18F is a group of technologists who left high paying work to serve the American people. They created the free federal tax filing system. An unvetted billionaire just fired them. All their methods are on this free mirrored site https://18f.org/guides/
2.3.2025 19:1518F is a group of technologists who left high paying work to serve the American people. They created the free federal tax filing system. An...A wooden ceremony, sacred and small.
25.2.2025 15:50A wooden ceremony, sacred and small.I will be at Grand Lake Theater in Oakland tomorrow. Join us. Peacefully protest now before it’s too late.
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What to do something? Join Indivisible's Action Call, livestreaming right now at 5 pm Pacific time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yf3AstpQI
3.2.2025 01:06What to do something? Join Indivisible's Action Call, livestreaming right now at 5 pm Pacific time...test @sladner.bsky.social
30.1.2025 22:34test @sladner.bsky.socialTook BART to the city Saturday night and convinced the guy with the Bluetooth speaker to switch his soundtrack from “Welcome To The Jungle” to “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” which he then blasted, causing the entire car to start singing and dancing and I feel I won at public transit
11.12.2024 03:21Took BART to the city Saturday night and convinced the guy with the Bluetooth speaker to switch his soundtrack from “Welcome To The...Hey folks, I've also been having some fun over on Bluesky. Feels good to see familiar faces. https://bsky.app/profile/sladner.bsky.social
14.11.2024 00:56Hey folks, I've also been having some fun over on Bluesky. Feels good to see familiar faces....I'm here for you, America
5.11.2024 22:32I'm here for you, AmericaInnovation in Canada is really broken. When I did a study on startups in 2014, I visited the MaRS discovery centre. Huge beautiful space in prime real estate and a bunch of people doing “stuff.” You just don’t see that in the US https://betakit.com/mars-ceo-lays-out-reset-business-model-as-innovation-hub-makes-more-cuts/
31.10.2024 23:10Innovation in Canada is really broken. When I did a study on startups in 2014, I visited the MaRS discovery centre. Huge beautiful space in...Excellent news on the US Economy in today's data. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-10-30/gdp-report-not-one-to-be-afraid-of-economist-claudia-sahm?sref=YAR8Qcu4
30.10.2024 23:17Excellent news on the US Economy in today's data....I hate that I had to do this but: I cancelled my Washington Post subscription because it refused to stand up for democracy. @WashPost
25.10.2024 20:16I hate that I had to do this but: I cancelled my Washington Post subscription because it refused to stand up for democracy. @WashPostAstounding but not unexpected: infant deaths grow significantly after reproductive rights taken away. https://futurism.com/neoscope/babies-dying-banning-abortion
22.10.2024 20:42Astounding but not unexpected: infant deaths grow significantly after reproductive rights taken away....Just call them lies. He's lying. He's a liar. Trump is a bloody liar and we all know it https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/11/trump-turns-immigration-closing-appeal-edge-economy-fades/
11.10.2024 22:09Just call them lies. He's lying. He's a liar. Trump is a bloody liar and we all know it...very interesting summary of meeting hours put in my American presidents.
22.9.2024 20:51very interesting summary of meeting hours put in my American presidents.Back in the early 2000s, I worked at a think tank researching productivity and innovation in Ontario, Canada. GDP per capita was lower in Ontario than 13 other peer-level states. Now, it's even worse. Canadians: productivity is the key to good quality of life.
https://thehub.ca/2024/09/05/trevor-tombe-the-great-divergence-canadas-economic-gap-with-the-u-s-reaches-a-new-record/
Yet more evidence that Covid-19 emerged from the wet market in Wuhan. For me, this is pretty much case closed. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448671-evidence-points-to-wuhan-market-as-source-of-covid-19-outbreak/
19.9.2024 21:05Yet more evidence that Covid-19 emerged from the wet market in Wuhan. For me, this is pretty much case closed....So anyone here using Threads as well as Mastodon? I'm not in love with the algo feed settings on Threads. TOO MUCH EFFING VIDEO. But I'm not quitting the platform ... yet.
19.9.2024 16:55So anyone here using Threads as well as Mastodon? I'm not in love with the algo feed settings on Threads. TOO MUCH EFFING VIDEO. But...Don't get complacent. Don't follow the polls. But also? Maybe be a bit hopeful. https://fortune.com/2024/09/18/trump-vs-harris-election-odds-who-will-win/?itm_source=parsely-api
18.9.2024 22:14Don't get complacent. Don't follow the polls. But also? Maybe be a bit hopeful....Do debates matter? Yes, in the short run. Also, the Republicans withdrew from the Commission on Presidential Debates in 2022, alleging unfair treatment, so their complaints about ABC are all their own fault. https://www.futurity.org/do-presidential-debates-matter-3247602/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-presidential-debates-matter-3247602
12.9.2024 20:56Do debates matter? Yes, in the short run. Also, the Republicans withdrew from the Commission on Presidential Debates in 2022, alleging...Better late than never @NewYorkTimes
9.9.2024 18:03Better late than never @NewYorkTimes