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Jake DeGroot

@jake-degroot.bsky.social
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Senior software engineer and architect.

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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What was your first computer growing up?
A Tandy 1000, with dual 5 1/4 floppy disc drives.
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Thad @tyranicus.net · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day.
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jam @socialistboat.dad · 15/08/2026
AI/LLMs generally can bluff their way through a pretty good first impression but they have trouble staying on task and following through a project to completion and like. That's only cool when I do it
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Leah from South Dakota @leahfromsd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The party flyers are up, now let's hope people show up.
Nice cage poster on the bulletin board
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/08/2026
I am absolutely thrilled to present to you: How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking) available for pre-order now, wherever you buy your books! www.simonandschuster.ca/books/How-to...
Cover of the book "How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking)" by Katie Mack. The top right corner says "Author of The End of Everything" and the bottom left says "Brilliant and thrilling! - John Green". The cover motif is a space image made of puzzle pieces.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
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Matrix
Alt: Neo, dodging bullets in "The Matrix."
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 10/06/2026
If you need a script for getting your company off Twitter, I WROTE YOU ONE. Multiple people have used it, successfully, to explain the legal liability your company incurs by forcing employees to be on a platform with child sexual abuse material. I will help you use it. anildash.com/2026/02/23/t...
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Taking action against AI harms - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Minneapolis May Day Battle Train rolling down Bloomington - the best annual tradition.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Radio hosts! Radio hosts! Radio hosts! Radio hosts! Radio hosts! Radio hosts! Radio hosts! Radio hosts!
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you are using, with no explanation.
The opening song of Brandi Carlile's Human tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This looks so awesome. I can't wait to watch it!
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
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perry the platypus says " i know what we 're gonna do today " in a cartoon
Alt: Phineas says to Ferb, "I know what we're going to do today!"
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lagoto.bsky.social @lagoto.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
*sighs* *taps the sign*
A COMPUTER

CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE



THEREFOR A COMPUTER MUST NEVER

MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION
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Starborn In The Sky @starborn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Had to give Bebs an appropriate accessory. 🕯️👻
A Lego Minifig of Beverly Crusher from Star Trek, holding a candle with a green flame and a tricorder.
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Mike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
Image of the Yeti in the skiing Windows game SkiFree eating the player
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Mike (beep boop era) @latimeriidae.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
HAPPY BOSTON MOONINITE PANIC DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
A lite brite with a green and purple mooninite flipping you off with the words 1/31/07 NEVER FORGET
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Tanya 🧚‍♀️👑 @faeryqueene73.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Make a Bond movie academic: Moonraker: A study on farming in lunar regolith.
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I'm Not Really Mary Poppins @maryfpoppins.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Gen-X and older Minnesota folks, here's a bit of nostalgia for your Christmas gift.
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Posted it
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CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I WANT TO SEE THE HELL OUT OF THAT.
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Now is the Time of Monsters @tom-rooney-3.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Scotty Bessent doesn’t know
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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a close up of a man wearing a hat that says oath
Alt: A close-up of Valtteri Bottas turning his head and winking at you, letting you know that he believes in you and everything will be alright.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 03/12/2025
A perfect CVSS 10 🧑🏻‍🍳💋 CVE-2025-55182: Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in React Server Components The vuln is in versions 19.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0: react-server-dom-webpack react-server-dom-parcel react-server-dom-turbopack Upgrade immediately!
react.dev
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components – React
The library for web and native user interfaces
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Emmett Initiative @emmett.click · 27/11/2025
I’ve played a lot of simcity but I didn’t know you could go pro

