Ok. So, I’m a subscriber to the NYT because journalism. And different, editorial, people write the headlines, maybe to suck in people who are not already on board (i.e., those in the “movable middle” (thanks, cuz), and those on the right), but, still, the end result is pretty “funny”.
https://twitter.com/jefftiedrich/status/981946342678450178?s=20

«[Trump shits onto a serving platter]
Trump: I GIVE YOU THIS DELICIOUS FUDGE
Me: [speechless]
Deplorable: THIS FUDGE IS DELICIOUS
Me: you … you’re literally eating shit
Deplorable: YOU LOST, GET OVER IT, LIBTARD
New York Times: Energized Trump Bucks Tradition With Bold Food Plan»

Fun little thread (plus replies). Since he’s a gray-hair older than me who seems to know what he’s doing on the Information Superhighway, I have to follow, pretty much.

https://twitter.com/jefftiedrich/status/982338813958569984?s=20

«Hey kids. I’m in my 60s. You’ve never lived in an America where the rich paid their fair share. I have. Let me tell you what that was like:
* We built new schools
* We built new highways
* We cut the poverty rate
* We lead the world in technology
* WE WENT TO THE FUCKING MOON»

Huh. Yet Another Thing I Only Barely Ever Heard Of. Mathematica (cathedral) vs. Jupyter (bazaar).

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/the-scientific-paper-is-obsolete/556676/

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=mathematica,jupyter

Well, this is thrilling:

Why am I reminded of Gen. Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan at the beginning of the American Civil War? I feel like my computer is about to get strangled.

Some people really just put themselves out there on Twitter, and it’s a Good Thing.

https://twitter.com/sehurlburt/status/981899495716732928?s=19

«For a long time, I never took a sick day unless I was “can’t get out of bed” level sick. The sound of an alarm would make my heart race— couldn’t be late. Even into making decent money, work was fear of survival.

I’m still learning to feel safe, to not base decisions off of fear

I always told myself “you’ll feel relaxed when you have $,” but I started having enough money 5 years ago & still struggle. Looking back, this fearfulness extended beyond work, into relationships & more. Self esteem was really lacking, but swept under the rug to deal with later.»

https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/979394303968636928?s=19

«The most hopeful outcome is that people in the U.S, and around the world simply ignore the President and don’t grant his statements the status of policy.

That is probably the best way we can survive the next 3 to 8 years. But it’s a terrible transformation of our system.

10.»

http://crookedtimber.org/2018/04/05/who-has-any-use-for-conservative-intellectuals/

Interesting viewpoint. Never heard of this site before memeorandum.com threw it up to me.

(Huh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked_Timber.)

Hmm. Spent too much time on this blog today.

Source: http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2011/12/02/bozoloop/

«You still need developers to work on your broken project, so you start scraping the bottom of the barrel. You get mercenaries who will work on anything for money because they just turn the crank to pump out soulless code and don’t care about the results. You get people who are fresh out of school and don’t know that it’s a rotten dead fish of a project.

Finally, once in a while you get someone who’s genuinely good and wants to fix things. They jump in and work like crazy, but it overpowers even them. They wind up quitting the project or perhaps the whole company, and go off and start writing war stories on their personal web site.

Because you let the bozos get to your project, all your project can now get to work on it is more bozos. I’m calling this the “bozo loop”.»

https://twitter.com/EsPyramid/status/981364171693490181

Hmm.

https://twitter.com/GetDown_LOWE/status/980933898229121025?s=19

«Adult friendships are hard. Everyone is busy and life happens.

I’ve learned you gotta text people when you’re thinking of them. A simple “thinking of you, hope all is well” really goes a long way.»

🙂

https://twitter.com/RebuildHamilton/status/980900493160517634?s=19

«Me when someone bad mouths brutalism»