Erik Kramer

@TecherKramer
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Imagine believing there are actual “ongoing talks with Iran”. This isn’t diplomacy, it’s just another day of Trump weaponizing the news cycle to jerk the markets around.

Youth Cross-Country Ski Gear Library

https://lemmy.world/post/44013783

Youth Cross-Country Ski Gear Library - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44013765 [https://lemmy.world/post/44013765] > Some folks around Portland are starting to work on a large gear library for youth skiers. The goal is to offer cheap, seasonal rentals of skis, boots, and poles to skiers around the 5-12 age range. If you have waxless classic skis, poles, or boots for young skiers and would like to donate them, please contact Nonstop Nordic [[email protected]].

My deep thought and gift to you today:

“Remember the things a convicted felon posts on TruthSocial don’t have to be ideas that are “top of mind” for us every day. It’s hard, but we should not let fascists control the newsfeed of our own minds.”

For more on these ideas, check out my upcoming #Thrive2026 online presentation, “Reclaiming Our News Feeds:”
https://wiki.wesfryer.com/Home/thrive2026

#MediaLit #VibeCode #HealOurCulture

Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"

The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the American Astronomical Society has detailed instructions posted here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc

Comments due March 6 for SpaceX and March 9 for Reflect Orbital. Write! Write! Write!

@gruber — I was listening to your recent @daringfireball episode 439 where you used the phrases “like a dog” and “fraud” and I figured you might enjoy this little #nanobanana creation:

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”

― Frank Herbert, _Dune_

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95. “Her painstaking calculations and programming helped transform raw satellite data into precise geodetic models, enabling reliable satellite-based navigation.” https://thezebra.org/2026/01/18/dr-gladys-west-mathematician-whose-work-made-gps-possible-dies-at-95/
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

The Zebra--Good News in Alexandria
Patrick Eddington: ICE buys its way around the Fourth Amendment

Most concerning is that they can requisition these data without ever having to get a probable cause-based warrant, as normally required by the Fourth Amendment

Orange County Register