Neil E. Hodges

I don't want to live in a "post-expertise" world. :(

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2026-07-22 14:04:44 GMT

[share author='Lisa Stranger' profile='https://diaspora.glasswings.com/u/strangerthanfiction' avatar='https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/19600925066227646f9ae78576886207-5.jpeg?ts=1747837145' link='https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/32d27be06799013fd584448a5b29e257' posted='2026-07-22 01:18:41' guid='32d27be06799013fd584448a5b29e257' message_id='https://diaspora.glasswings.com/objects/32d27be06799013fd584448a5b29e257'][h3]Trump's World Cup backfire erased him from the global view of America - Raw Story[/h3][quote]I live in the New York City area, and for the last month I've been taking my usual runs along the Hudson River, past the train stops and ferry landings, and the tourist spots. And it has not looked like my city.
It looked like the world. Jerseys and hats from six continents. Flags I had to look up while I was running because I didn’t recognize them. People stopping dead in the middle of the riverwalk because the skyline caught them off guard.
I watched strangers photograph that breathtaking skyline with their breaths taken away. You could see the awe in their eyes. The excitement.
So I stopped a few people for the purpose of writing this column at the conclusion of the World Cup. I asked them where they were from, what they thought of this country, and what they thought of Donald Trump.
The first people I talked to were, coincidentally, a family from Spain. I suppose that should have been a personal harbinger of who would go on to win.
Father, mother, and two teenage sons, their English coming in pieces. They told me New York had been beautiful to them. Strangers at the train station walking them to the right platform. People at their hotel going out of their way. They were all smiling from ear to ear.
I asked about Trump, and the father didn't hesitate. He said, in effect, that [strong]Americans aren't like Donald Trump[/strong]. He said Americans are like the people at the train station and the hotel. That's what he wanted to take home with him.[/quote]
[url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-world-cup/]https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-world-cup/[/url][/share]

2026-07-15 20:12:13 GMT

A sports car with an automatic transmission is just a generic luxury car. >:3

2026-07-02 18:23:48 GMT

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What if [i]everyone[/i] cranked up their A/Cs to fuck with the power being supplied to datacenters? :3c

2026-06-02 02:06:25 GMT

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[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/58431870666a1e3a846405f665314160][img=https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/58431870666a1e3a846405f665314160-1.png]Babyface JD Vance meme: "YOU SHOULDA SAID PWEASE."[/img][/url]
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2026-05-31 03:17:14 GMT

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The Fedi version of this? :3c
[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/15912125026a1ba821a843a841208774][img=https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/15912125026a1ba821a843a841208774-1.jpeg]Floppy disk: "The Internet On a Disc" by Microsoft[/img][/url]
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2026-05-29 01:36:03 GMT

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Life is really hard these days. :(

2026-05-21 16:26:38 GMT

Well folks, I was laid off last week. If anyone knows places hiring for any of the following, please let me know. I'm located in Seattle, Washington, USA and am also 100% open to remote work irrespective of timezones.
[list][*]Software, testing, build, and tool development: Python, Java, C, C++, Spring, TestNG, Mockito, Pytest, Make, SCons, Maven, debugging (gdb, jdb, pdb, etc.)
[*]Site reliability engineering: Infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform), AWS, Kubernetes, Kibana, OpenSearch, Splunk
[*]Continuous integration: GitHub Actions, Gitlab, Jenkins
[*]System administration: Linux, FreeBSD[/list]
#[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=FediHired]FediHired[/url] #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=GetFediHired]GetFediHired[/url] #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=BoostOK]BoostOK[/url]

2026-05-18 22:45:16 GMT

Friendly reminder that "don't talk politics" is how we got here. >:(

2026-05-18 01:00:02 GMT

Now that I'm riding the light rail more, it's fun observing each operator's driving style. :3 #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=Seattle]Seattle[/url]

2026-05-15 17:28:05 GMT

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I'm too busy dealing with the rat race of capitalism. #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=layoff]layoff[/url] :(

2026-05-15 17:05:37 GMT

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Great. Now when will someone make a good #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=XMPP]XMPP[/url] app for #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=iOS]iOS[/url] ? :/

2026-04-20 19:05:24 GMT

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You mean like tree rings? :P

2026-04-11 05:20:22 GMT

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I wonder what Trump has on them. There's most certainly more than we know behind what's happening. :/

2026-03-26 23:10:24 GMT

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When do we start? :P

2026-03-03 19:20:31 GMT

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Kind of funny how Democrats want us to vote against our own interests just like the GOP. This shows that neither party should exist and we need to start over. :/

2026-03-01 00:49:00 GMT

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What window manager are you using? 👀

