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globalist. rooted cosmopolitan. situationist, groucho tendency.

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Okay if you read the filing this isn't "we can't refund this" it's "we can't do this fast enough to comply with the court order", which makes sense.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

06.03.2026 16:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(good thread here on the issues with various interception methods: bsky.app/profile/ncwe...)

06.03.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yeah, the Ukrainians have successfully used the Yak-52 to take out Shaheds, crewed by a pilot and a shotgunner

06.03.2026 15:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(mine didn't, but I was good friends with a guy who was a sysadmin at my university and I remember his business card.

my first was a POSIX shell account at a regional ISP that eventually became one of the largest backbone providers in the world and that got eaten and digested by various mergers)

06.03.2026 03:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

when your first email address had a bang path because arpanet

06.03.2026 03:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

kuwait strikes again

05.03.2026 20:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

mercifully, it was on a nice, mild, misty day, so I didn't have the added experience of brutal weather. (I have walked a reconditioning center's lot in August to help stage for a 7-car stinger, and y'all... no thanks.)

05.03.2026 01:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

having gone on a ride-along, yeah, that's pretty mind-boggling ๐Ÿ˜†

05.03.2026 01:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

also the widget that monitors your speed & position ๐Ÿ™ƒ

(I used to lead the Market Ops/ ShiftMate engineering team)

05.03.2026 01:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

manual laborer/truck driver drafted into Field Artillery in WW2 and worked in a mill for 30 years

auto mechanic who was a CW2 in MAANG Coastal Artillery and taught auto shop at a Catholic school

05.03.2026 00:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

but it was so plausible ๐Ÿ˜‚

04.03.2026 21:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Murder of Suzanne Adams - Wikipedia

it may already have:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_...

04.03.2026 19:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had basically this same conversation with my primary care doc. Like, these assholes are actively trying to kill friends and family while simultaneously destroying academia (my wife's career) and software (mine).

04.03.2026 18:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

no shit? I always chalked it up to, well, the 70s. TIL.

the 70s were so weird in so many ways.

04.03.2026 18:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

when the IPV wire accidentally touches the Existential Dread terminal

04.03.2026 17:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, they weren't.

Welch's jelly jar glasses with Looney Tunes characters? Licensed. The Tweety Bird coke mirror you bought on the Hampton Beach boardwalk? Not licensed.

04.03.2026 17:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it's more 1970s pop culture than Disney Adults

04.03.2026 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I Will Refuse
I Will Refuse YouTube video by Pailhead - Topic

Feeling some Pailhead energy tonight.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Mq...

04.03.2026 03:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

DOGE fired all of the FSOs, remember.

03.03.2026 16:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

quoted for truth

03.03.2026 15:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

good night, Marty

03.03.2026 04:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it's far from the worst suggestion for this charlie foxtrot ๐Ÿซ 

03.03.2026 04:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reddit atheism didn't go far enough

03.03.2026 03:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 98 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A black dog with white socks and chin looks at the camera; one ear is up, the other is down. we call this look "human, roll for initiative."

A black dog with white socks and chin looks at the camera; one ear is up, the other is down. we call this look "human, roll for initiative."

aren't they, though? even as an adult she can swivel either of them; idk if you're a gamer or not, but we call this look "human, roll for initiative."

03.03.2026 03:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it's funnier when they're chased off by hummingbirds - we rented a place right on Puget Sound that had a hummingbird colony nearby, and a bunch of firs that the eagles used to use as lookouts.

but hummingbirds are territorial little fuckers, and, well...

02.03.2026 23:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a black puppy with white toes, chest spot, and chin is sitting on a blue towel, looking mildly anxious

a black puppy with white toes, chest spot, and chin is sitting on a blue towel, looking mildly anxious

our wish-dot-com lab/shepherd mix turned out to be... a pit bull/shepherd mix

02.03.2026 21:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

iirc there have been a couple of lidar breakthroughs recently that should bring the sensor costs down substantially

02.03.2026 21:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ty!

02.03.2026 20:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

my wife's lineage is various and sundry Eastern European Ashkenazi families, and East Indian is about the only thing that she's never been mistaken for, heh

02.03.2026 18:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(allowing for substantial regional differences, of course)

02.03.2026 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0