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Willem challenged us to ask ourselves what we would do if we were living under Nazi occupation. Before all of this, I doubt anyone thought they would be complicit. I doubt anyone said to themselves, "nothing. I would cower in fear and do nothing."
But for 4 years or so we all answered that question again and again with our lives. Now here we are, answering it again... Every day. But it's no longer "what would you do during the rise of Hitler?" It's now, "what would you do after the invasion of Poland," and "what would you do after you knew about the concentration camps?"
For some people, the answer is still, "nothing."
But a lot of people have been brave in the face of it all. A lot of people have died, and a lot more will die. He will die, perhaps after a ruling by some court or other but, honestly, probably not. That's just how these things work out. Lots of people die, some for no reason, some because they stood up against injustice. A whole lot of people do nothing, until it's safe to claim victory... Until it's no longer safe to be on the other side.
That's just how these things go. Fascism is self-defeating, but it causes incredible harm on it's path of self-destruction. The more people who stand up, who risk themselves, the faster it collapses and the fewer it can hurt. That's also just how these things go. It's incredibly dangerous for everyone until enough people take some extra risk and make it safe for everyone again.
But that question still stands... Which one of those groups are you in? Are you proud of what you are doing, or will you look back with shame? Some of y'all have a lot to be proud of, but, if you're not, it's never too late to earn your way into that proud group.

A study of ~1,500 US workers finds AI use can reduce burnout but also cause "AI brain fry", a mental fatigue from using AI tools beyond one's cognitive capacity (Harvard Business Review)
https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”
As firms increasingly incentivize employees to build and oversee complex teams of agents—for example, by measuring and rewarding token consumption as a proxy for performance—people are finding themselves pushed to their cognitive limits. Participants in a recent study described a “buzzing” feeling or a mental fog with difficulty focusing, slower decision-making, and headaches. The authors call this phenomenon “AI brain fry,” defined as mental fatigue from excessive use or oversight…

Human Traces II🚶
人类踪迹 II🚶
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Back from a very wet (local weather history says 1.76 inches or 45 mm of rain yesterday) SAR training weekend.
Lots of good land navigation drills both on trail and bushwhacking through heavy brush. Everyone's rain gear got a good workout and there were definitely a few hard lessons learned about underperforming gear.
Wrapped the weekend up with a mock search, finding our "missing person" with a "head injury", plus her friend who had gone for help but &quo…

By far the most vital coverage during that time came from @…, who spent those chaotic nights with all hell breaking loose just roving the streets, sticking a microphone in everyone’s face and live-streaming it.
It was some of the rare coverage that actually felt like the reality I was living through. And lots of us were glued to it in the wee hours, wondering what was happening out there, wondering •who• was out there and what they were thinking, wondering if our own families were in danger.
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Happy International Women's day — I'm currently in Luxemburg and will participate in the women's march with ~5000 participants expected. The political party déi Lénk has achieved a historic win in making abortion a right just this week!
Still, there's lots to do: Luxemburg's minister of defense will participate in this protest, despite her version of feminism being that black women can now be in the military too. A larger action to protest white, western “feminism” is planned.
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Netflix Italia: Gericht erklärt Preiserhöhungen für ungültig
Ein Gericht in Rom erklärt die Preiserhöhungsklauseln von Netflix seit 2017 für ungültig und ordnet Rückerstattungen an. Das Unternehmen will Berufung einlegen.

For all you old hippies hangin out down here, here’s #JamesTaylor with his, “You can close your eyes”, with his son, Henry. On the #LateShow the other night. He’s released at least one album in each of the last 6 decades, and another one’s coming soon.

One more week. One more Java Geek Weekly.
Lots of coding assistant related content obviously.
https://blog.frankel.ch/java-geek-weekly/131/

Reaching out to Microsoft support for a OneDrive server side issue, and it lets me understand better that why ISO deifnes a standard for date format. Like what day was you meant to say by [09/05/26] and [09/05/29]…, and what’s with the square brackets?