@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-02-09 20:41:07
Ooohhh.. my.... a mention of the “anti-monarchy group Republic” in the BBC. re: #Epstein
"Thames Valley Police confirmed it is assessing whether there are grounds to investigate a complaint by the anti-monarchy group Republic, which reported Mountbatten-Windsor for suspected misconduct in public office and breach of official secrets.”
Could Epstein trigger a general backlash against the Royal Family in the UK or even a change in Governing System??
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlgv3z79klo
@cdamian@rls.social2026-01-07 17:22:52
Another year, another bunch of books.
I spend most of the year binging through thriller series that I had already had started in 2024.
The books I really liked were the newest book from the Slough House series, the spy novel The Persian, and Fundamentals of Software Architecture (even if I didn't finish it).
https://
@scott@carfree.city2025-12-09 08:34:54
"So imagine the Brownstone startup puts 50 pods in one big room. Once they rent pod #1, that person appears to have the right to the entire room. Renting pods #2 through #50 could violate Section 1950. If they do, they are double letting, and 'every tenant in the building, under the same landlord' could withhold rent for as long as the 'double letting' continues." 👀
@anneroth@systemli.social2025-12-08 22:28:13
Berlin ist, wenn spätabends die S-Bahn nicht ganz bis Endstation fährt (regulär), denn da fahren ja eh nur so wenige hin. Wer aber doch hin will, steht dann eben 20 Minuten nachts draußen und wartet auf die Bahn, die noch etwas weiter fährt. Pech, wenn's regnet.
@bourgwick@heads.social2026-02-07 17:28:43
even a dystopian 21st century future imagined by philip k. dick in 1964 was unthinkable without paperbacks (not that i wanna live in "the three stigmata of palmer eldritch"). #books
@Cognessence@social.linux.pizza2026-02-08 20:57:14
Sometimes those that inspire us take a turn. For whatever reason I often remember that by the time he died in 1995, musique concrète don Pierre Schaeffer had become disillusioned with his entire musical output, singing the praises of conventional music and Bach / Beethoven instead. It is one of the more remarkable about-faces in music. (I remember reading Tod Dockstader say in an interview he was horrified by what he’d heard Schaeffer say!)
Schaeffer admitted during even his creative y…
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-09 20:35:22
Re “apply the pressure anyway:” that’s advice I got from…Keith Ellison.
I was part of a citizen group pressuring him to vote for the ACA when he was in the House. He met with us, and gave us an impassioned speech about universal care and how the ACA was a good first step but insufficient, relating it to the less-remembered civil rights acts of the 1950s that laid the groundwork for the big one in 1964.
Somebody from the group finally asked him, “Why are we meeting with you? You’re already convinced!”
He replied (paraphrasing here): “I •need• your pressure. I need it even if I already agree. If you’re pressuring me, then I can get on the floor of the House and say ‘My constituents are beating down the doors of my office! This has tremendous support!’ I can tell my colleagues in private about how agitated voters are. If you apply pressure, I can pass that pressure forward. I need you to do it! •That• is why you’re meeting with me.”
And now Keith Ellison is MN Attorney General. He’s already started doing the right thing. Follow his advice, and apply that pressure!
@hikingdude@mastodon.social2026-02-08 19:06:54
Logged into Instagram to see some friends' activities. Got distracted by reels.. The first 5 or so ALL AI generated BS.
I start to understand why people hate AI. To me it's just another reason to log on to Instagram even less. That stuff should really be forbidden or marked very VERY explicitly.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-02-06 19:30:35
NCSC roept organisaties op zich te melden bij gebruik van Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile.
https://www.ncsc.nl/waarschuwing/ncsc-roept-organisaties-op-zich-te-melden-bij-gebruik-van-ivanti-endpoint-manager
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-02-09 10:36:29
Seahawks' title underscores how to win in the modern NFL. There's no going back: Pick Six https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6997529/2026/02/09/seahawks-super-bowl-champions-gm-john-schneider/