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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2h

I wanted to commend the bravery of fellow runners who courageously ventured into a literal war zone in order to participate in the 2025 Chicago marathon.

We thank you for your service.

chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-mara...

Runners and their cheerleaders turn out for Chicago Marathon: ‘This is our Super Bowl'

Countering weeks of intense immigration enforcement, mass protests and negative national headlines about Chicago, runners and spectators told the Sun-Times they reveled in the chance to show off what ...

chicago.suntimes.com

MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 4h

“Base” and “facility” are not even remotely the same thing.

There’s already a facility at the same base for Singapore. A facility means a few buildings so people have somewhere to sleep and so forth.

The Qatar facility has been under consideration for years. It’s for joint training on F-15s.

MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 5h

They will only see reality when the prices in the stores actually rise.

They have to touch the hot stove to understand.

Then they will blame their burn on liberals or immigrants or globalization.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Mike Dailly ™ @mdf200.bsky.social · 14h

The UK Government said all of them couldn't afford to be independent, that they were too poor, and in too much debt.

It was lies then, and it's lies now.

#ScottishIndependence

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 21h

#MusicChallenge
#TheTwen2ie5

Day 12

Paper Thin
– Lianne La Havas
📍London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇷🇯🇲
2020

She delivers this track with a coolness and restraint that somehow brings to mind Roberta Flack.

youtu.be/4Mtjq7B0Z6Y

cover art: Lianne La Havas – Lianne La Havas
A black and white photo of Lianne, her squiggly hair partially covering her face as she smiles.

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Big Mark & Co @bigmark.co.nz · 1d

I'm just thinking about how Mamdani talks (and defends) trans people for two minutes more than the democrats did at the last convention. And the video is only two minutes and five seconds long.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 1d

Look at what?

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Dan Underwood @underwood.digital · 2d

We're updating our bounty program with the top award now set at $2 million for zero-click remote exploit chains. In addition - there are increased awards for proximate wireless attacks, WebKit, and Gatekeeper

security.apple.com/blog/apple...

A major evolution of Apple Security Bounty, with the industry's top awards for the most advanced research - Apple Security Research

Today we’re announcing the next major chapter for Apple Security Bounty, featuring the industry’s highest rewards — up to $2 million and a maximum payout in excess of $5 million — expanded research categories, and a flag system for researchers to objectively demonstrate vulnerabilities and obtain accelerated awards.

security.apple.com

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

#MusicChallenge
#TheTwen2ie5

Day 11

Alentour de lune
– La Féline
📍Paris 🇫🇷
2020

One of the anchors of my “late night” playlist. This is the only one of Agnès Gayraud's on my list, and it may not be on anyone else’s, but I really dig the vibe of her catalog.

youtu.be/8P5yYI6OlYM

cover art: Alentour de lune – La Féline
A photo of Agnès Gayraud behind a circular portal in front of a dark blue and black background, as if shot at night. It is styled and colored to suggest the shape of the moon, as well as a space suit.

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Zeb Palmer @zebpalmer.com · 2d

This Qatar deal was worked on as far back as 2021. Here's a Jan 2022 article by the Idaho Statesman about it. (But linking to stripes version of it for paywall reasons)

www.stripes.com/branches/air...

$12 billion deal may bring hundreds of Qatar, US Air Force members to Idaho base

www.stripes.com

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

The people want station wagons back.

a green car with a wooden trunk is parked in a garage next to a couple of cars .

Alt: A station wagon reverses out of a garage, knocking over a bunch of junk in the process.

media.tenor.com

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobell* Peace Prize.

MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

Bluesky gives you those tools, and the freedom to use them – or not.

That seems like an ok thing to me.

I unfollow people who block replies because it’s annoying, but am happy they have the freedom to do what they like.

The flexibility is appreciated.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

More detail:

economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...

Which countries have military training presence in the US? Qatar joins list with new Idaho facility

The US and Qatar have finalized an agreement allowing the Qatari Emiri Air Force to establish a facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. This move will host Qatari F-15s and pilots for enhan...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

I *think* this is similar to an arrangement the US military already has with Singapore, and the groundwork for this was laid during the Biden admin.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

This app seems like a hell of a way to generate blackmail material: spying on network activity and notifying a partner, but this also means the company would be able to retain all that info as well, for future use.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

Incidentally, I’ve also worked with devs whose first impulse is to replace things, without understanding how they work, whether they are fundamentally flawed or just inefficient.

That’s also an ego thing, and just as wasteful.

One must develop the skill of second-order thinking.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Peace Prize selection and some comments here provoke two thoughts:

– Fighting for “democracy” is not the same as fighting for “peace”. Democracies are quite happy to have wars when it suits them.

– Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize was bullshit. He had achieved nothing.

a man in a white shirt and tie is eating a piece of food

Alt: a man shrugs, while eating a snack

media.tenor.com

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 2d

More than 200,000 deaths a year can be attributed to freshwater snails. The snails are hosts to deadly parasites, in particular parasitic flatworms known as flukes.

For reference, lions kill about 250 humans per year...which still feels like a lot?

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

I agree, but would go further and say it’s not confined to programming. Being too attached to solutions spans across discipline. It's an ego thing.

Good devs develop logic-based criteria to help them recognize when to refactor and when to replace.

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 2d

#MusicChallenge
#TheTwen2ie5

Day 10

Smokin’ Out The Window
– Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars • Anderson .Paak)
📍Honolulu, HI • Oxnard, CA 🇺🇸
2021

It’s not often that a song and video make me laugh, while still being very good.

youtu.be/adLGHcj_fmA

cover art: An Evening With Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
A brown, 70s-inspired duotone cover with simple centered typography and simplified prints of Bruno Mars’ and Anderson .Paak’s heads.

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Habu @flyinghabu.bsky.social · 3d

Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky.

But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭

#Astrophotography

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon taken from my backyard

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MV @suzerain.bsky.social · 3d

Trump Derangement Syndrome should be rebranded to describe the actions of these sycophants.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

Putin's apology to Pr. Aliyev,his acknowledgment that the Azerbaijani passenger plane was downed by a Russian missile (or,as he put it,its "fragments"),&his promise to punish those responsible (all said live)are a vivid demonstration of how the balance of power in the post-Soviet space has shifted⤵️

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

❗️Putin admitted that the AZAL plane was shot down by Russian air defense, apologized to the families of the victims and promised compensation.

He added that Russia-Azerbaijan relations need to grow.

Previously, Russia refused to take responsibility for the catastrophe.

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