Plastic Straw Republican
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@SmartMaticEng
in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king
This GitHub incident is insane. Merge queue commits have been reverting previously merged commits at random. This not only breaks the mental contract teams have with Git in general, but is subtle enough to be really hard to unravel after the fact. githubstatus.com/incidents/zsg1…
One of the things you wonder, is if these are jobs that require legit skill and expertise, and not corrupt patronage jobs, why are these people unable to find *anything* else? Theoretically if they have skills & connections, they should get something better than $19/hour, right?
"Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va." nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/…
A large structure fire broke out in North Las Vegas this morning near I-15 and Lake Mead. Neighbors say it was a meth lab.
U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information To Profit From Prediction Market Bets Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly made more than $400,000 trading on polymarket on the basis of classified information regarding the timing of a U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela 🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/us-sold…
@ReichlinMelnick It was 15 million inn1975 Aaron. Living in fantasyland I see
SpaceX has launched more then every other company combined
The government, who we all pay to function, owning these services would cut out the profiteering middlemen. It’s that simple. We spend the money, the government services our needs.
