Hawaii is coming to grips with the extensive damage left by the worst flooding the islands have seen in more than 20 years.
Over the weekend, heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago,
forcing thousands on the North Shore of Oahu to evacuate before more evacuations for parts of the island of Maui.
The rains lifted houses and cars, inundated farms, swept through grocery stores and left a thick layer of mud in streets, homes and ga…
I just updated my reading guide, “Entry to Left-Wing Anarchist Reading” again!
I want it to be a curated path from beginner-friendly intros to deeper theory and real-world examples, enjoy!
Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wu…
Q&A with recently departed OpenAI VP of Research Jerry Tworek, who claims OpenAI's shift toward more conservative ways made high-risk, pioneering work harder (Core Memory)
https://www.corememory.com/p/he-left-openai-jerry-tworek
It seems like an odd choice for this piece to not note that James Cameron is not a US citizen (he's Canadian and withdrew his application for US citizenship decades ago).
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/23/james-cameron-left-…
Three gates on hinges and stock proof. One wooden gate loaded up to be relocated. This feels like a useful afternoon's work.
#Crofting
#TheJoyOfCrofting
An idol has left her group in order to contest a seat in the upcoming Japanese parliamentary elections. Nana Matsuura suddenly left "dela" and her agency on January 21, and the following day announced her candidacy for the Aichi Prefecture 9th District seat in the House of Representatives, representing the Japan Innovation Party (Ishin). Her profile describes her as a graduate of Nanzan University's Faculty of Law, and a former IT company employee. She says "I'm 25-years-old, a member of the…
Evolution of music cards: on left the original 2021 design, on right: new design with alpha blended QR code #music #art #printing
Now, what? Can’t I sleep in the sunbeam in peace?
#Mastodog #DogsOfMastodon
I think the biggest disconnect between the left and the masses right now is that the left is saying "ah man if only the people were class concious then we could actually accomplish something" and I'm like my sibling in Christ they are already class concious, they fight for every movement that's in their interests, did you not see BLM in 2020 or the anti-ICE protests today
TIL that today (the half-hour left on the West Coast) in the Mayan Long Count is 13.0.13.8.1. What’s cool is that someone has wired up the Wikipedia page about “Mesoamerican Long Count calendar” to say what today is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamer
if a bot left a comment like this on my issue i would track down its authors and commit axe murder
Paris has just elected another bike-friendly mayor!
After Anne Hidalgo transformed the city, her PS-colleague Emmanuel Grégoire takes over, beating former right-wing minister Rachida Dati by a large margin.
https://f24.my/BojB
When you have some time left today, read the Charter of the "Board of Peace", it's a joke, an autocratic club, that can be completely controlled and manipulated by Trump and his successors.
https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/00…
"I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character."
—Tim Curry
#acting
Students at universities in Iran have held a third consecutive day of protest
just over a month after the violent suppression by security services of mass street demonstrations left thousands dead.
The protests came amid tensions between Iran and the US.
Washington has built up military forces and pressure in the Middle East as it negotiates with Tehran
– with the next round in Geneva on Thursday.
Donald Trump has warned “really bad things will happen” if there …
woah. he's back.
I left YouTube two years ago. Time to come back. by Tom Scott
#youtube
#silentSunday
Coopers Hawk February 2026
In Mississippi, We’re Feeding Kids the State Has Left Behind—and Building the Future Our Leaders Refuse to Imagine - Ms. Magazine
https://msmagazine.com/2026/02/22/mississippi-springboard-to-opportunies-sun-bucks-free-meals-summer-lunch/
"You know things are bad when even OpenAI President Greg Brockman is posting stuff, like “Taste is a new core skill.” If people had taste, your company wouldn’t exist, Greg."
