Stephon Parker
@stephondoestech.dev
Senior Eng Manager (SRE) @nytimes 💻 | Gamer 🎮 | Blogger 📖 | Bookworm 📚 | Girl Dad 👧🏾 | Living AuADHD 🧠 | ✝️ Believer | #ProtectBlackWomen | He/Him 💍 | Hate has no home here 💙 | My views are my own.
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It's a card game, not a book, but 44% of our backers came directly from Bluesky, and the only reason our crowdfunding project actually succeeded.
July 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's a card game, not a book, but 44% of our backers came directly from Bluesky, and the only reason our crowdfunding project actually succeeded.
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SCOOP: YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy. "YouTube quietly removing ‘gender identity and expression’ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety."
YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy
TariffTokers, Gen Z’s ‘it couple’, Easter potatoes, anti-MAGA hats, Zuck's D.C. mansion, Amazon's TikTok bid, Silicon Valley's cupid, and the fastest growing political channels on YouTube
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April 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
SCOOP: YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy. "YouTube quietly removing ‘gender identity and expression’ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety."
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You should be giving life changing checks to Black women. IN YOUR FIELDS AND AEEAS if you have the power to do so
( not this silly billy press game shit, hug the who warned you wrote for you, is standing in front of cops , whose “work you admire” )
Because they are making life ending cuts
( not this silly billy press game shit, hug the who warned you wrote for you, is standing in front of cops , whose “work you admire” )
Because they are making life ending cuts
April 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You should be giving life changing checks to Black women. IN YOUR FIELDS AND AEEAS if you have the power to do so
( not this silly billy press game shit, hug the who warned you wrote for you, is standing in front of cops , whose “work you admire” )
Because they are making life ending cuts
( not this silly billy press game shit, hug the who warned you wrote for you, is standing in front of cops , whose “work you admire” )
Because they are making life ending cuts
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My immigration firm sent a newsletter today in response to inquiries from clients over the last two months. They "strongly recommend against international travel", warned against even walking past political rallies, noted government reps may ask to see emails, texts + social media, and these points:
March 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My immigration firm sent a newsletter today in response to inquiries from clients over the last two months. They "strongly recommend against international travel", warned against even walking past political rallies, noted government reps may ask to see emails, texts + social media, and these points:
Definitely needed to see this today.
February 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Definitely needed to see this today.
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And if America had properly punished the treason of the confederacy, we wouldn’t be here today.
February 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And if America had properly punished the treason of the confederacy, we wouldn’t be here today.
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Amazon Prime shipping sure isn't what it used to be 👀 Making it even easier for me to ween myself off.
February 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Amazon Prime shipping sure isn't what it used to be 👀 Making it even easier for me to ween myself off.
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Target, don't piss me tf off!
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Target, don't piss me tf off!
Been a minute since I was on here. Sooo how are things?
February 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Been a minute since I was on here. Sooo how are things?
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Trump is getting far more deference and respect from dems than Obama got from the GOP with far larger wins in 2008 and 2012.
We do not need to cede him any more power than he will have tomorrow. He won the popular vote by 1.5%. He did not crack 50% of the overall vote. His win does not mark a sea change in public opinion. He, his policies, and his cronies will be unpopular. Rest up. Take care of yourself. Then...
January 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump is getting far more deference and respect from dems than Obama got from the GOP with far larger wins in 2008 and 2012.
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I’m a loyal Storygraph user, but I have to be honest, the user experience is awful. I really wish they’d improve their platform.
January 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I’m a loyal Storygraph user, but I have to be honest, the user experience is awful. I really wish they’d improve their platform.
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“We can break the law because the president (-elect) says we can” is actually dangerous and terrible.
BREAKING: TikTok restores service, thanking Trump
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
The company said in a statement that TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to the company’s service providers.
www.nbcnews.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“We can break the law because the president (-elect) says we can” is actually dangerous and terrible.
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the next several years of the media refusing to cover protests while manufacturing consensus via op ed by pretending everyone agrees and there are very few protests is gonna be a whole experience
January 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
the next several years of the media refusing to cover protests while manufacturing consensus via op ed by pretending everyone agrees and there are very few protests is gonna be a whole experience
Adding Tik Tok to the long list of social media platforms that chooses manipulation and coercion over actual truth to the American people.
