Tootfinder

is… is this good? is this software good? is this a good example of good software?

Pete Hegseth is working hard to make sure the public hears only good news about Iran war https://theconversation.com/pete-hegseth-is-working-hard-to-make-sure-the-public-hears-only-good-news-about-iran-war-278295

Pete Hegseth is working hard to make sure the public hears only good news about Iran war
Americans have been able to know what troops at war are facing, and make informed decisions about the war’s cost, because a free press has been able to tell the story − good or bad. Can it still?

Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own | Johnny Ryan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/europeans-are-dangerously-reliant-on-us-t…

Trump & MAGA are fundamentally broken. They prioritize greed, ego & wrath over decency, morality & humanity.
That's why everything they do feels so wrong.
☑️ Kristi Noem Slammed For Her Smug Reaction To ICE Agent Calling Renee Good A 'F—king B*tch'
https://www.comi…

Noem Reacts To ICE Agent Calling Good 'F'ing B*tch': VIDEO
The cruelty is the point.

"Living in Europe is no protection against Donald #Trump bricking your digital life."
#DigitalSovereignty

Cowboys get good news on George Pickens' free agency and the franchise tag https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-get-good-news-george-pickens-free-agency-franchise-tag/e04d…

This is a good short-form video series about how LLMs technically work, I think a good thing to watch whatever your stance on them is or isn't
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPA3GFqdHv_rzpz99mtKO6MRe6BYyEiPH

Raiders Get Good News on Pursuit of Mike Evans During FA https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/mike-evans-good-news/

Today Run for Something endorses 70 candidates across 26 states. This class is about 33% renters, and 17% Gen Z candidates, with large slates in Texas, New York, and Illinois.
read more here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/rfsfeelg…

Trump says he has 'good news' on Iran, no clarity on peace deal (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trump-says-he-has-good-news-iran-no-clarity-peace-deal-2026-04-18/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260418/p20#a260418p20

The EU Inc proposal looks good, ofcourse there are always difficult "details" but good to move ahead with strengthening our european economy and make it easier for entrepeneurs.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_614

Completely boring take on IT security in the age of AI-discovered security vulnerabilities: Everything in IT security that was a good idea before is still a good idea. When security updates are available, install them. Reduce attack surface, avoid unnecessary complexity. Don't reuse passwords.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
SZA:
🎵 Good Days
#SZA
https://justyayy.bandcamp.com/track/sza-good-days-instrumental
https://open.spotify.com/track/3YJJjQPAbDT7mGpX3WtQ9A

That president of theirs doesn't seem to be doing them much good even after ours (who isn't doing us much good) gave him $20 billion...
In Argentina, locals are taking loans to buy food | Debt | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/2/16/in-argentina-locals-are-taking-loans-to-buy-food

The tires on my car are not good at all. It's a good thing that I have an appointment to replace them.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Dead South:
🎵 In Hell I'll Be Good Company
#NowPlaying #TheDeadSouth
https://thedeadsouth.bandcamp.com/track/in-hell-ill-be-in-good-company
https://open.spotify.com/track/4eMxLQtSdgxdA1Hs6D2YuN

King Wenceslaus IV, shown wearing his mother's bra into battle, was NOT the GOOD King W known from Xmas carols. He was a pretty good soldier, we'll leave it at that.
#Medieval #History #WarIsHell

Friday Links 26-13
I caught up with my YouTube, two good videos from NotJustBikes about cars and oil being bad.
I really liked all the links in leadership this week, all highly recommended.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/04/friday-links-26-13.html

Turns Out… This Gets Good: Life From 50
We're not here to sell you a transformation. We're here to share some truths about life after 50...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/this-gets-good-life-from-50/…

it is good to listen to nice music every now and then 🌻
https://southacidmimi.bandcamp.com/album/lovers-of-highway
the album is sounding good so far as well

Why the Vikings' Kyler Murray-Kevin O'Connell pairing is a good fit https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7122822/2026/03/17/kyler-murray-kevin-oconnell-vikings/

Raiders get good news on Packers free agent WR Romeo Doubs https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/raiders-get-good-news-packers-free-agent-wr-romeo-doubs/1e3fee97d18252e15acc920f

This — THIS — is what Renee Good and Alex Pretti died trying to stop.
If you want to honor •their• deaths, remember •these•. https://mastodon.social/@austinkocher/116422874585318552

Kyiv weather not looking good, now Russia is attacking its energy system all the time. Support Ukraine where you can!

