the trolley problem failed to prepare me for the numbers of people who would gleefully increase the speed and run over as many people as possible

How the U.S. of today feels to this old Gen X gal.

If you find yourself in College Park GA, adjacent to the Atlanta airport, and are looking for a great spot to eat I very much recommend The Corner Grille. Cajun and Cajun-influenced food in a small location. Wonderful service and excellent food. It's a very unassuming spot but well worth a visit.
If not there then less than a mile away, for a bit of Britain in ATL, The Manchester Arms is also great, especially with their outdoor seating. I've eaten well this trip. #ATL #food #travel #work

@ai6yr @Jennifer 2 years ago the town I live in got our first roundabouts, both along the same road. Even though we're close to the WI border, which is a state that has very much embraced the roundabout, I discovered very quickly that almost nobody in my town knew how to use them. It was bewildering and frustrating as these people were making the roundabout /less/ efficient than the 2-way stops they replaced. It's gotten better but I still see people screwing it up.

@grumpasaurus When I first saw it I thought McDonalds based on the lettuce alone but then I kept second-guessing myself.

@grumpasaurus oh the exact burger? Double Quarter Pounder Deluxe with Cheese (or some variation on those words :))

@grumpasaurus the only guess I have then was my first thought: McDonalds.

@grumpasaurus ok, how about a hint? is this a regional chain or national chain or a local spot?

demands

Salesforce says it won’t pay extortion demand in 1 billion records breach
Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters gave Salesforce until Friday to pay or else.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/salesforce-says-it-wont-pay-extortion-demand-in-1-billion-records-breach/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

"On Saturday, federal agents shot Marimar “La Maggie” Martinez five to seven times in Brighton Park. Yesterday, she walked out of the hospital—bandaged, limping, but alive—flanked by her lawyer, Christopher Parente, and a crowd chanting her name.

That image—a Latina activist standing upright after federal bullets tore through her car and body—belongs to a long ledger of American overreach. CBP called it an “ambush.” Her community calls it what it looks like: an execution that failed.

The government’s story crumbles on contact. Prosecutors claim Martinez rammed a Border Patrol SUV and charged an agent. But Parente told a federal judge he has the body-cam footage, and it shows the opposite: a CBP agent taunting her—“Do something, bitch”—before steering his unmarked vehicle into hers and opening fire. Seven bullets later, Martinez drove herself a mile to a repair shop for help.

That footage exists. It’s time we all see it."

https://migrantinsider.com/p/chicago-latina-shot-by-border-patrol

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

At the rate things are going, I expect an "Apple provides government with list of users who downloaded ICEBlock app" headline in a few more weeks. I’m feeling embarrassed for them.

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

@grumpasaurus well, it's an Albany expression.

#ILwx #LOT #Chicago
Cooler, more seasonable temperatures are expected through the rest of the week. Slight warming again over the upcoming weekend.

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

@MMGirlfriend that sounds amazing (except for the odors).

In the end, Bluesky serves as another example for decentralization as a technological fetish. It is meaningless babble: neither decentralized in practice, nor offering the kinds of protections the rhetoric promises.

A social network worthy of its name must be grounded in community norms and practices that are negotiated _by_ the community. Anyone who buys into "protocols over platforms" without community governance at its core has been sold a bill of goods.