Tootfinder

the adventures of electric man (aka acid man), by al jarnow, 1966, whose origin story involved getting zapped during the nyc blackout of '65. dad sez there's a version with finished dialogue somewhere, but i haven't found it yet. a future episode maybe included a wizard named "ergot."

"Let's just…admit…if your wrists get in the way of ICE zip ties, if your lungs dare to breathe…our chemical weapons without written permission in advance, or if your body and face get in the way of ICE munitions, that was illegal of you. So if you're really honest with yourself, you deserved it and have no one to blame but yourself. People who follow laws don't get targeted by ICE, as being a target is a clear indication of criminality on the part of the target."
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Ice Didn’t Do What They Did and Do
A statement from the US Department of Homeland Security: "Guys, guys, except for all the times we have targeted, arrested, unlawfully detained, been violent with, and hurt American Citizens, ICE doesn't do those things to American citizens. We should be grateful that ICE is doing the vital work of culling

A US judge rules Apple can remove apps "with or without cause", a loss for Musi, a streaming app removed from the App Store that used YouTube to source music (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Apple can delist apps "with or without cause," judge says in loss for Musi app
Judge tosses Musi case against Apple, sanctions lawyers for "mak[ing] up facts."

Finally I can annoy the shit out of other people without carrying a Model M around

🥳 New Kitten¹ Release
• Fixes: Page infinitely refreshes if class does not extend `kitten.Page`
Kitten now shows a helpful error message for this authoring error.
(The issue was due to the page getting rendered without the necessary scaffolding provided by the base class for maintaining the web socket connection,. leading to Kitten thinking the socket connection had failed and triggering a reload to reestablish it.)
Full changelog of today’s updates:

app/CHANGELOG.md at main
app - A web development kit that’s small, purrs, and loves you.

60 Minutes' CECOT segment, which Bari Weiss shelved in December as it lacked an on-camera interview with a Trump administration official, airs without one (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/18/cbs-60-minutes-cecot/
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‘60 Minutes’ story held for lacking interview with Trump official airs without one
Bari Weiss intervened to postpone a “60 Minutes” interview, leading to allegations of “corporate censorship.” The segment aired Sunday without major changes.

I’ve been enjoying some background music this morning as read through dozens of new blog posts via RSS…
https://bandwagon.fm/66c4c4c6e8c337f60b46d244

Quarantined Beats (WITHOUT voices)

The United States was not ready for this war.
Secretary of State Rubio publicly acknowledged the structural mismatch before the operation began:
Iran produces more than 100 ballistic missiles per month,
against six or seven interceptors that the United States can manufacture in the same period.
The Shahed-136 drone costs between twenty and fifty thousand dollars to produce.
-- The PAC-3 interceptor that destroys it costs four million.
The THAAD intercep…

The Hormuz Trap: How Beijing Won a War Without Firing a Single Missile
On June 15, 1900, Major General Stessell sent a dispatch to Vice Admiral Alexeyev reporting the successful storming of the Eastern Arsenal…

Meta confirms a critical security incident after an internal rogue AI agent's actions led to the exposure of sensitive data to employees without authorization (Jyoti Mann/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-meta-rogue…

Inside Meta, a Rogue AI Agent Triggers Security Alert
A rogue AI agent recently triggered a major security alert at Meta Platforms, by taking action without approval that led to the exposure of sensitive company and user data to Meta employees who didn’t have authorization to access the data. A Meta spokesperson confirmed the incident, while adding ...

Airbnb expands its Reserve Now, Pay Later feature globally, after a US pilot for domestic travel saw a 70% adoption rate for eligible bookings (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/airbnb-expands-its-reserve-now-pay-later-globally/

Airbnb expands its "Reserve Now, Pay Later" globally | TechCrunch
The feature allows users to cancel eligible bookings if there is a change of plans -- without losing money upfront.