Nostr notes by Grumble 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇱

That's almost exponential losses. That's stunning. $1.5B ...

2026-10-27T19:10:35Z

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That's almost exponential losses. That's stunning.
$1.5B $8.3B $42.0B and est $160B.

There's gotta be a corollary of Moore's law for AI losses.

No billionaire intends to live on Mars, any more than the kings ...

2026-10-24T18:18:36Z

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No billionaire intends to live on Mars, any more than the kings and queens of Europe intended to move to Africa or India or the New World.

The billionaires intend some poors to move to Mars and for themselves to remain here and make a lot of money.

Has Donald Trump ever been any woman's boyfriend? Customer? ...

2026-10-23T21:48:55Z

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Has Donald Trump ever been any woman's boyfriend?

Customer? often.
Abuser? of course.
Immigration sponsor? sure.

But boyfriend?

As a grad student in a podunk state college, my advisor got an ...

2026-10-22T21:35:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…xd3l
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As a grad student in a podunk state college, my advisor got an offer from the regional religious school with a large pay raise. Some of that increase was simply to cover to cost of the required Church tithes.

My point is that "plussing up" a compensation package to cover taxes or tithes is an old scam on the shareholders.

Weird that a t-shirt makes copilot uncomfortable, but not ...

2026-10-19T22:19:57Z

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Weird that a t-shirt makes copilot uncomfortable, but not murdering children.

If I was a passenger and saw this, I might want to de-plane as a precaution.

The last 23 years of feature development wasn't done for ...

2026-10-15T19:31:25Z

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The last 23 years of feature development wasn't done for users - it was done for developers, managers, and shareholders.

"DOJ says it approved the warrant" It would be nice if a ...

2026-10-12T19:45:34Z

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"DOJ says it approved the warrant"

It would be nice if a judge approved the warrant.

I look forward to reading the affidavit.

If cops are sincerely murdering people because they felt afraid ...

2026-10-12T01:57:54Z

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If cops are sincerely murdering people because they felt afraid or threatened, you'd think someone would help those cops find new careers where their oversensitive nerves or poor threat assessment skills wouldn't cause a loss of life for the community or a lot of paperwork for their bosses.

Even Deputy Barney Fife was only allowed one fucking bullet because Sheriff Andy knew Barney could only be trusted so far.

So I have to conclude that violent cops murdering the 99% are totes OK with the 0.01%.

As for lynchings... yeah, you're probably right that some racist assholes are just waiting for their chance to be murderers.

Lynchings are mob violence with no attempt to establish facts. ...

2026-10-12T00:25:56Z

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Lynchings are mob violence with no attempt to establish facts. ICE dickheads murdering people in their cars is crime of passion stuff - fear and anger. Cops murder people through carelessness or callousness or reckless use of force. In none of these situations is a calm adult making deliberate decisions. I don't think any of the participants imagined someone would be dead when they rolled out of bed that morning.

The deaths of the French court and the Romanov family both happened post-revolution - months or years after the crazy excitement ended. Louis and his friends got trials and executions. It might have been a show trial, but it was a trial. Nicholas II got a bureaucratic decision by a regional Soviet - as bland and impersonal as a "past due" notice in the mail.

It seems to me that the 0.01% mostly fear calm, deliberate punishment under what appears to be the rule of law.

Perhaps what really pissed off the 0.01% is the affront of having *someone else* be in charge of them? I sort of get that - why even be rich and powerful and still have to stand in line at the DMV like some random pleb? They are absolutely used to being in charge of themselves - anything else really disturbs them.

Holy shit the 0.01% have a real hard-on for getting rid of the ICC.

I can't even tell from context which revolutionary French ...

2026-10-11T04:29:46Z

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I can't even tell from context *which* revolutionary French bloodbath you're referring to (the one with guillotines? the Paris communes? the fall of Vichy?) and it doesn't matter - All of them and more led to blood running in the gutters, and lots of collateral death and destruction.

Once the violence starts, it is very hard to control - which Rubio and Hegseth and Trump (and even Putin) are currently re-learning at the world's expense.

I don't want that to happen here. I want people to soberly reflect on the risks of NOT changing course, and then adjusting.

I'll say this for America - the ruling class is already ...

2026-10-11T04:04:23Z

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I'll say this for America - the ruling class is already afraid.

One unplanned parade and they pull out their guns.

But I don't think they are afraid enough to decide to change. That's a real shame, for all of us.

I believe that the survival of the 99% relies on the 1% changing ...

2026-10-11T03:37:01Z

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I believe that the survival of the 99% relies on the 1% changing their ways. I continually saber-rattle mob violence on the off chance that more and more of the 99% also talk about it, and that the 1% hear it and it scares them into changing their behavior.