(Original title: The only taboo left is copyright infringement)
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-on…
The leaning tower of Pizza
#Kubecon
Spring is near! Today, when I left the house before being awake the sun was already up
!B
Tomorrow we're discussing policing in my "History of Here" course. We'll start in the 19th and continue through the turn of the 21st century. A key event: the killing of Michael Wade Lawson, a Black 17 year-old from #Mississauga, #Ontario, shot in the back by Peel Regional Police. Four years lat…
UCLA just landed another 3 linemen over 300lbs, including the starting left tackle from Alabama. No one else is working the transfer portal like this.
▶️ YIKES: UCLA’s Portal Class Just Got BIGGER
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4vP214-6lAc&si=EQpeKGMjlKD9Emiu…
"Grégoire, who ran in Paris for a united grouping of Socialists, Greens and other parties on the centre left"
Interesting, and probably accurate characterisation of the PCF!
‘Absolute moral rigour’: new Paris mayor Emmanuel Grégoire’s ideals face stern test | Paris | The Guardian
https://www.
Alright, attempt #3 at watching Sinners.
The first time I got about a minute in before my kid fell asleep. I figured it would take her much longer, so I shut the movie & left.
The second time, kids were asleep and I was waiting for my wife to get home. I figured she'd be at least 45 mins, but I got 5 mins into it & she opened up the door.
This time, I'm sick, kids are asleep, & I have literally no other responsibilities other than staying awake until pro…
Now that the US has left the #WHO, I'm kinda bummed I didn’t buy polio futures.
I enjoy Balatro as a game, but honestly hadn't played it in a while
So to revisit it, I tried out the Cryptid mod: Cryptid is insanity. Enjoyable but insane
Then I left it alone for awhile more but have since returned - looking for a slightly less insane but still mind bending mod
May have found it in Mayhem, been enjoying it so far
https://codeberg.org/BalatroMayhem/Mayhem
A photo from the Saturday NEMS meetup (Nashville Electronic Music and Synthesizers). Great turnout, and some neat stuff people are working on. I brought my most recent revision of a portable eurorack kit, in it's 3D printed case, seen in the bottom left. Somehow I walked out with only one photo, so the others are from an electronic performance at the same venue on Thursday.
#nashville
Proud of what our students do while studying at YDS. Case in point: first-year Divinity student OrLando Yarborough (2nd from left in photo), who was just re-elected President of the New Haven Board of Education! https://www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/01/13/school-b…
TIL that #btrfs will happily run into a "no space left on device" wall with no possibility to write metadata anymore (which is needed for balancing and thus getting out of this situation) 🤦
(btrfs haters and #zfs enthusiasts incoming in 3... 2... 1...)
UPDATE: Solution is to `btrfs devic…
@… Appreciate you calling this out. I left a written comment via the webpage at https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2321&Year…
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From The Conversation
Three ways Canada can navigate an increasingly erratic and belligerent United States
Charles Conteh
Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Department of Political Science, Brock University
"...the Canada-U.S. relationship is a complex picture of deep interdependence, marked by significant power imbalances, and the creative ways Canada has learned to adapt and prosper. ..."
@… I miss your Wordles. If it's a NYT thing, there are alternatives. May I suggest https://left-wordle.com.
In any case, could point me again (I’ve lost the link) to the site that creates a…
So updates from the MSTDN.ca owner this morning.
There are no change coming. The servers will stay where they are. No changes to governance or ownership. Calls from the community to transition to new people are being left unanswered.
State of the instance that has been delayed for years is delayed again with no new dates.
Financials are not being shared but he is claiming that things are still fine, safe and there's nothing to worry about.
“When Karen Newton left home in late July 2025, she knew that international travellers were being locked up in immigration detention centres in the US. ‘I was aware,’ she nods. ‘But I never thought it would have any impact on my holiday.’”
***
Huge “I planned a holiday in Nazi Germany because they were only persecuting Jews and I’m not Jewish” vibes.
It’s amazing to see privileged white people learn the leopards eating people’s faces lesson over and over again.
Series A, Episode 04 - Time Squad
AVON: No, but they weren't planning on coming back. All the instruments are set for landing. There's nothing for take off.
