Andrew Sturtevant

Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings : Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

Great job Python Software Foundation! Keep standing up for what's right!

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Sept 15, 2024, Trump posted "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT"

This will never not be hilarious.

To the Swifties, enjoy the beginning of the Showgirl era. It's good to have some happy in the world.
Non-Swifties: Let people enjoy themselves without being this guy:

This is blame I'm happy to accept. Authors, check to see if you're eligible to receive compensation in the Anthropic Settlement and if you are, file that claim.

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Twitter post from Natasha Korecki. New: Furloughed Dept. Of Education employees discovered their out of office messages were manipulated blaming Democrats for a government shutdown "None of us consented to this. And it's written in the first-person, as if I'm the one conveying this message, and I'm not. I don't agree with it. I dont think it's ethical or legal. I think it violates the Hatch Act."

I'm definitely no lawyer, but I feel if it isnt a violation of the Hatch Act (which it probably isnt), it is at least a violation of Anti-Lobbying Act.

I think was bothers me the most about these extreme changes the DoD has made in the last 10 months is the amount of effort its going to be to roll them back post-Trump...

And there’s the issue of masks. This Court has listened carefully to the reasons given by Öztürk’s captors for maskingup and has heard the same reasons advanced by the defendant Todd Lyons, Acting Director of ICE. It rejects this testimony as disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard them as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks. Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it. “We can not escape history,” Lincoln righty said. “[It] will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.” Abraham Lincoln, Second Annual Message to Congress (Dec. 1, 1862).

(Battle Hymn of the Republic continues playing)

Exhibit A at The Hague just dropped

An alcoholic
ex nat guard major telling career military leaders how to do their job

So the Trump admin went from campaigning on “no new wars” to “we are the war, and there will no longer be any rules”

Trump calls for using US cities as 'training ground' for armed forces in unusual speech to generals President Donald Trump is proposing using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces. He's suggesting U.S. military might be deployed against what he describes as the “invasion from with...

This is gross. As a military spouse, this is worrying and gross.

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H-1B: Trump adds $100,000 fee for skilled worker visa applicants "Train Americans," the US commerce secretary told big companies, some of which have relied on foreign high-skilled workers for years.

University brain drain isn't bad enough. In history, this will be marked as the year America's technological edge truly began to wane.

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Oh god no! NO NO NO NO NO!

AllTrail's strength is good maps and good crowdsourced paths. If this contaminates my normal trail browsing I'm going to have to cancel.

A calm male shirren entrepreneur adjusts his tie. Caption: Trying to hide my weird at work on Monday after playing Starfinder all weekend.

It's just going to get harder when #Starfinder2e Player Core comes out!
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1. we don't know if trump has invoked the insurrection act
2. *even if he has* the insurrection act does not unlock any new substantive powers for the president. it allows the president to send use the military to enforce existing law. that's it! the constitution is still 100% in force.

Reposting today for no particular reason.

This isn't actually funny at all; it's a window into Trump's worldview, because he absolutely expected any German official to be upset over the Nazis losing.

Because if Trump were German, he would be.

Because things like "they were fucking Nazis" are way less important to him than "on my team"

Ben Schrader • 3rd+ Former Chief, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney' 2w • + Follow Earlier today, after nearly 15 years as an Assistant United States Attorney, I resigned as Chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee. It has been an incredible privilege to serve as a prosecutor with the Department of Justice, where the only job description I've ever known is to do the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons. I wish all of my colleagues at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nashville and across the Department the best as they seek to do justice on behalf of the American people. 176 35 comments • 3 reposts

Around the time that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was indicted in the Middle District of Tennessee, the chief of the criminal division in that district posted this on LinkedIn:

“Earlier today, after nearly 15 years as an Assistant United States Attorney, I resigned…”

SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles Los Angeles - David Huerta, President of SEIU California and SEIU- United Service Workers West was injured and detained at an ICE raid in Los Angeles today while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity. Tia Orr, Executive Director of SEIU California, made the following statement: "SEIU California members call for the immediate release of our President, David Huerta, who was injured and detained at the site of one of today's ICE raids in Los Angeles. He is now receiving medical attention while in custody. "We are proud of President Huerta's righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement: standing up to injustice, regardless of personal risk or the power of those perpetrating it. "We call for an end to the cruel, destructive, and indiscriminate ICE raids that are tearing apart our communities, disrupting our economy, and hurting all working people. Immigrant workers are essential to our society: feeding our nation, caring for our elders, cleaning our workplaces, and building our homes."

BREAKING

The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.

I think once people realized they can bully ICE agents if they don’t have a full police escort it was kinda over for them.

This is so jarringly unAmerican that I sort of hope it wakes some normies up. It is occurring in a context where military-style equipment is being used to enforce immigration roundups and conveys the notion that we are increasingly living in a police state.

I joke about WITAOD a lot, but seriously:

If you're a reporter (or just a curious person) wondering why “who really runs DOGE?” is a central question in the litigation challenging its dismantling of the federal government — read this piece!

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.

'Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears'

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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