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#marswaterhistory

"Compliance with…law hasn’t been a defining feature of…Trump administration. Nonetheless…law matters, & federal law is ill-disposed to aggressive ICE presence at voting locations. 18 U.S.C. § 592 states…no federal officer may keep "troops or armed men" at an election site except to repel armed enemies of…United States…same title of U.S. code prohibits voter intimidation (18 U.S.C. § 594). So too does…Voting Rights Act…&…National Voter Registration Act…"

ICE at the Polls: Not the Hottest Election Threat
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

That PC whose fan dropped off the other week has been bodged into working. I used a couple of plastic strips and motherboard mounts to hold them to the board with screws in the right place for the heatsink; but I found it needed more pressure on the fan for it to make good contact with the CPU, especially at the top; so outcomes the wood. This is working reasonably well; although the wedge positioning is a bit touchy to get it right.

Also, unlike this one, many of my skeets don’t get here. Something about @… doesn’t pick them all up. Probably bsky is sinking the stuff they determine not interesting or whatever.
I despise algorithmic feeds where I can’t fix my algorithm. @…

Bill Cole (@scconsult.com)
Repeating what's in my profile… I treat Bluesky as a 2nd platform & mostly am on the #Fediverse. My bridged Mastodon account got "suspended" by Bluesky for no reason I could discern, so my posts there never get here. & while I often retoot my skeets, I don't turn many of my toots into skeets.

So apparently the Telstra outage was caused by their root NTP server going back in time 20 years, taking the rest of the network along with it. The key question is how did anyone notice the difference?
#telstra #snark

Telstra CEO ‘deeply sorry’ for outage and admits risk of time-keeping failure was known
Vicki Brady grilled at first public appearance since returning from overseas as SA police say call to triple zero failed before death

#TIL: There are conspiracy theorists who think Locks of Love is a scam and they have access to video cameras. @…

This whole thread is great, and makes me think of this “Schlock Mercenary” strip
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gyyq55ydkyp5aighjvp5vmjh/post/3mq6ppk6ro22t

Arkenstone Defense, which is building software to handle back-office work for defense tech startups, emerges from stealth with a $35M seed led by J2 Ventures (Barratt Dewey/Tectonic Defense)
https://www.tectonicdefense.com/exclusive-a…

Exclusive: Arkenstone Emerges With $35M to Build Defense Tech’s Back Office
You know how we say we love the unsexy side of defense? Well, we’re back with some news from the unsexiest place we can imagine—the land of the nitty

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 …

Ok so bringing a headphone amp, all set up, when checking out new guitars is pretty genius tbh. @… https://mas.to/@baronvonj/117052433600456688