No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again. And nothing above is hyperbole. God, but you are not a leader for this time.

There's a point, well below a billion dollars, where the amount of money you have lets you rid yourself of anyone who can be a check on your worst impulses, and replace them with people who tell you those worst impulses are somehow valorous. Rare is the billionaire with someone to tell them "no."

This cover of They Don't Really Care About Us hits a little different lately. youtu.be/duZJbv8tYbw...

Once again: there is zero valid reason to put a data center in space. In addition to the launch costs and inability to service them, you need significant cooling infrastructure. The only reason to do this is a) you are an idiot, or b) you are grifting money from idiots.

[P] In other news, Eric Berger just announced he's been assigned as special science consultant on Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B

Look, it's been hard for me to figure out how to talk about the difference between healthy masculinity and bullshit, weak, fear-based control fantasies, but BOY HAS THIS WEEK MADE EVERYTHING MORE CLEAR.

This is a roof scraper shovel, intended to remove roof shingles or tar paper. I bought one to remove old floor tile years ago. It served today as a means to break up our nasty combination of ice & snow that is impervious to normal snow shovels. Works great, not sure how good it is for the asphalt.

Good news: temps have made the combination of snow and sleet here fairly granular, so while it's coming down fast, it's been relatively easy to clear. Bad news: my neighbors have discovered that frequent passes w/ the leaf blower work pretty well & thus I've been hearing it every ~2 hrs since 7am.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect

You know, drug commercials all suck, especially when they start discussing side effects. But I just saw one that takes the cake for awkward health problems: bent cock, complete with a discussion of penile fracture as a potential side effect. The domain name is pretty funny tho: bent carrot dot com

It's annoying that we already had so many existing problems to solve before these assholes created a bunch of new ones for no reason

ICE must be abolished and everyone responsible for this decision making process, as well as those who carried out the orders, charged and prosecuted with severe jail time. This is a CLEARCUT violation of the Fourth Amendment, and shows a complete contempt for our Constitution and the rule of law

A trip to the... #StarWars

You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

Heh, Rob Zombie has a song called "What Lurks on Channel X?" that starts "Thirteen acres of hell" and includes "What is lurking? What is here? What is lurking? And what you fear" Not a bad description of the similarly named website.

@mmasnick.bsky.social explains why techdirt is a democracy publication now and outlines point-by-point why the executive branch should invoke the 25th amendment with the support of Congressional Republicans. Ain't happening, though. Ds NEED TO SHOUT ABOUT WWIII. www.techdirt.com/2026/01/20/e...

This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING wat CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Another completely normal package routing by the USPS. Good thing this wasn't anything time-sensitive.

This is giving me a much needed endorphin rush youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...

A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!

Co-worker, helping me w/ a PDF editing issue: Are you using Edge? Me: I'm not sure I've ever *launched* Edge, let alone used it for anything. CW: It's the only thing that works in this case. So there you have it, intentionally using Edge for something other than downloading a better browser.

Early Dilbert could be incredibly on point at times, and it's important to acknowledge that rather than pretend it was always terrible. Scott Adams getting high on his own hype, emerging from his hate chrysalis, then doubling down on it, was very odd. He poisoned his own legacy well before death.

Randy Tyre or Current Resident is the name of my punk Mike and the Mechanics cover band. Or possibly my pornstar name.

🧵 Thread on beautiful data centers: MareNostrum 4 (Barcelona SCC): Often called "the most beautiful data center in the world," this facility is housed inside the Torre Girona Chapel, a deconsecrated 19th-century church. When fully installed, it will have a peak performance of 13.9 Petaflops.

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

the year is 2026 the american economy is balanced on the four pillars of plagiarism machines, CSAM generators, gambling apps, and crime sudokus we still don't make anything anymore, aside from violent drama

It also makes it possible to filter the garbage opinions people screenshot and post to dunk on and hopefully avoid more psychic damage from continued exposure.

This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.

I was a paperboy in 92 when strike shut down both the Press & the P-G (printed & distributed jointly). P-G bought the Press, shut it down, became 7x/wk. A few yrs later the entire youth carrier program ended so they could drop union delivery drivers by making motor routes deliver to both resi & biz

Geez, that's annoying. When a Cyberpower 1500 UPS battery goes, it shuts itself off other than a constant "flatline" style beep & an overload indicator on the display. Most real UPSes will make urgent alerts that the battery is hosed but continue providing power as long as wall power is available.

Like there’s a ton of individual issues but the broader problem is that there’s an assault on giving a shit about anyone besides yourself, nihilism that tells people the only way to prevent getting hurt is to hurt enough other people and that sickness is filtering into the bones of everything.

Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters

This sucks but I think non-Americans being justifiably angry at Americans for what the American government is doing and threatening to do, and Americans experiencing that anger and frustration personally in ways that are unpleasant, is probably an important part of any path back to stability

So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social

Stumbled across this the other day, thanks to The Algorithm: A kit to make an open source guitar pedal that uses the RPi5 and an audio hat to make a system that can download and string together virtual effects pedals and amp models. www.treefallsound.com

Oh, I forgot to mention: This Saturday, I'm in the cast of a live reading of The Force Awakens at Dynasty Typewriter, here in Los Angeles. There are tickets available for the house, as well as the online stream. If that sounds fun to you, everything you want to know is in the link.

A short story about 🎶 The joys of homeownership 🎶 (heard in my head to the tune of this old DVN @paulandstorm.bsky.social jingle youtu.be/tz-TQo_LDGo... )

I further put forward that we be allowed to be a little bit rude about it. look what the obsession with civility has gotten us. if a person is being hateful or saying something untrue, you should be allowed to get a little bitchy if you need to!

Want to learn something cool today? This Veritasium video is a pretty approachable explanation about an insanely complex system (extreme uv lithography) that is a critical part of the way we manufacture the microchips that power our world. youtu.be/MiUHjLxm3V0...

One more piece of the former Sprint likely going away. Worked at this campus for more than a decade, but I do think dense housing makes way more sense than the current low density office park buildings (especially vacant) or building yet another office high rise there. www.ffxnow.com/2025/12/30/h...

It is very important that your federal electeds hear not only from you on social media, but through direct contact as well. Tag them and then Call and email. Do both. Tell them to move to immediately impeach and remove for an unconstitutional war of aggression.

This epic thread is the roast of Rob Schneider (based on the photo at the top) you never knew you needed.

Most of the reason I was watching the parade this year. www.startrek.com/news/first-l...

I'm watching the official Rose Parade live stream because it's being carried on one of the free streaming channels, and while the parade audio is great, you can really hear the bands and stuff, the rest of the audio is total amateur hour.

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.