I'm an author, speaker, and believer in the power of listening and inclusion. I was an instructor & workforce advocate for the National Security Agency. Check out my upcoming book at https://www.thegeekprofessor.com/rps/are-you-listening/https://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvv6jlyqfs25I mean... Duh? Anyone who supports the president has a lot to answer for from a moralistic viewpoint. Because clearly things like lying, cheating, attacking citizens, attacking the military, and raping children are not deal breakers for you. And that does make me wonder about you. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv6jlyqfs25https://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvv5eaj4ps25There are actual sopporters of child trafficking on the ballot this fall. However, they've been marked for your covenience with an (R) next to their name. Vote accordingly. #gopEqualsEpstein [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv5eaj4ps25https://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvv53tnlak25I have never known a group more interested in male genitalia than the GOP. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv53tnlak25https://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvv4zexbck25Gasp! So nefarious! Like a cartoon villain! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv4zexbck25https://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvstlzcp7c2fAll the anti-AI sentiment aside, this was pretty incredible. The song is credited in the comments of the original post - props for that too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvstlzcp7c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvsj5prsnk2uI'm pretty sick of this sentiment. Even those of us who have never voted GOP struggle under deliberate manipulation, voter interference, and propaganda campaigns. Raging at the voters serves the abusers. Fix the system first; THEN we can talk about the voters who still suck afterward. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsj5prsnk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvsefbweuk2xI am absolutely voting for the party line Democrats at every level. But I don't do it enthusiastically because we don't have the kind of Democrats that we need right now. They either need to become what we need or get out of the way for someone who's willing to fight for the country we should have. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsefbweuk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvsdbhyfg22uI don't think Johnson can hear very well with his head so far up trump's rear end. A greater stooge I have never seen... [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsdbhyfg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvsbre7nus2eApparently some dude named "Greg Kelley" on Newsmax tried to use his own likeness to prove AI is not a threat, but instead proved he's not nearly famous enough for ChatGPT to render his likeness without a source photo. (link goes to relevant segment) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKkQbfEPDjc&t=5m45s18 Sep 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsbre7nus2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvsbg74luc2eCan someone please explain to me why our elected officials - governors, senate, and courts, are allowing McConnell - who clearly is not capable of performing his duties - to be told what to say in votes? (link goes to the part in question) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKkQbfEPDjc&t=135s18 Sep 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsbg74luc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvsb3s5wnc2eOh boy! More double laws! Woo! It will totally work THIS TIME. Instead, maybe they could just start holding people accountable for breaking the EXISTING laws. How about immediate impeachment and prosecution of Bondi, Blanche and the rest? Unless, of course, this is just performative, not real. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsb3s5wnc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvqgsateac2eI'm convinced that every bit of hate for transgender is because of men with fragile egos are willing to burn the world to the ground before they get caught accidentally ogling or lusting after someone who turns out to have male parts. Transphobia = Homophobia = Mysogyny [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqgsateac2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvqcekzpwk2eVoter suppression; possible actual hacking; massive misinformation campaign.... yeah, people need to vote, but voting also needs to be far more accessible and far more effective too. We need to stop harassing voters and start harassing our elected reps who aren't acting. Also, #RankedChoiceVoting. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqcekzpwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvqcblkcik2eYes, but stop appealing to him and stop appealing to the voters (he doesn't care and we can't do almost anything - we can hardly even vote). It's the GOP who need to be shamed for empowering him and the DEMs who need to be shamed for letting it happen without fighting and yelling MUCH harder. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqcblkcik2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvqc3vi3222eDayum: "Listening isn't enough if people still have to calculate the cost of telling the truth." (Amervis Lopez Cobb) #leadership #listening #AreYouListeningBook #AskAmervis [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqc3vi3222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvqb55m6o22eThis is 100% true. Companies get away with enshittification partially because it's too hard for normal people to notice. Especially when they do skeezy things like Targus did with this previously-amazing product that is not pretty shitty: https://www.thegeekprofessor.com/beware-the-targus-xl-617-backpack-its-not-what-it-used-to-be/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqb55m6o22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvpzpfbd7k2eI have never once been envious of my Dad's medical career. It sounded hard, heartbreaking, and full of bureaucracy. I couldn't begin to do what people in healthcare do every single day. And to have gnashing masses calling them traitors and liars on top? It's vile and unforgivable. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpzpfbd7k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvpr42p5q22eI'm not convinced that poor people are as stupid as people make them out to be. What I think is happening is that rich people own all sources of information and weaponize it in a way that makes voting in your own interest nearly impossible. I also think blaming voters helps the abusers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpr42p5q22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvnwvqqdxc2eAnd Mike Johnson too. These criminal enablers who have protected trump, his corruption, his war crimes, his involvement with child trafficking; obviously they need to be investigated and held accountable too. It is anti-leadership to allow abusers to go free. #accountability #leadership [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnwvqqdxc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvntbpalqk2etrump didn't make the GOP what it is, it exposed them for what they ARE. I've come to understand that they don't govern and never have. They have ALWAYS played the part of governance to shift wealth and power to themselves. In my entire life, I can't point to a GOP admin that actually helped us. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvntbpalqk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvnsci7yms2e#GOPvalues This is who they are. And on top of ALL of this, insurrection isn't a dealbreaker. Theft of national secrets. Child rape and trafficking... How do you in good conscience vote Republican anymore? [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnsci7yms2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvnr6tvo722eI want to return to an Internet full of things like this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnr6tvo722ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvnbxlyrsc2eBlanche who is currently intentionally violating the law by withholding the Epstein files, has opinions about how well a job someone is doing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnbxlyrsc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvnbqnuntk2eThe biggest mistakes of past Dem administrations was allowing GOP criminals to escape accountability in the name of "peace". And look what we got. EVERY criminal member of this country should be investigated and prosecuted - top down. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnbqnuntk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvlczzcvlk2xIt's an appalling dereliction of duty by all dems that they didn't do this first and repeatedly. And for every other complicit head of agencies who are incompetent, breaking the law, or both. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlczzcvlk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvlcxxlwo22oSo Massie toes the party line forever, in a crisis of conscience realizes that raping children is bad, somehow gets a bill passed into law. trump, despite signing it, freaks out, retaliates, gets him replaced, and now Massie, pissed, is doing the right thing out of spite? Good, but... half-credit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlcxxlwo22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvkslc26r22nReminds me of the times that NSA analysts were caught with people searching for ex's in their databases. Abuses are silent and unseen unless there's rigorous 3rd party oversight AND extreme whistleblower protections - neither of which exist for NSA nor Flock to my knowledge. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkslc26r22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvksh3qyyk2nI agree with people who say we should use the term "unhoused". "Homeless" is a holdover of the nasty undercurrent of blaming individuals for mostly systemic problems. At the least, we need to solve the systemic issues long before we blame individuals. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvksh3qyyk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvkqso2qzs2nAccording to Reuters, states and governors actually ARE aware of the risk and planning for it thought they've been infuriatingly (and IMO, incompetently) quiet about it. This is nearly the first I've heard that they have any clue about what's coming. And even then, it's not an official announcement [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkqso2qzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thegeekprofessor.bsky.social/post/3mvjnlpqbs22nI worked for the NSA which had multiple allegations of mishandling data and inappropriate privacy and regulatory violations. They will assure you they have sufficient controls and safeguards. They do not. The only reliable line of defense is whistleblowers and they are retaliated against. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:cz7lfgu4ghet2ydlysxico2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjnlpqbs22n