Matt Pollari

@scifi451
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Fan of #Apple, Tech, #baseball, #hockey, board games and science fiction.

#startrek #scifi #expanse

“Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she thinks attacking transgender people via the legal system is a worthwhile cause and a good use of her vast personal fortune. And as much as #HarryPotter fans might be excited to see what HBO has cooked up, there’s no way to watch this show without supporting Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on a vulnerable minority.”

https://www.theverge.com/report/901818/hbo-harry-potter-jk-rowling-transphobia

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

JK Rowling’s transphobia casts and inescapable shadow over the new Harry Potter adaptation.

The Verge

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rubio-iran-own-the-strait-now-and-thats-a-huge-bummer

Wow, if Iran takes over the Strait does that mean we went to war with Iran and essentially lost? Good jorb Republicans!

Rubio: Iran May Own The Strait Now, And That’s a Huge Bummer

Secretary of State Marco Rubio today made some extraordinary comments after briefing...

TPM - Talking Points Memo
Just remember when the Pentagon asks for $200bn for Iran, all the things the US can't afford to do for people living here because they are too expensive.
The 49MB Web Page

A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Ben Thompson makes a pretty critical clarification to yesterday’s no good, very bad post.

When everyone thinks you’re endorsing authoritarianism (including many who agreed with the post) that’s a pretty good sign you chose your wording quite poorly.

https://birchtree.me/blog/when-the-words-on-the-page-dont-match-what-youre-trying-to-say-follow-up-on-the-ben-thompson-post/

When the words on the page don’t match what you’re trying to say (follow up on the Ben Thompson post)

Ben Thompson: Technological Scale and Government Control, Paramount Outbids Netflix for Warner Bros. This is a lot more complicated than the nuclear question, where government control and ownership was a given; the sort of actions taken by the government over the last week fly in the face of the concept

Birchtree
Sam Altman's deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. So what happens when the truth inevitably comes out? https://www.platformer.news/openai-pentagon-surveillance-drones-backlash/
May need to re-watch 1993's Dave with Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Directed by Ivan Reitman, it's a good, light hearted comedy that manages to do the impossible - make you feel good about politics. A bit cheesy but highly recommended. 👍 ★★★★☆
On Software Quality

Jason Snell has published the results from his annual survey of a panel of Apple observers and, as I expected, there seems to be wide agreement that the company’s software quality is not up to scratch thanks primarily to Liquid Glass. This year’s average score of 2.7 for operating system quality and 3.1 for first-party […]

Anyway, here’s a duck face

#watercolor