NPR mentioned that the old term Limousine Liberal has since been supplanted by Cargobike Progressive.

(I laughed out loud because that's me!)

The new COVID variant, Nimbus, has the same codename we once had in my part of Cisco for a Cloud project.

H E R E

But I first went with what Elon whispers to himself when he gets excited.

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@arrjay I can never tell if I'm holding you upside down or not. I just want to jam you into the hole.

I’m done with trickle-down economics. I’m inventing piñata economics. That’s where we beat rich people with sticks until money falls out of them.

@mttaggart Current state of AI Adoption

@somafm I thought SomaFM was a Perl script!

This is from Israel's oldest paper. This is Israeli media reporting these war crimes and genocide in broad daylight.

You won't see this in American corporate media. They've continued to ignore this, enable this, even justify this and cheer it on.

Do not look away. This is genocide. This cannot stand.

Passenger Trains lead to Democratic Socialism.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nycrail/s/YkBd5NnB71

@EricAlper it's true

@Naureckas This editorial indicating that he has struck fear among the billionaire class is the strongest endorsement of Mamdani I have seen.

The Washington Post can never admit that what it hates about Zohran Mamdani is exactly what people love about him: that he doesn't think a billionaire is a billion times more important than someone who is broke.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/26/mamdani-new-york-mayor-socialism/

Saw some trains this weekend.

A Democratic Socialist Muslim mayor of New York City.

Democratic voters are not playing.

“If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax.” 👀 Protest banner targeting Jeff Bezos luxury wedding in Italy.

New custom emoji for the work Slack.

Our friends in Lima, Peru are looking to put our old Caltrains into service by the end of July. They are psyched at the comfortable seats and generous leg room, they're confident the 40 year old trains can serve for 80 years, and they are thrilled to receive our old equipment as a donation, saving them $2 billion. Also, reduced air pollution and carbon emissions. Trash to Treasure!

https://www.youtube.com/live/L0R0WeFI5vE

Just a reminder that Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically any genetic tech today, was only possible because of an extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. The value of basic #science cannot be predicted and often is realized decades after it's done.

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific
https://www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discovery-in-yellowstone-national-park-led-to-the-renowned-technique-of-dna-amplification-pcr

It's the end of an era. This is the last of my Radio Shack branded desoldering braid.