Tootfinder

Is it wrong that I have mixed feelings about this?
`cuz they’re only a little mixed and I suspect I’m too positive.
I hope the local staff is not being asked to work at the embassy during the war. That would be abusive. @…

Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social)
⚠️ Explosions heard at the US Embassy in Baghdad, per Israel’s Channel 12

It looks like lying about the murder and calling Good a terrorist isn’t really flying with the press or the general public. We all know what we saw, and we Noem is full of BS.
Stay tuned for these greatest hits:
- “The real problem is that there’s video! Everything would be fine now if ICE could have just murdered her in secret.”
- “Of course this is tragic, but we cannot condone the violent response to Good’s killing [instigated by law enforcement, but we’re pretending it’s the public]! Now that there are riots [by law enforcement], we call on protestors [who have remained peaceful] to remain peaceful.”

Hell yes
https://ground.news/article/progressive-candidate-launches-last-minute-challenge-to-karen-bass-for-la-mayor_2545d5

Progressive candidate launches last-minute challenge to Karen Bass for LA mayor
Progressive Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman (D) on Saturday made a last-minute bid to challenge Mayor Karen Bass (D) in the June primary election. Raman made the announcement hours before the 12 p.m. filing deadline for candidates be on the ballot. She praised Bass in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, calling the mayor “an icon” but said the city needs someone who will tackle its problems.

Trevor Noah Sues Donald Trump Over Alleged Threatening Messages
Following Explosive Truth Social Rant
A high-profile legal and political controversy has erupted
after comedian and television host Trevor Noah filed a lawsuit
against Donald Trump,
alleging that the president sent “damaging, intimidating, and dangerous” private direct messages
following a public dispute tied to comments made during the Grammy Awards

Trevor Noah Files $100m Lawsuit Against Donald Trump for damages, Alleging the President Issued Dangerous and Intimidating Private Messages After Explosive Truth Social Rant where The President Denied Epstein Island Allegation Following Grammy Awards Backlash
Trevor Noah Sues Donald Trump Over Alleged Threatening Messages Following Explosive Truth Social Rant A high-profile legal and political controversy has erupted after comedian and television host Trevor Noah filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, alleging that the president sent “damaging, intimidating, and dangerous” private direct messages following a public dispute tied to comments […]

from my link log —
Async Rust in ScyllaDB: performance, pitfalls, profiling.
https://www.scylladb.com/2022/01/12/async-rust-in-practice-performance-pitfalls-profiling/
saved 2022-01-13

Async Rust in Practice: Performance, Pitfalls, Profiling
Learn how our developers used flamegraphs to diagnose and resolve performance issues in our Tokio framework based Rust driver.

Dutch farmland has a major water quality problem, in part due to the overload of manure ending up in ditches. Turns out that farmers have found a workaround: in just 7 years, they made 30,000 ditches disappear by filling them up, 1/3 of those illegally.
Bad for biodiversity and water management.
https:…

Hoe de sloten in Nederland verdwijnen
Jaarlijks verdwijnen duizenden sloten in Nederland, blijkt uit onderzoek van de Volkskrant, en dat gebeurt deels illegaal. Regels om de waterkwaliteit te verbeteren, geven boeren juist een prikkel om sloten dicht te gooien, en gemeenten handhaven nauwelijks. Wie daar kritisch op is, kan soms zelfs op intimidatie rekenen. ‘Als jullie terugkomen, druk ik met een shovel jullie auto in elkaar!’

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/116135181374933902
According to this super-scientific series of polls, a profile of the majority of Mastodon users includes the following traits and behaviors.
1. Is a Linux user.
2. Is a Debian …

RE: https://mastodon.social/@levelbot/116025683260402917
If they're falling, that could be a problem.

Karoline Leavitt insists Trump had a
‘feeling based on fact’
before Iran strikes
but still won’t detail imminent threat to US
https://bsky.app/profile/the-independent.com/post/3mgbo5u6tz423

The Independent (@the-independent.com)
Karoline Leavitt insists Trump had a ‘feeling based on fact’ before Iran strikes but still won’t detail imminent threat to US https://trib.al/5YeFS5S

MacBook Neo hands-on: a new product category for Apple, and it doesn't look budget with a vibrant display and aluminum body, but the keyboard is a bit flimsy (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops

MacBook Neo hands-on: Apple's $599 laptop feels shockingly great
The most interesting product Apple announced this week was its cheapest and least powerful laptop, the MacBook Neo.