StaffSRE1138
@sysadmin1138.net
You might know me from ServerFault or maybe a few talks I gave. Or that book I wrote, "Software Telemetry" from Manning. Also [email protected]
A person I trust works with these people. This is an established network struggling to keep up with the load as the various pop-up and ad-hoc distribution networks burn-out, get dismantled, or run out of funds. Help 'em out.
Order for Monday placed.
WE FEED US!
WE SECURE US!!
The Twin Cities will not be buckled by a panicked & fraudulent regime!
Shelter in Place grocery packs going out again at 9am Monday morning!
Keep it going!!
Venmo: @Chef-Collective-1123
CashApp: $ChefCollective1123
WE FEED US!
WE SECURE US!!
The Twin Cities will not be buckled by a panicked & fraudulent regime!
Shelter in Place grocery packs going out again at 9am Monday morning!
Keep it going!!
Venmo: @Chef-Collective-1123
CashApp: $ChefCollective1123
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
A person I trust works with these people. This is an established network struggling to keep up with the load as the various pop-up and ad-hoc distribution networks burn-out, get dismantled, or run out of funds. Help 'em out.
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Among so many reasons to feel hopeful in recent days, yesterday the center-left Socialist beat the extreme-right candidate in Portugal's presidential election in a record-breaking landslide.
The Iberian peninsula is a beacon of hope for the world to follow.
Adoro o país que escolhi! 🫶 🇵🇹
The Iberian peninsula is a beacon of hope for the world to follow.
Adoro o país que escolhi! 🫶 🇵🇹
Portugal’s Election Results Explained
YouTube video by EU Made Simple
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Among so many reasons to feel hopeful in recent days, yesterday the center-left Socialist beat the extreme-right candidate in Portugal's presidential election in a record-breaking landslide.
The Iberian peninsula is a beacon of hope for the world to follow.
Adoro o país que escolhi! 🫶 🇵🇹
The Iberian peninsula is a beacon of hope for the world to follow.
Adoro o país que escolhi! 🫶 🇵🇹
"Bomb them until they cry Uncle," has been tried many, many times over the last 115 years of flight. We know what happens, and hate and unity is the first and longest stage.
The suggestion by Tom Homan that the ICE surge will continue until the mayor and governor "get the message out" to their constituents (the "agitators") to stand down, misunderstands why federal agents are now so widely despised in the Twin Cities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oncM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oncM...
EXCLUSIVE: US border czar says ICE surge could end in ‘a couple weeks’
U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan says he was sent to Minnesota by President Trump to reduce the tension in Minnesota and oversee an orderly transition from a “surge” of immigration enforcement to more…
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
"Bomb them until they cry Uncle," has been tried many, many times over the last 115 years of flight. We know what happens, and hate and unity is the first and longest stage.
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A poll of electorate view of whether ICE is doing too much, about right, or not enough. The "not enough" number for Republicans is 27%, right on the ride-or-die percentage of sworn Trumpers.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say ICE has 'gone too far' in immigration enforcement
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
A poll of electorate view of whether ICE is doing too much, about right, or not enough. The "not enough" number for Republicans is 27%, right on the ride-or-die percentage of sworn Trumpers.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
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Lucidity. No, sanity. See the next pane. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Lucidity. No, sanity. See the next pane. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
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I taught a class on “hope” last year and the few theorists who’ve written on it all point out that hope is the harder choice - that despair is easy and too often fashionable
Too many people on Bluesky think that relentless expressions of despair are a sign of intellectual sophistication.
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I taught a class on “hope” last year and the few theorists who’ve written on it all point out that hope is the harder choice - that despair is easy and too often fashionable
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Democracy Dies In Darkness.
Newspaper Dies In Ignominy.
I'm so mad at the decisions leadership made. I, a person in Minneapolis, used to subscribe, before they surrendered. What a fucking tragedy.
Newspaper Dies In Ignominy.
I'm so mad at the decisions leadership made. I, a person in Minneapolis, used to subscribe, before they surrendered. What a fucking tragedy.
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Democracy Dies In Darkness.
Newspaper Dies In Ignominy.
I'm so mad at the decisions leadership made. I, a person in Minneapolis, used to subscribe, before they surrendered. What a fucking tragedy.
Newspaper Dies In Ignominy.
I'm so mad at the decisions leadership made. I, a person in Minneapolis, used to subscribe, before they surrendered. What a fucking tragedy.
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That means ~815k Minnesotans participated in the shutdown and ~310k in the strike. That would make Minnesota’s January 23 general strike one of the largest in history.
A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
inthesetimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:40 PM
That means ~815k Minnesotans participated in the shutdown and ~310k in the strike. That would make Minnesota’s January 23 general strike one of the largest in history.
Let's see...
ADHD: Never had it.
High Functioning Anxiety: Never had it.
Perfectionist Procrastination: Got over it in my 20s
Oldest Daughter: Check
Spiritual Journey: Not sure what this is, but sure.
2/5
ADHD: Never had it.
High Functioning Anxiety: Never had it.
Perfectionist Procrastination: Got over it in my 20s
Oldest Daughter: Check
Spiritual Journey: Not sure what this is, but sure.
2/5
February 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Let's see...