"Austria’s military has already dumped Microsoft and moved to open-source services hosted in Europe, and some German regional governments have done the same. Danish schools were told to abandon Google laptops by the Danish data protection authority in 2024. The new Dutch government says digital sovereignty will be a national priority"
#DigitalSovereignty

wait... i can buy Sony VHS movies from Amazon?
lol
Why is a BluRay of a 1994 reasonably good, but not incredible, movie $60?
Our media world is so weird.

Five days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot activist Renee Good,
tensions were running high in the Minneapolis neighborhood where she was killed. 
As federal immigration agents surrounded and questioned a man whose car they had stopped,
people emerged from their homes onto the snow-lined sidewalks and street.
They shouted obscenities, told the agents to leave and filmed what was happening on their phones.
A crew from FRONTLINE an…

A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.
A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” one expert said.

There are some really good points in this: NHS patients should be able to write up their own medical records – Will Parman https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/16/nhs-patients-write-medical-records-healthcare-work…

Making SVGs that export consistently versus ones that look good in your photo editor are two different things. :P

I love a good email titled "Spreadsheets!"

Week 1:
Monday to Sunday: *four sessions, four big fights, one even bigger storyline wrap-up on Sunday*
Week 2:
Monday: "Phew, good that tonight's session got cancelled. After last week I need some rest."
Tuesday: "I miss roleplaying."
#OnBeingARoleplayer

"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran”
"A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from his post on Tuesday, citing misgivings about the administration’s war with Iran."
“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation"

‘Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation’: Trump-appointed intelligence official resigns over Iran war
A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from his post on Tuesday, citing misgivings about the Iran war.

Good Morning Fedi!
💿 【4K】DRAGDOWN - .scisma (シズマ) - Official Music Video
▶ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUy-x5SCTlg
🎵 https://song.link/y/IUy…

Metacurity is changing things up with this week's infosec long-reads issue. Full access to our curated infosec long reads moves behind a subscriber paywall, although free subscribers still get highlights.
Check out this week's selection of good reads that cover
--Why Anthropic decided to keep Mythos under wraps,
-- Iran adopted locally resonant narratives to exploit Irish political tensions,
--Sexual deepfakes are the scourge of schools,
--How insider ris…

Best infosec long-reads 4/18: The gap between capability and accountability is widening
Why Anthropic decided to keep Mythos under wraps, Iran adopted locally resonant narratives to exploit Irish political tensions, Sexual deepfakes are the scourge of schools, How insider risk and supply chain compromise afflicted twenty-something billionaires, MSG's owner is obsessed with surveillance

I got my EMG (Electromyogram) today where the run voltage through you with needles, and it was less scary than I imagined (or was told by someone) it would be.
And my test was negative, so that's good! Next I get to find out about another cortisone injection, and I am really hoping it works this time.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Art Brut:
🎵 Good Weekend
#ArtBrut
https://readyartbrut.bandcamp.com/album/good-weekend
https://open.spotify.com/track/24Vmbn0bvsqNsg5Wl7JY3s

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good,
you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
-- Howard Aiken

I finally, _finally_ seem to have finished adapting to the time change.
Screw all of this.
Y'know what we had a perfectly good solution to "I'd like to see the daylight" It's called taking a walk.

Several years ago my daughter bought several good vanilla pods. She had a good mason jar with a rubber gasket seal. Added vodka and she let it mature several months before giving it to me. Beats store bought vanilla hands down. Every year just after Easter I buy three more pods to add the top the jar with good vodka. Stored in a dark corner of the pantry and by Thanksgiving it is ready for use. Next year I fish out all of the old pods and buy six fresh pods.
Wife loves the real s…

Yep - we very much need to nip this in the bud: https://bendigo.nz
Multinational mining corporations suck. Universally. They're *never* good for the places they go. Not even a little bit. Never. Ever. The people running them are self-selected for being among the worst of our species.
These extractive indu…

An old classic.

