Andrew Ruffin

Find me @ bsky (same name). Okie and former Senate staffer into ethical tech, privacy, IR, drums, soccer, nat’l parks, etc. Dad, work @AMD. いつも学んでる

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@NJTRANSIT Please give updates in the app. Shouldn’t have to tweet at you for that info. Will the train make it to Ridgewood any time soon?

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@NJTRANSIT where is train 1870? It’s 20 minutes late and there’s zero info about a delay

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

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@axboe Big regret on my end not asking for a P5800X of my own. Glad you’re still working with them!

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@AndyKimNJ Time to get a Gundam in there, Senator Kim

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@lauriewired Check out the HBv5 at Azure for another CPU option with HBM. EPYC 9V64H

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@RepJoshG Just step down and let someone serious rep the district, please

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Absurd and inhuman violence is spreading ferociously through the sacred places of the Christian East, profaned by the blasphemy of war and the brutality of business, with no regard for people’s lives, which are considered at most collateral damage of self-interest. But no gain can be worth the life of the weakest, children, or families. No cause can justify the shedding of innocent blood.

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@samarmijos @GovSherrillNJ Let’s please help those who don’t have that privilege already. You already have Stay NJ, Anchor, and senior freeze last I checked, plus all that sweet, sweet equity and value that’s been helped by low supply in the state driving up prices for those looking to own

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@rlacombe I miss it 😢

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@Barchart And yet I still can’t find anything remotely affordable or good for the price of asking

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@1ssve Need one for spam texts now!

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

Observations From The Munich Security Conference - 

It took a World War and eight decades to build the strongest alliance that this world had ever seen. It took less than a year to practically destroy it. When Secretary Rubio said the “old world order was dead” during his speech in Munich he was right. It’s dead because Donald Trump blew it up. 

It wasn’t perfect, and there were opportunities missed to improve it, but Donald Trump only knows how to break things, not fix them. 

He thinks this somehow benefits us. He is wrong. Our allies no longer trust us. It was obvious in the more than a dozen meetings I had with Presidents, Prime Ministers and Defense and Foreign Ministers. And if you’re Denmark and Greenland, a “loss of trust” is a generous characterization of our new relationship. China is now more popular in Denmark than the United States. In Poland, the U.S. is 21 percent less popular than it used to be.

This means these countries are looking elsewhere for trade and security — that makes you poorer and less safe.

It will be incredibly hard to build what comes next, but we have to figure out a better path forward. Make no mistake, China is rising. Our ability to keep up with them and prevent a conflict depends on trusted, reliable alliances. So does ending the war in Ukraine in a way that keeps Putin from moving on to his next target. And so does growing our economy and protecting American workers in the age of AI. 

I know there was celebration at the end of the Munich Security Conference. Unfortunately the champagne corks were popping in Beijing and Moscow.

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@IanCutress Still rocking my 905P. Wish I could’ve gotten hands on an Alder Stream though :(

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@MikeIsaac Are you reading my mind? Just started jamming to this band again randomly 48 hours ago

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@mattjay Blast off

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

my New Year's resolution is to stress out less

unfortunately, y'alls resolution is to pet a bobcat so I will not be meeting my goal

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@tim_cook Whole milk that’s also low fat?

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@MikeIsaac Rest in peace, Bruna! May your memory be a blessing for Mike and all who knew you

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

I've been reporting in East Africa on the impact of President Trump's USAID cuts, and I find that not only are children dying in large numbers but the pace is accelerating as stockpiles run out and people grow weaker. I also obtained an internal Trump administration memo stating that the cost of shutting down USAID is $6.4 billion over two years. That sum could save more than 1 million children's lives; instead, it is being spent to to shut down programs that save lives. Help spread the word. https://t.co/VN9XZIU0b3