I'm retired. I got a phone call at home a few weeks ago from someone reimplementing code I wrote over 20 years ago. There was a comment "now for the tricky bit" followed by about 250 lines of confusing perl. No feature description. No reason. Just my name and a smiley at the end. Sorry.

@mayaisloading @mwguy @molly0xfff Following orders is not an excuse when committing a crime.

Expect them to suffer the consequences, while their bosses will get out of jail pardons.

WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt.

Wired is looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.

Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/dell.bsky.social/post/3lhbvhngbfs2y
#wired #government #doge #musk #usa #resistance

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

If you’re reading this, you’ve already taken the right step and joined the Fediverse. But have your friends and family done the same?

On this Global Switch Day, invite people in your circles to leave social media platforms under Big Tech’s control behind and help them get settled in on decentralized, algorithm and ad free services instead.

And why not make their first home Vivaldi Social? We welcome everyone! :tony_wee:

#GlobalSwitchDay #Fediverse #Mastodon #VivaldiSocial #Vivaldi

Look, I appreciate what Canada is doing but Cory (@pluralistic a Canadian himself btw) offers a much better way to retaliate:

"What's standing in the way of a Canadian industrial policy that focuses on raiding the sky-high margins of American monopolists with third-party add-ons, mods and jailbreaks?

Only the #IP laws that Canada has agreed to in order to get tariff-free access to American markets. You know, the access that Trump has promised to end..." (cont)

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/beauty-eh/#its-the-only-war-the-yankees-lost-except-for-vietnam-and-also-the-alamo-and-the-bay-of-ham

"Canada should tear up these laws – and not impose tariffs on American goods. That way, Canadians can still buy cheap American goods, and then they can save billions of dollars every year on the consumables, parts, software, and service for those goods."

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/beauty-eh/#its-the-only-war-the-yankees-lost-except-for-vietnam-and-also-the-alamo-and-the-bay-of-ham

@pluralistic

How #Slovak miners may have invented the #wheel.

#ProductDevelopment #prehistory

https://jaxroam.vivaldi.net/?p=32891

@jaxroam.bsky.social We also got the bridging issue. This is one of my two Mastodon accounts, but are they the same person, and are they the same as my Bluesky account?

The actual outcome of this election with •the whole US population• as the denominator:

22% voted for Harris
23% voted for Trump
<1% voted for other
26% eligible but did not vote*
28% not eligible to vote

* (whether by choice or by voter suppression)

Numbers might shift a tiny bit as last votes are counted, but this is close to the final tally.

Just sit with that for one quality minute. Think about what stories people are telling about this election. Then think about what stories are true.

In case you're not clear on the effectiveness of #vaccines, here's a simple chart. Please share.
#PublicHealth

1,000 days of Russia's war against Ukraine? Try 3,925.

2014: "Just Crimea"
2015: "Just Donbas"
2022: Full invasion
2024: As West debates "freezing" conflict, Russian generals plan next target

Every "compromise" enabled next escalation 👇
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/11/19/its-not-1000-days-of-russias-war-its-3925-and-western-risk-aversion-is-setting-up-the-next-thousand/?swcfpc=1

Solidarity needed with Ukrainian artist sentenced to 15 years for protesting Russia’s war against Ukraine
https://khpg.org/en/1608814146

Trump Boosters Expect Big Returns on Their Investment

https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/17/trump-boosters-expect-big-returns-on-their-investment/

Japanese minister discusses North Korean troops in Russia during Ukraine talks

During his 16 November visit to Kyiv, Japanese FM Takeshi Iwaya met Ukraine's President, signed an information security deal, and pledged ongoing support.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/11/17/japanese-minister-discusses-north-korean-troops-in-russia-during-ukraine-talks/

Tripling renewables with a clean, flexible power system is key to a secure energy future.

And tackling coal mine methane is a cheap and fast lever against climate change—but accurate reporting is essential, and many countries are falling behind COP29 #CMM

https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/in-the-dark-underreporting-of-coal-mine-methane-is-a-major-climate-risk/

@ppk Two birds, two boxes, but only one berry?

Are self-driving cars a fanciful pipe-dream or are they the future of transportation?

I don't know, but there's one thing I am sure of though: they're currently on track to fundamentally destroy the fabric of our cities.

https://youtu.be/040ejWnFkj0