One thing I've noticed watching pro musicians, and having experienced it myself, there's a phase where you are an infant, learning a new skill, and you are not afraid of that.

It can take a few minutes, hours, years...

Then you take it to a place where instinct, muscle memory, and math takes over. And you are listening, following, and leading at the same time. And that's Nirvana.

Millions of people have run software I created. Millions have listened to music which was processed with my software.

I feel good about that, but millions of other people can make the same claim and brag.

The point is, create something.

Gov Beshear (or KY SecState ?) needs to send Mitch a "voter registration confirmation mail".

If he does not respond within one week, he's not registered to vote in KY, and cannot be a Senator either.

Done.

Someday I want to discuss the pattern of conservative white men choosing Asian "wives".

Also, this is such a great story, even though somebody died.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/21/she-stayed-on-the-phone-as-her-tesla-sank-report-on-death-of-mitch-mcconnells-sister-in-law/

@dalias But yesterday, the Maine Democratic Party said that our movement will “have no role in determining our next Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, nor in determining what this process looks like.” Instead, under their watch and direction, they allowed the DC-based Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to send staffers to plan a potential nominating process behind closed doors.

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Just got this from Platner Campaign @dalias

This is Ben Chin, Graham Platner’s campaign manager.

We’ve said from the very beginning that this campaign was never about Graham but about a movement of working people united to take back power.

(it gets worse)

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@mshelton And I'm sure the "public internet" they trained on includes entire Torrents of pirated movies that the FBI will supposedly care deeply about you stealing.

Hey Gov Newsom, nothing stops you from taking Musk into custody for an interview by State law enforcement. Start with his own immigration status violations, and go from there.

You don't have to care if there is proper jurisdiction, just take him in and let it play out. You have the power.

Take him when he lands his plane.

No bail or lawyer, CECOT-style.

The world is fucked.

#Enshitification

This is a really cool photo taken by a friend, of a rare full moonrise.

This is not a sunrise or sunset. That's the moon !

At about 8pm near 04046 at the beach looking East.

#Photography #Moonrise

I don't have any kids that I know of, but all the people who played these games on these platforms ran software I helped create. I could tell some stories...

Blue state AG's need to just open criminal investigations against all members of the Trump Cabinet and wider Administration.
They invent cases at the federal level against "enemies", so if that's OK with the courts, let them drink deeply of it at the State level. Even the Towns they live in should investigate them. It's the new normal.
Make them subject to deposition, contempt, arrest if they enter our States without complying.

Important to keep an eye on Democrats who enable crypto and "prediction markets", this is a good example. Democratic leadership until 2022, now fully paid shill for these vultures. He's allowed time on Morning Joe right now.

@cryptadamist

https://www.coalitionforpredictionmarkets.com/sean-patrick-maloney

RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116296257645259751

Stunning, if true, and I'm assuming so.

"According to a Pakistani official who spoke to Reuters, Israel had targeting coordinates for both men and intended to eliminate them. Pakistan told Washington: “If they are killed, there is no one left to talk to.” The US told Israel to stand down."

You can drive about 70mph on the highway in most places.
An airplane is faster, maybe 500mph average, but you have to wait at least 6-12 hours to get on and off the aircraft (assuming you don't own it) - and submit to a rectal exam by ICE agents..
Flying is dead to me.

It's a strange formulation, but as a white guy in the US, I've always felt like if an immigrant can out-compete me for a job in my own country, then they deserve it.

Detachable Penis.

I can recall in the mid 1970's because of the "Arab Oil Embargo" that our local elementary school system in Akron County, OH, implemented closure of half our school buildings to conserve energy, and we had half day class in our school, the other half was for the closed down school students.
Carter wearing a sweater.
And that was normal.
I wonder who recalls that too.

I attended a public middle school near Buffalo, NY which had a really nice "Home Economics" room, basically 6 full kitchen setups with all the stuff your mom had at home plus some stuff you'd never known the purpose of.
It was probably intended for the girls only when conceived and built, but by the late 1970's the boys got included too.
I loved it, and it's a shame this probably does not happen anymore.

@indivisibleteam @heidilifeldman I can't be sure which this was in response to, but I recently contacted Sen Collins with this below, 2 separate email messages via https://www.collins.senate.gov/contact
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