don albertson

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Anthropology major (1973) Pumped gas (1973-76) Archeology Fieldwork (1976-82) Feed Sales (1982-89) Tech Support(1989-96) Programmer (1996-2021) Retired (2021-???)
De Niro has it right. The American people can agree on some things after all.
We need the sarcasm so we don't go insane.
I want to scream.
@fsinn Bibi appears more and more like a genocidal prick every day.
“Can Offshore Wind Win The Trump Disinformation War?” by Carolyn Fortuna for @cleantechnica:

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/19/can-offshore-wind-win-the-trump-disinformation-war/
@mattblaze They need to define what they mean by a "voting machine". Our county uses hand-marked ballots which are read by an optical scanner. The scanner will reject ballots with stray marks (not in one of the valid selections) and warn voters of under or over voting. Over votes need to surrender the ballot and get a new one after the surrendered ballot is marked as void.

In 1988, Trump said he would “go in and take” the oil at Iran’s Kharg Island—which controls 90% of Iran’s exports. Saturday, he bombed the military targets, but not the oil.

War is a mind game like poker—and the president is a fish in a pool of sharks.
https://www.mind-war.com/p/little-excursion-trumps-very-bad

Little Excursion: Trump’s Very Bad Poker Game

Is Kharg Island the next grand adventure to entertain the mad king?

MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy
International Women's Day may have passed, but these 5 women are worth honoring every day. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/admiring-our-heroes-international-womens-day-five-women-tech-eff-admires-0
Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Five Women In Tech That EFF Admires

In honor of International Women’s Day, we asked five women at EFF about women in digital rights, freedom of expression, technology, and tech activism who have inspired us. Anna Politkovskaya Jillian York, Activist This International Women’s Day, I want to honor the memory of Anna Politkovskaya, the...

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