Norman Bier (he/him/yinz)

‘Burn it all’: Progressives meet in the Trump-era wilderness The 3,000 attendees of this year’s Netroots Nation conference doubted whether there will be a “next election.”

"There can’t be a free and fair election in 2026, or something resembling one, if we don’t f*ck them up now,” said Evan Sutton, a strategist who helped organize #TeslaTakedown protests.

I said what I said 😂
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Preach, sister.

Deep cut.

Fast as lightning?

"Always look on the bright side of life" energy, Mike.

Yes! When did this become a thing?

how unfathomably lucky i am to be here, to be a part of this fight, to be blessed with a moment of light on this timeline where i can make change and prove love. i cannot in my wildest dreams think of a greater gift than breathing with a beating heart and an electric brain, if only for a moment

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Are developers slowed down by AI? Evaluating an RCT (?) and what it tells us about developer productivity Seven different people texted or otherwise messaged me about this study which claims to measure “the impact of early-2025 AI on experienced open-source developer productivity.” You know, when I decid...

@grimalkina.bsky.social’s analysis of this study is a great read: www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...

It's a Jiinn, John. My god. Don't tell us your first wish.

Feel like I'm getting shortchanged on this hashtag? MOAR!

Preach, sister.

That which we are, we are....etc etc. ;) Joyful pride!

its wild man like every single warning sign is blaring red right now but the president used to shit in a gold toiled and really gave marilu henner whats what on tv that one time in his reality show board room so theres just this blind faith that he knows what hes doing

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

The golden triangle is lucky to have you.

Fully on board with dems running for office promising to reinstate fired federal employees and jail this administration’s various criminals, but let’s go ahead and add “we will seize by eminent domain any national parkland sold to developers”

there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch

+1 on a single burner induction stand alone. Super useful, inexpensive, versatile. You'll use it after the remodel. Fondu and Hot Pot for days!

Thursday traffic at Carnegie Mellon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

Roses are red
Violets are blue

This is precisely the kind of shit that makes me want to move to a cabin in the woods and become a prepper.

Unfortunately, those 2% are all Democratic Senators.

I'm a lifelong, stupidly loyal Democrat. Not another dollar as long as @schumer.senate.gov holds office. This is the kind of Vichy cowardliness that history remembers.

@schumer.senate.gov if you don't have the courage to lead in this moment then step aside.

Somewhere, James Madison feels smug as hell.

Every time I enter or leave the Public Health building I am thankful that my personal health history did not include spending a minute in an iron lung.

Wow. Nice!