Mastodawn

So when Trump decides to go get Greenland he’s just going to fly in and kidnap our prime minister. Great. You have a unscrupulous and clinically insane idiot elected as your president and he wants to own the world. I have absolutely no trust in any of you Americans whether you are pronounced MAGA or if you “didn’t vote for the guy”: Your elected president is a megalomaniac dictator and it’s your fucking responsibility to stop him.

Ed Bott Dec 3

My latest at ZDNET. We'll see in a year or two how close I got.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-think-i-know-whats-coming-in-windows-12-and-youre-not-going-to-like-it/

I think I know what's coming in Windows 12, and you're not going to like it

Commentary: Windows 10 is dead. Windows 12 will be here before you know it. So, what can we expect? Spoiler: It will be very annoying.

ZDNET

Ed Bott Nov 24

My latest at ZDNET:

"These days, navigating the Windows Insider program is like stumbling through a maze built inside a house of mirrors. That feature that was documented in the release notes for the latest build? It will come to your PC one of these days, but who knows when?"

https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-windows-insider-program-is-a-confusing-mess/

The Windows Insider Program is a confusing mess

The Insider Program was a game-changer for Windows users. What went wrong?

ZDNET

Ed Bott Oct 22

Fucking Bitch Hat Oct 22

The East Wing Is On The Left If You Are Facing South, Which You Should, Because That's Where Real Americans Live, And So By Destroying It Trump Is Destroying The Left Wing, Which Is The Left Wing's Fault. --Tomorrow in the Free Press

Ed Bott Oct 7

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Karl Bode Oct 7

at some point you'd think we would develop some kind of cultural immune response to being endlessly trolled by some of the dimmest, least remarkable people imaginable

Ed Bott Oct 3

Windows 7 is skyrocketing in popularity and I am pretty sure I found the reason: iOS 26.

Confused? I can explain.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-7-is-surging-and-people-are-ditching-their-iphones-if-you-believe-these-charts/

Windows 7 is surging and people are ditching their iPhones - if you believe these charts

If you trust Statcounter's data, tens of millions of people ditched their iPhones last month and switched to Windows 7. LOL, no, they didn't. Here's what I think really happened.

ZDNET

Ed Bott Sep 30

"In more than three decades of observing what Redmond says and does, I have never seen Microsoft so aloof, out of touch, and lacking in empathy as it is in 2025."

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-has-lost-its-way/

Microsoft has lost its way

Microsoft's CEO loves to talk about 'empathy.' But everything that is coming out of Redmond these days is perilously close to turning the company into the Borg.

ZDNET

Ed Bott Sep 15

Anyway, I found out today I will be giving a presentation on the transition to Windows 11 at SpiceWorld in Austin this November, so come on down and say hi if you're there.

Ed Bott Aug 2

Rob Pegoraro Aug 2

I saw a lot of buyouts eat away at the newsroom when I worked at the Washington Post (it turns out you can get tired of free cake when the reason to eat it is always yet another cast of colleagues leaving), but the names involved in the newest additions to the Post diaspora suggest a DOGE-level destruction of journalistic value.

http://robpegoraro.com/2025/08/02/the-waning-washington-post/

The waning Washington Post

Saturday’s copy of the Washington Post could not have made much of a thump whenever it landed on our front walk this morning. At two sections and 36 pages, it was a sadly diminished descendan…

Rob Pegoraro

Ed Bott Jul 31

I occasionally have to repost this reminder for people who don't know me.

If your very first contact with me is a reply that is dickish, dismissive, or insulting, it will be your last contact with me. One strike, and you're blocked.

Carry on.

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