BLAKE: There'd be no point in going back. The world they left would be dead years ago.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/104/234
It's that time of year again as I start getting everything ready for the Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition. Upgraded the switch in the VoIP (Cisco SG300 24-port PoE -> Cisco C1000-48P-4G-L 48-port PoE), got everything configured which took far, far too long, then started verifying that all of the phones would boot and call each other. I still have a ton of phones to go and label, but the hard part is done. The annoying part is the only part left...lol
My Nakamichi tape deck died, and so I got a replacement belt and idler wheel tire for it. That didn't fix it. Internet searches suggested that corrosion in the cam motor was the most likely culprit.
Today I took it apart, opened up the cam motor, used a wire brush Dremel attachment and some Deoxit, and got it cleaned up. Put it all back together and it actually works! It was a frustrating process, with lots of tiny little parts, but gosh it's nice to have a functioning ta…
Concerns over Trump’s health are coming to light once again after pictures of the 79-year-old felon showed new dark and crusty bruises on his left hand during his recent visit to Davos, Switzerland
-- different from ones that had previously been captured in his right hand.
https://bsky.app/profile/irishstar…
Darth #Trum's threats are so utterly brainless. He could have left it at that, because no one would take him seriously—certainly not Iran.
What's the point? He's acting like a child.
This U.S. "Gröfaz" will plunge the U.S. into a deep crisis and severely damage the country's image.
#Iran
@… @…
Maybe this is the case, maybe not. [1]
If you are left and and a MAGA supporter is talking about bad experiences with Democrats, would you tell them their feelings are valid?
I'm rat…
I made 6 more shirts.
They’re based on the disability pride flag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_flag
I added a WCAG principle to each stripe, plus a bonus principle.
Also sans stripes, with the words still angled and in the stripe colors.
Sale still runn…
Dutch government coalition-in-the-making explores co-operation with Markuszower's group of far-right MPs who just left Wilders' PVV.
Markuszower is the guy that didn't pass the screening by Dutch intelligence service AIVD for a position in the outgoing government.
1/2
It's hard and i broke 4 pads, but also kinda fun)
Also just started learning how to desolder with the copper whick! (The rows on the top)
foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 4936 nodes and 27149 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata
Mundane Things III 🌀
普通物件 III 🌀
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
More time goes by the more I want to spend more time taking MAGA phrases and take them back. The right takes left phrases and turns them to mush and we should do the same.
I think I've found a bug in Mastodon. There are three of the same aligned on the bottom left but they didn't merged into a more powerful one.
Face painting at the 2026 Fairy Fest -- more photos from this event can be found on my Behance album #photo
I have a major new feature for Left Wordle. I am testing the ability to sync settings and game history between devices. This feature is very much beta at this time and everything is subject to change.
My goal is to get as many people testing this as possible to identify any bugs that might cause problems once released. If you have time, please give it a try. Instructions here:
Series D, Episode 08 - Games
DAYNA: Well no, but Soolin's right though, Servalan will be more worried about the mining, the stuff they're digging up now, won't she?
GERREN: Unfortunately, they're not digging up anything much. There's virtually no feldon left. Belkov's milked this planet for twelve good years, now he knows the game's up, he wants to use the crystals to buy survival.
xAI engineer Sulaiman Ghori says he has "left" the company days after appearing on a podcast last week claiming that xAI had been skirting regulations and more (AJ Dellinger/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/engineer-at-elon-m
It's kinda weird how the "The left hates technology (because AI)" mostly come from people whose experience with tech is on the level of vibecoding and the "left" they criticize consists to a significant part of people who've been actually building and maintaining systems for decades.
Maybe hands-on experience leads to different results then just "idea vibing"?
