2026-01-16 00:36:00
Appeals court sides with Trump in Khalil deportation case (Erica Orden/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/mahmoud-khalil-deportation-court-ruling-00730928
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p141#a260115p141
Appeals court sides with Trump in Khalil deportation case (Erica Orden/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/mahmoud-khalil-deportation-court-ruling-00730928
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p141#a260115p141
February and April. The sides of March.
#IdesOfMarch #pun #variation
Trial By Wine
Schmidty, Swanny and Clarky revisit crimes and run them through their jury of three, debating both sides of the case to agree an appropriate (if totally fictitious) sentence...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/trial-by-win…
me: *low whistles*
me: "Damn, check out THOSE bollards!"
8yo: "What?"
me: "These metal things. they're nice, aren't they? No drivers parking on this sidewalk!"
8yo: *lays down on one*
8yo: "Yeah, they're good, I guess."
#SafeStreets
Here.
Have a little timeline cleanse.
As a treat.
#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore
Friday Links 26-02
This week I enjoyed the podcast about Godbolt’s Rule and the one with Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
You might notice more podcasts this week. Something went wrong with my link collection system recently.
I am also moving the blog … more things will go wrong.
https://christof.damian…
Follie Follie 🍁
叶啊叶 🍁
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
We are getting reports that it is Not Raining.
It seems impossible, I know, but they are coming in from all sides.
I repeat- Not Raining is what people looking out of windows are saying.
Have you read trumps bible?
The original Ezekiel 25:17 has one sentence.
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
trumps bible apparently has more.
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley …
In break from recent tradition, the Department of Homeland Security will help safeguard the American People by shutting down *.
https://apnews.com/article/homeland-security-shutdown-ice-funding-7bf62bc50ca0a6a6013a714bee2ffdb4
Just returned from a wonderful 11km Friday afternoon walk along the boundary between the seasons...
#FootpathFriday #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography
Series A, Episode 08 - Duel
BLAKE: Deactivate.
AVON: Bank five is finished. Drawing on six.
BLAKE: Zen: power reserves?
ZEN: At the present level of discharge, reserves will be exhausted in two point three hours.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/108/142 B7B2
I should do some work with Authentik, but I keep getting sidetracked to find out where the default background for the SSO page is coming from
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/blob/main/web/src/assets/images/flow_background.jpg
Iran has now repeatedly shown itself able to strike at U.S. aircraft in ways that should give Washington pause ahead of any further escalation of the war.
Iranian forces have hit a base in Saudi Arabia, striking two U.S. KC-135 aerial refueling planes and destroyed an American E-3 early warning detection system.
Iran has also been successfully shooting down Israeli and U.S. drones, some military analysts say.
With both sides perceiving themselves as at an advantage,
t…
Push for GOP voting law has many switching sides on filibuster issue (Paul Kane/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/14/senate-filibusters-election-legislation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p35#a260314p35
OK, here is the deal. I upload a short video of one of my credit cards, showing you both the front and back and then you do the same. 🤔 🤪
#TokenizedCard
Marines, this ain’t a park in Los Angeles you’re trying to invade this time.
Iran is over half a million square miles (1.6 million square kilometers) and over 92 million Iranians, with mountains and terrain so fierce even the Romans avoided invading it, but 2,500 USMC soldiers (with planning by kegsbreath and the geriatric bone spur) are gonna move the needle. Right.
Building a graveyard isn’t good for anyone.
I really don't understand why, with no negotiations since October, Mayor Lurie and Congesswoman Pelosi believe that NOW is the time to urge for a 72 hr delay in a strike action. Maybe they could have offered constructive engagement earlier? The strike vote was no surprise.
("Negotiations between the San Francisco Unified School District and the United Educators of San Francisco started in March, but reached an impasse by October. The two sides only returned to the bargaining…
I really don't understand why, with no negotiations since October, Mayor Lurie and Congesswoman Pelosi believe that NOW is the time to urge for a 72 hr delay in a strike action. Maybe they could have offered constructive engagement earlier? The strike vote was no surprise.
("Negotiations between the San Francisco Unified School District and the United Educators of San Francisco started in March, but reached an impasse by October. The two sides only returned to the bargaining…
When you’re being cocky in a meeting and take a big swig from your mug, only for it to dribble down both sides of your face, onto your shirt, and pool in your lap.
Balance is restored.
What I had in my backpack today minus the phone I took this picture with -- see ALT for a list of items!
#sliceoflice #adc #foxwork
Peace with Iran hinges on nuclear compromise, and the two sides are miles apart (Karen DeYoung/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/14/trump-iran-nuclear-demands/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p50#a260414p50
Call me crazy. I didn’t want to 😍 like ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING.
