[Politics] https://x.com/i/status/2042110025762550274

Inspired by a friend’s post, I wanted to bring a little more beauty, imagination, and positive energy to social media. Today’s prompt is Things That Look Like Stories. Scroll your camera roll and choose one image that feels like the start of a story. A […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

At least we didn't Nuke Iran. Whew. That was fucking close.

I am going to be religious for a moment: https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/prayer-prevent-war

Dear GOD (or however YOU prefer to be addressed): Please save us from this madman, and do something, anything to prevent him from using nuclear weapons tonight.

[#politics #religion]

Possibly best use of AI yet: https://medium.com/techx-official/the-1-42-ai-that-broke-a-scammers-will-to-live-62f454584af3

This timeline needs forced re-education of billionaires and their government toadies on this image: https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/fd02_for-pao/ We are all on this “blue marble" together. We owe it to our kids to fix it. We can. We have the money and the smarts. We just have some evil […]

RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/116332753676768396 If only. Even if Claude were perfect at turning a spec into code, we don't have good specs for our code!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Cdespinosa/116334229120917853 Glad to get the alert. It would've woken me up, so I wouldn't have missed it.

Here’s a little tidbit from my #AppleNewton collection. (As requested by @haineux, @stack#applenewton and @Eggfreckles) This is a Newton “Dummy” Product for use as part of retail display. I’ve had this item for years and thought I’d photographed it, but the box had never been opened.

[Politics, damn them] RE: https://federate.social/@mattblaze/116326816469185617 We have entered the stage of Democracy where the ruling party is doing its damndest to stop people from voting against them.

“This is perfectly reasonable behavior, human, I find your laughing insulting.” (The box contains several T shirts to be donated, soon to contain many more) #caturday

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@renatoram/116291853192404701 Because you needed a 7+ minute version of the Cowboy Bebop theme. Because life is worthy of it.

RE: https://todon.eu/@RadicalGraffiti/116270653532095597 As a rando on the internet who feels that the “ICE" sign atop the chest freezers outside gas stations is a pinnacle of industrial art, I deeply approve of this mural.

Saw a lizard and a hummingbird. Summer.

Good morning, human. Now that we have completed the pleasantries, hand over the treats. #caturday

It is World Sleep Day. So my cat, who sleeps on me, decided at Zero Dark Hundred, to play violently with her tail, catching it and biting it and yowling. So I was up early. I plan on celebrating with a nap.

I have one cat. She is awesome, but my anxiety and depression at the state of the world continues. Clearly I need more cats. (Also, #mona for Mac apparently now generates ALT text for images automagically. I am impressed and delighted and it's totally worth the money.)

Can I whine for a moment? Can someone tell me that the world is not in fact coming to an end, that this nightmare will end and things will go back to some semblance of normal?

Are any of my local friends part of The Rhythm Society or (still) in the Rave scene? I need to get back to this part of me.

California law AB-1043. Here is where you find your state reps: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov Here is what I wrote to my state reps: > Please rescind AB-1043, the Operating Systems Age Verification. Although well-intentioned, I fear that the information collected will be used […]

On a whim, I asked Claude to find and recreate my Bachelor's thesis. It found my Master's thesis and in a couple of hours, with coaxing and helping, it got a recreation of the Bachelor's working. It's at https://billcoderre.com I am contacting MIT to ask them to scan the Bachelor's thesis and […]

A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that ⚠️ the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was 💥“anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a […]

Attn @NanoRaptor and other cuniculophiles #rabbits

Please enjoy this moment of TaskMaster goodness.

RE: https://montereybay.social/@paul/116155980453816085 #banana chaos and magic in Monterey, CA

[Random, political rambling] RE: https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/116150247906069169 I fear this is true. And this is why they're all heading to Mars. Or the Moon. Or whatever. I guess a lot are expecting the Second Coming, which makes the case that Trump is the Anti-Christ.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/116145993321994684 Gotta love Mamdani. Hope he is President soon.

So there's this charitable org that runs on volunteer effort, zero overhead, that makes and hands out “hygeine kits" and protein bars to the unhoused in LA. I gave them some money. Maybe you want to, as well. https://gofund.me/3d1e9bce9

Not gonna shield this. It's politics, and it's moved me to utter outrage. Kansas has suspended the licenses of all trans people. It is happening here. I’m gonna do the only things I know how to do to help. I am committing to spending a large amount of money on the ACLU and trans- related help.

2:22 PM Honolulu time (I was in a meeting), 2/22/26

Now, on to business: It's PEEPS™ SEASON I heard there were Chili Lime Mango PEEPS™ so I attempted to find them, but they are exclusive to Krogers brand grocery stores, thus, I probably shan't have them. So in retaliation, I checked Amazon and spent mildly […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

So, first a nod to my pals in New England and hoping they are not majorly affected by the Storm of the Time Period coming soon. May you have copious French Toast with your loved ones and stay safe and warm and connected to the Internet, because that's what's most important.

Perhaps only of interest to humans that serve cats: I came home from my walk and Ms Persephone wanted to go out on the balcony so I opened the sliding door and she “got the wind up her nose,” as I used to say, and has been zooming about for over twenty minutes!

In more positive matters, a Buddhist friend of mine (Happy Lunar New Year, Ash Wednesday, and Ramadan) alerted me to a public art installation in her town, a “Wind Telephone” where people can send messages to their deceased loved ones. I love this idea, and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

[#politics] https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/us-department-of-homeland-security-has-reportedly-demanded-personal-information-about-ices-critics-from-discord-reddit-google-and-meta-and-at-least-3-of-those-platforms-have-complied/

My grandparents were first-generation Italian-Americans and big fans of Louis Prima, and one year they gave my sister and I their old record player and a bunch of records, including this album, which I loved and played to death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3H_tEPWbC4

I was just informed by macOS translation that หลับฝันต่อไปเถอะเพื่อน means "dream on, my friend” and now my day is a tiny bit better.

Still the BEST meme. For years I had the Apple business card title, “Shover Robot” @jwz https://mastodon.social/@jwz/116082431316722726

Many of my friends will snort:

Attention @nonelvis and other foodie friends -- yet another reason Detroit, yes Detroit, is a Food Mecca: https://www.mlive.com/detroit/2026/02/detroit-coney-dog-paczki-is-actually-a-thing-available-for-one-day-only-on-fat-tuesday.html

So Anthem Blue-Cross sent me an email claiming they had an important message for me in the secure messages. So log in, which takes minutes, and find nothing. So chat them, which takes tens of minutes, and this is their response: Glad I’m paying them over TWO […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Best EVER walking workout, brought to you by Cordyceps, Maca, and Starbucks Peppermint Mocha, hot. (Sorry, I forgot they were on strike)

reposting. Bug in ME, not #mona. #caturday

RE: https://mastodon.social/@twostraws/116000831751223092 Hey @danielpunkass — we are *here* now. AI is the new Hypercard?

And now for something completely frivolous, because sometimes that's necessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIgPIGUQ8yY

At 11 am today, hundreds of students from a local high school in San Jose's "Blossom Hill" neighborhood left the school to protest ICE. Sorry for the crap photo

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RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/115963390240352822 This is civil war that makes me happy.