2026-02-27 17:47:40 GMT

The only way these fascists will get the amount of control over us they crave is by eliminating the Internet itself. Free expression will continue as long as the Internet exists.
Even if they attach "papers please" to corporate websites and services, we can just make our own using free and open source software. >:3

2026-02-18 21:28:19 GMT

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Have any photos? 👀
Wish I was in the market for a car. I miss driving stick. :(

2026-02-03 21:58:22 GMT

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Pretty sure the main reason why folks aren't recommending XMPP is the lack of a robust and polished iPhone app. :/
[share author='joel b' profile='https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/skotchygut' avatar='https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/198033048368d83a1de9935791862026-5.jpeg?ts=1760118305' link='https://social.seattle.wa.us/@skotchygut/116007928412185607' posted='2026-02-03 17:41:49' guid='6ec185ec-bfe46240e3009854-9de53d04' message_id='https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/skotchygut/statuses/116007928412185607']@[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/profile/tk]tk[/url] Whatever the technology it needs a highly polished mobile app for the major OSs and that seems always to be the struggle.[/share]
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2026-02-03 16:29:38 GMT

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[share author='Neil E. Hodges' profile='https://f.kawa-kun.com/profile/tk' avatar='https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/9771122601621ba5f928baf927109050-5.png?ts=1645979131' link='https://f.kawa-kun.com/display/881761af-1669-80f5-ff3f-a9e798267537' posted='2026-02-02 19:07:43' guid='881761af-1669-80f5-ff3f-a9e798267537' message_id='https://f.kawa-kun.com/objects/881761af-1669-80f5-ff3f-a9e798267537']I still feel like XMPP with servers located outside of the US would be a better choice than Signal. 🤷[/share]
#note1dcn…jjx0

2026-02-02 19:07:43 GMT

I still feel like XMPP with servers located outside of the US would be a better choice than Signal. 🤷

2026-01-17 19:26:52 GMT

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Get your ham radios and MeshCore companions ready! :3

2026-01-11 18:28:36 GMT

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The Democrats are complicit, and they have been ever since ICE was created. >:(

2025-12-31 18:05:01 GMT

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Electric cars are meant to save the auto industry, not the planet. :3

2025-12-11 21:59:05 GMT

:( #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=Seattle]Seattle[/url]
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2025-10-22 18:58:24 GMT

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The scammers are running the show. :(

2025-09-19 16:46:50 GMT

[share author='𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋' profile='https://diasporasocial.net/u/dianea' avatar='https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/32846997816770aa1818c60385634118-5.webp?ts=1742401030' link='https://diasporasocial.net/posts/cc1b4090762a013e72150a04ffb1b246' posted='2025-09-17 19:31:14' guid='cc1b4090762a013e72150a04ffb1b246' message_id='https://diasporasocial.net/objects/cc1b4090762a013e72150a04ffb1b246']Starting those brainworms early
#[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=Epstein]Epstein[/url]
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2025-07-03 22:09:06 GMT

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If there is a 2026 election at all. :(

2025-05-21 17:27:38 GMT

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@[url=https://social.marxist.network/users/yogthos]Yogthos[/url] What do you think of this?

2025-05-21 00:00:13 GMT

From [url=https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/is-us/IS-documents/66/66-(1).pdf]this essay[/url]:
[quote]Specifically, this has meant that well entrenched officials have had all the decision making powers. It is important to understand that a group of bureaucrats that have held high office in large organizations such as unions for years and years—is is the case in most unions—no longer have the same experience as workers in the shops. The union bureaucrats function in a different social millieu than workers. They live with the upper-middle classes, they hob-nob with leaders of industry, they visit the White House. Workers, of course, do none of these things. [b]The result is that the union "leaders", those who make the policy, lean not toward the workers, but toward the rulers of this nation.[/b] Since most unions are rigidly bureaucratic, there is little opportunity for the workers to make their voices heard, under normal circumstances[/quote]
Kind of sounds like unions are in reality a tactic to keep the workers themselves from having "too much" power. No wonder they're allowed to exist. :/

2025-05-14 03:22:15 GMT

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Almost like that's [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence]intentional[/url]. :3c

2025-04-30 19:36:19 GMT

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"Why risk injections when you could just rub crystals on yourself?" :P

2025-03-25 23:42:19 GMT

2025-03-25 02:05:23 GMT

[share author='Kenny Chaffin' profile='https://diasporasocial.net/u/kennyc' avatar='https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/10390926246771d7893bb39878106332-5.webp?ts=1742569640' link='https://diasporasocial.net/posts/be35b1f0eb46013d71e50a04ffb1b246' posted='2025-03-25 01:31:05' guid='be35b1f0eb46013d71e50a04ffb1b246' message_id='https://diasporasocial.net/objects/be35b1f0eb46013d71e50a04ffb1b246'][b]DOGE just hit a big roadblock:[/b]
A federal judge this morning indefinitely blocked the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to sensitive data from three federal agencies.
The Department of Education (think: all of the personal information associated with student loans)
The Department of the Treasury (think: personal data associated with taxes, Social Security, etc.)
The Office of Personnel Management
Why?: U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman cited the Privacy Act of 1974. At the time, Congress was concerned that a single bureaucrat could instantaneously collect everyone’s personal information.
[url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69627648/68/american-federation-of-teachers-v-bessent/]https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69627648/68/american-federation-of-teachers-v-bessent/[/url][/share]

