Tootfinder

I've decided to open the #DualShock and try cleaning it up.
Took me about an hour to find the right tools and disassemble it, getting to the analog stick potentiometers. Used compressed air (read: lungs) to clean them up. Found a bit of cat hair. Took me about half an hour to figure out how to reassemble it properly, with my back aching already. After reassembly, it turned out that side triggers randomly… well, trigger.
Disassembled it again. Started reassembling while making sure that the mainboard is tightly in place. After putting the battery back in, noticed that I didn't connect the touchpad ribbon. Disassembled again, reassembled. Miraculously, it works.
The analog stick causes no trouble so far, so maybe it won't need replacement for a while still. After all, I'm not using it much.

Voyage rocambolesque ou bienvenu en Mongolie
https://ludovic.hirlimann.net/2023/02/voyage-rocambolesque-ou-bienvenu-en.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Russian Blue:
🎵 This is the Sound of What Was
#RussianBlue
https://russianbluetheband.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-the-sound-of-what-was
https://open.spotify.com/track/6i9YUCwRtjDr7mZx1FgEZi

I just wanted to let you all know that the observer who was kidnapped yesterday (start of this thread) was released safely last night. (I say “kidnapped” not as an exaggeration, but as a fact: no part of that resembled a lawful arrest.) Minor scrapes, more determined than ever. Huge relief.
ICE apparently continues to believe that indefinite detention of observers is not something they can get away with yet. They are still generally releasing observers after many long hours but not days, generally with no proper booking and no charges.
Sadly, this is not the case for people they deem sufficiently brown-skinned to deport.

Over and over, DHS goons descend on areas where immigrants congregate,
grab every non-white person they encounter,
and drag them away with little regard for their citizenship status.
Then they send out indignant liars like DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin to spew nonsense about how this is all perfectly legal.
“Our officials use reasonable suspicion,” McLaughlin claimed on Fox News,
explaining the standard federal law enforcement officers use to detain…

Kristi Noem's assault on the Fourth Amendment
Thanks, Brett Kavanaugh.

Moldova, Ukraine investigate alleged Russian-backed plot to assassinate prominent Ukrainians: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/moldova-ukraine-investigate-alleged-russianbacked.html

Former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales acquitted of all charges over his response to the Robb Elementary School shooting (Steven Rosenbaum/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/uvalde-police-officer-trial-verdict/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260121/p159#a260121p159

#MärchenFürMorgen Nr. 28
Tausende von Millionen von Dollars hatten sie in die Entwicklung gepumpt, und sie waren absolut überzeugt, dass ihnen das jetzt den Durchbruch ihrer Macht bringen würde.
Aber die Menschen wollten nicht überwacht, manipuliert und ersetzt werden und verstanden, dass die Unsummen an Energie, die dafür nötig gewesen wären, schlicht nicht nachhal…

Please support a very reasonable ask from the organzers:
Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/22/minnesota-economic-blackout-ice?CMP=Share_…