Brian Wolven

Running Linux on Mac hardware with full hardware support is the dream–though the Framework stuff is interesting.

Huge thank you to the comedians, musicians, artists and writers who are just as mad and bewildered as the rest of us but are still doing their best to make life worth living for everyone.

And maybe we could get Hozier to do a soundtrack… 🤣

I think we should let @astrokatie.com write the end of this story… wait…🤔

Once upon a space-time…

I think you almost have to have a slightly morbid sense of humor to exist in a universe like ours.

I have to wonder what Martin Rees thinks about all of this.

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

<snickers>

I’m just hoping they don’t ruin everything with a thick coat of AI-slop varnish.

I’m constantly hopping back and forth between my laptop and a variety of remote linux servers, so having that terminal interface readily available and (mostly) compatible with Red Hat or Ubuntu is key.

Solid dependable hardware and great battery life is a welcome accompaniment.

Though the new Liquid Glass stuff is kind of a nightmare for usability in some cases, it does make it easier to celebrate the holidays right there on your desktop. 🎃💀👻

A calico cat lies sleeping, curled up, with chin slightly upward pointing, right front paw tucked in at her side, and left front paw resting on her two back legs.

And here is CinnaMum looking cute as she naps on her pouf in my office amidst her pile of toys.

I can’t believe I missed celebrating National Cat Day, though to be honest, that is pretty much EVERY day around here.

In any case, here is Lord Timiny of Cricket, First of his Paw, subjecting the Galilean moons to some orbital, um, “purrturbations”.

You two can borrow my account any time if you want to shitpost. No worries about excessive engagement whatsoever. 😂

Marthe Gautier, 96, Dies; Had Key Role in Down Syndrome Breakthrough

“Dr. Marthe Gautier, a physician and researcher who had a major role in identifying the cause of Down syndrome but whose achievement was undermined when a male colleague took credit for her work, died on April 30, 2022. She was 96.”

See also “Rosalind Franklin”.

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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

The growing inadequacy of an open-ended Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale in a warming world | PNAS Global warming increases available sensible and latent heat energy, increasing the thermodynamic potential wind intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs...

Last year, @michaelfwehner.bsky.social and Jim Kossin made the scientific case for a Cat6 cyclone. This week, Hurricane Melissa became the 6th storm in recorded history to smash through that threshold, with max winds of 216mph. And conditions leading to these storms are on the rise.

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Was his name Stef?

Nearly a Century Ago, American Chestnut Trees Died Off. Now, Hikers Can Walk Among Them Again. Efforts to restore the American chestnut comprise "one of the most epic conservation stories ever told.”

“Backpackers can now explore groves of effectively wild American chestnut trees across numerous eastern states and forage for nuts for the first time in about a century. The effort behind them is one of the most epic conservation stories ever told.” ❤️ www.backpacker.com/stories/amer...

Police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of package theft. She had her own evidence "Like I said, nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing."

I don’t want to live in a country where this sort of bullshit is normalized.

What a nightmare.

One year ago

Sharing for awareness: For those able and willing to help, the Embassy of Jamaica in DC is coordinating disaster relief in the U.S.

They have asked folks to reach out to them at disasterresponse@jamaicaembassy.org to coordinate support.

The government has info on donations supportjamaica.gov.jm

The storm surge on the southeastern coast is probably going to break records… and homes, and lives, and communities…

It’s going to be really REALLY bad. 😭