Drífa Jónsdóttir
@drifa.bsky.social
Just another cat on the internet. I chew wires, fix things, and spend way too much time thinking about computers, airplanes, old cars, and safety. No, I’m not from Iceland, I just love the name.
It isn’t Friday anymore.
#photography #blackandwhite CatLabs 80 4x5 with an Ilex 165mm (left) or a 300 um #pinhole (right)
#photography #blackandwhite CatLabs 80 4x5 with an Ilex 165mm (left) or a 300 um #pinhole (right)
January 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It isn’t Friday anymore.
#photography #blackandwhite CatLabs 80 4x5 with an Ilex 165mm (left) or a 300 um #pinhole (right)
#photography #blackandwhite CatLabs 80 4x5 with an Ilex 165mm (left) or a 300 um #pinhole (right)
The glory days of air travel are behind us.
#photography #blackandwhite CatLabs 80 4x5 with a 600 um #pinhole
#photography #blackandwhite CatLabs 80 4x5 with a 600 um #pinhole
January 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The glory days of air travel are behind us.
#photography #blackandwhite CatLabs 80 4x5 with a 600 um #pinhole
#photography #blackandwhite CatLabs 80 4x5 with a 600 um #pinhole
It’s not supposed to be exculpatory. It’s just supposed to be an excuse for people who have been taught to hate queers and leftists and brown people and who will not bother to think it through to say to themselves, “well our side has evidence, too”.
January 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
It’s not supposed to be exculpatory. It’s just supposed to be an excuse for people who have been taught to hate queers and leftists and brown people and who will not bother to think it through to say to themselves, “well our side has evidence, too”.
Does anyone else call Rodinal “forbidden ice tea” or is that just me?
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Does anyone else call Rodinal “forbidden ice tea” or is that just me?
The market is closed.
#blackandwhite #photography CatLabs X 80. 4x5 with a 300um pinhole in a Calumet 401.
#blackandwhite #photography CatLabs X 80. 4x5 with a 300um pinhole in a Calumet 401.
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
The market is closed.
#blackandwhite #photography CatLabs X 80. 4x5 with a 300um pinhole in a Calumet 401.
#blackandwhite #photography CatLabs X 80. 4x5 with a 300um pinhole in a Calumet 401.
A package of mass-produced dreams, left out of the fridge until it spoiled.
#blackandwhite #photography CatLabs X 80. 4x5 with an Ilex 165mm in a Calumet 401.
#blackandwhite #photography CatLabs X 80. 4x5 with an Ilex 165mm in a Calumet 401.
January 9, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A package of mass-produced dreams, left out of the fridge until it spoiled.
#blackandwhite #photography CatLabs X 80. 4x5 with an Ilex 165mm in a Calumet 401.
#blackandwhite #photography CatLabs X 80. 4x5 with an Ilex 165mm in a Calumet 401.
What a long-winded way of saying ‘unconstrained’
January 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
What a long-winded way of saying ‘unconstrained’
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A GOP official snapped a creeper photo of a trans woman using the bathroom. She was charged with violating a Texas law banning recording in bathrooms.
She sued and has gotten slapped down in multiple courts.
Elon Musk, the CEO of a child porn site, is supporting her.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
She sued and has gotten slapped down in multiple courts.
Elon Musk, the CEO of a child porn site, is supporting her.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
X thinks a Texas law against bathroom photography infringes on free speech
The platform is backing a Texas Republican party chair and calling it an issue of free speech.
www.chron.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:07 PM
A GOP official snapped a creeper photo of a trans woman using the bathroom. She was charged with violating a Texas law banning recording in bathrooms.
She sued and has gotten slapped down in multiple courts.
Elon Musk, the CEO of a child porn site, is supporting her.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
She sued and has gotten slapped down in multiple courts.
Elon Musk, the CEO of a child porn site, is supporting her.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Hmmm. Now where have I heard something like this before?
Pull the other one, slimeball.
Pull the other one, slimeball.
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Hmmm. Now where have I heard something like this before?
Pull the other one, slimeball.
Pull the other one, slimeball.
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Everyone should be submitting this to Apple and Google.
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Everyone should be submitting this to Apple and Google.
Really good popular press article on “self-driving” (nope) cars:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
We Still Don’t Know if Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Drivers
And even if self-driving technology proves to be less dangerous, there are many better ways to improve traffic safety and prevent fatal crashes.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Really good popular press article on “self-driving” (nope) cars:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.
January 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.
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For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
Grok, the Child Porn Generator, Should Be Illegal
X, the child porn company formerly known as Twitter, is now removing the clothes of women and children with photos on the site on behalf of its users.
I first joined Twitter in December 2015. Deeply ...
www.burnsnotice.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
Who’d want to put pressure on dogshit? It squishes out of the way and sends up a revolting stink.
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Who’d want to put pressure on dogshit? It squishes out of the way and sends up a revolting stink.
I just read about the University of Virginia trialling “AI teaching assistants” in not-quite-real courses. Gaaah.
