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DOJ's New Top Voting Lawyer Worked for Leading Anti-Voting Law Firm (Yunior Rivas/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-top-voting-lawyer-worked-for-anti-voting-firm/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250531/p23#a250531p23

When I worked at an agency, I frequently worked with this one front-end dev. We had the following exchange several times:
Her: Hey Crell, the client wants to do X. How long would that take?
Me: What? X is impossible, there's no logical way to do it.
Me: Well, I suppose we could blah blah, but that would be super complicated.
Me: Hm, but what if I blah blah?
Me: Hang on a sec, let me check something.
<10 min later>
Me: OK, I just did it.
H…

I’m v interested in this. I have grown fonder and fonder of Meath St in the years I have worked in the area, while cooling on other locations.
If it’s not in the window of Miss Libo, is it even fashion?
https://mastodon.ie/@dublininquirer/114425934877776509

I had set up a Gumroad account years ago to experiment with some digital sales and subscription stuff but after reading that the CEO of Gumroad worked for DOGE and Musk I deleted that fucking account.
Most of us don't have a lot of power individually but we can still make choices about the platforms we use (and don't use).
➡️

WIRED Talked to a Fired DOGE Staffer About Who Was Really in Charge
Sahil Lavingia, who says he was fired from DOGE after speaking out about his experiences there, told WIRED about how he communicated with the group, who appears to be in charge, and what might be coming next.

Scientists were preparing an experiment to ask the ultimate question.
They had worked for months gathering one each of every computer that was
built. Finally the big day was at hand. All the computers were linked
together. They asked the question, "Is there a God?". Lights started
blinking, flashing and blinking some more. Suddenly, there was a loud
crash, and a bolt of lightning came down from the sky, struck the
computers, and welded all the conn…

Bevan M. French (1937-2025) :: Meteoritical Society
Bevan worked on impact science "at a time when impacts on the Earth were not considered mainstream – or even possible." #geology
https://meteo…

Bevan M. French (1937-2025)
Bevan French is most widely known for his pioneering work in planetary science and the field of impact cratering. He was one of the early workers on terrestrial impact materials along with Gene Shoemaker, Nick Short, Richard Grieve, Dieter Stöffler, Ed Chao, and others, at a time when impacts on the Earth were not considered mainstream – or even possible. Throughout his career Bevan was a champion for impact science, particularly centered on petrography, and geologic observations at terrestr…

So I've just bumped a bunch of old #Gentoo packages to EAPI 8. Some of them haven't been updated for 6 years. And do you know what's best? They still worked — their build systems work, they compile and they just work. Unlike most of the stuff developed these days.
#autotools #C

What happened with Kyle Pitts? How the Falcons TE went from a top 5 draft pick to the subject of trade rumors

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/n…

Direi algo meio besta, talvez, mas eu boicoto tudo o que envolve #IAs e essas novas tecnologias, tudo o que descarta pessoas.
E jš boicoto a #Microsoft hš mais de 10 anos.

Microsoft employee's wife who was laid off with 6000 others: 'Worked 25 years, laid off by a computer algorithm' - The Times of India
Social News: Microsoft's recent layoffs, impacting nearly 6000 employees, have sparked controversy. A Reddit post revealed a 25-year veteran, autistic and with mul

Belt Bags Round 2
Made a larger size, 8.5”x5”x2”, making more for May Market now that I’ve worked out the pattern. May Market opens this Friday, May 2nd.
https://nakatsubyjna.com/2025/04/28/belt-bags-round-2/

Tony Blair is (a) clearly a lich and (b) recently worked/works for a Saudi oil company. Weird that the guardian didn’t mention either in this article.

#Wordle 1,440 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ <1% of 217,070 (624)
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 0 of 74 (35)
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 0 of 0 (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 86/99
Luck 47/99
I definitely enjoyed today's wordle, probably because my guesses worked very well, providing good clues and having eliminated most options (I think, bot will have to confirm) at the end.
Bot confirms only 2 words were left.
Bot and I always have a difference of opinion on a result like my 1st guess, bot thinks it's unlucky because there are so many words left, I consider it lucky because it's eliminated 5 letters, and not constrained my coming up w/ words for my next guess.

