Mike Wasson
@mikewasson.net
Pittsburgher in London. Tired. Software developer looking for work. he/him
This silly offhand comment is somehow my best tweet ever so, uh, if you are looking for a software developer in the United Kingdom, or are elsewhere but are okay with remote, maybe hit me up? Contracting, startups ok. I’m flexible.
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This silly offhand comment is somehow my best tweet ever so, uh, if you are looking for a software developer in the United Kingdom, or are elsewhere but are okay with remote, maybe hit me up? Contracting, startups ok. I’m flexible.
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"average bsky poster probably only understands one-way hashes and maybe public key crypto"
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"average bsky poster probably only understands one-way hashes and maybe public key crypto"
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Yeah the pre-emptive nihilism people display is *very obviously* a self-fulfilling prophesy and extremely in fact part of shifting our cultural norms in exactly the direction Farage et al would prefer. Care, care simply because it matters, and it matters to you. Say as much publicly.
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Yeah the pre-emptive nihilism people display is *very obviously* a self-fulfilling prophesy and extremely in fact part of shifting our cultural norms in exactly the direction Farage et al would prefer. Care, care simply because it matters, and it matters to you. Say as much publicly.
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I, personally, support the troops and believe they should employ critical thinking skills
Looks like this Representative thinks our soldiers are big fucking dummies, smdh
Looks like this Representative thinks our soldiers are big fucking dummies, smdh
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I, personally, support the troops and believe they should employ critical thinking skills
Looks like this Representative thinks our soldiers are big fucking dummies, smdh
Looks like this Representative thinks our soldiers are big fucking dummies, smdh
Played some yacht rock, predictably got yelled at by the toddler to turn it off
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Played some yacht rock, predictably got yelled at by the toddler to turn it off
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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These people do 10 times more tryhard linguistic parsing than any Oberlin sophomore
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
These people do 10 times more tryhard linguistic parsing than any Oberlin sophomore
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
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Finished version of the South Side fake Burger King for the Pittsburgh city county building display
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Finished version of the South Side fake Burger King for the Pittsburgh city county building display
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In Rhode Island, ICE arrested an intern who worked for a court, and then a judge intervened to say they had the wrong person.
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In Rhode Island, ICE arrested an intern who worked for a court, and then a judge intervened to say they had the wrong person.
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
I heard Last Christmas in a Target yesterday. Technically that doesn't knock me out of Whamageddon, but c'mon man
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I heard Last Christmas in a Target yesterday. Technically that doesn't knock me out of Whamageddon, but c'mon man
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hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
lol god tier
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
lol god tier
So I know it was just some aide, but I want this nickname reveals that deep in there he has some sort of fuzzy memory of Kwame Nkrumah
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
So I know it was just some aide, but I want this nickname reveals that deep in there he has some sort of fuzzy memory of Kwame Nkrumah
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'our term for a non-constitutionally mandated form of obstructionism largely used to defend entrenched institutions is taken from racist piracy, this is probably fine'
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
'our term for a non-constitutionally mandated form of obstructionism largely used to defend entrenched institutions is taken from racist piracy, this is probably fine'
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On page 2 of this, reading about 5 millenia of governments keeping track of land-ownership details, and muttering to myself, “100s of billions in AI Capex in America, and I still need to get effing title insurance!%*#??!”
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
On page 2 of this, reading about 5 millenia of governments keeping track of land-ownership details, and muttering to myself, “100s of billions in AI Capex in America, and I still need to get effing title insurance!%*#??!”
Pretty funny being at a children’s play place and seeing four dads all camped out in a row at tables doing work on laptops or phones, and four moms actively watching the kids
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Pretty funny being at a children’s play place and seeing four dads all camped out in a row at tables doing work on laptops or phones, and four moms actively watching the kids
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I think that phone allowing people to simultaneously be flooded with the 99th percentile that is struggling and the 99th percentile that is absolutely loaded breaks brains
Seriously, the Democrats have not led “on the economy” in living memory (sans for 8 months in 2007-08), and it all shifted in the time between Liberation Day and now
Btw I think the synthesis of “phones causing brainrot” and “it’s the economy” may be that phones are making ppl hate the economy
Btw I think the synthesis of “phones causing brainrot” and “it’s the economy” may be that phones are making ppl hate the economy
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I think that phone allowing people to simultaneously be flooded with the 99th percentile that is struggling and the 99th percentile that is absolutely loaded breaks brains
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There are bigger things going on here, but it's fun to find out there's also a new way SNK can go bankrupt.
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
There are bigger things going on here, but it's fun to find out there's also a new way SNK can go bankrupt.
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trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
In 3000 BC, "touch grass" means harvesting grain
Good! We invented civilization because being outside by necessity and not choice sucks! We are all engaged in a war against being forced to touch grass and we’ve spent the last 300 years winning decisively.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In 3000 BC, "touch grass" means harvesting grain
Good ruling out of Texas but it’s absurd that intentionally partisan gerrymandering is constitutional
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Good ruling out of Texas but it’s absurd that intentionally partisan gerrymandering is constitutional
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The harshest thing you could say about Final Fantasy Tactics is that the earlier, more interesting narrative about class eventually gets overpowered by a plot about killing an unknowable demon god but that's also what makes it a Final Fantasy game.
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The harshest thing you could say about Final Fantasy Tactics is that the earlier, more interesting narrative about class eventually gets overpowered by a plot about killing an unknowable demon god but that's also what makes it a Final Fantasy game.
So, per capita, that's a racism subscription that comes to £25/month. Honestly, Youtube's a better deal
"a fall in net migration of 300,000 a year would increase the deficit by about £20 billion. The government are already having to make unpopular tax rises and spending cuts in the upcoming budget, but would have to make more if the deficit increases."
The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So, per capita, that's a racism subscription that comes to £25/month. Honestly, Youtube's a better deal
This is an interesting misunderstanding of the Church-Turing thesis since it's absolutely circular. Most (which can be made precise) mathematical functions are not computable. So if their statement is true, it's merely a definition of a mathematical "calculation."
This is not what the Church-Turing thesis says:
(it's about the *equivalence* of all sufficiently powerful models of computation)
(it's about the *equivalence* of all sufficiently powerful models of computation)
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is an interesting misunderstanding of the Church-Turing thesis since it's absolutely circular. Most (which can be made precise) mathematical functions are not computable. So if their statement is true, it's merely a definition of a mathematical "calculation."