Mark Lasersohn

Some time ago, I might have cared more. But now, the only reason I care about someone shooting Kirk, is the inevitable backlash. Of course, it would always be something. Trump and his ilk are always looking for an excuse. If not this, it would be something else.

We lost the vote in the Senate to reveal the Epstein files. All but 2 GOP Senators voted to keep them hidden.

And just like that, the Epstein matter is swept off the front page. If it resurfaces, expect Trump to start making many more purely political arrests.

Senator Jon Husted blocked a vote to release the Epstein files.

YouTube video by Veritasium What if all the world's biggest problems have the same solution?

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Is anyone suing in regard to illegal firing of inspectors general?

Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...

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After centralizing power within the government around one authority, in this case the presidency, the next step in establishing fascism is to extend that authority into every neighborhood. Gestapo on your corner.

Assad was bad, truly awful. But, I want to remind everyone that among the leaders of 12 factions opposing him, few agree on the best course for Syria and several desperately seek to restore the caliphate (religious rule) in Syria and the world.

Might be time to take the screen off this window.

He overflowed our ERs.
He overflowed our ICUs.
He overflowed our morgues.
We had to send refrigerator trucks.

But doesn't that imply that the truck will stop *before* it catches on fire?

California child becomes first minor reported with case of bird flu Infection brings number of US bird flu cases this year to 55, including 29 in California, says CDC

Great. We just elected a man that discouraged all reasonable mitigation for COVID (which, while relatively mild, still managed to kill over a million Americans), and now here comes the far more deadly bird flu.
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Urge Congress to vote NO on letting the government shut down rights groups

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One of the least well-regarded bought out one the most well-regarded... Can't be good.

Just found out that my favorite pizza place supported Trump. I guess I need a new pizza place. #boycotttrumpsters

After years, decades maybe, I am thinking of switching from gcc and g++ to clang and clang++. Clang compiles faster, produces well-optimized code, and most importantly, offers concise errors and warnings. Gcc hands me paragraphs for every warning and misses some, clang usefully caught.

Two of the founding groups of progressive rock listed their lyricists, who played no instruments nor sang, as members of the band, Procol Harum and King Crimson.
Yesterday, Pete Sinfield, a founding member of King Crimson, the lyricist that named the band, died at age 81.

Gaetz resigned days before ethics investigation report expected The former congressman resigned soon after being nominated as President-elect Trump’s attorney general.

The House Ethics Committee was set to vote this week on releasing a report about Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), who resigned from Congress on Wednesday after being picked as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims say the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction.

We've come full circle.

Chatting here about here

Seeking a bit of refuge here. FB is just carpeted today with AI generated content. I can't make sense of most of it. It isn't seemingly promotional or commercial; it's just more content, write-ups about old rocks bands, fake histories, or descriptions of art that doesn't actually exist.

It is all a bit chaotic