It's somehow fitting today that 15 (2 already pled guilty) Oathkeepers are scrambling to be the first-most helpful -- i.e. rat on everyone -- regarding the 1/6 failed insurrection. Keeping their oaths, whatever they are.

With more indictments on the way.

Happy 4th!

Khaaaaaaan!
(Get 'em Lina)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/amazon-doesnt-like-ftc-chair-lina-khans-views-wants-her-off-investigations/

Mark Grods claimed to work for Roger Stone, now going to jail for 1/6 activities. The net is closing.

so @sjvn what do you think of Windows 11? 🤣

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3623288/should-your-business-upgrade-to-windows-11.html

On the plus side, I think the water filter did its thing so now coffee

Back living in a stationary building - been rolling around for quite a bit (what is time?).

These things are nice. I should get one.

Wow, are tourists usually so violent?

...crossed the threshold of 500 arrests, including the 100th arrest of a defendant on charges of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.

Also 6 networked conspiracies identified and 200 BOLOs without arrests (yet).

Oh well, no need for any investigation, everything is fine.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-investigation-january-6th-attack-capitol

not being a Google product/user, I was not aware of most of this history. Allo? And wasn't there a Brazilian(?) platform for a while too?

I understand their evolutionary strategy but...what an incoherent mess.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/21/22538240/google-chat-allo-hangouts-talk-messaging-mess-timeline

yesterday in the mountains,
today at the beach;
tomorrow scrape all the bugs off the windshield.*

#almostHaiku

Q: What is the last thing in a bug's mind when it hits a car

A: its butt

so tired of driving. so tired. tired.

corn update

Yes, please bring librarians into the conversation about disinformation.
And generally let professionals do their jobs, how about that.

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1002908327/5-ways-for-seniors-to-protect-themselves-from-online-misinformation

#farmers #epidemiologists #teachers #firefighters #maybeNotEconomists

What would you pay for autonomous driving? Volkswagen hopes $8.50 per hour

Hahahahahaha

No.

And if I ever own one I'm gonna fix/mod it, don't need another John Deere situation.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/06/volkswagen-plans-to-offer-subscriptions-for-autonomous-driving-extra-ev-range

Yong is reliably spot on. We have to stand united.
(Long-ish read.)

"What is America’s goal—to end the pandemic, or to suppress it to a level where it mostly plagues communities that privileged individuals can ignore?"

“When you’re facing an epidemic, the responsibility of public health is to protect everybody, but those made vulnerable first...”

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/06/individualism-still-spoiling-pandemic-response/619133/

white Georgians dgaf about spreading respiratory disease. Unless they're elderly.

People of color are showing consideration for the community and protecting themselves.

#observations

If I could teach navigation algorithms to [n], life would be sweet:
1. Never U-turn
2. Never route through *@$#!? downtown Washington DC, create a wormhole instead
3. Shut up about re-routing, I know and we shouldn't have tried to go through downtown, hmmmm?
4. (there are more but I'm busy dodging police)

"Are we experiencing another housing bubble? ...The risks facing households, the financial system and the economy appear less serious now than they were in 2006. Most importantly, homeowners today have greater home equity and less mortgage debt, on average, than they did then. But the elevated level of the house price-to-rent ratio surely merits caution and further study. "
https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2021/may/housing-prices-surpass-bubble-peak-measure-value

c'mon calibre I know you can do it