maniraptor
@maniraptor.bsky.social
Boltzmann brain.
Sometimes on a trapeze.
Sometimes on a trapeze.
Come to the community meeting next month!
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Come to the community meeting next month!
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Kiss of death
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Kiss of death
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short drop and a sudden stop is a bit wordy but
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
short drop and a sudden stop is a bit wordy but
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Like in normal circumstances that's an act of war but in the looney tunes world we're all living in it's just oh there he goes again
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Like in normal circumstances that's an act of war but in the looney tunes world we're all living in it's just oh there he goes again
Oh yeah, that would be a good one.
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Oh yeah, that would be a good one.
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And we'll have to get people to care about the dreadfully boring topic of *procurement capture*
Because that's how the surveillance monster is getting built: guys like Peter Thiel are writing themselves government contracts to slurp up gov data and circumvent the data partitions the law requires
Because that's how the surveillance monster is getting built: guys like Peter Thiel are writing themselves government contracts to slurp up gov data and circumvent the data partitions the law requires
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
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December 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
And we'll have to get people to care about the dreadfully boring topic of *procurement capture*
Because that's how the surveillance monster is getting built: guys like Peter Thiel are writing themselves government contracts to slurp up gov data and circumvent the data partitions the law requires
Because that's how the surveillance monster is getting built: guys like Peter Thiel are writing themselves government contracts to slurp up gov data and circumvent the data partitions the law requires
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Unfortunately there's little enforcement mechanism in this law.
If we ever get past our current slide into fascism, we'll need a social movement willing to put the gov data monster back in its cage. We'll need to modernize our filing-cabinet-era laws, and we'll need to build real enforcement.
If we ever get past our current slide into fascism, we'll need a social movement willing to put the gov data monster back in its cage. We'll need to modernize our filing-cabinet-era laws, and we'll need to build real enforcement.
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Unfortunately there's little enforcement mechanism in this law.
If we ever get past our current slide into fascism, we'll need a social movement willing to put the gov data monster back in its cage. We'll need to modernize our filing-cabinet-era laws, and we'll need to build real enforcement.
If we ever get past our current slide into fascism, we'll need a social movement willing to put the gov data monster back in its cage. We'll need to modernize our filing-cabinet-era laws, and we'll need to build real enforcement.