Notices by Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3 (blaise@hachyderm.io)

Schrodinger's chat
Information that is both classified and unclassified at the same time:
If you want to enter it to the congressional record It's classified.
If you want to investigate the breach, then it's not classified.

this is an excellent example of why awareness of gender-neutral pronouns is important https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3ll7xn343y222

Oh hey it's that time that I said, in just a minute or two come watch me do some #python #opensource #livestreaming on various things

It comes back around every few years, sadly.

The AI bots that desperately need OSS for code training, are now slowly killing OSS by overloading every site.

The curl website is now at 77TB/month, or 8GB every five minutes.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/devs-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries/

MAGA stronger than Julian Assange!

#SignalGate

@yetzt when I see that S, I think of the Serotta bicycle brand (sadly, defunct)

Is there already a resource for directing domestic tourism to blue states, to help make up for the drop in Canadian traffic?
I'm thinking of #vermont because it's closer to me, but I imagine places like #maine and #minnesota are also feeling some pain

maybe the real executive function was the friends we made along the way

"Why isn’t he doing everything possible to fight back against this constitutional crisis that we’re facing? Your interview was the first time I’ve actually gotten a clear answer to that: And it’s because he doesn’t believe it’s yet a constitutional crisis." - Ezra on Sen. Schumer

If your U.S. senator voted against cloture on the continuing resolution (https://federate.social/@jik/114169742753581683 lists the 9 who didn't), please send them this letter to thank them and ask them to work on replacing Schumer as minority leader. Text SIGN PWVQHF to 50409 or visit https://resist.bot/petitions/PWVQHF.
If your senator is one of the 9, they're probably a lost cause, so figure out who is primarying them and go volunteer for their compaign, if we still have a democracy by then.
#politics #USPol #WriteYourReps

I couldn't figure out what to #WriteYourReps about today (I'm pretty down right now on the idea that any of them are going to do anything that makes a difference), so instead I sent this letter to President Obama via https://barackobama.com/:
🧵1/8

I imagine public discussion is pending some kind of official statement (or its happening on bluesky?), but the private conversations that are taking place regarding the future of digital rights/privacy tech funding are pretty damn dire.

No set form close date, I'm just going to leave it open for the season until slots fill OR I get too busy with tattoo for the month.

@tinkb333 I remember breathing in (I was about 10) and it hurting in my chest from the smog... in the San Fernando Valley, L.A.

@GottaLaff I am old enough to remember what it was like to breathe unclean air. I was born with allergic asthma. These firings are unconscionable.

Today's #vintage #FountainPen: Esterbrook J late transitional Pearl Grey

@paninid @memeorandum

I detest Elon. I knew he was a horrible person when I bought our model 3 in 2018. It was the first model in a price range we could afford.
We lived near the factory and several neighbors worked there.
We lived in the mountains, , the savings on fuel, oil changes, brake jobs, exceeded the monthly payments.
I was stunned by how well it handled, even in a snowstorm that shut down the freeway, we comfortably exceeded the speed limit.
Six years later, we have driven it from Santa Cruz to Boston and it has never once had an unscheduled outage.

Building out my new Linux desktop. Made sure that the motherboard is Linux friendly. This puppy is going to be as Right to Repair friendly as I can make it. Using several recycled components from a previous computer. Plan to install Nobara 41.

I think. :-)

#Fractal #Linux #RightoRepair #DoitYourself #OpenSource #PCBuild #Nobara #GNOME

Please sign up for the general strike.
https://generalstrikeus.com/
#politics #USPol #generalStrike