Notices by Armchair Epistemologist (rcriii@hostux.social)

If you work in the US maritime sector and will be in Linthicum MD on 8 - 10 February, consider attending or supporting the 2026 Women on the Water conference!

https://www.nmc.edu/maritime/maritime-industry/women-on-the-water-conference/index.html

Lagrange IL

Marie Newman on point here https://marienewman.substack.com/p/establishment-dems-might-crater-this-41e

Tagging my congressman, @SeanCasten, where do you stand? Have you endorsed Zoran Mandami or pushed Dem leadership to do this and the other items on Marie's list?

Paul Krugman right on point here:

"Oh, and centrist Democrats often urge leftier types to rally behind their nominees in general elections. I agree. Anyone claiming that there’s no difference between the parties is a fool. But this deal has to be reciprocal. Zamdani will be the Democratic nominee, and anyone calling themselves a Democrat should support him."

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/mamdani-and-the-moguls-of-madness

@cwebber does she want to be kept?

Hey @lowqualityfacts did you see the new Lego set of the Balrog peeing on gandalf? Gives "you shall not pass" a new meaning.

@cwebber but if you are on bluesky you should know this ... Oh I see what you did there you minx!

@cwebber not so much de- as re-centralized. you see bluesky started when a bunch of people were on a plane going to a blues fest and texting each other. Later they decided to create a place to share their wit and bon mots with the world.

Nice of Google to share the new phishing attack they built into the browser!

Wouldn't it be nice the live when 'He was a man of his time" was a compliment rather than a shitty excuse?

@cwebber @spritely thanks for this thread! In the OcapPub document, second section (AtivityPub), the link in the first paragraph to the standard actually goes to the Wikipedia article for the actor model. Did you want it to go to https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#Overview?

Sometimes you just need a friend to snuggle with.

#caturday

Frankie was lonely, so the witch graciously yielded her place.

#Caturday #cats

This white oak is the first one I planted. I got it from the park district as well 5 or 6 years ago. It is now about 5' (1.5m) tall. The pumpkins are from our porch. The squirrels were having so much fun I put them here for them to nosh on. Maybe next year we'll grow pumpkins from the spilled seeds!

4/5

#Tree #OakTree

I've decided that the Gordian Knot was the tangle of power cords in my drawer that passed through a time bubble.