ADHD: Never had it.
High Functioning Anxiety: Never had it.
Perfectionist Procrastination: Got over it in my 20s
Oldest Daughter: Check
Spiritual Journey: Not sure what this is, but sure.
2/5
ADHD: Never had it.
High Functioning Anxiety: Never had it.
Perfectionist Procrastination: Got over it in my 20s
Oldest Daughter: Check
Spiritual Journey: Not sure what this is, but sure.
2/5
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My weird career trajectory was right there in college in seed crystal form. The procedural mind for CompSci work, while also a head for people-systems.
I was way too white for Lit of India, and didn't learn what I should.
I was the only CompSci student who enjoyed the ethics class.
We went to Toy Story as a class field-trip and dissected all the CG artifacts afterwards.
I made a whole fucking career out of practical Parallel Computing.
I was the only CompSci student who enjoyed the ethics class.
We went to Toy Story as a class field-trip and dissected all the CG artifacts afterwards.
I made a whole fucking career out of practical Parallel Computing.
January 31, 2026 at 3:17 PM
My weird career trajectory was right there in college in seed crystal form. The procedural mind for CompSci work, while also a head for people-systems.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Literature of India
2. Ethical Systems
3. Intro physics
4. Computer Graphics (Toy Story 1 released during that class)
5. Parallel computing
1. Literature of India
2. Ethical Systems
3. Intro physics
4. Computer Graphics (Toy Story 1 released during that class)
5. Parallel computing
January 31, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Literature of India
2. Ethical Systems
3. Intro physics
4. Computer Graphics (Toy Story 1 released during that class)
5. Parallel computing
1. Literature of India
2. Ethical Systems
3. Intro physics
4. Computer Graphics (Toy Story 1 released during that class)
5. Parallel computing
And it was so debilitating a year ago I had to write a whole formal risk analysis to regain useful perspective. That is how I got the abyss to stop murmuring dark omens.
pouring one out for the systems thinkers who can see the abyss and have to live with the darkness
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 AM
And it was so debilitating a year ago I had to write a whole formal risk analysis to regain useful perspective. That is how I got the abyss to stop murmuring dark omens.
I'm seeing calls for another general strike this Friday, but I'm NOT seeing labor federation buy-in. That was CRITICAL to making Minnesota's strike last week work. Critical.
January 29, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I'm seeing calls for another general strike this Friday, but I'm NOT seeing labor federation buy-in. That was CRITICAL to making Minnesota's strike last week work. Critical.
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Across several platforms and publications over the years, I have covered the last-days litigation of virtually every execution to take place in America since 2014.
To keep up with and support my death penalty coverage, subscribe to Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
To keep up with and support my death penalty coverage, subscribe to Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
Texas is seeking to kill Charles Victor Thompson today.
He has one petition and stay of execution request pending at SCOTUS, raising a Confrontation Clause question about trial testimony.
Docket: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
He has one petition and stay of execution request pending at SCOTUS, raising a Confrontation Clause question about trial testimony.
Docket: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Across several platforms and publications over the years, I have covered the last-days litigation of virtually every execution to take place in America since 2014.
To keep up with and support my death penalty coverage, subscribe to Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
To keep up with and support my death penalty coverage, subscribe to Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
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I imagine the WELS churches gave that logistical training, too... just... needs some fine-tuning
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I imagine the WELS churches gave that logistical training, too... just... needs some fine-tuning
Apparently this shirt from a year ago was oddly prescient.
![Black t-shirt from RAYGUN that reads "[small] just another member of the [white bar][big text] Lutheran Crime Syndicate[white bar][small]A diabolical group strengthening communities. Price $24.95](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3zftf4642ilco6asiqaeaf2q/bafkreieiio4773mwuatrjmlpze4tvfwkjfq5q4q2bd3rvl2myf747ty3eu@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Apparently this shirt from a year ago was oddly prescient.
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Here is a recipe for Swedish egg coffee that isn't for 50-100 (the only way I know how to make it)
www.thespruceeats.com/egg-coffee-2...
www.thespruceeats.com/egg-coffee-2...
Make Traditional Swedish Egg Coffee for a Light, Clear Brew
The secret to a light and smooth coffee brew is egg! Known for its lack of bitterness, egg coffee is a tradition in Midwestern Scandinavian-American churches.
www.thespruceeats.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Here is a recipe for Swedish egg coffee that isn't for 50-100 (the only way I know how to make it)
www.thespruceeats.com/egg-coffee-2...
www.thespruceeats.com/egg-coffee-2...
Hearing else-net that a white guy with a gun doing nothing getting killed seems to have brought a big slug of people into the anti-ICE coalition that weren't there last week.
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Hearing else-net that a white guy with a gun doing nothing getting killed seems to have brought a big slug of people into the anti-ICE coalition that weren't there last week.
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UPDATE: TIKTOK IS COOKED. Our videos went from tens of thousands to 0.
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
UPDATE: TIKTOK IS COOKED. Our videos went from tens of thousands to 0.
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
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A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet).
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 AM
A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet).
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
So many journalists I would otherwise give money to, but they're on substack. Grr.
January 26, 2026 at 3:59 AM
So many journalists I would otherwise give money to, but they're on substack. Grr.