Martin

His only positive quality is being an excellent negative example.

Just your monthly reminder to get off substack.

Already jumped 50 cents here in Seattle.

Ah, Spring. The local woodpeckers are testing out which parts of the house have the best reverb.

we just fade to grey

Yes, can we please mock RK a lot. He keeps saying the same thing, and they keep believing him.

Douglas's Squirrel (U.S. National Park Service)

One of our local Pine Squirrels is in the bird feeder this morning.
I am happy to contribute to their well being.

www.nps.gov/articles/000...

Long ago at the end of the 80s a tiny company got the contract to replace all federal desktop computers with IBM RS6000.
This sounds much like a retelling of that story.

Let's keep our night sky clear, please.

Yes, the subtle bugs it creates are pretty amazing. Well past the usual off-by-one sort of error and into the "gee, that's bizarre" sort of behavior.

5 authors by whom I've read at least 5 books:
Neal Asher
Alastair Reynolds
Ian Banks
Sherri Tepper
Fritz Leiber

Photos? I remember sitting in LAX reading the weather page of the paper, and it was all about how smoggy each area was. You couldn't see the mountains, and it was a "clear" day in terms of clouds.
Don't leave you house announcements were frequent.

Dear Hyatt Hotels, your "AI Assistant" is terrible and frustrating, and if is making me reconsider my choice of hotels.

Put a bounty on it?

Working in Cybersecurity means my reading filters are skewed. I had to read a recent Seattle Times headline twice to figure out why Fish and Wildlife was involved in a fishing incident.
I just automatically read phishing, twice.

The pun in the article is that he was arrested for poaching salmon.

These folks have "do to staffing shortages...", and I mean, really? Hire someone to answer the phone, seriously.

The IVR really was one of the first signs of the end times, but no one was paying attention back then.

Ah, Monday morning hold music.
Seriously, the only reason any of us are on hold waiting is because your website doesn't do what we need to do.
And yes, we know there's a wait, you don't have to tell us every 30 seconds.

FEAR – Let's Have A War [Chorus] / There's so many of us / There's so many of us / There's so many / There's so many of us / There's so many of us / There's so many / There's so many of us / There's so

genius.com/Fear-lets-ha...

See articles about prediction markets and how much people are making by betting against him.

I read that as web comic weirdness, and it still made sense.
This does look like the definition of undefined behavior.

you can't use the proper words on Meta platforms. It will automatically block the post.

John Brunner - The Jagger Orbit.
Very specifically describes the news caster crafting the video clip he is going to use with his story.

I feel this.

wait, what? It's Penguin Awareness Day?

It's called the "Bare King" Strategy in chess. Strip away to other pieces.

Northern lights may be visible in 24 states tonight as a massive CME slams into Earth Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Colorado tonight as a speedy coronal mass ejection impacts Earth.

I think it's adorable that they suggest WA and OR might be able to see northern lights.

www.space.com/stargazing/a...

EFFecting Change: The Human Cost of Online Age Verification Age verification mandates are spreading fast, and they’re ushering in a new age of online surveillance, censorship, and exclusion for everyone—not just young people. Age-gating laws generally require

Age verification mandates are spreading rapidly, despite clear evidence that they do not work and actively harm the people they claim to protect. We're discussing these laws and how we're fighting back tomorrow at 12 PM PT. Join us live! eff.org/livestream-age

Wait, they are suddenly aware of the risks of their dependence on these services? And it's "when", not "if".

Congratulations!
Well deserved!