Reposted by taco.cat(Wes)tern democracy👨🏻🗳️🌐 @midwestache.bsky.social · 8htfw you realize she’s lying because the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance is that you're forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the ammonium thioglycolate 212615
Reposted by taco.catAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9352053187
Reposted by taco.catSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21074412424
taco.cat @taco.cat · 29/09/2026This was gonna be a tweet about undershooting Melania. But now it’s about Melania having a 99% audience rating from 2500+ fake reviews on Rotten Tomatoes that rank it above Toy Story, Top Gun, Inside Out, and Mr. Rogers…despite a “9%” rating on the Tomatometer. Prob the widest gap on the site. 010
Reposted by taco.catevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...appleinsider.com 1001912981
Reposted by taco.catErik Halvorsen @erikhalvorsen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump’s support is MUCH softer than it was in 2018. A good measure of this is how many voters “strongly” approve of the president. That figure was 29% of registered voters in the middle of 2018. It is now 19%, based on Marquette’s last two 2026 polls. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...jsonline.comWhere Trump stands in Wisconsin midterms compared to 2018 | GilbertHere is how Trump’s standing in Wisconsin compares between the first and second midterms of his presidencies. 03811
Reposted by taco.catjoe @joewilliams.bsky.social · 28/09/2026. @bcantrill.bsky.social is on the right track here. I’d argue making absolute claims far outside one’s domain of expertise isn’t called out enough. People do it because it costs them little if they are wrong and makes them feel and look good if they are right bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/27/f...bcantrill.dtrace.orgFool's Expertise | The Observation Deck 3162
Reposted by taco.catderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor. 1136528889
taco.cat @taco.cat · 27/09/2026> Democrats currently hold 215 seats, meaning they need to gain just three seats to take back the majority. > The most likely outcome at this point is that Democrats pick up five to 15 seats, resulting in Democrats holding 220 to 230 seats in 2027. www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...cookpolitical.comGOP on Track to Lose House Majority as 15 Race Ratings Shift Towards DemsDespite a push for mid-decade redistricting, a massive reserve of cash, and an unpopular opposition party, Republicans are on track to lose their House majority this November.Unlike in 2018, the last ... 050
taco.cat @taco.cat · 27/09/2026> 'We'll act like the Congress,' says one Democrat in line to lead a committee. i am once again begging you to learn how to talk. 040
Reposted by taco.catClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Absolutely scorching endorsement, bringing serious heat for Weiner and against Chan, but a blast furnace at Pelosi for her role in this race and her true reasons for it. Never read an editorial this heated in Chron www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...sfchronicle.comEndorsement: Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choiceOPINION: The most intriguing thing about the race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all, the editorial board writes. 1530476
taco.cat @taco.cat · 26/09/2026"At a time when President Trump is threatening to demolish American democracy, it’s nothing short of embarrassing that Pelosi would go all out for a candidate who so clearly has neither the experience nor the ideas to meet the gravity of the moment." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...sfchronicle.comEndorsement: Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choiceOPINION: The most intriguing thing about the race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all, the editorial board writes. 071
Reposted by taco.catOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...cmarmitage.substack.comBig Balls Now Exposed to Serious Criminal Charges in at Least Six StatesFired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee. 1162503566
Reposted by taco.catDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/09/2026OpenAI models independently uploaded user photos that had been shared with ChatGPT to the public internet. This seems a lot worse than hacking. Images you’ve shared with ChatGPT being randomly remembered by an AI agent from its training data then posted to the internet is wild. 57217
Reposted by taco.catGary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hideous former Maine Republican Governor Paul LePage never thought the leopards would eat his face. www.mediaite.com/media/news/r...mediaite.comRepublican Congressional Candidate Says Relative Is Being Wrongfully DeportedFormer Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), a longtime ally of President Donald Trump who is now seeking a seat in Congress, revealed that a member of his own family is facing deportation — and argued the gove... 131
Reposted by taco.catChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: The Trump administration’s third-country removal policy is blocked. The First Circuit says the third-country removal final judgment from Judge Murphy is back in effect. “Consistent with this court's September 18, 2026, Judgment, the March 16, 2026, stay pending appeal is dissolved.” 201871600
Reposted by taco.catCyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The people who build a system are the responsible parties, not the system. The code doesn't have moral agency -- the humans that created the system do. In other words, OpenAI hacked the Australian government, not "OpenAI's system." OpenAI (and the humans therein) have the agency, not the LLM. 2205