37. Zohran Mamdani, 11
• Books.
• FIFA 2003 and SimCity 3000
computer games.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild. American megafauna edition. Bison Moose Elk Bighorn Sheep Mountain Lion
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 26/11/2025
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important. We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The northern lights looked incredible of Sioux Falls tonight! It's always amazing when you can see them this well inside of town.
The northern lights over my front yard. They have a brilliant fuchsia hue.The northern lights over my house. They have mixed shades of green and pink.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 07/11/2025
Scavenger hunt, gov’t-edition— If you visit a USG facility (base exchange, gift shop), please check if they’re selling any Trump merchandise. Yes/no reports both useful. Photos that show proof of location a huge plus. DMs open. Also z_everson@protonmail.com or 202.804.2744 (Signal/mobile). 6/
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a penguin wearing a pirate hat holds a map
ALT: a penguin wearing a pirate hat holds a map
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Chris Ferdinandi @cferdinandi.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
⚓️ New Article: Just use a button
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Just use a button
One of the weirdest “debates” I seem to perpetually have with framework-enthusiastic developers is whether or not a <div> is “just as good” as a <button>. Spoiler: it’s not. Let’s dig in. The problem Among the React crowd, and also among people who seem to enjoy HTMX, I see a lot this… <div onclick="showSignIn()"> Open Modal </div>function showSignIn () { // Code to show the sign-in modal. // The details of what happens here vary by stack.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Klingon Philosopher: "Today is a good day to ask why!"
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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 21/10/2025
“we all had a nazi phase, right?” my brother in christ: no
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Christina Stephens (🐯🏈💜💛) @christinastephens.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
When Travis Kelce said Taylor Swift’s new album was all bangers, he meant literally.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
"You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel."
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Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
My cure to the male loneliness epidemic is to take away every boy’s phone and young man’s phone, then force them to get together to play Goldeneye and Mario Party in a basement for hours on end. Bingo bango, problem solved.
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 25/09/2025
New jobs on the jobs webbed site! bsky.social/about/join
Senior Go Developer - Trust & Safety Platform
Fullstack Typescript Developer - Trust & Safety
Sr. Product Engineer - React Native
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New Pokémon evolutions just dropped!
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The Midwest newsroom at @propublica.org is amazing. Fantastically talented, hard-working, good-hearted people who do this work for all the right reasons. And so much fun to be around. I love being part of it. Come join us! This is a **solid-gold journalism job opportunity.**
job-boards.greenhouse.io
Reporter, Midwest
Regions
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 17/09/2025
Clay Higgins saying there are no 230 protections for companies that don't suppress people celebrating Kirk's death is not just wrong on the law but a very clear attack on First Amendment protected speech. This is actual government jawboning in pursuit of silencing disfavored views.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Here's a little timeline cleanse for everyone. This is why I like to grow a few planters' worth of Salvia on my deck every summer.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Can confirm, I just saw a banner for this when I logged in earlier.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Holy shit, guys! Three nights of Brandi Carlile at Red Rocks is nothing short of a religious experience. Especially with her new song, Church and State, which is punk as fuck! And then she played Uninvited by Alanis all three nights, which was just beyond incredible!
The Brandi Carlile band performing on stage at Red Rocks.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
A red moon over Red Rocks for night three of Brandi Carlile. Lucius is doing a great job of opening after the talented Allison Ponthier.
A full moon, with a reddish hue, rising over the suburbs of Denver, as seen from Red Rocks.Lucius and their band performing on the stage at Red Rocks. A close-up up of Allison Ponthier singing into her microphone on the stage at Red Rocks.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Tell me you don't know the history of space exploration without telling me you don't know the history of space exploration.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Night two of Brandi Carlile at Red Rocks was even better than the first night! She played Broken Horses tonight! Can't wait for the third and final night tomorrow night.
A close-up of Brandi Carlile singing into her golden microphone.Phil Hanseroth on stage at Red Rocks playing the bass guitar.
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Jake DeGroot @jake-degroot.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Night one of Brandi Carlile at Red Rocks, in the books. Just an absolutely amazing show! She really rocked out tonight and debuted some incredible songs.
A close-up of Brandi Carlile singing into her golden microphone. Brandi Carlile playing guitar and singing into her microphone on the stage at Red Rocks. The Brandi Carlile band performing on the stage at Red Rocks.
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