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A two bottle night.

Brian Cox: The terrifying possibility of the Great Filter – YouTube

It’s about 20 minutes long so I won’t embed it here but boy do I love stuff like this.

One of America’s last true secret societies: The Mardi Gras Indians | 60 Minutes – YouTube

True NOLA natives know this is where and how the real Mardi Gras happens.

Ever wonder what the song Iko Iko is about? It’s about this.

Paul Cantrell’s Mastadon Thread on how Minnesota responded to Operation Metro Surge is an absolute must read

Only one thing was crystal clear: nobody, absolutely nobody, was coming to save us… We’re it. We’re all we’ve got. If we don’t stop fascism from completely engulfing the US, then nobody stops…

I’m creating some jukebox playlists.

Two songs per artist (okay George Jones gets six). If possible, the actual a and b sides go on the playlist (not critical). 200 songs per playlist.

I’ve been noodling on stealing this idea ever since Kurt posted it.

Wow. Interesting fact of that day: Louisiana, Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland: The only 5 US States that have ever had an African-
American Governor

This years family yearbook is another amazing time capsule. Tammy makes one each year and they are an instant family keepsake! So good.

The SaaSpocalypse wasn’t caused by AI, but will be perpetuated by it.

AI (OpenAI, Anthrophic, Gemini, etc) evaporating $300B in market value is vivid, compelling, serves everyone involved, and like so much hype – mostly completely wrong.

The narrative is: AI arrived. Revenue stalled. Therefore customers are buying fewer seats…

I’ve tried to get used to “Click wallpaper to show desktop” for long enough now and I still despise it. Also “Show menu bar background” is a must. Annoys me that I now have to go set esoteric settings to make macOS work the way I want it to.