I heard the same old food systems scholar on the radio this morning discussing Jamil Jivani's call to end temporary foreign workers. The host asked some interesting questions about the origins of the program but dude didn't have much to say beyond "when I was young and worked on a farm..." because he's not a historian.
For any journalists out there, try getting in touch with Edward Dunsworth instead. Ed's an excellent historian at McGill of migrant labour in C…

To my local peeps in #Georgia, US. The wife and I went to this last night and it was AMAZING. They only have one more weekend this year, but they will be back next year. Impressive production value, world class performers and artists. The guy operating the dragon is from Jim Henson studios (and worked with Henson back in the day). I can't say enough good things about this.

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An enchanting immersive theatre show experience. Check available tickets Don’t miss the immersive event of the year! An enchanting immersive theatre show experience. Check available tickets Don’t miss the immersive event of the year! Step into the world of Mirth & Mischief… An unforgettable fantasy-themed immersive theatre experience that takes place in a Renaissance-style castle […]

Worked around. There may be a bug.
pkg(8) --rootdir and triggers:
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1kvp4uw/pkg8_rootdir_and_triggers/
"As far as I can tell, nothing is triggered when I use the --rootdir option of p…

I keep seeing this meme about how great it was in the old days when Democrats and Republicans worked together politely. This nonsense is spread by people too young to know, or too old to remember, McCarthyism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism

Strange. Tried out the new Cosmic spin of #fedora42 and it just wouldn’t connect to Wi-Fi. Kept rejecting my password. Switched to KDE Plasma Mobile and it worked fine. Odd that the DE would cause errors like that.

#claude4 #ai #coding

We're using @… as our in-house chat system. I've just managed to connect it to LDAP and upgraded it from one major version to the next... It's a bit daunting to upgrade such a central piece of our company's communication and notification infrastructure. If something went wrong it would cause a real headache. But what can I say: it worked flawlessly.

To my local peeps in #Georgia, US. The wife and I went to this last night and it was AMAZING. They only have one more weekend this year, but they will be back next year. Impressive production value, world class performers and artists. The guy operating the dragon is from Jim Henson studios (and worked with Henson back in the day). I can't say enough good things about this.

Home
An enchanting immersive theatre show experience. Check available tickets Don’t miss the immersive event of the year! An enchanting immersive theatre show experience. Check available tickets Don’t miss the immersive event of the year! Step into the world of Mirth & Mischief… An unforgettable fantasy-themed immersive theatre experience that takes place in a Renaissance-style castle […]

Surprisingly, it (FaceID) actually worked properly when I unlocked my phone to take this pic mid-beard-trim:

*blink*
https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963/114195950076109353

This test verification worked...
"3rd Keyoxide test"
https://keyoxide.org/aspe:keyoxide.org:UL4KVCWXS27N3JZYWZ7Q2L247M
Thus, you can get verified on Mastodon using Keyoxide but how fast you'll be verified or not I can't predict at th…

Async ZipFile APIs might come to #dotnet 10, finally! 🎉 A pull request is being worked on, almost ten years after the issue asking for async zip APIs was opened.
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/114421

#TheAmericanFascist made a post threatening annexation approximately 1hr 40min after the King of Canada left Ottawa. (Possibly within minutes of the King leaving Canadian airspace)
So that worked well.
#canpoli #usa #canada #cdnpoli #never51

My weatherCLI project is the first one to reach anyone, it has more clones than anything i've worked with. I hope people get something out of it, and maybe i get some contributions because i love #opensource and its community!

"And what has it got us? You can now order any product made by stroking a pocket glass and have it next day or even quicker. What are you doing with all that time that is freed up?
Certainly not leisure. The average hours worked per week in developed countries has certainly dropped since the industrial revolution but remained roughly constant since 1980. Tracking all that work in Jira has not led to doing less of it."

