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Information Pro trying to go sane in a crazy world. All my skeets are MY thoughts, so blame me; everyone else does. War Eagle!!! πŸ–– [He/Him]

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3 headshots of nnedi okorafor, tananarive due, and stephen graham jones on a paper background with text and a qr code

3 headshots of nnedi okorafor, tananarive due, and stephen graham jones on a paper background with text and a qr code

Get your tickets to the Locus Awards in May! Guests of Honor are Nnedi Okorafor, Stephen Graham Jones and Tananarive Due, we are so excited to be partnering with the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley!

Tickets at locusmag.com/2026-lo... or via the link in our bio!! C U there.

06.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Ummm... Excuse me, can I help you find something?

06.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 744 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 18
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"SHIT"
"FUCK"
"NO"
"FUCK"
"SHIT"
"FUCK"

06.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 2697 πŸ” 956 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 44

Legally, a car in a bike lane is a bicycle, so you can remove two of its wheels and they can't arrest you.

07.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

this is like

the thesis statement of our times

07.03.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 3307 πŸ” 782 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Marvel Television's Daredevil Born Again Season 2 | Stream March 24 on Disney+
Marvel Television's Daredevil Born Again Season 2 | Stream March 24 on Disney+ YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment

Need this
youtu.be/n8i3ARPLGXY?...

07.03.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's just a light show. Most celebratory.

Isn't it nice to see a light show that you ony have to enjoy & not have to worry about any messy clean-up.

07.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Five Women In Tech In honor of International Women’s Day, we asked five women at EFF about women in digital rights, freedom of expression, technology, and tech activism who have inspired us. Anna Politkovskaya Jillian

This International Women’s Day, five women at EFF talk about the women who have inspired them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

07.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
A clean white library space across three floors.

A clean white library space across three floors.

The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) is about to turn 100 ... so they're asking what the next 100 years hold for libraries and librarianship.

They're holding a short story competition (Judged by @maryrobinettekowal.com !!!!)

Details at the link: www.ifla.org/news/li-sci-...

05.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Ok so that drawing is not just through mountains but also 100mi.

But another cut through isn't beyond all possibility. Ala Stad Ship Tunnel, going 2km straight through mountains.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stad_Sh...

All to avoid a (ornery) horn point though? Meh.

07.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Diane is a true treasure of our industry. Chip in, or help spread the word? It all adds up!

07.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command.
It took down the DataTalksClub course platform and 2.5 years of submissions: homework, projects, and leaderboards.
Automated snapshots were gone too.
In the newsletter, I wrote the full timeline + what I changed so this doesn't happen again.
If you use Terraform (or let agents touch infra), this is a good story for you to read.

Tweet Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command. It took down the DataTalksClub course platform and 2.5 years of submissions: homework, projects, and leaderboards. Automated snapshots were gone too. In the newsletter, I wrote the full timeline + what I changed so this doesn't happen again. If you use Terraform (or let agents touch infra), this is a good story for you to read.

Back in my day you needed a senior engineer for this sort of thing

06.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 1760 πŸ” 246 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 112
A black and white palm ski with her face and a cup of whipped cream tongue sticking out

A black and white palm ski with her face and a cup of whipped cream tongue sticking out

A pomsky looking rather thoughtful

A pomsky looking rather thoughtful

A pomsky very enthusiastic about her pup cup

A pomsky very enthusiastic about her pup cup

The story of Pan’s first pup cup in 3 panels.

(A whole pup cup is too much for her tiny tummy so Pixel and Z got the rest and then a little extra)

06.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Jesse Singal: β€œI don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??”

04.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 8523 πŸ” 1545 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 52

As a reminder, many immigrants register to vote at their Naturalization ceremony. They may not have a "valid" id

06.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An id to give blood????

No id?

I can live without beer or drink Dave's beer, legally

I can just cohabitate with the person I love until I can get valid ID

Getting an ID to vote, if you don't have one costs time & $, & that time may cost $ if you're paid hourly.

If you can register, you can vote

06.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't need a "voter id" for any of these things.

I don't need id to buy beer as it's obvious I am permitted. States do this with voter roles at the precincnt.

I did't need id to get married, just when getting the license (aka registering). When I registered to vote I established who I am.

06.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And this is before the spike in gas prices that appears to be coming in a matter of days.

06.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 179 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 1

Spike is here, at least locally. Most people haven't tried to get gas yet.

Agree that this poll was taken before the spike hit people's awareness

06.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#ShareGoodNewsToo

03.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sea of Possibility Along the coast of British Columbia, First Nations lead a bold effort to protect an intact marine ecosystem.

The Great Bear Sea moves from pact to practice in Canada. A decade after a 2014 agreement, the 101,200.0 kmΒ² Indigenous-led marine protected area network in the Great Bear Sea is shifting from pledge to implementation. buff.ly/fw4yA9N
#ShareGoodNewsToo

03.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Looks warm and relaxing and warm

06.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This probably more impactful than Noem's departure

06.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That last bit of Lower Decks was just so GRATIFYING!

06.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That return on the Lower Decks penultimate episode healed something inside of me that had been scarred since that last episode of Enterprise; just like having Bashir and Garak did the same for younger me who loved DS9 so much.

06.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A beat-up looking screenplay with a pale blue cover, triangular sticker that says β€œthe star wars” and a scribbled black signature at bottom near right (Carrie Fisher). Below, text says β€œLot 240: 1976 Star Wars A New Hope 4th Draft Signed Script”

A beat-up looking screenplay with a pale blue cover, triangular sticker that says β€œthe star wars” and a scribbled black signature at bottom near right (Carrie Fisher). Below, text says β€œLot 240: 1976 Star Wars A New Hope 4th Draft Signed Script”

I know some of you nerds (complimentary) will want this, or at least want to know about it: www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...

06.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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If you "vibe code" something, or otherwise get a GenAI system to provide an output (image, code, text, whatever) based on your prompting, you ought to understand that you do not have any ownership in either the copyright or patent sense of that output. You didn't make it!

This means that you […]

06.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Wish I wasn't overseas

06.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just saw a man physically lock a car door with an actual key and it freaked me out.

06.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cassette and CD copies of JMHart β€œTurned Around” sitting on a red background.

Cassette and CD copies of JMHart β€œTurned Around” sitting on a red background.

An image from my Bandcamp merch page which is probably out of date. Anyway, it shows all of my CDs and tapes and vinyl that is currently for sale.

An image from my Bandcamp merch page which is probably out of date. Anyway, it shows all of my CDs and tapes and vinyl that is currently for sale.

It’s Bandcamp Friday.
I’m sick so it would sure make me feel better to know that I have some packing and shipping to do for you fine folks.

Jmhart.bandcamp.com

06.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0