Keep a mind H.R.7521 - Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the Tik Tok bill) was introduced by a single party.
Keep a mind H.R.7521 - Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the Tik Tok bill) was introduced by a single party.
January 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Adding Tik Tok to the long list of social media platforms that chooses manipulation and coercion over actual truth to the American people.
Keep a mind H.R.7521 - Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the Tik Tok bill) was introduced by a single party.
Keep a mind H.R.7521 - Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the Tik Tok bill) was introduced by a single party.
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Every single generation past boomers has had, at the very least, a large contingent in survival mode.
Gen X got caught with our pants down. We had no idea Boomers wouldn’t be passing the sticks.
Gen X got caught with our pants down. We had no idea Boomers wouldn’t be passing the sticks.
January 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Every single generation past boomers has had, at the very least, a large contingent in survival mode.
Gen X got caught with our pants down. We had no idea Boomers wouldn’t be passing the sticks.
Gen X got caught with our pants down. We had no idea Boomers wouldn’t be passing the sticks.
If you’re reading this post a gif from a video game you love.
January 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If you’re reading this post a gif from a video game you love.
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We have the weirdest energy for our own sometimes. I’m old enough to remember when Beyoncé at the top of her game, embraced her Blackness in front of the world. They were ready to burn her alive when she did. Everything after that has been rooted in her Blackness and culture. Yet, here is this take.
January 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We have the weirdest energy for our own sometimes. I’m old enough to remember when Beyoncé at the top of her game, embraced her Blackness in front of the world. They were ready to burn her alive when she did. Everything after that has been rooted in her Blackness and culture. Yet, here is this take.
The more I write, the better I’m getting at it and more confident I feel. I’ll be posting more of my writing on my blog soon along with finally publishing my newsletter.
January 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The more I write, the better I’m getting at it and more confident I feel. I’ll be posting more of my writing on my blog soon along with finally publishing my newsletter.
You know what’s sad is I can remember a time in my life when I allowed myself to be disrespected like this and excused it in so many ways. When enough was enough I simply started doing what our brother here is calling out. I’m going to tell you about yourself to your racist ass face.
The 6 months I spent on tinder were wild, bruh. Met all sorts of women on there, and some of the things I experienced still shock me till this day.
Gonna tell a story, lol. Long 🧵
So there was this white Dutch lady I went on a date with. We matched, chatted for 2 weeks, and then went on a date.
Gonna tell a story, lol. Long 🧵
So there was this white Dutch lady I went on a date with. We matched, chatted for 2 weeks, and then went on a date.
January 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
You know what’s sad is I can remember a time in my life when I allowed myself to be disrespected like this and excused it in so many ways. When enough was enough I simply started doing what our brother here is calling out. I’m going to tell you about yourself to your racist ass face.
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hell nah, this job done gave me hives. I’ve never had hives before. I gotta find a new job asap
January 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
hell nah, this job done gave me hives. I’ve never had hives before. I gotta find a new job asap
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Did I just take 2 mental health days? Yes, yes I did, & yes I still WFH.
Dinner is ice cream, with a side of The Muppet Show
Dinner is ice cream, with a side of The Muppet Show
a row of sesame street characters are lined up on a shelf
Alt: The Muppet Show intro.
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January 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Did I just take 2 mental health days? Yes, yes I did, & yes I still WFH.
Dinner is ice cream, with a side of The Muppet Show
Dinner is ice cream, with a side of The Muppet Show
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I'm going to enjoy watching people on here beg their overseas friends and family to change to Signal just cause you don't like Zuckerberg. A lot of yall really don't know how ubiquitous WhatsApp is and just how tiny Signal is.
Whatsapp, like Facebook, is owned by Zuckerberg's Meta.
Signal is owned by the Signal Foundation. And it's more secure. We have a choice.
Signal is owned by the Signal Foundation. And it's more secure. We have a choice.
January 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I'm going to enjoy watching people on here beg their overseas friends and family to change to Signal just cause you don't like Zuckerberg. A lot of yall really don't know how ubiquitous WhatsApp is and just how tiny Signal is.