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2026-04-15 03:55:54 CEST

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Well - even young boomers like me will have to downsize and will have a LOT of books, albums, CDs, and other items to get rid of.
I helped clean out the 1BR home for my mom - took two trailers full of trash to the dump, the family got all the nice things, and other stuff went to the nearby resale store or to Goodwill. I could have had a nice Queen sized wrought iron bed frame but not sure how I could have gotten it home.

2026-04-11 02:19:27 CEST

From Rod Martin
https://www.rodmartin.org/p/chinese-weapons-failed-in-venezuela
Saying China lost a lot of credibility after their weapons were overcome by the US in both Venezuela and Iran.
A similar issue with Russia due to the fighting in Ukraine.

2026-04-06 00:53:39 CEST

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40 minutes or so.
It varies with the orbit distance around the moon. Odd that I can't find the same answer for the Apollo flights in my quick search.

2026-04-05 02:20:22 CEST

Some local stories
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-news/colorado-ski-resorts-to-close-easter-weekend/73-16fedc6f-8de6-4f30-af16-6df7bac3ab86
The base of Peak 7 at Breckenridge today - a narrow "white ribbon of death" to reach to bottom of the Independence chairlift. Closing that part of the ski area tomorrow.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-meat-workers-to-end-strike-return-to-work-without-new-contract/
Odd. Workers at JBS meat packing plant to end strike in exchange for two days of face to face contract negotiations.
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2026-04-02 23:38:59 CEST

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Threw out the sentence and not the convictions. I doubt the reduction in sentence will be that much based on the political situation in CO.

2026-04-02 14:51:54 CEST

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Collarbone in High School wrestling practice. The doctor's kid broke his collarbone the same day.
Both shoulders (different years) skiing.

2026-04-02 03:36:48 CEST

From "Open the Books"
https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/trump-epa-ends-exorbitant-pay-outs
EPA ending exorbitant pay outs - done through "sue and settle" methods. Nice chart showing high payouts during Democrat administrations and low under Trump.

2026-04-01 03:54:16 CEST

From Justin Hart
https://www.rationalground.com/p/why-we-lost-trust
A list of 20 issues about COVID that were "wrong" - the main reason a LOT of people don't trust public health institutions etc.
Good to see this in one place.

2026-03-31 21:43:17 CEST

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Apparently sold that way by Cafe Press
https://www.amazon.com/CafePress-Replica-Ships-Unique-Decorative/dp/B00WJAUDUG

2026-03-30 01:58:09 CEST

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How about a picture of Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles?

2026-03-29 01:39:11 CET

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Hmm. I get Chase messages from 24273 (or variants of that number). Never got a "fraud alert" message.
I would probably just get online or call the phone number on the back of the card if I ever got something like that.

2026-03-28 20:20:55 CET

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Finally getting the roller coaster temperatures in Denver for April. High about 50F yesterday, near 80F today to Monday, maybe snow on Tuesday and Wednesday, over 70F on Thursday, etc.

2026-03-28 20:02:06 CET

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Yeah - already in the 70s when I got that picture and supposed to be near 80F today. I took the pictures before noon and passed some old guy with a small sign about 15 minutes later on my walk. The local news might post a picture with more people in it later today.

2026-03-28 19:06:42 CET

No Kings in Aurora CO.
Most of the people on one corner. A long range shot & a closer shot from an empty corner. Cars honking etc.
One preprinted sign stuck out saying it isn’t a left or right moment but a right or wrong moment.
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2026-03-28 01:32:46 CET

From Professor St Onge
https://www.profstonge.com/p/private-credit-cracks
Predicting a possible collapse of private credit - similar in scope to the 2008 financial crisis. Goes into a bit about how we got there and it hasn't collapsed yet but that might come soon.

2026-03-27 23:54:36 CET

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Sort of like ISDN.
https://ethw.org/Picturephone
This page says it took three normal phone lines to make the connection. A standard one for the audio and two additional lines for the video. It doesn't describe the technology (analog or digital) for the video signal but it had the two lines channel bonded like you could do later with ISDN. Expensive!
I remember seeing the ones at Disneyland in the 1970s.

