This is sad. Even sadder is that in 2024, white women still voted 51% Trump.
Compare this to 89% of Black women voting for Harris.
Itβs almost as if one group understood where this administration was going π
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
No doubt.
Thatβs why Iβm very skeptical that things will improve even if Orban is voted out.
Shower margaritas should be a thing⦠showeritas obviously
Prediction markets (like Polymarket, Kalshi), especially when there is a tie-in to crypto currency seem problematic. I donβt understand how itβs not considered gambling. Also, it seems itβs prone to the equivalent of insider trading.
All in all I see this as another wart in our society.
I just had to rebuild our internal web site. There is a 13 GB node modules folder.
In 1996 Quake was 50 MB. I could do networking, complex 3D rendering and sound.
30 years later we need 13 GB and still struggle to center a div across two browsers.
Web development is obscene.
This video makes me extremely happy. Dianna Cowern (AKA Physics Girl) was diagnosed with long COVID, with symptoms similar to ME/CFS. She is basically bedridden. Seeing her active and excited is amazing β€οΈ
youtu.be/B3m3AMRlYfc?...
And Ted Koppel was spot on.
And this is precisely why Iβve always said that itβs a shame that the US doesnβt officially recognize the ICC.
You canβt claim to be the worldβs police and simultaneously say youβre above criticism.
On second thought: that also feels very much on brand for the way the US sees police.
I think logging in is required to see gift articles.
Everything in the article gels with my perception of Sinofsky and my experience while working on Windows 8. His comments afterwards on Twitter underlined it again. That said, didnβt think he was close to Epstein though. Just wow.
βAfter Mr. Sinofsky received a $14 million payout from Microsoft in 2013, he wrote to Mr. Epstein: βGot paid. You will be too :)β
Mr. Sinofsky declined to comment.β
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/t...
βShut up and eat your SSH keysβ no longer works, ey? π
I canβt argue with that sentiment. And I admire everyone who picked up arms to defend their freedom.
I could say itβs harder for me because I have family. But I think the honest truth is that Iβm too much of a coward.
Think about it. Ask yourself what things youβre actively looking for. And most importantly do the prep work. Research countries. Know the visa process. Maybe have savings.
Itβs not alarmist to define your line. Itβs very rational. Especially so because if the inconceivable happens, itβs difficult to act sanely because the pressure is suddenly dialed to 11 and time is of the essence.
And itβs the same pattern: people think it wonβt happen until it does and suddenly itβs hard to leave, mostly because it requires prep work and many others want to leave too.
I remember talking to my exβs parents about leaving Ukraine, when the war was still considered inconceivable but not impossible. I also remember talking to my grandparents about why they didnβt leave germany in the late 1930.
Weβve all seen an insane change of direction that most of us thought wasnβt likely or even conceivable, and yet, here we are.
To my fellow US citizens:
At the risk of sounding alarmist, but it is worthwhile contemplating where your own red line is that would make you seriously consider leaving the country.
Still .NET. In fact, just starting evaluating Aspire π
SpaceX cafe now serves raktajinos β€οΈ
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Raktajino
Every time I hear one person yell βseaβ followed by the crowd shouting back βhawksβ I get very uneasy.
The sound and cadence is all to similar to the infamous German salute.
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You should find out who the people are that Vladyslav Heraskevych chose to commemorate. Some of them were children.
There was no political message on his helmet other than that these people mattered. Apparently thatβs too much for the IOC. Or maybe that it wasnβt designed by Leni Riefenstahl.
The IOC disqualified a Ukrainian athlete for showcasing photographs of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia.
Meanwhile, Russian/Belarusian are allowed to complete under neutral status. An Italian athlete openly showed a Russian flag.
I guess we shouldnβt be surprised:
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/s...
In a weird way, I think Rubio did European leaders a favor.
He basically said βyouβre on your ownβ. Now act accordingly.
That made me laugh out loud. Because itβs so messed up and sadly not entirely hyperbole.
And as often, @wilwheaton.net expresses well how I feel about it: bsky.app/profile/wilw...
