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Valjurai

@valjurai.bsky.social

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. INFJ, supposedly. Perl/Python/R/JS/SQL, APIs/DataScience, et cetera. Should be writing. Might be coding up a facebook replacement and/or modeling civilization itself, looking for improvements.

created September 10, 2023

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Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Right... I wasn't super familiar with the group, but this jumps out in an alarming way.

1/9/2025, 11:25:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted

JUSTICE FOR THE EM DASH (from @ellecordova.bsky.social) youtube.com/shorts/XKsPa...

1/9/2025, 8:43:40 PM | 526 106 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Kinda seems like that safe dem states broke more for a GOP president (from having stuck with their DEM senator) than either of the other two groups. One thing I've not left out this time is the amalgamated 'other' category, so a simple t-test won't work this time around to determine significance

1/9/2025, 8:32:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Early investigative stuff in the 2nd draft (1st got so full of experimental tangents that I started over clean) ... by county, the skew at the top of the ticket 'away' from the senatorial option, broken out by state's swing or safeness.

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1/9/2025, 8:31:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

good stuff, as always

1/9/2025, 6:15:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Aye, I love my emdashes and ellipses ... use them often, in part, because I WANT someone to 'hear' the pause.

1/9/2025, 4:46:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Was he seen doing bad things, or just seen having been deployed potentially against his will?

1/9/2025, 1:35:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Been on a 238 mile battery (getting about 180 to 320 in practice) for 7 years and it’s all been good. 1100 mile trips once or twice a year and one 3900 mile trip this far

1/9/2025, 2:19:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Spread the rainbow all over Florida... exhaust them

31/8/2025, 8:17:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

Important stuff... and I wanna work on it, myself

31/8/2025, 3:21:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Phil Plait (@philplait.bsky.social) reposted

Did you know astronomers commonly see objects in space moving faster than light? But seeing is not believing: superluminal motion is an illusion! Me, for Scientific American: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-... 🔭🧪

29/8/2025, 3:29:37 PM | 180 26 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I ‘only’ see 25 to 28 officially … 1 should be enough for jail time

29/8/2025, 1:35:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Christ, it could be!

28/8/2025, 10:36:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Sorry, 'having lied' ... better grammar

28/8/2025, 8:45:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean, I guess it's LESS EXTREME a set of odds than that of all 28 women accusing Trump of assault are lying (4.5% chance each), which is about 1 in 51,291,996,668,687,396,236,148,446,979,906,600,960.

28/8/2025, 8:44:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

important

28/8/2025, 6:45:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Odds are very high

28/8/2025, 3:08:55 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

re: KMFDM

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28/8/2025, 2:16:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

he always has

27/8/2025, 4:46:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted

🚨 Yesterday, Arlington, TX (heart of the DFW metropolitan area) had an AMAZING turnout for their ICE recruitment event. ✊🏼

27/8/2025, 2:47:02 PM | 8850 2700 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

Irish pub I guess ?

25/8/2025, 9:31:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Nailed it

25/8/2025, 3:35:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Not sure how to know

25/8/2025, 11:05:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Trump has attacked and undermined vital nonpartisan data, including: -BLS monthly jobs numbers -DC crime statistics -EPA emissions database -NOAA & National Weather Service forecasting Like every dictator, Trump knows the major enemy of tyrants is an educated public.

25/8/2025, 12:00:09 AM | 1734 529 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I ... what? Context and grammar needed.

24/8/2025, 9:15:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Not ours; the rents have two

24/8/2025, 8:56:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

To enthrall cats I guess

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24/8/2025, 8:48:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

I bought a 55.2lb quartz crystal

24/8/2025, 8:24:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

This is not a phone friendly site, but …

23/8/2025, 9:01:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Build it anyway

23/8/2025, 11:21:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

Time for Japanese, folks

23/8/2025, 12:21:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm conflicted between empathy for his condition and disdain for his evil ways.

23/8/2025, 12:13:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Only tenuously related, but we've only had to lose one boomer fragment of one side of the family to MAGA stuff ... even their own gen-x kids barely tolerate the pair. Meanwhile, other presumed conservative family branches have been unexpectedly with us in these dark times... so ray of hope perhaps.

