Link: Trump TV Draws Ire Amid White House Press Shutout: 'State-Run Media', by Casey Loving in The WrapIt’s not an accident that Trump’s move to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and, the same week, start his own friendly streaming channel happened just before the midterm elections. As The Wrap reported:“The White House posted [a] message on X on Monday to announce Trump TV, a 24/7 livestream of ‘top past moments, announcements and the latest and greatest from the administration…

Poetry in motionSurprised to see Dave Kehr interviewed on Movie Morlocks; was even more surprised to see that Kehr is a fan of Paul Anderson--W.S., not Thomas--and that he loved Resident Evil: Retribution. Did not know Kehr was an Anderson fan. Not a big fan, myself (thought Anderson's Death Race was a mere shadow of Paul Bartel's 1975 satiric original), but did like Soldier, Anderson's science-fiction remake of George Stevens' Shane which, taking its cue from Kurt Russell's expressionless…

Nau maiYesterday we flew from the northern isthmus of Te Ika-a-Māui to the very large city on the southern shores of Lake Michigan. We left on Thursday afternoon from Jon and Liz’s place in the great suburb of Avondale. Trains were flowing thick and fast along the nearby western line after the recent opening of Auckland’s City Rail Link, possibly the largest piece of passenger rail infrastructure in the world to be completed this week. Our usual mode of transport to the airport was employed: a…

Last month I bought my first copy of Whistle and Wander magazine. It’s exciting to welcome something this good because it reads like the story of why its authors love railways instead of why someone else should. I’m a big... Read More ›

What a beautiful show. The first thing I love is how it’s set in Mongolia at the time immediately following Genghis Khan, a time and place that is completely neglected by anime in favor of endless rehashings of the Sengoku era, the three kingdoms era, and generic isekai world. More interesting settings please!!! And they actually take their characters seriously as people of their own time and place. For example, I loved the fight at the end over science, where the main character is yelling at…

The example here relates to using the jl CLI, the command line tool for Joule Studio. Unless otherwise stated, activities described here all happen in the container. Starting the authentication flow To use jl in a project, we need to first authenticate with a Joule Studio backend, using jl login, specifying the sign-in URL obtained from our Joule Studio "Develop > Authorizations" settings: Here's what it looks like when jl login <url> is invoked (details elided for obvious security reasons, and…

The Downtown Dallas skyline, as seen from Winfrey Point on the eastern shore of White Rock Lake. The post Distant Downtown Dallas appeared first on 75CentralPhotography.

Let us make it three days of Pook-Emu Bee links in a row. 1 | Million Goods Opens And A Crucial Bike Lane Completed (DeKalb Dispatch. Sep. 11, 2026.) There’s no such thing as a crucial bike lane. 2 | From Holdout to Hunted: Keith Reddington Seeks Phone Records and Interview with Holdout Clancy Juror (Jonathan Turley. Sep. 22, 2026.) This guy is a menace. 3 | Susan Rice: U.S. Must Work with China to ‘Freeze’ AI Development (Pam Key for Breitbart. Sep. 21, 2026.) I think they should be a little…

I’ve been revisiting a few of the photos I took almost two years ago, during a foggy walk here around Hveragerði.

With so much development in the market for AI development tooling, the challenge to properly evaluate choices continues. AI-powered coding assistants have significantly outperformed conventional evaluation methods, creating gaps between vendor claims and actual performance. This study presents Quality Assessment for AI Development tools, a comprehensive, vendor-neutral framework evaluating coding assistants across six dimensions. Quality Assessment for AI Development Tools: A Comprehensive…

From DJ and Producer Ivan Berko over at thought enthusiast: “I buy records every day. Lately, I buy a lot of CDs, too, because there are a lot of things that only came out on CD in the 2000s. They’re super cheap, too. You can get a stack of CDs for a dollar apiece, rip them to the computer, put them on a USB, and walk around listening to them.” I just posted some of the ways I find new music with a little less big tech, so this piece is a fun read, especially as some of us get back to the…

Like the crappy title says… It’s a shame because the first episode was pretty good. An emotional arc as a man dies without achieving his dream and is reincarnated in the world of the future… And then in episode two, he meets a cute 15 year old slave. In episode three he meets his adopted daughter who is now a hot elf principal. It only went downhill from there. Storytelling – D – It was fine when it tried. It didn’t try very hard. Voice – F – God why do we keep doing the same soulless isekai…

A common argument on Twitter or other social media is that computer science (CS) or math degrees will become obsolete due to AI. Therefore it’s a poor career choice, and you should choose another major or profession. As the narrative goes, getting a CS degree will be seen as foolish in an era of AI. There are flaws with this logic. First, people made this prediction and gave similar advice from 2022-2023 during the post-Covid wave of tech layoffs. This advice seemed prescient at the time, but…

It’s Hayate no Gotoku but less fun. It mostly gave me exactly what I expected in a competent manner and there’s something to be said for that. It did suffer a bit from the problem that the main girl is the least interesting one. Otherwise a solid show, if nothing especially memorable. Storytelling – C – Does what you expect. Voice – D – Feels lacking in personality. Characters – C – They’re fine. Attention Grab – C – I finished. Production – C – Meh. Overall – C Recommendations – Hayate no…

by Gwyn Conaway Upon looking at the photograph below, you might wonder why a fashion columnist is so fascinated by Attica Correctional Facility’s blow-out riot, which occurred on September 9th of this year. Nightly news channels are enthralled by the bloodshed, of course. Families are glued to their televisions and newspapers, consuming the story detail … Continue reading [September 22, 1971] Raise a Fist for Peace. → The post [September 22, 1971] Raise a Fist for Peace. appeared first on…

