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Crowdstrike feels like the IT equivalent of the Suez Canal Blockage of 2021.

After CrowdStrike bricked the world, I invite you to consider a future with AI code generation and validation and how off the rails it could go.

Just noting it might be a good time to read up on William Gibson's concept of the Jackpot.

Shootout to security experts furiously updating LinkedIn.

If you come to a political conclusion ask yourself if, we're a friend to suggest the same conclusion, if you'd think they were a conspiracy theorist.

For fun imagine a Blue Wave 2024:
* MSM perhaps resists it or gets cagey. "There is confusion." News sites get hits.
* Then runs with it and plays it up. News sites gets hits.
* THen breathless articles on how it happened. News sites get hits.

They'll seek the hits and money either way.

It's up to us to make sure they're held accountable.

Every few hours we see a "sources say" post about Biden. Almost like it's a pattern.

JD Vance's senate youtube page has a video praising Kyle Rittenhouse, in case you wonder how dumb everything is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8e4CWseAao

Don't worry, human society WILL decarbonize.

The question is if we do it voluntarily or if the environment does it for us.

The electorate is so divided that even with all the hits Biden has taken from the Murdoch Media, Russian propaganda, and the GOP he's doing fairly well.

This means we can push back and win.

In fact, no matter who the candidates are we can win. So let's get to work.

@TheresaVermont as I put it lately "We deserve better. Everyone."

Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/16/biden-supreme-court-reforms/

If you want to get an idea of what climate change will be like, here's a hearbreaking look at what happened to Houston. It's early in hurricane season.

This is the future for many, be it hurricane, fires, heat waves, or more.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/hurricane-beryl-houston-seven-days-19569873.php

Look, I'm trying not to get paranoid, but finding the PA shooter's dad was in a trump campaign database that had numbers on gun interest gets me a bit concerned.

If nothing else, this is more grist for the mill.

https://www.channel4.com/news/revealed-trump-campaign-secret-data-on-gunmans-family

Elon and his ilk are 100% behind Trump.

Which means Elon and his kind are back Project 2025.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/elon-musk-has-said-he-is-committing-around-45-million-a-month-to-a-new-pro-trump-super-pac-dda53823