What do Spinal Tap’s drummers and Teslas have in common?
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It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
In case you missed it, if someone is against “woke” they are telling you they are a bigot / racist.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · last yr.February 15, 2025
Musk now “just wow”-ing initiatives started under Trump 1.0.
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · last yr.The "large scale social deception" contract Musk is conspiracizing about was: * first awarded under Trump * paid to Reuters' data division, not the newsroom * for researching *defenses* against deception * not revealed by "DOGE investigations" and was a public record, visible online for many years
Good point by @pkrugman.bsky.social. Musk keeps making up lies about "fraud" in the government because they literally have not found a single true example they can point to. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...
Elon Musk Is Faking It
The fraudster who cried “fraud”
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98% of NIH grants that should have gone out this month, didn't. Despite court orders 'unfreezing' the funds, they are frozen. Biomedical research will grind to a halt. Clinical trials will end. All for no reason: the total impact on the US budget is miniscule
www.schneier.com/blog/archive... Security is not “red tape”
DOGE as a National Cyberattack - Schneier on Security
In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, b...
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The first ASF project I contributed to about 20 years ago.
Apache Software Foundation (The ASF)@apache.org · last yr.Apache POI 5.4.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/42LXULg This is primarily a bug fix release. A full list of changes is available in the change log: https://buff.ly/4aVy2hT. #opensource
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Modern Portfolio Theory tells me to Diversify my Equity portfolio to be Inclusive of stocks on every exchange!