Demanding command line interface use from people who are not sysadmins
is not reasonable, realistic, or kind.

Make your free libre open source alternative usable for the intended end users. Write documentation that isn’t “sudo the glorble fleegeller, but first make sure you were installing sketchy gitblob three hours ago”

"no no you just don't *understand* the ai"

bro you were saying the same shit when you were shitcoin scamming

we understand perfectly well

DC airshow rehearsal in progress until 1pm. DCA closed to all traffic until then, as the combined strength of US military aviation comes together for the vital mission of scaring the bejesus out of the dogs of the nation's capital.

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of
Frederick Douglass.

Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement.

On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Douglass gave one of his most famous speeches,

“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

He was addressing the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society.

The late actor James Earl Jones read the historic address during a performance of Voices of a People’s History of the United States,
which was co-edited by Howard Zinn.

http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/3/what_to_the_slave_is_the

Was thinking about how nearly all my trans friends use signal for communications, but how convincing my cis friends (save a couple who are pretty aware of the world, and one who is a journalist) to do so has been an exhausting effort to the point that I don't even bother anymore. The biggest argument is "but why????" from the safety bubble of a group of people who have never even glimpsed a thought of being persecuted for their own existence.

"NASA launches robot to save Swift telescope falling to Earth"

-- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ry4xx7rk8o

When I was a kid this was science fiction.

Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the Democratic Socialists of America and why people should be afraid of them ...

I keep blocking bots that say they're going to boost my posts. It's like sneaking an algorithm in behind everyone's backs. Nope, nope, nope.
#bots #IBlockBots

This ⬇️

Yo fellow #Coloradoans

If you are setting off fireworks this week(end), you are a phenomenal asshole. This hot wind we’ve had for over a week now is a longer stretch than I can remember in 38 years in Colorado. It is drier than all get out. You drop one little firework cinder in the wrong place and you could kill people and burn down homes. It ain’t worth it.

Seriously though. The firefighters I work with have been on one fire after another all week. We don’t need more.

For all of you #software #developers getting a #longweekend, I will leave you with this... :)

I don't usually do memes, but this needs to be said.

Hey, so I just validated the findings in — https://thereallo.dev/blog/claude-code-prompt-steganography — on the latest Claude Code (I don't use Claude Code anymore except for some $WORK things).

This is really skeezy behavior from a vendor, but most AI vendors are skeezy.

Toronto’s Trans March happens today, so it seems a good time to say this:

I’ve recently seen some content online — including some from a former friend — from gay people trying to effectively cut Trans folk out of the LGBT community. “It’s not the same thing” they say.

Well, duh.

Yes. Being Trans is a completely different thing than being gay. A person can be gay, or trans, or both, or neither. As a cis gay man, I have zero internal understanding of what being trans is like. It’s alien to me.

But you know what we all share? Our enemies. The people who can’t abide anything outside of their very limited view of how people are allowed to be in the world. The fundamental misogyny that is the basis of both homophobia and transphobia. *This* is what makes us one community. United we stand, divided we all end up in conversion “therapy”.

I have no respect for gays who expect others to overcome homophobia while being unwilling to work on their own transphobia.

Trying to split off trans folk from the queer herd is doing the work of our enemies for them. And it’s not gonna make the Nazis love you or keep you safe. They’ll still be coming for you next.

Community is power. And I look forward to supporting my community this weekend at Toronto Pride!

#Pride

But I think the thing I really hate about these type of headlines is how they feed into victims blaming. People aren't poor because they don't have enough money for a decent life and it's really hard to claw your way over life's obstacles without money rather than having them knock you back further. They're poor because they spend too much money on sandwiches instead of making their own, the lazy idiots

Australia is introducing free daytime power in July. They’ve installed so much #solar that the challenge is to use it effectively. People who can shift their electricity usage to the day (think retirees or people that work from home) can save a lot even if they don’t have solar. Anyone with a battery or two installed could see their power bill for many months go to almost zero.

Batteries are the key to having an economy that can run on solar and wind all the time.

https://lenergy.com.au/free-daytime-electricity-is-coming-heres-how-it-actually-works/

Gender is biological and immutable, which is why it obviously requires the government, corporations, and your teachers spying on you constantly and reporting any form of non-conformity to the local Gender Stasi.

“Piano Man” as an allegory of working in IT support.

• The old man assigns you a task with no specifics, no metrics, and this is your fault.

• John has delusions of grandeur, always looking to jump ship but there don’t seem to be any job openings in the movie industry.

• Paul and Davy who are lifers in the military-industrial complex, existing in a bubble and interacting with no one else.

• The one woman in the room is employed in a menial service role for which she is vastly overqualified.

• If it wasn’t for the substance abuse, nothing would ever get done.

• Manager knows exactly who is keeping the company afloat (you) but you still need a side hustle (tip jar) to make a living.

• Pervasive cacophony and unpleasant odours.

RE: https://mastodon.nz/@leighelse/116846434169360710

The fuck I will. And I won’t do business with you ever if you expect me to.

“They Welcomed 37 Data Centers to Town. Now Their Schools Have to Dim the Lights to Cut Energy
costs

Henrico County has been home to massive data-center investment. However, now, a 25 percent electricity-rate increase is hitting its government and schools.”

Every elected official who approved these data centers should be voted out and never allowed to hold public office again.

https://www.inc.com/georgia-fearn/welcomed-37-data-centers-now-schools-dim-lights-cut-energy-costs/91368206