Samuel Karp
@samuelkarp.com
Anti fascist. Chair of the Open Container Initiative TOB. Staff Software Engineer @ Google. Opinions = mine.
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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OK, right here you're found the problem and please sit with this:
emotions are running very high. emotional intelligence is needed in this moment in addition to logic.
democrats are failing the emotional intelligence test right now and people are mad about it.
emotions are running very high. emotional intelligence is needed in this moment in addition to logic.
democrats are failing the emotional intelligence test right now and people are mad about it.
January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
OK, right here you're found the problem and please sit with this:
emotions are running very high. emotional intelligence is needed in this moment in addition to logic.
democrats are failing the emotional intelligence test right now and people are mad about it.
emotions are running very high. emotional intelligence is needed in this moment in addition to logic.
democrats are failing the emotional intelligence test right now and people are mad about it.
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If it helps, people are mad at Democrats because many of their social media presences produce comms which address what's happening as though we're simply dealing with the consequences of going along with a bad restaurant recommendation.
The food isn't just bad, we want to shut down the restaurant.
The food isn't just bad, we want to shut down the restaurant.
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
If it helps, people are mad at Democrats because many of their social media presences produce comms which address what's happening as though we're simply dealing with the consequences of going along with a bad restaurant recommendation.
The food isn't just bad, we want to shut down the restaurant.
The food isn't just bad, we want to shut down the restaurant.
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross.
January 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross.
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This is MTG'w bill. She personally authored. It's happening now, not in the past.
Spare me her redemption arc.
Spare me her redemption arc.
December 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is MTG'w bill. She personally authored. It's happening now, not in the past.
Spare me her redemption arc.
Spare me her redemption arc.
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Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
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I built myself a flight tracker that shows airplanes on an old cash register display!
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I built myself a flight tracker that shows airplanes on an old cash register display!
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
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Their Christian morals are right there: the unsaved are doomed, the godless get their justly deserved punishment. And if they are saved, they will meet their reward in heaven after the administration kills them.
December 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Their Christian morals are right there: the unsaved are doomed, the godless get their justly deserved punishment. And if they are saved, they will meet their reward in heaven after the administration kills them.
I built myself a flight tracker that shows airplanes on an old cash register display!
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I built myself a flight tracker that shows airplanes on an old cash register display!
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
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Christians I beg you please stop naming your organizations Hebrew words
like, you have a whole tradition & language(s) & religious culture that's your own
our traditions broke up a long time ago
you have a lane? This is not it?
and it's v confusing for me personally when I click on stuff, ok
like, you have a whole tradition & language(s) & religious culture that's your own
our traditions broke up a long time ago
you have a lane? This is not it?
and it's v confusing for me personally when I click on stuff, ok
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Christians I beg you please stop naming your organizations Hebrew words
like, you have a whole tradition & language(s) & religious culture that's your own
our traditions broke up a long time ago
you have a lane? This is not it?
and it's v confusing for me personally when I click on stuff, ok
like, you have a whole tradition & language(s) & religious culture that's your own
our traditions broke up a long time ago
you have a lane? This is not it?
and it's v confusing for me personally when I click on stuff, ok
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The #WestCoastHealthAlliance continues to strongly recommend vaccines to protect our children, noting that rigorous research of millions of people in multiple countries over decades provides high quality evidence that vaccines are not linked to #autism. (1/
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The #WestCoastHealthAlliance continues to strongly recommend vaccines to protect our children, noting that rigorous research of millions of people in multiple countries over decades provides high quality evidence that vaccines are not linked to #autism. (1/
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As we head toward the holiday season, I'd like to remind everyone that jokes are optional at family gatherings. A family can have a perfectly lovely gathering in which no one teases any other member of the family.
Someone's reaction to a joke that hurts them isn't what "ruins" the gathering.
Someone's reaction to a joke that hurts them isn't what "ruins" the gathering.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
As we head toward the holiday season, I'd like to remind everyone that jokes are optional at family gatherings. A family can have a perfectly lovely gathering in which no one teases any other member of the family.
