Ryan Egesdahl
@ryan.deriamis.net
Software Engineer, nerd, and interested in everything. AuDHD, so please be patient. All opinions are strictly my own unless explicitly stated otherwise.
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“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
For comparison, in the US, a “magistrate” is an adjunct office appointed by the district court from qualified members of the bar. They typically hear petty cases or do preliminary hearings and are overseen by the district court judges. Their purpose is only to help district courts manage workload.
oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For comparison, in the US, a “magistrate” is an adjunct office appointed by the district court from qualified members of the bar. They typically hear petty cases or do preliminary hearings and are overseen by the district court judges. Their purpose is only to help district courts manage workload.
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oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
I’ll say it again: if you’re willing to put someone else’s freedom on the chopping block, you’re part of the problem. Trans rights - everyone’s rights - to exist and seek their own happiness are non-negotiable. We shouldn’t let our elected representatives believe otherwise.
I support Trans rights as much as anyone but it's an electoral loser. It helps Republicans who are ok with shooting trans.
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I’ll say it again: if you’re willing to put someone else’s freedom on the chopping block, you’re part of the problem. Trans rights - everyone’s rights - to exist and seek their own happiness are non-negotiable. We shouldn’t let our elected representatives believe otherwise.
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Times have been tough in this Afghani town ever since the woke mob shut down the old poppy seed factory. So when Vladimir Putin promised to pay everyone to create MAGA Twitter accounts, they finally had something to cheer about again. Then Twitter turned on its new public location feature.
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Times have been tough in this Afghani town ever since the woke mob shut down the old poppy seed factory. So when Vladimir Putin promised to pay everyone to create MAGA Twitter accounts, they finally had something to cheer about again. Then Twitter turned on its new public location feature.
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So ok I joined the Navy in 1998 and maybe things have changed since then but I got approximately 5 minutes of training on what constitutes an illegal order and as someone involved in a weapons system *I did not have access to intel on who I was firing on until afterwards*.
We talk of refusing unlawful orders, but really that's a very high bar. It's only for orders that are manifestly unlawful, something *obviously* illegal on the face of it. And the core example of that is refusing an order to wantonly murder noncombatants, which is exactly what they are doing.
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So ok I joined the Navy in 1998 and maybe things have changed since then but I got approximately 5 minutes of training on what constitutes an illegal order and as someone involved in a weapons system *I did not have access to intel on who I was firing on until afterwards*.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Yes. This. Please.
You don't need to use the industry's marketing terms when informing your readers, because those terms are actively misinforming them.
You don't need to use the industry's marketing terms when informing your readers, because those terms are actively misinforming them.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Yes. This. Please.
You don't need to use the industry's marketing terms when informing your readers, because those terms are actively misinforming them.
You don't need to use the industry's marketing terms when informing your readers, because those terms are actively misinforming them.
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The need for better and more precisely used terminology is one of my AI hobbyhorses. The trouble with "reasoning" is that it's definitely the wrong word, there needs to be a better word to describe that class of models, but I can't think of what that bettter term should be.
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The need for better and more precisely used terminology is one of my AI hobbyhorses. The trouble with "reasoning" is that it's definitely the wrong word, there needs to be a better word to describe that class of models, but I can't think of what that bettter term should be.
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Ritalin, a drug so addictive they had to invent an extended release version because people kept forgetting to take their second dose
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Ritalin, a drug so addictive they had to invent an extended release version because people kept forgetting to take their second dose
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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It’s not lying if it’s against an Enemy of the People. Then it’s just Sparkling Trumpism.
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It’s not lying if it’s against an Enemy of the People. Then it’s just Sparkling Trumpism.
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I hate to break it to the little sweet pea, but he will never, ever be white enough for their white utopia.
Ask me how I know, she says in mixed-race.
Ask me how I know, she says in mixed-race.
Nikki Haley’s son says naturalized citizens should not be able to hold public office and thinks dual citizenship should be outlawed. His grandparents are from India and his mother dropped her first name Nimarda.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I hate to break it to the little sweet pea, but he will never, ever be white enough for their white utopia.
Ask me how I know, she says in mixed-race.
Ask me how I know, she says in mixed-race.
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A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
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phew glad that potentially divisive issue got cleared up
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
phew glad that potentially divisive issue got cleared up
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The official position of the United States government is that swastikas aren't hate symbols and displaying a Pride flag is a fireable offense.
This is not ambiguous signaling.
This is not ambiguous signaling.
State-sponsored discrimination encourages private discrimination.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The official position of the United States government is that swastikas aren't hate symbols and displaying a Pride flag is a fireable offense.
This is not ambiguous signaling.
This is not ambiguous signaling.
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PRAXIS do it do your very best
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
PRAXIS do it do your very best
This is where I plug an organization that my UU congregation has sponsored with donations in the past. I couldn’t give then, nor can I now, but at least I can do some small thing to promote them:
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is where I plug an organization that my UU congregation has sponsored with donations in the past. I couldn’t give then, nor can I now, but at least I can do some small thing to promote them:
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November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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NYT’s dumb take caused me to go look up her Wikipedia. Pretty impressive work. Cofounded a nonprofit focused on transit, moved legislation, served on a government workgroup on revenue stabilization, board of a think tank, etc.
Just didn’t get laundered through Yale/Harvard…
Just didn’t get laundered through Yale/Harvard…
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
NYT’s dumb take caused me to go look up her Wikipedia. Pretty impressive work. Cofounded a nonprofit focused on transit, moved legislation, served on a government workgroup on revenue stabilization, board of a think tank, etc.
Just didn’t get laundered through Yale/Harvard…
Just didn’t get laundered through Yale/Harvard…
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
It’s especially upsetting when you read The Daily WTF and find out what kind of code the AI being overused to write key infrastructure has probably been ingesting.
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It’s especially upsetting when you read The Daily WTF and find out what kind of code the AI being overused to write key infrastructure has probably been ingesting.