Lilly Emerson
lilly-dev.bsky.social
Lilly Emerson
@lilly-dev.bsky.social
Platform engineer and former SDET. I kept telling myself I'm going to start learning Rust soon, AND NOW I FINALLY AM. Doting cat parent. Blog: https://lllly-orchard.github.io/
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Tony: Hey Dave. Check it out. I added a button to the login page.
Dave: Oh yeah?
Tony: Yeah it's right there. See that right there, little oval in blue with a check mark next to it, says "stay logged in on this device"?
Dave: Oh yeah ok cool. What's it do?
Tony: literally nothing
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.

"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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this is some DC comics villain shit
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."

www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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There’s a chance that something like AI could still be useful in the future, but there are a lot of social, ethical, environmental, and technical issues that need to be fixed first.
I think AI is being pushed by a bunch of people who do not have society's best interests at heart (some even counting on a collapse), and I also think there's a bubble that's about to pop

But just like how the internet kept going after the dot com bubble, I think AI has its uses, in theory at least
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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the trick with hanging out with ppl with adhd is that you gotta make them laugh, they'll forget when you told it and they'll forget everything else but they'll remember the joke and they'll remember you for giving it to them
hard to maintain friendships with game developers because all these motherfuckers have ADHD and forget you exist when you're out of sight (it's me i'm these guys)
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.

This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Haven’t played FFXIV in a long time but this is one of my favorite videos based on it: youtu.be/Dc-svJHHdxU?...

The music really is so good
FFXIV When you arrive in Amh Araeng
YouTube video by Saucey Noodle
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Happy LGBTQ+ in STEM Day! I’m celebrating with the dapper Invisible Enby, who is a queer fashion metaphor for the way dark matter shapes visible matter in the cosmos. Want to learn more? Preorder my new book, where they appear! 🧪
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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But also maybe they should ruin his life?

A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.

Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
Larry Summers is 70. Firing him is not ruining his life.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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If Link's dialogue isn't just "Hyup!", "Hyaaattt!", and "Heeuuunngh!", I'm smashing all the pots in the producer's house.
First look at the live-action ‘LEGEND OF ZELDA’ movie

In theaters on May 7, 2027
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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do not give labour a single vote under any circumstances
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs

This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Honestly it sounds like going back to the pre-ACA days which, quite frankly, were really really bad
The people can buy their own……. policy? From who, Don?
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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best ending of all time, let's be real
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I don't see why he doesn't just ask for a $100 quintillion dollar pay package. if we're making up numbers here
Elon Musk wants a pay package worth $1 trillion.

But an emerging group of opponents argue the package is excessive, and some say Musk’s political and side ventures have put the company at risk.
Elon Musk’s ultimatum to Tesla: Make me a trillionaire or I may leave
A proposed pay package could make Tesla CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, but it faces resistance from shareholders and critics who say it’s unearned.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM