mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 6hShould anyone tell Vance that if you "bring in" foreign workers, they become American residents, so how do they undercut themselves? 150
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 6hQuite! Just compare noses: Vance has, what, about half the schnoz that the General had! 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 6hDunno about accuracy, but at the statehouse district level there tends to be more partisanship because there's less scrutiny of the candidates (local news? what's that?) 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hard to see anything but malice, there. The thing that those who haven't experienced this stuff often don't get is how much oxygen the jerks can suck: it's a constant struggle to maintain separation from narcissists. 060
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 07/10/2026What a charmer! My dad had his moments, but it's my stepsisters father who's in much the same sort of league as yours! His deal was (is?) classic narcissist, wanting to be picked over his ex wife in everything. 030
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Was there a generation-skipping legacy? Either way the attempted manipulation is... inept. 120
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is the second variety: things that can currently be done using other types of tools (paralegals and other lawyers). And of course you're insisting that "good enough" isn't, because if the pre-Claugpemini brief succeeds anyway, no-one _needed_ to do anything! 140
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I've said this before, but back in the day (mainframes and COBOL) we had two types of workers on every project: system analysts and programmers. The latter could be outsourced... 110
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Releasing stocks of refined diesel is not an economically bad idea when prices are high. And it will help European businesses be (if anything) more competitive than American ones. 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Texas requires a poster of the 10 Commandments to be in every school room. Texas requires that poster include as the 5th commandment the words "Thou shall not kill". And yet... 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One of the social failures in contemporary America is that there are too many police forces. As you note, there's a role for campus disciplinarians, but call them "provosts", and include non-crimes like cheating or walking across special lawns in their responsibilities (for which they need no guns). 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Quite. The Styrofoam box of microwaved fish should occupy the hand you aren't using to shake... 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ah, managing the space lasers to manipulate the election results! Also prepping the special harvest festival meals for the Roswell aliens. And prepping the sound stage for the next "lunar landing". Lots to do! 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Actual reason for the arrest was a missed court date. Unclear if the victim was properly (legally or morally) served notice, and absolutely clear that the interest rate charged by the alleged doctor (and set by him personally) was 18%. 110
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Heads up: beginning next Monday for a week, the airport will be closed to planes. Maybe a time for a quiet visit? republicairport.netrepublicairport.netRepublic Airport – Long Island's Executive Airport 010
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Remember that "woke" is the current iteration of "political correctness", and like that, basically translates to "not treating people like shit". This is, of course, an anathema to many. 0101
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The trick is rotating so that one side doesn't freeze while the other scorches. To be clear, that's _you_ rotating... something similar is needed for sausages, too. 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026For fun contrast, compare the judge's tone at the first conference with these folks (ECF 521, from here www.courtlistener.com/docket/63187...) which is before she's read _all_ the manuscripts, and now, when she's Formed An Opinion on the merits.storage.courtlistener.com 010
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Fun fact: your KEF-PDX flight is BA9608, using the same aircraft G-ZBLI. The last time they used that "irregular operations" flight number was Sep 3 on YYZ to LHR, coincidentally using the aircraft. 020
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Guaranteed the crew did, and it's people in London who screwed up (making hotel reservations in the wrong city!) Tonight may be forgivable - finding hotels & support for 256 passengers at little notice ain't easy. But tomorrow there will be staff to support BA801 dep 11am... 020
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026they'd have to leave KEF before 5pm-ish (local). The good news is spelled UK/261 (not formally, but everyone calls it that). Each traveller is owed £540, plus any expenses... so have a good breakfast! BA will probably auto-deny your claim, but don't take no for an answer! 0100
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Also, the crew disappearing was the right thing to do. They can now get the legally required rest so they can operate the flight on to PDX. You landed at 21:05 local, & today's flight from PDX to LHR has been canceled. In order to arrive at PDX on time to become tomorrow's BA266 PDX-LHR, 1100
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I suspect that was not an FA, but the Captain, because he is in charge and passenger safety is _his_ (personal) responsibility. 100