It’s becoming clear there are two paths: provide cheap AI slop for the masses, or provide a real education for a select few elites. Apparently UVA is looking down the low road.
It’s becoming clear there are two paths: provide cheap AI slop for the masses, or provide a real education for a select few elites. Apparently UVA is looking down the low road.
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
I just read about the University of Virginia trialling “AI teaching assistants” in not-quite-real courses. Gaaah.
It’s becoming clear there are two paths: provide cheap AI slop for the masses, or provide a real education for a select few elites. Apparently UVA is looking down the low road.
It’s becoming clear there are two paths: provide cheap AI slop for the masses, or provide a real education for a select few elites. Apparently UVA is looking down the low road.
Feeling better and better about having sworn off TurboTax years ago.
Seriously, though, what the actual €£#^???
Seriously, though, what the actual €£#^???
First CES panel. Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese is proud of his company's integration with OpenAI, which involves giving AI read/write access to tax data. Since prompt injection attacks are unavoidable, I asked him who will be liable when customer data is exposed: Intuit, OpenAI, etc?
He had no idea.
He had no idea.
January 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Feeling better and better about having sworn off TurboTax years ago.
Seriously, though, what the actual €£#^???
Seriously, though, what the actual €£#^???
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
I have a bit of a problem with the idea that US government “worked” until the Gingrich era shitweasels started ignoring the interests of the country to focus on amassing power.
Quite a lot of folks would take issue with “works,” from native Americans and enslaved people on down the line.
Quite a lot of folks would take issue with “works,” from native Americans and enslaved people on down the line.
January 6, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I have a bit of a problem with the idea that US government “worked” until the Gingrich era shitweasels started ignoring the interests of the country to focus on amassing power.
Quite a lot of folks would take issue with “works,” from native Americans and enslaved people on down the line.
Quite a lot of folks would take issue with “works,” from native Americans and enslaved people on down the line.
Orange sex offender: “We need Greenland from a national security situation.”
Kirk: “Earth. Hitler, 1938.”
Kirk: “Earth. Hitler, 1938.”
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Orange sex offender: “We need Greenland from a national security situation.”
Kirk: “Earth. Hitler, 1938.”
Kirk: “Earth. Hitler, 1938.”
If the USA wants to remove autocrats ruling with questionable legitimacy, perhaps it ought to start with the one in the Oval Office who violates clause 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
January 5, 2026 at 2:22 AM
If the USA wants to remove autocrats ruling with questionable legitimacy, perhaps it ought to start with the one in the Oval Office who violates clause 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
When I do the box chaos event,
I’ll chat with parents at the edge of the room watching kids have fun. “It looks like so much fun,” they’ll say. “You could join in,” I remind them. Few do, even when they can’t hide that they want to.
Why do we kill the kids within us???
I’ll chat with parents at the edge of the room watching kids have fun. “It looks like so much fun,” they’ll say. “You could join in,” I remind them. Few do, even when they can’t hide that they want to.
Why do we kill the kids within us???
January 4, 2026 at 10:42 PM
When I do the box chaos event,
I’ll chat with parents at the edge of the room watching kids have fun. “It looks like so much fun,” they’ll say. “You could join in,” I remind them. Few do, even when they can’t hide that they want to.
Why do we kill the kids within us???
I’ll chat with parents at the edge of the room watching kids have fun. “It looks like so much fun,” they’ll say. “You could join in,” I remind them. Few do, even when they can’t hide that they want to.
Why do we kill the kids within us???
Psst. You wanna know a secret?
Remember when you were a kid and playing in boxes was fun?
It still is.
I put on a box chaos event for furries every year. Dozens and dozens of (reused) boxes: 2 m^3 when flattened. Box forts destroyed seconds after we open the ballroom doors. It’s a blast.
Remember when you were a kid and playing in boxes was fun?
It still is.
I put on a box chaos event for furries every year. Dozens and dozens of (reused) boxes: 2 m^3 when flattened. Box forts destroyed seconds after we open the ballroom doors. It’s a blast.
January 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Psst. You wanna know a secret?
Remember when you were a kid and playing in boxes was fun?
It still is.
I put on a box chaos event for furries every year. Dozens and dozens of (reused) boxes: 2 m^3 when flattened. Box forts destroyed seconds after we open the ballroom doors. It’s a blast.
Remember when you were a kid and playing in boxes was fun?
It still is.
I put on a box chaos event for furries every year. Dozens and dozens of (reused) boxes: 2 m^3 when flattened. Box forts destroyed seconds after we open the ballroom doors. It’s a blast.
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June 5, 2025: Trump is in the Epstein files!
Jan. 4, 2026: It was great having dinner with that guy from the Epstein files!
Jan. 4, 2026: It was great having dinner with that guy from the Epstein files!
January 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
June 5, 2025: Trump is in the Epstein files!
Jan. 4, 2026: It was great having dinner with that guy from the Epstein files!
Jan. 4, 2026: It was great having dinner with that guy from the Epstein files!
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There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.