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Just finished "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas. In an unusual twist of fate, I had read "Concrete Rose" earlier, which gave me a rich backstory to relate things to. "The Hate U Give" is really good, but I found the resolution of King's arc slightly disappointing, even though the ending was strong. It's definitely not my place to judge Thomas' perspective here, but I do think that the book's broad popularity including among more liberal audiences probably stems at least in part from the way it allows a "the cops have issues but are ultimately-necessary/sometimes-positive" reading that undermines the strength of the core message.
In the end I like Concrete Rose better, but they're both great and I'll be putting Thomas' other books on my to-read list.
#AmReading #ReadingNow

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116144776295217687
Well tomorrow will be the absolutely last resort to fix that iMac Pro, trying to install macOS from thumb drive
Internet recovery is failing, possibly because the SSD isn’t partitioned right (which is hinted at that while it boots into target disk mode I don’t see any disk when connected to it).
We shall see…

For what it’s worth, I've canceled my OpenAI account due to their collaboration with Trump. Though I'm sure the others aren't that much better, at least Anthropic said no to that one thing…
OpenAI is teetering in many ways, so if we could have a mass boycott of paying for their service, we could send a message.

New Mexico's Meta lawsuit: some police officers testify that Meta's AI is sending a flood of "junk" CSAM reports that are draining resources and slowing cases (Katie McQue/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/25/…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Electric Light Orchestra:
🎵 Strange Magic
#ElectricLightOrchestra
https://goodknightproductions1.bandcamp.com/track/strange-magic
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ib1eqrDO3CO0BBeEbk6sG

So I need a new headshot for a conference I’m speaking at in June and I’m short on time so I fooled around with my camera last night (ooh-err, missus) and narrowed it down to three options…

Claude Code is good at doing research!
In this case helping find the disposition of 126,000 digitized US Supreme Court dockets (cert denied or full opinion), and then reporting why in a archive.org review (using like a wikipedia discussion).
This took real hand-holding and QA to be sure, but it is super helpful. Looked at court listener, the supreme court site (and the old one via the wayback machine!), the Caselaw Access Project at harvard. So good.

I really wish that the npmjs security team published the complete list of file hashes of a compromised package in their stub package page that they use when they remove something.
The way we hide compromises so fast when we respond actually makes responding harder.

Sources: PayPal is separating Venmo into its own standalone unit and is looking to recruit a digital banking executive to run the new Venmo segment (Hugh Son/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/paypal-restructures-venmo-standalone-unit.html

PayPal's new CEO makes Venmo a standalone business unit as potential buyers circle
PayPal is betting that a new corporate structure can reignite growth at a company that has lost ground to Apple, Google and Stripe in the e-commerce battle.