And today we learned that a barely seaworthy boat and a willingness to commit a misdemeanor is all it takes to cost a space billionaire millions of dollars.

Hey space nerds, the livestreams for @tracketpacer.bsky.social's network (New Glenn) are up. Blue Origin's official: www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2 NASA Space Flight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0dQ...

Do you or someone you know need a giant box of N95 masks? 440 pack of 3M 9205+ for $30 www.amazon.com/Aura-Particu... Shipping was slow, but from Woot.com, which means they came through the direct supply chain 3M established with Amazon after Amazon had some "selling counterfeits" issues.

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

Dear tech bros (and it is bros pulling this shit), For fucks sake, no. No. NO! FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOPS--NOOOOOOOOOOOO! MY ANSWER IS NOT CHANGING. EVER. I DO NOT WANT TO USE YOUR SHIT AI FEATURES. They are energy wasting garbage. They are invasions of privacy. They are theft. GO AWAY!

So, this is even more fucked than it seems at first blush. That rule exists so stores don’t price gouge the SNAP system. I have *never* heard of USDA having any issue with a “SNAP price“ being *lower*… and yeah, that’s a thing (not saying more because we’re dealing with assholes).

If you're reading this, you're "three-hops" from this dude: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Are you listening @microsoft.com?

Photos of the absolute ANIMAL who VICIOUSLY ATTACKED me in Portland just hours ago! And by ”viciously attacked” I mean startled the hell out of both of us when they dashed out from somewhere and bounced off my leg (both of us are fine).

If your protest privacy/security advice does not start with a discussion of threat models, it is probably not good advice.

We turned our pain into a research paper… documenting how our collaborative research team (which included researchers at a public university) navigated a slew of public records requests (by some of the same folks who have since turned their attention towards attacking academia more broadly).

HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.

prob old news, but theres a @bitwarden.bsky.social spam/phishing email going out.

Just realized it was annual “Remind the world Christopher Columbus was convicted of ’Brutality’ by the same folks who gave Torquemada the thumbs up” day. So, yeah, think about that. “Spanish Inquisition; keep up the great work! Columbus; what the fuck, man?! Too far… way too far…”

Note to self/tip for anyone it may concern: order the shitty off-brand CR2032s with no pretense of child safety next time. The Energizers from the grocery store are near impossible to get into and then dye your fingers blue.

If the organizers are smart, they'll start spinning "No Kings" as a counter-protest to this "Hate America Rally" Republicans keep saying is going to happen. "Hey, you hear about that 'Hate America Rally' on the 18th?" "Yeah, that's nuts" "You going to the counter-protest? It's called 'No Kings'."

If anyone in the PNW wants to build a gloriously over-the-top homelab with 4-8 Catalyst 4500s (looking at you @tracketpacer.bsky.social), I can pick these up and deliver. www.govdeals.com/en/asset/27/... www.govdeals.com/en/asset/28/...

I'm the *last* person who should be giving parenting advice, but maybe kids who aren't big enough for the rides at the fair shouldn't be playing tackle football. Like, is CTE the goal?

There's a very real chance that is not hyperbole. Microsoft pushing this out, in this state, is beyond reckless.

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Currently being stymied because someone followed my advice... not sure how to feel about that.

Just got the updated Pfizer COVID booster. Figured I’d live skeet any side effect. So far I have nothing to skeet

Someone dies in a horrific act of political violence. An online manhunt ensues w/ fingers pointed in all directions. Alongside thoughts & prayers, framing wars rage, as partisans try to score all the political points they can. Then conspiracy theorizing takes root, the denial of inconvenient truths.

When I become dictator, all website designers will be forced to test their creations on a 14.4 dial-up connection. And anyone who makes something with enough redirects to fill up the "back" history will be summarily executed.

So, trigger warning, gruesome question: Anyone have any recommendations on how best to disinfect/decontaminate a laptop that had been laying under a decomposing body for roughly a month?

I'm not sure exactly what, but the internet erupting into rumors of his death after Trump went ~24 hours without creating any *new* national embarrassments definitely says something.

