Government: You owe us money. It’s called taxes. Me: How much do I owe? Gov’t: You have to figure that out. Me: I just pay what I want? Gov’t: Oh, no we know exactly how much you owe. But you have to guess that number too. Me: What if I get it wrong? Gov’t: You go to prison

Watch closely.

Not a fan of YAML Engineering either!

person from 1976: so you’re telling me the price of everything on this list has increased by almost 10x? me: yup. 1976: but that’s fine because you’re making 160k a year right? me: 😬😬

Verifying myself: I am seren on Keybase.io. BDDi9jF04XadK-DhVF_Wl8ZdjvadqPwd_vN5 / keybase.io/seren/sigs/BDD…

1. It turns out that big-box stores are an even worse deal for cities and towns – worse than anyone, even their opponents, once thought.

It's Friday 🚚📦🔥❤️‍🔥🚑👩‍🚒🧑‍🚒👨‍🚒🔥🏥

btw these large scary math symbols are just for-loops

Fox News' Peter Doocy asks if the White House is concerned about police leaving the force over vaccine mandates: Press Sec. Jen Psaki: "What was the #1 cause of death among police officers last year? Do you know?" Doocy: *silence* Psaki: "COVID-19."

Seriously San Diego Unified , what are working families supposed to do with one week’s notice? If you want to reduce stress, don’t fuck with the school schedule last-minute.

Starting to think the coronavirus isn't waiting for FDA approval before releasing new variants. Deeply unfair if true.

Why does increasing atmospheric CO₂ warm the planet? The greenhouse effect, duh. But do you know how that works? I can *almost* guarantee you that you don’t quite have the right picture in mind—in a way that actually matters. Interested? Here’s a new physics thread! 1/29

leastfavorite! We take full responsibility for the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster.

Playing around with Mastodon. This article set expectations appropriately (it's not Twitter, but better in some ways): wordsmith.social/elilla/a-futur…

An IBM slide from 1979.

The horrible truth behind marshmallow ranches: When they are fat from grazing all summer, they will be slaughtered to make smaller ones, bagged and sold in stores. Some are cut up and held over a fire while still alive!

If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored—such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc. 6/25