left leaning and progressive as I've ever been *at the same time as* I haven't disagreed with anything that David Frum and Tom Nichols have said or written in the last decade. Thanks, Atlantic.
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The thing is, we can disagree about all kinds of policies, and still fundamentally agree on some basic principles of government. I think many of us have rediscovered that, which is one good thing that comes out of all this.
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It's somehow comforting that most tech problems can still be solved by turning it off and on again
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It's somehow comforting that most tech problems can still be solved by turning it off and on again