Eric Schultz
@wwahammy.com
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
I love beating the Chicago Bears.
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I love beating the Chicago Bears.
I will pound the table and keep saying "it's impossible to moderate at scale"... but Aaron is particularly bad at it.
Bluesky’s head of trust & safety responding with a sarcastic image macro to a woman upset her husband was kidnapped by ICE is embarrassingly unprofessional & cruel behavior.
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I will pound the table and keep saying "it's impossible to moderate at scale"... but Aaron is particularly bad at it.
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Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
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something I've been acutely aware of for over a decade, but which the past couple of years have really brought into relief, is that neurodiversity and trans rights are so deeply intertwined they could rightly be considered facets of the same cause. Certainly, our enemies understand them that way
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
something I've been acutely aware of for over a decade, but which the past couple of years have really brought into relief, is that neurodiversity and trans rights are so deeply intertwined they could rightly be considered facets of the same cause. Certainly, our enemies understand them that way
I wish I understood the internal machinations that led to his being taken out. Like who are the people behind the scenes that are offering concessions or making threats to get this removed? And what could they possibly be?
1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
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Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
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Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
Anti-DEI and sports ban provisions for the military still exist in the bill, but the removal of a health care provision is a major victory for transgender people in congressional legislation.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I wish I understood the internal machinations that led to his being taken out. Like who are the people behind the scenes that are offering concessions or making threats to get this removed? And what could they possibly be?
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1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
Anti-DEI and sports ban provisions for the military still exist in the bill, but the removal of a health care provision is a major victory for transgender people in congressional legislation.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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Future Anthropologists:
The mating rituals of the 2000s were complicated and superstitious. For example, burning CDs.
People would take their favorite music and burn it as a sacrifice to the music gods, hoping they’d bring good fortune in dating.
The mating rituals of the 2000s were complicated and superstitious. For example, burning CDs.
People would take their favorite music and burn it as a sacrifice to the music gods, hoping they’d bring good fortune in dating.
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Future Anthropologists:
The mating rituals of the 2000s were complicated and superstitious. For example, burning CDs.
People would take their favorite music and burn it as a sacrifice to the music gods, hoping they’d bring good fortune in dating.
The mating rituals of the 2000s were complicated and superstitious. For example, burning CDs.
People would take their favorite music and burn it as a sacrifice to the music gods, hoping they’d bring good fortune in dating.
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half our city is shut down for a marathon and it’s like ew, don’t rub your kink in my face like this
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
half our city is shut down for a marathon and it’s like ew, don’t rub your kink in my face like this
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Sometimes I can't get over the fact that the institutions that keep all of our money, that we genuinely have to rely on to navigate the modern world, only stay open for three hours in the weekend
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Sometimes I can't get over the fact that the institutions that keep all of our money, that we genuinely have to rely on to navigate the modern world, only stay open for three hours in the weekend
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this — American science already was underfunded relative to inflation, with zero attention paid to actual opportunities for impact given other near-term developments
mRNA vaccines, genome editing, ML-based prediction of protein structure, etc are as ripe for innovation as aviation was 100 y ago
mRNA vaccines, genome editing, ML-based prediction of protein structure, etc are as ripe for innovation as aviation was 100 y ago
which is why the reconstruction and rebuilding has to be bigger than you are presently imagining
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
this — American science already was underfunded relative to inflation, with zero attention paid to actual opportunities for impact given other near-term developments
mRNA vaccines, genome editing, ML-based prediction of protein structure, etc are as ripe for innovation as aviation was 100 y ago
mRNA vaccines, genome editing, ML-based prediction of protein structure, etc are as ripe for innovation as aviation was 100 y ago
Ryan Day's beard color is vantablack.
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Ryan Day's beard color is vantablack.
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i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
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I didn't realize that there are separate men's and women's wikifeets. I guess I just assumed that foot lovers had a more evolved attitude about gender and sexuality.
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I didn't realize that there are separate men's and women's wikifeets. I guess I just assumed that foot lovers had a more evolved attitude about gender and sexuality.
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Capitalism is *all about*, at its core, building decentralized systems which on inspection turn out to be centrally controlled, or controlled via a "one dollar one vote" democracy of the five or six richest people in the system.
The decentralized internet systems that capitalism builds reflect this
The decentralized internet systems that capitalism builds reflect this
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Capitalism is *all about*, at its core, building decentralized systems which on inspection turn out to be centrally controlled, or controlled via a "one dollar one vote" democracy of the five or six richest people in the system.
The decentralized internet systems that capitalism builds reflect this
The decentralized internet systems that capitalism builds reflect this
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Man that is NOT gonna turn out for you the way you think
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Man that is NOT gonna turn out for you the way you think
Conservatives are the party of child sacrifice. Sacrifice them to transphobia, to homophobia, to poverty, to medical neglect, to preventable disease, to detention. It's the worship of Moloch with the power of a nation-state.
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Conservatives are the party of child sacrifice. Sacrifice them to transphobia, to homophobia, to poverty, to medical neglect, to preventable disease, to detention. It's the worship of Moloch with the power of a nation-state.
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I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
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if elected president i promise to be just as corrupt as our current leadership, perhaps even moreso. but I will also reinvest the entire defense and policing budgets into creating what i call The Health Cigarette
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
if elected president i promise to be just as corrupt as our current leadership, perhaps even moreso. but I will also reinvest the entire defense and policing budgets into creating what i call The Health Cigarette
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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👇🎯 And again, in the meantime, until we get this type of major structural reform sorted out:
- No budget
- No building
- No clerks
- No shadow docket
- Riding the circuit
Nothing more, until & unless the Wizards In Robes decide they want to follow the law & Constitution again.
- No budget
- No building
- No clerks
- No shadow docket
- Riding the circuit
Nothing more, until & unless the Wizards In Robes decide they want to follow the law & Constitution again.
This could probably be done with simple legislation. Article 3 says almost nothing about how the Supreme Court operates. It mentions that a chief justice will exist, but that’s about it. There are essentially no constitutional rules about how they hear or decide cases.
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
👇🎯 And again, in the meantime, until we get this type of major structural reform sorted out:
- No budget
- No building
- No clerks
- No shadow docket
- Riding the circuit
Nothing more, until & unless the Wizards In Robes decide they want to follow the law & Constitution again.
- No budget
- No building
- No clerks
- No shadow docket
- Riding the circuit
Nothing more, until & unless the Wizards In Robes decide they want to follow the law & Constitution again.
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so many cool, inventive and interesting animated projects none of you even knew were being made for the past few years just got shitcanned because of this netflix/wb merger
When you're like "geez there's no animation jobs" "geez there's like no new shows anymore", this is why
When you're like "geez there's no animation jobs" "geez there's like no new shows anymore", this is why
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
so many cool, inventive and interesting animated projects none of you even knew were being made for the past few years just got shitcanned because of this netflix/wb merger
When you're like "geez there's no animation jobs" "geez there's like no new shows anymore", this is why
When you're like "geez there's no animation jobs" "geez there's like no new shows anymore", this is why
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"longstanding principle" is why I neither listen to nor financially support NPR anymore
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"longstanding principle" is why I neither listen to nor financially support NPR anymore