Plus a winter weather advisory! Snow and freezing drizzle should make tomorrow extra fun. I have an evening event in DC tomorrow, but I'm now having second thoughts.

military. I want an edit button, darn it.

I worked directly with a Ukrainian team of software engineers in the years directly before Russia invaded. They did excellent work. Lots of good talent, much of which has since fled to Poland or Romania (or switched to doing IT or logistics for the Ukrainian militay).

Indeed. I have a good friend who was an SF artist, with many book covers (and had collectors buying the originals)... and worked at Trader Joe's as a sign maker to pay the bills. This is typical.

Good.

A great song with this theme: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VfB...

Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely

Hoping you get a boring report.

Word.

Can't pay for daycare with patriotism.

People keep confusing "has an idea" with "has proposed a plan." Not at all the same thing.

Ted Faro or Walter Londra, though?

They're fine as long as they are muted by default. If I go to a site and audio starts playing, I close the window immediately and never come back.

Good idea. I should also dig out my Virginia flag. "Sic Semper Tyrannis" and all that.

Not just ransomware; all sorts of cybercrime. This is a huge worldwide industry that rakes in huge amounts of money. These aren't hackers in basements: these are criminal organizations with org charts, payroll, and benefits.

ST:TOS and DC Fontana. 'nuff said. Not to mention all of the fanfic that launched so many writing careers...

No, this is an HP-41C.

Vague? No, not vague.