Bioinformatics, politics, and data science musings from Bubba Brookshttps://bubbabrooks.info/en-ushttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/claude-evernote-sync/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/claude-evernote-sync/Evernote suspended their developer-token API in January 2026. I needed to back up every Claude Code conversation anyway. So I turned email-to-note into a sync engine.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIClaude CodeOpen SourcePythonPKMEvernotehttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/new-king-george-250/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/new-king-george-250/Two hundred fifty years ago we fired a king for putting himself above the law and the treasury above the people. Here is a ranked, fully-cited catalog of 250 ways the new one brought the monarchy back.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTPoliticsTrumpCommentaryDemocracyCorruptionHistoryhttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/hortilogic-gardening-app/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/hortilogic-gardening-app/Battling grocery monopolies, testing AI coding agents, and planting a mutant sweet potato with my three-year-old.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTData ScienceAIPersonalGardeningParentinghttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/three-point-five-percent/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/three-point-five-percent/We need 11.9 million people to show up to the No Kings protests this weekend. Here is the data on why nonviolent resistance actually works.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTPoliticsData ScienceActivismCommentaryhttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/elephant-and-rider/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/elephant-and-rider/Today and tomorrow, thousands of Americans are protesting ICE. My conservative friend back home thinks they're crazy. I think he's missing something important—and a book about moral psychology might explain why we're both a little bit right.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTPoliticsPsychologyImmigrationBook ReviewJonathan Haidthttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/zohran-mamdani-tax-plan/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/zohran-mamdani-tax-plan/NYC's mayor-elect wants to tax millionaires 2% more and raise corporate taxes. I crunched the numbers – and dreamed bigger.Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTPoliticsEconomicsTaxesProgressive PolicyNYCZohran Mamdanihttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/teaching-ai-agents-to-yolo-responsibly/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/teaching-ai-agents-to-yolo-responsibly/I built a security wrapper so AI coding agents can run wild in Docker containers without accidentally joining a botnet or deleting your life's work.Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTAISecurityRustDockerOpen SourceClaude Codehttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/science-is-cool-but-have-you-tried-deporting-people/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/science-is-cool-but-have-you-tried-deporting-people/A nation's budget reveals its priorities. Ours says we'd rather build a deportation machine than cure diseases or invent the future.Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTPoliticsScienceBudgetImmigrationCommentaryICEhttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/save-mr-stephen/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/save-mr-stephen/Sport a mustache for a month. Let's save Colbert from CBS's cowardly cancellation.Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTPoliticsMediaCommentaryStephen ColbertLate Night TVhttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/voulez-vous-coucher-avec-convicted-felon/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/voulez-vous-coucher-avec-convicted-felon/Thoughts on Cory Booker's disappointing vote to confirm Charles Kushner as French Ambassador.Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTPoliticsDiplomacyCommentaryCory Bookerhttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/trump-press-golden-lapel-pins/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/trump-press-golden-lapel-pins/A perspective on John Oliver's recent segment on the White House Press Pool and golden lapel pins.Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTPoliticsMediaJournalismCommentaryCan't Let It Gohttps://bubbabrooks.info/blog/first-post/https://bubbabrooks.info/blog/first-post/Should I blog? Maybe ... Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTPersonal