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Waldo Jaquith
@waldo.net
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Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, and the Biden administration. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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We're years into Apple's tvOS having two un-deletable apps that do nothing. If you open them, they tell you not to use them. I don't understand.
Photo of a TV screen showing two icons: "tv shows iTunes" and "movies iTunes." Photo of a TV screen showing a large message: iTunes Movies and Your Purchases Have Moved You can buy or rent movies and find your purchases in the Apple TV app.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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In October 2024 I had a rare reaction to scopolamine: extreme loss of close-up vision. I was told to give it a year to see how much vision I’d recover. And that’s how, this month, I accepted my reality and became somebody who keeps reading glasses scattered all over the place.
A line of four identical pairs of reading glasses, on a wooden table. They still have stickers on the front.
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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I have a lot of UI complaints about the latest iOS release, but this one burns me several times every day.
A screenshot of iOS, showing a website address being entered in Safari. To the right of it there are two X buttons. One of them clears the URL, the other closes the dialog box. Which does which? It’s hard to know.
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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So what was the rest of the contract for? Drawing the rest of the fucking owl: data exchange, modeling, security. How much of that was just expected work as part of a website project like this, and how much is about the actual infrastructure of forecasting? Unclear. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
A two-step guide to house to draw an owl. Step one shows two circles, labeled "Draw some circles," and step two shows an intricately drawn own, labeled "Draw the rest of the fucking owl."
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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These morons have reinvented inline styles. They're using break tags and writing "here" in their link text. The HTML doesn't even validate. This is trash. validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=http...
<p class="font-sans text-[20px] leading-[1.3] font-semibold text-neutral-50" style="font-size: calc(20px * var(--type-scale))">What will the hiring process look like, and how quickly will I be able to begin working?</p> <div class="grid w-full transition- all duration-300 ease-in-out" style="grid-template-rows:0fr;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier (0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)"> <div class="overflow-hidden"> < class="w-full pt-1 font- sans text-[20px] leading-[1.3] font-normal text-neutral-50 opacity-50" style="font-size: calc(20px * var(—-type-scale))"› The hiring process will vary depending an applicant's hiring agency. Additional information can be found within the <a class="underline underline-offset-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://dctaskforce.usajobs.gov/">job postings accessible here.</a>
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Not today, Satan
James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The White House's LinkedIn presence has changed their icon from the presidential seal to Trump's glowering face, so now anybody who worked for the White House has this shit on our LinkedIn profiles. www.linkedin.com/company/the-...
A tight crop of a LinkedIn profile, only allowing fragments of words to be read (part of "The White House" and part of "Washington DC"), showing a square photo of an angry-looking Donald Trump.
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Well there’s your problem
SWAT teams from the F.B.I. field office in Las Vegas have also been deployed to protect Mr. Patel when he stays at his residence there, which has been the target of at least one swatting attack in the past year, according to two former officials with knowledge of the situation.
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Stephen Miller rushing into the Oval after Trump's meeting with Mamdani
A toddler, photographed mid-run, mouth open wide in fascination, one arm behind her. Soap bubbles are floating in the air behind her.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I just got an email from a band using their mailing list for the first time in 16 years, and I'm actually fine with this? That's maybe the correct frequency for updates. (I don't think I want to risk flu/covid by going to a crowded venue in January, as much as I'd like to see Bishop Allen again.)
Christian Rudder Bishop Allen on tour in 2026 To: Waldo Jaquith Hey there, it's been a while! Okay, so, we literally got the band back together, and Bishop Allen is going on a short tour of the Northeast in January. We'll be playing mostly stuff from Charm School and The Broken String. Plus, we'll be with our old friends, Mates of State. Long story, short: you should come! The first show has already sold out, but dates and tickets are here: https://www.bandsintown.com/bishopallen We're really looking forward to reconnecting with everyone, and we hope to see you there. Love Christian / Justin / Bishop Allen You got this email because at some point you bought a record from us. We don't plan on using this list very often, but if you'd like to not hear from us anymore, just unsubscribe.
