boelder

boelder, 1 month ago to random

This is pretty wild to me, as a citizen who lives in Texas, whose Governor prefers to use the enormous amount of money Texas has in the bank (from taxing its citizenry) on putting up barbed wire into the Rio Grande river and hasn't given teachers in this state a raise since 2019.

President Zelenskyy has more leadership in his pinky nail than Governor Abbott has in his entire upper body.

Would Abbott build underground schools for Texans during war?

No.
Fucking.
Way.

https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1csrxqk/hundreds_of_children_began_lessons_this_week_in/

boelder, 1 month ago to random

I'm happy to report that this sweet girl has had a pretty good week. Great appetite, drinking lots of water ... hoping we have a lot more time, but we'll take as much we can get, as long as she isn't in pain, and has some quality of life.

boelder, 1 month ago to random

As an IT manager, I get a lot of calls about products companies want me to buy. I've noticed a trend now that these security products all have 'AI' in their name. A dude drop by my school, unannounced yesterday, to tell me about his company's product. Kept making sure to emphasize the 'AI' in the product's name. I listened to his pitch, and once he was done, I told him that anything with AI in the name makes my eyes glaze over and he could send me an email about it. He did bring donuts, though.

boelder, 1 month ago to random

With the hyper-directional speaker system in The Sphere, I wonder if Phish is gonna fuck with fans ...

"Hey, hey .. you there... yeah, you in section 105, row 22, seat 9. I don't want to alarm you, but everyone knows you're on acid. Yeah, everyone. Stop looking around, I'm inside your head. This is your life now, I'm here with you now ... forever..."

Have fun tonight and this weekend everyone! Don't listen to that voice in your head!

boelder, 2 months ago to random

Don't take investing advice from people like this...

I think they call tweets like this 'aged milk'...

boelder, 2 months ago to random

We saw Madonna last night, and it was good. Say what you will about her, I think she's got a pretty good heart. A part of her show pays tribute to friends/artists lost to AIDS. The number of incredibly talented people who died in the mid-80s to the mid-90s from this disease boggles the mind. Art and culture took a huge hit.

Millennials and GenZ really have zero understanding of how it was to live in a time where sex could absolutely kill you, and now where we are denied so much incredible art.

boelder, 2 months ago to random

2nd Amendment ammosexuals here in the United States, who have this fantasy belief system that revolves around having an AR-15 to protect themselves against The Gubbment should take a lesson as to what is happening right now in Gaza. When a far superior force wants to inflict their will upon you, death will come from above, from planes that cost 60M dollars delivering their laser-sighted 1000 pounds of explosives to your doorway, leveling your entire apartment building (or shack, or whatever).

boelder, 2 months ago to threads

I invite everyone to block and report this dangerous individual, and his democracy-busting companies.

#fuckzuck #fedi‌block #threads

boelder, 3 months ago to random

I, for one, welcome our young Swiftie feminist overlords. Couldn't be worse than what's going on right now, right?

boelder, 3 months ago to random

Non-violence is great, but have you tried punching Nazis?

boelder, 3 months ago to random

I'm just a white heterosexual cis dude (I'm the last they'll come after), but you people better wake up and get registered to vote if you care about the girls and women in your life, your gay friends, your trans friends. Every day it's something. Today, with the personhood of embryos. These fuckers will give rights to embryos but take away the rights you have right now (equal access to marriage, healthcare, and more). This is not the time to sit idle. Get registered, get your friends registered.

boelder, 4 months ago to random

A friend of mine for 30+ years discloses a cancer diagnosis to me today, and now my Mom is probably getting admitted into the hospital tonight.

This has not been a Superb Owl day.

😕

boelder, 4 months ago to random

I can't believe he's been away for nearly a decade, but I am so glad he's coming back, even if it is just on Mondays (for now, maybe??). Plus, I bet he's going to be able to do more of the kind of interviews he did on his Apple show, but without Apple having the final word on what is and what isn't acceptable.

Welcome back, Jon. I cannot wait to watch.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/24/entertainment/jon-stewart-daily-show

boelder, 5 months ago to random

I mean, you gotta wonder why someone with any sort of awareness of white America, and who was born with the name Nimarata Randhawa, would say such a thing.

