~ Make America Good for Once~
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Retired man. Enjoying life to the fullest and especially my friends. I do no cyber coin nor wish to hook up, those games are behind me. No room for hate and I include all as the tapestry of humankind. A weary warrior for peace and a livable world. PhD Geo Physics. I use the Ubuntu flavor of Linux. 24.04.
"If there were a god, Then there would be no religion."
Christopher Hitchen's
Humor and Empathy
Pronouns: he/him
"The Institute of #Museum and #Library Services is now accepting applications for its 2026 #grant cycle. But this time, it has unusually specific criteria."
"In cover letters accompanying the applications, the institute said it “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America."
Another blow to #American #democracy! The historically troubling descriptor "glorious leader" is implied.
"Something is broken inside of them. So they feel the need to break everything—break democracy, break our spirit, break morale, break our shared moral values."
#Trump #Epstein #EconomicElites #corruption #crime #cruelty #monsters
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RE: https://swecyb.com/@anderseknert/116056950299738296
So open source being dominated by fragile dudes with a huge ego wasn’t bad enough. We now have AI bots modeled after their behavior insist on “helping” open source development.
Mere months from a financial collapse caused by Florida land boom bursting
"Women and children last!" This is worse than those Dartmouth Square scroungers.
The insufferable boomers of the Dublin Civic Trust and An Taisce have succeed in stopping a critical care wing for people and infants in need of specialist medical treatment because of the 18th century "Georgian character" of the area.
"New €100m Rotunda Hospital critical care unit for women and infants denied planning permission"
Federal judge blocks Pentagon attempt to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over illegal orders video https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/12/repub/federal-judge-blocks-pentagon-attempt-to-demote-sen-mark-kelly-over-illegal-orders-video/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #tennessee #activism #leftist
"You cannae change the laws of physics, Cap'n"
Trump terminates Obama-era findings that tied greenhouse gases to climate change | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-climate-change-report-deregulation-b2919395.html
Judge says Pentagon 'trampled on' Sen. Kelly's First Amendment rights
Looking around for old photos of me (because my life is the sort of place where strangers have been known to take photos of me and post them online), and discovered a few things:
1/ I used to smile more.
2/ I used to be skinnier just like... as a normal thing, not a surprise diet.
3/ I used to give a shit about my appearance in general.
Hard to be sure if the "Sara going down hill" event was turning 30, or if it was moving from the public sector to the private sector, but I don't like it.
Of Mice and Menards
HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
🗓️ Feb. 15
🕓 16:00
📍 Staatstheater Darmstadt
Gretel: Ofeliya Pogosyan
Hänsel: Lena Sutor-Wernich
Vater: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Mutter: Solgerd Isalv
Hexe: Megan Marie Hart
Sandmännchen/
Taumännchen: Aki Hashimoto
Staatsorchester Darmstadt
Conductor: Alessandro Palumbo
Director: Nicola Raab
Stage & Video design: Danila Travin
Costumes: Lisa Moro
Dramaturg: Stefan Czura
ℹ️ https://www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de/veranstaltungen/haensel-gretel.2034
#opera #HänselUndGretel #Humperdinck #Darmstadt #Hessen #operaSinger #Hexe
BOOST OR QUOTE THIS!
Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!
(edit: Why, you ask? Long thread coming up … 1/7)
Today the Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted against Trump’s tariffs on Canada. As this reporting explains, there aren’t enough votes to override a veto, but it is still a big defeat for Trump and Mike Johnson. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-tariffs-canada-house-representatives-vote-congress-9.7084213
Do not rest easy, but hold on to this:
Operation Metro Surge was a catastrophic failure for the Trump regime. Yes, as a terrorist operation, it succeeded: they meant to hurt and terrorize black and Brown people and the whole opposition, and they succeeded at that. But in doing so they lost their credibility, they lost the support of mushy institutions and politicians, they lost much of the popular support a would-be authoritarian needs to consolidate power.
And they lost it because we stood up to them.
3/
Watch a bright fireball blaze a 48-mile path over the Midwest US (video)
https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/watch-a-bright-fireball-blaze-a-48-mile-path-over-the-midwest-us-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Space.com @space-com-Spacecom
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116059547013986933
Work vs. author: Computer Science edition.
Gelernter was one of the co-authors of LINDA, and its name-origin gets grosser with modern context.
I cited LINDA as an undergraduate for a paper in a grad-level Parallel Algorithms class (Fall 1990). I took this class because I wanted to understand parallelism concepts for my neck of the woods (OS & Networking).
I also learned about threads (via Mach) reading up for this paper. I had no idea that lower-cost SMP was coming very soon to the masses.
She wrote a global history of concentration camps. Now she has a warning for her own country.
In a better world, Andrea Pitzer would be delivering this warning on 60 Minutes.
But you need to listen to how we can stop these systematic atrocities being committed in our name on Next Comes What.
The very conservative #WallStreetJournal editorial board has had enough:
"It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to #medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad. In his latest drive-by shooting, the leader of the Food and Drug Administration’s #vaccine division rejected Moderna’s #mRNA flu vaccine without even a cursory review."
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/vinay-prasad-fda-moderna-mrna-flu-vaccine-95572d08?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdgQFS0MowBgcMmMnZ7F4l68V6cktrt0tWB8m1AWgkN-EPcZVu6OFUs8rw2Cxs%3D&gaa_ts=698dc015&gaa_sig=IaD8Aq-xMhumOp7sNt-yTUs1wbomSBORPWnHkJZAmPQRUSvG-x5j6fpVHDL9an_dAenMvvTJAdKEacJjUAysTg%3D%3D
