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Bitcoin drops 15%, briefly breaking below $61,000 as sell-off intensifies, doubts about crypto grow (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/bitcoin-price-today-70000-in-focus.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p133#a260205p133

I wrote up how I set up #ty with #helix, with a focus on finding third-party packages (a.k.a. virtualenvs, which I keep on a central location!)
https:/…

Using ty with the helix editor · Technical inconsistencies blog
The folks at Astral have released ty, which they define as: An extremely fast Python type checker and language server, written in Rust. You can read more in the blog post announcing it. Today, I set it up with helix. To make it work, we first have to install it. Using uv, it’s as easy as typing: uv tool install ty@latest Then, edit your ~/.config/helix/languages.toml and add the following: [language-server.ty] command = "ty" args = ["server"] [[language]] name = "python" scope = "source.p…

All events around Venezuela.
#venezuela #geopolitics

Venezuela news in English on live map - protests against Maduro - venezuela.liveuamap.com
Explore Venezuela local news alerts & today's headlines geolocated on live map on website or application. Focus on politics, military news and security alerts

Today in Focus: ‘Enshittification’: how we got the internet no one asked for
Episode webpage: https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus
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I think it's time for some #FollowFriday action once again. Today, let's focus on computational/algorithmic/generative art/design practitioners (not AI art :)
An entirely incomplete list, in A-Z order:
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Border Patrol Posed As Humans Hiring Day Laborers
-- As A Ruse to Kidnap Them
Memo Torres breaks down immigration raids and related news in Southern California today
https://lataco.com/daily-memo-december-5th-b…

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol In Disguise Try to Hire Day Laborers to Kidnap Them ~ L.A. TACO
Border Patrol raided five Home Depots, chased a man into a bus, and a flower vendor into a gas station, who were among at least 13 people kidnapped around the Southland, with most of the focus in Orange County today.

from my link log —
Exploring the fragmentation of Wayland: an xdotool adventure.
https://www.semicomplete.com/blog/xdotool-and-exploring-wayland-fragmentation/
saved 2025-11-21

Today in Focus: The World Cup’s Maga makeover
Episode webpage: https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus
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What’s Next? Tyler Smith focal point of O-line decisions https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/what-s-next-tyler-smith-focal-point-of-o-line-decisions

Even though the focus of #StarTrek is usually on the main cast, there are quite a few other people working in the different departments of a starship. So let's look at these for today's #TrekTriviaTuesday question.
As always no googling and no spoiling the answer for others. Pleas…

What’s Next? Tyler Smith focal point of O-line decisions https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/what-s-next-tyler-smith-focal-point-of-o-line-decisions

'the focus on creating is just the little capitalist devil sitting on our shoulders telling us to produce more.
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the most radical act today is to just make something. Especially if you are not good at it or if it’s a bit of a struggle. Draw if you’re not good at it. Play the piano even though you’re not great. Make something just for the fun of being in this world, touching it, being in it. Becoming you. Let this radicalize you a bit.
Fuck creation. Love making.'<…

Something from nothing
I am not a talented person, I’ve never been called “gifted” or anything like that. Anything I can do, anything I achieved took a lot of work and stubbornness to achieve. Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that I’m “selfmade” and that my position in society, my access to resources, etc. had nothing […]

In Today's programming woes consumer grade equipment being mediocre.
I wondered why my password manager didn't work with the input of the ISP router's login. Turns out it declares the `<input>` as `type=text` and changes it between `password` and `text` on focus. Also uses the `autofill=new-password` attribute wrong, should be `current-password`.