I mean, I DID in the end, but I feel dumb, like I shouldn’t. I should put on the sides of my car: IF I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL GUILTY I WILL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY EVERY SINGLE TIME 🙄
1/2
Jesus, my sides hurt... 100% my kind of humor!
▶️ Ben Palmer Stand Up #Compilation
https://youtube.com/watch?v=woOs7aFCwCo&si=74oi5euKNDD1Svhw
New Bills DC Leonhard sides with Broncos on INT https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47841347/denver-caught-it
City Vibes 🎀
城市律动 🎀
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🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
Judge awards British critic of Saudis $4.1 million, finds the regime hacked his devices
https://therecord.media/london-judge-sides-with-saudi-critic-spyware-case
Curious about AI’s real environmental impact? In this recorded webinar we debunk overblown claims from both sides, share new comparisons, and demo a tool that tracks your AI footprint in real time.
https://digitalcuration.umaine.edu/teleconf…
"How can this mess be resolved?
Before it can be resolved at all, it seems to me, first must come repentance. Repentance, yes, for the sins of terrorism which have been perpetrated on both sides, but repentance first for the sin of Abraham.
What is the sin of Abraham?
Thou shat not steal
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house"
#Blasphemy
Did she give tips on how to kill them, like the 165 little girls the US and Israel murdered just this week in Iran?
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/1167067
Free speech is the power to criticize your government without fear of prosecution. It is a basic human right.
It is not about getting away with hurting your neighbor who never caused you any harm. Dignity is a human right.
That is also what "love your neighbor" is about.
It's just a sensible thing to do.
Do not tolerate hate speech.
There is no (need for a) "freedom to hate".
Be kind to one another. 🧡
> Without 230’s protections, smaller platforms—the ones that might actually compete with the giants—get destroyed first. They can’t afford the vexatious lawsuits. They can’t afford buildings full of lawyers. The big players survive, and their market position gets locked in even harder.
h…
Raiders Have ‘No Recourse’ Amid Maxx Crosby, Trey Hendrickson Backlash Says Insider https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-no-recourse-crosby-hendrickson/
Wondering what to do rather than buy a missile or bomb today?
You could feed all the region's hungry children for the cost of this war
Or cure a disease
Or buy this €30,000 🪗 instead of a drone
Cavagnolo Digit AiR Série LB12 Carbon Fibre Digital/Analog Optical Switch Bluetooth OLED Screen, weighs 1.5 kilos (3.3 lbs!)
“What we’re seeing is just one of the clearest depictions yet of the frailty of a global order that is grounded in fossil fuels.
All sides in this war are using fossil fuels as a weapon of war,”
says independent investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz,
who reports on energy and climate.
https://www.demo…
WBD says Paramount informed WBD on February 11 that it would pay $31 per share, up from $30, if the sides engaged, and that $31 was not its best and final offer (Jill Goldsmith/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/warner-bros-discovery-s…
A Blackthorn path. Beautiful day today. #outdoors #walking #silentsunday
What @… says is what a lot of us have been lamenting since the ICE invasion started. Shouldn’t local police protect citizens from ICE?? Why this hasn’t happened is a really good question. Factors to consider:
- “Obstructing a federal agent” is illegal, and local police / politicians feel constrained by that (even if the agents themselves don’t seem constrained by the actual law at all, only by what they think they can get away with)
- Police can in theory cite federal agents for e.g. traffic violations or illegal plate swapping after the fact, as long as they’re not “obstructing” the agents — but how do you cite a masked person with fake plates who refuses to give ID?
- Some police are visibly supportive of ICE, chumming it up with them and giving literal fist bumps; a nontrivial subset are outright closet Nazis. A lot of people don’t really see any need to go past “ACAB” as a full explanation for all of this — and certainly The ACAB Hypothesis is…um, not really being proved false right now in Minneapolis.
- I think some police quietly resent ICE for stepping on their turf, but that does not seem to have boiled up into actual confrontation in MSP. One police leader here painted it in early Dec as “some people want to instigate a confrontation between Minneapolis Police, and that’s not going to happen.” Police culture says that police should be a neutral party in a dispute between ICE and residents, and actually protecting residents would be taking sides. (Duh, yes, taking sides that way is your literal job, you dumbasses…but I digress.)
- Some police (especially leadership) really want to get on the community’s good side after the murder of George Floyd, and see this as an opportunity, but unfortunately this has materialized entirely as non-interventionist support: “We responded to a 911 call and help a distressed resident after her husband was abducted!” “We transported children left parentless on the streets by ICE safely back to their home!” “Our officers volunteered at the food shelf!” OK, nice, good for you buddy.