If the 1% don't change, then the mob violence will end up really happening, because it always does. I don't want to see that, and I don't want to live through that.

But I fear that the 1% are too far up their own asses to avoid it.

Historically, the fascists eventually start with the public ...

2026-10-11T03:19:22Z

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Historically, the fascists eventually start with the public executions, but eventually the fascists themselves end with public executions.

Once that bell is rung, it's going to get rung over and over. Matthew 26:52.

I'm pretty sure these Christians don't believe their own book.

I cannot see paying Digikey prices unless you need the parts ...

2026-10-01T19:14:28Z

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I cannot see paying Digikey prices unless you need the parts yesterday.

Sorry - I'm old and from a time when there were lots of disties trying to sell me parts. But only Digikey always had stock and would ship next-day.

But next day parts!

2026-10-01T18:56:08Z

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But next day parts!

I am delighted that the GOP is polling like shit for this ...

2026-09-30T02:47:26Z

I am delighted that the GOP is polling like shit for this year's midterm elections.

That said, this is not my first election, and I've seen some astounding Dem defeats over the years.

Never underestimate the ability of the Dems to lose.

I think AI leaders are calling for regulation (and hyping up ...

2026-09-30T00:46:36Z

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I think AI leaders are calling for regulation (and hyping up staged or real 'escapes' to make the regulation more invasive) because:
a) they will write the regulation themselves so it will be easy for them to comply. Congress is far too dumb.
b) the regulation will make it hard for other AI companies to compete, and will doubtless lock the Chinese out of the US market.
c) the AI leaders can't show their investors any profits this year, but they hope that showing them favorable regulation that guarantees they will always own the US market, however large or small it turns out to be, is enough so that the AI CEO keeps their jobs.

Morally binding? Trump is a felon. He's a rapist. He's ...

2026-09-30T00:31:45Z

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Morally binding? Trump is a felon. He's a rapist. He's probably a pedophile.

What a goddam farce.

Pretty sure it wasn't the gas chambers that got the Nazis ...

2026-09-29T01:37:15Z

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Pretty sure it wasn't the gas chambers that got the Nazis stomped.

The ruling class didn't set out to stop the genocide, and took their sweet time making it known that a genocide was going on.

Trusting the ruling class to do the right things for humanity is risky if not actually contra-indicated.

I, too, avidly hope for Trump's demise. It won't solve ...

2026-09-27T16:13:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…9dlg
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I, too, avidly hope for Trump's demise.

It won't solve anything, but it'll be a good party.

I assume the AI bros are hyping up their software's danger ...

2026-09-26T07:37:30Z

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I assume the AI bros are hyping up their software's danger potential to troll the US public to demand and the US government to enact regulation. Regulations that the AI bros write, that is expensive for potential competitors to comply with.

They'd rather have the public talking about regulating their dangerous product than asking where the profits are.

Idaho, in the early 90s: I'm a CS grad student working on ...

2026-09-23T21:30:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…dqt2
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Idaho, in the early 90s: I'm a CS grad student working on formal methods for hardware and software design. I'm at a poster session, pitching our CPU verification work, and meet one of the guys from HP (Boise) who donates equipment and money to our department.

I casually remark that my work probably has no application to the printers this guy's division makes.

He's indignant. "Do you know how much we test our stuff so that we don't ship a broken printer? Do you know how much it would cost to upgrade firmware in the field? Do you know the risks involved?"

That guy needs to talk to Samsung.

She seems nice.

2026-09-23T18:34:42Z

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She seems nice.

Gear down, full flaps, thrust reversers on...

2026-09-19T21:46:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…xd7p
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Gear down, full flaps, thrust reversers on...

"US has more data center targets than next fourteen countries ...

2026-09-18T23:53:57Z

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"US has more data center targets than next fourteen countries combined."

I think what the court was saying is that the Constitution itself ...

2026-09-09T16:23:39Z

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I think what the court was saying is that the Constitution itself doesn't require our government to be worth a damn, and that when it isn't worth a damn, don't come crying to the courts for relief. Because the judiciary sure as hell aren't going to put limits on the Executive branch or hold them accountable for incompetence (or malfeasance).

AFAIK, this is the "lol - git gud" response dressed up in legal jargon.

Presumably, the options for disgruntled citizens are: vote in less incompetent assholes, buy better legislation, or riot in the streets.

One of the lessons from Ukrainian resistance to Russian invasion ...

2026-09-08T23:28:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…r6an
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One of the lessons from Ukrainian resistance to Russian invasion is that cheap-ass drones can be effectively weaponized and are extremely difficult to defend against, and can be launched from significant distances.