This was a real post on LinkedIn. It was deleted, either by LinkedIn or by the page owner. Long live Sesame Street!

aspe:keyoxide.org:UL4KVCWXS27N3JZYWZ7Q2L247M
I'm trying to figure out how easy or hard it is to make the green verified checkmark with Keyoxide...
I think I got an idea...but I wanna test it before I claim it worked...
#Keyoxide

2/3
🔹 Pros:
✅ Scalable – your income isn’t tied to hours worked
✅ Leverage – teams, automation, or systems do the heavy lifting
✅ More time freedom over the long term
🔹 Cons:
❌ Requires upfront effort to build systems
❌ May involve an initial investment
❌ Requires leadership & strategic thinking
💡 Best for: Those ready to shift from self-employed to system owner – turning their side hustle into a real asset.

Cycling question: trying out saddles, in the UK
UK cycling people, is there somewhere you'd go to sit on different saddles to test if they're comfortable? Is that a thing?
I've worked out that my (default came-with-the-bike) saddle isn't the right shape for me: it's giving me an achy tailbone, as well as I think being a bit too narrow for optimal sit-bone comfort.
For context, I'm an "occasional cyclist for pleasure and/or practical reasons", shall we say. No ambition to be super fast.
Looking around online, I think I want something more like the Rido R2 or one of the Selle ones, shaped to have air under the tailbone area. Or maybe even a noseless one like the Spongy Wonder, though I don't like the look of how the metal frame sticks out at the front of those.
What's the chances a shop would have more than one of those and a willingness to get them out for a test sit? Or, better still, is there a loan scheme anywhere, so you can actually "test drive" them for a bit? Or do people usually just buy and be willing to sell again?
I'm in Nottingham, and I know there are bike shops I could get to, but I'm not seeing "come in and try all these saddles, we'll help you to find the right one" kinds of messaging.
Could also potentially travel elsewhere at some point if it turns out there's some kind of "best place in the country for that question".
Advice welcome!
#cycling #BikeTooter #AskFedi #UK

Does someone know how to change the port for an SSH based cache?
The `user@host:port` pattern doesn't work on my machine.
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-change-port-for-ssh-based-cache/63908

I've learned about vpn stacking and decided to try it but found a better option. I discovered that I get 3 free months if I cancel my current subscription, and the best part is that so far I was able to do so 2 times in a row (so 6 months free). Yep you get it right, I cancelled a cancelled subscription and it worked ! :)

We are proud of our latest Strolch 2.5.0 release, which is now available #Maven central! We have worked hard to offer new features regarding Privileges, Component, Notifications, E-Mail etc.
Here is the blog post: https://strolch.li/blog/p…

Good to see the other states have come on board with police officer decertification policies. Rhode Island needs to get with the program.
#JusticeReform
http…

Rhode Island resists efforts at policing reform embraced by every other state
In October, a Newport County jury found that former Jamestown Police Det. Derek Carlino was negligent in his involvement in the death by suicide of a teenager. But it won’t end Carlino’s career in policing. A report commissioned by the Portsmouth School Department found Carlino had worked with a football coach to pressure fifteen-year-old Nathan […]

2/3
🔹 Pros:
✅ Scalable – your income isn’t tied to hours worked
✅ Leverage – teams, automation, or systems do the heavy lifting
✅ More time freedom over the long term
🔹 Cons:
❌ Requires upfront effort to build systems
❌ May involve an initial investment
❌ Requires leadership & strategic thinking
💡 Best for: Those ready to shift from self-employed to system owner – turning their side hustle into a real asset.

"Twelve years after “As We May Think”, and simultaneous with the developments of the IBM 1401 and FORTRAN, copies of “Datamation” started popping up on selected newsstands. This magazine was the godfather of all programming magazines, and held its crown for 41 years (quite a few ages in computer time!), until being phased out as an online magazine in February 1998."

It WORKED! I can't believe it! And they said an imitation language like Bash wasn't good enough!
(The imitation diamond, or in my case my sanity, inside the Chron-O-John promptly cracks into pieces)
😄 "And yet… it parses."
You’ve tamed the Chron-O-Bash!
🧠💎
All those if-splits, regex incantations, and unholy date strings – bent to your will.
The Shell may be brittle, but in your hands it's now a precision instrument, not just a t…