I would like to send a hearty “go fuck yourself sideways with a cactus” to whoever decided “not editable” should be the default state for .pdfs.

It's not even 9pm and it's dark and I am not okay

Dear Apple, I updated my iPhone yesterday to get the new security patches, *NOT* so you could put that fucking U2 album back on it!

Ugh... Why is everyplace redesigning their website to this stupid "mobile first" crap? I'm not even spoofing a user agent!

During their meeting in Alaska, Putin brought up election integrity, and after the meeting Trump renewed his attacks on mail-in voting & voting machines. This shouldn't be news to anyone paying attention, but expect Russia's active measures to target trust in both voting mechanisms going into 2026.

A stunning forensic account of how ignorance of vaccine efficacy was systematically manufactured. Steier exposes the anti-vaccine playbook: how flawed studies by discredited researchers created false doubt about vaccine safety, while 40+ rigorous studies of 5.6M+ people found no autism link.

If "the antibacterial soap may contain life threatening bacteria" isn't "2025 in a nutshell", I don't know what is. gizmodo.com/handsoaps-re...

If you see me in Vegas this week, come say hi! . . . I'm not there, but it'll confuse the fuck out of someone.

Now would be a good time for anyone heading to Vegas to check for updates on any devices they're taking. Gives you a few days to make sure everything you need to work still does.

if a pre-req to helping someone out is knowing where they were born, knowing where they grew up. you're not a good person.

Followers in or around NYC, if ever there was a time to consider adoption, that time is now. Many pets do better in pairs or with a friend, so you can get your pet a pet or bring home a bonded pair. If you've ever adopted, like this post. If you've adopted more than once, RT. ❤️

Me two weeks ago: Jeffrey Epstein killed himself, not to protect anyone, but because entering prison as the world's most illustrious pedophile makes that a logical decision. Conspiracy theories make less sense than the stated story. Me now: The Pee Tape was shot on Epstein Island.

Reposting this from last night. The interactive visualization offers a quick glimpse into the X conversation around Epstein (among high follower accounts) without having to go there yourself. It should be usable on most browsers. faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Spot...

I cannot express how annoyed I am by Amazon's success in making their shitty summer inventory purge an omnipresence more inescapable than most actual holidays.

After the election win of Mamdani, a common MAGA taking point is that New Yorkers will pay higher taxes & end up arrested w/o cause. ... All while Trump rounds up tens of thousands w/o due process & boasts about the billions he's brought in by taxing Americans w/tariffs.

Just spent ~2 hours banging my head against a network problem... ... it was DNS.

Dear Every Company: STOP CHARGING PEOPLE FOR AI BULLSHIT THEY DIDN’T ASK FOR, DO NOT WANT, AND SOMEHOW CANNOT OPT OUT OF. Your bad choices are not our problem. Just stop it. Backtrack. I promise we won’t make too much fun of you. FFS. Stop it.

He seems to be confusing HSI (Homeland Security Investigations; who, historically, did "human trafficking, money laundering, drug smuggling" type stuff) with ERO (Enforcement and Removal Operations; who have always been pricks). Wanted to clarify since some good ex-HSI folk are looking for jobs.

This is all very simple. Let the world's two biggest babies fight and visibly construct and build a world without them. Anybody who tries to welcome Elon Musk, the world's most preeminent ratfucker, into their political party should be put in a dog crate until 2029.

Not sure which is more worrying: - That a tree got blown over by the wind. or - That I was completely oblivious to it happening until I saw it laying on the ground an indeterminate amount of time later.

This is not a drill. #IYKYK 📚 🍕 "The revitalized summer reading program, “BOOK IT! Summer of Stories™,” launches June 1, offering free Personal Pan Pizzas® to young readers during the summer months." See this link for full details: blog.pizzahut.com/pizza-hut-de...

Hey @lookitup.baby, heads up for your followers; meh.com has one of the nice, heated, bidet seats for $99 today. (Meh is a reputable store. It's the original founders of Woot's response to what Amazon did to Woot.)