Another lesson from that conflict is that commercial real estate structure like data centers and e-commerce warehouses are soft targets that burn pretty well.

My point is that when the rich subvert democratic institutions to get their way, upset people might simply burn down their shit.

Operation "Please Make Them Stop Talking About Hormuz and ...

2026-08-24T17:32:05Z

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Operation "Please Make Them Stop Talking About Hormuz and Iran" is off to a great start.

Apple obviously put cameras into earbuds because that's the ...

2026-08-24T09:21:40Z

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Apple obviously put cameras into earbuds because that's the only place they already had a product.

Let's all be happy that Apple doesn't make colostomy bags.

Governments provide oversight and legal systems to the people ...

2026-08-22T21:21:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…lef8
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Governments provide oversight and legal systems to the people they serve so that the people don't resort to mob violence when faced with injustice.

Sometime the government forgets that and you have to remind them.

I'm sure the authorities will let the market decide - ...

2026-08-19T18:10:45Z

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I'm sure the authorities will let the market decide - it's the most efficient way to allocate scarce resources, you know.

Until the most recent Ukrainian drone rampage on oil refineries, ...

2026-08-19T08:32:59Z

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Until the most recent Ukrainian drone rampage on oil refineries, 1/3 to 1/2 of Russian air defense installation were located around Putin's fancy lake dacha. You know how these totalitarians are - if one guy gets a new toy, then they all have to have one, too.

Putin's systems, though, are mounted on towers where they can see incoming threats, plus his systems are known to be effective (somewhat) on current drone threats.

Maybe there's a real threat against Trump, and maybe the Army system is effective against it, and maybe it's installed effectively. But this picture looks like some poor Major setting up whatever looks impressive so Trump feels important.

Ukraine is currently smoking Russian Wildberry warehouses, which are a wonderfully non-protected target that burn really well and nicely fucks with the Russian economy - from Wildberry's capital investment, to the inventories of dozens of small businesses in each warehouse. But the really cool part of these cheap-ass drone attacks is that these drone are striking from a couple of hundred miles away. Per unit cost of these drones is likely less than a new Civic.

Imagine what happens to domestic US government facilities once these drones start being built / printed in the US. For example, the Portland ICE motor pool could be attacked simultaneously with drones from Vancouver, Hillsboro, Gresham, and Salem.

The DNC are afraid of democratic populism. But they aren't ...

2026-08-18T19:37:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…8hfp
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The DNC are afraid of democratic populism. But they aren't afraid enough yet, imho.

Right now, they see it as a threat and want to subvert it. I want them so fucking terrified that they start bargaining to save themselves.

Oh, you get lots of email meant for someone else, too? I think ...

2026-08-12T16:50:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…6dld
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Oh, you get lots of email meant for someone else, too?

I think this is the price we pay for getting gmail addresses in the 2000s.

"They are capitalism's middle management run rampant and ...

2026-08-07T23:09:55Z

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"They are capitalism's middle management run rampant and nothing more."

I believe capitalists come in two camps: "we can force the proles to do our bidding" and "we can persuade the proles to our bidding".

Liberalism is the second camp.

Both camps go up against the wall, imho.

I'm so old I remember when "war profiteer" was ...

2026-08-06T20:21:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…ec3u
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I'm so old I remember when "war profiteer" was shameful.

Heck, I remember when shame was a thing.

As we said at the University of Idaho: GO VANDALS!

2026-08-01T18:30:31Z

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As we said at the University of Idaho: GO VANDALS!

Not an attack on the US, because our nuke stockpile remains ...

2026-07-29T23:00:11Z

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Not an attack on the US, because our nuke stockpile remains robust.

But an attack on a regional partner? Yeah, that's totally possible.

Has Mr. Kim been talking about reuniting Korea? Have the Argentinians been getting propaganda about the Malvinas?

I understand, but do not echo, your charitable sentiments. Evil ...

2026-07-24T22:56:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…33hv
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I understand, but do not echo, your charitable sentiments.

Evil CEOs are actually powerless without minions to do their bidding. Even in a tight job market. "I needed the money" is pathetically close to "I was just following orders."

"Don't hate all Nazis - most of them were hamstrung by ...

2026-07-24T22:39:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…dnkn
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"Don't hate all Nazis - most of them were hamstrung by their leadership and their personal biases" really isn't making me want to keep using Firefox or allow tech bros much grace.

That fascist AI stink doesn't wash off.

All right, folks. Time to separate the pink boys from the ...

2026-07-24T03:58:28Z

All right, folks. Time to separate the pink boys from the subgenii.

How?

No question - the Oingo Boingo test.

Who can take a dada art project and turn it into an artsy ska horror band? And who will dare to groove to them?

Danny Elfman, and me. Maybe you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSiAuiMOBTg

Trump has been arguing strenuously for a post-Trump world for a ...

2026-07-22T15:38:07Z

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Trump has been arguing strenuously for a post-Trump world for a decade now, but only a handful of people have taken him seriously.

I married my wife in the Benewah county courthouse, in St. ...

2026-07-03T21:29:06Z

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I married my wife in the Benewah county courthouse, in St. Maries, Idaho.

The best part of that story was my mother-in-law was totally in shock because she was running late and ran into the courthouse through the back door and had to go through the jail all dressed up asking "where is the judge's office?"

She was basically Hyacinth Bucket from Boise, and she was utterly mortified by the whole experience.

There's probably a joke in there about CEOs, John DeLorean ...

2026-07-02T02:19:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…c0lf
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There's probably a joke in there about CEOs, John DeLorean and bricks of cocaine, but I'm just too sick of rich assholes to make it.

He appears to have a really high tolerance for caffeine. Or ...

2026-07-02T02:04:24Z

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He appears to have a really high tolerance for caffeine. Or ketamine.

Mad props to his EMS team.

Sometimes the journey was smooth sailing. The rest of the time, ...

2026-06-23T01:15:39Z

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Sometimes the journey was smooth sailing.

The rest of the time, though, it was a real drag.

I assume that Trump is looking for a scapegoat; Vance probably ...

2026-06-21T05:55:11Z

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I assume that Trump is looking for a scapegoat; Vance probably figures that it'll be him.

So... Vance is going to try to surrender, now? I'm guessing ...

2026-06-21T05:42:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…wmhz
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So... Vance is going to try to surrender, now?

I'm guessing Iran is going to keep slow-rolling Trump until everyone in the WH has personally surrendered.

Hucksters have always relied and profited from the _stupidity_ ...

2026-06-15T00:11:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…0d2t
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Hucksters have always relied and profited from the _stupidity_ and _credulity_ of the American people.

Now we've got professional huckster billionaire oligarchs who've expanded that previous business model to also rely on the _apathy_ of the American people.

It's a bold move. I wish I could ask Charlie Kirk for his opinion.

Once again I'll plug the Sandia Labs documentary on nuclear ...

2026-05-24T03:49:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…442y
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Once again I'll plug the Sandia Labs documentary on nuclear targeting, because it explains so much of the post WW2 US defense budget and US foreign policy.

If you've got a couple of hours and don't mind cringing and yelling "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK" repeatedly, it's a good watch. This isn't some PBS pablum - this is the real scary MFs talking about how they planned to destroy the world.

https://youtu.be/Qz0Dg5gIjhw

Here's my synopsis:

From '45 to around '65, we had more targets than bombs, so we allocated bombs to cities because hey, if you can't destroy the perfect military target, you could at least kill a few million people.

After '65 until about '90, we had lots of bombs, so the guys in Omaha figured every building or runway we could identity deserved a bomb on it. Weirdly, this increasing number of targets drove even more bomb production. A self-licking ice cream cone.

Around '90, it was obvious to the administration that Omaha was out of control, and new targeting software, policies, and leadership (StratCom) were enacted. That really helped fuel disarmament talks and saving bucks on bombs we didn't need and couldn't afford.

I worked on the great grandchild of that software around '15, and I fully support having good tools for our military to use to do their jobs. But that was just too depressing for me and I left after a year.

Curtis LeMay enters the chat...

2026-05-24T03:28:00Z

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Curtis LeMay enters the chat...

The biggest entitlement in the USA is that we allow asshole ...

2026-05-12T02:57:16Z

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The biggest entitlement in the USA is that we allow asshole billionaires to keep their heads on their shoulders.

Let's cut that one.

So your gripe is that the people and events presented in the book ...

2026-05-01T21:07:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…w8g6
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So your gripe is that the people and events presented in the book offend you. Fair enough - humans being assholes is timeless, and fierce struggles bring out the extremes of human behavior. We all get a lot of assholery on the news every day, and it's hard to swallow more from a history book.

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” - Confucius

I'm not smart enough to rely on reflection, but I'm lazy enough to prefer imitation over experience. I read history to learn what worked, what didn't work, and to get ideas about how to proceed.

If you read the book, then you got a completely different message ...

2026-05-01T20:30:26Z

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If you read the book, then you got a completely different message than I did. The bombing of the LA Times in 1910 was assholery, and Adamic derided it as such.

Adamic was an immigrant. Most of the folks leading the US labor movement were immigrants - some were even Anarchists!

