I was on a call today that mentioned a blog post by Marianne Bellotti (author book "Kill it with Fire" 🔥) about writing some COBOL on IBM z/OS via ISPF, and it goes into detail about what I tend to condense into "Mainframes work differently than systems most folks are familiar with today."

Datasets, JCL, weird format requirements, and why can't I just create a file!?

And it's funny, I had a good chuckle at "JCL on first glance is a gobbledygook of all caps" 😂

Enjoy! https://medium.com/the-technical-archaeologist/hello-world-on-z-os-a0ef31c1e87f

‘Reefer Madness,’ the P.S.A. That Backfired Spectacularly
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/movies/reefer-madness-psa-1936.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Home Page @home-page-newyorktimes

> Anthropic silently installed a spyware bridge [browser extension native messaging permission] on my machine

> The bridge runs outside the browser's sandbox at user privilege level [1], and Native Messaging hosts do not surface in any standard macOS process or permission UI […]

> This is the capability that Anthropic pre-stages on my laptop the moment I install their desktop application. Without telling me. Without asking me. Without offering me the chance to say no.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthropic-spyware/

It is very easy to vote in Virginia. We voted about a month ago. Both of us voted YES. If you live in Virginia it is important that you vote yes.

The most surprising thing is all of the lying flyers the Republicans are sending. Incredible they can get away with such outright lying.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/19/virginias-map-redistricting-vote-swing-state