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If #davidbrooks was writing in the late 1930s:
"I don't like Hitler, and he's very mean to some of his own people, but we can't deny that he has been a powerful visionary for modernization in central Europe. His decisive actions against the backwards and repressive Polish government have awakened hopes of good times ahead in an otherwise stagnant geopolitical landscape."
I don't miss twitter much but in the old days it could be quite fun.
I followed a guy called Roger Quimbly and every 6 months he'd post this
"Heinous.
Does that rhyme with Penis or Anus?
Send your one word answers to @PiersMorgan "
And Piers Morgan would have a day of tons of people just tweeting Penis or Anus at him. The first couple of times he had no idea why. Brilliant.
25 pounds in 25 weeks! Almost entirely from tracking and limiting daily calories to 1600.
Honestly, limiting calories is 'easy' since it only takes a few minutes a day and I can do it asynchronously. The real challenge is going to be adding exercise. My days and evenings are far too hectic and unpredictable to block out time for it, leaving mornings (ugh) and nights (too tired).
I might try setting a bedtime so I can do mornings. This will turn me into a superhuman, but at the cost of my only reliable 'alone time' to be a nerd.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled ... was convincing internet communities to switch from email lists / IRC / another open standard to Slack / Discord. The latest example of a “it's only free while we say it's free" is CNCF’s / Kubernetes's Slack - https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/communication/slack-migration-faq.md - who it appears have *4 days* to backup their history (for a server with 100,000s of users)
Neither Slack nor Discord are reasonable, serious, professional, options for open community discussion. They are either too expensive, and/or involve inappropriate advertising. And who knows when Discord will start pulling this kind of behaviour, too, requiring large communities to pay?
The problem is today when anyone says "can't we just use an email list?" they are pooh-pooh'ed as being horribly out of touch. Hence why even the linked FAQ describes Discord as the only likely exit plan for Kubernetes. What a mess.
There was big news about the air-to-air refueling tankers being flown to the Middle East, presumably to fuel Israeli jets so they could fly over Iran. What I haven't seen any articles on is the absolutely massive and ongoing movement of military cargo planes from the US to Europe and the Middle East.
It's been a week of non-stop C-17s, A400s, and C-130s bouncing all over the skies of half the planet.
It appears that we are planning for far more than giving Israel reconnaissance and refueling. It looks like we're moving a LOT of on-the-ground resources all around the Middle East. Presumably these are munitions and other stockpiles to beef-up bases?
I always hoped this day would come.
The starting word I've been using for years is the solution.
#Wordle 1,461 1/6
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Matt Blaze
Mat B
Gul Dukat
Mike Roberts
I'm Just Frank being Frank
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