J Bean

As a lifelong sci fi enthusiast who values curiosity and learning, I am endlessly fascinated by the tension between the possibilities unlocked by the Information Age and the realities of living in it.

So like some people need more healthcare than others and a few people need a lot of very expensive healthcare. At least we won’t need to worry about that problem.

The Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5 million U.S. government grant because it required them to renounce all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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Outrage fatigue is a thing and I believe part of the strategy. When there’s some new random crazy shit every single day you forget yesterday let alone last week or last month.

YouTube video by Animagraffs How the Golden Gate Bridge Works

the promise of the internet was high-quality information, always available. this video is what people were imagining; it's really terrific. I had no idea how complex the Golden Gate Bridge was.
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Remember in the video game Civilization you could just decide what your palace looked like? Maybe it’s like that.

The no kings protest was full of swastikas. I don’t think they were saying it’s bad. I think they were saying they’re literally that. But still. A friend pointed this out and… yeah.

This is incredibly powerful and resonant language, to the point of creating genuine emotional religious response in me (a Jewish person).

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I had no idea who Bad Bunny was until MAGA lost their shit about him, now I'm listening to his music.

Every time they get their crinolines in a twist over some racist shit, it puts money in the pockets of the people they hate. ¡Felicidades, idiotas!

Are there existing projects in this stage already that stand to immediately benefit?

Vermont.

Obi Wan said that after Anakin quoted George W Bush word for word.

If you own Disney stock, you should sell it.

Ours was immediately overwhelmed by the cheering.

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.

In 1965:

-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.

-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.

-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

When they lock you away, I will remember you. Sometimes.

Every day it’s a brand new outrage.

I know plenty who don’t really value democracy. They’d rather everyone just agree with them.

Howabout: routine health care is paid for by the government, and insurance is for catastrophic loss? Insurance seems good at catastrophic loss kinda stuff and government seems good at routine stuff.

Small, remote venue

Feeling okay about the current lifestyle. Would like a less tenuous more stable version.

It’s not one thing. It’s all of it together. Your nervous system has a threshold of what it can sustain and when you exceed it the symptoms go haywire.

The job market is rough but at least we got rid of the head of labor statistics. I feel better.

Shootings in NY and Reno yesterday. Nevada connection runs strong.

I watched the new Superman movie recently and couldn’t stop thinking about @jasonkpargin.bsky.social. He did a thing on how villains depicted in these movies can’t do their work on their own. The new Superman movie sort of fixes that by showing all of Lex Luthor’s minions in their day to day work.

I can afford to goto really interesting <conference x>.

I just don’t want to because it’s in America in 2025.

This kind of thing used to be funny because it was absurd.

A lot of people get this wrong about parenting autistic children... #autismawareness