And speaking of Amazon idiocy…they sent me an email telling me my deleted seller account was reactivated at my request (no such request was sent) followed by another email demanding copies of my government-issued ID and a new credit card. Further evidence it’s time to get unamazoned.
“Walking into Spring”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/30s, ISO 400. Hardesty Trail, the same day there was a foot of snow 3000 feet higher.
Software Development Job Postings on Indeed in the United States
Absolutely cratered since the post-pandemic highs. So much for any stray thought I might have had about unretiring.
Donald Trump, In DOJ Speech, Calls CNN And MSNBC “Illegal” For Reporting Negatively On Him
I need to start figuring out which non-US news sources to follow. It seems pretty clear that the intent is to stamp out free press in the US. Of course, once we get the “Great Wall of the US” internet blocks, it won’t be possible to get independent news anyhow.
Finished reading: Rough Sleepers 📚
Tracy Kidder digs into the work of Dr. Jim O’Connell with the unhoused community in Boston. A scary look at the mostly-ignored people in America. And I fear this group is going to grow and be worse off in the next few years.
“Snowdodendron”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 35mm, f/5.2, 1/125s, ISO 320. Along the Eula Ridge trail.
“Actually that IS the trail”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, 1/800s, ISO 320. Battling my way up Eula Ridge Trail in about a foot of snow.
Got up at 3:30 this morning. At my age that counts as sleeping in.
“Turning Over a New Leaf”
Olympus TG6, Ultimaxx .43x Wide Angle Lens, f/4.9, 1/25s, ISO 1600. Along the Eula Ridge Trail.
Just put in a Github pull request for the first time in quite a while - fixing a one-character typo in a README file. The perils of being an editor never end.