Block is a poster child for the lack of operational discipline common among mid-tier public tech companies that lived on the largesse of cloud, mobile, and ZIRP (Om Malik/On my Om)
https://om.co/2026/02/28/block-tackle-job-cuts-the-ai-narrative/
In Our Mothers' Gardens"
Film Screening & Potluck
Community Event · Hosted by Black Thumb Farm
Saturday, February 28
5 – 8pm PST
8380 Ventura Canyon Ave
Los Angeles, CA 91402
About this event
In honor of Black History Month, Black Thumb Farm invites you to a free screening of "In Our Mothers' Gardens."
This powerful documentary celebrates the strength and resiliency of Black women and Black families through the r…
Series B, Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
VILA: Ready for teleport, Blake? Blake? [Blake turns around. His eyes are stretched wide with tension. As Vila calls his name his face relaxes]
[Teleport Bay. Vila and Blake enter]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/210/251 B7B4
"How to Make a Japanese Accounting Ledger (daifuku cho)" @ IU Libraries Blog:
https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/lilly/2026/03/09/how-to-make-a-japanese-accounting-ledger-daifuku-cho/
from my link log —
Security flaw in WhatsApp desktop app.
https://www.perimeterx.com/tech-blog/2020/whatsapp-fs-read-vuln-disclosure/
saved 2020-02-05
Blog Roll and Podcast Roll
I have been meaning to do this for a while. Finally, @… made me do it.
I added a blog roll and a podcast roll to this site.
Both pages will be updated as my subscriptions change … if I remember.
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Hegseth's purge of Black and women officers larger than previously reported
"Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for MORE THAN A DOZEN Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military."
“There is not a single service that has been immune to this level of involvement by Hegseth,” one of the U.S. officials said.
A Waymo robotaxi stopped in the middle of a road and blocked an ambulance near a mass shooting site in Austin; Waymo confirms it was en route for rider pickup (Nicole Cobler/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2026/03/02/waymo-vehicle-blocks-…