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This is my personal account. I'm a dad, a husband, and a professional software engineer. I'm working on building a MUD from scratch using Java, Spring and Hibernate. The game and dev blog are at https://agonyforge.com

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True as long as you exclude the White House, of course.

09.08.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nike saying they're going to take a hit of about $1 billion because of the tariffs & need to offset with higher prices. Adidas, a $230 million hit, will raise prices. Walmart has warned of price increases. Ford going to take at least a $3 billion hit. #cdnpoli

08.08.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1010    ๐Ÿ” 459    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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Jennings: I think the president is saying to the American people, why are we counting illegal aliens apportioning our political leadership?

Kasparian: Because it's in the constitution, the United States constitution, the supreme court ruled on this in 2019, and they ruled against Trump

08.08.2025 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5205    ๐Ÿ” 1256    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 303    ๐Ÿ“Œ 72

Counting everyone is important in subtle ways, because census data are used for dozens of different reasons in capacity planning for all kinds of things. All people use resources and occupy space regardless of their legal status. Not counting them doesnโ€™t make them disappear.

08.08.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

[redacted] - My expectations for NYC voters is low but it's not this low. I think most people who are seeing this understand that a vote for Cuomo is a vote for Trump. Simple. If you like what Trump is doing, then Cuomo is your guy. Everything else is bullshit.

07.08.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 279    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tom Homan should be in prison.

07.08.2025 01:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1791    ๐Ÿ” 251    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.

06.08.2025 03:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11017    ๐Ÿ” 2252    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 235    ๐Ÿ“Œ 113

I not only think we should tear down Confederate monuments, but we should replace them monuments to the Union Army with the explicit mention of how virtuous it was to wage war against traitors and slavers.

I will melt down your Stonewall Jackson statue and fashion him into Philip Sheridan.

06.08.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1536    ๐Ÿ” 247    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Bombshell reporting by the NYT shows Trump is coordinating directly with Cuomo in the NYC Mayor's race.

archive.ph/Wg2xU

06.08.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 655    ๐Ÿ” 169    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

In 2016, Ghislaine Maxwell falsely stated, under oath, that she was not aware that Jeffrey Epstein recruited underage girls for sex (you know, the ones she was actually recruiting on his behalf). She was charged with two counts of perjury for this.

Remind me why we give a shit what she says now?

06.08.2025 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24404    ๐Ÿ” 7234    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 680    ๐Ÿ“Œ 283

hey remember when Bill Clinton met Loretta Lynch on the tarmac?

06.08.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 285    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There has never been a better argument for physical media

06.08.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 166    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. Thatโ€™s what theyโ€™re taking away.

06.08.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9473    ๐Ÿ” 4584    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 359    ๐Ÿ“Œ 214

Trekkies, if you see this, post your first experience with STAR TREK

My parents used to watch TOS when I was little on our black and white set. It still looks weird to me in color.

06.08.2025 03:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

05.08.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18071    ๐Ÿ” 6781    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 558    ๐Ÿ“Œ 289
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These people can only conceive of win-lose situations, and so they forgo win-win arrangements in favor of lose-lose arrangements

06.08.2025 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4921    ๐Ÿ” 567    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 79    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36

People should be up in arms about the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the destruction of the economy, the arrests of non-criminal immigrants and the increasing banning of books and other information sources in this country. Wake up, folks.

05.08.2025 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4633    ๐Ÿ” 1283    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 177    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

I know this will get me in trouble. I usually try not to curse but my military is showingโ€ฆ

These stupid motherfuckers want to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Boondoggle and a straight money enema to our oligarchs.

Epstein files must be very, very bad.

05.08.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11061    ๐Ÿ” 2753    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 509    ๐Ÿ“Œ 116

we have had to drag them kicking and screaming to this point but they are, at long last, starting to Get It

keep yelling, and donโ€™t forget to call and tell them theyโ€™re doing a good job when they actually do something good

04.08.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 394    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

lol, nobody reads PowerPoints in meetings either. They just ask you to email the slide deck to them after the meeting so they can continue to not read it later.

05.08.2025 03:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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working on a windows 95 themed automation game about making powerpoint decks #gamedev

04.08.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1730    ๐Ÿ” 260    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

"We will impeach and remove the president for his many crimes" seems like a good midterm election pitch to me idk

03.08.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18086    ๐Ÿ” 3356    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 178    ๐Ÿ“Œ 222
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

03.08.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36069    ๐Ÿ” 11122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1300    ๐Ÿ“Œ 652

I dislocated my knee several times growing up to the point of needing surgery to prevent it happening again. Can confirm it hurts a lot!

03.08.2025 04:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Stephen Millers of the world, regardless of their position on the political spectrum, should be left to begging for change under bridges, never in charge of anything.

02.08.2025 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t want a left Stephen Miller, I want strong civic institutions and healthy media environment to say โ€œwhat the fuckโ€ to any right or left psychopath.

02.08.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4368    ๐Ÿ” 654    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

This entire interview was a much-needed balm for my soul. She isnโ€™t perfect (no candidate ever will be), but she is smart, and kind, and gracious, and she clearly cares DEEPLY about public service. I needed this reminder tonight that thereโ€™s still a way through this if we all keep fighting together.

01.08.2025 05:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Worldโ€™s largest sand battery starts slashing emissions in Finnish town The 15 metres wide battery can store a month's heat demand in summer - how does it work?

A sand battery.
โ€˜A very Finnish thingโ€™: Big sand battery starts storing wind and solar energy in crushed soapstone | Euronews share.google/my0496B5jz7b...

01.08.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won" Math doesnโ€™t lieโ€”people do. A buried NSAโ€‘authorized audit paved the way for this unelected illegitimate regime.

This should be a Five Alarm Fire on every G'ddamned media outlet in the world.

I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see.

open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

01.08.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14452    ๐Ÿ” 7717    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1105    ๐Ÿ“Œ 867

BREAKING: We're suing ICE for unlawfully targeting and arresting people who show up to court for their immigration hearings.

01.08.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37734    ๐Ÿ” 8060    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 859    ๐Ÿ“Œ 413

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