Spencer PriceNash
@spricena.bsky.social
retired sysadmin: UNIX (FreeBSD, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris) Linux (Fedora/Debian), networking, whatever's in data centers that's not Microsoft. Likes: comics, movies, books, learning, traveling.
Researching Ellen Burstyn's career, watched Requiem for a Dream. Stopped watching it last night, didn't want it to influence dreams, finished it today.
From watching some of the special features, somebody named Hubert Selby seemed important. I'd no idea who he was. Looked him up, and hoo boy.
From watching some of the special features, somebody named Hubert Selby seemed important. I'd no idea who he was. Looked him up, and hoo boy.
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Researching Ellen Burstyn's career, watched Requiem for a Dream. Stopped watching it last night, didn't want it to influence dreams, finished it today.
From watching some of the special features, somebody named Hubert Selby seemed important. I'd no idea who he was. Looked him up, and hoo boy.
From watching some of the special features, somebody named Hubert Selby seemed important. I'd no idea who he was. Looked him up, and hoo boy.
A sure way to provoke people and to put evil thoughts into their heads is to make them wait a long time. This gives rise to immorality. -- Friedrich Nietzsche, _Human, All Too Human_ (1878)
December 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A sure way to provoke people and to put evil thoughts into their heads is to make them wait a long time. This gives rise to immorality. -- Friedrich Nietzsche, _Human, All Too Human_ (1878)
Oh dear. www.theregister.com/2025/12/11/d...
Disney has also agreed to make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI as part of the deal [...] "to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+ and deploying ChatGPT for its employees."
Disney has also agreed to make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI as part of the deal [...] "to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+ and deploying ChatGPT for its employees."
Disney, OpenAI sign video, image generation licensing deal
: Begun, these AI wars have
www.theregister.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Oh dear. www.theregister.com/2025/12/11/d...
Disney has also agreed to make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI as part of the deal [...] "to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+ and deploying ChatGPT for its employees."
Disney has also agreed to make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI as part of the deal [...] "to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+ and deploying ChatGPT for its employees."
Just finished watching Annihilation (2018).
The mention of Alan Moore was nice. For the look of Swamp Thing, I'd have mentioned srbisette and jrtotleben.
I'm also 99.9% through a 9-book sf series. Annihilation, though conservative in nature (like a lot of sf), complements what I'm reading.
The mention of Alan Moore was nice. For the look of Swamp Thing, I'd have mentioned srbisette and jrtotleben.
I'm also 99.9% through a 9-book sf series. Annihilation, though conservative in nature (like a lot of sf), complements what I'm reading.
December 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Just finished watching Annihilation (2018).
The mention of Alan Moore was nice. For the look of Swamp Thing, I'd have mentioned srbisette and jrtotleben.
I'm also 99.9% through a 9-book sf series. Annihilation, though conservative in nature (like a lot of sf), complements what I'm reading.
The mention of Alan Moore was nice. For the look of Swamp Thing, I'd have mentioned srbisette and jrtotleben.
I'm also 99.9% through a 9-book sf series. Annihilation, though conservative in nature (like a lot of sf), complements what I'm reading.
"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies." -- Friedrich Nietzsche, _Human, All Too Human_, 1878
December 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies." -- Friedrich Nietzsche, _Human, All Too Human_, 1878
George Gordon Battle Liddy had ambition. Rub out an enemy? It's part of the job.
December 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
George Gordon Battle Liddy had ambition. Rub out an enemy? It's part of the job.
What costs more: insurance or taxes?
Car/home/life/"health". Add it up. What did you pay, this year?
Almost everything you brought home, including YOU, had a tax on it. What did you pay, this year?
Car/home/life/"health". Add it up. What did you pay, this year?
Almost everything you brought home, including YOU, had a tax on it. What did you pay, this year?
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What costs more: insurance or taxes?
Car/home/life/"health". Add it up. What did you pay, this year?
Almost everything you brought home, including YOU, had a tax on it. What did you pay, this year?
Car/home/life/"health". Add it up. What did you pay, this year?
Almost everything you brought home, including YOU, had a tax on it. What did you pay, this year?
President vs. antiwar protestors: do whatever it takes to find out who is behind them. J. Edgar Hoover takes the antifascist position (!). So, create an Executive Branch intelligence agency to do the job. The origin of "when the President does it, that means that it is NOT illegal".
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
President vs. antiwar protestors: do whatever it takes to find out who is behind them. J. Edgar Hoover takes the antifascist position (!). So, create an Executive Branch intelligence agency to do the job. The origin of "when the President does it, that means that it is NOT illegal".