2025-03-20 23:42:43 GMT

[share author='Hans van Zijst' profile='https://social.woefdram.nl/profile/hans' avatar='https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/1846960116621c2b474052e459990190-5.jpg?ts=1646013255' link='https://social.woefdram.nl/item/17139fc6-fb86-43c4-9a88-6a0b966e9888' posted='2025-03-20 23:23:15' guid='17139fc6-fb86-43c4-9a88-6a0b966e9888' message_id='https://social.woefdram.nl/objects/17139fc6-fb86-43c4-9a88-6a0b966e9888'][h3]America, you better do something, quick...[/h3][h5]I am no longer surprised about anything that club of total morons in the White House do. There's one thing that keeps surprising me though, more and more: the lack of action by the people.[/h5]
I am no longer surprised about anything that club of total morons in the White House do. Really, I pity comedians, because it's basically become impossible to create a sketch that's even more absurd than what's happening for real.
There's one thing that keeps surprising me though, more and more: the lack of action by the people.
I mean, burning down your neighbor's car because it's a #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=Tesla]Tesla[/url] can feel nice, but it doesn't help. It does nothing against the pack of utter looneys destroying the US. That needs a different kind of action.
Surely the American people have a basic knowledge of history, right? You must hear all those alarm bells going off right now, not?
Teaming up with rich industrialists, making journalists' lives impossible, ignoring laws and saying judges should keep their mouths shut, deporting people, getting cosy with dictators and quickly breaking down all kinds of democratic institutions.
#[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=America]America[/url], come on, you must understand where this is going! The nazis didn't start with the gas chambers, it took a while before they got to that point.
Act now, or you're going to end up like the German people in the 1930s. Or like the Russian people. Living under a dictator, in a society where every bit of criticism can get you in prison - or worse.
A few points from the Fascist Playbook, [url=https://radixuk.org/opinion/the-mussolini-populist-playbook-a-guide-for-the-2020s][/url][url=https://radixuk.org/opinion/the-mussolini-populist-playbook-a-guide-for-the-2020s]https://radixuk.org/opinion/the-mussolini-populist-playbook-a-guide-for-the-2020s[/url]
[ul]
[li]First, create a clear national identity to celebrate, primarily by defining who does not belong to the nation, who is the “other”. This may be by pure ethnicity or place of birth, contribution to the country, perceived affiliation, etc.[/li]
[li]Secondly, create manifest, visible expressions of (muscular) action “for the people”. Economic arguments for action or actual value of actions are far less important than their symbolic populist value.[/li]
[li]Thirdly, embed one’s power, democratically or otherwise, by diminishing the role of other potential opposing forces in whatever is the national “balance of power”, [b]with a particular focus on limiting an independent judiciary[/b].[/li]
[li]Fourthly, focus on control of the media message. This means both being very slick, focused and professional in managing one’s own message, but also finding ways of undermining, and where possible, eliminating opposing media voices.[/li]
[li]Fifthly, a cabinet or government is less popular than a personal leader, so the personality of the leader is important. The leader must be seen as muscular, action-oriented, intelligent but not intellectual (intellectuals are never popular), a man of the people.[/li]
[/ul]
Give Agent Orange and his henchmen a bit more time, and the only way you'll ever get rid of him is a revolution. The time to act is now (or rather: yesterday).
#[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=USpol]USpol[/url] #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=Trump]Trump[/url] #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=Fascism]Fascism[/url][/share]

2025-03-18 23:33:08 GMT

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2024-11-20 15:15:18 GMT

For once, we were one of the lucky ones. 0_0 #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=Seattle]Seattle[/url] #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=wawx]wawx[/url]
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2024-11-20 01:14:50 GMT

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2024-10-20 01:06:52 GMT

👀 #[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=motorcycle]motorcycle[/url]
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2024-09-30 03:07:51 GMT

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2024-09-11 13:41:45 GMT

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I think Cobalt was.

2024-09-11 13:33:27 GMT

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What about PalmOS 6/Cobalt?

2024-07-30 18:50:09 GMT

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What's also wild is that a number of them use an ICE instead of an electric motor for primary propulsion.

2024-04-12 22:08:39 GMT

Has anyone figured out how to make a federated #wiki site? 🤔 #fediverse #fedi