US labor history was a constant struggle between the trade union camps and the "all workers" camps. The ruling class eventually came to accept the trade unions as a necessary evil, but always worked to undermine and neuter their power. Some would say the AFL-CIO remain co-opted to this day. But the Wobblies caught fire from the ruling class *and *the professional unions. Until Trump, Eugene Debs held the record for most presidential votes for a convicted felon.

That labor was two competing ideas that hated each other but hated their bosses more is mostly overlooked these days, but Adamic covers it because it was common knowledge at the time.

Knowing history - even the ugly history - is worth it. And the ...

2026-05-01T20:01:03Z

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Knowing history - even the ugly history - is worth it. And the day we remember the Haymarket Massacre and it's aftermath is an appropriate day to learn about other US labor history.

Is "Dynamite!" bad labor history? I can't help that US labor history was often some angry, flawed people violently struggling against other angry, flawed people.

I found it a good read because I'd never heard of most of the sabotage and bombings that were common knowledge 100 years ago. My main take aways were "Holy shit! Pissed off workers blew up a lot of stuff!" and "Holy Shit! Why haven't I ever heard of this stuff before?"

Idaho's former governor was assassinated at his mailbox - as a former Idaho resident it's fair to say damn few Idahoans even remember that event, let alone the two mining strikes and mass military incarcerations that led up to it.

On this day of remembrance and celebration, here's a good ...

2026-05-01T06:21:30Z

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On this day of remembrance and celebration, here's a good read.

https://archive.org/details/dynamite-louis-adamic-0

We're in the middle, right now, of what happens when people ...

2026-04-28T02:49:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…vx2n
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We're in the middle, right now, of what happens when people do not resist.

One thing that could unite the left and the right and all of the ...

2026-04-27T00:07:22Z

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One thing that could unite the left and the right and all of the potential voters sitting on their asses is that we all know the DNC are useless and untrustworthy. Most of us also know the GOP are insane and untrustworthy.

A year ago when Bernie and AOC were on the road to huge crowds, they could have easily started a new political party. They didn't.

When San Diego was having a bad drought a few years back, a guy I ...

2026-03-26T19:53:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…c66l
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When San Diego was having a bad drought a few years back, a guy I know got seriously riled up because the city put hella restrictions on watering lawns. He was livid because he had his own well, and figured that meant he was entitled to as much ground water as he could afford to pump.

Of course, the rich people's golf course watered daily anyway, and just passed the water fines on to their customers.

The Spice Must Flow.

2026-03-24T22:43:27Z

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The Spice Must Flow.

Any chance of code overlays?

2026-03-11T19:43:09Z

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Any chance of code overlays?

A Mountbatten-Windsor formerly known as Prince?

2026-02-19T11:48:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…vdzn
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A Mountbatten-Windsor formerly known as Prince?

“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you ...

2026-01-27T15:43:17Z

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“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled.”
―**The Prophet Mohammed,القرآن الكريم**

I like your pampas grass :)

Nobody wants to believe that the Feds can just murder people on ...

2026-01-25T20:48:11Z

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Nobody wants to believe that the Feds can just murder people on the street now. Hell, if that was true then we'd probably have to fight back, or something.

I went to a lecture in the early 1990's by Tim Leonard, the ...

2026-01-22T16:48:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…270f
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I went to a lecture in the early 1990's by Tim Leonard, the formal methods guy at DEC. His story was that DEC had as-built simulators for every CPU they designed, and they had correct-per-the-spec simulators for these CPUs.

At night, after the engineers went home, their workstations would fire up tools that generated random sequences of instructions, throw those sequences at both simulators, and compare the results. This took *lots *of machines, but, as Tim joked, Equipment was DEC's middle name.

And they'd find bugs - typically with longer sequences, and with weird corner cases of exceptions and interrupts - but real bugs in real products they'd already shipped.

But here was the banger: sure, they'd fix those bugs. But there were still more bugs to find, and it took longer and longer to find them.

Leonard's empirical conclusion is that there is no "last bug" to be found and fixed in real hardware. There's always one more bug out there, and it'll take you longer and longer (and cost more and more) to find it.

Good to see that, but we knew all of that already. The ...

2026-01-15T04:35:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…rrmy
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Good to see that, but we *knew *all of that already.

The unanswered questions are why aren't the poor in the streets with barricades, and pitchforks, and guillotines?

Oh, that's too much work to get everyone involved?

Then why aren't there smaller protests and cop cars set on fire?

Oh, even getting *some *people involved is too much work?

Then where's the general strike where we collectively stop working for the rich for a few days? A general strike is literally not working - that can't be too much work.

The hint is the word "collectively". We have been trained to not act collectively.

The rich have been insanely successful and making us hate each other instead of uniting and hating *them*.

Who's got a landline any more? Show me how to hook up a modem ...

2026-01-14T04:45:29Z

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Who's got a landline any more?

Show me how to hook up a modem to a cell phone?

Let's cut the fancy words and talk bluntly: People will stand ...

2026-01-11T06:04:05Z

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Let's cut the fancy words and talk bluntly:

People will stand in line for a chance to piss on Trump's grave.

Wait - you said 'drop' them? From what height? We might ...

2026-01-10T19:18:13Z

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Wait - you said 'drop' them?

From what height? We might be able to save ourselves some trips to restock their MREs and fresh water...

Lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas. Don't ...

2026-01-08T09:31:27Z

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*Lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.*

Don't work for ICE, folks - it'll stink up your resume for the rest of your working life. You'll end up having to lie for the chance to piss in a bottle in an Amazon warehouse.

The Epstein Files - sponsored by HP

2025-12-19T23:20:22Z

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The Epstein Files - sponsored by HP

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2025-12-18T10:34:14Z

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In Stephenson's Snow Crash, one of the bad guys had ...

2025-11-18T17:06:40Z

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In Stephenson's *Snow Crash*, one of the bad guys had "POOR IMPULSE CONTROL" tattooed on his forehead by a court. I know cyberpunk books are supposed to be cautionary tales, but...

Trump's policies come and go - like ICE raids in Portland, ...

2025-11-16T18:24:15Z

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Trump's policies come and go - like ICE raids in Portland, like invading Greenland, like annexing Canada, like tariffs everywhere.

What sticks around through it all is Donald Trump using his temporary position as president to extort money to enrich himself.

Which is ironic since the old fart won't live long enough to spend it. He's literally collecting bribes just to pretend he's "winning" something, when he could be actually making America better.

Gleaning - giving the poor the right to gather the remains of a ...

2025-11-02T05:34:54Z

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Gleaning - giving the poor the right to gather the remains of a crop in the field - is about as old as field crops themselves.

Note that I said "right" and not privilege. Old Testament God commands farmers to leave a part of their crop for the poor and the strangers, not that the oldest parts of the bible mean anything to modern capitalists and their christianish proles.

I think it's a fairly easy argument to make that restaurants and markets should allow their surplus to go to the poor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaning

Trump seemed happy for people to know he banged a porn star. If ...

2025-10-24T05:29:11Z

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Trump seemed happy for people to know he banged a porn star. If "all he did" was statutory rape a 17 year old, I can't see him going to all this trouble to keep the files hidden.

So either Trump did a lot of really freaky shit, or he's covering up something else (like, maybe Trump has been blackmailing the pedos that Epstein was blackmailing?)

Trump seems to imply that because Putin spent a lot of money and ...

2025-10-20T01:51:15Z

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Trump seems to imply that because Putin spent a lot of money and blood in his failed war, Russia *deserves *some land from Ukraine.

Fuck that.

Russia can have as much land from Ukraine as the Trump took from Afghanistan when he surrendered to the Taliban. None. Zero. Zilch.

Will Putin's failure have negative consequences for him? Likely.
History shows it sucks to be the guy who loses a Russian war.

I'd prefer that, too, but I think it's going to be ...

2025-10-12T21:52:01Z

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I'd prefer that, too, but I think it's going to be difficult to find a country willing to publicly cross Mr. Putin.

Anyone with a submarine - France, Germany, UK, Poland, Sweden, Italy, USA, even Australia and Japan - can anonymously sink a tanker. Putin will be enraged, but what exactly can he do?

*cough *Nord Stream 2 *cough*

Tankers go out full, come back empty. Sink the empty ones.

2025-10-12T21:24:22Z

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Tankers go out full, come back empty.

Sink the empty ones.

Sink. Russian. Tankers. The drones will take care of themselves.

2025-10-11T10:15:31Z

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Sink. Russian. Tankers.

The drones will take care of themselves.

The problem is the number of layers of hierarchy. Once the number ...

2025-10-02T21:44:12Z

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The problem is the number of layers of hierarchy.

Once the number of layers hits some magic number, a sociopath or psychopath in the chain has very bad consequences for the population as a whole.

At the same time, human societies are more efficient with some amount of coordination and control.

So if the environment is abundant, your society can get by with little hierarchy (think indigenous American tribes). The risk of a sociopath or psychopath in a position of power is small, and easy to fix.

But if the environment is hostile, or population is high, you need more coordination and specialization, and thus more layers of hierarchy, with more danger if the power positions are filled with sociopaths or psychopaths.

I see a couple of ways to deal with these risks:
- when possible, use shallow or flat organizations not hierarchies
- when you have to have deep hierarchies, you must install pro-social ideals in the leadership, and relentlessly weed out the anti-social leaders

So... 110 years ago or so, the US needed wheat for export to ...

2025-09-22T10:51:53Z

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So... 110 years ago or so, the US needed wheat for export to Europe - they were having a war and needed food since their workers were at the front. Wheat prices went up, and markets did what they do and farmers started growing wheat. And for a few years, prices kept going up, and more farmers kept growing wheat.

Then the war ended, exports slowed, and wheat prices dropped. And market did what markets do, and farmers stopped growing wheat. Haha - just kidding! Farmers bought *more *land to grow *more *wheat, because if you make less money per bushel, you have to grow more bushels! That's just science.

And for most of the 1920s, wheat prices kept falling. And farmers kept borrowing more money and buying more land (which was less and less productive, because the good land was already growing wheat, etc.) By 1930, most of these farmers were in serious debt, the crop yields were shitty because you grow one crop for a decade you wear out the soil, and because of some idiocy on the stock market, the banks really needed some cash and they foreclosed on the farmers.

And then farmers, people who should always have enough food for themselves, were kicked off the land and headed out to California to find work picking crops.

Farmers - "the common clay of the new west" Haha!

Also - the people who farm 3500 acres aren't "farmers" like there were farmers 100 years ago. A married couple could homestead 80 acres, and that was a *lot *of work for two people. Modern "farmers" are doing the work of 40 families. You might as well compare a WalMart to a mom & pop convenience store.

So... do I feel bad for farmers? No, I do not. They (via the Farm Board, their lobbying organization) has blocked immigration reform for over two decades, enabling this administration's destructive ICE behavior.

Disclosure: My great grandfather was the last full-time farmer in my family. He moved from Iowa to homestead in Idaho (Teakean, Idaho - near Orofino - it's too small for maps) around the first world war. His daughter married the boy next door (Kendrick, Idaho), they homesteaded some nearby land, and during the Depression lived off hunting, the chickens, the cow, their garden, and whatever summer work grandpa could get - mostly fire tower watch duty. When WW2 broke out, they and their three kids moved near town (Post Falls, Idaho) where they could keep their garden (no livestock) and grandpa could do war work. His wages bought land, because he meant to get back to farming. The last chunk of farmland they owned was sold off when the town grew around it in the 70s and changed the zoning and hiked the taxes, and the hay crops wouldn't cover what the county demanded every year.

The family back in Iowa? The cousins of my mom's generation were the last to farm, and their kids and grandkids all have city jobs.

https://youtu.be/hYTQ7__NNDI

This probably isn't WW3 doom preppers, but mainstream LDS ...

2025-09-15T22:48:14Z

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This probably isn't WW3 doom preppers, but mainstream LDS self-reliance preppers. There's overlap, but they aren't quite the same.

Twice a year, the LDS Church holds a "General Conference" weekend, and the faithful watch it for two days. It's where the up and coming charismatic speakers get a few minutes to shine, the elder statesmen bang their traditional drums, hints of new doctrine are floated, and so forth. The Tabernacle Choir sings.

But there are commercials. And the commercials include preppers and food hoarders selling emergency water and food for your well-equipped LDS pantry.

Looks like next conference is first weekend in October. Tune in if you're curious.

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/event/october-2025-general-conference

I started thinking the government of Israel is a pack of assholes ...

2025-09-07T04:44:05Z

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I started thinking the government of Israel is a pack of assholes when I learned about the USS Liberty incident, 40+ years ago.

I haven't found any reason to change my assessment.

In fact, a lot of governments are packs of assholes.

I'm starting to think the whole idea of 'nations' is a really bad idea.

Every post about the half-ass name change is a post that ...

2025-09-07T01:05:43Z

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Every post about the half-ass name change is a post that doesn't wonder what, exactly, terrifies Mr. Trump about disclosing the Epstein Files.

Whatever Mr. Trump is ashamed of, it's more serious than boinking a 17 year old girl.

Pre-teen girl?

Pre-teen boy?

Pets?

Snuff films?

Something has Mr. Trump really spooked.

Houston could hire some experts from The Netherlands but why ...

2025-08-28T23:48:06Z

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Houston could hire some experts from The Netherlands but why spend money on professionals?

Now that Kootenai county, Idaho, is reporting measles cases for ...

2025-08-22T00:16:28Z

Now that Kootenai county, Idaho, is reporting measles cases for the first time since 1991, and with flu/covid season coming up, I'd like to point out that Idaho requires inspections of all watercraft (boats, canoes, kayaks, etc) every time that boat enters their state.