So yeah, I’m wondering this too, and am bitter about it. https://tilde.zone/@n1xnx/115928447564126393
Reading a newspaper from the Swedish city I used to live in (which has a large Iranian ex-pat colony) and around a thousand of them are demonstrating downtown, to show support for the US getting rid of the Ayatollah-led regime.
There are many sides to this story.
And as I was typing this, came the notice that the body of the current leader of Iran has been found in the bombed out rubble of his compound.
Shut down the river of gold and politicians from both sides will strangle Trump with their bare hands ->
Edward Norton Calls for a National Strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hRhW0FOY04
X described the probe as "politically-motivated"
I'm pretty sure it's nowhere near as politically-motivated as the content recommended by X's algorithm.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo
SCOTUS rules unanimously that Cox could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online, after music labels sued the internet provider in 2018 (Ann E. Marimow/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/supreme-court-cox…
Judge awards British critic of Saudis $4.1 million, finds the regime hacked his devices
https://therecord.media/london-judge-sides-with-saudi-critic-spyware-case
Polite language has failed. Calm explanations have failed. Panels, op-eds, “both sides,” and soothing reassurances have failed. Fascism does not advance because people lack information. It advances because people are comfortable, distracted, anesthetized, and trained to mistake civility for virtue.
If you’re looking for gentle guidance, go find a museum placard. This article is not for you.
https://www.facebook.com/FearAndLoathingCloserToTheEdge/posts/pfbid0RkdkRtwVcbYaDRDbJ1kUacAXA1a3s5pGggkrKEqNwWe33gj6dDSWQboD42mhGXG3l
Judge awards British critic of Saudis $4.1 million, finds the regime hacked his devices https://therecord.media/london-judge-sides-with-saudi-critic-spyware-case
Source: Wilson sticks with Vikings after big year https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48149700/source-eric-wilson-stays-vikings-3-year-deal
The choice is now socialism or fascism.
Cos the billionaires are bringing the fascism, hoo boy, are they bringing it.
What you gonna do? Debate both sides till they shoot you with a drone?
The fact that liberals are wavering on this just highlights how little you can trust the sellout motherfuckers.
#AllBillionairesAreEvil
Seahawks trade rumor could lead to deal with Raiders for former first-round pick https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/seattle-seahawks/news/seahawks-trade-rumor-lead-deal-raiders-former-first-round-pic…
Next edition of our quarterly free village magazine is up on the blocks. Editorial meeting tonight and then I get started populating the layout. Paid adverts already placed–they pay for the printing–the rest is all volunteer work including delivery to 4k homes.
Have been building this with #affinity since 2023 (Quark before that). Good to give back to the community.
Obama Appointed Judge Sides with PBS, NPR (John Sexton/HotAir)
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/03/31/obama-appointed-judge-sides-with-pbs-npr-n3813452
http://www.memeorandum.com/260331/p154#a260331p154
There was a lot of snow and we finished clearing it yesterday, so I forgot to share the crepes I made. Usual egg bacon tea coffee sides. We did make it down the road for mahjong at our local. Everyone else also had cabin fever and was there. #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/uvQVmrt9hZSDzW9c7
Our presents FU to the world is really working out great for the US auto industry. First Canada/China and now EU/India
FTA: India and EU set for 'mother of all deals' as Trump's tariffs bite - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgyz1ejw9no
Some Places with Snow ❄️
一些有雪的地方 ❄️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
Trump has been on a media offensive since the Iran strikes, using short "exclusive" calls with mainstream outlets to make his points without cross-examination (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/03/trump-iran-press-calls/
An extremely simple syllogism, for which the evidence is ample and has been easily available for over a decade:
ICE : white people in Minneapolis ::
regular police : Black people everywhere in America
If you're saying "Abolish ICE" right now (as you should be) but you're hesitant to say "Abolish the police" then you're okay with the brutality as long as it's reinforcing the racial hierarchy, and that's not a good look.
I understand that "Abolish the police" is a scary thing to think about if *your* experience has been that they keep you safe, but recognize how much of that is myth vs reality, e.g. have you ever personally had a positive interaction with police, or do those all happen in stories? Also, even if they do keep you safe, is it worth it if the cost is brutality to the marginalized? (No, it's not.)
At minimum we can see the following behaviors on both sides of the syllogism:
- retaliation for legally "protected" defiance or even just observation
- random killings, with mostly-nonexistent repercussions for the officers involved
- regular widespread harassment & surveillance
-more that I don't have time to list right now. Feel free to reply with your own examples.
