Pat Patterson
@metadaddy.net
Dad, husband, ultrarunner, Chief Technical Evangelist at @backblaze.bsky.social. Previously Citrix, StreamSets, Salesforce, Huawei, Sun Microsystems.
Old tweets archived at @metadaddy-archive.bsky.social
Old tweets archived at @metadaddy-archive.bsky.social
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One way to read stories based on leaked docs: look at time from being circulated to docs getting published — bc that’s the amount of time it took to a) get someone pissed enough to agree to leak and b) get enough also-pissed people to confirm.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
(AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned.
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May 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One way to read stories based on leaked docs: look at time from being circulated to docs getting published — bc that’s the amount of time it took to a) get someone pissed enough to agree to leak and b) get enough also-pissed people to confirm.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
These are slides dated April 29-30, published May 1.
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tfw your AI bot ran out of AI juice
May 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
tfw your AI bot ran out of AI juice
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I could be wrong about this but I really think most Americans do not want to be forced to “do their own research” about food & drug & product safety and would rather that the government agencies that have been sorting that all out for them for decades not be obliterated in the name of “efficiency.”
April 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I could be wrong about this but I really think most Americans do not want to be forced to “do their own research” about food & drug & product safety and would rather that the government agencies that have been sorting that all out for them for decades not be obliterated in the name of “efficiency.”
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Let’s start with the basics.
April 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Let’s start with the basics.
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"A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday ordered two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to explain why she shouldn't refer them for discipline for a brief full of misquotes, miscited cases and references to cases that 'do not exist'...."
Judge Orders MyPillow Attys To Explain AI Use, Fake Citations - Law360
A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday ordered two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to explain why she shouldn't refer them for discipline for a brief full of misquotes, miscited cases and refer...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday ordered two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to explain why she shouldn't refer them for discipline for a brief full of misquotes, miscited cases and references to cases that 'do not exist'...."
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it’s not an important point at all, but I just can’t get over the fact that these people apparently believe they’d do well in a “meritocracy” after failing upwards their entire lives
April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
it’s not an important point at all, but I just can’t get over the fact that these people apparently believe they’d do well in a “meritocracy” after failing upwards their entire lives
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RFK Jr thinks autistic people are second class citizens who “never pay taxes”, “never hold a job”, are a burden on society and that vaccines cause autism so they should be banned.
Incredibly destructive ideas for anyone to have, let alone the secretary of health and human services.
Crazy times.
Incredibly destructive ideas for anyone to have, let alone the secretary of health and human services.
Crazy times.
April 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
RFK Jr thinks autistic people are second class citizens who “never pay taxes”, “never hold a job”, are a burden on society and that vaccines cause autism so they should be banned.
Incredibly destructive ideas for anyone to have, let alone the secretary of health and human services.
Crazy times.
Incredibly destructive ideas for anyone to have, let alone the secretary of health and human services.
Crazy times.
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MAGA complaining abt undocumented workers in US lying they only cared that ppl "entered legally." This is a native-born citizen & not the only one swept up by the ICE Gestapo. Finally released, but US citizen kept in jail for literally nothing wrong is the America they voted for
April 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
MAGA complaining abt undocumented workers in US lying they only cared that ppl "entered legally." This is a native-born citizen & not the only one swept up by the ICE Gestapo. Finally released, but US citizen kept in jail for literally nothing wrong is the America they voted for
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I saw someone pointing out that the left wants to feed a 100 children just so one child doesn’t go hungry and republicans don’t want to feed a hundred children in case one of them don’t deserve it.
April 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I saw someone pointing out that the left wants to feed a 100 children just so one child doesn’t go hungry and republicans don’t want to feed a hundred children in case one of them don’t deserve it.
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"The internet is now optimised for metrics that have nothing to do with human enjoyment, or convenience, or the profits of anyone except the platform overseers. And it’s only getting worse, as our dependence on these flawed tools grows daily." – @jacobsilverman.com
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April 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"The internet is now optimised for metrics that have nothing to do with human enjoyment, or convenience, or the profits of anyone except the platform overseers. And it’s only getting worse, as our dependence on these flawed tools grows daily." – @jacobsilverman.com
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Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
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Oil prices are an interesting proxy for economic expectations and for some reason I find them more trustworthy than Wall Street. Oil traders really do not expect May to be a good month for the global economy
April 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Oil prices are an interesting proxy for economic expectations and for some reason I find them more trustworthy than Wall Street. Oil traders really do not expect May to be a good month for the global economy
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SLAVERY AND TREASON BURIED IN THE SAME GRAVE
April 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
SLAVERY AND TREASON BURIED IN THE SAME GRAVE
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OK, non-finance people: crash course in bonds. Connery is decent but overrated and his movies haven’t aged well. everyone thinks Moore is lame but his movies are by far the most fun. don’t watch the Dalton ones. Pierce Brosnan is Irish not English. two of Craig’s five are classics the others are eh.
OK, non-finance people: crash course in bonds. Bond prices and yields moving opposite directions. Yields on US govt bonds [“treasuries”] are surging (ie the prices are falling). Prices are falling because people are selling treasuries at a massive clip.
I am actually scared now
April 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
OK, non-finance people: crash course in bonds. Connery is decent but overrated and his movies haven’t aged well. everyone thinks Moore is lame but his movies are by far the most fun. don’t watch the Dalton ones. Pierce Brosnan is Irish not English. two of Craig’s five are classics the others are eh.
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Yes, it’s a bit hard to see now, but allowing the president to become a king who can kidnap citizens while also demolishing the global financial system is a small price to pay for getting to keeping 23 trans women from playing college sports.
April 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Yes, it’s a bit hard to see now, but allowing the president to become a king who can kidnap citizens while also demolishing the global financial system is a small price to pay for getting to keeping 23 trans women from playing college sports.
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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“People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, and your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.”
1984, Orwell
1984, Orwell
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, and your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.”
1984, Orwell
1984, Orwell
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What are you talking about?
Why, just the other day I went to the dealership and told them I wouldn't buy their $50,000 car until they'd bought 100,000 apples at $0.50/apple from my yard. Otherwise, they'd just be ripping me off.
Then, everyone cheered.
Why, just the other day I went to the dealership and told them I wouldn't buy their $50,000 car until they'd bought 100,000 apples at $0.50/apple from my yard. Otherwise, they'd just be ripping me off.
Then, everyone cheered.
April 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What are you talking about?
Why, just the other day I went to the dealership and told them I wouldn't buy their $50,000 car until they'd bought 100,000 apples at $0.50/apple from my yard. Otherwise, they'd just be ripping me off.
Then, everyone cheered.
Why, just the other day I went to the dealership and told them I wouldn't buy their $50,000 car until they'd bought 100,000 apples at $0.50/apple from my yard. Otherwise, they'd just be ripping me off.
Then, everyone cheered.
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If only extremely intelligent Business Thought Leaders could have had any way of having any forewarning whatsoever about the entirely unknown and unpredictable factors leading up to this moment. Oh well. Just no predicting some things!
April 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If only extremely intelligent Business Thought Leaders could have had any way of having any forewarning whatsoever about the entirely unknown and unpredictable factors leading up to this moment. Oh well. Just no predicting some things!