Huh. Keyhole.com* is still around, sorta, redirects to Google. Feels like a rickroll.

keyhole was (is?) an incredible 70s NRO/CIA program and amazing (possibly CIA) GIS-ish software in the early oughts

#internetNeverForgets #mostly #randomNostalgia
#noAffiliationDisclaimer

http://www.keyhole.com/

8 years ago today I was in still-autonomous, hot, muggy, gorgeous Hong Kong. Friendly people, mountains of tech and actual mountains, efficient metro, a street of durian stalls, rich history, nightly lightshows on the harbor.
A lifetime ago. Hang in there Hong Kong.

Google: "Introducing people chips"

Me: 🤢

oh wow. AI drive through bots.

What could go wrong.

*cackle* *evil laugh*

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/30/ibm/

“It’s where idiots can be the idiots they want to be. It’s where they are allowed to say things they don’t need to take responsibility for,” Nishimura would tell The Japan Times years later.

The bill is now due.

"As the United States grapples with 4chan’s toxic influence, from its role in enabling the January 6 insurrection to its alleged influence on mass shooters, its clear that attempts to hold someone accountable and perhaps even reduce its role in radicalizing young men will not be possible without a better grasp of its corporate structure."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/who-owns-4chan/

huh, no hashtags after links, got it. Guess that's the Sanitizer at work

When this ends, we'll smile sweetly / Finally seeing / In testing times, we became the best of beings

#useAsNeeded #CoSoPoetry #Gorman
https://youtu.be/j4QPftpS6O0

You may wonder what Meta is really about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGHbOckpifw

Created with videogrep, which seems very useful.
https://antiboredom.github.io/videogrep/

/nosanitize

Mental Note: Remember, one is never forced to attack and annihilate a whole country.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/23/we-must-stop-letting-russia-define-the-terms-of-the-ukraine-crisis

Washington DC's Attorney General filed a lawsuit today directly accusing the Meta CEO of personal involvement in [Cambridge Analytica]

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/23/zuckerberg_sued_for_his_role/

#facebook #privacy #rosebud

Electrify all the things!

Volvo Car USA announces 2023 lineup will be only hybrid or electric...

Yes!

...and Google-equipped

DAMNIT VOLVO

https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/media/pressreleases/298780/volvo-car-usa-announces-2023-lineup-will-be-only-hybrid-or-electric-and-google-equipped

Savin' narwhals

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/16/arctic-mine-expansion-rejection-narwhal-canada

Edwards pulled ahead, hopefully enough.

Took my mail-in ballot straight to the processing center this morning (legit here). They were very friendly.

Here and the last place I lived, all the way across the country: neighborhood bagpipe player.

1) bagpipe is common
2) same player by coincidence
3) same player followed me *Twilight Zone music*
4) am actually in Scotland *Truman Show music*
5) no bagpipe, it's tinnitus
6) good point, how would I know

The ad identifier is a unique id for your phone, tablet, or other smart device to help companies track you. Knee cap it.

On Android
Open the Settings app, and navigate to Privacy > Ads. Tap “Delete advertising ID,” then tap it again on the next page to confirm.
On iOS
Apple requires apps to ask permission before they can access your IDFA. When you install a new app, it may ask you for permission to track you. Select “Ask App Not to Track” to deny it IDFA access.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/how-disable-ad-id-tracking-ios-and-android-and-why-you-should-do-it-now

Pocket hole jig is a very fine thing when you want a tight fit.

Don't make this post dirty. Don't go there in your mind.

You did, didn't you.

#carpentery #joinery