Gales of November ReMar-mbered
@histoftech.bsky.social
All that remains are the faces & names of the wives & the sons & the daughters.
Historian of technology, & dad joke aficionado who lives with a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit.
I won’t share AI generated content (except to critique it).
www.marhicks.com
Historian of technology, & dad joke aficionado who lives with a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit.
I won’t share AI generated content (except to critique it).
www.marhicks.com
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Hey did I tell y’all what my New Year’s resolution is?
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no money for politicians
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
no money for politicians
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COVID was the ruling classes experiment to see if people would give up on the social contract to prioritize themselves, once they saw people were willing to let disabled, elderly and poor people die for their own convenience, they have slowly taken the mask fully off day by day and now we are here.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
COVID was the ruling classes experiment to see if people would give up on the social contract to prioritize themselves, once they saw people were willing to let disabled, elderly and poor people die for their own convenience, they have slowly taken the mask fully off day by day and now we are here.
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The absolute refusal, across the political spectrum, to be even mildly uncomfortable has helped make all of this possible.
It's never too late to put a mask on your face (N95).
It's never too late to clean the air.
It's never too late to put a mask on your face (N95).
It's never too late to clean the air.
COVID was the ruling classes experiment to see if people would give up on the social contract to prioritize themselves, once they saw people were willing to let disabled, elderly and poor people die for their own convenience, they have slowly taken the mask fully off day by day and now we are here.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The absolute refusal, across the political spectrum, to be even mildly uncomfortable has helped make all of this possible.
It's never too late to put a mask on your face (N95).
It's never too late to clean the air.
It's never too late to put a mask on your face (N95).
It's never too late to clean the air.
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I am trying to break up my style a little bit, see where it goes. This is where it went. Im not a huge fan of the name, but thats what it told me it was and was quite adamant. So...
"Urban Planning"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas
"Urban Planning"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I am trying to break up my style a little bit, see where it goes. This is where it went. Im not a huge fan of the name, but thats what it told me it was and was quite adamant. So...
"Urban Planning"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas
"Urban Planning"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas
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The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
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Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
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“A bipartisan Senate deal has been reached to fund the government through January 30 and to set a vote on an Affordable Care Act bill in December, in a major sign the government shutdown is poised to end, according to a source…
The deal includes a reversal of Trump’s firings of federal employees”
The deal includes a reversal of Trump’s firings of federal employees”
Senate reaches deal to extend government funding in major sign shutdown is poised to end | CNN Politics
A bipartisan Senate deal has been reached to fund the government through January 30 and to set a vote on an Affordable Care Act bill in December, in a major sign the government shutdown is poised to e...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“A bipartisan Senate deal has been reached to fund the government through January 30 and to set a vote on an Affordable Care Act bill in December, in a major sign the government shutdown is poised to end, according to a source…
The deal includes a reversal of Trump’s firings of federal employees”
The deal includes a reversal of Trump’s firings of federal employees”
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ohhh, I see. They're going to try and remake higher ed the way they did with tech, by flooding the zone with frauds who crowd out any reasonable discussion
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
ohhh, I see. They're going to try and remake higher ed the way they did with tech, by flooding the zone with frauds who crowd out any reasonable discussion
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How The Government Shutdown Is Impacting Surveillance Of COVID-19, Flu And RSV
The ongoing government shutdown since Oct 1st has disrupted CDC disease surveillance. COVID wastewater data hasn’t been updated since late September, and Flu/RSV data stopped on Sept 26, hindering public health tracking.
The ongoing government shutdown since Oct 1st has disrupted CDC disease surveillance. COVID wastewater data hasn’t been updated since late September, and Flu/RSV data stopped on Sept 26, hindering public health tracking.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How The Government Shutdown Is Impacting Surveillance Of COVID-19, Flu And RSV
The ongoing government shutdown since Oct 1st has disrupted CDC disease surveillance. COVID wastewater data hasn’t been updated since late September, and Flu/RSV data stopped on Sept 26, hindering public health tracking.
The ongoing government shutdown since Oct 1st has disrupted CDC disease surveillance. COVID wastewater data hasn’t been updated since late September, and Flu/RSV data stopped on Sept 26, hindering public health tracking.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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I dunno, something doesn’t sit right with me when headlines say things like AI is in danger. I think it subtly recasts them as the victims in the story, when they’re just reaping what the sow.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I dunno, something doesn’t sit right with me when headlines say things like AI is in danger. I think it subtly recasts them as the victims in the story, when they’re just reaping what the sow.
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There is something deeply rotten at the heart of modern tech that goes well beyond the corruptions produced by capitalism.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
There is something deeply rotten at the heart of modern tech that goes well beyond the corruptions produced by capitalism.
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Oh I did not realize this suit was still alive! It will be so funny to me if writers bring down AI.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Oh I did not realize this suit was still alive! It will be so funny to me if writers bring down AI.
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There's a free iOS app called BitCam which only takes pictures like this, and I absolutely love it.
Takes me back to my earliest days with the first Mac I ever owned, a Mac Plus.
Takes me back to my earliest days with the first Mac I ever owned, a Mac Plus.
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
There's a free iOS app called BitCam which only takes pictures like this, and I absolutely love it.
Takes me back to my earliest days with the first Mac I ever owned, a Mac Plus.
Takes me back to my earliest days with the first Mac I ever owned, a Mac Plus.
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OpenAI is not in enough danger, frankly
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
OpenAI is not in enough danger, frankly
glad it wasn’t that though
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
glad it wasn’t that though