2026-04-23 14:59:24
I don’t do #TikTok but I endorse this.
#Scientology
I don’t do #TikTok but I endorse this.
#Scientology
#maudlinMaunderings of a doddering fool. Caveat lector.
Hey, it’s been a while. Thanks for stopping by.
Here’s a mundane thing I discovered about my body tonight. Totally SFW. PG. I’m old and arthritic. I’m used to all the various aches and pains that are either constant or intermittent. IIWIS… (1/7)
"Trump’s White House: it’s run by men obsessed with looking tough, but who are, in actuality, weak and incompetent. The more they fail, the more they grasp for these theatrical but ineffectual displays hoping that the public mistakes loud and violent displays for strength."
UFC fight can't hide MAGA male weakness - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/17/ufc-fight-cant-hide-maga-male-weakness/
Some NYT staffers say a white male editor's claim that he faced discrimination is absurd and hands the Trump administration a weapon to persecute journalists (Charlotte Klein/New York Magazine)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article…
cis white male here: yeah, i don't understand your actions in the slightest and now want you to explain to me all the forms of marginalization that you experienced causing you to take precautions that i never had to even consider
Sadly couldn't join myself (wife wasn't feeling good and wanted me to stay home and help parent while she napped) but my SAR team participated in a great inter-agency training this past weekend.
It's always nice to practice alongside volunteers from other teams that we work with on real incidents and get to know each other without the pressure of a real emergency.
One note: I half feel like there should be a CW on this post for mentioning law enforcement in a positiv…
today at work:
"I may not know how to fix it, but I can throw a tantrum in the voice of a fast-talking, self-confident anglophone white male engineer.
that often gets results"
The US EEOC sues NYT in Manhattan federal court, claiming it passed over a qualified white male candidate for a top editorial role to fulfill diversity goals (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-times-sue…
Sources: the US EEOC is poised to sue the NYT over a white male employee's allegation that he was denied a sought-after promotion because of his race and gender (Rebecca Davis O'Brien/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/busines
Velkommen til Poulsbo!
Intel Poulsbo is a 130nm Atom chipset that was widely hated due to the near nonexistent Linux support for the PowerVR SGX535 GPU it included, rather than an Intel in house microarchitecture.
I'll decap and post die photos at some point but I wanted to visit the namesake with the intact board first.