Did DoD just admit in a court filing that it used xAI's Grok Gov Model to hit the girls' school on the first day of the Iran war? Based on some passages flagged by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social in DoD's recent filing in NAACP's case against X, it looks like it did 1/

seriously be careful out there everyone i had 2 Microsoft Copilot licenses in my car, and someone broke in and left 4 more

Why do people think Krasinski is an action star? Watching Jack Ryan on Prime. It's terrible. They totally ruined all the characters, except maybe Greer. Actually like him better than the books.

That's not much of a flex. Haiku isn't a great code AI

Just a couple of hours left! Go!

Gotta love Fathers Day ads... Because nothing says "thanks, dad" than 15% off plumbing service. Father's Day is the stupidest holiday. It was definitely invented by some asshole man whose manhood couldn't stand the thought that mothers got a day but he didn't.

Algaegate! They arrested an Olympic canoeist. Really?!? WTF.

Keogram: The Sky in 2025 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2606/Keogram2025_Bassa_960.jpg

Several scientific studies have shown that Volodymyr Zelenskyy has more courage in his pinky toenail than Scott Bessent will ever possess as long as he lives. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

now in video form: youtu.be/fOVt5CrAEvk

From the archives... Power Automate - Posting to Bluesky https://barretblake.dev/posts/development/2025/02/power-automate-posting-to-blusky/ #youtube #BlueSky #powerautomate #connectors

Could not agree more! Not only did Hillary beat the Orange Atrocity by 2.8 MILLION votes, but Al Gore got 543,895 MORE votes than Bush! The Electoral College allows candidates who received less votes to win the presidency. ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Daytime Moon Meets Evening Star https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2606/Venus_Moon_2026_06_17.jpg Credit: Debra Ceravolo

The MAGA regime has given a $1.7M no-bid contract to install a purification system in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to a convicted felon known for bribery and financial crimes. His company is called Greenwater Services. Yep, the fake renovation was always a fraud scheme.

Satellite view of Ohio — 2026-06-18 Imagery: MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-84.82,38.4,-80.52,42.32&l=MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor&t=2026-06-18 Imagery: NASA GIBS #satellite #NASA #EarthObservation

Sometimes you should Google yourself just to see what random stuff comes up: app.cinevva.com/news/2026-03...

"All 47 of 49 tasks were completed. What's next?" Um..... "all"? What about the other 2 tasks?

Israeli national security minister, Ben Gvir, calls for the genocidal destruction of Lebanon by saying "all of Lebanon must burn." The Israeli government are genocidal maniacs.

Starry Night II https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2606/StarryNight2_Guerra_4080.jpg Credit: Rodrigo Guerra, Original Painting: Vincent van Gogh

This is hilarious. It's 50% right. I am a speaker and am involved in the tech community. I do not, nor have I ever, been known for Java, save for a brief few months I was teaching at a boot camp.

Publishers have a huge responsibility these days to ensure originality and quality of their published works. Among ebooks AI generated works are now the norm. Just read the classics I guess… Source: econ.st/4uzIYtL

A data breach involving government-issued ID documents affects over three million people in Texas.

The BSides Columbus CFP has been extended through 31 August; get your submissions in! sessionize.com/2026-bsides-...

“Spur said it found that more than 42 percent of apps available for download via the webOS operating system on LG smart TVs include SDKs that turn one’s television into an always-on residential proxy node.

everyone has ethics until they look at their wallet

I can only assume this means they found an even worse way to treat the people they have illegally detained.

From the archives... What I Look For When I Do Code Reviews https://barretblake.dev/posts/development/2025/02/code-reviews/ #codereviews

Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2606/sgrc_lg.jpg Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z. Zhu et al.; ESA/XMM-Newton; Optical: PanSTARRS; Radio: MeerKAT; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and P. Edmonds Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP,…

From the .NET blog... In case you missed it earlier... AI-Powered MSBuild Investigation with the Microsoft Binlog MCP Server https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/msbuild-binlog-mcp-server/ #dotnet #AI #binlog #builddiagnostics #GitHubCopilot #MCP #ModelContextProtocol #msbuild

The iPhone is already absurdly overpriced....

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Break them

Amazing work! Hundreds of Georgians flooded the Capitol today, and lawmakers got the message loud and clear they are NOT redrawing the state’s maps this session!! The effort would dilute Black voting power.

New post from my blog... In case you missed it earlier... The Case of the Empty IIS Deployment https://barretblake.dev/posts/development/2026/06/the-case-of-the-empty-deployment/ #iis #octopusdeploy

Isn't that every wedding?

The feds have reopened the wound of Minneapolis by charging 15 community organizers with felony conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer during Operation Metro Surge. But that’s just a legally flimsy cover for what they really want. My write-up in the link in the comments.

An alleged Russian-speaking group of cybercriminals are reportedly compromising and targeting several major companies that use Fortinet Firewalls and VPNs through previously known passwords.

From the .NET blog... AI-Powered MSBuild Investigation with the Microsoft Binlog MCP Server https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/msbuild-binlog-mcp-server/ #dotnet #AI #binlog #builddiagnostics #GitHubCopilot #MCP #ModelContextProtocol #msbuild

as I keep noting in ongoing reporting, Musk has endorsed & keeps supporting far right parties & agitators all over - AfD in Germany (despite their clashing previously with Tesla) ‘Tommy Robinson’ whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon & other anti-immigrant extremists.

I want to congratulate Microsoft on completely destroying any and all credibility that GitHub Copilot ever had with their stunningly obtuse move this move on changing how it's measured and billed.

New post from my blog... The Case of the Empty IIS Deployment https://barretblake.dev/posts/development/2026/06/the-case-of-the-empty-deployment/ #iis #octopusdeploy

Why are file operations and git operations sooooooo damn slow in VS Code? I mean, seriously. Creating a blank file in Explorer literally takes 30-40 seconds. Doing a commit takes more than a minute. Yet, I can open the terminal in VS Code and do both in under a second?

Longmore 8: The Hamster Wheel Nebula https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2606/hamster.jpg Credit: Mazlin, Parker, Forman, Magill, Hanson Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)

Stephen Colbert wins again.