"King penguins are getting a boost from climate change – but it might not be good news"
#Penguins #Animals #Climate

King penguins are a rare species adapting well to climate change
“Winning for this species might mean losing for another species,” one scientist warns.

Is this a good use of a button? 🤔

Next #diday I'll try to change the browser to #Vivaldi. The evaluation looks good so far.
https://di.day/

Just had an intro call with @…'s new Executive Director, @….
I'm confident the Foundation is in good hands.
#PHP

This is a good time to go disable systemd-userdbd if you haven't already (re: systemd complying in advance with bullshit age verification stuff).
Debian has it as a separate package which is optional, so you can uninstall it unless you use systemd-homed (another optional component).

"I always say it's more important to be a good human being than a good tennis player"
- Zeynep Sonmez, #112 WTA-ranked women's tennis player
✅ Sonmez becomes fan favourite in Melbourne after coming to aid of ball girl | Reuters
https://www.

I am reading "Baldwin: A Love Story" right now. It's huge but very good, and very enlightening on issues of race and color and sexuality and how individuals navigate a world with cultures built to oppress them and do the introspective and interpersonal work to think about and write about those cultures both creatively and truthfully. Huge recommend.
I'm reading the audiobook and the reader does a great Baldwin voice without making it feel like an artifical or shallow …

Just tried Canada Dry Ginger Ale for the first time earlier and I thought that it was good. #IYKYK

Just heard a real good use case for “AI” on the Beeb.
They are working on dosing Tasmanian Devils with vaccine in bait traps but they had too many other critters hitting the bait, so they used AI to create a facial recognition system that can recognize a Devil and only then dispense a bait.

from my link log —
Building a baseline JIT for Lua automatically.
https://sillycross.github.io/2023/05/12/2023-05-12/
saved 2023-05-13 https://

Building a baseline JIT for Lua automatically
This is the Part 2 of a series. Feel free to read the prequel for more context: Building the fastest Lua interpreter automatically Building a good VM for a dynamic language takes a ton of engineerin

It's good to see the disgust at the #NetanyahuAdministration's crimes against humanity is starting to penetrate the mythology of a strong allie defending itself and the large donations from #AIPAC
Slump in voters’ support for Israel shakes US consensus over military aid

It's good to see the disgust at the #NetanyahuAdministration's crimes against humanity is starting to penetrate the mythology of a strong allie defending itself and the large donations from #AIPAC
Slump in voters’ support for Israel shakes US consensus over military aid

DOJ cover-up: Renee Nicole Good still had a pulse when first responders arrived on scene
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/former-pardon-attorney-doj-is-complicit-in-a-cover-up/ar-AA1UpVql

Was just reminded that I needed to kick in some more money to the BlackSky stuff.
Considering the money I’ve kicked in for great Mastodon clients and instances, the work Rudy and others are doing is well worth the same! https://mastodon.sandwich.net/@Sharksonaplane/114997406…

On the second day of this brandnew spring term, I got two grant propsals rejected 🙅‍♀️ 🙅‍♀️
There’s only one good thing—it’s not the start of a Fibonacci series of rejections as I couldn’t output so many applications in the first place. Phew 😮‍💨
#AcademicChatter

Giants, Lions, Raiders get good news from latest Ravens free-agent rumor https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/detroit-lions/news/giants-lions-raiders-good-news-latest-ravens-free-agent-rumor/14bd00e7fb45af…

Jaylen Waddle trade is great news for Cowboys draft prospects https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/03/17/jaylen-waddle-trade-good-news-dallas-cowboys-nfl-draft/89199333007/…

“I can easily imagine a situation where the USA will demand #Greenland from Denmark and will threaten to deactivate our weapons and let #Russia attack us when we refuse. Buying American weapons is a security risk that we can not run.” -- Rasmus Jarlov. Chair, Danish parliament’s defence committee.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Inner City:
🎵 Good Life (12" Mix)
#InnerCity
https://djinnercity.bandcamp.com/album/good-life
https://open.spotify.com/track/5sJiLlgQKBL81QCTOkoLB5

In Good Hands: Conversations With A Fertility Surgeon
Dr Alex Alexander will use expertise in his three fields — fertility, gynaecology and obstetrics —to give some clarity and hope to people facing infertility, as well as share his experience with managing high-risk pregnancies and complex gynaecological concerns...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory:

My years of learning the intricacies of eBay buying what’s best described as electronic waste finally paid for themselves, I got another piece of electronic waste for a really good price!

