davidpham5
@davidpham5.bsky.social
Self taught in many things. Slightly above average software engineer. Work for the local paper. Privacy and data protection is my racket. Studied history. Gen 1 American. 99.99.99hrs+ on FF7 on PS1. My new years' resolution is to eat more homemade carbs.
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davidpham5
@davidpham5.bsky.social
· Sep 25
We dream in the dark. Darkness everywhere we see. Blind to what is to come next. Fear and dread make our bed. Gentle heads slumber in the dead of night.
Do not wake me. I need to sleep deeply. I want to see what could be — dreams of democracy.
Do not wake me. I need to sleep deeply. I want to see what could be — dreams of democracy.
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Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
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There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Let me get this straight: The Trump admin. is taking in billions of dollars from tariffs—which are paid for by Americans in the form of higher prices—and are now talking about giving the money back, but people shouldn’t spend it?
What is the point of all this?
What is the point of all this?
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Let me get this straight: The Trump admin. is taking in billions of dollars from tariffs—which are paid for by Americans in the form of higher prices—and are now talking about giving the money back, but people shouldn’t spend it?
What is the point of all this?
What is the point of all this?
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Thriving in independent media for 25 years, without a) getting hoovered into some larger media org & subsequently axed, b) getting ruined by some hedge fund guy, c) falling afoul of any short-lived "pivot to video" style trends, or d) going broke...
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
PHOTOS: TPM Celebrates Our 25-Year Anniversary in NYC talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/phot...
PHOTOS: TPM Celebrates Our 25-Year Anniversary in NYC
We rang in our 25th anniversary in style last week, hosting a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thriving in independent media for 25 years, without a) getting hoovered into some larger media org & subsequently axed, b) getting ruined by some hedge fund guy, c) falling afoul of any short-lived "pivot to video" style trends, or d) going broke...
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
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Liquid glass? More like liquid ass.
a person with pink hair is playing drums with a brick wall in the background
Alt: a person with pink hair is playing drums with a brick wall in the background
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Liquid glass? More like liquid ass.
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@lyz.bsky.social is right: one thing the Epstein fiasco has demonstrated clearly is that #MeToo did not go nearly far enough.
#MeToo Didn't Go Far Enough | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@lyz.bsky.social is right: one thing the Epstein fiasco has demonstrated clearly is that #MeToo did not go nearly far enough.
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“People keep asking, ‘What’s wrong with the Democratic Party? What’s the right message?’” Kuster said. “They act like there are magic words. And it’s like, ‘It’s not a question of just getting the right words. It’s that *we are too freaking old*.’”
Yeah.
Yeah.
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“People keep asking, ‘What’s wrong with the Democratic Party? What’s the right message?’” Kuster said. “They act like there are magic words. And it’s like, ‘It’s not a question of just getting the right words. It’s that *we are too freaking old*.’”
Yeah.
Yeah.
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My work bestie & I took Friday afternoon off & did exactly this!
People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
Essay | How to Turn the Bureaucratic Grind of Life Into a Party
We all feel it: the growing stream of administrative tasks sapping our time, spirits and social lives. Admin Night represents a tiny, nerdy resistance.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My work bestie & I took Friday afternoon off & did exactly this!
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All the VSPs decided that we can't talk about climate any more, and the entire climate establishment pathetically acceded, nonetheless: climate change is still very real! And Trump is going to rack up Holocaust-style numbers with his anti-climate policies.
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
All the VSPs decided that we can't talk about climate any more, and the entire climate establishment pathetically acceded, nonetheless: climate change is still very real! And Trump is going to rack up Holocaust-style numbers with his anti-climate policies.
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I also wrote about this earlier in the year - bsky.app/profile/chro...
The new wave of bounty hunting bills promise a future for ad tech in selling brown shirts aramzs.xyz/noteworthy/t...
The bounty hunter tendency, the future of privacy, and ad tech's new profit frontier.
The future privacy battle has higher stakes then ever as state-level US politics lean into deputizing citizens to use whatever data they can to commit human rights abuses.
aramzs.xyz
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I also wrote about this earlier in the year - bsky.app/profile/chro...
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Expanding and continuing to maintain this context page on the topic, which is only getting worse - context.center/topics/law-e...
Understanding Law Enforcement's Use of User Data
Systems intended for ad targeting and UX optimization have become a target of law enforcement. Here are a collection of sources on this.
context.center
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Expanding and continuing to maintain this context page on the topic, which is only getting worse - context.center/topics/law-e...
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The bounty hunter tendency has been on the rise for a while. I originally noted this in 2022 (tweets.aramzs.com/152224803639...), but it has been getting worse as governments, particularly state governments, are supplying rewards for people to breech each other's privacy.
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The bounty hunter tendency has been on the rise for a while. I originally noted this in 2022 (tweets.aramzs.com/152224803639...), but it has been getting worse as governments, particularly state governments, are supplying rewards for people to breech each other's privacy.
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NASA’s Perseverance rover scooped up a rock that might prove there was life on Mars. But the planned return of that sample to Earth is endangered by the Trump regime. [scientificamerican.com]
NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NASA’s Perseverance rover scooped up a rock that might prove there was life on Mars. But the planned return of that sample to Earth is endangered by the Trump regime. [scientificamerican.com]
@jamellebouie.net has been on this horn from the beginning. RFK jr is a eugenicists and is not at all bothered by people — children — dying from preventable diseases like measles
The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
@jamellebouie.net has been on this horn from the beginning. RFK jr is a eugenicists and is not at all bothered by people — children — dying from preventable diseases like measles
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The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. “The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emission. You can make a pretty immediate impact.” [nytimes.com]
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. “The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emission. You can make a pretty immediate impact.” [nytimes.com]
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abolish ICE is a winning issue
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
abolish ICE is a winning issue
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never thought I could see federal law enforcement so depraved that it would negatively polarize local cops to the left, but nothing is impossible for ole Donny Trump
An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
never thought I could see federal law enforcement so depraved that it would negatively polarize local cops to the left, but nothing is impossible for ole Donny Trump
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Well, this sucks. The giant backlash to outdoor dining that finally made US cities feel more pleasant and cosmopolitan and helped restaurants so much is mystifying to me
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Well, this sucks. The giant backlash to outdoor dining that finally made US cities feel more pleasant and cosmopolitan and helped restaurants so much is mystifying to me
Slop eating slop means sloppier slop.
Really good and interesting point about the AI threat to documentary in particular. One extension: what happens when the AI scrapers start to train on a corpus that itself includes a lot of AI? You end up farther and farther from original footage of the real world
Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Slop eating slop means sloppier slop.
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Being an AI-enabled worker is essentially about letting AI do all of your work and being competent enough to review & catch its errors.
This leads to two outcomes:
1. The output gap between the best workers and the average will explode.
2. Entry-level workers are at a massive disadvantage.
This leads to two outcomes:
1. The output gap between the best workers and the average will explode.
2. Entry-level workers are at a massive disadvantage.
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Being an AI-enabled worker is essentially about letting AI do all of your work and being competent enough to review & catch its errors.
This leads to two outcomes:
1. The output gap between the best workers and the average will explode.
2. Entry-level workers are at a massive disadvantage.
This leads to two outcomes:
1. The output gap between the best workers and the average will explode.
2. Entry-level workers are at a massive disadvantage.
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Oh
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Oh
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Ex-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from the OpenAI board of directors following the release of the Epstein emails.
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ex-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from the OpenAI board of directors following the release of the Epstein emails.
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Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
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Trump totally not worried even a little
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Trump totally not worried even a little