23/8/2025, 12:10:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Oof, sorry to hear it. If he's true to his written word here, he may have to come to that point, too. Or fail to do so after all.

22/8/2025, 11:56:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted

Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

21/8/2025, 3:02:32 PM | 24043 3743 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah - wasn't thinking of it in those terms so much as 'not being evicted from your church' over skipping the income tithe (not a donation) terms. Being so interwoven with family, that's a big deal. I guess he talked about it a bit.

22/8/2025, 11:45:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Good on them!

22/8/2025, 10:52:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted

ICE, DC Police, Park Police, DHS, and HSI brutally arrested a man who refused to provide identification after being stopped for eating in public. Goons attempted to stop community members from recording his injuries during the incident.

22/8/2025, 8:06:24 PM | 3780 2451 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean, whatsherface was loudly bigoted, so easy to detect. Crichton face-planted hard with State of Fear, so I veered there. Haven't heard either from him. I wonder if the donations are in excess of the mandatory tithe. He'd have to abandon his faith not to do it, which is also a bit of an ask.

22/8/2025, 10:47:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

It's a hell of a lift -- investigate everyone and everything every time I ever encounter anything for any reason on the chance that they might privately disagree with me about something I don't know much about?

22/8/2025, 10:47:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm probably just misandrist enough to find ~any~ romantic entanglements of any sort difficult to suspend disbelief for. They work against any narrative for me. It's the world building and the individuals overcoming misunderstandings that get me.

22/8/2025, 10:11:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I see; not something I would have looked into. I just read the books.

22/8/2025, 10:08:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess every TACO thus far has been a war avoided, right?

22/8/2025, 9:27:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Dislike sanderson? Hard to imagine, but these things do happen. I'll admit he uses passive voice and 'fortunately' too much, but the stories have been compelling. Honestly, though, with the schedule he's set for the SLA, I dunno if he'll live long enough either.

22/8/2025, 9:27:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

I know this spot well...

22/8/2025, 7:27:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Good opportunity to make a fool of him by ensure there's no way to confuse anything going on there with an emergency

22/8/2025, 7:25:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted

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22/8/2025, 6:50:30 PM | 177 88 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

The world needs more of this and less of so many other things

22/8/2025, 6:10:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I cycled into DC (for the first time) not a couple-few weeks back... just before the last wave. A lot of the mall area is more congested and under construction than I remember, but overall, I was impressed by the new cycle highway leading up to and past the mall ...

22/8/2025, 6:05:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Who else was also there? I sure was.

22/8/2025, 5:51:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

I'd like to see a chart of political leaning on one axis and ... I dunno how to put this, but ... some spectrum between high functioning autistics and supposedly neurotypical. I'm sure this is asking for a lot, but I do wonder (possibly for selfish reasons.)

22/8/2025, 5:51:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Bring AAAANYTHING ELSE up at all and you're in their face and down their throat in a femtosecond.

22/8/2025, 4:51:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nome (@nome.bsky.social) reposted

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political. Two genders - male, and political. Two religions - Christian, and political. Two races - white, and political.

22/8/2025, 7:45:55 AM | 6247 2717 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

the kerning on that logo is ... disturbing

22/8/2025, 4:47:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

So, methinks I'll be treating Sanders and King as democrats. Sanders ran unopposed (by a democrat, that is) and King wasn't unopposed, but THAT dem drew a tiny percent. Meanwhile both senators at like dems ... so in terms of comparing voter trends, I may treat accordingly.

22/8/2025, 4:47:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

Wish yawl'd stop obeying in advance. These people are powerless without us saying 'oh well.'

22/8/2025, 4:21:54 PM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

is my AI block chain nft an agent?

22/8/2025, 3:57:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Capitulation to this seems unwise.

22/8/2025, 3:55:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Aye, other than reaching bots helping train malicious responses

22/8/2025, 3:54:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean, there's an apparent reason, re: autocracy... but there's no legitimate reason.

22/8/2025, 3:27:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

A few did... most believed the lies, instead.

22/8/2025, 3:23:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

We have the power we act with ... and no, it does not require guns. Fatalism like this is what they want.

