Recently Secretary Of State Marco Rubio along with the Trump administration is asking for legislation to revoke US passports to anyone who pretty much speaks up against the government.
This is Pure Fascism
And it needs to be shot down as soon as …
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Reading
Empire of AI
Karen Hao
Rants
The shit that's going down in the USA is scary AF
Old infrastructure of cities always fascinates me.
This episode of “It’s History” is one of them.
Thoughts
Empire Of AI by Karen Hao -- So Far...
I’m reading Karen Hao’s book Empire of AI thanks to the interview the crew at TWiT’s Intelligent Machines podcast did with her this week.
It’s really good so far. But the founding of OpenAI has been highlighted in a number of …
General
Casio Quest To NW Philly-Adjacent
Last night I went on a quest. A quest to find a Casio digital watch for my 7th grade son who needed a watch for school.
The journey took me 45 minutes away to pretty much NW Philly (the Montco side of Cheltenham Ave.) to a really small Walmart.
They …
First day of Middle School Survived!
Onward and upward!
Thoughts
I Just Finished Robert W. Gehl's Book Move Slowly and Build Bridges... My Thoughts!
Finished reading: Move Slowly and Build Bridges by Robert W. Gehl 📚
Here’s what I thought of Move Slowly and Build Bridges by Robert W. Gehl:
I gave it 5/5 stars.
Overall a great book on the history of the Fediverse and the struggles it’s …
General
Middle School And Early Rising!
Middle School here in our district in PA is starting the day after Labor Day.
Man, we’re all in for an awakening. An awakening at 6:30am if not earlier. The kiddo needs to be in his first class by 7:30am! He does get home by 2:45pm though.
Not …
So much fun in Kent Island, MD.
General
Vacation Mode And Other Things
I have to admit the Eastern Shore of Maryland is absolutely beautiful.
Here on a quick 4 day vacation with my wife’s family.
Then we have one week to get the kiddo ready for middle school that starts an hour and a half earlier than elementary …
Did I ever mention how much I hate packing. The only thing worse is unpacking. Well maybe not as much. Packing for a trip is the worst part. And then trying to get it all packed in the car. That’s fun too!
General
Vacation Time!
Tomorrow I’m off on the “big” vacation for this summer. Well 4 days. Not exactly long, but still.
Last year me, my wife, and kiddo went to Niagara Falls both NY and Canada. This year we’re going to an island in the Chesapeake …
General
Olive Has A Summer Cut!
Olive the #Airedoodle is back from the groomer. She’s got a nice summer cut going and is absolutely exhausted.
Poor pooch.
She likes the groomer, just a lot for the poor girl. She’s 3 so lots of spunk, but I guess the grooming takes a lot …
General
DelVal University
Such a beautiful campus.
Delaware Valley University in New Britian/Doylestown Pennsylvania.
My 12 year old is taking a magic class there for camp this week.
Tech
Fedi
#Fedicon 2025 Videos -- This one is Evan Prodromou's Keynote
I wasn’t able to attend #Fedicon in Vancouver, Canada last weekend, but the videos are up on Spectra.video. Check out @evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org’s talk about connecting the social web!!!! And there are more going up every …
Tech
Vibe coded a nifty little WordPress plugin! Claude Opus FTW
Vibe coded a nifty little WordPress plugin that turns JPGs, PNGs, & GIFs into WebP.
Used Claude for it. At first used Sonnet and well hours later it was still buggy. Then I used Opus and within 5 minutes it was done. Had to do one revision, …
General
80s Themed Birthday Party Was A Success
Well the 80s themed birthday party was a success. The 12 yr old kiddo didn’t participate at all, not surprising, but disappointing.
It as a lot to absorb and made me realize that I’ll never make a good detective. 🤪
Anyhow, it was a good …
General
80's Themed Murder Mystery Activity For Mother-in-Law's 70th
Today we’re going to my in-laws to do a 80’s themed murder mystery activity. I’m excited and it should be fun. The 12 yr old isn’t excited one bit. He’s a teen. That’s for sure. 🤪😖 I hope he participates a little. …
Tech
I Remember The Days Of AOL
I remember AOL and those diskettes and CDs!
Reviews
Tech
NationSquid YouTube Channel Is Superb
This YouTube channel is really good.
He covers all kinds of interesting topics and his series on decades really gets the Anthropology student in me excited.
As much as I knock the algorithm for being overly aggressive at …
Ya know what gets my goat? When you subscribe for a item and get it monthly. Only to find out that it’s also sold in stores and… it’s cheaper in the stores! WTAF?!
Just noticed on Micro.blog that I can cross post to LinkedIn now?! Neat idea. Probably not going to partake in that tho.
Rants
Tech
Fedi
Bluesky And A Dead Email Address -- Non-existent Bluesky Support!
I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop on my Bluesky account. I no longer have access to the associated email but I can still log in and use it. The problem is that when I go to change it, Bluesky wants me to go to the dead email account to …
Thoughts
Thank goodness last day driving the kiddo 20 mins to camp. Next week the camp is closer!
It was more the roads I had to take to get the kid to camp. A real nightmare of a trip with traffic and idiotic drivers.
Tech
Claude 4.0 Sonnet For WordPress Plugins
I just tried Claude 4.0 for a quick little WebP converter plugin for internal use. It worked really well. Even when something didn’t quite work the way I thought it would, I went back and it fixed it.
Pretty nifty.