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Stephen Skory

@stephenskory.com
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🎓 Cal Undergrad, PhD Astrophysics UCSD 2010 💻 Now I tell computers what to do; sometimes they do it 🏡 Boulder, CO 🚲 I like bikes, I ride them as often as I can 🏙️ YIMBY 🕸️ stephenskory.com

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio:
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 04/10/2026
Watching CFB I’ve seen ads for the Iowa, Ohio, and Texas Senate races. I don’t appreciate it. I think it should be illegal to show political ads in outside markets. If I can’t vote on the candidate or issue, why bother me with it? Bah!
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 04/10/2026
Ah, yes, smart people always have to assert how smart they are or else people won’t think they’re smart. Doing smart things? Solving problems? Nah. Say it enough times makes it true.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 30/09/2026
Don't threaten me with a good time
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Albumism @albumism.com · 24/09/2026
Happy 30th Anniversary to Weezer’s second studio album ‘Pinkerton’ originally released September 24, 1996 | Listen to the album + read our tribute here: album.ink/WeezerPink
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 23/09/2026
As a Cal alum, do I need more proof that Stanfurd sucks? No, but I'll take it.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 21/09/2026
I don’t fucking welcome golf courses
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 18/09/2026
I think #F1 races like Monaco and Madring should use a velodrome pursuit-like format. On tracks where passing is impossible, it would allow for actual action and tension! Sure, there are downsides, but it can't be worse than what we have now! stephenskory.com/a-modest-pro...
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A Modest Proposal For Tracks With No Passing in Formula 1
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 17/09/2026
Why would anyone want this on? Anyway, I'm glad Tidal gives me this option.
A turned off checkbox with descriptive text: "When on, music labeled with the AI badge will be playable. To prevent AI-labeled music from playing, switch this off. (Tracks will appear greyed out.)"
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 15/09/2026
Used the Python Walrus ( := ) operator for the first time today. I know I'm late to the party but it's useful!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 05/09/2026
Don’t get your gmail hacked! Read official Google emails carefully. proton.me/blog/google-...
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Scammers are weaponizing Google Account recovery emails | Proton
See how the Google Account recovery Gmail scam uses real security emails and a fake Google call to trick victims, and learn the warning signs.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 05/09/2026
Tell anyone you know who voted for this administration they voted for racists.
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Presidential Countdown @1461days.org · 05/09/2026
It has been 594 days of Trump v2. There are 868 days until Trump is no longer president.
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 03/09/2026
IMO anytime this kind of info leaks, those responsible should pay each victim $50. Companies would stop gathering all this data pronto. Problem fixed! arstechnica.com/security/202...
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I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale
The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 01/09/2026
Why does everything I like have to be owned by people who suck? I've been a 1Password customer for over a decade. In this case they're supporting a project helmed by a person who sucks but it's a distinction without much difference. www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/1passwo...
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1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker
1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 01/09/2026
If us = Trumpism, I'm against us!
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Presidential Countdown @1461days.org · 31/08/2026
It has been 589 days of Trump v2. There are 873 days until Trump is no longer president.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 30/08/2026
You’re cowards, Google
Google Maps has renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 27/08/2026
Oohkay, time for some Climate Town! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWHC...
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America Hates Bikes
YouTube video by Climate Town
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 27/08/2026
@techconnectify.bsky.social just learned about this stove/oven. Seems up your alley! copperhome.com/products/cha...
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Charlie - battery-equipped induction range
The world's first energy storage equipped induction electric range. We are accepting reservations for the 2025 edition of Charlie ranges. Your reservation deposit is fully refundable at any time.The p...
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MyRadar @myradar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A few isolated supercells will sprout over the Rockies in the next couple hours, then congeal into windy lines/clusters. Supercells could contain isolated hail up to egg size. Squalls this evening may contain isolated gusts up to 70+ mph. Briefing coming by 11 a.m. MT.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
COMMENTARY: A whole lot of celebrities are loved. Dolly Parton loved you back.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
From the 1960s on, Dolly Parton’s songs vividly captured details of her impoverished Appalachian upbringing, shared her views on love, faith, loss, and regret, and inspired and influenced future generations of songwriters and performers. Obit: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
been a minute. made a thing. youtu.be/F_7B2shTPPU
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My water heater is cooler than yours
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 21/08/2026
Two Tennessee college team cyclists were killed, seven others were injured and a driver was criminally charged after he struck team members who were training on a road, officials say.
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Two students killed, driver charged after crash into Tennessee college cycling team
Milligan University sophomores Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers were killed and seven other college cyclists were injured in the crash on Highway 19 in Carter County.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 19/08/2026