2026-03-27 20:48:05 CET

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I'm old enough - there were multiple handles for the different grades back then. Just don't remember the colors for sure. I did an image search to find this though
https://www.k-bid.com/auction/54955/item/4?offset=4
which has a black handle for regular and a red handle for premium on different sides of the pump.
Some other old pictures show different colored pumps for the different grades.
It really varied back then.

2026-03-27 20:31:23 CET

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Plus they picked the image with the green handled gas pump for the show. Most (not all) gas stations in the US use a green handle for diesel fuel. The premium comes out of a (usually) black handled pump.
Altitude also affects the octane needed - a couple less at gas stations in Denver and other high locations.

2026-03-27 03:12:10 CET

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I've heard 450 or so several times already.
Need to get the USG out of the job of screening airport passengers and get private companies doing that. They are already being paid with $$ from airline tickets. Get rid of the must be USG employees mindset.

2026-03-27 03:03:15 CET

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Tax cuts in the OBBB.
Plus the EO for paying TSA now instead of later is a big morale boost for the staff though it might reduce the pressure for the US Senate to actually pass something. The next president can't do anything about that.

2026-03-27 02:05:26 CET

MAGA Don speaks
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/03/congressional-bills-h-r-3377-h-r-7194-h-r-7211-signed-into-law/
MAGA Don signs HR 3377, 7194, and 7211 for Medal of Honor awards.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/addressing-dei-discrimination-by-federal-contractors/
and
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-addresses-dei-discrimination-by-federal-contractors/
Executive Order and FACT SHEET to prohibit DEI by USG contractors and subcontractors.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/america-first-in-action-u-s-records-net-negative-migration-across-every-metro-area/
Statement about net negative migration in every metro area.
There is supposed to be another EO to pay TSA agents with some left over USG $$. Not sure when it will be posted.

2026-03-26 16:22:39 CET

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If I get this right, with the DHS shutdown the usual process to get a new .gov domain is also shut down. So someone in the USG decided to work around that to register those two new domains. Okay.

2026-03-26 03:12:50 CET

Yet another deceptive headline and story...
https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/tsa-agents-elon-musk-offer-to-pay-salary-rejected-white-house/507-546024a6-f6cb-4bf9-848a-c2b2f56bb6a4
Says Musk's offer to pay TSA agents was "rejected" by the White House but never mentions this USG law...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/209
which title says "Salary of Government officials and employees payable only by United States"
Maybe that should be the headline and the body of the story should reflect that and not the BS that is in there.

2026-03-25 20:01:05 CET

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That does sound like a better word.

2026-03-25 19:59:48 CET

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Only sort of rich. Certainly doing better than some of my friends.
I also have friends with multiple homes, several $M, frequent travel, etc. I'd guess they have maybe 5x what I have now.
I guess it is just relative.

2026-03-25 19:53:44 CET

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Yeah - my first full time job in 1978 was about $15K / year. The idea I could have over $1M in assets was crazy.
My oldest son got over $100K with his first full time job and I have over $1M in assets ignoring my home.
The inflation has been crazy in those 50 years or so.

2026-03-25 16:18:47 CET

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Not sure how the airbag for the passenger comes out but that looks like a bad idea. Just like putting bling on the steering wheel is a bad idea.

2026-03-25 00:52:03 CET

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I should do that but the multi-step process looks nasty to this old guy.

2026-03-24 16:41:20 CET

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I thought the new word to do that is
Microslop

2026-03-24 01:43:01 CET

From the "Midwestern Doctor"
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/early-health-innovators-and-dmso
About DMSO and some of the early (okay, 1950s or so) research into how it can be used in a variety of cases. Links to a LOT more detail as well.

2026-03-23 03:19:04 CET

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I let golfer friends using Android borrow the USB-C cables I got for my iPhone. Somehow they don't put that kind of stuff in their golf bag.

2026-03-23 00:36:01 CET

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Wut?
The birds pretend to be injured so they can get food and care??