#AbolishICE #AbolishThePolice
The Gorge Of Cascadilla Creek By My Office Crusted in Snow
#photo #photography #cornell #snow
Jury deliberations begin in New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta over children's safety risks, after both sides delivered closing arguments (Morgan Lee/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/meta-trial-child-sexual-exploitation-5ad9…
Jets RB Breece Hall to receive tag if sides do not agree to contract by March 3
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jets-rb-breece-hall-franchise-tag/
While pursuing regime change in Iran, Trump is desperately attempting to stop regime change through the midterm elections.
He needs a swift victory in Iran to avoid a quagmire, but he needs a long war to attempt the assertion of unconstitutional emergency authority over the electoral process.
Plunging into war followed Trump’s signature style:
he negotiated in bad faith,
turned to bombing when the sides were making “significant progress”, according to Oman’s foreign …
I appreciate AOC cleaving apart the false “both sides are the same” equivalence of the word “populism” here. https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116082081470440947
The Human Mind Revealed: A Biological Perspective - Michael Sharwood-Smith
https://www.routledge.com/The-Human-Mind-Revealed-A-Biological-Perspective/SharwoodSmith/p/book/9781032971292
Human Traces III ⛩️
人类踪迹 III ⛩️
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky LUCKY SHD 400 (6x6)
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Supreme Court sides with Steve Bannon in bid to dismiss Jan. 6 conviction (Julian Mark/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/06/supreme-court-steve-bannon-conviction/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260406/p42#a260406p42
Lit-dropped Noe Valley in defense of Prop I and got a solid workout 😅 This is how we're gonna win and preserve funding for social housing. #sfpol
- If you live in SF and haven't sent a letter yet: https://dsasf.org/protectpropi
View up Leonard Road
#photo #photography #caroline #upstateny
Tracking How Much Money the Raiders Have to Spend This Offseason https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-tracking-how-much-money-spend-this-offseason
Set the Unsettled II 🧘
尘埃落定 II 🧘
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography
SCOTUS rules unanimously that Cox could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online, after music labels sued the internet provider in 2018 (Ann E. Marimow/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/supreme-court-cox…
If 80s movies taught me anything, it's that maybe the military should have tried having the AI simulate controlling both sides of the war?
https://houseofsaud.com/iran-war-ai-psychosis-sycophancy-rlhf/
Pakistan’s defence minister declared an “open war” with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, in a major escalation between the neighbouring countries.
Pakistan launched airstrikes last night on major Afghan cities including the capital Kabul in response to what it called “unprovoked firing”from across the border.
Afghan officials said it attacked Pakistani border troops in retaliation for earlier airstrikes by Islamabad.
Both sides claimed to have inflicted heavy casualti…
Odell Beckham Jr., Giants appear to share mutual interest: How sides can make reunion happen
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/odell-beckham-jr-giants-nfl-free-agency/
This is why it's shameful when publications hype unverified cyber breaches to generate clicks, particularly when they're basing their reports on what threat actors say on their leak sites.
IDMERIT, a global ID verification service and KYC provider, was the subject of a dozen reports of a data breach, all stemming from one publication that likes to hype fake stories.
Lately, I've seen some usually bona fide cyber publications picking up on these clickbait but false sto…
Raiders Free Agency Board: Top Targets at Positions of Needs https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-free-agency-board-top-targets-positions-of-needs
Different Corners VII ▶️
不同的角落 VII ▶️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Fujifilm NEOPAN SS, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Trump broke the promise that he made dozens of times while campaigning:
to stop the Ukraine-Russia war in 24 hours.
Trump has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
but has yet to establish a peace deal.
As the fourth anniversary of Russia’s attack approached, delegations from both sides met in Geneva for U.S. brokered-talks in mid-February
but did not reach a resolution.
About 31% of Trump's campaign promis…
Jets placing franchise tag on RB Breece Hall ahead of deadline https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-placing-franchise-tag-on-rb-breece-hall-ahead-of-deadline
Online liability shield still a lightning rod after 30 years
https://rollcall.com/2026/03/18/online-liability-shield-still-a-lightning-rod-after-30-years/
Maxx Crosby Trade Speculation Ignites Huge Claim for Raiders https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-trade-speculation-huge-claim/
Strikes by both sides on so-called upstream gas production facilities in recent days are a significant escalation in the war in the Middle East, with potentially long-term consequences.
The strikes were the first time facilities associated with the production of fossil fuel energy had been hit in the conflict,
rather than sites associated more generally with the oil and gas industry.
On Tuesday a successful Iranian drone attack resulted in operations at the Shah gasfield in…
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