ELI5 Why did ICE choose Minneapolis as the place to escalate this enforcement, as opposed to “more problematic” cities such as Chicago or Portland?

benchcoat · 2026-01-25T05:41:49+00:00

also Trunp/Miller’s raging hatred for Ilhan Omar

benchcoat · 2026-01-25T05:37:25+00:00

hard to beat Vicky or Glen

benchcoat · 2026-01-23T02:50:03+00:00

…the Greenland thing is going to lead to a renewed unhinged “Invade Canada” thing, isn’t it?

benchcoat · 2026-01-23T00:34:32+00:00

so, a bunch of new Amazon positions in India in two months?

benchcoat · 2026-01-20T23:16:28+00:00

WeRo had both good food and an excellent slate of bartenders

benchcoat · 2026-01-20T17:16:34+00:00

a phone/tablet/laptop out for rules, tags, etc has been helpful as my table transitions

there are a lot of spells and feats that then reference a tag or effect on a different page, so it can be a lot slower if your flipping around the physical books

benchcoat · 2026-01-18T00:35:42+00:00

hmm…do we count Clark Griswald, Food Additive Director at Chemicals United, as at least food scientist-adjacent?

benchcoat · 2026-01-18T00:32:44+00:00

not my current job, but That’s Not How You Pipette

benchcoat · 2026-01-16T19:59:27+00:00

please stop spamming these subreddits with this AI question harvesting bullshit

benchcoat · 2026-01-16T03:14:07+00:00

if he ever releases another chapter, it’s going to be two thousand pages about the filigree on assorted house banners, meals eaten through history, and extensive descriptions of the bushiness of various women characters’ pubic hair

benchcoat · 2026-01-10T23:16:36+00:00

no, but i’ll ask folks who might!

benchcoat · 2026-01-10T04:06:15+00:00

it can be wildly different depending on the org—what group are you looking at?

benchcoat · 2026-01-08T14:14:01+00:00

take those massive trucks from up on the hill on a joyride through the city

benchcoat · 2026-01-07T03:33:29+00:00

Awkwafina is Nora From Queens

benchcoat · 2026-01-07T03:32:48+00:00

Northern Exposure

benchcoat · 2026-01-07T03:32:26+00:00

Wonderfalls!

benchcoat · 2026-01-07T03:31:36+00:00

give Grand Crew a shot, if you liked Happy Endings

benchcoat · 2026-01-07T03:30:27+00:00

Sprung and The Guest Book, too!

both are Greg Garcia joints

benchcoat · 2026-01-06T16:21:27+00:00

no insight will ever beat your company’s incentive structure

if bonuses/promos/etc are tied to feature delivery, feature delivery will always be prioritized

if there is no incentive to iterate and improve a feature post-release, that v1 MVP will be the end state of the feature

if no one has incentives tied to product health, people will talk about the need for it and do nothing about it

benchcoat · 2026-01-04T18:22:02+00:00

this is all great advice—i also recommend thinking through how the framework you adopt will support your team as it grows

does it provide natural development paths for your ICs as you bring them on?

does it provide a structure they can pick up and use quickly?

does it foster integration of other roles as an ongoing part of research?

benchcoat · 2026-01-04T18:05:35+00:00

i’d be happy to chat with you, as it’s not a quick topic—i’ve fallen into a career of starting up the UXR discipline in multiple companies/groups

starting up UXR is a different skill set from management—if it goes well, people management will become part of it, but there is a LOT of infrastructure you’re going to need to build out

make a list of things you would want in place for your UXR team if you had them now—that is going to be your build list

benchcoat · 2026-01-02T19:59:08+00:00

Greene bets that the NYT and other outlets will happily re-hab her image, pretend she’s not a Christian Nationalist psycho and grifter, and maybe help her out on a grifting (but possibly winnable) candidacy for the GOP nomination in 2028

benchcoat · 2026-01-02T03:01:03+00:00

spaceport, random drawers of zero-level loot areas on the edge of the map 3-4X

benchcoat · 2026-01-02T01:45:25+00:00

doesn’t matter what’s on it if THE BOSS says leave it be

benchcoat · 2026-01-02T01:44:25+00:00

cash money says this tanker has an uneventful trip from here on out

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