2026-03-22 16:36:58 CET

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The Last Train to Clarksville

2026-03-22 00:53:47 CET

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Yeah - an interesting place. About 100,000 square feet.
A side effect of the Colorado law saying an owner could only have one liquor store location - since rescinded.
See also "Bevy's" (formerly Tipsy's) in Littleton CO which is only 80,000 square feet.
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2026-03-21 16:48:13 CET

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Nah - a bridge collapse in Brazil.
A couple hints
- "Perimetro Urbano" on the sign at the start
- other posts with "roa8B16" referring it to Brazil
The video here
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWG77gfCNbu/
starts with the motorcycle already in the air as it is passing the truck. Then the full video with slow motion of the collapse at the end of the video.
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2026-03-21 16:36:34 CET

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Probably an anti-scam protection action.
Local news had something a few weeks ago about how banks are being asked to help protect the elderly from scams with similar actions or call in someone from the city to talk to the person to make sure they are not being scammed.

2026-03-20 17:24:06 CET

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Denver is doing the same thing. Still holding a celebration on March 31 but giving it the name “Si Se Puede” Day.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/19/denver-replaces-cesar-chavez-name-with-si-se-puede-day-on-march-31/

2026-03-20 01:34:47 CET

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Eh?
The cooling system on the ISS takes out 70KW with two cooling loops. It does require the ISS to be positioned properly - keeping the loops in the shade of the solar panels.
It would be probably better to have "smaller" data centers anyway for better redundancy etc.

2026-03-17 20:40:55 CET

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A Starlink satellite weighs a lot less than a rod from god. The primary cost is the $$ / pound to get that rod into orbit.
Just search for
rods from god cost per shot
or similar to see the numbers I am quoting from.
Like I said, maybe SpaceX could figure out to design one that could survive reentry intact so they could weigh less - but I haven't seen that yet.

2026-03-17 20:27:43 CET

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Too bad those "relatively cheap" rods from god are over $150M a shot.
Now maybe with a SpaceX designed rod they could get that down a bit but they are not cheap at this point.

2026-03-17 04:03:58 CET

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Hmm.
Four bookcases with SF - what to choose?
1984
The Andromeda Strain
Brave New World
A Canticle for Liebowitz
The Chronicles of Amber
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Downbelow Station
The Forever War
Foundation
HHGG
Lucifer's Hammer
The Mote in God's Eye
Neuromancer or Snow Crash
Pandora's Star
Rendezvous With Rama
Ringworld
Slaughterhouse Five
The War of the Worlds
Lots of other series I enjoyed as well.

2026-03-17 03:44:25 CET

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Most of my fiction books are science fiction. Not sure you want any of them.
Some light hearted non-fiction like
"Are Your Lights On?" - Gause & Weinberg
https://geraldmweinberg.com/Site/AYLO.html
About finding out what the real problem is and fixing that instead of the symptom.
"Peopleware" - Demarco & Lister
https://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-3rd/dp/0321934113
An interesting look at how to manage people.
"The Eudaemonic Pie" - Bass
https://www.amazon.com/Eudaemonic-Pie-Thomas-Bass/dp/0595142362
About chaos & trying to beat roulette in Las Vegas.

2026-03-17 01:20:53 CET

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It is okay now. Both Vail and Beaver Creek had big areas closed until maybe 4 weeks ago. Much later than normal. Last week at Vail had the road below Orient Express with warning signs but much better than that video.
I'm planning on another trip to Breckenridge this week- they finally got the upper mountain open a few weeks ago as well.
Not sure about next week. HOT in Denver with four days forecast over 80F each day. It was 5F with 1" of snow at DEN yesterday.

2026-03-17 00:55:55 CET

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NBC Nightly News said the "gunshots" on Daytona Beach were actually water bottles being crushed. People just thought they sounded like gunshots before running away.

2026-03-16 16:51:54 CET

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That is a quick way to ruin your skis.
Not even sure I would ski on the "snow" - looks like too many rocks sticking up.

2026-03-15 00:12:42 CET

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Okay, so how did that snowboard get loose? Almost every boarder I've seen has one boot strapped on the board if they aren't riding on the run.
I'll guess it is in Europe somewhere - I don't think I've seen anywhere in the US that has that much open terrain.

2026-03-14 19:54:25 CET

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Over 4K of them on this map
https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/
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2026-03-14 04:27:42 CET

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Only because a golf group I am working with uses Google Docs. Those online document tools just don't work well with Safari.
I saw a bit about a new exploit and had to prompt Chrome to do the update. Odd.

2026-03-14 01:07:09 CET

One tech story
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/13/openreach_fiber_water_leaks/
How analyzing the light going through fiber optic cables can detect water leaks in nearby pipes.
Currently uses spare fibers - they are looking to see if it also works with actively used fibers.

