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#PlatformEngineering: Evolution or Rebranding? #DevOps
https://www.pulumi.com/blog/platform-eng-r

{purrr} has some lesser known functions that make handling of failing function calls easier: safely, quietly, possibly: #rstats…

Wrap a function to capture errors — safely
Creates a modified version of .f that always succeeds. It returns a list with components result and error. If the function succeeds, result contains the returned value and error is NULL. If an error occurred, error is an error object and result is either NULL or otherwise.

'Hortman played a central role in MN's pursuit of racial justice, actively participating in vital police reform legislation. [H]er efforts continue to shape the state. Significant reforms include prohibitions on neck restraints and chokeholds, banning "warrior-style" training, and the creation of an independent body to investigate police misconduct.'
White George Floyd Advocate and Husband 'Target of Political Assasination' but It Gets Worse | The Root
https://www.theroot.com/white-george-floyd-advocate-and-husband-target-of-polit-2000045678

Our body always wants to have three reference points since we live in 3D space. This can be a combination of two position sensors, and vision. Here is an interesting situation. When I shower, and am standing up, I place my normal leg and foot on the floor of the shower, and kneel on a shower stool. Combine that with my visual reference of my position in space, and I am golden. (2)

En Espagne, l’étau judiciaire se referme autour du noyau dur qui a permis l’accession au pouvoir de Pedro Sanchez
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/artic

En Espagne, l’étau judiciaire se referme autour du noyau dur qui a permis l’accession au pouvoir de Pedro Sanchez
Depuis deux ans, plusieurs proches du président socialiste du gouvernement font l’objet d’enquêtes portant sur des soupçons de pots-de-vin. Jeudi, M. Sanchez a dû exiger la démission de l’homme clé de l’appareil du parti socialiste, Santos Cerdan.

*Sigh*
Deep into preparing text for publisher submission. The current (industry senior/well regarded) contributor's references are all inaccurate.
EVERY.SINGLE.ONE
And every paragraph has a reference.
EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.
I can feel every minute passing.
#IAmEditing

Egyptian police violently obstruct the international Gaza Peace March.
Ocupación israelí | La policía egipcia impide con violencia la marcha internacional a Gaza - El Salto - Edición General
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/ocupacion-is

La policía egipcia impide con violencia la marcha internacional a Gaza
La marcha de 4.000 personas a Gaza es reprimida por la policía del régimen de Al-Sisi. La organización pide a las embajadas que reaccionen y protejan a sus ciudadanos.

"The Expanse: Osiris Reborn": Action-Rollenspiel nach "Mass Effect"-Muster
Owlcat Games traut sich ein Action-Rollenspiel zu: "The Expanse: Osiris Reborn" verspricht Ballerei, Romanzen und RPG-Systeme.

Okay, no fetches and no Mate here.
But just showing off that FreeBSD has that great Wayland stack, very much up to date, in the Ports collection.
River WM, Wayland, wezterm, FreeBSD 14.3.
#freebsd #riverwm

Minnesota political assassinations
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/14/us/minnesota-shootings?smtyp=cur&unlocked_article_code=1.O08.d4NX.fqrqIQDXzcvn&…

Suspect Identified In Minnesota Lawmakers Shootings: Live Updates
The suspect was identified as Vance Boelter, 57, by law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation into the killing of a state representative and her husband and the attack on a state senator and his wife. He remains at large.