22/8/2025, 3:20:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

We could fight for ourselves...

22/8/2025, 3:02:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Calling on 100+ million people to step out of line, please.

22/8/2025, 2:38:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Pure evil

22/8/2025, 1:41:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

And... dumber than I am... by a lot. It seems blasphemous on their part.

22/8/2025, 1:19:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm also having to isolate any house seats that run unopposed as they look like 100% red or blue swings when they're not... throwing the means and estimates wildly. Instead, there should be 'blank' auto-candidates that folk can vote for, and if the blank wins, a special election to find that person

22/8/2025, 1:16:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Their god is pretty awful, as they describe it

22/8/2025, 1:14:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

I'm'a try to psych myself up for some election science today by emitting random commentary on it. First: goddammit, nebraska... They had TWO senators up for election, and that totally threw some means and t-tests. This is why studying the data is such an important early set of steps.

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22/8/2025, 1:11:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

Do we have an equation, yet, for determining the LEAST evil cloud provider?

22/8/2025, 12:55:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

All I want for christmas is a two and a half bedroom, one and a half bath live-in flying saucer, capable of eluding all terrestrial armed forces, good for long term camping, et cetera.

22/8/2025, 12:52:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Well said

22/8/2025, 12:47:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

It's hard... we can't really LEAVE the consequences of surrendering the USA to evil. It will follow.

22/8/2025, 12:35:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

We'll need a new pres before then.

22/8/2025, 11:59:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

22/8/2025, 2:00:01 AM | 40011 10379 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

I feel like I'm supposed to know this reference, but...

22/8/2025, 11:57:37 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Has someone told Kirk that HE is the parasite in this situation?

22/8/2025, 11:54:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

It must be tough. If their task is to 'own the libs' and libs openly and enthusiastically love almost everything...

22/8/2025, 11:50:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

These need to be at pitstops in particular... restaurants folk tend to hit while getting breakfast, lunch, or dinner on long hauls. Hotels, homes, work-adjacent parking lots, parallel parking spots, etc, should have tier 2 medium chargers instead. LOTS of them (they're relatively cheap.)

22/8/2025, 11:49:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

Yes

21/8/2025, 1:41:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

I am confused

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21/8/2025, 11:25:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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20/8/2025, 3:15:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Sadly there are people in and in support of this admin who are opening suggest that slavery needs to come back

20/8/2025, 2:32:38 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Stonekettle (@stonekettle.bsky.social) reposted

Every single museum in America needs to print out "Actually, slavery WAS that bad" and post it on their front door today.

20/8/2025, 1:20:25 PM | 8817 2316 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Methinks their idea of violent crime is holding them accountable for their fraud

20/8/2025, 11:55:01 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Sadly the bots are trying out Bluesky, too. They’re quite difficult to prevent

20/8/2025, 12:51:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Heeey someone spelled it correctly … pronounced either as shitter or exit-er

20/8/2025, 12:50:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Dismiss him and the regime as a whole

20/8/2025, 12:45:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture Bangor Daily News (@bangordailynews.bsky.social) reposted

Graham Platner, 40, served three tours in Iraq as a Marine and one for the Army in Afghanistan before returning to Maine. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/19/p...

19/8/2025, 11:37:03 AM | 12 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted

Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES! Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No. Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES! Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES! Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES! Fund mRNA research!

19/8/2025, 2:54:04 AM | 18669 4553 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

Hey #duolingo … how am I supposed to make any progress when stuff like this keeps happening?

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Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

They are the crime

17/8/2025, 9:28:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

FYI I’ve not forgotten this … and time to work on it is soon to come

17/8/2025, 12:02:19 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

This hotel did not understand the assignment when it came to having on site EV chargers

17/8/2025, 12:01:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

Speaking of which, my uni is presently enduring attacks

15/8/2025, 7:51:50 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social)

Michael Soltis looks/looked more like Pete Postlethwaite than Postlethwaite's own son does

15/8/2025, 11:51:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Glorious!

15/8/2025, 11:50:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

Day next

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Profile picture Valjurai (@valjurai.bsky.social) reply parent

And evil intent?

14/8/2025, 12:17:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view