Disabling video autoplay in your social media feeds is self-care. On Twitter I even turned on a "bandwidth saver" feature that loaded extremely low-res blurry versions of all images, it was great.
February 1, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Disabling video autoplay in your social media feeds is self-care. On Twitter I even turned on a "bandwidth saver" feature that loaded extremely low-res blurry versions of all images, it was great.
Stancil is making me miss the 2009 Fit I traded in last year. Many compromises but the turn radius and parking ease were hard to beat.
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Stancil is making me miss the 2009 Fit I traded in last year. Many compromises but the turn radius and parking ease were hard to beat.
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Every time I see someone like Abbott choose self-inflicted decline, I think of this quote from Pedro Sanchez:
"Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country. It’s as simple as that."
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
"Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country. It’s as simple as that."
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
January 30, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Every time I see someone like Abbott choose self-inflicted decline, I think of this quote from Pedro Sanchez:
"Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country. It’s as simple as that."
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
"Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country. It’s as simple as that."
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
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Texas now following the lead of Hungary under Orban.
Texas A&M ends its women's & gender studies program while hundreds of syllabi remain flagged and censored under top-down review policies.
“I have never seen anything like this.”
— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
“I have never seen anything like this.”
— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Texas now following the lead of Hungary under Orban.
Texas Moves to Curtail Visas for Skilled Foreign Workers
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I can tell by the change in fan noise from my laptop when a build is almost done
January 27, 2026 at 2:54 AM
I can tell by the change in fan noise from my laptop when a build is almost done
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This passive-voice verbiage seemed so weird until it dawned on me that TXDOT is going out of its way not to say something like “WATCH FOR ICE.”
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 AM
This passive-voice verbiage seemed so weird until it dawned on me that TXDOT is going out of its way not to say something like “WATCH FOR ICE.”
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One thing that the past year has done to me is I’ve been forced to drop my principled opposition to capital punishment in all cases
January 24, 2026 at 4:24 PM
One thing that the past year has done to me is I’ve been forced to drop my principled opposition to capital punishment in all cases
sigh. My career would be very different had I not been in regular collaboration with people in ozlabs and the opportunity to work with them again was a big reason I rejoined IBM for a while.
lwn.net/Articles/105...
lwn.net/Articles/105...
The end of OzLabs
OzLabs is a collection of Australian free-software developers that was, for most of its history [...]
lwn.net
January 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
sigh. My career would be very different had I not been in regular collaboration with people in ozlabs and the opportunity to work with them again was a big reason I rejoined IBM for a while.
lwn.net/Articles/105...
lwn.net/Articles/105...
I drank a Celsius and am trying to work while listening to Battles.
January 19, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I drank a Celsius and am trying to work while listening to Battles.
Shingles vaccine is no joke, I am close to bedridden
January 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Shingles vaccine is no joke, I am close to bedridden
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Maybe the best thing on the internet still? Certainly the most essential counter we have to our current shitstream of social media-driven misinformation.
Wikipedia is 25 today.
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Maybe the best thing on the internet still? Certainly the most essential counter we have to our current shitstream of social media-driven misinformation.
Trying to decide whether I dislike my knee specialist's parking garage (obnoxious payment system, congested) more than taking the bus (late, feels and sounds like riding a metal dumpster).
January 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Trying to decide whether I dislike my knee specialist's parking garage (obnoxious payment system, congested) more than taking the bus (late, feels and sounds like riding a metal dumpster).
Guy next to me at the Spurs game tonight watched football on his phone half the time?
January 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Guy next to me at the Spurs game tonight watched football on his phone half the time?
I continue to be slightly perplexed that people buy and wear stuff like this
January 3, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I continue to be slightly perplexed that people buy and wear stuff like this
I was irritated by the leaf blowers earlier this week but now there's a massive wood chipper.
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I was irritated by the leaf blowers earlier this week but now there's a massive wood chipper.
New Retro Poland original dropped youtu.be/puMzCbiFfGE?...
Solstice | Retro Poland Original
YouTube video by maromaro1337
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New Retro Poland original dropped youtu.be/puMzCbiFfGE?...
I resist keyword muting but all the BW/CBS posts finally broke me.
December 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I resist keyword muting but all the BW/CBS posts finally broke me.
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It’s not special pleading when I do it
December 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It’s not special pleading when I do it
remote disable leaf blower how
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
remote disable leaf blower how
Getting gross Palantir ads on my Odd Lots episodes
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Getting gross Palantir ads on my Odd Lots episodes
The Spurs Showed How To Beat The Thunder - defector.com/the-spurs-sh...
The Spurs Showed How To Beat The Thunder | Defector
It is not the biggest problem facing the NBA, and it is not really the Oklahoma City Thunder’s fault, but it is unfortunate that the best team in the sport is such lousy television. It’s more accurate...
defector.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Spurs Showed How To Beat The Thunder - defector.com/the-spurs-sh...