RE: https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/@steter/117034068064687908

I hope people understand that there are, right now, in the United States, concentration camps where people the U.S. government doesn't like or finds convenient to scapegoat are being sent to die.
Because maybe if people understand that, then they will also understand that our last chance to put the brakes on this without at best a hot civil war, and at worst a world war, is FOR EVERY VOTER IN EVERY STATE TO SHOW UP IN NOVEMBER AND VOTE AGAINST THE FASCISTS.
#politics #USPol #NeverAgainIsNow

Today is “There Will Come Soft Rains” day. A short story by Ray Bradbury, first published in 1950.

It takes place on August 4th 2026.
A lone automated house still functions after its owners and presumably the rest of humanity were wiped out by a nuclear blast.

I will never not snicker at "tokenomics", which has a meaning much less fun than it should be.

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-the-tokenomics-foundation-to-define-the-economics-and-roi-of-ai-value

"At Purdue, … we have an AI-competency requirement now for graduation and are in the process of figuring out what that is." 🙄 chronicle.com/article/purdues-mitch-daniels-warns-against-conditioning-research-grants-on-reforms

Spending my morning wondering what life would be like if I became a ham radio person. I've often thought of it despite the fact that I hate just talking on the phone to people I know let alone via radio with strangers.

Still, thinking about asking for radio gear for Christmas this year.

#hamradio

There's some interesting tropo to the Midwest on #2m #FT8 but no takers. *sigh*

RE: https://mastox.eu/@mehdirhasan/117033719986031396

Note that these companies in many cases will have passed on the tariffs to consumers in the form of higher prices. They’re now being reimbursed for costs they never had to fully absorb in the first place.

Maybe the conspiracy theorists were right. Those of us that took the vaccine have aged 5 years, and hundreds of thousands of people that didn't take the vaccine didn't age 🤔

Edit: some of you misunderstood this. Read it again.

“The Tama zoo said that 10 of its 16 lions have been ill.

#Japan has been experiencing an extreme heat wave since late July.

#Lions are adapted to dry heat but not the type of high humidity heat waves found in Japan.

Tama Zoo in #Tokyo announced on Tuesday that three lions have died in the past week due to suspected complications from heatstroke as Japan swelters.

https://www.dw.com/en/three-lions-die-of-heatstroke-at-tokyo-zoo/a-78226382

My office for the morning #AMSMadisonSummit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NufJ7g63KSY
Why Wall Street is Ignoring Big Tech's Debt. Nikkei Asia recently reported that the five biggest US tech companies are carrying an estimated $1.65 trillion in "hidden," off-balance-sheet debt — and a lot of commentators have reached for the word "Enron" to describe the issue.

We are a country run by criminal, racist scumbags. There will be a price to pay.

Haitians in Ohio told to report to ICE office in Cincinnati

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/30/springfield-haitians-told-to-report-to-ice-office-in-cincinnati/91112180007/?gca-cat=p&gnt-cfr=1

#ICE #AbolishICE #Ohio #HaitianNeighbors #TrumpMustGo #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicanEverAgain #uspol

[still awaiting real proof of life]

https://www.wkrn.com/news/national/kentucky-governor-says-mcconnell-should-disclose-health-details-or-resign/

If a company with a "Generate this with AI" button also gives you a "Report AI Slop" button, you should know that your protest vote is being used to tune the models until the slop is invisible.

In 2025 I drew a cartoon about smut - the fungal kind. I created it for the @plantpathgrads Art in Phytopathology competition.

This is the funniest I will ever be. I have peaked

For details and an explanation, see: https://hgpenningtonart.com/plantspathogens-2025/smut

What if transit was seen as the prime mode of transportation for a city instead of something in place for those poor people who can't afford a car or those seniors who no longer drive? I mean those poor people we should do something for them! Of course they can't expect it to be as good as owning a car! We can't provide a limousine for everyone! And you people are communists for not wanting to be good consumers and buying an enshittified new car every 5 years like everyone else!

#Ottawa #Transit #Transportation

Porcelain notebook teacups designed by Betsy Morningstar ...

(I mean how could I NOT post after seeing this?)

#Art #Design #ceramics

Air to Ground Message:

IT WAS LIKE THE PLANE DID NOT KNOW WHERE IT WAS . LOST LATERAL TRACK SPEED BUG WENT TO 220 KIAS . LOST AUTO THROTTLE

Area: Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Type: Boeing 767-300
A: #afb6925edcf
F: #f670ac304aa

#acars #vdlm2

Visualizing a world where terrorist organizations take responsibility for mundane things.

> The terrorist group known as Crossy is claiming responsibility for "Unexpected item in bagging area"