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@IveyJanette had to stop by every costco along the way to get some paper towels.
@selzero like an itanium laptop.
@jalefkowit i outsource my screaming needs to @scream
@ErikJonker @geopolitics meanwhile in texas children are drowning.
apple uses ai to swap out the icon i want with the icon at the exact instant where i can see it's the wrong icon yet too late to do anything about it. everyfuckingtime.
Precisely:
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2025/07/05/letter-utah-legislature-bears/
Letter: The Utah Legislature bears responsibility for the death of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo
By Dana Carroll
The situation:
Ten thousand people assemble for a peaceful demonstration.
One person brings an AR-15-style assault rifle to the rally.
Two other people bring loaded handguns for the purpose of ensuring peace.
What could go wrong?
The incident:
The first man brandishes his rifle in a manner that the peacekeepers see as threatening.
One peacekeeper pulls out his gun and fires in the direction of the rifleman.
A bystander is hit and killed.
The law:
Utah law explicitly permits all of the above actions.
Anyone aged 21 or older is allowed to carry a firearm — open or concealed, loaded or unloaded — as long as they own the weapon legally. No gun training is required.
The state stand-your-ground law permits discharging a firearm in a situation in which a person believes their life or the lives of others are in imminent danger.
The outcome:
The district attorney is having a very difficult time assigning blame, since no law was broken.
The Utah Legislature bears responsibility for the death of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo.
The message:
Gun laws in Utah must change.
i hate troubleshooting ssh problems. i last tweaked my environment in 1996 by copying our then security lead's `.profile`. i tried to figure out the logic then and several times since then. what i know is that my configuration works EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. and in any situation.
i never run into the problems the engineers i work with run into so i have no experience in what they are going through. it's an eternal "works for me!" 🤷
@AssociatedPress @politics-AssociatedPress come to laugh at them as they are kicked out the door?
i had a dream last night that linux read files by "x-raying" them. when the file was read the name of the file lit up like like a bug in a electric zapper, except for yellow instead of blue. writing a file had a similar effect but it was more of a filling a small, clear-ish pocket with charged particles.
this would be a fun little terminal extension to create but alas i am not the one to create this.
woot.
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@bremner @secretasianman was it even a contest?
@indivisibleteam that look when you realize your soul has left your body.
a common pattern for me:
```
local% ssh remote
remote% sudo patch && sudo reboot
local% while ! !!;do done
```
ran across this article about june lockhart turning 100. my dad was an artist and many hollywood types bought his art. june lockhart showed up at our house with a small entourage that included penny marshall. i knew lockhart from lassie but i was really excited that laverne was in our house!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2025/06/25/june-lockhart-turns-100-a-celebration-of-the-beloved-actress
@MissInformation the goo at the bottom was previously the guy that thought it'd be a good idea to climb the ladder
@fredy i often wonder how tomatoes became so deep rooted (no pun intended) in italian cuisine. and, just as mysterious, how did apples NOT become a fixture in chinese and/or asian cuisine? think of it, asia had apples, grains, spices and NO apple pie or popovers... its mind boggling to me.
@georgetakei shrub was there by himself because thats what cheney told him to do.