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In more "dammmit" news...https://www.salon.com/2025/04/28/we-once-rid-the-us-of-this-nasty-parasite-now-it-could-be-coming-back/

In more "dammmit" news...

https://www.salon.com/2025/04/28/we-once-rid-the-us-of-this-nasty-parasite-now-it-could-be-coming-back/

I am just waiting for the inevitable "deals negotiated with Trump do not need to be followed"...with the US losing in any courts...

I am just waiting for the inevitable "deals negotiated with Trump do not need to be followed"...with the US losing in any courts outside the US.

(Yes, I think the "deal" between the US and Ukraine is a "humor Trump until we no longer need to humor him.)

to add to this...in that area, there is no good group defying the right-wingers....because both sides are indeed grifters.

to add to this...in that area, there is no good group defying the right-wingers....because both sides are indeed grifters.

There are days I might miss where I was in WV.Glancing at yet another "dear godz, all sides are WTF"...I am not at all sad to be...

There are days I might miss where I was in WV.

Glancing at yet another "dear godz, all sides are WTF"...I am not at all sad to be where I am today.

(local business near mine has a MAJOR wtf going on....and no side there is right in what they are doing to handle a situation ..)

There is a saying that no good deed goes unpunished. I do try to not take that as a law, only a probability.It does seem to go more into the...

There is a saying that no good deed goes unpunished.

I do try to not take that as a law, only a probability.

It does seem to go more into the land of tendency, though.

Void Linux on the Envy is a LOT faster than it ever was with Ubuntu.I did glitch it by putting some Gnome stuff on, which accidentally...

Void Linux on the Envy is a LOT faster than it ever was with Ubuntu.

I did glitch it by putting some Gnome stuff on, which accidentally twitched off the sound. (something that has happened to me with other distros. Just needed to go find the conflict and reboot.)

https://www.theverge.com/news/657689/amazon-project-kuiper-satellite-launchThis, combined with the announcement that Amazon is going to be...

https://www.theverge.com/news/657689/amazon-project-kuiper-satellite-launch

This, combined with the announcement that Amazon is going to be showing the cost of TrumpTariffs....tells me that Bezos is going to try to be seen as a resister very soon.

I am quite happy about the Canadian election...with a strong tinge of "Hope this is not a Biden before the storm"

I am quite happy about the Canadian election...with a strong tinge of "Hope this is not a Biden before the storm"

Finally got the data off the laptop, and have changed it from Ubuntu to Void.(HP Envy x360, if wondering. it is working well with my old...

Finally got the data off the laptop, and have changed it from Ubuntu to Void.

(HP Envy x360, if wondering. it is working well with my old Logitec trackball...my preferred mouse.)

Glad that Costa Rica is trying to do the right thing...

Glad that Costa Rica is trying to do the right thing here.

https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/23/costa-rica-grants-humanitarian-status-to-u-s-deported-migrants

Things I did not expect to need in 2025...(If in the States)https://eatrightindia.gov.in/dart/

Things I did not expect to need in 2025...(If in the States)

https://eatrightindia.gov.in/dart/

...Finally have obtained an e-bike. (I had heart issues a while back, there is NO WAY I was going to make it up the steep hill into town)For...

...Finally have obtained an e-bike. (I had heart issues a while back, there is NO WAY I was going to make it up the steep hill into town)

For those into such things...it is a Supermach SM26. (Price for it here at Pricemart was about half of what it is costing in the States.

…Tariffs are about to hit Tarot folk hard in the States. (Decks are about to be really hard to get.)

…Tariffs are about to hit Tarot folk hard in the States. (Decks are about to be really hard to get.)

…sometimes people see what they want to see. No point to belabor things.Let people follow their biases, be aware they exist….and honor...

…sometimes people see what they want to see. No point to belabor things.

Let people follow their biases, be aware they exist….and honor the things they are actually good at.

...So, my father asked me if I could get one of his laptops running, as his main machine is down.One is a Dell that last had Win98 on it,...

...So, my father asked me if I could get one of his laptops running, as his main machine is down.

One is a Dell that last had Win98 on it, and that is the younger of the two laptops (it does not have the proprietary charger, but it DOES have one USB...well, it looks like it might be USB)

The other one looked like it might have a floppy drive.

I do not have access to getting the parts to even attempt this.

I am certainly hoping the folk shipped off to El Salvador are alive…but it concerns me that they were already paid for this shipment, and...

I am certainly hoping the folk shipped off to El Salvador are alive…but it concerns me that they were already paid for this shipment, and they likely want to be sure they have room there to maximize profit….

Ah, the fun of forgetting a password for a laptop...and wondering if it would not just be easier to take the drive out and access the data...

Ah, the fun of forgetting a password for a laptop...and wondering if it would not just be easier to take the drive out and access the data another way...then do a clean install of something else. (I have done this with my older tower desktops years ago...)

…I suspect it is too much to hope that Meta is forced to sell off WhatsApp, and that it gets bought (and moved) to the EU or some such?

…I suspect it is too much to hope that Meta is forced to sell off WhatsApp, and that it gets bought (and moved) to the EU or some such?

Rumor through some folk I know: Bill may be coming up on barring voting for anyone with a name change.

Rumor through some folk I know: Bill may be coming up on barring voting for anyone with a name change.

I find this world maddening....

I find this world maddening....