Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 21/10/2025Gen Z women being more liberal is not nearly as surprising to me as Gen Z men getting more conservative 000
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 12/10/2025I saw one of these recently but did not look up how much they cost 🤯 000
Reposted by Josh Betznilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 01/10/2025“Kavanaugh stops” is a tremendous term term for cops racially profiling people and someone should start a crowdfunding effort to pay a bunch of SEC sorority influencers to popularize it on TikTok. We must fight fire with devastating trending topics slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comThere’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous. 7941571170
Reposted by Josh BetzJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 03/07/2025Can we all agree now that they never gave a shit about the deficit? It was only ever a convenient excuse for keeping as much money as possible in the hands of big corporations and billionaires. 510814
Reposted by Josh BetzHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The Republican spending bill is a historic theft that will take from the poor to give to the already-rich. Republicans passed this knowing people will die. They know people will lose their health care. They know children will go hungry. They will own the tragic results. We can't let them forget. 25543641219
Reposted by Josh BetzKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 03/07/2025Republicans in Congress have voted to devastate millions of people across our nation — kicking Americans off their health care, shuttering hospitals, eliminating food assistance, and raising costs. This is Project 2025 in action. 27450461581
Reposted by Josh BetzElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/07/2025Republicans in the House just cheered as they voted to kick 17 million people off their health care. 1741493387
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 01/07/2025Reminds me of m.youtube.com/watch?v=4C6c...m.youtube.comCarl Sagan on Military Spending and Climate ChangeYouTube video by Lucky Tran 000
Reposted by Josh BetzDave Winer on Bluesky @scripting.com · 25/06/2025My self-introduction post on the WordCamp Canada blog. canada.wordcamp.org 064
Reposted by Josh BetzJeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025LOL @rmac.bsky.social 23802144
Reposted by Josh BetzGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Kash Patel and Pam Bondi are real quiet when a Dem Gov’s mansion is burned and two MN lawmakers are targeted for assassination. It’s almost as if they only care about one side being targeted for violence…. 331896508
Reposted by Josh BetzDave Winer on Bluesky @scripting.com · 24/01/2025I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget. 7915583814817
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 11/06/2025Mutual aid agreements among states? What do you think the federal government is? 130
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 09/06/2025It is so weird to get an ad for like Zip Recruiter on a podcast about American troops being deployed in American city against Americans 010
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 06/06/2025I sing the songs that remind him of the good times I sing the songs that remind him of the Betz times 110
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 05/06/2025I think this has been debunked simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/29/...simonwillison.netA cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environmentThe idea that personal LLM use is environmentally irresponsible shows up a lot in many of the online spaces I frequent. I've touched on my doubts around this in the … 110
Reposted by Josh BetzElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 27/05/2025When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody." But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies. Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda. 847234626440
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 22/05/2025The term length in the house is 2 years. They’re all up for reelection in 2026. 140
Reposted by Josh BetzHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Twelve years (and 2.1 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could maybe help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were crazy, and I am very glad for that...🧵 673888340
Reposted by Josh BetzDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/05/2025Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.app.wedonthavetime.orgThe World’s Most Urgent Scientific Questionhttps://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graph... 431531710
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 17/05/2025I often wonder about the people who didn’t vote. Apparently so privileged that election results have never mattered. Have they noticed yet? 270
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 15/05/2025I was disappointed Ben Wikler didn’t win the race for DNC chair. He’s done an incredible job in Wisconsin and has been a big proponent of the campaign that never ends. Hopefully the new leadership also understands this. 110
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 14/05/2025Even the Wikipedia article is unironically like: “Platoons decrease the distances between cars or trucks using electronic, and possibly mechanical, coupling. This capability would allow many cars or trucks to accelerate or brake simultaneously.” 100
