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Scholars Continue Lambasting Higher Ed While Trump Upends It (Ryan Quinn/Inside Higher Ed)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2025/06/26/scholars-lambaste-higher-ed-while-trump-upends-it
http://www.memeorandum.com/250626/p28#a250626p28

In a major step toward dictatorship
The Supreme Court on Friday limited the ability of federal judges to temporarily pause President Trump’s executive orders,
But the justices made no ruling on the constitutionality of Trump's move to end birthright citizenship,
and they stopped his order from taking effect for 30 days.
The court’s ruling upended the ability of single federal judges to freeze policies across the country,
-- a powerful tool that has been used…

Supreme Court Live Updates: Trump Hails Win on Birthright Citizenship
The court restricted the ability of federal judges to issue broad freezes on executive orders. The decision could reshape the way U.S. citizenship is granted, even temporarily.

Sure, I can migrate a Redmine from its 2012 Ubuntu server to a modern machine and upgrade everything.
I am a sysadmin.
#Sysadminnery #hubris

Gestern habe ich beschlossen, dass sich etwas grundlegendes in meinem Leben ändern muss. Ich bin nach Jahrzehnten auf Ubuntu privat* auf Fedora umgestiegen.
*) Dienstlich weiter ein von der Firma gebautes Ubuntu-Derivat, da kann ich nichts drehen.

The fate of Jimmy Kimmel's ABC show, whose contract ends in 2026, will reveal if Colbert's cancelation was a one-off or a fundamental shift in late-night TV (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/26/cbs-canceling-colbert-raises-late-night-questions…

CBS canceling Colbert begs the question: Are more late night shows next?
The cost of producing late night programs has risen as the media industry has been upended by streaming and shifting consumer habits.

Also recently finished “The River We Remember” by William Kent Kreuger.
The post-war tranquility in a small town in rural Minnesota in 1958 is upended by prejudice and bigotry as a murder is investigated.
4/5 stars
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101160

The River We Remember
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder…

Alright, got UPS monitoring and info via `nut` on the homelab network. The three Proxmox nodes are all net clients, and I took the fifth RPi4 that wasn't doing anything and tossed Raspbian on it to be the net server. After a bit of configuring: all of the servers are getting the information without issue.
As a bit of a note: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS _does not work_ on ARM64 because [insert reason here]. I think you can compile it yourself and it's fine, but the packages in the repos…

Further signs of the fall of civilization:
Melania Trump launches AI contest for schoolchildren in grades K-12;
National contest aims to encourage kids to work together to address community issues with artificial intelligence
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202…

Mini-Mussolini plans to take control of Union Station;
Say what you like about him, but I'm sure he'll make the trains run on time.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-plans-take-control-washington-un…

Trump Press Sec Admits He’s Chickening Out Again on Tariff Deadline
Donald Trump could extend his self-imposed deadline on implementing global tariffs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197327/donald-trump-karoline-leavitt-taco-tariff-deadline…

TACO Trump Strikes Again on Tariff Deadline, Karoline Leavitt Admits
Donald Trump could extend his self-imposed deadline on implementing global tariffs.