Iran war, rising gas prices fuel economic concerns; most say conflict not going well, don't want regime left in power, CBS News poll finds (Anthony Salvanto/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opinion-poll-iran-war-regime-2028-03-22/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260322/p23#a260322p23
Just two months ago, a massive power outage left parts of San Francisco in the dark for days
Some lawmakers are trying to make sure it never happens again.
"San Francisco has been trying to break up with PG&E for a long time,"
said Democratic Senator Scott Wiener.
"The rates are extremely high and we know that public power can bring lower rates."
Wiener says he will announce legislation on Monday that would allow San Francisco
-- and…
First try for a BGA desolder: succesful failure)
~10 ripped pads on board and core, but at least got some experience and a better sense of temperature.
Still a lot of training left until i can do a frankenstein mod for my PS3
Series D, Episode 06 - Headhunter
VENA: Lies! They wouldn't fight!
SOOLIN: [Sitting next to Vena.] They fired interceptor missiles at the ship. I'd say that was a reasonable imitation. Drink this.
VENA: What sort of people are you?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/406/117 B7…
Dead Cadillac Lyriq EV Leaves Baby Locked In Car
Luckily the baby was retrieved from the SUV unharmed,
but the owners were left with a $1,000 bill for a key fob replacement after using the emergency access.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2126583/dead-cadilla…
"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."
(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)
https://
Series C, Episode 02 - Powerplay
NURSE: We have a new guest. [to Servalan] You can settle in there.
SERVALAN: You're very kind. And now if you would be good enough to tell your Captain I would like to see him. I have a great deal to do and very little time. So please see to it, immediately.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/30…
Until Sen. Bernie Sanders began holding rallies in Republican-held districts to address DOGE’s destructive impact on federal workers and programs,
most progressives had not dared to dream of rural America as fertile ground for a backlash.
But it’s central to the concept of the "Rural Urban Bridge Initiative" ( #RUBI ),
a group determined to breathe new life into rural organizing st…
Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids
More Moms Deported:
An exclusive data analysis found Trump has deported moms of U.S. citizens at four times the rate of his predecessor.
Left Stranded:
Because American-born kids can’t legally join their parents in immigration detention, some end up with friends or strangers when their parents are detained or deported.
New Directive:
Trump administration officials revised a document advi…
Series A, Episode 04 - Time Squad
AVON: Oh, but you do. And that's the problem.
BLAKE: Up until now we've only been a minor irritation to the Federation. I think it's about time we hurt them.
JENNA: I don't like the sound of that.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/104/20
Donald Trump signaled he is open to a $5 billion funding cut for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
-- if the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, along with other amendments.
“I don’t think we should make any deal with the Crazy, Country Destroying, Radical Left Democrats unless, and until, they Vote with Republicans to pass ‘THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,'”
Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday night.
“It is far more important than anything else we are doing in the …
Series C, Episode 01 - Aftermath
AVON: What makes you think that?
SERVALAN: I was hiding over there. I heard every word.
AVON: I see. Go on. [Hands the glass to Servalan]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/301/351 B7B6
Series D, Episode 01 - Rescue
DORIAN: Yes, I created Slave.
AVON: What about these? [He draws his gun]
DORIAN: Those as well.
AVON: And all this?
DORIAN: I found the chambers and tunnels already here. I merely had them adapted to my particular needs.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/401/386
#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
VILA: It's not serious. The pad'll take care of it, if you don't fiddle with it. You did very well there, I must say.
AVON: Must you?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/492
The Economist:
It is just possible that the president has given up hope that Republicans will retain their paper-thin majority in the House.
Recognising he has little time left,
he may well be playing for glory,
and his own pleasure
https://bsky.app/profile/economist.com
Thousands of non-Mexican migrants deported from the US
are being left in southern Mexican cities far from the border,
often without legal status or resources.
Many are elderly, ill, or have lived most of their lives in the US,
and now face unsafe conditions and limited access to aid.
Human rights advocates warn the policy violates international protections and leaves deportees in a 'quasi-stateless limbo.'
Cases include a trans woman deported to …
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