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Geeking Out 0
Updating a VirtualBox VM of Debian from Buster to Sid on Magiea v. 8 under the Fluxbox window mananger.
This is research. I’m planning to update my Thinkpenguin laptop from Buster to Sid. Debian unstable (“Sid” is Debian “unstable,” that is, a bit beyond testing, but not yet released) is more stable than most distros’ stable.
The Climates They Are a-Changing, Wide World of Sports Dept. 0
The Local reports that Norwegian Paralympians returning from China fear for the future of their sports in the face of global warming.
The Voter Fraud Fraudster 0
Have you noticed that, when a credible charge of voter fraud appears in the news, it almost always involves a Republican?
Suffer the Children 0
It’s a Republican thing.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner (sic) gets a leg up on politeness.
Misdirection Play, Truth-in-Labeling Dept. 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Brian Parsons clearly has confused left and right.
The chutzpah leaves one speechless.
All the History that Fits 0
A retired Auburn University history professor responds to Alabama’s effort to whitewash (you will pardon the expression) American history.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is in the bag.
Police say a Dallas basketball team came to practice for a tournament, and someone brought a gun in a bag onto the bus. It went off and struck the 18-year-old girl in the left ankle.
All the News that Fits 0
David dissects a keystone point. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Breaking Wind 0
What’s with Donald Trump’s weird hangup with windmills?
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
The Sublime vs. the Ridiculous 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., tells a tale of two convoys, one circumnavigating the Washington Beltway and one carry relief supplies from Berlin to Ukraine. An excerpt:
For those of us who do, Ukraine is a reminder that resisting tyranny is not a performance, not something you cosplay. That reminder is vital, given that American democracy is fast eroding – not because of medical mandates, mind, you, but because of attacks on the right to vote, protest and speak freely. Against that troubling confluence of threats, the truckers who descended on D.C. provide vivid illustration that even at this dangerous extremity, the American capacity for blithe idiocy remains intact.
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
Mean for the Sake of Mean Dept.
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At SFGate, Drew Magary argues forcefully that certain states (Texas, Florida, etc.) are trying to secede without actually seceding. He suggests that, in the long run, it won’t go well for them, but, in the short run, we can expect much gratuitous suffering for those who don’t fit their image of “real Americans.” A nugget: