Oh, they’re pissed. But they would still vote for him again. Because at least he’s not a DuMbOcRaT.

“It is possible to not fuck around at all and still find out. That is not a weakness, that is life.” --Jean-Luc Picard (Paraphrased)

Just because someone collects data doesn’t mean that they’re using it for a particular purpose. I’ve worked at orgs that archived gobs of data - not necessarily user data - “in case we find a use for it.” Possession of data does not guarantee possession of a particular insight.

I’m not saying that no one at Google knew. Just that it’s far from impossible.

Or the time Ulysses Grant ordered the Treasury to flood the gold market - temporarily tanking the US economy - in order to crush his own brother in laws market manipulation scheme.

You can pull the fuse but this also disables Bluetooth iirc.

My wife occasionally agrees to meet people if they live on the other side of the county and it’s going to take them an hour to get to our house.

Usually people just come and pick up their items. We live suburbia though so maybe they feel “safer.”

Traumatic Brain Injury

I just finished moving one of my projects from Digital Ocean to a leased server. Even with a second host for backups, it’s a lot cheaper and leaves me with plenty of excess capacity.

It takes a little more time for maintenance but it’s not too bad.

I don’t think that at this point the American public opinion of what is going on, really matters, besides internal politics within the USA.

It absolutely matters beyond just internal politics. If you had asked me on December 31st, 2025 if I thought there was a credible threat of the US invading Greenland, I would have said, “Not likely” and just cracked it up to Trump’s usual bullshit attempts to distract from his legal issues and failing domestic agenda. And then the US very brazenly waltzed into Venezuela and deposed Maduro.

Now, I think the threats against Greenland, and by extension Denmark, are serious. Public opinion won’t necessarily stop Trump from invading Greenland. But, moralle does matter when it comes to the success of an armed conflict. Just ask Russia how their “Three day special military operation” in Ukraine is working out.

If I’m in Danish leadership and I’m now facing a credible threat to the lives of 5+ million people, I’m going to say whatever I have to say to try to prevent all out war. Trying to hammer the notion into the minds of the American public that their government is threatening a good friend and ally, rather than a belligerent enemy, is a completely reasonable approach. Especially considering the US’s vastly superior firepower.

Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. I hope they are actively preparing for the worst. I also hope it doesn’t come to that.

To be fair, Denmark wants to prevent an armed conflict and trying to keep the American public in their corner is certainly a reasonable strategy.

My Dad: Whips open copy of “Grays Anatomy” (the medical textbook)

“…So the egg travels down the Falopian Tube…”

Me: 😳

Some of us are very sorry that our country, particularly our leadership, is a giant fuckwad and we would put a stop to it if we could.

Oklahoma, 1936: “I’m going to ignore centuries of established dry farming techniques here on this semi-arid plain. What could possible go wrong?”

Oklahoma, 2024: “I’m going to vote to re-elect the guy whose economic policies nearly bankrupted me the first time. What could possibly go wrong?”

Yeah, you’re talking about people, many of whom can only read on a fourth grade level and it’s not possible to cram all the nuance of Government and Economics into a ten second TikTok video.

I’ve always found it interesting how brands that are either not household names or have been mostly forgotten shaped technology that we use every day. You can find LED bulbs or cheap electronics with the Curtis-Mathes brand nowadays but back in the 60’e and 70’s, they set the standard for repairable TV’s, at least in the US. They basically modularized everything to where there were like 10 replacable parts and the repairman carried all of those with him. They could swap out a bad component in minutes.

Another one that was never a household name is Allen Organ Company. They make electronic pipe organs, which replicate the sounds of an actual pipe organ, sans pipes. In the early 70’s they created the first fully digital organ. It had a small computer that generated the tones. Even though it had a several large PCB’s and a pretty big footprint for its limited capabilities compared to computers today, at the time it was a pretty impressive feat.

Voluptuous Lauren Delivers Lettuce

“Why is your fridge full of lettuce?”

“I’m trying to eat healthier.”

He should resign as governor because I guarantee he does not have time to do both jobs at the same time.

That said, Trump received 60.22% of the popular vote in Louisiana in 2024 so I’m gonna guess they’re fine with it. Republican voters are usually fine with their politicians doing nothing to improve society. In fact, that’s kind of a selling point.