2026-03-13 00:29:04 CET

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I sport high tops but partly because I need good traction on snow and ice. Not that awful mustard color.

2026-03-12 03:03:44 CET

From "Reason"
https://reason.com/2026/03/11/the-reading-method-that-left-many-kids-behind/
About "Balanced Literacy" which apparently abandoned phonics and requires "cueing" - making it harder for kids to actually read. How MS emphasizing phonics went to the top in reading literacy.
WTF?

2026-03-10 21:00:18 CET

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From 2018
https://cagle.com/cartoonist/emad-hajjaj/2018/12/04/218967/lion-king
Supposed to be Trump holding up MBS.

2026-03-10 16:50:24 CET

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Local TV news had some guy on in CO who tracked his mileage based on what kind of gas he bought (regular, mid grade, or premium). Premium got the best mileage, mid grade in the middle, and regular the least. About a dime more right now for mid grade - might be worth it for the better mileage.

2026-03-10 01:24:41 CET

A couple tech stories
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/new-attack-against-wi-fi.html
About a new "AirSnitch" device - attacking WiFi networks. Be sure to read the comments - a couple longer ones at the end give a pretty good summary if you don't want to read the linked paper.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/09/amazon_petitions_to_block_spacexs/
A bit odd - Amazon petitions the FCC to stop a SpaceX effort to put data centers into orbit. Perhaps just to allow Amazon to catch up or something else?

2026-03-09 17:09:09 CET

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Fog of war?
MDM?

2026-03-08 23:51:47 CET

One tech story
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/06/how-much-water-do-the-data-centres-use-its-a-secret/
About water usage at AI data centers. A facility near Roanoke VA might use 2M to 8M gallons a day - roughly the remaining capacity of drinking water for the city. Somehow that information is "proprietary" and subject to non-disclosure.

2026-03-08 04:41:31 CET

From Jessica Rose
https://jessicar.substack.com/p/maid-in-a-day
"MAID in a Day" - file the papers & get killed the same day.
WTF??
It isn't enough that 5% of the people who die in Canada are suicides but they cut the wait time from 10 days to the same day.
Don't have a bad day....

2026-03-08 04:14:27 CET

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They didn't on GalaxyQuest.

2026-03-08 03:01:09 CET

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So let's see
- John is in the hospital
- John's car is at the doctor's office
I guess John's phone is still in the drawer at home. Had to use to hospital phone to call Mimi.
The supply lines are getting long (part of George Carlin's "stuff" joke).
Hopefully John's car will NOT get towed before Mimi can pick it up.

2026-03-07 23:18:48 CET

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Yeah - I really prefer earphones with wires or some positive attachment to the ear. I have something similar from Soundcore (Anker) and they fall out in very inconvenient times & locations. Like sitting in the airplane during boarding and one falls out and lands on the floor where I can't see it. The person behind me found it a few minutes later & handed it back to me. I was worried I would have to look after landing when the floor was clear.

2026-03-06 21:52:17 CET

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Yeah - even smaller funds like Fundrise have limits on withdrawals. IIRC, Fundrise lets you withdraw every 90 days with a nominal 5% limit.
I believe that is customary because the assets invested by the fund are not quickly or easily liquidated unless you want to lose a lot of $$.
Been making pretty good $$ (on paper) with them but it is something to remember when you have issues.

2026-03-05 22:29:48 CET

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Wut??
I read a bit about why Trump got rid of Noem - not about that part.
I'm wondering why he appointed Mullin (R-OK) to the position. Don't we need all the senators for SAVE and other votes?

2026-03-05 22:06:15 CET

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I skied down to BC Village about 3:15 and stopped. The cookie lady gave me two right away. As I walked towards the bus a cookie guy gave me another one. Yum.

2026-03-05 21:58:53 CET

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Very little snow all winter - yes. About 60% of normal now, up from 50% or so through January.
Snow is plenty deep on the open areas. At Beaver Creek, they opened Grouse Mountain and McCoy Park a couple of weeks ago.
The last three weeks have been good for fresh snow. A series of storms every 3-4 days with 4" to 12" (heavier in some spots). On Grouse Mountain I had relatively small moguls with fresh snow on top. A bit crunchy underneath but still okay for an old guy like me.

