Bomee Jung

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Soon everyone in the government will work for ICE Time for another entry in the continuing saga of the U.S. government being reassigned to work on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.� In the most recent development, hundreds of ...

Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Transportation Security Administration, and the Coast Guard have received reassignment notices. They have one week to accept the reassignment or face termination.
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Fun fact, as I go deal with a headache while re-upping my autism: paracetamol, aka acetaminophen, can apparently be made by upcycling plastics.

It's hard to keep track, what with the take-down of literally all the pillars of the US economy, so just pointing a light on this piece of it: the entire staff of the CDFI Fund has been fired. The CDFI Fund oversees the program that creates the lion's share of low income housing, among other things

Minor medical situation on the flight and it’s cool that my wife is able to jump up and help out when they ask for a licensed medical professional.

One day someone will need a regular expression so I stay ready.

I kinda love this - with the scrumptious shadows and all, it's like a pun on Wayne Thiebaud. If you ate all those hotdogs and cakes, wouldn't be very good for you either!

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

MIT!
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Nils Karsten: Out of Nowhere - art retrospective book

It's always a joy to hold a book by a friend! Received today, 25 years of art by Nils Karsten www.nilskarsten.com

That's why my personal spectrum is simple: from "I totally get this person" to "what the fuck is this word salad"

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. U.S.

Federal judge blocks deployment of National Guard to Portland, Oregon. "‘This country has a longstanding and foundational tradition of resistance to government overreach, especially in the form of military intrusion into civil affairs,’ [Judge Karin] Immergut wrote." apnews.com/article/depl...

996 work culture is sad and inhumane. Whatever’s wrong with 888 – or even 000? | Emma Beddington Silicon Valley is keen, once more, on a working pattern of 12-hour days, six days a week. It really is time for a new approach, says Emma Beddington

If you're not the founder, you should not be doing 996 (fwiw, new to me). Even if you ARE a founder, 996 is a fail!
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Responding to the climate impact of generative AI MIT experts discuss strategies and innovations aimed at mitigating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated by the training, deployment, and use of AI systems, in the second in a two-part seri...

This is one of those "can't solve it by packing your own take-out container" problems, so I am rooting for these guys

New US curb on high-skill immigrant workers ignores evidence of its likely harms President Donald Trump on Friday ordered an unprecedented new restriction on lawful immigration to the US by high-skill workers. Starting Sunday, new applications for H-1B visas required payment of an...

Every time I talk with @mclem.org about the economics of immigration, I come away a whole lot smarter.

You can enjoy the same experience: He's written a fantastic primer on what the data reveals about the effect of slashing H-1B visas.

It's a banger. Read it.
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but I appreciate your use of the subjunctive

Coping with "current events" by listening to every version of Verdi Requiem available on YouTube. I don't know that Verdi had this use case in mind, but I don't know that he _didn't_.

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Except that it's terrible at writing tests.

May sound nuts, but works for me: "Every day is a clean slate...then you die."

Actions.

What?!? Utz is not NY?

Software developer jobs! Senior web app coder helping mitigate the climate crisis: hello.c15.io/about/jobs/

Spread the word!

#Laravel #Livewire all-remote jobs for work in Paris - NYC timezones

So many plot lines would be cut short if they just had seat belts on the Enterprise.

Robin Lakoff, Expert on Language and Gender, Is Dead at 82

“A woman using a public voice is in trouble.”

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...

The context, too, is also that philanthropy had cooled on funding environmental organizations before the election. E.g. JPB closed down its environmental program, one of the largest in the country. So double whammy.

When I was back home I spent an afternoon volunteering at the food bank my mom helps run. It’s in a mid sized Midwestern city. It was pretty eye opening. These are people who are really reliant on the social safety net that the BBB slashed. Here’s a list of observations 1/x

Oh, this was fun. Thanks for posting @skylightnyc.bsky.social