“The Cheese Stands Alone”

So does the heron.

Texas federal judge fails to appear for judicial misconduct investigative hearing

I am amazed that there is a Federal judge who is too wack-a-doo for the Fifth Circuit.

Trump administration attempts to bypass restrictions on sending Afghan refugees to Afghanistan: Reports

Whatever your opinion on the war in Afghanistan, to do this to people who were on our side is utterly despicable.

The Eugene Hotel has seen better days but it's still a landmark downtown.

“Scrub Jay”

perched bird on a cloudy day

North Korea gets away with $3 billion from Binance

Tell me again how crypto is protecting you from those awful centralized currencies?

Official Claude Code Extension Compromise: Security Advisory

This seems bad. Also vibe-coding tools seem an obvious attack surface. I suspect many of their users aren’t sophisticated enough to even notice if and when their computer gets compromised.

I looked down and noticed my (turned-off) phone screen was reflecting strings of overhead lights.

Bad week for Star Trek fen.