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Happy half tau day
https://www.tauday.com/

No, really, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto

For millennia, the circle has been considered the most perfect of shapes, and the circle constant π captured the geometry of the circle in a single number. But π is wrong, and it’s time to set things right.

Tau Day

Ryan Rampersad Mar 10

Ian R Buck Mar 10

MPS is cutting staffing for our Career and Technical Education department (including my position) and reducing the number of courses we offer just a few years after building these awesome new tech centers for the classes. My coworkers have started a petition to ask the school board to reverse course. Please sign before the school board meeting tomorrow evening, and share this widely!
https://www.change.org/p/minneapolis-public-schools-needs-career-and-technical-education

Sign the Petition

Minneapolis Public Schools Needs Career and Technical Education!

Change.org

Ryan Rampersad Mar 1

Ian R Buck Feb 28

Ubuntu 26.04 'Resolute Raccoon' default wallpaper unveiled - OMG! Ubuntu

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-2604-resolute-raccoon-wallpaper

> Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 'Resolute Raccoon' has a new default wallpaper. It keeps the purple gradient but drops the sharp geometric angles. Download a high-res copy.

Ubuntu 26.04 'Resolute Raccoon' Default Wallpaper Unveiled - OMG! Ubuntu

Ubuntu has unveiled the default wallpaper that will grace millions of screen in the upcoming 26.06 LTS 'Resolute Raccoon' release. As is tradition, the

OMG! Ubuntu

Ryan Rampersad Feb 10

Ian R Buck Feb 10

RE: https://wandering.shop/@cstross/116046268907574519

Age verification challenge:

I know my RuneScape account's username, but I cannot recover the forgotten password because back when I played, they didn't require you to have an email address.
Related: I'm a morning person, and I largely attribute this to the fact that my parents didn't want me on the dial-up in the afternoons, so I got up an hour early to play RuneScape before getting ready for school.

Charlie Stross (@[email protected])

Age verification challenge: Growing up, I used a gramophone to play my mum's 78rpm jazz records (on shellac, not vinyl). And was taught to indicate I was about to make a turn by sticking my arm out the driver's side window on vehicles that didn't have indicators. (It was on the driving test back then.)

The Wandering Shop

Ryan Rampersad Feb 9

Ian R Buck Feb 8

The latest in #enshittification news:
Gmail is turning off the features that allowed you to use the Gmail interface as an email client to check all of your accounts across many providers. I used this feature for many years to avoid having to log into three different inboxes on a regular basis; that's how thoroughly I had bought into the promise of cloud computing.
Only recently switched to Thunderbird, and not a moment too soon.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/16604719

Learn about upcoming changes to Gmailify & POP in Gmail - Gmail Help

Gmail will start removing support for the following features: Gmailify: This feature allows you to get special features like spam protection or inbox organization applied to your third-party email

Ryan Rampersad Feb 5

Ian R Buck Feb 4

Good morning, Minneapolis.

Ryan Rampersad Jan 24

Oliver Calder Jan 24

Walz news conference: "The federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation"

Ryan Rampersad Jan 1

Happy New Year! 🎉🎈🎊

Ryan Rampersad Dec 6

Ian R Buck Dec 5

For years, anytime I would propose a field trip via Metro Transit, I would get tons of pushback from my directors. This year I'm finally winning: not only did they approve the trip right away, they also proactively said, "we have bus tokens available for any students who don't have a district-issued Go-to card!"

Ryan Rampersad Nov 12

Brian Mitchell Nov 12

Woah, great northern lights tonight!

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