Notices by Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)

“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
#politics
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-congress-political-violence

“We’ve been heading here for far too long to continue denying we’ve arrived.”

Can We Just Get This Over With?
#politics
https://warnercrocker.com/2025/02/19/can-we-just-get-this-over-with/

@counternotions When they can nail it for mobile it will be awesome.

@RickiTarr Or maybe it already overdosed.

Doing a little testing.

@Sumocat All possible. Real world usage will tell the tale.

“Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter”

Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers
#tech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/technology/microsoft-quantum-computing-topological-qubit.html

What took him so long

Aaron Rupar:

#Trump calls himself “THE KING”

@Sumocat I'll reserve judgement until we see how that modem performs.

Wonder what the increase would have been had they fielded a real football team?

Chicago Bears are raising season ticket prices by an average of 10%
#Chicago #Chicago #ChicagoBears #Sports
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/19/chicago-bears-season-ticket-price-increase/

We need to find a different descriptor.

We've let concepts become devalued like “coup,” “rule of law,” “illegal,” “unconstitutional” and “justice.”

Not sure what that should be, but it needs to be something that sticks and sticks hard.

I think I'd begin with “rape.”
#politics

@talia_christine This is for all intents and purposes bound to happen.

Testing

@GottaLaff Who'd a thunk it?

@stroughtonsmith Well, at least it's not as expensive to buy into a beta(new modem) as the Vision Pro was.

@mgs We're about to find out.

@mgs Beta testing the new modem in the wild.

Perhaps not the biggest joke, but it lands. #Tech

'Car Flippers' Gobbling Up Street Parking Spots Could Face Crackdown
#Chicago
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/19/crackdown-could-be-coming-for-unlicensed-car-sellers-taking-over-public-parking-spots/

Lying is easy.

Math is hard.

8 million ≠ 8 billion.