Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself: https://github.com/samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor

in a world of Eric Claptons
be a Robert Cray
🎸🎶

Robert Cray on cutting ties with Eric Clapton: “I’d rather not associate with somebody who’s on the extreme and being so selfish”

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/robert-cray-cutting-ties-with-eric-clapton-not-associate-extreme-selfish-anti-vaccine/

This toot from @Nickiquote has gone so viral I've seen it on 2 other platforms in the last hour and my kid just told me about it.

Good going Nick!
https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/113754955061546441

“SEC says Cantor Fitzgerald, led by Trump Commerce pick Lutnick, broke law.”

The SEC charged Cantor Fitzgerald with violating laws related to disclosures by so-called blank-check cos. before they raise money from the public.

Cantor agreed to settle the case by saying the firm wouldn't violate the relevant securities laws again & pay a $6.75M civil penalty.

A crock nominated another crock, Lutnick is one of many in Trump’s circle.

#USPol #Corruption #SECEnforcement
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/12/sec-cantor-fitzgerald-charges-howard-lutnick-trump-commerce-spac-.html

Senate Republicans have largely embraced Donald Trump’s pick to run the bureau,
demonstrating that his anti-F.B.I. stance is now party orthodoxy.

Mr. Patel’s warm welcome is fueled in part by an eagerness among Republicans to avoid incurring the wrath of Mr. Trump and his base
after a groundswell of anger at Senate pushback to his picks to lead the Pentagon and the Department of Justice, Pete Hegseth and Matt Gaetz.

But it also reflects the extent to which a deep distrust of the F.B.I. has become Republican orthodoxy.

Following Mr. Trump’s lead, Republicans in Congress have emerged as the chief antagonists of the bureau, deriding it as an institution rotted by corruption and partisanship.

It is the culmination of a remarkable turnabout that has been years in the making for a party that traditionally had given unyielding support for the nation’s law enforcement agencies.

In recent years, Republicans have attacked the F.B.I. for its role in investigating the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, including its handling of the so-called Steele dossier;

accused officials there of failing to investigate issues surrounding Hunter Biden’s laptop;

and slammed its leaders for authorizing a raid of Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in pursuit of classified documents.

The bureau’s most aggressive attackers on Capitol Hill were once largely confined to the House’s hard-right wing.

But as an anti-F.B.I. stance has become a litmus test for Mr. Trump’s base, it is now also widely adopted in the Senate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/us/politics/kash-patel-republicans-fbi.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Often my writing means angry MAGA replies. On this piece debunking the 5 most common myths against universal healthcare I've received overwhelming support from people on the right AND on the left.

Americans get it -- we need universal healthcare as a human right: https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-every-myth-you-hear-against

I just sent a letter to POTUS and VP, and I suggest you take an opportunity to do the same.

https://whitehouse.gov/contact/share