drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 29/09/2026chmod go+rX -R * ^^^ recursively allows others to read and list directories and files. The 'X' is nice and lets folks use directories. 000
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I like thinking of Iran as Trump's new personal Vietnam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQcT...youtube.comDonald Trump describes his personal Vietnam to SternYouTube video by George34667 000
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This diagram and explanation of the Android coordinate system is well done: It's from the Bosch BMM150 datasheet at www.bosch-sensortec.com/media/boschs... page 47 000
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There's no possible way this can be "good guys with guns" 000
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/... Armed gov't folks "guarding" the polls has a penalties 5x more severe than voter fraud: 000
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/09/2026If only there were a law that said: "Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned" We could call it 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting 16048441588
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 11/09/2026How does a group have a strategy? Does a group have noble goals and values? Or do they suborn their values to a charismatic leader's personality? 000
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Vizio WatchFree FreeVibes Nature has some #AiArt finger-like flubs. There are fake kayak-oars, broken masts, and criss-cross shadows in the beach scene. If you are going to loop hours of "nature" video on www.vizio.com/en/watchfree..., it should be actual nature, not #GenerativeSlop. 010
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Should anyone trust a professional lock & key company that pushes AI dreck like this? I'd think that any professional locksmith working for them who saw corporate push any of it would be embarrassed to wear their name on their uniform. 000
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialdrf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 12/08/2026lakemead.water-data.com says: > Pct of Capacity: 26.74%, 188.91 ft below Full Pool (1229'), and down 14.26 ft from a year ago. Water year begins Oct 1st. Depth at Dam: ~400 feet deep, is ~145 ft above Dead Pool (895') and is ~90' above Power Pool (950') 011
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026Fundamentally, Piketty argues that the cheapest way to stop people from building a guillotine on your lawn is to build hospitals and schools; this is cheaper than paying for guards and prisons to lock up would-be guillotine builders. 43/ 1427130
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 11/08/2026"Once I realized that talking to lawmakers who don't inherently care about America's children was not a path to catalyze change, I understood we need to elect people who inherently care..." ...proven ones, like a pediatrician: 020
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 11/08/2026"Data" is "information" if it changes your behavior or helps you make a decision. If it doesn't change your behavior or help you make a decision, it is just "trivia." One person's information can be trivia to everybody else. (My mantras for news and social media.) 000
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 09/08/2026If the corrupt chump corruptly tariffs the panels, the cells, the ingots, and the polysilicon raw ingredients, what's an American installer, assembler, refiner, supposed to do? Wait for vertical integrators to get on-line before the chump's tariffs expire? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump orders new 15% tariff on key material for solar panels and microchipsMove to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer 000
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 05/08/2026How do you do tryouts for the Washington Generals? www.progresspond.com/2025/09/23/t...progresspond.comThe Democratic Party and the Washington Generals - Progress PondThe Democrats' government shutdown demands are so paltry and insignificant that they won't get credit from the base even if they win, which they won't. 000
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026They need to hammer down relentlessly on this. They can't become overconfident, like they did with Hillary in 2016. 702124784053
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If our Supreme Court finds this lawful, we're not really united states anymore. 000
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/07/2026bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph. 416159863947
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026If you really want an "AI strategy" for your country, it should be this: wait for the bubble to burst, then buy hardware and talent at fire-sale prices in the wave of ensuing bankruptcies, and use them to extract more performance from free, open source models. 50/ 127679
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026Give Trump everything he asks for and he'll demand more. Deny Trump anything and he'll demand more. Sign a contract with Trump and he'll break it. Send Trump an invoice and he'll stiff you. For Trump, "the art of the deal" can be summed up in one word: *renege*. 17/ 2363104
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialraycorrigan.bsky.social @raycorrigan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"Give Trump everything he asks for and he'll demand more. Deny Trump anything and he'll demand more. Sign a contract with Trump and he'll break it. Send Trump an invoice and he'll stiff you. For Trump, "the art of the deal" can be summed up in one word: renege." 03110
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 21/07/2026"We fix what ChatGPT said you should try" works for so much more. 000
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialdrf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 20/07/2026What does complying with a system that deports 6% of the US without trials mean? bsky.app/profile/fact... If there's no trial, can you ever work off your alleged debt to society after the US labels you "worst of the worst" and sells you to some foreign concentration camp? Or do you die in prison? 719237
