Tootfinder

In 2022 I drove across Canada from Ottawa to northern BC. I remember driving for three full days around the top of Lake Superior with a wall of mostly dead trees on either side of the road the whole way, thinking, man when Ontario burns, there's going to be no stopping it. And here we are.
Via Bluesky:

The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln’s supply problems began soon after the first day of the war, as Iranian missiles and attack dronesfell on a Navy base in Bahrain.
The Iranian attack, retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli assault on Tehran, destroyed much of the base.
And as it went up in smoke, so did a major logistics hub that the Navy has relied on for decades.
The Navy needed a Plan B to continue feeding the sailors working around the clock to keep warplanes flying…

Navy and USS Lincoln’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War
Diego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain.

NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Monday, Aug. 17 https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-monday-aug-17

That’s a demographic point, not a call to arms. @… https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app

Bill Cole (@scconsult.com)
We’re at the point where we can no longer afford easily-scared “normies.” We need to convert, not coddle. A lot more people need to die in the process of turning around the fascist trend, and pointing out the fascists as they depart is a positive thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@990000/117067854976565667
And when Mark Zuckerberg buys a house, he also buys the three houses around his house. When folks like him tell you “privacy is dead”, they’re talking about your privacy, not theirs.

"The boy said, "Dad they're going to take me to task
But I'll be back by Christmas"
It's just a rumor that was spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For saying that people get killed in
The result of this shipbuilding"
https://c.im/@msbellows/116904…

Ah, another fulfilling conversation with my child. #parenting

from my link log —
A desperate plea for a Free Software alternative to Aspera.
https://www.ccdatalab.org/blog/a-desperate-plea-for-a-free-software-alternative-to-aspera
saved 2019-12-28

Is the chasm between the billions tech is spending on data centers and its scant AI earnings a bet on a shiny future? Or is it a convenient mask for an even less popular agenda?
I run the numbers https://jonippolito.substack.com/p/what-if-data-centers-arent-really…

Did they put up a WALL around the National Mall????
It’s creepy. @… https://fed.brid.gy/r/h…

Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social)
I guess there’s some consolation in schadenfreude here, but a country only turns 250 once, and it’s ultimately pretty sad that what should have been a grand, joyous, unifying national celebration has been turned into this sad little wet fart. [contains quote post or other embedded content]