Someone just posted that instead of candy they're giving ROCKS to kids on #Halloween

What kind of sick monster gives kids...

Oh they're painted

Ah that's exceptionally cute

Ok I want one too

I'm in a #github internal group for high-profile FOSS projects (due to @leaflet having a few kilo-stars), and the second most-wanted feature is "plz allow us to disable copilot reviews", with the most-wanted feature being "plz allow us to block issues/PRs made with copilot".

Meanwhile, there's a grand total of zero requests for "plz put copilot in more stuff".

This should be significative of the attitude of veteran coders towards #LLM creep.

"The cruelty of the cuts🚨in #BBB is matched only by their stupidity. #Medicaid beneficiaries will lose +rest of us. The cost of care that's no longer reimbursed by Medicaid will instead be borne by hospitals & passed onto paying patients, only at higher levels, bc delayed trt is more exp.

Last week, R Rubin & I warned of the many macroeconomic risks created by the bill *will most likely slow growth, risk a FIN crisis, exacerbate trade deficits & undermine natsec."
#USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/opinion/trump-bill-medicaid-cuts.html?smid=tw-share

I'm not going to do a global political analysis right now.

I am going to tell you that I'm just old enough to remember the last time we had this same stupid fucking war, and tell anyone under 30: Do not enlist in the military. They will ruin your life and they do not care. Please don't do it.

The destruction of independent US #science and medicine continue, with #RFKJr removing all 17 members of the CDC's vaccine advisory board, after lying and promising Republican senators he would NOT do so.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-jr-removing-17-members-cdcs-vaccine-advisory/story?id=122670046