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Did you ever read "Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson? www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyel... "All her panic and tension vanished, to be replaced by a sadness so great and so pervasive that for a moment she thought it might literally stop her heart."spiderrobinson.comSpider Robinson: Melancholy Elephants 010
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialJake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 20/07/2026FDA: We found Cyclospora in this company's lettuce. [company visits White House and donates millions of dollars to the grift funds] FDA: No we didn't. 61827469
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialdrf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Oh the video is perverse: bsky.app/profile/acyn... Nobody wants him there. 65310
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026He is so shameless with his insider trading and market manipulations. 78986613261
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialCatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Vote these monsters out! #ICELawlessness 27631465
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 06/07/2026They sent Martha Stewart to jail for 5 months for having a chat with her broker and selling some stock to avoid about $45,000 in losses. 312348791
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"I ended 10 military operations" doesn't quite have the same ring to it. 010
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Looks like it will be hot in DC: forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php... 110
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialdrf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 01/07/2026They are streamlining the forecast models: bsky.app/profile/drf5... And the replacement forecasts they are switching to aren't quite "available on or about June 9," as promised: www.weather.gov/media/notifi...weather.gov 061
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialdrf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Ha-tf-ha. So that means you could get the alleged 350' long razor-sharp gashes along the seams of Trump's Swamp if you happen to wait more than the "Recoat, max ≤4 hrs" listed on the datasheet: www.rhinoapplicators.com/wp-content/u...rhinoapplicators.com 121
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialRep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 26/06/2026“We do a Watergate twice a day” is a crazy way to confess your own corruption… 902947789
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialdrf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 26/06/2026If you compare it to the pro-fascist rioters of J6 you have to ask how much jail time is a mere stop-the-steal flag should be worth. bsky.app/profile/mari... 075
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 14/06/2026"Thunder always follows lightning" -- Lightning McQueen www.windy.com/-Thunderstor... 000
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I don't believe my #VA02 Rep #RobWittman. I don't think he understands. I believe he supports Mike Johnson's, Trump's, and this Republican administrations plans to cut, sunset, limit, and retire Social Security. My Mom, Dad, and Sister all depend heavily on their SS, SSDI, and Medicare. 230
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 10/06/2026When asked about Speaker Mike Johnson's comments regarding potential Social Security cuts, Rob Wittman (R-VA) makes fake phone call to avoid reporter’s questions. 2718485
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialFormerGregSamsa @formergregsamsa.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The congresswoman who was out there all fucking night just said, 'We would not argue about the workers stopping during a storm. We don't want anyone working in unsafe conditions. But this tarp? That is a Trump thing, so his vanity project can be covered as his names comes down." 1268
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialdrf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 12/06/2026And still, this administration's goal is to deport 29% of the US: bsky.app/profile/drf5... If we label somebody "the worst of the worst" w/o a trial, can they ever get free? How? Who ultimately takes them? Do they get processed into some final destination & work until death? Do we sell them? 001
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026This cartoon isn't an exaggeration—not even 1% an exaggeration. Weeks ago it seemed this far-right Supreme Court would still block any map intentionally authored to be racist. We just learned that that's no longer true. We have reentered Jim Crow, and it's a national disgrace. 10332321261
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I learned a new word today: daringfireball.net/2026/05/what...daringfireball.netWhat Is a Dickover?dickover — a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an unwanted, unnecessary, mandatory interaction; e.g. ask... 000
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Maybe we need a new kid for the Omelas hole? clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/clarkesworldmagazine.comWhy Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. KimClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 000
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/06/2026ICE flights. Monday, June 1, 2026. At least 68 ICE flights on 24 charter planes, at least 12 removal flights to Mexico (3), Guatemala (2), Dominican Republic (2), one each to Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, and Venezuela. 613078
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialMaggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 01/06/2026My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE 177113863796
drf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 01/06/2026No matter the exact facts of each of his corruptions, if you take Trump's words at face value, his goal is to deport 6% of the US population. Without trials. bsky.app/profile/fact... His goal is absolutely impossible without concentration camp levels of evil. His stated goal is genocidal. 110
Reposted by @drf5n.bsky.socialdrf5n.bsky.social @drf5n.bsky.social · 27/05/2026There’s a much better hat to wear anyplace you might see a trump hat. To me it means BLM, not red, anti-Trump, Union not division, when the USA really fought on the right side, and just last month: the VRA bsky.app/profile/drf5... 151
