Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
@unaha-closp.bsky.social
FKA davesgonechina
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
Baby names aren’t just personal choices; they reflect culture, geography, gender, identity, and as i've been investigating, politics too. I’ve been analyzing 50 years of U.S. baby naming to see how they map onto political polarization in the U.S.
Here’s what I found 🧵
Here’s what I found 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Baby names aren’t just personal choices; they reflect culture, geography, gender, identity, and as i've been investigating, politics too. I’ve been analyzing 50 years of U.S. baby naming to see how they map onto political polarization in the U.S.
Here’s what I found 🧵
Here’s what I found 🧵
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
It's funny how this isn't identifiable as a Conservative Opinion but is absolutely the sort of thing that runs on conservative opinion pages. An even split between "the traffic is so bad now" and "Mr. Trump, please exterminate the brutes." A perfectly American intellectual movement in that sense.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It's funny how this isn't identifiable as a Conservative Opinion but is absolutely the sort of thing that runs on conservative opinion pages. An even split between "the traffic is so bad now" and "Mr. Trump, please exterminate the brutes." A perfectly American intellectual movement in that sense.
The entire CompTIA certification ecosystem for schools like DeVry, etc. is pratically invisible in discussions/coverage of tech, and is run by a trade association a bit like HVAC - although CompTIA got bought by private equity last year...
i don't want to discuss the ways in which this is wrong, BUT there are a subset of tech jobs -- like, if you are the only sysadmin at a small baked bean company -- which have the same cultural valence as "HVAC contractor," as in "highly-paid WWC job," and have the same politics.
A thing that I feel has not been discussed enough is that the highly paid IT and infosec guys at any company you care to name all seem to be absolutely insane right-wing freaks with the impulse control of a drunk toddler
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The entire CompTIA certification ecosystem for schools like DeVry, etc. is pratically invisible in discussions/coverage of tech, and is run by a trade association a bit like HVAC - although CompTIA got bought by private equity last year...
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
one of the things i objected to most at at GOOG over the years, from the labor perspective, is the slow decay of the blue-collar routes up into corp. you used to encounter guys who started out swapping drives in 120 degree heat in the hot aisles and who were now SREs, and that's gone.
Yes. I probably could have put it better in the original post and tried to clarify in the next one
i don't want to discuss the ways in which this is wrong, BUT there are a subset of tech jobs -- like, if you are the only sysadmin at a small baked bean company -- which have the same cultural valence as "HVAC contractor," as in "highly-paid WWC job," and have the same politics.
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
one of the things i objected to most at at GOOG over the years, from the labor perspective, is the slow decay of the blue-collar routes up into corp. you used to encounter guys who started out swapping drives in 120 degree heat in the hot aisles and who were now SREs, and that's gone.
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
Zohran Mamdani has named his transition Committee on Transportation, Climate, & Infrastructure.
Congratulations to @2avesag.as and others - lots of good names on this list that I recognize.
Congratulations to @2avesag.as and others - lots of good names on this list that I recognize.
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Zohran Mamdani has named his transition Committee on Transportation, Climate, & Infrastructure.
Congratulations to @2avesag.as and others - lots of good names on this list that I recognize.
Congratulations to @2avesag.as and others - lots of good names on this list that I recognize.
one must always choose the lesser of two weevils, Charlie Brown
It's Chinatown, Charlie Brown
There is no spoon, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
one must always choose the lesser of two weevils, Charlie Brown
It never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened, Charlie Brown.
DID I BREAK YOUR CONCENTRATION, CHARLIE BROWN?
We’re going to need a bigger boat, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened, Charlie Brown.
