Mastodawn

Also: anger is an energy.

cf. PIL: Rise

Data General's Dasher D2 terminal from 1977 appears to be a major influence drawn on when they were creating those Lumon terminals seen in Severance.

https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Data_General_6053

found via: https://www.designboom.com/design/real-life-severance-keyboard-missing-escape-key-atomic-04-15-2025/

Data General 6053 - Terminals

Jeff Apr 3

Ω 🌍 Gus Posey Apr 3

Hidden in the high hills of the Adirondacks there is a peaceful valley.

In this valley, there is a small pond where tiny silver fish dart to and fro.

At the bottom of this pond there is a smooth, brown stone and it knows more about economics than Donald.

Jeff Mar 29

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Яєıинαʀd Gɘıger 🌍 😷Mar 29

@georgetakei

Jeff Mar 29

Alfie Kohn Mar 28

Notable that the truly fascistic abductions of lawful immigrants purely b/c Trumpists dislike their views have all focused on criticism of Israel. The overlap between MAGA authoritarianism & a pro-Israel stance is striking.

I knew a shadowy group (Canary Mission) was feeding students' names to the gov't for abduction, but I didn't realize it's directed from Israel, funded by American Jews, and has been spying on and harassing students for years: https://tinyurl.com/5y57d9k4
[https://www.thenation.com/article/world/canary-mission-israel-covert-operations/

Who Is Funding Canary Mission? Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors

Americans who give money to Canary Mission are potentially committing a serious crime by acting as agents of a foreign power.

The Nation

Jeff Mar 28

Mathew J. Schwartz Mar 27

Pentagon infosec source says: "a month ago they were ordered by political appointees to ignore information security regulations and install Signal on government phones for senior leaders. This story likely confirms that Signal is a primary means of communications for Trump Administration senior leaders in direct violation of the Presidential Records Act, the Espionage Act, and numerous national security regulations."
https://fpwellman.substack.com/p/exclusive-dod-has-deployed-signal

EXCLUSIVE: DOD has deployed Signal on government devices overriding their own policy

A high level source in DOD has confirmed that they were ordered to approve installation of Signal on government devices by Trump officials last month

On Democracy with FPWellman Substack Community

Jeff Mar 28

Paul Cantrell Mar 28

Holy shit.

Just wow, wow, holy shit:

Completely rewriting a multi-million line COBOL codebase that has life-or-death consequences for real people in the space of a few months, using gen AI?

I’ve been writing software for 40-some years, and I have to say: this may be, without exaggeration, the stupidest software-related idea I’ve ever heard from leadership.

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

WIRED

Jeff Mar 28

CheRosach Mar 28

Librarians are undervalued

Jeff Mar 28

Church of Jeff Mar 27

#MAGA #Trump #massdeportation #birthright #citizenship #whenDoWeCallItFascism

Jeff Mar 27

Nonilex Mar 27

NOT OK

A. There is NO evidence that #RumeysaOzturk did any of the things #MarcoRubio said. She wrote an op-ed. That’s it.

B. Even if she had participated in #protests, what the #Trump admin did is NOT the process a #visa holder goes through. Normally you receive a notice & have a month. They arrested her on the street w/no notice, took her phone & belongings, threw her in the back of a van, & flew her to a detention center in a different state.

They may as well have black bagged her.

#law

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