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@flipperpa.bsky.social

Open-source maintainer, objective "A.I." skeptic, speaker, and organizer in tech (mainly Python). πŸ–– Guitar and serenity geek πŸ–– Principal Engineer, WRDS @ Wharton @ Penn πŸ–– he/him πŸ–– https://github.com/flipperpa πŸ–– https://youtube.com/flipperpa

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The Naval officers Trump spent our taxpayer money deploying to Chicago never got used. As I left O'Hare on September 13th at 7am, I saw hundreds of our Navy service members in their whites sleeping on the airport floor. What a waste of our money, their time, and their service. A total embarrassment.

12.10.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I lived 51 years without EVER seeing the military in an American city, and all was well. Now I've seen them deployed in two cities in one month: Chicago, and our capital, Washington DC.

Both times, they were deployed next to a river where I was buying ice cream. You know, high danger zones. SMH.

12.10.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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'The WaPo reporter checked every non-grocery purchase he'd made on Amazon for six months. Purchasing the same products on Amazon's "Big Deal Days" would have brought savings of just 0.6%... and that doesn't include the $139 annual fee to be a member of Amazon Prime.' www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

11.10.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy fifth birthday to my hilarious, judgey cat, who makes me laugh every day. You’re the best, Sylvanas!

11.10.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

10.10.2025 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1128    πŸ” 291    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 59

Fantastic profile and discussion of our new book #ScienceUnderSiege by the great @willbunch.bsky.social!

09.10.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Got to hang with Miki Berenyi tonight. She’s awesome as ever.

11.10.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

09.10.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12202    πŸ” 6500    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 221

This.

09.10.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a dual citizen, US/UK, and my British hometown is Bristol. It amazes me that such a large city has never managed to have a good team. Both Bristol City and Bristol Rovers have always been awful.

10.10.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think this is common ground for #Phillies and #Mets fans. I've mentioned my cousin a few times, but he's the closest thing I have to a brother. This has always been the common ground we find. Although I was *really* jealous in 1986 at age 12 (he's a Giants fan, too).

10.10.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Rob Thomson is a GREAT person. Seeing him comfort 24-year-old Orion Kerkering after a brutal, mortifying, emasculating moment in the spotlight was heart-warming.

That said, he consistently makes the wrong decision, and has to go. If the managers were reversed, the #Phillies would have won the NLDS.

10.10.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

While average NYC pizza is better than average Philly pizza, I'd take my top three Philly pizza spots over any in NYC. Overbrook Pizza, Mr. P's, and partially for novelty, Lorenzo & Sons on South Street.

10.10.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, at least we have the EAGL... oh wait. Nevermind. We're back to normal in #Philadelphia!

And the #Flyers are going to be really bad, but just good enough to not have a legit shot at Gavin McKenna.

10.10.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've always had a grudging respect for #Mets fans, because it would be so easy and cheap to be a #Yankees fan. When the Mets win, it means something.

10.10.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very likely... I was in Japan last year, it was insane! The entire country are Dodgers fans. I have a hard time respecting teams that have a larger fan base outside their home area than inside it. Examples: Dodgers, Cowboys, Yankees... Manchester United. :)

10.10.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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$100 million more than the Yankees is… a lot! I’m still pissed our idiot front office resigned Nola instead of backing up that Brinks truck for Yamamoto.

10.10.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, we're back to being #Philadelphia.

#Flyers lose, #Phillies lose in heart-breaking fashion with a big assist from a missed third strike call... and now the #Eagles are pooping the bed to the awful #Giants.

My closest cousin who's a #Mets and Giants fan is gonna let me have it, hehehe.

10.10.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pitch #5 was a missed strike call that led to the Phillies loss.

Pitch #5 was a missed strike call that led to the Phillies loss.

Pitch #5. An inexcusable miss by the umpire. This is why replay review for balls and strikes is absolutely essential.

If that call is made correctly, the #Phillies win this game. Next year, none of us have to live with this nonsense again!

10.10.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The missed third strike call that let Call get a walk is going to burn me up. Game should've been over. Pitch #5.

10.10.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

TOTALLY stupid ending for the #Phillies, of course, hehe. What the hell was he thinking? Total panic.

10.10.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

On the other hand, we outscored the Dodgers in our series, and every game was competitive. How'd it go last year? I seem to remember 9-0, 8-0, 10-2, and 10-5. We outscored the highest payroll ever, and they also got a big umpire assist on Call's walk, which led to their run.

10.10.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

09.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 55272    πŸ” 22487    πŸ’¬ 1858    πŸ“Œ 2123

Phillies season ends in the dumbest possible way

10.10.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

This is the first time I've got the 13-year-old kiddo excited to watch three Philly teams at once though, so there's that :)

10.10.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel called out, plus I have the Flyers on too

10.10.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all ISPs complained about Biden-era rule, said listing every fee was too hard.

ISPs cry, β€œlisting every fee we make up and charge our customers is too hard”, and Brendan Carr and Trump agree, screwing ALL of us. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

09.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down How Linda McMahon’s latest β€œcompact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

Linda McMahon’s β€œcompact” is just stupid. Here’s a comprehensive takedown, more complete a takedown than any kind ever performed in the fake WWE. newrepublic.com/article/2013...

09.10.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only 59%? That’s means 41% of Americans have no critical thinking skills. That’s a terrifying number.

09.10.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)
YouTube video by Nature's Fantastic Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

09.10.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 840    πŸ” 230    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 52

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