Pat Rondon
@pmrondon.bsky.social
“What are you saying, Mulder, that the streets of New York are being policed by some kind of vigilante… turtle men?”
“Not men, Scully. Teenagers.”
“Not men, Scully. Teenagers.”
April 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“What are you saying, Mulder, that the streets of New York are being policed by some kind of vigilante… turtle men?”
“Not men, Scully. Teenagers.”
“Not men, Scully. Teenagers.”
TIL the behavior modeling language used in The Sims is called "SimAntics.” Aside from the two more-obvious meanings — the language controls "sims' antics" and defines the game's semantics — The Sims was also influenced by a previous Will Wright game, SimAnt.
This is Olympic-level verbal gymnastics.
This is Olympic-level verbal gymnastics.
SimAntics
SimAntics is a CISC bytecode language which powers the objects in The Sims and The Sims Online. Development of SimAntics was coordinated by Jamie Doornbos with the help of Patrick J. Barrett III and D...
simstek.fandom.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
TIL the behavior modeling language used in The Sims is called "SimAntics.” Aside from the two more-obvious meanings — the language controls "sims' antics" and defines the game's semantics — The Sims was also influenced by a previous Will Wright game, SimAnt.
This is Olympic-level verbal gymnastics.
This is Olympic-level verbal gymnastics.
I took a history class once and I can tell you that “dehumanize a group and build infrastructure to ship them around like cargo” has a pretty bad track record
Ice director wants to run deportations like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I took a history class once and I can tell you that “dehumanize a group and build infrastructure to ship them around like cargo” has a pretty bad track record
exorcise his ass
Things are going great for Mike Johnson in the House www.notus.org/congress/tru...
April 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
exorcise his ass
Yeah? Well, I tariff you infinity PLUS ONE
April 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yeah? Well, I tariff you infinity PLUS ONE
Unlike, say, bands or genre fiction, respect for the rule of law is much better when it goes mainstream
can't normalize without normies. make your peace with this now
Building a mass movement (instead of a subculture) will require a lot of cringe, so get comfortable with it
April 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Unlike, say, bands or genre fiction, respect for the rule of law is much better when it goes mainstream
Mind-blowing turnout today
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
April 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Mind-blowing turnout today
My fellow Americans,
April 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
My fellow Americans,
The DOGE playbook comes for the economy
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The DOGE playbook comes for the economy
Good timing
JUST IN: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has *denied* the Trump administration's request to allow immediate removal of transgender troops from the military.
March 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Good timing
Bill and Ted’s Existentialist Adventure
March 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Bill and Ted’s Existentialist Adventure
“First I’m hearing about it,” “actually, the journalist is bad” — these guys wouldn’t know leadership if they accidentally added it to a group chat
Reporter: Can you share how your information about war plans was shared with a journalist?
Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes
Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes
March 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“First I’m hearing about it,” “actually, the journalist is bad” — these guys wouldn’t know leadership if they accidentally added it to a group chat
Live on the scene with Jeffrey Goldberg
March 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Live on the scene with Jeffrey Goldberg
“Maximally transparent, unless it would reveal we’re burning down a government we don’t understand, with no authority, to get nothing.”
DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find (Gift Article)
Elon Musk’s group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency. But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“Maximally transparent, unless it would reveal we’re burning down a government we don’t understand, with no authority, to get nothing.”
America Make It To 250 Years Challenge
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
America Make It To 250 Years Challenge
Not the most troubling part by a long shot, but I can’t believe someone watched Office Space and came away with the message that the Bobs were the heroes.
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Not the most troubling part by a long shot, but I can’t believe someone watched Office Space and came away with the message that the Bobs were the heroes.
Big changes to the artistic program at the Kennedy Center this year.
Out: the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington
In: the painting from Ghostbusters 2
Out: the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington
In: the painting from Ghostbusters 2
Kennedy Center ‘Abruptly’ Cancels Gay Men’s Chorus Concert operawire.com/kennedy-cent... - per Francisco Salazar / Opera Wire
Kennedy Center ‘Abruptly’ Cancels Gay Men's Chorus Concert - OperaWire
The Kennedy Center has canceled The Gay Men's Chorus concert on May 21.
operawire.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Big changes to the artistic program at the Kennedy Center this year.
Out: the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington
In: the painting from Ghostbusters 2
Out: the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington
In: the painting from Ghostbusters 2
I’ll be there, freezing my ass off
NYC: Join Rise and Resist and other activists to RESIST THE DICTATORS. Union Square, 2/17, 1pm.
This is a non-violent & peaceful demonstration, bring signs, banners, acoustic instruments, & friends.
events.pol-rev.com/events/9fe63...
#50501movement #NoKingsDay #NotMyPresidentsDay #fiftyfiftyone
This is a non-violent & peaceful demonstration, bring signs, banners, acoustic instruments, & friends.
events.pol-rev.com/events/9fe63...
#50501movement #NoKingsDay #NotMyPresidentsDay #fiftyfiftyone
February 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’ll be there, freezing my ass off
Hey! I’m walkin’ here*!
* “Here” is 860 Washington St.
* “Here” is 860 Washington St.
February 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hey! I’m walkin’ here*!
* “Here” is 860 Washington St.
* “Here” is 860 Washington St.
Every time a quirky celebrity David dies, it’s years of bad luck.
David Byrne, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE.
David Byrne, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE.
February 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Every time a quirky celebrity David dies, it’s years of bad luck.
David Byrne, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE.
David Byrne, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE.
I’m hearing they meant to give read-only access but accidentally granted write too
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I’m hearing they meant to give read-only access but accidentally granted write too
Damn, the Sassoon letter is 100% worth reading every word of.
Read Danielle Sassoon’s Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Annotated (Gift Article)
Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned Thursday as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney, writes to Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain her refusal to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Damn, the Sassoon letter is 100% worth reading every word of.
We may finally be forced to answer the age-old question “Is the Pope catholic?”
February 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We may finally be forced to answer the age-old question “Is the Pope catholic?”
The American Bar Association is begging the president to stop doing crime.
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The American Bar Association is begging the president to stop doing crime.
If your goal is to turn your social media site into a WeChat-style “everything app,” and you suddenly find yourself in control of the government, it’s pretty clear why you start removing all the parts that might constrain or compete with you.
Elon Musk’s improbable path to making X an “everything app”
X must do more than tack on new features if it wants WeChat’s success.
arstechnica.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
If your goal is to turn your social media site into a WeChat-style “everything app,” and you suddenly find yourself in control of the government, it’s pretty clear why you start removing all the parts that might constrain or compete with you.