@… good performance metric in the making 😅

Good but depressing analysis of the war with Iran. Must-read.
#iran

How America's War on Iran Backfired
Seventeen years ago, while serving as an Iran desk officer in the U.S. State Department, I asked a more veteran colleague about the latest inflammatory statement by Mahmood Ahmadinejad, then the Iranian president. My colleague responded: “Stop paying attention to Ahmadinejad. Only focus on Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He makes the important decisions.” He added: “But don’t worry. Change is coming. Khamenei”—who was then 69 and widely believed to have cancer—“could die at…

yes good job mastodon. If it's buggy then it's not really linux. You are very smart.

Regardless, we can be careful to echo the OP in a way that doesn’t inadvertently become advertising.
❌ No: “This magical tech holds the keys to the future, and if billionaires own it then that screws the working class!” (This is a caricature, not what the OP wrote! I’m just exaggerating the thing to steer clear of.)
✅ Yes: “Whether this tech is ultimately good or bad, the investment bubble surrounding it is creating a huge wealth transfer in favor of billionaires.”
/end

Good Morning Fedi!
💿 yosugala - No Border
▶ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Bc-3UM4tQ
🎵 https://song.link/y/T5Bc-3UM4tQ

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Inner City:
🎵 Good Life (12" Mix)
#InnerCity
https://djinnercity.bandcamp.com/album/good-life
https://open.spotify.com/track/5sJiLlgQKBL81QCTOkoLB5

I haven't roasted coffee in a while. Easy access to good raw beans is one of several benefits that come along with living close to Ethiopian grocery stores.

Good morning!

Venture capitalist David Sacks has warned that continued escalation in the U.S.–Israel conflict with Iran could trigger far-reaching economic and humanitarian crises
Speaking on the All-In podcast on Friday, Sacks — who serves as President Donald Trump’s lead on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies — argued that Iran’s military capacity has been severely degraded and called this “a good time to declare victory and get out,” adding that markets would welcome a de-escalatory move…

David Sacks urges off-ramp in U.S.–Israel conflict with Iran, warning of catastrophic escalation
Venture capitalist David Sacks, serving as President Trump’s AI and crypto lead, cautions that prolonging the US–Israel war with Iran risks crippling energy infrastructure, water supplies and regional stability, urging a ceasefire or negotiated settlement.

An Hacker there was, one of the finest sort
Who controlled the system; graphics was his sport.
A manly man, to be a wizard able;
Many a protected file he had sitting on his table.
His console, when he typed, a man might hear
Clicking and feeping wind as clear,
Aye, and as loud as does the machine room bell
Where my lord Hacker was Prior of the cell.
The Rule of good St Savage or St Doeppnor
As old and strict he tended to ignore;
He let go by …

Didn’t think I need to boycott Sam Battle (following him for nearly a decade) but here we are.
I have a small glimmer of hope that he might use the platform he has been given for something good, but who knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Gia Margaret:
🎵 Good Friend
#GiaMargaret
https://giamargaret.bandcamp.com/track/good-friend
https://open.spotify.com/track/02oDklRhWaRhstP9qPrwHg

@… maybe try “don’t threaten me with a good time” as a general response to everything and report back

Good summary why Europe must not appease Trump.
source: #Trump …

How the NIL era has changed NFL evaluations of draft prospects — for the good and bad https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7088040/2026/03/18/nfl-draft-evaluations-nil-era-money/

Good Morning Fedi!
💿 PIGGS / HALLO ALIEN [Official Video]
▶ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ymmV_5tlU
🎵 https://song.link/y/S4ymmV_5tlU…

Congrats USA. Love playing Japan. They are so good and great players.
#Uswnt

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Confidence Man:
🎵 Does It Make You Feel Good?
#ConfidenceMan
https://confidenceman.bandcamp.com/album/confidence-man-does-it-make-you-feel-good-remixes
https://open.spotify.com/track/03HCgI7hnbXdgQfVS5R6Na

