ghost in the bourne shell

@whatthefuck.computer

The computer haver is here. be good and be good at it.

If you vandalize a Flock camera, the city is contractually obligated to pay Flock to replace it. In the end, a new camera is installed and Flock makes additional revenue at the expense of the taxpayers. A better strategy is to build support for elected leaders that will terminate the contract.

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The last creature to fall in love on Earth was a bird, the only surviving male of a hardy species. He danced madly in the dust, a flurry of color and song in the final wasteland, but she flew away. Life lingered, but nothing that remained was wise or foolish enough to love again.

NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has died at the age of 41. G-forces can be deeply harmful to race car drivers. During a race, drivers routinely handle up to 5G to 6.5G during cornering and braking. Their body & head feel up to six times heavier than normal. @abc7.bsky.social

NASCAR champion Kyle Busch dies at the age of 41: 'Sudden and tragic'

Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died at 41.

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Right-to-repair isn't enough, and what got lost with the RMS/free software tradition was bigger and weirder: the right to inhabit your own machine as an owner, not a tenant.

I am honored to share the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Best International Reporting with Dake Kang, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Garance Burke for our reporting revealing how Silicon Valley largely designed and built China's surveillance state and enabled human rights abuses.

The 2026 Pulitzer Prize Announcement
International Reporting
Winner: Dake Kang, Garance Burke, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal of the Associated Press and Yael Grauer, contributor.

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds.