Sam Mefford

Data Science Engineer at Ancestry. Soccer player. Father of 9 amazing kids from 3 to 24. My posts do not reflect the views or opinions of my employer.

[Federalist Society @FedSoc]

One vote stood between America and independence. The man who had to cast it was 80 miles away, battling cancer, as a violent thunderstorm raged. His name was Caesar Rodney.

A lesser-known founder of the American Revolution, Rodney rode overnight on horseback from Delaware to Philadelphia, arriving just in time to cast the deciding vote for independence and sign the Declaration of Independence. 🇺🇲

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

@JessicaProl I'm really hoping the Ben Shapiro show can stay focused on interesting topics, and avoid news about celebrities with Onlyfans sites. Friday's show was crossing the line for me. Those celebrities do not deserve more of our attention for such disgusting antics!

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

@TuckerCNews No. If plausibly guilty, they should be charged, tried, and convicted in a court of law. But I see no benefit to "convicting" in the court of public opinion as that's too often guilty by allegation not reality. Let's decrease political theater and increase true accountability.

[Unkle T's Soapbox @UnkleT89]

@ColtonBlakeX I voted knowing Musk would be the head of DOGE. Yes, I voted to audit the entire federal government.

[MonuMental_MadNess @spicypisces72]

@ColtonBlakeX Absolutely ⚔️🇺🇸🇺🇸

[I Love America News @ILA_NewsX]

@DOGE Nice work, DOGE!

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

@SystemUpdate_ @ggreenwald Liberty != Democracy
Democracy = Rule by the majority
Liberty = Rights granted to people by limiting the powers of the rulers
https://t.co/V381lrIadA
"the majority gets to rule on most things...But they don't get to rule on minority rights...Rights are limits on Democracy."

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

@FastAPI @pydantic Can this also work for an endpoint that expects HTTP post where the first param of the "read_items" method is the post body and the second is a query string parameter? I'm not getting it to work.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

https://t.co/AkrJgh58L2

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

Little things matter now, like seeing our paralyzed son Jonah bend his fingers voluntarily. With spinal cord injury, more work=more function. Christopher Reeve had zero sensation, but regained through work and expensive therapies. Help Jonah do the same!

https://t.co/uACCM2A95U

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

Know anyone who needs a beautiful house in a stunning neighborhood? We're selling for a good price so we can sell quickly.

Also, we're ecstatic about our experience getting our house ready and listing it with Stacey and Dallas Chaffin.

https://t.co/wMvqDSr9Ah

[Ken Dilanian @KDilanianMSNOW]

When will law enforcement agencies learn that it pays to be transparent about what they are doing with open source data. When they’re not, they get reports like this. @fbi, what are you doing with Babel Street?

https://t.co/Y2RVdt4unI via @JuliaEAinsley

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

This article opened my mind to be a bit more realistic and less idealistic. I liked this quote: "Principle without politics is every bit as dangerous as politics without principle." https://t.co/SSfAXT6RaH

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

Ugh, after a painful 3 hours on hold, I spent 45 mins on the phone (mostly on hold) just to be told that they couldn't get me the flight for the 32,500 skymiles I saw when I tried to book on https://t.co/g3A1Jc1s6r, it's now 66,000 miles and sucks to be me :( #Delta #airlines

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

My amazing customer experience with @Delta

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

@edwards21228 @peteaven I could place Ukraine on a map. I've been working daily with contractors from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. My daughter leaves in a few weeks for Croatia. I've been spending lots of time exploring those areas on google maps!

[Department of State @StateDept]

Putin wants the world to travel back in time. To a time before the United Nations. To a time when empires ruled the world. But the rest of the world has moved forward. It is not 1919. It is 2022. #UnitedWithUkraine

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

I liked watching #Seaspiracy. I don't agree with all of it, but I've seen indentured servitude first-hand on a hell-hole fish boat off Alaska in 1993. Conditions horrible enough to force anyone to abandon the 6-month contract sacrificing all pay to fly in a naïve replacement.

[Sam Mefford @sammefford]

Some friends told me yesterday of their joy teaching English to Venezuelan political refugees living in Utah. I'm so grateful I live amongst others who embrace refugees with out-stretched arms! #GiveThanks