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 14/05/2025I saw an article on hacker news recently about “platooning” driverless cars as if trains don’t exist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon...en.wikipedia.orgPlatoon (automobile) - Wikipedia 110
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 13/05/2025What IPs are you sending mail from? I find that it’s basically impossible to fix the reputation of public cloud IPs and have usually ended up using Sendgrid or similar. 100
Reposted by Josh BetzKaspars Dambis @kaspars.damb.is · 13/05/2025My latest guide on WordPress emails explains how it all works: ✅ How wp_mail() really works ✅ Setting headers, SMTP, and DKIM correctly ✅ Using filters like phpmailer_init to lock it all in 👉 Read the guide: wpelevator.com/guides/wordp...wpelevator.comWordPress EmailsAll transactional emails in WordPress are sent by the wp_mail() function which is one of the "pluggable" functions (can be overwritten) in wp-includes/pluggable.php. Tip: Use the Mail Pilot plugin to… 211
Reposted by Josh BetzWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 09/05/2025For pretty much any government agency you can think of, if their software doesn't work, the agency doesn't work. DOGE fucked up the FAA's software, and people are going to die because of it.abcnews.go.comRadar screens at Newark airport went black again overnightRadar screens at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport went black again early Friday morning. 314868
Reposted by Josh BetzThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/04/2025ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn 960378608605
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 25/04/2025Over 85% of Mozilla’s funding comes from Google paying to be the default search engine m.slashdot.org/story/431592m.slashdot.orgSlashdot 120
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 24/04/2025I think Firefox is likely to disappear too blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/i...blog.mozilla.orgMozilla’s CEO weighs in on U.S. v. Google | The Mozilla BlogThe CEO of Mozilla, Laura Chambers, provided insights about the U.S. v. Google LLC case on search competition ahead of the trial slated to begin April 21, 111
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 24/04/2025What is the deal with people running in huge AirPods Max headphones? It seems so u comfortable. Don’t they get all sweaty and gross? 000
Reposted by Josh BetzStuffAboutHockey @stuffabouthockey.bsky.social · 22/04/2025It costs more to administrate & collect fees for school lunch programs than to just provide the lunches for free. Saves on the salary needed for a cashier, administrative efforts to collect (often small) past due balances, the overhead of determining who does or doesn't qualify for free programs. 231
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 23/04/2025I have bad news for you blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/i...blog.mozilla.orgMozilla’s CEO weighs in on U.S. v. Google | The Mozilla BlogThe CEO of Mozilla, Laura Chambers, provided insights about the U.S. v. Google LLC case on search competition ahead of the trial slated to begin April 21, 210
Reposted by Josh BetzAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 22/04/2025DOGE claims it will take only a few months to replace legacy systems at the Social Security Administration. Having worked on similar modernization efforts before, we can tell you that isn’t true—here’s why.18f.orgReplacing legacy systemsBarriers to replacing legacy systems, and how 18F successfully approached modernization work. 1924459
Reposted by Josh BetzMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here. www.kqed.org/news/1203596... 19995202290
Reposted by Josh BetzElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/04/2025No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that. 18706012112619
Reposted by Josh BetzHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Remember: Republicans in Congress can put a stop to this at any time. 29971082309
Reposted by Josh BetzMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 03/04/2025Mega wealthy people will not just "be OK" during an economic crash. They will make *more* money. They buy stuff at fire sale prices, and when value returns to normal, they make a killing. Poor people lost half a trillion dollars during the pandemic shock. Billionaires gained half a trillion.🙂🙃 16796279
Reposted by Josh BetzClive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base! and they want to do it ... ... in *a few months* I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ... ... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here 1/9wealthsimple.combrowse by category 50768122914
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 29/03/2025I'm happy to see WordPress is adopting bcrypt for password hashes. I have been following the trac ticket for over 10 years 🤯 Quite a few people got props on this one. If you're not familiar, until now WordPress used a library called phpass for hashing passwords.... jsh.bz/t/kzv 000
Josh Betz @jsh.bz · 22/03/2025They were running an ad until a couple weeks ago specifically showing the part that is not coming 9to5mac.com/2025/03/07/a...9to5mac.comApple pulls iPhone 16 ad over Apple Intelligence mishap - 9to5MacSince last fall, Apple has been marketing the iPhone 16 and Apple Intelligence with an unreleased Siri feature. After confirming... 110