Then, I guess, you have to do the calculus of who she's trying to appeal to.

Then, it begins to make a lot more sense.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4411489-nikki-haley-us-never-been-racist-country/

boelder, 5 months ago to random

If you've got one of these kinds of people running for your school board, know that they are not good people and vote accordingly.

https://www.intomore.com/the-internet/wtf/this-moms-for-liberty-school-board-member-was-caught-red-handed-at-target/

boelder, 5 months ago to random

This whole AI George Carlin bit, which I will never, ever watch, is an affront to humanity. George Carlin was arguably the best comedian to ever step foot on a stage. He was a pioneer in free speech, and he was a philosopher to the end. Any words that are generated by AI and inserted in the corpse of George Carlin should be put into the lawsuit, and I hope his daughter employs the most rabid of lawyers in the suit.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-carlin-daughter-ai-generated-special_n_659fe889e4b0712b12c3c235

boelder, 5 months ago to random

These sanctimonious, arrogant people want to ban books, change curriculum, and tell you what you're allowed to read or not read. They're all terrible people with rampant mental illness and, and that's a hill I'll die on.

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/01/moms-liberty-school-board-member-resigns

boelder, 5 months ago to random

1. CEO of a service says some shocking, horrifying things that normal people find really shocking and horrifying.
2. normal people react in the way normal people do, with shock and horror.
3. normal people evaluate their choices, determine they probably shouldn't use these services.
4. normal people stop using the services, encourage others to do the same.
5. services suddenly gains a conscience (i.e. WE'RE LOSING MONEY!).
6. WALK IT BACK!
7. Rinse.
8. Repeat.

https://www.platformer.news/p/substack-says-it-will-remove-nazi

#substack

boelder, 5 months ago to random

I changed my Bitwarden master password this afternoon, and when I went to log back in again, the new password didn't unlock my vault. I knew it was the password, or at least close to it, so I typed out a sheet of all possible combinations it might be, and none of them unlocked my vault. Needless to say, I was starting to freak out after an hour of trying different combinations.

Finally, after completely logging out, I started in again, and the first one (the one I thought it was) worked. Whew!

boelder, 5 months ago to random

Tomorrow, I shall make time for the annual viewing of the greatest Christmas movie of all time, Die Hard.

"It's Christmas, Theo, it's the time of miracles. So be of good cheer and call me when you hit the last lock."

#diehard #xmas2023 #xmas #nakatomiplaza

boelder, 5 months ago to random

This Putin dude isn't thinking clearly. Already has 300K dead Russian soldiers with Ukraine, and he's poking Finland now? It's weird - I thought he was a history buff. Now he wants to fuck around and have a go at Finland? How many dead dumb Russians is enough for this dude?

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/17/7433423/

boelder, 6 months ago to random

First, I think this is wonderful. Earlier in my life, I was hounded a bit by debt collectors (non-medical), and I'm happy those days are in the past. It's a damn shame that an organization like RIP Medical Debt has to exist, but this country's for-profit 'healthcare system' forces it to.

I'm going to add them as a monthly donation. I'd encourage y'all to consider it, too.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/27/1215420434/medical-debt-insurance-ovarian-cancer-casey-mcintyre

boelder, 6 months ago to random

Ethernet at 50. These letters traveled over many feet of Ethernet to get to your eyeballs.

Got a crimper in your toolkit?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/ethernet-ieee-milestone

boelder, 6 months ago to privacy

When I look at all the blocked tracking domains and sites on my pi-hole, I wish I'd set up the pi-hole a looooong time ago.

If you haven't set up a pi-hole for your home (or work) network yet, it's well past time...

Now if I could just get my wife to stop using Google and Chrome...

There's a link on how to set up your own pi-hole in this article:

#pihole #privacy #infosec

https://avoidthehack.com/best-pihole-blocklists

boelder, 7 months ago to random

Here in Texas, our public school teachers cannot form a union, and cannot strike (upon penalty of immediate termination and loss of the pitiful pension they're given after a lifetime of teaching your awful children), and now our jackass governor is making our legislature do special session after special session because he wants to subsidize private schools, including religious ones, with tax dollars from public funds.

Governed by terrible people in this state.

This place really is the worst.