BATMAN BEYOND SUPER POWERS (McFARLANE) “Batman Beyond – Decades into the future, Gotham City has evolved into Neo-Gotham, a metropolis of tremendous skyscrapers, flying cars, and sleek technology. In that brave new world, a new kind of Batman is required to keep the peace.” Since Kenner’s Super Powers ended in 1986, the line was pretty locked into characters and concepts that already existed at that time, and in fact, just a little before then, what with the necessary timelines for toy…

Props to the other bloggers who remember to take enough screenshots. I can go two hours before I realize I haven't captured anything, and when the game gets interesting, like a tough fight, I immediately focus on playing. Here's one where I accidentally discover the bartender is interactive. Maybe this is a lost party indicator? Guest post by Quirkz: I ended the last entry looking at the hint guide, as it was the only source for information about experience and leveling. It's also the only…

When I mentioned Hey Ya! in my music memories post the other day, I ended up listening to a whole bunch of covers of it. This is always a fun time. Think of a song, listen to covers. Good covers are such an art form and I really appreciate them. My wife and I have a playlist of our favourites. Some of my favourites! Wrecking Ball by Gordi La Vie en Rose by Lucy Dacus Across the Universe by Fiona Apple Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm I Want to Know What Love Is by Amason The song with the most…

Staying in the moment is the only way to have peace. Humans are worriers. We worry about what happened in the past, and we worry about what will happen in the future. We carry guilt from past mistakes, and we plan for future possibilities that may never happen and stress about it in the process. It's a lot. And we do it to ourselves. I've been slowly waking up to this fact. I mean, I know this in theory, but it's hard not to get sucked into this kind of thinking. It's for this reason that I've…

After a spectacular butterfly summer, there has been very little action since the rains and winds of early autumn put a sudden end to the season. Even now, when we're enjoying a little taste of Indian summer (here, at least), there is little flying, apart from the indomitable whites, speckled woods and red admirals. I was certainly not expecting to see any butterflies as I trudged across the Beacon Park playing fields yesterday afternoon, having just dropped the youngest grandson off at…

Wanted? I certainly needed it bad enough to be at the front door of “needed”. Out came the bin of really useful cardboard, hot glue, and craft paints and here we are: It’s truly a sketch, made in card and... Read More ›

Deckers owns the UGG brand. It is a repeat SAD Scheme plaintiff. In this case, it sued 30 defendants for infringement, got permission to serve the lawsuit by email, and got default judgments against 18 defendants. One of those defendants, Litfun, subsequently made an appearance in the case and sought to unwind the default judgment for, among other reasons, improper service in light of the Kangol case. In Kangol, the Seventh Circuit said that email service to Chinese defendants isn’t permitted…

Beach Naupaka is a hardy plant that can tolerate the saltwater environment on the coast, but it’s flowers are small, and delicate-looking half flowers. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

tag(s): #random-thoughts #useless-facts #español A while ago I read this post by Kev Quirk about how his blog (as is the one he quotes/links to) is written in en-GB. No need to pander to a """global audience""", instead he makes a conscious choice to keep his native voice. Because those mannerism are more than a different turn on a sentence, or a spelling oddity. They are an important part of their culture. The post make me nod initially, and later wonder... The nod part is about Spanish. When…

AI is great for making teams faster. But is it sustainable? What about maintainability, and burnout, and lock-in? This is part 3 of my series on quantifying AI’s impact on software development. In part 1, we looked at why assessing impact is important, and what not to do. In part 2, we looked at how to measure AI’s impact on delivery speed. In this part, we’re looking at how to measure and model the unintended consequences of using AI. Then we’ll wrap up in part 4 (coming September 29th) with…

Thanks to Charlie Horse 47 and Killdumpster for their sponsorship of this post, via the magic of Patreon. ***Image by Tumisufrom PixabayIf speech is free, this is a feature that, like Elsa the lioness, was born free.Personally, I always preferred Clarence the cross-eyed lion and Flipper the friendly dolphin but that's a whole other topic.But, speaking of topics, that's just what we're here for tonight, as it's one of those evenings in which you - not I - get to decide just what we must…

A friend's business is struggling. He worked very hard to build the business. When the business was doing well, he bought nice cars, investment properties and goes on expensive holiday. I was a bit jealous of him and that also inspired me to start my own business. I learned from his staff that when the business was doing well, my friend begins to enjoy the good life. He does not go back to the office as regularly. The deals that he won are a fraction of what he used to make. Most of his time is…

As part of my fellowship at Harvard, I’ve been thinking hard about artificial intelligence (AI). Start with the physics of the problem: AI is what lawyers call an unavoidably unsafe product. No matter how carefully we build it, it is going to cause harm, and some of those harms will be unforeseeable. That is not a bug we can engineer away. It is an intrinsic property of the thing, the same way it is a property of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, knives, and power tools. We already have plenty of laws…

A command to quickly delete all data.