Cowgirlcoder
@cowgirlcoder.bsky.social
Programmer, baker of bread, pasta and cookies, company gofer. I mill my own grain, and try to eat as much whole grain as possible. (I cook for a chemo patient. Nutrition is important.) On the internet since before there was an internet…
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... This is some next level trolling.. Respec ! 🤗
January 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... This is some next level trolling.. Respec ! 🤗
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The driving force behind all CORE employees is supporting and enacting the mission of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters, a FEMA staffer tells me. This is seismic.
January 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
The driving force behind all CORE employees is supporting and enacting the mission of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters, a FEMA staffer tells me. This is seismic.
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Super important so I hope @eladn.bsky.social doesn't mind if I bring it here.
This normalizing of the key denialist trope is both a huge red flag and one that probably doesn't seem that significant to those who don't actually pay much attention to antisemitism.
www.threads.com/@eladnehorai...
This normalizing of the key denialist trope is both a huge red flag and one that probably doesn't seem that significant to those who don't actually pay much attention to antisemitism.
www.threads.com/@eladnehorai...
January 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Super important so I hope @eladn.bsky.social doesn't mind if I bring it here.
This normalizing of the key denialist trope is both a huge red flag and one that probably doesn't seem that significant to those who don't actually pay much attention to antisemitism.
www.threads.com/@eladnehorai...
This normalizing of the key denialist trope is both a huge red flag and one that probably doesn't seem that significant to those who don't actually pay much attention to antisemitism.
www.threads.com/@eladnehorai...
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Can we also address that the xAI team is both deflecting blame and perpetuating a fraud here?
Grok is not sentient. It cannot regret anything. It is not sorry. The safeguards that failed are the sole responsibility of the xAI team. Period.
Grok is not sentient. It cannot regret anything. It is not sorry. The safeguards that failed are the sole responsibility of the xAI team. Period.
January 2, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Can we also address that the xAI team is both deflecting blame and perpetuating a fraud here?
Grok is not sentient. It cannot regret anything. It is not sorry. The safeguards that failed are the sole responsibility of the xAI team. Period.
Grok is not sentient. It cannot regret anything. It is not sorry. The safeguards that failed are the sole responsibility of the xAI team. Period.
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Re: Recent USPS Changes on dating receipt of mail…
Means that they can DELAY your vote UNTIL after the time required for it to be counted.
Who is responsible for bureaucratic delays?
For the sake of democracy, will someone PLEASE get this reverted, or? The election WILL be stolen in plain sight.
Means that they can DELAY your vote UNTIL after the time required for it to be counted.
Who is responsible for bureaucratic delays?
For the sake of democracy, will someone PLEASE get this reverted, or? The election WILL be stolen in plain sight.
January 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Re: Recent USPS Changes on dating receipt of mail…
Means that they can DELAY your vote UNTIL after the time required for it to be counted.
Who is responsible for bureaucratic delays?
For the sake of democracy, will someone PLEASE get this reverted, or? The election WILL be stolen in plain sight.
Means that they can DELAY your vote UNTIL after the time required for it to be counted.
Who is responsible for bureaucratic delays?
For the sake of democracy, will someone PLEASE get this reverted, or? The election WILL be stolen in plain sight.
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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Cops are great
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Cops are great
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The idea that the US Constitution vests nearly absolute power in one person, in part because presidential elections are the main way govt is accountable to the people, is so crazy, illogical, ahistorical it shouldn’t need rebutting.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
At will? Whose will?
Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The idea that the US Constitution vests nearly absolute power in one person, in part because presidential elections are the main way govt is accountable to the people, is so crazy, illogical, ahistorical it shouldn’t need rebutting.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
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If there could ever be anything more horrible than what ICE is now routinely doing across America, treating Native Americans this way has got to be it.
“Trish Carter-Goodheart, a Democratic candidate and citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, spoke plainly: Racism and discrimination remain real and persistent …
When the conversation hit a nerve, [the GOP senator] abruptly stormed out, shouting: ‘Why don’t you go back to where you came from?’”
When the conversation hit a nerve, [the GOP senator] abruptly stormed out, shouting: ‘Why don’t you go back to where you came from?’”
Tribal IDs Are Federally Recognized. ICE Agents Are Ignoring Them.
Opinion. During last year’s Idaho election, a Republican state senator lost his composure when a candidate forum turned to the topic of racism.
nativenewsonline.net
December 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If there could ever be anything more horrible than what ICE is now routinely doing across America, treating Native Americans this way has got to be it.
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GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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This is one of the best explanations I've seen of what a cookie is and how they work. And a good explanation of why the web is so hard to use any more.
Why The Web Is Such A Mess
YouTube video by Tom Scott
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is one of the best explanations I've seen of what a cookie is and how they work. And a good explanation of why the web is so hard to use any more.
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I'm not crying, you're crying.
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I'm not crying, you're crying.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Miss Piggy would have stood up for that reporter!!!
kermit the frog and miss piggy from the sesame street
Alt: kermit the frog and miss piggy from the sesame street
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Miss Piggy would have stood up for that reporter!!!
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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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”