Ozzie D, NP-hard  

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Another drop in the ocean. Parent, healthcare provider, IT/infosec hobbyist, bike commuter, cohousing resident, Susboid, and compulsive volunteer and over-committer. Loves language, music, singing alone and with others. Please contribute to your local instance admin. Trans rights == human rights.
MLKjr quote"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows"
Stephen Jay Gould quote"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
Ranum's maxim"You can’t solve social problems with software"
Judge orders regime to hand over grand-jury instructions to lawyers for Harvard Medical frozen-frog-embryo researcher as they build vindictive-prosecution case
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-orders-regime-hand-over-grand-jury-instructions-lawyers-harvard

New and higher-res versions of the #Artemis photos released! GORGEOUS.

The dark side Earth, in particular, gave me the sobs.

https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/journey-to-the-moon/

Also: https://images.nasa.gov/

#nasa #space #artemis2 #artemisii

Yep, that’s me making the Alien reference.

#NASA #Artemis #Artemis2

Pro-tip: if you happen to find yourself in outer space, and can't find a clean towel, check locker "E" and look inside the unused fecal canisters. #Artemis2
Just got a call from the school counselor, because the kids were reading a short story in English class by Roald Dahl about a murderer using cyanide and apparently looking up "how long does cyanide take to kill you" on the school wifi sets off ALL THE FIREWALL ALARMS.
Between
Saving Private Ryan ($70M),
Interstellar ($165M), and
The Martian ($108M),
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trying to rescue Matt Damon.

These laws are absurd, forcing 3D printer manufacturers to literally implement the plainer of @pluralistic ’s #unauthorizedbread

Manufacturers have plenty of incentive to enshittify their products without states forcing them to.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/print-blocking-wont-work-permission-print-part-2

Print Blocking Won't Work - Permission to Print Part 2

Legislators across the U.S. are proposing laws to force “blueprint blockers” on 3D printers sold in their states. This mandated censorware is doomed to fail for its intended purpose, but will still manage to hurt the professional and hobbyist communities relying on these tools.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
@npr @business-npr s/accountability/surveillance. FTFY.