Today’s brisket smoking attempt did not go well, unfortunately. Oh well! Live and learn, right?!

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash. Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away. A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

at last, a sign that will REALLY piss off your Southern neighbors

peace is not a gift that drifts into your life unannounced. in times like these, it must be cultivated with intention, guarded with discipline, and chosen over and over again.

Finally! aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops...

Being stuck on #Ubuntu LTS strikes again---can't use the most recent release of a software KVM because the dependent libraries available in the repos are too old.

TFW it's only 10am and you have 7 stand hours

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This. 100%.

Found via my Mastodon feed: rebeccawilliams.info/burner-phone... There are some good tips in the article.

Go ahead, $CURRENT_BANK. Keep f'ing around with customer service and you'll find out what it takes to lose a customer of 15 years.

For Slack to be the "Searchable Log of All Conversations and Knowledge", the search function really isn't that great IMO.

My current pet peeve with the #Ubuntu laptop I use for work: GNOME's implementation of notifications and badges on dock icons.

He isn't joking. He never jokes about this shit. We need news media to stop acting like he's joking about this or running again in 2028. He will not step down unless he's dead or forced.

🐝 New Cilium releases 🐝 Cilium v1.18.1, v1.17.7, and v1.16.13 have been released with minor updates and bug fixes 🙌 See the release notes for details: v1.18.1: github.com/cilium/ciliu... v1.17.7: github.com/cilium/ciliu... v1.16.13: github.com/cilium/ciliu... Thank you to all the contributors!

“How to Report ICE” zines now available for these areas: NYC Philly Durham, NC All of Massachusetts I will add more as I get them done. Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Asbestos as a metaphor for where I suspect we might be going with LLM tools: rapid push to shove it into everything as a "modern solution," then an eventual "oh shit" walkback.

just legally mandate data centers run on solar our grid would be 100% solar in like 6 weeks lol

I used to travel a lot—over 100K a year. Over the past several years, that has declined dramatically. And you know what? I’m fine with it. I spent too many hours/days in airports and on airplanes. I can now spend that time with people that are important in my life: family, friends, & loved ones.

I wholeheartedly agree.

Today's a really good day to put @signal.org's app on your personal devices.

OMG, the new IBM product names for the former Hashicorp products are to die for. I mean, who doesn’t love a name like “IBM Nomad Self-managed Premium Resource Value Unit Flexible Subscription License”? 🤣😆😂

Finally done!

Today is a struggle with feeling like I’m just not enough.

How is it that at 25 years old I didn’t think twice about climbing up on the roof to do something, but now at 50 years old climbing on the roof scares the crap out of me?

I had to switch my work laptop from #ArchLinux to #Ubuntu to comply with corporate requirements. It sucks not having access to the latest packages. (First world problems, I know.)

Everything is a lot have a timeline cleanse. Remember to breathe. 💖

Got a cool tech blog with no ads, no pop-ups, and no AI slop? Let me know! awesometechblogs.net

It’s been a while since I posted an update on the new house. We’re very nearly done! Here’s a quick sneak peek at our front door. (Don’t mind the dirt, it’s actually been power-washed since this picture was taken.)

One way I use AI is for inspiration. I ask AI to write something for me, and then it's so terrible that I am *inspired* to rewrite the whole thing out of spite. Never underestimate the power of spite-driven writing.

Life Hack: find a cave to hide in for 20 years

I can’t say I’m surprised that this happened. Let’s learn from this experience and not move to yet another proprietary platform.

Hello, AUS.

Feeling lost, overwhelmed, and helpless today. 😢 Is it OK to share that? I try to be positive and upbeat, always looking for the good in things. Today that seems particularly difficult.

I HATE YOU STUPID RICH PEOPLE

An underrated factor in how we got ourselves into this mess is that Americans are increasingly relying on computers and the internet instead of their own critical thinking faculties (AI is making this even worse), and as a result are uninformed and easy to manipulate.

send a free fax to your senators and tell them not to enable trump by voting with the republicans faxes rank higher than phone calls or emails because they are physical and have to be filed. faxzero.com/fax_senate.php

Every day is a clown car of ineptitude, incompetence, and malice. It’s so hard to understand why anyone wants on this crazy train?!?! What’s even more insane is those who were the most fervent supporters will be hurt the most!

We need more corporate leaders like this gentleman.

In occupied France, people would drop their used matches folded into a V, as a secret sign of resistance. People who opposed the Nazis would see them, knew they weren't alone, & felt emboldened to take action. Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

Finally, a church doing something Christ-like. Well done!

I'm no accountant, and I've never been good with numbers, but entering agencies and 'demanding access", firing thousands, denying other lawmakers access, creating chaos with a complete lack of transparency etc, doesn't seem like an honest attempt on increasing efficiency 🤷‍♂️ it's a coup, folks! #DOGE

Trump is weaponizing financial payments: here's what you can do. "Put more bluntly: the Trump administration is trying to turn private banks into enforcers ... If banks give in, it will be an enormous and dangerous step." www.programmablemutter.com/p/trump-is-w...

Well, humanity had a good run... techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/d...

Dragonlance Chronicles was—aside from Tolkien—the first fantasy novel I read as a teenager. Excited for my hardback edition to arrive today!