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.
Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours
s/being a bit sarcastic/outright lying
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.
C.S. Lewis prayed for Hitler and Stalin (among others).
I pray for Trump and Musk. Not that I think it is likely to change them, but it may help change me.
US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza
I guess they think people have forgotten that Hitler & Eichmann wanted to send the Jews to Madagascar.
(I’d love to see a credible plan to stop violence in Palestine, but this isn’t it.)
AI search engines give incorrect answers at an alarming 60% rate, study says
Or, looked at another way, 40% better than the current White House Press Secretary.
Postal Service signs cost-cutting deal with DOGE
Just when you thought mail delivery couldn’t get any worse. Makes me very glad I’m not living in a rural county any more. When DeJoy complains of “unfunded mandates” he’s talking about the centuries-old tradition of delivering to every American.
Got a snail mail fundraising letter from the DNC today, over Kamala Harris’s signature. Given the number of people who directly blame Biden & Harris for the mess we’re in, that seems a pretty questionable fundraising tactic. Certainly reminding me of the last campaign doesn’t encourage me.
Some nitwit legislator in Texas wants to ban (among other things) wearing fake animal ears or meowing in school.
He also seems a bit unclear on how acronyms work.
Amazon Uses Arsenal of AI Weapons Against Workers
Every new technology gets used for porn first, but worker control isn’t far behind.
How Children’s Eating Could Change After $1 Billion Food Cut
State Dept: Let’s ruin kids' nutrition by cutting off foreign aid.
Agriculture Dept: hold my beer.
Trump has decided that Chuck Schumer is ‘not Jewish anymore’
In any other Presidency, this would be top of the news. Now it’s just lost in all the other terrible noise. The Overton Window has pretty much fallen into a black hole.
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.