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Command Prompt @cmdpromptinc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Why is it so easy to overlook everything that went right and focus on the part that didn’t? Amanda Nystrom and @offgridwithjd.bsky.social explore the science behind the pursuit of perfection and how it can shape stress, self-worth, and success. Listen to the full episode: youtu.be/2jF-ah1ZFjw

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Command Prompt @cmdpromptinc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Could open source give people more control over AI? We’re launching Better AI, a new six-part T3D series with Kwaai’s Reza Rassool and @offgridwithjd.bsky.social Part one looks at data ownership and the idea of a “Linux of AI.” Watch: youtu.be/7MmexR4rkuI #OpenSource

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MTAR T3D Sessions: AI Safety Starts with Data Ownership | Better AI 1/6

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Then there are humans, adults who didn't even realize that blue sky had an outage because we have lives

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

plx is a PostgreSQL extension that lets you write stored functions and triggers in the dialect you already know (the current set is listed below). When you run CREATE FUNCTION, plx transpiles the body to plpgsql and stores that plpgsql in pg_proc.prosrc. github.com/commandpromp...

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GitHub - commandprompt/plx: PostgreSQL extension: write stored functions in Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, or Python dialects that transpile to plpgsql.

PostgreSQL extension: write stored functions in Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, or Python dialects that transpile to plpgsql. - commandprompt/plx

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Public companies are responsible to their shareholders, not the employees. Blame government.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Protect your peace and own your time

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Because the needs are different . Pretty much the same reason for a progressive tax. I am not going to pay a 16 yr/old 50k a year to serve burgers. Paying a 35 yr/old with minimum education but had a family, is a different argument. This obviously has geographical considerations

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Then make government fix it. Shrug

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Oh and... I am off your infrastructure. And I pay taxes for the infrastructure I use. Thanks

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

You complely missed the point. Bravo

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Cough. Bullshit. Corporations also pay half of your retirement insurance. Your health care (which yes most provide) Your PTO.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

If you say: I want living wages for adults. I am with you. If you say: the poverty level should be doubled . I am with you. If you say: health care / insurance should be NPO only. I (might) be with you. If you blame billionaires you are just a propaganda machine for bullshit

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Going out to dinner is a privilege . Terrible comparison. But here is the real issue . The problem isn't billionaires and blaming the successful just makes you look like a whiner. Blame the source: weak and poor governance by our elected officials.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I fail to see why success should be punished. This is a government problem, not a successful person problem

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Yes and no. Federal workers are just like any other workers, some good, some bad, some excellent. And unfortunately I have met far more public service workers where I have said, "they are not hiring their best" than private sector workers. Of course that likely depends on requirements for the job

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

You will get zero argument from me that the primary problem is the narcissist elected official.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

If you want it to change, work on the government. Blaming successful people is just a lazy cop out

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Good lord, something I agree with Elizabeth Warren about

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

If it was STOLEN, prosecute it. It has been done, successfully. If you are just sad because wages are low, that's a government problem and you should focus your energy there.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I am able to do that largely from their vision. I am good with it.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

You can feel free to disagree with me. We obviously aren't going to agree. I have zero problem with Billionaires. I have made lots of money from the products and services that they have developed. I feel bad about that exactly zero. I provide for my family, my community and I do a lot of NPO work.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Some of that is true, not all of it. AWS employs over 190k people. All with health care from day 1. A lot of those people are literally multi-millionaires because of AWS. They are not all parasites and without them, society wouldn't be even closed to as advanced as it is now (technology wise)

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Life is *literally* what you are willing to sacrifice.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

No the connection is obvious. Lobbyists influence the end result. So what? Stop being a victim and do what needs to make a change. Have you been at the capital with 50,000 people, organizing, protesting, using your dollar (and others) to influence change?

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I don't disagree. How important is this issue? Are you willing to take 2 weeks off of work a year from now, so you can save (however) enough money to do so, to join with 10 million other people on the steps of the capital to protest the issue? Most, aren't. Most want it handed to them. Earn it.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

No. They got rich by being good at the game and yes, life is literally a game. People getting screwed out of their wages is the governments problem.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

No. No person has a right of Sovereignty over another. Period. Full stop. You can "feel" different but you do not have a right to my product or property. This country is built on Liberty, liberty means you have the freedom to be an asshole and not you or I have a right to take from them for that.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I understand that completely but anyone can do that. Granted scale is different but anyone with assets can do that.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Not everyone of course, I know there are people, but majority speaking

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

And I mean that with sincerity. If it really mattered, you, I, and everyone else would take time from work, from our families and we would be on the steps of congress. *never happens* People want this shit to change because "they feel it should" and they don't actually want to work for it.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Nothing beats the mob. If the mob actually cared about this issue, they would take their mob directly to congress and get it fixed. They don't. Why? It is easier to complain about a common non-enemy: Billionaires.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

If you are of the old school (as I am), distros being willing to even consider this is a betrayal as a whole. The Open Source of even 2015 would have told governments, "then don't use us" because "we aren't going to capitulate". The younger generation is more than happy to allow it. (YMMV)

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

That would be me, since well before Linux 1.0. I just had @eff.org on my podcast about the California law. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pISP...

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This isn't a billionaire thing though. This is a government thing. If you want change, change the government. It is and should be everyone's prerogative to do what is best for them *first* (not only). Billionaires are the scapegoat that propaganda machines use to take focus off the government .

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Then what's the problem? People evade taxes, news story at 11... Because they are rich they are somehow an enemy. Newsflash, most people I know (not professionally) pay cash, you can guess why

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

What start's the revolution? This does:

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Cough. You mean proper tax planning? If what they are doing illegal, cool. Prosecute them. If not, its just smart. This is a government problem, not a successful people problem.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This is what is going to start the revolution.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The truth has nothing to do with carrying water for anyone

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

If you are saying, "lower incomes are taxed too much!" I would probably get behind that. Frankly, I think the top 20% (Maybe 30%) could cover all of it (they are already at 80%). That said, it is still a bad government problem not a successful person problem.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I would absolutely get it if it was a boy, we just don't care (I raised a boy and two girls). I wish you the best of luck!

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

So this is a great point and I agree with you. Here is the dirty secret people don't realize. Large service based companies pay shit because the government picks up the rest. If you are poor, you get free healthcare, you get financial subsidy. Make those companies pay living wages (for adults).

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The problem with people like you is this: You define yourself by your victim status. I wasn't defending billionaires. I merely brought up stats. Take your shot. Stop whining. Move forward. (I never once suggested I wanted to be a billionaire, I don't. I am happy exactly where I am.)

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Sure, I would agree with that. I know a whole lot of people that weren't wealthy and are now because of Bezos and AWS. My point is that the top 10% pay a crap ton of taxes. The problem isn't successful people. The problem is irresponsible government.

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Joshua (JD) Drake @offgridwithjd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

You aren't seriously stating that somehow successful people should be punished because of the bad decisions of a corrupt government? How about this: Get rid of income tax all together. Create a transaction tax (two way sales tax). Create federal law that budget must be balanced.

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