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Ultralight trackers make it possible, for the first time, to track the migration route of individual butterflies. Here are the routes taken by six monarchs this fall. Poor CMP032 got blown out to sea in New Jersey, and still managed to make it back to Florida. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
A map southeastern North America, with six lines showing the migration routes of six butterflies. Four of them wind their way from the northeast down to Texas, then straight down toward Mexico City. Two head down the east coast of the U.S. to Miami.
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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wint @dril "im not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob 8:20 PM - 10 Nov 2011
November 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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No, fig tree, what are you doing?
A fig tree with a cluster of small, green fruits on it. The tree has no visible leaves.
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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This package of pita claims that each pita is a “loaf” of pita.

I object.
A package of pita, the label reading: CLASSIC WHITE 6 LOAVES
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Today the scam-spammers are offering peanut butter.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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The New York Times provides this photo of the Oval Office study. See the photo on the left. That's President James A. Garfield. ... Why does Donald Trump have a framed photo of President Garfield? I can't figure it out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
A photo of a small room, the chief feature of which is shelving covered in Trump merchandise. Partially visible on the wall is a black and white photograph of President Garfield, with a beard, a hat, and a coat.
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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I'm sure that's true, and yet I got this email, and in my subsequent exchange with support (PTN 1680772) I was told that there's nothing to be done about receiving any further emails. I just have an account on your system now that cannot be removed because I'm not a customer.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Oh, Charles, noooooo, no that is…that is not what that means. 😳 www.propublica.org/article/kris...
"It's corrupt, is the word," said Charles Tiefer, a leading authority on federal contract law and former member of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that the Strategy Group's role should prompt investigations by both the DHS inspector general and the House Oversight Committee. "Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer," Tiefer added.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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This was always where the right's "viewpoint diversity" schtick was going. A U.S. Senator said that the professor must be removed from teaching the graduate-level course because "one student in the classroom was uncomfortable." Love that viewpoint diversity. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
A professor who showed a graphic labeling the "Make America Great Again" slogan as covert white supremacy has been removed from teaching a class under a new Indiana law meant to foster "intellectual diversity."
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Spammers are now offering *boxes of food*, if you're wondering how inflation is going.
Food Box Ready for You Shipment #[52318-36] Confirmed Exclusive survey invitation Congratulations! You've been selected! ANSWER & WIN! Busy....
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A literal "both sides" from The New York Times, which includes a laundry list of attacks that includes zero attacks by Democrats.

(Is "from both sides" meant to modify "threats and attacks" or "prominent figures"? One describes perps, the other describes victims.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Threats and attacks on prominent figures from both sides of the aisle have become widespread. Recent examples include two attempts to assassinate President Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign; the fatal shooting of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September; an arson attack on the home of the Pennsylvania governor in April; and a hammer attack on the husband of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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I bought this thing of oil maybe 15 years ago, and it's still 2/3 full. It's amazing you can buy a lifetime supply of something for $3.50.
A small (3 ounce / 88.7 mL) container of "3-in-One Multi-Purpose Oil."
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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I love to see that C-SPAN is dunking on Crossfire. I hope people keep making fun of that stupid show for the rest of my life.
An ad, showing the U.S. Capitol reading: C-SPAN CEASEFIRE FRIDAYS AT 7PM ET/PT C-SPAN presents CEASEFIRE Finding common ground 7 pm ET/PT
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Larry Summers: more of a shitbag than you may have known
I'm trying to figure why American elite think if u murder your baby by beating and abandonment it must be irrelevant to your admission to Harvard, but hit on a few women 10 years ago and can't work at a network or think tank. DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Trump doesn't "risk" lasting damage—he is executing the Project 2025 plan to shred the safety net. This is intentional.
New York Times headline: By Not Funding Food Stamps, Trump Risks Lasting Damage to Safety Net For the poorest Americans, the expected end to the longest shutdown in history has left doubt and anxiety around the benefits known as SNAP.
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM