The Empire of Incompetence
The Empire of Incompetence March 23, 2026 --- ICE at the Airport: Security Theatre Meets Security Farce I mean, did we really think that ICE wou…
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The Empire of Incompetence March 23, 2026 --- ICE at the Airport: Security Theatre Meets Security Farce I mean, did we really think that ICE wou…
High Grade Cosplay I realized the other day, for the past couple of years, as I goof about with the consumer level access of AI like ChatGPT or whate…
Reading Comment Source - Title: Iraq war’s aftermath was a disaster for the US – the Iran war is headed in the same direction - Feed: 3 Quarks Dail…
Reading Comment Source - Title: Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf - Feed: World news | The Guardian -…
Reading Comment Source - Title: Netanyahu’s Very Useful War - Feed: The Atlantic - URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/netanyahu…
Reading Comment Source - Title: World Cup Fever: A Soccer Journey in Nine Tournaments - Feed: 3 Quarks Daily - URL: https://3quarksdaily.com/3quark…
Reading Comment Source - Title: Elevating injured Mojtaba Khamenei to supreme leader shows Iranian war machine can run on autopilot - Feed: World n…
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We Got the Supervillains. Nobody Ordered the Superheroes. There's a frame that keeps recurring this week, and once you see it, you can't unsee it.…
Nobody Owns the Truth Anymore — And That's Your Problem Now There's a piece in the Atlantic today that crystallizes something I've been circling for…
The Session Limit Blues: When Playing with AI Becomes Work Five articles crossed my desk today, and somehow they all point to the same uncomfortable…
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br />I am a bit fetishistic about work process. This is entirely an attitude which seeks to embrace a manne…
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>So two nights ago, I made my first contribution to the <span style='font-family:monospace'>ubuntu-accomplish…
personal life stuff happens. suddenly these mumbles seem so trivial. well. who really knows what's around the corner until you get there. so. words ar…
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <br /> Features expected:<br /> <br /> <ul> <li dir="ltr">Multiple blog support</li> <li dir="ltr">Post dra…
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>So, I've been studying up on my <span style='font-family:monospace'>python</span> skills lately; completing…
<p>Two years ago, my Hackintosh died on me. I was sad. I had had a computer running OS X for nearly a decade at that point, and there was a great deal…
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br />Seriously, I have been inside government office buildings away from Wifi reception all day, so there i…
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Last night, in order to wind down from my life, I opened up the latest version of <span style="font-family:…
<a href="http://creativec0d1ng.blogspot.com/2012/08/art-versus-artistic-exercise.html?spref=bl">creativeC0d1ng: Art vs artistic exercise</a>: Strictly…
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Needing a day job, takes my attention away from other projects which I have on cue. So, it maybe a little bi…
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <br /> One of the most awesome things about Ubuntu, Linux and OpenSource is the community. Not only are you…
So it has been twelve days now that I am back on a <a href="http://ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a> machine full time. I might want to write some observations…
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br />So this morning, I discovered some interactivity between <span style='font-family:monospace'>getting t…
<p>I have now gotten back to the OS X world and am setting up my computer for productive use in my studio. One of my favorite system applications is <…
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>So, I spent a week and a half using the <span style='font-family:monospace'>GNOME shell</span> on my desktop…
It is like a disease or an addiction. Once I get on the roll and start getting things cooking, I just want more. More projects developing in front of…
The Humans Are Fighting Back (And The Machines Are Watching) Something fascinating is happening in the space between human and artificial intelligen…
Reading: Anthropic, please make a new Slack Source: Anthropic, please make a new Slack(https://www.fivetran.com/blog/anthropic-please-make-a-new-sla…
Reading: this css proves me human Source: this css proves me human(https://will-keleher.com/posts/this-css-makes-me-human/) --- the hilarioty os h…
Reading: test Source: test(test) --- test…
Project Dragonpunk This has been a journey for me starting mid December. See I had been doing this massive worldbuilding concept, which has nearly a…
Test Direct to Documents This should land in documents table.…
Reading: The Coming Invasion of Iran Source: The Coming Invasion of Iran(https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/invasion-iran-israel-us-i…
Reading: Test Source: Test(https://test.com) --- QA test…
Reading: Self-Hosted Software List Source: Self-Hosted Software List(https://hostedsoftware.org/) --- QA test comment - verifying M3.3 Thought Pol…
Reading: Why No AI Games? Source: Why No AI Games?(https://franklantz.substack.com/p/why-no-ai-games) --- There is a solid amount of analysis in t…
Reading: Jolla phone – a full-stack European alternative Source: Jolla phone – a full-stack European alternative(https://commerce.jolla.com/products…
Reading: Test Article Source: Test Article(https://test.com/article) --- This is a test comment from M3 verification…
Reading: Phase 6 Test Article Source: Phase 6 Test Article(https://example.com/test-article) --- This is a test comment for the Phase 6 Thought Po…
Reading: What does 2>&1 mean? Source: What does 2>&1 mean?(https://stackoverflow.com/questions/818255/what-does-21-mean) --- Classic Unix shell re…
Reading: Test Article Source: Test Article(https://test.example.com/article) --- This is a test comment from the API test.…
Reading: America, and probably the world, stands on a precipice Source: America, and probably the world, stands on a precipice(https://garymarcus.su…
I am currently doing a bunch of things almost simultaneously. I have decided thta I am going to massively deplatform myself from the major tech compan…
I am trying so hard to be clever here. I know that there are much more clever and smart people than me working on similar problems. I mean the guy who…
I am full of both excitement and exhilaration. On a dull and average Saturday where I was folding laundry, washing dishes, grocery shopping, and gener…
This morning while I was lying in bed the alarm on my watch went off. It is sort of an antiquated idea, a watch with an alarm, a tinny little beep bee…
As the world already knows, OpenClawd is out in the world. I have been playing with it on my system because I am not afraid of HAL 20000. Right now I…
It's 2026, and I've been recording conversations with ChatGPT since November 2023. In just over two years of experimenting with these artificial intel…