Geeking Out 0
Debian v. 12 (Bookworm) with the Plasma Desktop on a Think Penguin laptop. Xclock is in the upper right; GKrellM, the lower right. The wallpaper is from my collection.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Elesa Zehndorfer takes a look at a rapidly growing career path: “Disinformation entrepreneurs” who propagate claptrap via “social” media for money. She notes (emphasis added)
Follow the link for her article, and, remember,
- The things that you’ve seen,
And can read on your screen,
They ain’t necessarily so.
Macho, Macho Man 0
Afterthought:
Donald Trump has a long hsitory of doing things to women whether they like it or not.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another child . . . .
One more time, “accident” and “negligence” are not synonyms, and law enforcement should stop pretending that they are.
This New Gilded Age 0
SFgate’s Drew Magary minces few words about our new robber barons.
QOTD 0
Leonard Goldberg, in the voice of Joanna Blalock:
Greed has no end. It is like a bottomless well that cannot be filled. And at times the wealthiest are the worst offenders.
Goldberg, Leonard, The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (New York: Minotaur, 2017) p. 262
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Spocko makes the case that some Twitter users X offenders have created an HOV lane for voter fraud fraudsters.
“There’s No Legal Strategy Called Rope-a-Dope” 0
Seth takes a closer look at the last week of the campaign.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He is bullish on politeness.
(snip)
The complainant told the McDonough County Central Dispatch that they suspected four of their bulls had been shot. When deputies and detectives arrived on the scene, two of the four bulls had died. Two other bulls had been shot and the owner was tending to their injuries.
True Decievers 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robert Klitzman takes a look at recent research into the psychology of cults and cultists. He suggests that it may shed some light on dis coarse discourse. Here’s a tiny bit:
The Back-Up Plan 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Collier offers his take on Donald Trump’s campaign–er–strategy. A nugget; follow the link for his reasoning.