links, etc The Ancient ‘Wonder Material’ Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere this is promising. now we just need a bajillion more things like this ramped to scale. In Defense of Disney’s Strange Solarpunk World - YouTube {< youtube rqQJHja9qxU >} i don’t remember how i stumbled across this, but it was an interesting twist on things. now, i have to stomach watching a disney movie to pick up all the references....
links, etc NO_COLOR: disabling ANSI color output in various Unix commands it would be nice to see this baked into something a little more formal than this web site. still, this is a nice start. Private Spies Hired by the FBI and Corporate Firms Infiltrate Discord, Reddit, WhatsApp remember kids, if you’re doing anything publicly or in a forum where you don’t know all the participants, you really should be operating under the assumption that a profile is being assembled on you....
links, etc Reflections on Ten Years Past The Snowden Revelations whoa. it’s been 10 years already? this is definitely worth a read. it’s kind of shocking to me how little has changed since. we have a lot more bits encrypted these days, but the consolidation of the destinations for the bits of encrypted traffic likely hasn’t really helped the situation.
links, etc 43 Years Later, Star Wars Finally Explains a Glaring Canon Mistake ahhh … it’s the translator’s fault. Why more and more Americans are painting their lawns the whole notion of a grass lawn drenched in chemicals is so stupid to me. this doesn’t seem any better. the tl;dr - some company wanted to sell a lot of chemicals to us. they sold us the notion of manicured uniform lawns....