OK just to see if I’ve got this:

Mango Mussolini’s uncle talked to him about having taught the Unabomber as a student at MIT, even though the killer never attended MIT, and the uncle died a decade before the Unabomber was ever identified.

The #press needs to either start demanding answers about Red Don’s progressive #dementia, or apologize to the country for its breathless coverage of Biden’s subpar debate performance. Or both.

On his very worst day, #Biden was a better president, and is (and always has been) a better human being, than 47 on his best day.

#Amerika #eightysix47 #resist #Ω #donotcomply

It took civilization thousands of years to build the global and broadly successful #economy that we enjoyed right up until 9:00EDT tonight.

It took 🍊🤡 about 2.5 months to destroy it.

So congratulations #Republicans on bringing forth the largest (and perhaps most #regressive) #tax increase in the nation’s history. America’s #billionaires thank you for your support.

#tariffs #impeach47 #deportElon #depression #Dow #SandP #NASDAQ #markets

My analysis of tonight's #Lakers loss to the #Warriors:

I saw little evidence that the Lakers coaching staff have any offensive strategy whatsoever. This impression was reinforced by the clip of Darvin Ham in the huddle telling his team "if you have a shot, take it". 🙄🤦🏼‍♂️ This advice immediately produced a series of rushed shots and turnovers. Truly inspiring, coach.

Also: not sure what we're supposed to make of the Golden State coaching staff in what appear to be matching blue rompers.

#nba #conference #semifinals #basketball

@ffScala Thanks, I will. . . once it's out of beta.

So I've been using #Ivory for a few months. It's nice, and in most ways a better mobile client than any of the others I tried.

I still feel, though, that they're all more or less refinements of the same experience. Sure, #Mastodon is what it is; but I'd love to see some really creative thinking about the client-side experience. #UX

Today's interesting thought, by @stevenlevy at @Wired. In his "Plaintext" column, Levy discusses the use of generative #AI to write #news copy. He asks: “Will news sources respond to an interview request from GPT-7?”

I'd guess many of those sources will have their own AIs to answer those questions.

#journalism #generativeAI #ChatGPT #media

Dear #OpenAI—even #ChatGPT 4 agrees with me: please let us download transcripts!

#SVB is a huge failure by any standard. But the largest bank failure in US history is still my former employer, Washington Mutual. #Whoohoo #WaMu

Am I the first to observe that #Fiverr is a train wreck for sellers? In the signup process, the seller has minimal choice in what information they must to provide. Nearly every field is "required"—and if the seller skips the ones that aren't, at the end of the process they are STILL not allowed to proceed because they are required to complete "at least 65%" of the requested data.

Among other issues, this compulsory oversharing enables #ageism.

#gig #gigEconomy #freelance #consulting #UX

New by me @washingtonpost:

"That's a great Facebook account you've got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to it."

Facebook & Twitter asking us to pay for basic account security & service reminds me of a mob protection racket.

Shame on this $$$ grab: https://wapo.st/3xOJucE

I grew up in here in #SoCal. Today it hailed on me, roughly ball-bearing sized. While I was driving on the freeway. So hard that I was certain it was going to crack my windshield.

That was certainly a fun new experience.

#climateChange #weather #OC

@Tekchip I will definitely check that out — thanks!

One of the most effective #leadership tips I have to offer is this:

Every day, ask yourself “What would Elon do”, and then immediately and without hesitation do the exact opposite.

https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-special-system

#technology #business #ElonMusk #birdsite #narcissism

I've had a bit of a long break over the year-end (I know, it's already mid February) but back at it now. Next up: a couple of new episodes in my video blog posts over at Trisotech https://www.trisotech.com/blog/

I'm finishing up a series on best practices in business automation - the next episode will be about design, then one on implementation best practices. I figure that 30+ years of doing this has taught me a few things to do (and avoid doing) along the way.

#bpm #business #process #automation

The new bill from Assemblymember Mia Bonta — cosponsored by EFF, ACLU California Action, and If/When/How — will put a stop to unconstitutional 'reverse warrants,' preserving digital privacy and protecting Californians' right to live life on our own terms. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/eff-backs-california-bill-protect-people-seeking-abortion-and-gender-affirming

@Tekchip Yeah I did see that Mozilla relies on Mullvad for some of its infrastructure. Thanks for that feedback! That gives me a bit of confidence going forward.

Not sure on password managers yet. I see that Google has one now. . . not sure how I feel about they're having even /more/ of my stuff. I hear good things about 1Password. But again, I haven't really done that research yet. Welcome your input though.

So I just replaced #NordVPN with #MozillaVPN: the latter is about 40% cheaper than the former and received a better review from #ConsumerReports as well.

https://www.consumerreports.org/vpn-services/vpn-testing-poor-privacy-security-hyperbolic-claims-a1103787639/

Next on the chopping block: #LastPass. Next weekend perhaps.

#security #cybersecurity #VPN

@seb Thanks! At moments like this, I remind myself that Usenet didn't have markup, either, and that suited us all just fine. 👴🏻 😆

@seb Hey, question: does sfba support markdown via the web client? Or did I just forget how to set that up. Thanks!