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Scott Lett
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Personal account of a freelance inventor and researcher working or biking somewhere in Boulder County, Colorado.

Independence for all.
Defund the plutocracy.

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You, President, are no Jack Kennedy.
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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December 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Happy solstice! ❄️🌲
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Warning: canines can do Christmas Carnage too.

#dog #dogs #dogstadon #dogsofmastodon #christmas #carnage #humor #humour
December 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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European leaders have decided to finance Ukraine's war effort for at least two years through a joint loan of €90 billion. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251219-eu-agrees-to-%E2%82%AC90-billion-loan-for-ukraine-without-frozen-russian-assets
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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"Peace"

"Legitimate" is a word that should never come out of Trump's mouth. There is absolutely nothing legitimate about anything he says EVER.
Q: Why do we have troops in Syria?

TRUMP: Because we're trying to make sure that there's gonna remain peace in the Middle East, and Syria is a big part of it. It's amazing what's taken place in Syria. We have legitimate peace in the Middle East.
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rest well, Rob and Michele, and thank you.
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Sunset greetings from #longmont #colorado
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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I wrote about taking linked notes with @vimwiki and how to integrate this with the wikis that @forgejo (e.g. via @Codeberg) can provide to git repositories.

https://tzovar.as/linked-notes-with-vimwiki/

#vim #wiki
Taking linked notes with Vimwiki and integrating it with Forgejo wikis
A couple of days ago, I stumbled over a Mastodon post by @johl, in which [he shared vimwiki](https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki) as his approach for taking notes in vim. Which immediately piqued my interest, as I have so far been just taking my notes in plain vim without a way of linking them....
tzovar.as
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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It’s time to get some meow meows :sleep: :stux: :nkoSleep:

Goodnight my dear friends :mastodon: :fediverse: :blobcathearts: :blobcatsnuggle:
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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That article about the alleged safety of glyphosate that was retracted 25 years after publication because it was effectively ghostwritten by Monsanto? The whole ghostwriting was already revealed 8 years ago in a court.

Quite telling about the issues with academic publishing culture […]
Original post on scholar.social
scholar.social
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Linux Tech Tips: _There was a recent thing from a major tech company where developers were asked to say how many lines of code they wrote, and if it wasn’t enough, they were terminated. And there was someone here who was extremely upset about that approach to measuring productivity because it […]
Original post on manganiello.eu
manganiello.eu
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Kash Patel Used FBI as Uber for His Girlfriend’s Drunk Friend
https://newrepublic.com/post/204011/kash-patel-fbi-ride-girlfriend-drunk-friend
Kash Patel Used FBI as Uber for His Girlfriend’s Drunk Friend
FBI Director Kash Patel is in trouble again for allegedly misusing the bureau’s resources. MS NOW reports that Patel has, at least twice, ordered the FBI security detail protecting his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins to also escort one of her allegedly intoxicated friends home after a night of partying in Nashville, Tennessee. In one of those instances, agents objected to Patel’s order, only for Patel to put his foot down, even calling the head of Wilkins’s detail to yell at him. FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson did not answer questions from MS NOW, which cites three unnamed sources, but offered a blanket denial. “This is made up and did not happen,” Williamson said. Wilkins, a 27-year-old country music performer who lives part-time in Nashville, has her own FBI security detail at Patel’s request, which is composed of members of a local SWAT team. The FBI has reportedly never provided a security detail for a director’s girlfriend, and has historically only provided security for a director’s spouse when they were traveling together with the director’s own detail. Providing full-time security detail for his girlfriend, and pulling a SWAT team away from their job is questionable use of government resources at best. To then demand that security detail escort his girlfriend’s friend goes even further. Former FBI agents and law enforcement officials told MS NOW that Patel’s alleged actions are completely off-base. “Not only is the assignment of FBI SWAT personnel to a security detail to protect his girlfriend inappropriate, directing these highly trained professionals to babysit his girlfriend’s friend is outrageous, and demonstrative of Kash Patel’s complete lack of judgment and integrity,” former FBI agent Christopher O’Leary, an MS NOW contributor, said. “FBI agents serve the public and swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. This is clearly a long way from that.” Patel has faced increased criticism in recent days for refusing to get off of a plane to investigate the murder of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk until he was given an FBI raid jacket to wear. He’s also under investigation for using the FBI’s aircraft to fly around the country for personal use. Reportedly, President Trump is upset with Patel and is considering letting him go, although the president denies it. But this latest news is not going to win Patel any support in the bureau, let alone the Trump administration. Trump officials have reportedly been upset with the director for a while now, and the more negative reports about Patel come out, the louder the calls for him to go will get.
newrepublic.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Once again the idiots that #rfkjr handpicked for #acip are confused about what exactly they’re voting on.

This seems to happen every time they convene.

So they’re trying to postpone their vote like last time, but they’re having trouble even doing that.

Pathetic.

No one listen to these […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Defund the plutocracy.

Michael and Susan Dell commit $6.25 billion for investment accounts for kids
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5628412/michael-susan-dell-trump-account-children-investment-saving
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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This [KEYBOARD] is a machine that turns [UNHINGED IDEAS] into [THREE OR FOUR LIKES ON MASTODON AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO BOOSTS].
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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"about half of Denver Water's supply originates from the Colorado River Basin and ends up in faucets around the Denver area"

That is disgusting. The #coloradoriver basin is facing MASSIVE drought conditions and water loss, and #denver is still allowing people to water their yards, which […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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After all sorts of appellate proceedings, Judge Boasberg is restarting criminal contempt proceedings against Trump regime for flagrantly violating his orders in case of deportations of Venezuelans in the U.S […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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All together now:

"DON'T. PUT. ALL. YOUR. EGGS. IN. ONE. BASKET"

#cloudflare #outage #aws
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Kilgore Trout blends in as he snoozes on a fauxchilla throw blanket. #caturday
November 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Big tech equals big crap

I am happy on the #Fediverse running on free open source software with no billionaire in sight :fediverse:
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM