The Foreign Minister of Poland is a badass.
This is a must read.
If you have an old Roland GR analog guitar synth, Wayne Scott Joness (two s Jones) is the guy to go to find parts for your guitar or synth.
Musk says platforms should not prevent disinformation.
I am tempted to post disinformation like this on twitter:
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Elon Musk Found Dead
Elon Musk, age 52, died this morning from what authorities suspect was anaphylactic shock.
Authorities have not released details, but some of those who called authorities when they discovered Musk's body say he had a known allergy to some plastics and appears to have been sucking on an "intimate massage" device.
The very-buy time for my day job approaches, so I intend the to spend the day doing more house cleaning and yardwork to clear the path.
Hopefully will have time to do something silly like watching "The Tigger Movie" to do an emotional reset.
Kinda hard to stay positive here in the USA considering a sizeable segment of the population has detached from reality and hates the rest of us. I must not think bad thoughts.
Ukraine realism:
I am worried the optimists among us have unreasonable expectations based on what I read on the internet (admittedly a poor sample of the populace).
We spent an average of 50 billion a year fighting folks only armed with small arms, RPGs and IEDs. War is expensive, and 60 billion is a lot, but it's not a lot to fight the 2nd best equipped military on the planet.
Don't get me wrong, the Ukrainians have done an amazing job with the scraps we and other nations have provided
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There has always been some of that "power for power's sake" in both parties, but it was mostly manageable.
I saw it growing within the Republican party and all the talk of a "permanent majority" under Karl Rove, but I never imagined it would metastasize the way that it has after Trump was elected.
It's like 70+% of the Republican party devolved into Gollum from The Lord of the Rings.
Kristi Noem
Some people should not be dog owners. That's obvious.
The level of incompetence involved in bringing a hunting dog into your family and then bragging about killing the dog because it does what hunting dogs do is astounding.
Never heard of a kennel or a chicken coop?
Reminds me of guys who buy some boots and a cowboy hat and suddenly think they are ranchers, but more cruel because i doubt those guys would shoot their livestock for eating the grass and shitting everywhere.
Trump apparently spent the wee hours churning out incoherent, gibberish and lies.
You're shocked. I know.
I think he gets up to pee during the night and then spends his time manufacturing bullshit just like he did when he was President (I am embarrassed that he was ever elected to that role), so he's just drifting around in a half-brain-dead state due to lack of sleep.
And it's not like he was smart to begin with.
“Beijing is expanding its global covert influence posture to better support the CCP’s goals. The PRC aims to sow doubts about U.S. leadership, undermine democracy, and extend Beijing’s influence.” This week the New York Times reported that “covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Biden ahead of the election in November.”
Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner under investigation over allegations of child sexual assault
Kevin McCarthy's protege, Zack Scrivner , stabbed twice by his own son for sexually molesting one of his other kids.
IT automaton, retired from hacking, I just move data, build systems, and do full stack devops stuff now