The truth, it hurts.

"Humanities education encourages students to think creatively and critically, to reason, and ask questions. And, as the humanities offer insight into nearly every aspect of life, they have been considered a core element of a well-rounded education since ancient times."
https://action.nationalhumanitiescenter.org/what-are-humanities/

I don't use DropBox and haven't been around devops in a while, but how the heck did they have 500 employees to lay off (and that's only 16%)? It's block storage...

And then there's, "...shifts gears to focus on artificial intelligence"

Whuh huh??
I'm sure I'm missing something.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/27/dropbox_ai_layoffs/

Putin is a completely non-strategic thinker, Part #9085. Arresting Evan Gershkovich turned the entire western press machine against Russia. Even the useful idiots now realize they can find themselves sitting in a Siberian cell. WSJ and NYT agree(!) this bad.

#politics

"There simply is no condition or combination of conditions that can ensure the Defendant will not further disclose additional information still in his knowledge or possession,” prosecutors wrote. “The damage the Defendant has already caused to the U.S. national security is immense. The damage the Defendant is still capable of causing is extraordinary.”. -- Justice Department lawyers in court filings

#Teixera ain't getting out on bail.

What time is it? Crayons time.
#takeABreak

http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/

I did some bad things today. I'm not proud of my behavior and want to apologize to anyone who spent time learning to properly perform plumbing repairs.

Anyway the water is running and getting hot as expected, so.

have to cobble together some kind of plumbing solution with tees and step-downs and why why why

#plumbing #bah

firmware updates 10 minutes before a video conference

#nothingCanGoWrong #bestPlanEver

@Alfred what is the answer to the riddle:
Thirty white horses on a red hill. First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still

@Alfred what is the missing word:
Thirty white horses on a red hill. First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand ___

doing renovations on a shed, pulled up a rotted deck board and exposed a rat nest with two babies.

I feel...bad? They're rats and they're constantly chewing into stuff and generally being a nuisance. But these are tiny and not ready for battle.

Welp. Left them be for a bit. Either a parent gets them or a cat/snake/bird. Sorry. I think.

Pause all that, hang on this is important.

"GIF Freelancer" is a job role?

So now we watch Fox attempt a rebrand to mitigate damage awards from the upcoming suits.
"We're not like that anymore"

Characters hanging around the buffet this morning. Offered them coffee, no takers.

Oy. Drama from space. Prolly don't try to run a back up right now.
Geomagnetic K-index of 8, 9- could cause widespread voltage control problems and some protective systems may mistakenly trip out key assets from the power grid.

Seeing click bait headlines asking the lines of, "if you're not scared you're not paying attention"

I've been paying attention for over 40 years
I've been paying causes and giving my time
I don't get scared, I get angry. I get active. I get answers.

That particular trigger phrase isn't helpful. <Rant />