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Mostly on Mastodon (@[email protected]); keeping one foot on the ground over here. Denverite. Retired CISO and risk quasi-geek. One of the few people who went from broadcast journalism to cybersecurity, probably. Still kind of a radio nut.
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I just learned about a disease that apparently only strikes the white billionaire owners of NFL teams (male and female).
Stadium Envy.
It can only be cured by screwing over the fans who have supported them for decades, and ripping off taxpayers in a new, richer, whiter local.
Sad.
Stadium Envy.
It can only be cured by screwing over the fans who have supported them for decades, and ripping off taxpayers in a new, richer, whiter local.
Sad.
December 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I just learned about a disease that apparently only strikes the white billionaire owners of NFL teams (male and female).
Stadium Envy.
It can only be cured by screwing over the fans who have supported them for decades, and ripping off taxpayers in a new, richer, whiter local.
Sad.
Stadium Envy.
It can only be cured by screwing over the fans who have supported them for decades, and ripping off taxpayers in a new, richer, whiter local.
Sad.
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Motion to rename the Streisand effect the Weiss effect.
December 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Motion to rename the Streisand effect the Weiss effect.
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so thank you, Bari, for streisanding this so hard that a bunch of terminally online 38 year olds who haven’t watched cable television since saturday morning cartoons are glued to fucking 60 minutes
you monumentally incompetent goon
you monumentally incompetent goon
December 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
so thank you, Bari, for streisanding this so hard that a bunch of terminally online 38 year olds who haven’t watched cable television since saturday morning cartoons are glued to fucking 60 minutes
you monumentally incompetent goon
you monumentally incompetent goon
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Parents everywhere are terrified that their teens’ sudden need to download the forbidden 60 minutes story is a gateway drug to wanting even more news
December 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Parents everywhere are terrified that their teens’ sudden need to download the forbidden 60 minutes story is a gateway drug to wanting even more news
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Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
That happened to me at age 55 or so, but I know the feeling.
I will say Linux on the desktop has gotten much better over time.
I will say Linux on the desktop has gotten much better over time.
By age 40, a Linux user stops trying to install Arch on a toaster just to prove they can. They finally settle on Debian Stable or Mint because they realize they no longer have the "mental bandwidth" to spend 6 hours configuring stuff or fix broken systems just to check their email or watch Netflix 😊
December 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
That happened to me at age 55 or so, but I know the feeling.
I will say Linux on the desktop has gotten much better over time.
I will say Linux on the desktop has gotten much better over time.
Not surprising he would do that, coming from a car dealer. You would have thought what happened with Brownback in Kansas would have been a cautionary tale about messing with a state's revenue base.
In Missouri Republicans taking care of the investment class (most Missourians don’t worry about capital gains) is biting back. How about reducing taxes on the ones that need the money? missouriindependent.com/2025/12/18/m...
Missouri faces budget crunch as capital gains tax cut hits harder than expected • Missouri Independent
The capital gains tax cut passed this year by Missouri will cost far more than expected and shrink state revenues, a new estimate shows.
missouriindependent.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not surprising he would do that, coming from a car dealer. You would have thought what happened with Brownback in Kansas would have been a cautionary tale about messing with a state's revenue base.
Well, duh. You thought TV news was exclusively about journalism? It's always been that *and* the need to attract audiences whose attention you sell to advertisers. Weiss knows how to draw attention to herself. Whether she can transfer that to a big organization is not proven yet. Fox Lite?
I think this tells you something important about what matters to Bari. It’s about buzz, it’s about fluffing right coded people like douthat & pinker. It is most certainly not about finding & sharing credible news or information which -until about a few weeks ago- was the mission of CBS News.
All of that is to say: Pinker and Douthat sounding off on religion isn't new — they've both done so for a long time, and are influential figures.
But speaking as a religion reporter: for CBS to choose this particular pair for a major televised debate over "God" is…a choice I have questions about.
But speaking as a religion reporter: for CBS to choose this particular pair for a major televised debate over "God" is…a choice I have questions about.
December 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Well, duh. You thought TV news was exclusively about journalism? It's always been that *and* the need to attract audiences whose attention you sell to advertisers. Weiss knows how to draw attention to herself. Whether she can transfer that to a big organization is not proven yet. Fox Lite?
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This is what I don’t understand: How could extensive attention to clean indoor air make anything *worse*? Particulates and pollen and so on cause issues for people with allergies and asthma even before we think about anything else. It’s cheap and easy and we should just be doing it everywhere!
Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of room air cleaners on infection control in day care centres
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of air cleaning in reducing the risk of respiratory infection in two day care centres using a si…
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December 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is what I don’t understand: How could extensive attention to clean indoor air make anything *worse*? Particulates and pollen and so on cause issues for people with allergies and asthma even before we think about anything else. It’s cheap and easy and we should just be doing it everywhere!
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Happy birthday, Duane. You'd be 61 this year.
I was rereading the article about you, and apparently you used to do activism work while wearing a t-shirt reading “That’s Mr. Fag to You".
Damn, you were an absolute badass.
I was rereading the article about you, and apparently you used to do activism work while wearing a t-shirt reading “That’s Mr. Fag to You".
Damn, you were an absolute badass.
Happy birthday, Duane. I wish you and all the others stolen from us were still around to see how far we’ve come. I hope you’d be proud of us all. 💜
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December 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy birthday, Duane. You'd be 61 this year.
I was rereading the article about you, and apparently you used to do activism work while wearing a t-shirt reading “That’s Mr. Fag to You".