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wot, N. K. Jemison isn't one of the old money WASP New Hampshire Jemisons? 050
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And, err, in passing guarantee hallucinations... 020
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And with this you destroy any credibility you might have. 100
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There's absolutely no evidence that "longtermists" actually give a shit about long-term consequences. They just use the concept to avoid the frickin obvious short-term issues! 010
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The other Casino Royale will be 60 next April... 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Although it's just a little off kilter, I'd be OK with him adding his name to the Vietnam Memorial Wall... 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My favorite anecdote about a lawyer reporting for jury duty involved him showing up at the courthouse in Marlborough, MA back in 2005, only to excused on somewhat flimsy grounds related to his main job... I mean, he was only an associate (Justice of the Supreme Court). Stephen Breyer by name... 040
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026True about the details, but Norway is proof that "associate membership" has existed for 30-odd years (ditto Iceland and Lichtenstein, all 3 together making the EEA). 020
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The digital watch thing is likely inexplicable... 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Indeed! Google, and Alta Vista before that, created mechanisms for searching that had not previously existed. I certainly remember people making claims about the need for professionals (worm paste for viruses, anyone?) 130
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 14/09/2026But we know, mathematically, that LLMs will/must hallucinate. So anyone using LLMs for research will have to verify that, first, the citation is real, and, second, that the cite is still good law and in fact supports the proposition for which it has been advanced. 130
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026... classic farmers are multidisciplinary generalists (simple example: many arable farmers also raise livestock). Disclaimer: my personal experience is with a hill farm and sheep+cattle, but issues of crops (hay & maize) for feed do arise. I can recommend the works of Wendell Berry for more... 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026... with what amounts and types of fertilizer and so on are made by the farmer. So a full-blown soil survey may happen only once a decade (if that often). Of course, massive agribusinesses may have eliminated the role of "farmer" in favor of machinery operatives and specialists, but... 100
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Sorry, all that tells you is that a soil scientist is not a farmer, not that a farmer doesn't engage in (some of) the same soil science activities! A farmer may (a typically will, periodically) engage a soil expert (and a hydrologist, etc) but decisions on what to plant and where... 100
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"Soil analysis" is very much part of farming! Perhaps not in the test tube & lab sense, but in knowing how much fertilizer to add, what crops will work in which fields this year, etc. Traditionally, an informal seat of the pants process, but it has been part of farming since about 1700! 100
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There's not a lot of daylight between "I encouraged them to quit because their attitude was souring the workplace" and "I encouraged them to quit because our employer sucks"... 000
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026(I do think that it would be unwise to wear this in a Federal Court room or a closed aka classified space) 010
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Depends whether you're holding it wrong or not! Apple has never been anyone's friend. Your job is to give them money and admire the shiny. Still, short answer is that it compares a set of tokens. They aren't saying where those tokens reside or originate or are updated. 010
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Consider an old school audio tape deck like the Ampex AX-300. You can put it into "Record" and then hit "Pause", and the whole analog audio chain will be live, making the VU meters move and allowing you to set the levels, etc. Then hit "Pause" again and the tape will start moving... 110
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My understanding is that if you sing to it, Siri will be able to give you a summary of the libretto, but not the music. Also, Siri won't summarize The Wrong Things, so don't sing to it about your concerns that someone might be considering self-harm. 310
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Indeed, and per Rob (I think) it included fragments that were little more than "ideas/concepts that might become something with a lot of work". "The Salmon of Doubt" (Douglas Adams) is the sort of exemplar one might not want to happen... 140
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Nope. It's absolutely fine to bribe (some) people: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govPausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National SecurityBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose 020
mweir.bsky.social @mweir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There's video of him from 9/13, and he'd apparently forgotten his heroism 48 hours earlier, so there's evidence of memory issues even then! (This is the clip where he claims to have put a work crew at the site. I believe some of his workers may have been there, but as New Yorkers, not employees). 010
