TODO: read this
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/13/america-is-full-of-democracy-deserts-wisconsin-rivals-congo-on-some-metrics

TODO: read this

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/utilities-governed-empires

You know that prank where you hold a bucket of water against the ceiling w/a broomstick & trick your buddy into taking over holding it for you & just leave them?

With hindsight anyway, it feels like that's what US involvement in Afghanistan always was. Biden's just the poor schmuck who got tired of holding up the bucket.

I'm thinking of adding a solar energy installation to my house. Has anybody here already taken that plunge? What are the good references for scoping out such a project?

This this this:
Thread by @SethCotlar on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1425842556177313800.html

Picked up an msaccess project for work. Very weird/nostaligic/frustrating to be back here...

There were so many scandals I'm honestly not sure if I remember this one.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/08/us-settles-with-trump-admin-whistleblower-who-exposed-botched-covid-response/

regardless, I'm glad Dr. Bright is getting his due.

Facebook Takes Down Anti-Vax Hoax Network 'Primarily Conducted From Russia'
https://www.rferl.org/a/facebook-anti-vax-russia/31403348.html

...as you can see, the destination address is both bolded *and* italicized, which totally means this packet came from the CCP

I always knew v6 was a scam!

did mike lindell just blow the lid off the fact that ipv6 is just ipv4 that's been hex-encoded & put into rich text format?

Really good
Thread by @normative on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1424946657242796034.html

Dammit--the cat got out again. Not under the back deck this time. :(

The stupid--it hurts.

https://www.thebulwark.com/voting-machine-tampering-is-coming-from-inside-the-maga-house/

The Arizona “audit” is wrapping up. Prepare for disinformation. - Vox
https://www.vox.com/22609910/maricopa-county-2020-election-audit-final-report-preview

I have unleashed this here on my photos directory. Forgot to take out the -recurse param, so it's really going to town. Feh. May regret.

https://blog.jongallant.com/2021/03/organize-photos-powershell/

mmm-hmm...

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/state/2021/07/30/florida-ghost-candidate-election-corruption-frank-artiles-republican-lawmakers-third-party/5391308001/

COVID Vaccines And Infertility? How Misinformation Spreads In 6 Steps : Shots - Health News : NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/20/1016912079/the-life-cycle-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-lie

When are we going to respond to this?

Russian Disinformation Targets Vaccines and the Biden Administration - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/us/politics/covid-vaccines-russian-disinformation.html

Huzzah! Our luggage has returned!