When people ask “so what’s the crossover between being a pilot and doing ren faire?” I now have an answer:

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Why do flutes have so many keys? A piccolo or the like just has 6 holes. Gizmo key? Sounds like unrestrained feature creep to me.

So that's interesting. If someone can unlock your iPhone, they can simply reset your password (Settings/Account/Sign in and Security) without any 2FA/old password/etc. So access to your entire account is protected only by your four digit lock code.

Trump: the Doritos Locos Nacho Cheese Taco Supreme.

TACO

All right, Cory Booker, you've earned my respect. It may be performative, but at least there's a Democrat trying to draw attention to how not business-as-usual this is. I'm glad the longest speech in the Senate record is now "Fascism is bad" and not "Black people are bad."

I really hope the modern Woodward and Bernstein is collecting all the data on how Putin/Russia compromised Trump and his ilk, as it really seems like the US has become a proxy for Putin.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...
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Today I learned the term "ultra vires." Seems like it'll be the theme of Trump's presidency. Also sounds like Ultra Virus, which is another description of Trump's presidency.

The problem with "I hope America is as lucky as the upside down Delta jet. Everyone survives but the right wing explodes" is that the right wing doused the whole thing in jet fuel and set it on fire, turning a carefully designed system into a useless wreck.

Speaking of resistance, Zoz is entertaining.

youtu.be/J1q4Ir2J8P8?...

I thought all the things Trump promised to do on day 1 was an exaggeration, but apparently not.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Here's some light reading for people affected by the fires in LA:

www.fema.gov/assistance/i...

I thought we were switching to Threads (@DrDeFord) or Mastodon (@[email protected]) or Snapchat (@DrDeFord) or Signal (@DrDeFord.42) or something. You kids and your social media fads.