"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till." -- J.R.R. Tolkien www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

"Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas." @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/05/25/n...

I just started @marthawells.com latest Murderbot book “Platform Decay”. I missed my favorite SecUnit!

My favorite classical radio station KMFA is playing Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring this morning. Just what I needed to start the workday. What a great piece of music!

There’s a certain irony to using AI to generate anti-AI data center slop www.fastcompany.com/91544842/ai-...

Yikes! krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/cisa...

How many of these books have you read? I've read 12 of them though I hope to read quite a few more. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

Banning books sucks! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Someone is pushing the boundaries of decorum by microwaving fish in the break room on a Friday afternoon.

For you GIS folks, there is a new version of ArcGIS Pro out. Version 3.7 is a big one. doc.esri.com/en/arcgis-pr...

The AI/Data Center folks seem to be doing all they can to make the public hate them. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

It's Patch Tuesday week. SysAdmins, patch your systems! krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/patc...

I’m rejiggering my feed. I apologize for any follow notifications.

Wordle 1,784 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This morning’s Wordle was a tough one.

This thread is great!

Oh, goody! @marthawells.com latest Murderbot book Platform Decay just dropped to my Kindle. So many books, so little time.

Happy May Day y’all! #MayDay #NoKings

Hard to believe this was 29 years ago. RIP Danydia. kdhnews.com/news/local/t...

Is it just me or is Apple’s Weather app been particularly wonky lately?

I’d give up Meta’s products completely if it wasn’t for the fact that most of my relatives are only on them. We aren’t terribly good at communicating outside of the Meta bubble.

I'm surprised at the level of vitriol directed at data centers. You don't have to look hard to find local news stories about data centers causing dissension at local city council meetings. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/r...

Love Ted Lasso! Looking forward to Season 4 in August.

“Probe the earth and see where your main roots run.” — Henry David Thoreau

I find it ironic that a group of people who are always bragging how tough they are, spend so much time whining when a comedian says something mean about them. Who’s the snowflake now?

Very strange times we live in.

Because nothing says “we love Jesus” like barbaric ways to kill people.

The Psychedelic Furs “Heartbreak Beat” is a jam.

There’s a new Ubuntu Linux version out today. I guess I know what I’ll be doing later today. canonical.com/blog/canonic...

“Aging has its problems, but they must be accepted without fuss.” — W.H. Auden

“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

“Peace is always beautiful.” — Walt Whitman

"Nothing is so much to be feared as fear." -- Henry David Thoreau

Wordle 1,763 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I don’t know why but double letters always throw me off.

Some of these surprised me. I mean, really surprised me.

I loved the original Glider game for Mac. I'm glad it's back. daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...

It’s Patch Tuesday time. Sysadmins, patch your systems!

“Too many people are suffering in the world today. Too many innocent people are being killed. And I think someone has to stand up and say there's a better way.”

I love Rush but I had to laugh at this.

If you're going to criticize these folks, expect them to get all butt hurt over it. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Heroes.

"Enough of the idolatry of self and money!" Leo said. "Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!"

Well, Operation Epstein Fury accomplished one of its objectives, we haven’t been talking about the Epstein files for the past six weeks.

It was the dumbest of times, it was the stupidest of times, it was the age of jackassery…

Add guilt to their guilt; may they have no acquittal from you. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous. — Psalms 69:27-28 (NRSV)

So we can spend $1.5 trillion to kill people halfway around the world but we can't afford to provide health care to American seniors and those in need? www.npr.org/2026/04/03/n...

April 1st is when 911 dispatchers quietly switch from “state your emergency” to “convince me this isn’t a bit.” 🎭🚨

April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four. —Mark Twain

"In the big inning, God created Heaven on Earth. And it was without form, and void. God separated the dirt from the grass. He called the grass Outfield and the dirt He called Infield..." #PlayBall ⚾️

There could be a lot of mischief enabled by this data leak. I'm always surprised (and not in a good way) at how badly public safety software is implemented. arstechnica.com/security/202...