Mark VandeWettering

For some forty years I've heard various self-proclaimed hackers claim that by breaking systems, we are actually doing society a favor, by exposing weaknesses. Perhaps. But in this case, the hacker is receiving something of value, and probably denying something of value to someone else.

Happy Obergefell day! On this day in 2015, gay marriage became legal nationwide.

Research subsequently linked marriage equality with drops in adolescent suicidality (Raifman JAMA Pediatrics 2017).

#LGBTQ equality is about public health & America’s youth.

Keep pushing forward.

Sometimes it seems like we're putting more effort into figuring out how to get the best output from LLMs than we are into figuring out how to get the best output from humans.

Prove it. Bring every single prisoner trafficked to El Salvador back to the US. Have jury trials. Present actual evidence. Get legal judgement.

You know, like what was done for 1600+ J6 insurrections.

“I would be lying if I said I don’t worry. I do. But as I wrote last month: “Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.” — @marcelias.bsky.social (4/5/25). Me too, Marc. In solidarity, LHT

A penguin pointing w a stick at a pic sitting on an easel of a Tesla w a pigeon flying over head pooping on it as 3 pigeons look on

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The money and muscle perhaps, but not the will.

It seem insane for a US Senator to say we've all been subjected to "a relentless bombardment of Marxist propaganda." But what he means by this is 1) there was a Burger King ad with an interracial couple and 2) Star Wars Episodes VII-IX had a female lead.

We should be clear about the difference between what people earn and what people are paid. He was paid $100M.

X post by Timothy Snyder (@TimothyD ...), posted 6 hours ago. The post reads, "The people Attorney General Bondi is calling 'terrorists' have had no trial and no chance to defend them. We do not know they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril."

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

#booksky #wordoftheday

These tariff things sound really snazzy. Wonder if I can get in on the action in my neighborhood.

I hear it's paid for by the other guys, so I'm tariffing the grocery store 25%

“It’s like switching to a Mercedes so people won’t call you a Nazi” — Alanis Morissette

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

I was trying not to doom scroll today but HOLY SHIT.

It's a start

I wish.....

I'm not spending over the financial blackout tomorrow.

So far I've done a pretty good job cutting back ~90% of my Amazon obsession.

It was easy completely cutting out the big box stores that are on the wrong side of history.

An image featuring Admiral Lisa Franchetti in her formal Navy uniform saluting, alongside text highlighting her distinguished 40-year naval career, including commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups, and the U.S. Sixth Fleet. The text then contrasts her extensive experience with her reported firing by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, identified as a Fox News weekend host. The source of the information is credited to the New York Times, with "COURIER" branding in the top right corner. The highlighted portion of the text emphasizes the contrast between her career and the circumstances of her dismissal.

Let’s face it. Getting rid of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is to make way for less qualified white men to take positions they don’t deserve.

Economic disaster is the point. They will survive and buy up all the things that you own in the aftermath.

Let's stop calling them conservatives.

Honestly, I don't know why anyone would think the business people exercise care during times of layoffs. When a company reduces headcount to (nominally) reduce costs, they are likely to do so on the most arbitrary or random justifications. Concern is always for shareholders, not workers.

They aren't imbeciles. Well, they may be imbeciles, but what is certain is that they are dishonest.

Perhaps you should consider that the way you measure performance isn't actually telling you anything interesting about someone's abilities or capabilities.

When I was a kid, people believed that education was valuable.

This is probably the most accurate take.

People on X are calling for AOC's arrest for posting this.... so I am posting it everywhere!

Dreading future Star Wars movies because it's going to turn out the stormtroopers were the goodies all along.

It wasn't a rookie mistake: it was the policy of the Trump administration, and always has been.

The answer is simple: he has a lot to hide.

Every single time Trump says he is going to increase tariffs, we should just replace it with "raise prices on goods". The two are exactly the same.