"PLAN urged followers to oppose the bike connection" PLAN Boulder is the NIMBYest of NIMBYs. They did good work 50 years ago but now they're against everything to the point of satire. boulderreportinglab.org/2026/08/18/b...
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A proposed South Boulder bike connection reignites trail use fight
Cyclists say the connection to Doudy Draw would provide a safer alternative to busy roads. Opponents warn of habitat damage and conflicts.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just hours after this Axios story was published, Fox & Friends ran a segment seeking to negatively polarize viewers against data center opposition by portraying it as a “culture war” position favored by the “far left.” www.mediamatters.org/artificial-i...
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Fox & Friends, echoing GOP memo, runs cover against “far-left” data center opposition
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 18/08/2026
Here’s a new one. I bet if I responded to this spam they’d ask for a gift card or similar.
Spam text reads: As your neighbor, I solemnly demand that you immediately cease all discriminatory remarks and actions against me
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 13/08/2026
... and you as 1 of 100 senators (meaning you have more power than most Americans will ever have) will do what about it?
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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are trans athletes in youth sports.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 07/08/2026
The whole point of Cloud Compute is that we consumers pay a premium to be able to treat it like it's infinite. We can turn on and off things on demand. When it's not infinite, it shatters this arrangement and then we are just being taken for a ride. Super frustrating! #aws #ec2
Instance launch failed
We currently do not have sufficient i8g.8xlarge capacity in the Availability Zone you requested (us-east-1a). Our system will be working on provisioning additional capacity. You can currently get i8g.8xlarge capacity by not specifying an Availability Zone in your request or choosing us-east-1b, us-east-1c, us-east-1d.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 07/08/2026
It’s like the Colorado GOP doesn’t even want to win with a candidate like this. Going straight to grifting and criming.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 05/08/2026
Such a simple test to see who's a hack. I know it's a stunt but it's so revealing. Most people are still afraid of being embarrassed in public. These non-answers will come back to haunt them!
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 30/07/2026
I've long thought that if payer (largely democratic) districts/states start making a big deal about balance of payments/receipts, it would be bad. These subsidies are generally good for national cohesion! Do the taker districts/states (largely republican) want to go down this path?
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 17/07/2026
Too little of the mainstream media speaks truth to power. Wired has been excellent in Trump v2.0
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 16/07/2026
Eastern media bias. This happens almost every summer in the west everywhere I've lived, but suddenly it's a big deal when East coasters experience it. www.wired.com/story/northe...
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Smoke From Canada's Wildfires Turns Skies Sickly Orange Across the Eastern US
Roughly 100 fires are raging out of control in Ontario, sending smoke streaming 1,000 miles to the south and east.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 15/07/2026
What a coward
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Presidential Countdown @1461days.org · 15/07/2026
It has been 542 days of Trump v2. There are 920 days until Trump is no longer president.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 13/07/2026
So stupid. I want a Right to Cream Soda delivered by pipes to my house. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Colorado will decide whether a "right to natural gas" is added to state constitution
The amendment would restrict building codes that promote electrification.
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Stephen Skory @stephenskory.com · 13/07/2026
Standard Nextdoor NIMBY claptrap in Boulder. A downtown surface parking lot might be sold to a Hotel developer. Parking lot = local character. Hotel = community ruined. Oy vey!
I'm deeply concerned about the direction our city is heading. It feels like the City Council and County Commissioners are prioritizing developers (on the take?) over the residents, and it's heartbreaking to watch Boulder's unique character being systematically stripped away.A comment:

No offense but the "unique character" is already gone. The city is a congested tourist trap with overpriced homes and congested apartment housing. You're just remembering what it used to be.
Democratic cities always overdevelop. The only way you'll stop it is to start changing the political landscape, which wont happen anytime soon.

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Democrats ruined Houston and Dallas?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/07/2026
I ain't reading all that. I'm happy for u tho. Or sorry that happened.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo called Houston home for 35 years. On Tuesday, an ICE agent shot and killed him. His family learned of his death from a video before anyone bothered to knock on their door.
New York City stands with the Salgado family in demanding a full, independent investigation and real accountability. To the Salgado family and any immigrant family in this city living in fear: we grieve with you and we will continue to stand beside you in the pursuit of justice.
Abolish ICE.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/07/2026
Texas AG Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he didn't live while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years, violating election laws... ...maybe someone should look into potential mortgage fraud, since GOP is happy targeting Trump's foes on that. bit.ly/4vPC0lM
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Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/07/2026
In better news, John Oliver's three-day stint/stunt as a corporate villain on legendary soap opera "General Hospital" appears to be going... fucking brilliantly?? I have watched this clip on a loop for like 20 mins I really, truly need to see the full episodes NOW
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