Someone's reaction to a joke that hurts them isn't what "ruins" the gathering.
Someone's reaction to a joke that hurts them isn't what "ruins" the gathering.
runj no longer depends on jail(8) and directly makes syscalls to set up the jail! I learned about some interesting quirks of the jail syscalls while doing this porting work and wrote it up:
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/11...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/11...
When a Stranger Syscalls: Quirks of jail(2)
runj is an OCI runtime for FreeBSD jails. Until recently, it relied on the jail(8) command to actually set up and manage the jail in the FreeBSD kernel. It had been a to-do item on my list for a long ...
samuel.karp.dev
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
runj no longer depends on jail(8) and directly makes syscalls to set up the jail! I learned about some interesting quirks of the jail syscalls while doing this porting work and wrote it up:
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/11...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/11...
runj 0.2.0 is out, now with the OCI Runtime Spec 1.3.0! This release officially models jails and represents a significant step toward bridging FreeBSD jails with the container ecosystem.
Also, runj could use some additional contributors 😀
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/11...
Also, runj could use some additional contributors 😀
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/11...
runj 0.2.0 adopts new OCI Runtime Spec 1.3.0 with FreeBSD support
runj 0.2.0 now supports the new OCI Runtime Spec 1.3.0, which includes official FreeBSD support!
samuel.karp.dev
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
runj 0.2.0 is out, now with the OCI Runtime Spec 1.3.0! This release officially models jails and represents a significant step toward bridging FreeBSD jails with the container ecosystem.
Also, runj could use some additional contributors 😀
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/11...
Also, runj could use some additional contributors 😀
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/11...
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New Jersey!
Virginia!
Virginia!
a close up of a man 's face with the word woo written below him
Alt: Nick Cage saying woo !
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
New Jersey!
Virginia!
Virginia!
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So the first in a generation. The first since the last of the Dixiecrats retired/died
HUGE WIN: @peterhubbardga.bsky.social and Alicia Johnson will help lower Georgians’ utility costs and become the first non-federal statewide elected Democrats in nearly twenty years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
So the first in a generation. The first since the last of the Dixiecrats retired/died
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
And now FreeBSD jails are standardized into the OCI Runtime Specification!
freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd...
freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd...
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
And now FreeBSD jails are standardized into the OCI Runtime Specification!
freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd...
freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd...
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genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree
mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible
He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree
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They don't have an answer, because they don't ask the question.
It is 2025. If you are a Democratic Party operative in 2025 and you aren't even looking into media ownership and propaganda effects, then you are either a conman or a mark.
It is 2025. If you are a Democratic Party operative in 2025 and you aren't even looking into media ownership and propaganda effects, then you are either a conman or a mark.
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
They don't have an answer, because they don't ask the question.
It is 2025. If you are a Democratic Party operative in 2025 and you aren't even looking into media ownership and propaganda effects, then you are either a conman or a mark.
It is 2025. If you are a Democratic Party operative in 2025 and you aren't even looking into media ownership and propaganda effects, then you are either a conman or a mark.
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(6) This idea that democrats should abandon trans people and immigrants and climate change (in 2025!) is just unconscionably dumb.
Declaring “I’m focused on prescription drug prices” sounds like pandering because it IS pandering. Everyone can tell.
Try standing for something. See how it feels.
Declaring “I’m focused on prescription drug prices” sounds like pandering because it IS pandering. Everyone can tell.
Try standing for something. See how it feels.
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
(6) This idea that democrats should abandon trans people and immigrants and climate change (in 2025!) is just unconscionably dumb.
Declaring “I’m focused on prescription drug prices” sounds like pandering because it IS pandering. Everyone can tell.
Try standing for something. See how it feels.
Declaring “I’m focused on prescription drug prices” sounds like pandering because it IS pandering. Everyone can tell.
Try standing for something. See how it feels.