If you live in Newport, Washington and drive over the bridge into Oldtown, Idaho, for a paddle in the Pend Oreille river, you must stop and get your boat inspected. You get a dated sticker. Some boat launches have inspectors who check the sticker.

Idaho literally cares more about the invasive quagga mussel infecting their lakes and rivers than about measles or covid infecting their children.

https://cdapress.com/news/2025/may/01/watercraft-inspection-stations-open/

Maybe it's time to shower President Pedo with cans of peas?

2025-08-15T22:22:19Z

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Maybe it's time to shower President Pedo with cans of peas?

Seems like we should stop sending money to DC, and close the ...

2025-08-12T03:59:33Z

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Seems like we should stop sending money to DC, and close the roads and bridges leading into the city.

antisemitism accusations are the new witchcraft accusations

2025-08-07T07:14:49Z

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antisemitism accusations are the new witchcraft accusations

Now that the CPB has died, I don't know what will happen next ...

2025-08-04T07:09:28Z

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Now that the CPB has died, I don't know what will happen next to NPR. But whatever happens, I hope those champs learn to write in the active voice.

Not "Palestinians are killed" but "Israel kills Palestinians".

Passive voice in the press is the hallmark of journalistic cowardice.

And everyone who isn't locked up will be afraid of being ...

2025-07-25T05:14:52Z

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And everyone who isn't locked up will be afraid of being locked up. Making them a lot more willing to accept any shitty job offer or workplace bullshit or gig work scam.

General strike now! While you still have a choice.

Is this practical lesson in cowardice, complicity, and moral ...

2025-07-23T21:56:14Z

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Is this practical lesson in cowardice, complicity, and moral midgetry offered for free, or do I have pay tuition to Columbia for this?

If Trump was 15 years younger, I'd be concerned about him ...

2025-07-20T04:28:58Z

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If Trump was 15 years younger, I'd be concerned about him staying in power. But he's an unhealthy old man, veering into dementia at inopportune moments. And neither his trade war nor the war on the Houthis has accomplished jack shit.

Now that the question on everyone's mind is "Is Trump just a rapist or is he also a kiddie rapist?", I wouldn't be surprised if the producers of our little farce don't decide to recast the lead role.

On an unrelated note: please write your representative and senators and demand that they release the complete, unedited Epstein Files. Think of the children!

Everyone except the marks and Trump himself know that Trump is a ...

2025-07-20T04:12:18Z

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Everyone except the marks and Trump himself know that Trump is a lame duck, every time he wakes up, a little less powerful than when he nodded off. So if MAGA is to persist, a suitable figurehead must be anointed. Otherwise, Trump's departure will lead to an ugly food fight between MAGA, Qanon, and the corporate GOP.

So I expect the Vance/Murdoch thing is just prudent planning on their parts. My question is, where was Mr. Thiel? Did he attend, or does the money guy actually trust a pipsqueak like Vance to make commitments on his behalf?

Pretty sure it's why he got into politics - wanted to wreck ...

2025-07-13T02:12:43Z

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Pretty sure it's why he got into politics - wanted to wreck more lives than just his family and personal lawyers.

It's called *ambition.*

It's worse than useless for the DNC, because it's yet ...

2025-07-12T21:16:37Z

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It's worse than useless for the DNC, because it's yet another disconnect between position of the party & loyalists and the position of other citizens.

Somehow, I think the underlying cause is an assumption on the part of these DNC supporters that the people must suborn their opinions in all matters and actions to support the DNC.

I think they might have democracy backwards.

I'm willing to cut a deal with the DNC - I'll vote for their shit but only if they promise to vote for my shit, too. Instead, the DNC position seems to be "join us and bend to our will or be our enemy". I can get that assholery without the lipstick from the other guys.

Piss off the crowd and you'll see watch those tithes dwindle. ...

2025-07-07T00:56:05Z

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Piss off the crowd and you'll see watch those tithes dwindle.

Everybody has bills.

An asshole in Texas walks into a public school and starts ...

2025-07-02T17:11:26Z

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An asshole in Texas walks into a public school and starts shooting kids - dozens of cops wait outside.

A citizen speaks out at a public city meeting - tackled by three cops.

Pretty obvious how America works these days, and what service the cops provide the ruling class.

Note the "Freedom of Speech" painting by Norman Rockwell. For all we know, this average Joe is spouting anti-vax nonsense; or maybe, he's declaring his willingness to enlist in the Army if they'll waive the age restriction. Either way, the goal is that we all listen to the polite man speak his peace and then decide for ourselves - and not have jack-booted thugs arrest him for displeasing our commissars.

"Social Justice" party. I'm so in.

2025-07-02T16:53:31Z

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"Social Justice" party. I'm so in.