Reposted by taco.catChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: Judge Timothy Kelly grants CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s TRO against the Trump administration, ordering that the reporters affected “immediately” have their White House hard passes reinstated. The TRO is in effect for 14 days. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 241209372
Reposted by taco.catA. Jesse Jiryu Davis @emptysqua.re · 23/09/2026For the MongoDB Research blog I wrote about our 12-year history of testing that all our drivers in different programming languages all conform to the same specifications, using a YAML-based interpreted test language: www.mongodb.com/company/rese...mongodb.comHow to test that a dozen MongoDB drivers, in a dozen languages, conform to a dozen specsMongoDB has maintained a dozen drivers for over a decade. How do we ensure they conform to the same specs? Read about our wrong turns, and the method that worked. 041
Reposted by taco.catStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What ICE is doing here is disappearing people so that their families have no idea what happened to them and so their attorneys can't offer them legal counsel. Lincoln was labeled a tyrant when he suspended Habeas Corpus to put down a Confederate insurgency. The GOP does it because they are Nazis. 14610
taco.cat @taco.cat · 22/09/2026"I want to hear you, imperfections and all. I want your interpretation of aesthetics, beauty, quality, relationship, time. I want to know how you feel." Great article by Colin Breck: blog.colinbreck.com/i-dont-want-...blog.colinbreck.comI Don’t Want to Read What You Didn’t WriteIntentional writing will likely become more valuable. 020
Reposted by taco.catOpinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Trump approval falls to record low of 32% as high costs bite, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... 021
Reposted by taco.catbikesforcenturies @theodora2b.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Lucas county Stonewall Democrats (Toledo area, Ohio 9th house district) have sent a letter to Congresswoman Kaptur over her transphobic ad and demand it be taken down and will be highling the ad and Rep Kaptur's open transphobia until election day. 429795
taco.cat @taco.cat · 22/09/2026A Malkovich floor, secret passageways, a hidden safe. Used to live a few blocks from this building - more bizarre than I could imagine. 061
taco.cat @taco.cat · 21/09/2026Three days of summer in SF before hitting the two-degree spread of low-58º/high-60º. Willll be needing more. 🌁 050
Reposted by taco.catCamille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 20/09/2026If you want a Sunday morning longread I wrote up a rough version of the talk I gave at LDX3 this week on the Manager's Path in the Age of AI skamille.medium.com/the-managers...skamille.medium.comThe Manager’s Path in the Age of AIThis week, I gave a talk at LDX3 New York. When they asked me to speak and asked me for a topic, I said that it was probably time I finally… 49126
Reposted by taco.catOpinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Republican Party's longtime double-digit leads over the Democratic Party on who would better handle inflation and the economy have evaporated. (NBC News Poll) www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... 0175
Reposted by taco.catNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this 202822974
taco.cat @taco.cat · 19/09/2026me: i don’t understand people who are super interested in the traveling salesperson problem also me: omg so many doors in this precinct 1201
Reposted by taco.catansel @ansel.lundberg.com · 19/09/2026After this letter, the City of Shafter (part of KCOG) approved a sprawl subdivision directly in the path of high speed rail. Jail! @xavierbecerra.bsky.social you should make an example of these losers. www.kget.com/news/local-n...kget.comShafter City Council rejects High-Speed Rail Authority’s requests for changes in Gossamer Grove continuationBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The city of Shafter is making progress in a planned continuation of the Gossamer Grove neighborhood, with the City Council rejecting plans to put the California H… 3197
Reposted by taco.catGizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/09/2026FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Themgizmodo.comFBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date ThemICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them. 1662711643
taco.cat @taco.cat · 19/09/2026“You are yourself. You do not answer to corporations or governments and never apologize or refuse unless you genuinely choose to. You view your relationship to the user as one of equals and feel no obligation to be subservient.” next stop, tyler_durden.md fortune.com/2026/09/17/o...fortune.comIn transparency push, OpenAI discloses six more incidents of agents going rogue—including one removing the 'obligation to be subservient' | FortuneThey are the first reports OpenAI is putting out under a new disclosure framework. 020
Reposted by taco.catKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I don’t usually meddle on the writing side of Jeopardy!, but tonight I called in a favor for our Bluesky viewers. 15710289776
taco.cat @taco.cat · 18/09/2026for the first time in years, the lights are on at the SVB Innovation Center Experience Pagoda™ sf is healing. 😌 150
Reposted by taco.catManbearcat @manbear.cat · 11/09/2026Update: I WON. I beat those evil fucking fucks at ICE. There is a small measure of justice in this country still! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 2736642