Swan Song is a great movie. RIP to a real one
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Swan Song is a great movie. RIP to a real one
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
September 30, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
I never understand this pose of "I was an obnoxious child" establishing one's credentials for anything other "I am an insufferable adult"
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I never understand this pose of "I was an obnoxious child" establishing one's credentials for anything other "I am an insufferable adult"
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
I only just saw this thanks to @ed3d.net and I don’t have time to do a full fisking before my daughter’s bedtime but a few hundred words in and it’s utter nonsense.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I only just saw this thanks to @ed3d.net and I don’t have time to do a full fisking before my daughter’s bedtime but a few hundred words in and it’s utter nonsense.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
GREENE TO RESIGN
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
GREENE TO RESIGN
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
When my dad was young, family legend recalls, their dog Major had what the vet said was a heart condition. He'd spend some days just lying morosely in his basket. One day, my grandfather dropped in at a nearby pub, not his usual haunt. He saw a dog bowl labeled "Major" hanging by the bar.
I lived in a neighborhood in Fujian with a corner shop that had two dogs like this (Benben and Dandan) and one time I followed Benben on his rounds and it was exactly the same. The hair salon, the parking attendant, dog bowls ready everywhere. Dandan had gotten so fat she stayed home.
Incredible investigative journalism. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrdp17Vg/
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
When my dad was young, family legend recalls, their dog Major had what the vet said was a heart condition. He'd spend some days just lying morosely in his basket. One day, my grandfather dropped in at a nearby pub, not his usual haunt. He saw a dog bowl labeled "Major" hanging by the bar.
I lived in a neighborhood in Fujian with a corner shop that had two dogs like this (Benben and Dandan) and one time I followed Benben on his rounds and it was exactly the same. The hair salon, the parking attendant, dog bowls ready everywhere. Dandan had gotten so fat she stayed home.
Incredible investigative journalism. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrdp17Vg/
In 1992, a Japanese TV show followed a dog named Sacchan in Osaka after his owner wondered why he had become so chubby. They discovered that the dog spent his days visiting neighbors, train stations a...
TikTok video by TheWorldDecoded
www.tiktok.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I lived in a neighborhood in Fujian with a corner shop that had two dogs like this (Benben and Dandan) and one time I followed Benben on his rounds and it was exactly the same. The hair salon, the parking attendant, dog bowls ready everywhere. Dandan had gotten so fat she stayed home.
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
the grand opening of oakshire place mobile home sales of union city, tennessee, may 1970, with free entertainment by... who?!
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the grand opening of oakshire place mobile home sales of union city, tennessee, may 1970, with free entertainment by... who?!
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
Not going to read too much into it, obviously Trump is the worst man alive, and is going to revert to saying the most odious shit imaginable in like an hour, but it's funny that this is coming a couple hours after 90 democrat losers voted to say "socialism is bad" for no reason.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Not going to read too much into it, obviously Trump is the worst man alive, and is going to revert to saying the most odious shit imaginable in like an hour, but it's funny that this is coming a couple hours after 90 democrat losers voted to say "socialism is bad" for no reason.
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
this looks like an after school program where young people help out seniors at home
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
this looks like an after school program where young people help out seniors at home
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
Fish have committed credit card fraud
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fish have committed credit card fraud
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
calling TCW "wa-luigi coates" is... god.
Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
calling TCW "wa-luigi coates" is... god.
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
Please god let it be the last word
“…two showboats trying to out-detail each other, with maudlin prose dissecting a relationship that’s portrayed as tortured, but was really just between two careless narcissists.” Marisa with (let it be) the last word:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Please god let it be the last word
Reposted by Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
lmao. reading the opinion on the Texas gerrymander, the court, reasonably, ruled that (a) the Trump admin had sent Texas a letter demanding that it dismantle districts based entirely on their racial makeup; (b) that Texas acknowledged this as their motivation when they did this; (c) this is racist.
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
lmao. reading the opinion on the Texas gerrymander, the court, reasonably, ruled that (a) the Trump admin had sent Texas a letter demanding that it dismantle districts based entirely on their racial makeup; (b) that Texas acknowledged this as their motivation when they did this; (c) this is racist.