Impressive collection of #Java code snippets, showing how the language evolved: https://javaevolved.github.io/ by @brunoborges

I needed to let off some steam after watching JD Vance lie about and smear the name of Renee Good. It’s been a long practice of his to “create stories” to drive the narratives he wants, even if completely bogus. Let’s take Vance to task. My write up in the replies.

A "shithole country" isn't a poor country that can't feed its children. It's a rich country that won't feed its children.

people forget how much of Lord of the Rings is travel details and pony wrangling
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Your kids are not little versions of you; they are little versions of themselves. So, don't be sad or alarmed whenever they are becoming something different from you. Because, they will become *lots* of things that are different from you, and that's arguably the whole point. It is inarguably a thing that you need to cheerfully celebrate and support.