Damn, you were an absolute badass.
I was rereading the article about you, and apparently you used to do activism work while wearing a t-shirt reading “That’s Mr. Fag to You".
Damn, you were an absolute badass.
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Amazing to think Keith Richards is 82 today. No idea what that is in human years.
December 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Amazing to think Keith Richards is 82 today. No idea what that is in human years.
Saw yet another NYT article today quoting James Carville. This time it was about affordability. He said the term took him by surprise. No wonder. Carville has been old news for decades. I don't know why the New York-Washington press axis continues to consider him an expert on anything.
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Saw yet another NYT article today quoting James Carville. This time it was about affordability. He said the term took him by surprise. No wonder. Carville has been old news for decades. I don't know why the New York-Washington press axis continues to consider him an expert on anything.
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So sweet and kind that my favorite multinational corporations take the time to think of me via electronic mail this time of year
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So sweet and kind that my favorite multinational corporations take the time to think of me via electronic mail this time of year
No doubt there will be an investigation, as there should be. Don't count on any insights from the CPUC, though; the CPUC staff is among the dumbest anywhere. They give too much credence to TURN's griping about electric rates and not enough to the reliability and resilience of electric service.
Update: San Francisco Outage, Sunday, Dec. 21, 7 a.m.
https://www.pge.com/en/newsroom/currents/safety/pg-e-responding-to-power-outage-in-san-francisco-.html
https://www.pge.com/en/newsroom/currents/safety/pg-e-responding-to-power-outage-in-san-francisco-.html
December 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
No doubt there will be an investigation, as there should be. Don't count on any insights from the CPUC, though; the CPUC staff is among the dumbest anywhere. They give too much credence to TURN's griping about electric rates and not enough to the reliability and resilience of electric service.
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a power outage is unusual, but not so unusual it can be waved away as an "edge case"... these vehicles should be pulling over and parking if they can't operate safely, not piling up in intersections and clogging roads
“Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars — and halting them in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections, long lines of drivers behind them.” missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams across San Francisco after a PG&E outage hit 1/3 of the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
a power outage is unusual, but not so unusual it can be waved away as an "edge case"... these vehicles should be pulling over and parking if they can't operate safely, not piling up in intersections and clogging roads
Listening to KCBS online, I learned that Waymo had to stop service in San Francisco because the cars were getting confused by the consequences of the power outage.
That phrase, "We have stabilized the grid"...did that indicate instability in the grid? The distribution infrastructure in San Francisco isn't so great but this would be a startling development. Load must have been shedding too fast for its control center to keep up.
Update: We are working with first responders and city officials on an outage in #SanFrancisco affecting approximately 130,000 customers. We will share more information as it becomes available.
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Listening to KCBS online, I learned that Waymo had to stop service in San Francisco because the cars were getting confused by the consequences of the power outage.
That phrase, "We have stabilized the grid"...did that indicate instability in the grid? The distribution infrastructure in San Francisco isn't so great but this would be a startling development. Load must have been shedding too fast for its control center to keep up.
Update: We are working with first responders and city officials on an outage in #SanFrancisco affecting approximately 130,000 customers. We will share more information as it becomes available.
December 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
That phrase, "We have stabilized the grid"...did that indicate instability in the grid? The distribution infrastructure in San Francisco isn't so great but this would be a startling development. Load must have been shedding too fast for its control center to keep up.
Something to keep in mind...be thoughtful!
Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Something to keep in mind...be thoughtful!
The kind of thing that happens when you put a car dealer in the governor's office.....
The capital gains tax cut passed this year by Missouri lawmakers will cost far more than expected and shrink state revenues, a new state budget estimate shows.(@missouriindependent.com)
Missouri faces budget crunch as capital gains tax cut hits harder than expected
When Missouri lawmakers voted on the bill, the tax cut was estimated to reduce revenue by about $111 million annually. Now the state budget director says the loss could be as much as $500 million the first year and $360 million annual annually.
www.kcur.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The kind of thing that happens when you put a car dealer in the governor's office.....
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Because the alpha males are alpha-ing.
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Because the alpha males are alpha-ing.
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Equities outside the US outperformed this year for the first time in awhile, and its not entirely a dollar story in many cases.
December 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Equities outside the US outperformed this year for the first time in awhile, and its not entirely a dollar story in many cases.
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Know why we had so many schools for blind/deaf kids? 1964-65 rubella epidemic: 11,000 babies born DEAF, 3,500 BLIND from one outbreak. Vaccine ended that. Now Trump and unlicensed RFK Jr are bringing it back. 1,958 current measles cases. Rubella's next. They're practicing medicine illegally.
December 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Know why we had so many schools for blind/deaf kids? 1964-65 rubella epidemic: 11,000 babies born DEAF, 3,500 BLIND from one outbreak. Vaccine ended that. Now Trump and unlicensed RFK Jr are bringing it back. 1,958 current measles cases. Rubella's next. They're practicing medicine illegally.
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How was your year? Probably not as good as the year the 500 richest billionaires had.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
How was your year? Probably not as good as the year the 500 richest billionaires had.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
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Radio stations are really prone to this, but it's widespread elsewhere, too.
Being "micromanaged". Similar to what's going on to me at my retail job. Idiotic management knows no boundaries, and at my job they make people like Jan Jeffries and Kevin "Pig Virus" Metheny geniuses by comparison. I've written about this shit for 20 years. Believe me, I know.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Radio stations are really prone to this, but it's widespread elsewhere, too.