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So, it is coming.
It would be most excellent if the Retiring GOP Senators Caucus showed the balls to apply the McConnell Principle and wait for the new Senate to consider any nominee. @…

Andy Carvin (@acarv.in)
Yep, if you look at the archive copy of the now-retracted @npr.org story in @waybackmachine.bsky.social, "Justice Samuel Alito, seen here in April 2021, retired Friday" appeared as both the alt image tag and image caption, though the lede text said "the court announced Tuesday." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Populating the first machine assembled LATENTRED line card.
Doing a run of four, back side only, tonight if everything goes well. Machine placing most of the 456 placements per board with a handful of onesie twosies being done by tweezers because I didn't feel like loading up a feeder for a single ferrite or reference resistor

End of a Trip II ✈️
旅行结束 II ✈️
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🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF), expired 1994
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The text in the screenshot is exactly what the Hebrew scripture “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” is warning against. People think of that text as an endorsement of revenge, but it’s not; it is a •limit• on retribution. It says that the magnitude of punishment must not exceed the magnitude of the crime.
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amusingly, my very 1st rock show in 1986 included both the monkees (nesmith-less) & herman's hermits (noone-less), though they did not jam a 20-minute i heard you looking > spiders. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc…

JamBase (@jambase.com)
"This is like getting to see the Monkees and Herman's Hermits on the same stage" -- Jeff Tweedy Watch Wilco + Yo La Tengo close out their concert at Forest Hills Stadium with a collaborative medley of "I Heard You Looking" and "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" ... 🕷️ https://www.jambase.com/article/wilco-yo-la-tengo-forest-hills-stadium-setlist-video

Happy Birthday Diana Muldaur (88)!
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Black Wax Cafe on Instagram: "Happy 88th Birthday, Diana! Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American film and television actress. Muldaur’s television roles include Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series in the late 1960s, playing different roles (Drs. Miranda Jones and Ann Mulhall). She has been nominated for an Emmy twice, as a supporting actress on L.A. Law in 1990 and 1991. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard, Muldaur started acting in high school and continued on through college, graduating from Sweet Briar College in Virginia in 1960. She studied acting under Stella Adler, and made her name on the New York stage. She was at one point a board member of the Screen Actors Guild and was the first woman to serve as president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (1983–1985)"
0 likes, 1 comments - blackwaxcafe on August 19, 2026: "Happy 88th Birthday, Diana! Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American film and television actress. Muldaur’s television roles include Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series in the late 1960s, playing different roles (Drs. Miranda Jones and Ann Mulhall). She has been nominated for an Emmy twice, a…

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Reinhold Messner's moving message about the recent death of Nirmal Purja and ten others:
What matters is being there while that person is still alive. Listening, especially in difficult times. Staying present when someone feels lost. Sometimes the greatest gift is simply to let them speak and to be heard.
I know what it feels like to leave someone you love behind in the mountains. A pain so profound it takes your breath away.
And yet l also know that, for some, …

Reinhold Messner on Instagram: "It’s a kind gesture, and everyone grieves and remembers in their own way. What matters is being there while that person is still alive. Listening, especially in difficult times. Staying present when someone feels lost. Sometimes the greatest gift is simply to let them speak and to be heard. I know what it feels like to leave someone you love behind in the mountains. A pain so profound it takes your breath away. And yet I also know that, for some, there is a quiet comfort in knowing they were in the place they loved most, doing what gave their life meaning. My thoughts are with all the families, friends, and everyone who loved them. Pls remember a human being is never an object. A life is measured by presence, not by tributes. #thinking #memories #"
97K likes, 854 comments - reinholdmessner_official on August 2, 2026: "It’s a kind gesture, and everyone grieves and remembers in their own way. What matters is being there while that person is still alive. Listening, especially in difficult times. Staying present when someone feels lost. Sometimes the greatest gift is simply to let them speak and to be heard. I know what it feels like to leave someone you love behind in the mountains. A pain so profound it takes your breath away. And yet I …

The Fediverse, however, has *all* of the idiots too horrible for X and Meta, but they only federate with each other, mostly. @… https://

Bill Cole (@scconsult.com)
I'm considering blocking anyone who posts content from Meta platforms, as I already do for X content. It's always just rage-farming. People, mostly, are idiots. As a result, a big chunk of what we say is junk. Meta and X thankfully have more than their share of the worst idiots, so I avoid them.

Final probing demo board ready to go to fab, unless anyone else finds something in the next couple hours.
Two 6 Gbps TX-only transceiver lanes, two low speed DAC outputs, four LVCMOS18 GPIOs on SMAs, four LVCMOS33 outputs on probe clips, and a MLT3/PAM3 output on SMAs. Plus test points on all the power rails and the USB.