Donna Yobs

Sometimes all you need is coffee and the ocean.

It's Giving Enron On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

"When the dust settles, we’ll probably see a whole lot of books written about the fancy math games that convinced investors that two companies passing $100 billion back and forth were creating $200 billion in value instead of having a net financial impact of 0" davekarpf.substack.com/p/its-giving...

This UVA rally — which is sponsored by student, faculty, & staff groups — will protest the Trump regime's efforts to take over American universities & demand that UVA not cooperate, as it did this summer.
Friday, noon, at the Rotunda. C-ville community members are encouraged to attend.

Photos of October's supermoon: A stunning start to a trio of celestial events October’s supermoon — a phenomenon when the moon is closest to Earth, making it appear larger and brighter — is the first of three this year.

apnews.com/photo-galler... of October's supermoon: A stunning start to a trio of celestial events

I was tempted to find an invite code for the new Sora app, but then realized I could spend that time making actual videos about Shortcuts!

Did that instead.

MIKE JOHNSON: They want to give taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens again

CRAIG MELVIN: I had a hankering feeling you were going to bring that up. I actually did look at it. That's a bit misleading

First woman is named archbishop of Canterbury, leader of Church of England Sarah Mullally, previously the bishop of London, is the first woman to serve as spiritual leader of the Church of England in its nearly 500-year history.

Sarah Mullally was named the new archbishop of Canterbury on Friday, becoming the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Church of England, and of the global Anglican community, in the church’s nearly 500-year history.

Square Kilometre Array datacenter needs two Faraday cages IAC 2025: Stray signals are a no-no when you’re trying to tune into the stars

Great title
Square kilometer array requires double faraday cages

www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/s...

Because the federal government shut down on the first of the month, everyone should know folks with a Section 8 Voucher cannot be evicted because the government didn't make the voucher payment, nor can their portion of the rent be increased to cover the voucher payment. 24 C.F.R. § 982.310(b)(1)

We are all made of stars, but your RBAC shouldn’t be

Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.

Watch the trump-Miller police brutalise and attack protesters in L.A. on September 1st at 1:45 am.

This is a brazen constitutional violation !

The government cannot use its armed forces against peaceful protesters.

This is also happening in other US Blue cities (see source below).

#RESIST !!

Judge Blocks Trump's Late-Night Deportation of Hundreds of Guatemalan Children A federal judge stopped the Trump administration from illegally deporting as many as 700 Guatemalan children over the Labor Day weekend, ordering a last-minute block on their removals even as some children had already been boarded onto planes. The Natio...

“If this were a benign repatriation to send children back to their parents, it wouldn’t be happening at midnight on Sunday of Labor Day weekend.”

Happy Labor Day Weekend folks

Can we stop to talk about how remarkable the timing was? Compliant at 1am, Judge engaged at 2am, ex parte call to the Government at 2:30am (they did not answer), TRO at 4am?

On a Sunday of a holiday weekend?!

What Gives Me Hope Read more here.

The truth is there is no secret plan to defend American democracy. But what gives me hope is when people reject the cool cynicism of despair and choose to act rather than surrender. That is what keeps democracy alive, @marcelias.bsky.social writes.

Unite and Rise with League of Women Voters! I made a commitment today to defend our democracy and work to empower voters. Would you join the movement with me?

LWV encouraging civic engagement act.lwv.org/page/84217/a...

I think a major factor in so many people being kind of blasé or in denial about ~all this~ is that they’ve been waiting to be given some sort of paternal-ish permission to start freaking out.

So, here ya go. Here’s the permission.

Eight bar graphs sagreement that vaccines have been mostly beneficial, broken down by respondent age, gender, race, education, income, Trump support, Fox News viewing, Social media, generation, and 2024 vote. Majorities support vaccines across almost all categories of each variable.

69% on a 2025 US survey agreed that "Vaccines have been mostly beneficial to human health."
Just 11% disagreed; 20% were unsure. The graph shows % agreement across subgroups.
Only among 3rd-party voters and those "neutral" on Trump did agreement fall below 50%. 🧪 carsey.unh.edu/publication/...
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Great panel on Montana fighting citizens united

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“National Guard soldiers are trained for warfare and natural disasters, not for community policing.”

While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.

Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?

Agent: Liberals already ruined it.

Deepfake detectors are slowly coming of age, at a time of dire need By video, picture, and voice – the fakers are coming for your money DEF CON  While AI was on everyone's lips in Las Vegas this week at the trio of security conferences in Sin City – BSides, Black Hat, AND DEF CON – there were a lot of people using the F-word too: fraud.…

Deepfake detectors are slowly coming of age, at a time of dire need

A Welcome U-Turn in Ukraine Massive protests forced Zelenskyy to backtrack on a dangerous law. Will Trump’s opponents heed the lesson?

Ukraine's reversal of a law that would have reduced the independence of its anti-corruption agencies is a reminder to other democracies that robust civic engagement can make a difference in policy outcomes, explains @mcfaulmike.bsky.social: ow.ly/UZjn50WAnIc

A shitty map created by ChatGPT5. it purports to be US States with an R in their name, but it's wrong and dumb and worthless just like LLMs.

My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.

Silicon Valley hard tech

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FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.

Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...

More than two thirds of New Yorkers are tenants. Andrew Cuomo compared them to hotel guests.

We need a Mayor who will bring our city together around an agenda to lower costs for everyone, whether they rent or own.

It's REALLY weird how little coverage fact that Trump's tariffs have ALREADY been declared illegal has gotten.

Think abt what happens if SCOTUS upholds decision?

Trump has to pay back revenues.

Trump will have fostered new trade alliances w/o US for nought.

He'd look stupid.

Screenshot reads: A senior White House official told The Washington Post that no official action is being taken to wind down FEMA, and that changes in the agency will probably amount to a “rebranding” that will emphasize state leaders’ roles in disaster response. The official and others emphasized that Trump will make the ultimate decision, but said at this point, FEMA is not set to be abolished.

If I were a reporter I would ask… why does FEMA need to rebranded? Is that an effective and efficient use of time and staff? What will it be rebranded to? When will you do this? Who will decide on the rebranding?