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TIL about the Octobass as a result of my random YouTube-live-music feed stumbling into a performance of Gounod’s “Messe Solonelle” which is pretty good and, well, has an octobass in the orchestra.
#music

Any PHPStan/Larastan experts out there? Currently on level 2 and getting an error about a missing var. I don't really want to add another line to fix nor do I want to ignore this line, is there a better way?
Maybe @… knows?
#laravel

My mayor:
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-chicagoland-sets-the-example-for-countering-trump-s-abuses-251256389962

Maddow: Chicagoland sets the example for countering Trump's abuses
Rachel Maddow salutes the bravery and resourcefulness of people of Evanston, Illinois, who have not only activated to help protect their neighbors against the abuses of Donald Trump's ICE agents, but have rallied to collect food to help struggling neighbors as Trump's Republicans try leverage food assistance to force their budget to pass. Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss talks with Rachel Maddow about his community's activism and pushing back against federal agents going too far.

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/115665765920606574
but why?

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated
Fa la la la la.

Give us feedback on what you want to see in Vancouver in March!
Please share this far and wide: this is not just a tech conference, it's building the communities and shared spaces that we want together.
#WeCanJustDoThings
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One of my top guilty Internet pleasures: Wonkette: #USpol

Jesse Watters Pretty Sure Going MAGA Makes Women Hotter
It's literally true if you consider that they look like melted Bratz dolls.

One of the neatest things to do, come at low tide, then high tide. https://mas.to/@Canadian_Eh/115664962761563504

Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦 (@Canadian_Eh@mas.to)
Attached: 1 image Hopewell Rocks: Walk the Ocean Floor in New Brunswick 🌊 At low tide, visitors to the Bay of Fundy can walk on the ocean floor around the towering Hopewell Rocks. These flowerpot-shaped formations are sculpted by the world's highest tides—a must-see marvel! 🇨🇦 #Canada #Geography #NewBrunswick #NatureWonders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_Rocks

Long interview with Steven Guilbeault about his protest resignation from Carney’s cabinet, Canada’s carbon-emissions story, and #ClimateChange in general. It’s a Bloomberg podcast but there’s a transcript:
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Another dispatch from the implementing-regular-expressions front lines. Probably of interest to very few, but who knows. Includes thoughts on coding while old.
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/01/01/Quamina-2026

Regexp Lessons