Lawyer. Grew up on a family farm. Sold sweet corn door to door. Former UAW janitor. Co-founded a software company, atomicobject.com. Walked Camino de Santiago.https://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3liob53grms2qThe second worst person online is the one who says “well after Trump destroys everything we will rebuild something better than what we had” I would say that we had we, imperfect as it was, was ok. Maybe we shouldn’t let perfection be the enemy of the decent I’m all for goodness over greatness.21 Feb 2025 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3liob53grms2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lioaodkvdk2qBoth left and right here online are like Men and Mordor, grasping for the Ring of Power, but some of us would be ok just living ok lives as hobbits in our holes. Much good will be lost and I don’t appreciate the joy from both left and right about the destruction. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2025 07:08 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lioaodkvdk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lioalphajk2qWhat the fuck is wrong with centrism. Slow decline can also lead to slow incline. Revolutions destroy lives. Boring times have produced many happy, meaningful lives of simple joys. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2025 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lioalphajk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lioagvzgbc2qThe leftists on here are ok with the possibility of 30 thirty years of fascism if it gives them the dream to replace muddling centrism with some dreamed dictatorship of the proletariat. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2025 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lioagvzgbc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lio7zoeqs22qThis is such a fucked view of our present situation I can’t tell if it’s satire. “Sure in 1933 you were facing WWII and the Holocaust destroyed millions of lives, and ruined generations of hope until the late 80s, but West Germans had pleasant times by the late 60s.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2025 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lio7zoeqs22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lh672uputs2hI was listening to some Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy while in the pickup line for our son at kindergarten, and that music seems as timely now as it did 30 years ago.02 Feb 2025 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh672uputs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lgmcuncca22yThis was superseded by ANSI C hardware, which stood for A Nano Scale Implementation of the C Abstract Machine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2025 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgmcuncca22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lgmclssev22yI know this is true because Brian and Dennis told me so. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgmclssev22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lght3ja5sk2kIs Battlefield Bad Company 2 the best military FPS ever made? Yes, yes it is.24 Jan 2025 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lght3ja5sk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lga37whp5k2uBirthright citizenship is a constitutional right, only excluding children born to foreign diplomats. From USCIS (for now): “diplomatic officers do not acquire citizenship under the 14th Amendment since they are not “born . . . subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.””21 Jan 2025 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lga37whp5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3ldp5rw3vls25Dark Helmet 2024 edition. #spaceballs20 Dec 2024 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldp5rw3vls25https://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3ldhyl3jg2k2qI really liked the original version of Dune, when it was called Lawrence of Arabia.17 Dec 2024 04:21 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhyl3jg2k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3lcc6qe6yqs2fWho among us hasn’t decided over Thanksgiving turkey that it’s time to pardon their prodigal son?02 Dec 2024 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcc6qe6yqs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3kaihbws7xh2eRestaurant idea. Food made from the DNA of extinct species. I’d call it DODO.28 Sep 2023 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3kaihbws7xh2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3kaihbws7xh2eRestaurant idea. Food made from the DNA of extinct species. I’d call it DODO.28 Sep 2023 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3kaihbws7xh2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3kabepdystt2nThis is quite the graph. This is something that must have made a huge impact on the psychology of societies around the world, but doesn't seem to be talked about much. Mortality in the past: every second child died - Our World in Data26 Sep 2023 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3kabepdystt2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bereza.bsky.social/post/3ka77ua2gel25If you wear a shirt that looks like analog tv static, people will think you’ve lost weight because their eyes can’t determine the contours of your body. #lifehack25 Sep 2023 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:bfnbl3mtzvvlbn5fmdds7hd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ka77ua2gel25