Erin Hoffman

I bought one of their shirts because it looked more like an actual dress shirt than a typical hiking shirt—seemed useful for travel

Sorry to report it's not at all breathable and therefore useless to me as a hiking shirt

And up close there are "technical" details so it's weird as a dress shirt too

Her pinned tweet (still) says of Mamdani: "When I critique him, it's because I expect more from someone who knows better"

So yeah, while I think she's wrong...they're trying to make this "the left eats itself" when it's really not. She never claimed he sold out the cause. It's just a critique

Nerdeen Kiswani on X: There’s no “scourge of antisemitism” in NYC. Acts like these, while reprehensible, are often weaponized to justify Zionist narratives and repression of Palestine solidarity. Many past “antisemitic” scares turned out to be fake, like the Israeli Jewish teenager who made hundreds of bomb threats to U.S. synagogues in 2017. Norman Finkelstein has spoken about how “antisemitism” in the U.S. is largely a political tool, not a real social phenomenon. Mamdani shouldn’t be validating this framing. Quote tweeting Zohran Kwame Mamdani on X: This is a disgusting and heartbreaking act of antisemitism, and it has no place in our beautiful city. As Mayor, I will always stand steadfast with our Jewish neighbors to root the scourge of antisemitism out of our city

Nerdeen Kiswani on X: It should go without saying that Mamdani is far better than any other current option for mayor. When I critique him, it’s because I expect more from someone who knows better. Every criticism I make of him applies tenfold to the rest. Pinning this for clarity before you project.

She never said he sold out the Palestinian cause by condemning this. She objected to his framing, while calling the actual swastikas "reprehensible"

Her pinned tweet supporting Mamdani is still there

I disagree with her about this issue but there's no need to misrepresent her position

Opinion | The Ruling About Passports Isn’t About ID. It’s About Social Control.

Gift link to M Gessen (always a smart read) on passports as social control. One detail that gets forgotten: US passports only introduced a gender marker in 1976 in response to “unisex” styles. 1976!!!!!

democrats are undefeated in the post cheney era

if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam

Thank you writer's room!

(Most outlets calling it for Mamdani)

I just cannot fathom the mindset of someone who would pay for AI-generated stock photos

I'm mostly wondering if there are PM2.5 thresholds that could tell me, "this public place has 2000ppm CO2 because of the gas fireplace, but the air is actually safe to breathe without a mask because they have great HVAC filtration"

And if not PM2.5, would something else work?

Low CO2 means low infection risk, and measured easily with an Aranet CO2 monitor

But higher CO2 doesn't necessarily mean higher infection risk. The air could be filtered, or CO2 could be coming from a non-human source (e.g. gas stove)

Is there a portable monitor that could identify the latter?

50% of the air is recirculated (with filtration)

So even though the air has been replaced, the filters don't remove CO2 from the portion that's recirculated

But because the other portion is outdoor air, you don't see 5000+ ppm like you can in cars that recirculate ~100% in that mode

The article is misleading

Vance used vague wording, so that an uninformed person might think he was talking about Native Americans in the modern-day US

But actually I think he was mostly trying to imply that Latin American people would be doing child sacrifice if not for Catholicism

He may have claimed in other speeches/comments that this happened in North America, but he actually said "the New World" and "all over the world" at this event

I'm wondering if the article author summarized based on tweets like this one instead of watching the actual clip

x.com/allenanalysi...

Yeah, Vance chose his words carefully. He talked about the "New World" and "ancient civilizations" and nothing about North America

He's making an anti-abortion, pro-Catholic argument that implicitly insults immigrants from Latin America

And yet everyone is "debunking" something he never said

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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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(Just to be 100% clear, I'm saying that the author of this piece would not be supporting Platner if he believed his own argument)

Such a pointless hill to die on when the overall piece is about how no politician is special and any of them will behave like a progressive if that's what they believe their constituents want. Which is an anti-Platner argument if you think about it for 5 seconds

i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling

Also if you're wondering why we punch in instead of shooting multiple angles: especially with DIY/remote setups, it's hard enough to get one angle that looks good (e.g. no distracting reflections on the person's glasses) that we don't usually try for two

Actually a common note I give video editors is "punch in to avoid jump cut" haha

Where "jump cut" is used to mean two back-to-back takes of the same shot, to hide a mistake

The context here is scripted instructional videos, where the on-camera talent is a subject matter expert and not an actor

We just call it "punching in"

A worker sorts through a large pile of e-waste in an industrial facility, highlighting the environmental impact of discarded electronics.

We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like?

In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.

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Gas especially can fluctuate so much

This whole extra mental load of trying to decide when to fill up, how much to trust the gas gauge

At one point I drove 40 miles to work (80 miles round-trip) and man, there were an impossible number of gas station options

I just discovered he also has Bluesky so I asked directly and got this response
bsky.app/profile/xjon...

What's the reason for the emoji paperclips?

He clearly cares about getting credit. Tweeted to thank CBS News for crediting him as the "aviation tracker" who originally reported on another incident

On the other hand, he also has recently tweeted about journalists wanting to know his sources and him saying no

Hence idk watermark or redaction

Not sure what happened at the end of that...

I don't see anywhere else that he acknowledged the paperclips, and thus don't see any more direct commentary

I can't tell if it's supposed to be a watermark or redaction (or both?)

I see at least one other image with 👤 emojis covering faces in a crowd

When someone commented "Looks like the paperclip was added above the image" he responded "That is correct"

But I don't see other mentions

But no direct