Remember this, geeks? So good.
▶️ Critical Moment | Battlestar Galactica
#battlestargalactica

If there was a moment when the absence of a US strategy on Iran was exposed, then this was it.
Donald Trump demanded on Saturday that the UK, China, France, Japan and others participate in a naval escort for oil tankers through the strait of Hormuz.
Despite launching the attack on Iran, with Israel, the White House does not seem to have fully anticipated what was likely to follow.
Iran had few good military options for fighting back, but attacking US bases, US allies and m…

La Dolly Dispatch
A lighthearted weekly chat between two good friends from Melbourne that have been collecting Blythe dolls for over 10 years...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/la-dolly-dispatch/

@… yeah! I’ve tried a fair number of those, this one is pretty good (though the key hole drives me nuts) https://makerworld.com/en/models/23874

RE: https://aus.social/@timhollo/116246489473163587
One of the great things about globalization is that countries start to get dependent on trading with each other, preventing conflicts and wars and normally leading to peaceful resolution of issues.
This is the biggest reason why most western countries had a relatively peaceful last 75 or so years (globalization obviously is not universally a good thing and has many problems of its own).
But the global turn to fascism and isolationism is starting to dismantle this system, making it worse for everyone.

"Is the software I’m making for myself on my phone as good as handcrafted, bespoke code? No. But it’s immediate and cheap. And the quantities, measured in lines of text, are large. It might fail a company’s quality test, but it would meet every deadline. That is what makes A.I. coding such a shock to the system."

Opinion | The A.I. Disruption Has Arrived, and It Sure Is Fun
We’re entering a new renaissance of software development. We should all be excited, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead.

How the NIL era has changed NFL evaluations of draft prospects — for the good and bad https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7088040/2026/03/18/nfl-draft-evaluations-nil-era-money/

Good Morning Fedi!
💿 Shiina Ringo - Sweet Memories
▶ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1CO1jESsoM
🎵 https://song.link/y/Q1CO1jESsoM

Minnesota law enforcement authorities have said the FBI is refusing to share any evidence on its investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal immigration authorities in late January.
Pretti was shot on 24 January by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in Minneapolisduring the Trump administration’s surge of immigration enforcement operations in the city.
His killing came just two weeks after an immigration official shot and killed Renee Good an…

@… I think dB volume is only one part of the equation, most of the whistles I’ve tested max out at about ~120 dB with a heavy blow. A good estimate for a speaking voice is ~60 dB. The frequency of a whistle plays a part in how far the sound carries too. The triple tone whistle has three different pitches, so it’s a more full sound. Happy to answer questions

It is terrible to see a large part of Lebanon getting "the Gaza treatment" and nobody is stopping Israel. Many innocent civilians are dying and good to remember, Lebanon is another country and not part of Israel....
#israel #lebanon

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
KIKI:
🎵 Good Day
#KIKI
https://kikilyric.bandcamp.com/track/good-day
https://open.spotify.com/track/0iy5fIvQtdPqJdFYAwE4ay

Eagles Emerge as Good Fit for Potential Raiders Draft Target https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/eagles-good-fit-potential-draft-target/

For people that use LLMs regularly this is probably not a surprise. In my own environment i have seen examples where for example Gemini 3.1 (paid version) is very good in creating math excercises, customized to your need/demand. There is large potential for GenAI in education.
"Our work provides large-scale field evidence that student-chatbot interactions provide valuable signals for proactively optimizing and personalizing student learning."

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Saigon Edits Club:
🎵 Isaan Acid (Motley Flower)
#SaigonEditsClub
https://piupiurecords.bandcamp.com/track/isaan-acid-motley-flower-the-good-hood-vinaclub-edit

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Depeche Mode:
🎵 It’s No Good
#DepecheMode
https://sergioparrado.bandcamp.com/track/depeche-mode-it-s-no-good-sergio-parrado-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/7HDWE2Ib7cjkhzULV4K8y3

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Baby Charles:
🎵 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
#BabyCharles
https://recordkicks.bandcamp.com/track/baby-charles-i-bet-you-look-good-on-the-dancefloor
https://open.spotify.com/track/1w7mjShoHhi1SMBHX9GfdS