Get your "DEI-related" gifts now, before they're unavailable. apnews.com/article/nati...
When I went to Washington DC's museums and parks earlier this year, most of the gifts I purchased had nothing to do with descendants of conquerors. I wish I had bought more.
When I went to Washington DC's museums and parks earlier this year, most of the gifts I purchased had nothing to do with descendants of conquerors. I wish I had bought more.
US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Get your "DEI-related" gifts now, before they're unavailable. apnews.com/article/nati...
When I went to Washington DC's museums and parks earlier this year, most of the gifts I purchased had nothing to do with descendants of conquerors. I wish I had bought more.
When I went to Washington DC's museums and parks earlier this year, most of the gifts I purchased had nothing to do with descendants of conquerors. I wish I had bought more.
The health *insurance* (not care) package proposed by Republicans, as described in this article, costs more and covers less than Medicare. *I* have more than what's described here, and I pay less than the Rs would spend on their plan. apnews.com/article/heal...
(IMHO I still pay too much.)
(IMHO I still pay too much.)
The Senate voted down dueling health proposals. Here's what's at stake for Americans
Hopes for solving a major health insurance issue are fading in Washington. The Senate on Thursday rejected two bills that would have addressed expiring COVID-era subsidies.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The health *insurance* (not care) package proposed by Republicans, as described in this article, costs more and covers less than Medicare. *I* have more than what's described here, and I pay less than the Rs would spend on their plan. apnews.com/article/heal...
(IMHO I still pay too much.)
(IMHO I still pay too much.)
Skydivers beware: parachute handles can get hooked on a plane's doorway. Also, there is a software angle to this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjCO...
Premature parachute opening over Tully Airport
YouTube video by atsbgovau
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Skydivers beware: parachute handles can get hooked on a plane's doorway. Also, there is a software angle to this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjCO...
Jordan Peele's Black cowboy documentaries highlight what one Texas historian has been doing for years: www.blackcowboymuseum.com
When I visited the Black Cowboy Museum in 2023, I met people who went there from other states. It's worth the trip.
When I visited the Black Cowboy Museum in 2023, I met people who went there from other states. It's worth the trip.
The Black Cowboy Museum | Rosenberg, Texas
Explore the life of America's Black cowboys, such as Bass Reeves, Nat Love, and Bill Pickett at The Black Cowboy Museum.
www.blackcowboymuseum.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Jordan Peele's Black cowboy documentaries highlight what one Texas historian has been doing for years: www.blackcowboymuseum.com
When I visited the Black Cowboy Museum in 2023, I met people who went there from other states. It's worth the trip.
When I visited the Black Cowboy Museum in 2023, I met people who went there from other states. It's worth the trip.
"Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counterargument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity." -- Friedrich Nietzsche, _Beyond Good and Evil_, 1886
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counterargument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity." -- Friedrich Nietzsche, _Beyond Good and Evil_, 1886
"racism" ... 'the confused fear of an ageing white man confronted with a changing world" ... "an effort to erase Black experience and representation" ... "unabashedly racist" ... "race baiting in general". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"racism" ... 'the confused fear of an ageing white man confronted with a changing world" ... "an effort to erase Black experience and representation" ... "unabashedly racist" ... "race baiting in general". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Shouldn't we be able to say yet: every 'guilty' person is sick? No, the hour for that has not yet come. [...] As yet no thinker has had the courage of measuring the health of a society and of individuals according to how many parasites they can stand". -- Friedrich Nietsche, _Dawn_, 1881
December 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"Shouldn't we be able to say yet: every 'guilty' person is sick? No, the hour for that has not yet come. [...] As yet no thinker has had the courage of measuring the health of a society and of individuals according to how many parasites they can stand". -- Friedrich Nietsche, _Dawn_, 1881
Marker describing Gen. Sherman's march through Georgia. Statesboro GA, Dec11 2016.
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Marker describing Gen. Sherman's march through Georgia. Statesboro GA, Dec11 2016.
Honest books make the reader honest, at least by luring into the open his hatred and aversion which his sly prudence otherwise knows how to conceal best. But against a book one lets oneself go, even if one is very reserved toward people. -- Friedrich Nietzsche, _Mixed Opinions and Maxims (1879)
December 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Honest books make the reader honest, at least by luring into the open his hatred and aversion which his sly prudence otherwise knows how to conceal best. But against a book one lets oneself go, even if one is very reserved toward people. -- Friedrich Nietzsche, _Mixed Opinions and Maxims (1879)
Seen at the White House Tours and Gifts building, Aug20 2025.
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Seen at the White House Tours and Gifts building, Aug20 2025.