2026-03-05 19:42:36 CET

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Yeah - just over the hill in the Elkhorn picture is a road with a few ski-in, ski-out homes. No joy for them this year though one home had a snowboard & pair of skis hanging on a rack. Easily seen from the chairlift. Odd.
This year I got to the lift (to take the picture) by skiing down a road - enters from the left, makes a turn on the right, and then down to where I was at. That was okay after a short (20 step) patch of dirt.

2026-03-05 14:24:13 CET

Finally made it to Beaver Creek to go skiing. A few pictures.
First is from the top of Grouse Mountain looking at the men’s downhill and a mid mountain restaurant.
Second is looking at the golf course next to a ski run. Usually covered with snow.
Third is looking up the Elkhorn lift.
Fourth is the new Vail Pass rest area building. Much nicer than the old one.
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2026-03-05 03:10:09 CET

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These pages says very few of the congress critters are doing anything with RTX. None are Pelosi.
https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/stock/RTX
or
https://xcancel.com/pelositracker/status/2028515595977728457
or

2026-03-01 21:17:10 CET

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If everyone is in a car, how does a stabbing occur?
Inquiring minds want to know.

2026-03-01 19:07:53 CET

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Spring football for the Texas Longhorns
- practice starts March 9
- a "game" on April 18
https://www.statesman.com/sports/college/longhorns/football/article/texas-football-spring-football-schedule-sarkisian-21358555.php
The April 18 game is Orange & White - two small teams made from the full Longhorn team.

2026-02-28 02:26:14 CET

MAGA Don speaks
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/02/president-trump-is-delivering-for-texans/
Statement about MAGA Don's trip to Corpus Christi TX and how actions are helping TX citizens.

2026-02-28 02:21:56 CET

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A bit of both IIRC.
He wrote some code to process the RSS feed and play the attachment (iPodder). Dave Winer did the server side. Not sure who worked on the specification bit but some stories seem to point to Dave & Tristan Louis making contributions.

2026-02-26 19:03:44 CET

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That is a start but zoning is only part of the problem.
Congress should nuke the USG regulations for wetlands and other environmental issues if they want to "fix" housing. Plus withhold USG $$ to states and cities that wish to maintain them.
There are dozens of categories of problems that restrict housing.

2026-02-23 23:06:32 CET

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A 16yo & 17yo can get married in Colorado with a judge's approval. 18yo and up are okay.

2026-02-23 18:11:28 CET

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How about a really clean URL
https://nypost.com/2026/02/22/us-news/trump-to-honor-laken-riley-and-other-angel-families-ahead-of-state-of-the-union-address/
Perhaps an odd double paste caused the prior URL to fail.

2026-02-23 04:38:28 CET

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When I left Texas they were still selling (not building) new homes for under $100 a square foot (like $300K for a 3000 sqft home south of Dallas TX).
I'm reading a book about how zoning and environmental regulations have made home building unaffordable. Like 10-20 years just to get approval for a new housing development. Or putting a guy in jail for leveling his lot because he didn't have proper wetlands permits.

2026-02-20 02:09:52 CET

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Cartoons for today (2/2)
https://www.creators.com/read/gary-varvel/02/26/410887
Gary Varvel with Mamdani Free Soup saying "No Soup For You!" to the Seinfeld cast.
https://www.creators.com/read/tom-stiglich/02/26/410690
Tom Stiglich with a shocked "Wendy's" logo; closing hundreds of restaurants.
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2026-02-20 02:07:26 CET

Cartoons for today (1/2)
https://comicallyincorrect.com/branco-cartoon-fraud-dogs/
AF Branco has "Fraud Dogs" (tombstone, illegal alien, and dog all have "I Voted" stickers)
https://rofcbybroc.com/2026/02/19/flushed-with-power/
Broc Smith has "Flushed With Power" (MD Governor Moore flushing an overflowing DEI toilet)
https://www.creators.com/read/chip-bok/02/26/410883
Chip Bok with an Aircraft Carrier of Damocles over an Iranian leader.
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2026-02-20 01:17:37 CET

A tech story
https://supercarblondie.com/boeing-747-fifth-engine-vitally-important/
This is a bit interesting - Pratt & Whitney had a couple Boeing 747 aircraft built with a mount for a fifth engine for flight testing.
It reminds me of a WWII B-17 bomber that had a motor mounted in the nose for flight tests. Powerful enough to turn off the other four engines in flight. I was told it was also powerful enough that it almost tore the nose off by the end of testing.
https://planehistoria.com/jb-17g/
for pictures, etc.

