Notices by Robert A. Hill (robert@rah.social)

I don't think I have ever read a more concise and yet thorough explanation of my own observations, conclusions, and fears as a 20+ year veteran technology professional and 15 year SRE veteran.

We are actively tearing down the hard fought wins for ourselves and our customers in the chase for the MBAs and business idiots and the institutional knowledge and processes that solved huge problems are the victims of this AI circlejerk.

https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/

Mar 3: "We won the war."

Mar 7: "We defeated Iran."

Mar 9: "We must attack Iran."

Mar 9: "The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully."

Mar 11: “You never like to say too ⁠early you won. We won. In the first hour it was over.”

Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet."

Mar 13: "We won the war."

Mar 14: "Please help us."

Mar 15: "If you don't help us, I will certainly remember it."

Mar 16: "Actually, we don't need any help at all." (1/6)

Our founding fathers made these the top of the list for a reason: without these rights we are living under tyranny. (2/2)

They are saying citizens can't protest in the streets (1st amendment).  
They are saying citizens can't carry a gun if they do protest (2nd amendment).
They are saying citizens and local businesses must feed and house federal agents occupying their city (3rd amendment)
They are saying they don't need a warrant to enter citizens' homes (4th amendment)
They are saying they can detain and deport anyone they want without a court hearing (5th amendment) (1/2)

Where the fuck is Congress? This shit is unbelievably stupid and dangerous. Every single Republican politician and voter is responsible for this shit. Can you take 5 minutes off from being Captain Planet villains and remove the fucking toddler from office before he crashes the markets and starts World War 3???

https://fortune.com/2026/01/19/stocks-sell-off-trump-text-message-greenland-nobel-peace-prize/

If the economy is so good, why lie about it? Why hide it?

Same thing with the tariffs. They can’t be simultaneously making us billions of dollars in revenue but also keep getting delayed 90 days.

People need to start harshly confronting this. Yes, even your family.

My hometown y'all https://mstdn.social/@TomSullivan/114684417503381816

There has never been something more cowardly, embarrassing, or disrespectful to the oath as a bunch of soldiers standing with weapons ready to attack Americans in Los Angeles.

Every single soldier taking part of this illegal deployment brings shame on their branch, division, and unit that will never wash off. I am keeping notes and I will never forget this affront to the Constitution. (1/2)

I didn't think I would have to explain this on the Fediverse, but since I am still seeing people finger wag about the Waymos:

Google and Waymo are legitimate targets. They flat out said they would be providing footage from their cars to the police and other agencies. Disabling those cars is an act against the belligerent combatants themselves.

If tech wants to become Trump's new panopticon supplier, they can and should be under the understanding that they aren't neutral third parties.

Just throwing this out there, but you can get a really solid set of Level IV ceramic body armor plates for a few hundred dollars if you look around. It levels the playing field and thanks to the wonders of capitalism you can get them in mere days right to your door!

Who is actually live in #LA right now and not on the side of the fascists? I would like to keep a stream up on our TV

I don't know if Trump and his knob slobbers understand how close they are to civil war, and how little it will take for otherwise normal people to decide that enough is enough. The first shot fired in anger by his toy soldiers will not be something that can be walked back.

All these clowns act like they have a force field of protection and they just don't. The goons have to sleep and eat and the city of LA knows it.

Americans have two choices if masked people knock. Fight and give them something to think about, possibly knowing that you will lose the battle, or give up and be disappeared forever. This isn’t a game, it’s not a joke, and it’s very much going to happen if we don’t take a stand and make sacrifices if needed. (2/3)

I need to be pretty real with you, it may actually come down to having to make hard choices in the US in the near future. The threats to rendition American citizens to El Salvador for any reason, much less the specious and blatant lies being trotted out by this fascist regime, require very different calculus going forward. (1/3)

Do not obey their wishes to stop protesting. Do not obey their direct threat on your speech, morals, and conscience. Make a plan and figure out what you will do if they come for you. This sounds freaking insane to be typing out but the threat is far, far too great to shrug off. A sitting President of the United States is openly saying this is what he plans to do. Get serious and get ready. (3/3)

@i_give_u_worms You can't even mention Luigi Mangione or *upvote posts or comments about Luigi* without potentially facing a ban for violent conduct. It's fucking absurd

Love watching Reddit decide, unforced, to torch their entire brand and supposed values in one fell swoop. Fuck that entire site and fuck it's "leadership." You grew on the backs of millions of users only to become what we all tried to escape from, and I can't wait to watch it crash into the ground. It'll be more comical than the Digg implosion when it happens.

Anyway, use Federated services like #Lemmy and #Kbin everyone and starve Steve Huffman's golden goose.

Hey folks, I really need a new gig. My friends here on the Fediverse are some of the smartest folks I interact with on a daily basis, and I know most of you are doing VERY cool stuff, and I want to join you and help with some of that lift.

If you have a need for a #multicloud #SRE or #infrastructure expert with over 15 years of experience working at scale I am your guy. Don't need that? I love to talk with people and figure out what they need to build the solution they need.

#FediHire

Just gonna let y’all know, if you want a firearm right now is a great time to do it. There are pistol and rifle bundles that are hard to beat right now, and you could get enough ammo to train with for well under $1000. I wouldn’t wait until the billionaires control the government if you are considering getting armed. (1/2)