Structural Steel Welder. Lead XRP Dev apparently. Cat enthusiast. NAFO Galactic Plenipotentiary. Star of Lithuanian Diplomacy Recipient. #NAFO
Kilkenny, Ireland
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You heard it here folks. xitter.cf/nbougalis/status/95201…
You don’t need approval from Ripple to modify rippled, but if it will make you feel better… *clears throat*
I, NIK BOUGALIS, ENGINEERING MANAGER FOR RIPPLED, DO HEREBY AUTHORIZE @CRYPTVANWINKLE TO MODIFY THE RIPPLED CODE AS HE SEES FIT.
(please read in booming voice)
Establishment Dems and the GOP are all the same.
SCOOP: Haley Stevens' fiancé says he's voting for Mike Rogers for Senate over Abdul El-Sayed
detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
via @nannburke & @detroitnews
About 88 pages too long
A court has denied Danny Masterson's appeal of his 2023 conviction on rape charges, upholding the verdict and his 30-year prison sentence.
In an 89-page ruling, a three-judge panel rejected each of Masterson’s arguments, including the claim that the trial judge was biased against Scientology.
variety.com/2026/tv/news/dan…
Ukrainian Patron Saint of Welders retweeted
Absolutely humiliating and contextless decision making from the DSA. For decades, LA politics has been dominated by corruption and conservatives, and they vote to unendorse the first serious LA candidate who actually treated the DSA with political respect.
The DSA National Political Committee has voted to unendorse and expel Nithya Raman
She has until October 31 to express clear direct support for BDS to retain endorsement, and until January 1 to condemn weapon shipments for Israel out of LAX to remain a member of DSA
Both resolutions are linked below
Ukrainian Patron Saint of Welders retweeted
Just dont ask about the LAX People Mover, or why no train goes through Inglewood.
People need to get their asses kicked more often.
Teenagers dress as KKK for Halloween party—walk down neighborhood street yelling N-word.
"We hate [N-words] !"
they yell terrorizing families.
Other teens laugh & encourage them to shout more hate.
"One, two, three — bye [N-words] !"
Boy filming calls them "the team"—so maybe those under the robes could be identified as participants in high school sports together.
Witnesses say the crowd first gathered for a Halloween party at a residential house.
Then the group wearing the KKK costumes decided to march down the residential streets & scream the N-word.
Incident occurred on the Eastside of El Paso, Texas.
Therealfitfamelpaso doesn’t have an active account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.
Jamie needs to understand that the world knows all those things and still chose to take their gold back. That should say something.
Jamie Dimon to a country that pulled its gold out of New York: you have three armies within 400 miles, while gold in America is protected by two oceans and the US military
“If we have the strongest military in the world and the strongest economy in the world, we will be the preeminent reserve currency. It is those two things.”
“I was in a country somewhere in the Middle East, and also in Europe, and the people said, we took our gold out of the vaults in New York City and moved it to our country. You know what I said to him? I said, you have three armies within 400 miles who can come take your gold.”
“That’s the real world. You’re not thinking clearly about safety. That gold is protected by the Atlantic, the Pacific, the United States military, the rule of law.”
“But if we are not the preeminent military and economy, you will see our reserve status come down.”
Ukrainian Patron Saint of Welders retweeted
Musk’s interview went great: Reporter: What is your thought on the ban of foreign students, you were one of those kids, right? Musk: “I think we want to stick to talking about spaceships.” Reporter: I was told that any topic is good. Musk: “Well no.”
Ukrainian Patron Saint of Welders retweeted
BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, is offering buyouts to 60,000 workers as part of the company’s efforts to cut costs amid AI adoption, per Bloomberg.
Personnel on select teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK at a vice president level and below will be eligible.
This reflects ~27% of Microsoft's total workforce.
The one thing about AI leaders that is almost universal is their complete lack of humanity and empathy.
If you need AI to tell you what makes your child special, you need to quit your job and rethink your entire life.
Ukrainian Patron Saint of Welders retweeted
“COBOL is still deeply load-bearing in banking, especially at the core: account ledgers, overnight batch processing, and card/ATM authorization. The widely cited estimates are that roughly 43% of banking systems and 95% of ATM swipes run on COBOL code, and that around 80% of in-person banking transactions pass through it.”
