NATO countries deploying forces to deter and if necessary defend against aggression from the United States seems like a watershed moment. A line that can't be uncrossed. The Western alliance had a good run. Maybe a version can be reconstituted some day.

The Delian League was the dominant military alliance until Athens started acting like a dick and destroyed it. Then Athens lost The Peloponnesian Wars and never recovered Reminding this to our American allies for no particular reason as we watch their mad king threaten exclusively America's allies

Aside from the war crime of attacking survivors of a shipwreck, we must now add the war crime of perfidy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.7xgP.qIPINOLUNg8W [gift link]

Perfidy is considered a serious crime in war because, among other things, using civilian cover for offensive missions casts suspicion on all civilians in the theatre, putting non-combatants at risk.

She warned us. Like Hillary, Kamala was right about everything.

"ICE needs training"

Imma stop you right there. Jonathan Ross, the man who murdered Renee Good by shooting her in the face three times and then calling her a "fucking bitch" while fleeing the scene, is a 10 year DHS vet and a firearms instructor. He's who they get training FROM.

This can't be fixed with training. This gets fixed with lasting and severe consequences.

Today in "actual news headline, not from The Onion"....

@tvdv Hot damn! Should dust off mine as well.

Today, on January 11th, we have to remember who died #OTD in 2013: Aaron Swartz :AaronSwartz:

You may know him from his contribution to or creation of:

:blank: • Markdown
:blank: • The Creative Commons License :CreativeCommons:
:blank: • RSS :rss: :blobcat_rss:
:blank: • Reddit

We must never forget him and his contributions to our world forever - especially due to circumstances of injustice and the cause he became a martyr for.

Quick reminder: Money invested in climate protection yields many times its value. 1€ = 4,80€ (see link). So if there are conservative (and even worse) parties that actively prevent this, the logical conclusion is that these parties are destroying prosperity. taz.de/Studie-von-O...

Studie von Ökonomin Claudia Ke...

@janl @karppinen They're slowly starting to phase out subsidies [1]. In 2026, the VAT exemption limit price is lowered from 500k to 300k NOK, which basically meant that Model Y was dropped from the exemption. We have to remember that basically all new cars sold in Norway at the moment are fully electric, which meant that basically every electric car available was sold before the EoY, and Tesla still has a vast capacity advantage against most other brands.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewleahey/2025/10/15/norway-shows-how-to-end-ev-subsidies-without-killing-the-market/

How my students taught me that Github’s monopoly is hurting the Open Source ecosystem even more than I thought.

https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html

#github #floss

The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a-tech-career-in-2026/

@kai @siracusa

New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons. With 109 illustrations! https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

In a parallel timeline the rest of the world would be unilaterally condemning what just happened in Venezuela.

Oil

A very embarrassing moment for the FIFA Peace Prize committee

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn/post/3mbj3pcee2s27

I made a venn diagram to help you understand Moiré patterns.