Greg Walker
@suddenlygreg.com
Software dev. Big ol' nerd. Dog-haver. Formerly at @alt18f.bsky.social. https://suddenlygreg.com
Since the BBC apparently believes that the humanity of trans people is not an impartial fact and forced @robinince.bsky.social to quit over it, I’m sad to now unsubscribe from Infinite Monkey Cage, a show I have loved. But BBC lost my respect, as well as my ears listening to ads outside the UK.
December 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Since the BBC apparently believes that the humanity of trans people is not an impartial fact and forced @robinince.bsky.social to quit over it, I’m sad to now unsubscribe from Infinite Monkey Cage, a show I have loved. But BBC lost my respect, as well as my ears listening to ads outside the UK.
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When they ask me what radicalized me
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
When they ask me what radicalized me
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
They are not last-minute heroes. They are scoundrels who manufactured a crisis so they could "save us" at the very end by giving us less than we had before. They are evil.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senators talk last-minute Obamacare extension
They aim to announce a plan this week.
www.politico.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
They are not last-minute heroes. They are scoundrels who manufactured a crisis so they could "save us" at the very end by giving us less than we had before. They are evil.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Also all the headlines with crap like "I didn't vote for this" about Trump voters who are displeased are absolute bunk. Those people 100% did vote for this. Trump never made any secret of exactly what he intended to do. If people were too racist to care, that's on them.
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Also all the headlines with crap like "I didn't vote for this" about Trump voters who are displeased are absolute bunk. Those people 100% did vote for this. Trump never made any secret of exactly what he intended to do. If people were too racist to care, that's on them.
Read Matt's thread, but also...
This "tech force" is a government subsidy of internships for private businesses. Trump wants us to pay low salaries for people to do work for private companies. That is what this is. It is stealing our taxes *again* and lining the pockets of the rich.
This "tech force" is a government subsidy of internships for private businesses. Trump wants us to pay low salaries for people to do work for private companies. That is what this is. It is stealing our taxes *again* and lining the pockets of the rich.
This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Read Matt's thread, but also...
This "tech force" is a government subsidy of internships for private businesses. Trump wants us to pay low salaries for people to do work for private companies. That is what this is. It is stealing our taxes *again* and lining the pockets of the rich.
This "tech force" is a government subsidy of internships for private businesses. Trump wants us to pay low salaries for people to do work for private companies. That is what this is. It is stealing our taxes *again* and lining the pockets of the rich.
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"The existing NDS sites therefore behave more like billboards than public infrastructure. ... What makes this shift hardest to justify is that the federal government already had ... [an] office whose job was to actually make government UX work better. From 2014 to 2025, that work lived inside 18F."
www.archpaper.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"The existing NDS sites therefore behave more like billboards than public infrastructure. ... What makes this shift hardest to justify is that the federal government already had ... [an] office whose job was to actually make government UX work better. From 2014 to 2025, that work lived inside 18F."
Eat it, Disney World. Roseville Total Wine is the happiest place on Earth.
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Eat it, Disney World. Roseville Total Wine is the happiest place on Earth.
There's been a steady stream of people on social media who are/claim to be doctors, nurses, etc. telling us about the imminent death of Donald Trump. And I get it. A lot of us want him dead because it feels like an important step towards a better world. But his death is not a solution.
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There's been a steady stream of people on social media who are/claim to be doctors, nurses, etc. telling us about the imminent death of Donald Trump. And I get it. A lot of us want him dead because it feels like an important step towards a better world. But his death is not a solution.
Whenever someone says that we've got a special guest coming to a meeting, I always ask if it's Cher. Someday I hope it will be.
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Whenever someone says that we've got a special guest coming to a meeting, I always ask if it's Cher. Someday I hope it will be.
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But also maybe they should ruin his life?
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
Larry Summers is 70. Firing him is not ruining his life.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
But also maybe they should ruin his life?
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
It's very... interesting, I guess... that every article about Trump and the Epstein files has almost exactly the same disclaimer.
Why is it, I wonder, that they all have the same language? All of them. Every time. You've seen it too, haven't you?
Why is it, I wonder, that they all have the same language? All of them. Every time. You've seen it too, haven't you?
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
It's very... interesting, I guess... that every article about Trump and the Epstein files has almost exactly the same disclaimer.
Why is it, I wonder, that they all have the same language? All of them. Every time. You've seen it too, haven't you?
Why is it, I wonder, that they all have the same language? All of them. Every time. You've seen it too, haven't you?
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Love to see the initiative of these youth
New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Love to see the initiative of these youth
It just occurred to me that Trump has been medically diagnosed as insufficient.
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
It just occurred to me that Trump has been medically diagnosed as insufficient.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
Don't forget. Donald Trump is dead. He died two months ago. He is dead.
I'm so glad Donald Trump is dead. I mean, JD Vance as president is not an improvement, but at least he doesn't have the cult following and nobody likes him. Anyway, long may Trump burn.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Don't forget. Donald Trump is dead. He died two months ago. He is dead.
Remember when John McCain defied his party to save the ACA?
Now notice how Chuck Schumer has defied his party to crush it.
Now notice how Chuck Schumer has defied his party to crush it.
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Remember when John McCain defied his party to save the ACA?
Now notice how Chuck Schumer has defied his party to crush it.
Now notice how Chuck Schumer has defied his party to crush it.
A little bit of good news is that the Senate is amending the House funding bill to extend it into January, which means the House has to return to session in order to end the shutdown. Which means... Johnson is running out of excuses not to swear in Congressmember Adelita Grijalva.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A little bit of good news is that the Senate is amending the House funding bill to extend it into January, which means the House has to return to session in order to end the shutdown. Which means... Johnson is running out of excuses not to swear in Congressmember Adelita Grijalva.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Every Democrat who votes for this CR needs their name added to the primary list. Get rid of them. They are capitulating on the only thing they ever claimed to be fighting for, in exchange for... nothing. I mean, a promise to vote on the ACA subsidies later, which is a stupid thing to accept.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Every Democrat who votes for this CR needs their name added to the primary list. Get rid of them. They are capitulating on the only thing they ever claimed to be fighting for, in exchange for... nothing. I mean, a promise to vote on the ACA subsidies later, which is a stupid thing to accept.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Turns out I, too, am a hater. (I am not the author, just a fellow hater.) anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Turns out I, too, am a hater. (I am not the author, just a fellow hater.) anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...