2026-02-19 23:59:51 CET

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I am not sure I could find my birth certificate (I have ideas where it is...). But I know where I have my perfectly good US passport, RealID driver's license, and a Global Entry card. Any should work.

2026-02-19 02:43:45 CET

A couple tech stories
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/generating_passwords_with_llms/
Asking an LLM to generate a password is a BAD idea. They look random but are sometimes repeated or have poor entropy. Like brute force in a few hours weak.
https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ciso-playbook-defending-data-assets-against-ai-scraping
A broad look at efforts to defend against AI scraping. Not just web sites but APIs, mobile apps, and so on.

2026-02-19 02:35:13 CET

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Cartoons for today (3/3)
Two by Lisa Benson
https://www.gocomics.com/lisabenson/2026/02/16
High prices on gas pump in CA; "I did that" Newsom sticker.
https://www.gocomics.com/lisabenson/2026/02/18
AOC fell on ice; gets 00.5 score in world affairs.
https://www.creators.com/read/tom-stiglich/02/26/410673
Tom Stiglich honoring Robert Duvall.
https://racketcartoons.substack.com/p/happy-ash-wednesday-8e7
Daniel Medina has "Happy Ash Wednesday" (cardinal putting ashes on elephant; saying several bad things to do)
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2026-02-19 02:28:04 CET

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Cartoons for today (2/3)
https://www.creators.com/read/chip-bok/02/26/410722
Chip Bok with an El Salvador man offering CDL to vote at a poll.
https://www.creators.com/read/gary-varvel/02/26/410734
Gary Varvel with Spanberger as a chameleon; a moderate to a radical - surprise.
Two by Henry Payne
https://henrypayne.com/index.php/2026/02/cartoon-aoc-foreign-policy-2
"AOC Foreign Policy" (billboard with nonsense foreign policy statement; Vote AOC 28)
https://henrypayne.com/index.php/2026/02/cartoon-olympic-gu-china-2
"Olympic Gu China" (skiing off jump; skis made with slave labor & censorship)
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2026-02-19 02:22:41 CET

Cartoons for today (1/3)
https://grrrgraphics.com/from-little-marco-to-big-hands-statesman/
Ben Garrison has "From Little Marco to Big Hands Statesman" (Trump at a podium praising Rubio)
https://www.creators.com/read/al-goodwyn-cartoons/02/26/410735
Al Goodwyn with picture of Iranian flag & leader getting burned by cigarettes.
Two by Broc Smith
https://rofcbybroc.com/2026/02/17/the-save-act-2/
"The SAVE Act" (Uncle Sam climbing cliff; on top two headed turtle for Thune and McConnell)
https://rofcbybroc.com/2026/02/18/raising-taxes-in-nyc/
"Raising Taxes in NYC" (Mamdani pumping up inflatable TAXES)
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2026-02-19 01:53:05 CET

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Some cloudflare sign up page there now
https://freedom.gov
Wants you to sign in with Google or you can get a login code sent to your email address.

2026-02-18 05:17:27 CET

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Yeah - that reminds me of an audio tape I checked out of the library about sales. I forget the author but the gist of his message was to do something like this
- put everyone on commission
- give the top 20% (or so) the best of everything
- give the middle 50% (or so) reasonable resources
- the bottom 30% will leave when they don't make enough to live on.
repeat.
That works for technical jobs as well - okay maybe not the commission part but the idea is the same.

2026-02-18 04:29:14 CET

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Yeah - Elbert County in CO as well
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/large-wildfire-elbert-county/73-eb175ee2-50e5-456e-b1f0-c28c74a573ab
Video says the front of the fire was miles wide. No clear estimate of the acres affected. Did have evacuations.

2026-02-17 20:46:11 CET

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Yeah - I've gotten those messages for the last few deliveries.
I was thinking it was because the front door is well protected & a light is definitely a help. But if you are getting them too - looks like some automated message.

