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coloneltcb

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I work at Twilio, with Joël Franusic. Comments are my own.
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coloneltcb··on Trey Parker and Matt Stone Are Changing the Name of South Park to South America
broadly speaking, it _is_ factually incorrect to say that. Censorship is the government controlling what information the public can access. No one on "the left" is trying to pass a law saying that people should get jail time for using the R-word.

Political correctness, woke/cancel culture, whatever you want to call it, is not censorship. And it's not splitting hairs to say this; words have meaning and though 'censorship' is particularly abused, it is still quite different from me looking down on someone who uses the R slur on X (as I do daily)

coloneltcb··on The Pay-to-Play Model Has Broken Youth Sports
https://archive.ph/2026.08.24-143654/https://nymag.com/intel...
coloneltcb··on PostHog Open Sourced
Open* is not Open
coloneltcb··on I am retiring from tech to live offline
yup, Chad is super authentic, WYSIWYG. Truly a loss for Open Source and tech in general.

I wish him well and I don't blame him at all. He already gave more of himself to advancing OSS sustainability than probably anyone else on the planet (might be room for debate, but I can't think of who else is even in the discussion).

coloneltcb··on Trump Mobile exposed customers' personal data
this is especially problematic because now hackers have a comprehensive list of the most gullible people on the planet
coloneltcb··on The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Was a Psyop
https://archive.is/2026.04.14-123919/https://www.wired.com/s...
coloneltcb··on Suspect Arrested for Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Sam Altman's Home
https://archive.is/uRrDF
coloneltcb··on OpenAI Acquires TBPN
say what you will about TBPN, but it was never objective journalism
coloneltcb··on The MacBook Neo
in practice, I can have ~infinte tabs in Safari on my M1 MBP. I'll have multiple windows with hundreds of tabs open and I've never seen it stutter once.

It's actually enabling my worst tab-hoarding tendencies. In the Intel days I'd pay a performance price at some point and have to tend to my tabs, but now they just keep propagating....

coloneltcb··on ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here's Where It's Going Next
https://archive.ph/2026.02.10-161025/https://www.wired.com/s...
coloneltcb··on HHS to Expand Faith-Based Addiction Programs for Homeless
https://archive.ph/qrT4k
coloneltcb··on Apple Faces AI Talent Exodus as Top Siri Leader Joins Google DeepMind
https://archive.ph/Bsa1k
coloneltcb··on Trump aides declared 16 DHS shootings justified before probes completed
https://archive.ph/IhAoP
coloneltcb··on The Battle for One of the Richest and Smallest Counties in Texas
https://archive.ph/UNdZm
coloneltcb··on That viral Reddit post about food delivery apps was an AI scam
> sounds very much in line with

perfect description of what LLMs are best at

coloneltcb··on That viral Reddit post about food delivery apps was an AI scam
https://archive.ph/56IKd
coloneltcb··on White House Investigates Mystery Video Stream on Website
https://archive.ph/cwqSY
coloneltcb··on PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program
Get your company to take the Pledge: https://opensourcepledge.com/
coloneltcb··on OpenAI Set to Challenge Google with New ChatGPT Atlas Browser
https://archive.ph/noxNv
coloneltcb··on The traffickers are winning the war on drugs
https://archive.is/2025.10.18-154606/https://www.economist.c...
coloneltcb··on Can Cory Doctorow's Book 'Enshittification' Change the Tech Debate?
https://archive.is/2025.10.06-192857/https://www.nytimes.com...
coloneltcb··on Nearly half of drivers killed in (Ohio County) crashes had THC in their blood
without knowing the methods of that survey, if that 16.5% was self-reported you can expect that the actual number is even higher
coloneltcb··on Ed Zitron is mad as hell
This is exactly on point. Also, his day job is shilling AI companies.
coloneltcb··on Trumpcard (Official US Government Website)
this is revolting. Sure he’s an autocrat, blah blah blah, but he’s just so tacky
coloneltcb··on Making cash off 'AI slop': The surreal business of AI video
https://archive.ph/lH9f1
coloneltcb··on Crypto exchange Gemini reveals lower revenue and wider loss in US IPO filing
since when are these IPO numbers?

> The company reported a net loss of $282.5 million on a total revenue of $68.6 million in the six months ended June 30, compared with a net loss of $41.4 million on a revenue of $74.3 million year earlier.

coloneltcb··on They're Killing the Humanities on Purpose
All right, let's sum up. This year we explored the failure of democracy. How our social scientists brought our world to the brink of chaos. We talked about the veterans, how they took control and established the stability that has lasted for generations since. You know these facts, but have I taught you anything of value this year?
coloneltcb··on HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA
it will be government funded, but just not our government, and not in our universities
coloneltcb··on San Francisco's $200 DIY apartments built inside beer vats
me too, but more recently. Incredible views in 360 degrees
coloneltcb··on OpenAI and Microsoft tensions are reaching a boiling point
https://archive.ph/4HP14
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