Colin McMillen
@mcmillen.dev
He/him. Somerville, MA.
Previously: Google, reCAPTCHA, Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D., Computer Science).
Previously: Google, reCAPTCHA, Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D., Computer Science).
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Colin McMillen
@mcmillen.dev
· Mar 2
I've always been tempted to do a #DailyPhoto thing, but the problem for me is that *taking* photos is easy, but I rarely get around to actually editing & printing them.
So: here's a crow perched at the Tōkagakudō music hall in the Imperial Palace East Gardens, Tokyo Japan, 2023-09-26.
1/365 (?)
So: here's a crow perched at the Tōkagakudō music hall in the Imperial Palace East Gardens, Tokyo Japan, 2023-09-26.
1/365 (?)
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No Northern Lights here, but there is a skeleton still hanging from a tree on the lawn across the street.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
No Northern Lights here, but there is a skeleton still hanging from a tree on the lawn across the street.
this 18yo has more courage than all the Democratic congresspeople put together
18-year-old street musician who performed anti-war songs is sent to jail for a third time as Kremlin mounts a no-limits crackdown on any signs of dissent or opposition in Russia
u.afp.com/SnNA
u.afp.com/SnNA
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
this 18yo has more courage than all the Democratic congresspeople put together
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
my "i don't pepper spray children" shirt has people asking questions already answered by the shirt
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
my "i don't pepper spray children" shirt has people asking questions already answered by the shirt
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George Washington kept tab on how much gunpowder used to be in this building. And that the guard didn't need a smallpox inoculation because he already had smallpox.
It amazes me that we still have it and it looks glorious tonight.
#SomervilleMA
It amazes me that we still have it and it looks glorious tonight.
#SomervilleMA
i might actually like this portrait-mode shot of the Somerville Powderhouse better than the one at the top of the thread, shows more bands of #aurora colors in the sky
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
George Washington kept tab on how much gunpowder used to be in this building. And that the guard didn't need a smallpox inoculation because he already had smallpox.
It amazes me that we still have it and it looks glorious tonight.
#SomervilleMA
It amazes me that we still have it and it looks glorious tonight.
#SomervilleMA
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Night mode photos in Acton, colors visible to naked eye
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Night mode photos in Acton, colors visible to naked eye
Aurora in Somerville, MA
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Aurora in Somerville, MA
i have a phd in robots and i fully agree.
I've said it 1000 times and I'll saying 1000 more: If your roboticist is making humanoid robots, they're a special effects technician. Making robots shaped like humans is mashed banana wiggles bullshit that impresses idiots
AI companies: The future of humanoid robots is here
Humanoid robot:
Humanoid robot:
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
i have a phd in robots and i fully agree.
rare Seth Moulton W
UPDATE — Here are the at least 10 congressional Democrats, 5 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
rare Seth Moulton W
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Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Did you know? NIN stands for "Not In Network".
Their gritty, industrial sound is meant to evoke the unsettling discomfort of contemplating "when & where might I get tragically injured in the upcoming year?" during open enrollment season.
Their gritty, industrial sound is meant to evoke the unsettling discomfort of contemplating "when & where might I get tragically injured in the upcoming year?" during open enrollment season.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Did you know? NIN stands for "Not In Network".
Their gritty, industrial sound is meant to evoke the unsettling discomfort of contemplating "when & where might I get tragically injured in the upcoming year?" during open enrollment season.
Their gritty, industrial sound is meant to evoke the unsettling discomfort of contemplating "when & where might I get tragically injured in the upcoming year?" during open enrollment season.
for 5 *trillion* dollars, even using conservative cost estimates, you could build true high-speed rail up and down both coasts of the US, plus two cross-country trunk routes in the north and south, with spurs to every major city within a few hundred miles of each hub
"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn"
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
for 5 *trillion* dollars, even using conservative cost estimates, you could build true high-speed rail up and down both coasts of the US, plus two cross-country trunk routes in the north and south, with spurs to every major city within a few hundred miles of each hub
Carl Linneaus, on Insects:
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Carl Linneaus, on Insects:
brb ordering a Senate Minority Leader to replace the one i lost
The trick to finding your lost items is to order its replacement. The lost one will magically be found as soon as you spend money
ADHD death gambit
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
brb ordering a Senate Minority Leader to replace the one i lost
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In case you wondered, there's probably exactly one person who has licked the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
In case you wondered, there's probably exactly one person who has licked the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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You ever think about how there was only 1 to 2 months between the actual wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Gordon Lightfoot recording his song.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
You ever think about how there was only 1 to 2 months between the actual wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Gordon Lightfoot recording his song.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
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So much for nominative determinism
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
So much for nominative determinism
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
a beef peanut-butter-and-jelly hotdog is approximately health-neutral
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
a beef peanut-butter-and-jelly hotdog is approximately health-neutral
huh, i thought the standard payment for your data being disclosed to a third party was "2 years free credit monitoring"
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
huh, i thought the standard payment for your data being disclosed to a third party was "2 years free credit monitoring"
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
i love that Senate Democrats are going on the TV just to provide clips for Trump & friends to use
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
i love that Senate Democrats are going on the TV just to provide clips for Trump & friends to use
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
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Japanese women photographers — like their counterparts around the world — share a long tradition of being ignored. A recent anthology and several exhibitions are trying to change that.
What we see when Japanese women photographers shoot back
Women in photography have been less visible than their male counterparts. An anthology of 25 photographers and three exhibitions this autumn are turning the tides.
ebx.sh
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Japanese women photographers — like their counterparts around the world — share a long tradition of being ignored. A recent anthology and several exhibitions are trying to change that.
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