2026-02-17 18:09:27 CET

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Another federal judge orders reversal of an Executive Order by Trump. SMH.
When will these judges learn?

2026-02-17 03:22:39 CET

From "Reason"
https://reason.com/2026/02/16/as-a-former-cop-i-have-to-ask-what-the-hell-is-ice-doing/
A former cop analyzes some of the videos of ICE agents engaging with observers and protesters. Basically saying that they started without a legal basis and escalated to use force not appropriate to the situation.
Expects trust in law enforcement in general to go down if not checked.

2026-02-15 04:24:55 CET

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Oddly not a fake post...
https://noauthority.social/@mhjohnson/116071409431109789
#note1cjm…lrkd

2026-02-14 23:45:52 CET

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Posted on Reddit?
https://www.reddit.com/r/analytics/comments/1r4dsq2/we_just_found_out_our_ai_has_been_making_up/
Dang - it IS there....
The odd thing is the post doesn't show up if I click on the OP's name. Not in the summary, comments, etc.
Many of the comments are variants of a CYA effort.

2026-02-14 18:57:08 CET

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Nah. Just marketing.

2026-02-14 02:51:23 CET

From "Reason"
https://reason.com/2026/02/13/the-atf-created-a-backdoor-gun-registry-lawmakers-want-an-explanation/
An odd database created by the ATF - prohibited by law.
Goes into the records collected for firearm sales - searchable by type, make, model, serial number, and caliber - but not by owner's name.
A few issues listed along with the congress critter investigation.

2026-02-13 21:30:55 CET

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Eh? $250K total or per winner?
I am not even sure $250K would cover a full four year tuition at a high end university any more.
Plus if say 10K students pass the test - does that mean they get $25 each?
Inquiring minds want to know.

2026-02-12 18:40:15 CET

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It may be this one
https://xcancel.com/SwipeWright/status/2003876371815403633
I found that referenced in some commentary of the tweet you posted.

2026-02-11 22:07:17 CET

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James Van Der Beak - got cancer a couple years ago. I just added him this year to replace Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will need a new under 50 person for next year.
@npub1xfa…nsnz @npub12cs…p3fq @npub1zze…csd7 @npub145d…munf @npub1wzl…0dnm @npub1ws6…xrks @npub1z6x…dr27 [@elston_](https://noauthority.social/@elston_ ) @npub1k8u…fpg4 @npub1492…y492 @npub1te5…s3rc [@El_Jefe](https://noauthority.social/@El_Jefe ) @npub1xr4…8dz2

2026-02-10 23:31:08 CET

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Cartoons for today (2/2)
https://www.creators.com/read/gary-varvel/02/26/410281
Gary Varvel with graveyard scene; why don't people protesting deaths by illegal alien truckers?
https://henrypayne.com/index.php/2026/02/cartoon-super-bowl-2027-chinese-halftime-2
Henry Payne has "Super Bowl 2027 Chinese Halftime" ("Wang Puppy" sings for all Chinese halftime show with comments)
https://www.creators.com/read/tom-stiglich/02/26/410273
Tom Stiglich has interview about Super Bowl halftime show; I didn't understand a word but loved the message.
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2026-02-10 23:25:58 CET

Cartoons for today (1/2)
https://comicallyincorrect.com/branco-cartoon-1000s-of-reasons/
AF Branco has "1000s of Reasons" (Donkey opposes the SAVE act; thinks of 1000s of illegal Democrat ballots)
https://grrrgraphics.com/strange-bedfellas/
Tina Garrison has "Strange Bedfellas" (Epstein and Bannon sharing a bed)
https://www.creators.com/read/chip-bok/02/26/410279
Chip Bok with a protestor demanding body cameras on ICE; okay. Now wants body cameras removed.
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2026-02-10 02:09:24 CET

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I found this post
https://noauthority.social/@zephyrotv/115823026305961564
BUT the file it refers to is in the trash - says you need to make a copy.
Does @npub12cs…p3fq have a different copy that we should look at instead?
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#note1936…4q9l

2026-02-09 20:47:36 CET

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Antibody treatments have been approved since 1986 according to this page
https://www.nfid.org/resource/monoclonal-antibodies-fact-sheet/
The main problem is they only last 1-6 months where the vaccine can provide much longer protection.