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Series C, Episode 11 - Moloch
GROSE: A great many ways, Madam President. More ways than you've begun to realize. But that isn't why I summoned you to Sardos. [Grose nods at Lector and hands him a card. Lector moves to the machine, and inserts the card.]
SERVALAN: Would you say that again?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/…

I feel like this Altus SL-M2010 9R shifter should have lasted more than 500mi, but oh well. While biking earlier, one of the triggers and the bottom popped off. It's somewhere on Queens Blvd, I was going pretty fast and wasn't about to go back looking for it! #BikeTooter

since I see a lot of gloom re Astral x OpenAI:
⁃ Even if Astral actively (malice) or passively (neglect) ruins uv, Python packaging is 1000x better today than 2 yrs ago.
⁃ Ruff is nice but only nice to have—ty is barely usable. We'll be fine if they vanish today.
⁃ Channelling Buddhism: it’s OK when things change or go away! Expecting things to last forever is an unnecessary source of suffering. But, worst case is that we get the community-maintained pkg mgr you always w…

Pedantic quibble with this article from The Guardian (and I know pedantic quibbles have an audience here, because this is Mastodon):
Minneapolis and St. Paul are immediately adjacent to each other. They share a border. They are only “11 miles apart” in the way that the US and Canada are ~1350 miles apart: if you measure center to center.
Aside from the ill-defined question of “What center are we measuring from??,“ there’s the misleading impression that there’s 11 miles of something •else• in between them. Just say “adjacent” or “neighboring.” Sheesh.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/michelin-guide-st-paul-minneapolis

Analysis: China's chipmaking tool imports from Singapore rose 17% YoY to $5.7B in 2025, from Malaysia rose 2x to $3.4B; direct US imports fell 34% YoY to ~$2B (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

China snaps up US chip tools via Southeast Asia amid supply chain shift
Imports from Singapore and Malaysia hit record as Chinese players' earnings surge

Series C, Episode 11 - Moloch
TARRANT: [O.O.V.] Go where?
VILA: [O.O.V.] Somewhere a long way away.
TARRANT: [O.O.V.] Why do you say that?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/311/83 B7B3

I'm a pedantic asshole so it's not "414 Day" it's "04-14 Day".
You can't just drop the leading zero!
#mke #milwaukee

"So the next time that you see a spectacular image of the #nightsky from the #ISS, remember that, although it is a better view (maybe a lot better, if you live in NYC or another light polluted area), the show that the #astronauts

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.

Blast near pro-government demonstration in Iran after Israeli warning
A large explosion rocked an area of Iran’s capital where thousands were gathered for an annual state-organized rally to support the Palestinians and call for Israel’s demise. Israel had warned earlier Friday that it would operate in the area in central Tehran. There were no immediate reports of casualties. But the decision to proceed with the mass demonstrations, and Israel’s threat to target the area, underscored the fierce determination on both sides nearly two weeks into a war that has…

If you believe conservatives, Germans are allegedly confused about "soy milk" and if it is cow-based or not (hence you cannot name it "milk"), but at the same time it's virtually impossible to know if a certain type of cheese is vegetarian or not (not talking about vegan!) without reading the fine print. That's a fun experience if you ask for that at a cheese counter in your local supermarket 🤷