The Truth About the Social Media Addiction Trial YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

Again, I’m really agreeing with a lot of points in this video youtu.be/Ype6c6DdHQY?...
It’s good that not just grey-bearded dudes are calling for privacy rights and protections from censorship

Unacceptable. Let's organize to Save Ballard Rail. DM me if you want to help.

Guiding principles:

▶️ Must build the entire line & stations shown below
▶️ Must build as quickly as possible
▶️ Cannot come at expense of other ST3 projects
▶️ Savings come from adopting Euro practices
▶️ Will need more $$

Trump and Big Tech’s PR Campaign for Data Centers is Too Little, Too Late Energy bills are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the costs of hyperscale data centers, writes Jenna Ruddock.

Last Wednesday, US tech companies gathered at the White House to sign a nonbinding, unenforceable pledge to offset data center energy costs. But energy bills are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the costs of hyperscale data centers people see in their backyards, writes Jenna Ruddock.

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

Hmm. Run the 10 mi first maybe 2-3 beers for “hydration”. After that work your way theidhr the rest. Na I would barf.

Really strong commentary on these attacks on internet freedom and the examples of the outcomes.

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Hey bozos: “Short Circuit” is turning 40 this year, and Astoria is celebrating with a weekend of celebrity guests and movie events.


Read more: www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/02/this-1980...

Mothers, adventurers, sisters: What we know about the victims of the Sierra avalanche disaster Many of the women who were caught in the deadly avalanche Tuesday north of Lake Tahoe were among a close group of friends who loved to spend time in the mountains.

Mothers, adventurers, sisters: What we know about the victims of the Sierra avalanche disaster

PageMaker pioneer Paul Brainerd, 1947-2026: Aldus founder devoted his second chapter to the planet Paul Brainerd, who coined the term "desktop publishing" and built Aldus Corporation's PageMaker into one of the defining programs of the personal computer era, died Sunday at his home on Bainbridge Is...

Sad to see Paul Brainerd has passed. Amazing career in business and environmental advocacy. Without him, I’d have had no career! I met him a few times in the early Internet days. www.geekwire.com/2026/pagemak...

Fortunately electricity demand has been flat or falling for decades so this should be fine

Dying at the first time Swedish Chef sees Big Bird

New drone footage from @floodlightnews.org - the fossil methane power plant Musk built specifically to create abusive and racist material on his social media website is still wildly breaching EPA regulations even after a ruling against using them -->>>

floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...

there is no jumpscare quite like a "oh my god adobe updated the hue/saturation panel for the first time since 1978" jumpscare

So all the federal $$$ is for the moon now? Gimme

Climate Change!

We had an incredible time this weekend rallying in Spokane with our labor allies for progressive revenue solutions like the Millionaires Tax!

@wfse.org @workingfamilies.org @balanceourtaxcode.bsky.social @wslc.bsky.social

Spokane City Council member Kitty Klitzke summed up our thoughts best:

Ice lanterns on Lake of the Isles at the Luminary Loppet

Ice sculptures on Lake of the Isles

The resistance loon in ice!

Alex Pretti ice memorial

My favorite winter event in Minneapolis was tonight! Thousands of illuminated ice sculptures on Lake of the Isles. It’s pure magic.

From NOAA Satellites:

The arctic blast that put much of Florida into a deep freeze also created these mesmerizing cloud streets caught by bsky.app/profile/noaa.gov 's GOESEast.

Learn more in our #SatelliteSnapshot: bit.ly/3NVBiT5

Traditional photographic prints are vastly superior to inkjet prints. How'd that work out for the photography industry??

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:

"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

Real talk

Dear news orgs/websites, as a subscriber or potential subscriber, a “gift link” function is more valuable to me than access to your Discord server or a free coffee cup.

A promo style photo of six macs pro against a white background, in sage, yellow, peach, reddish pink, purple and blue case colours.

The new Mac Pro in five exciting colours, and sage.

Avalanche in Washington State Kills 2 The men were among a group of four skiing in the backcountry near Longs Pass, east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountains. The area received heavy snowfall last week.

Two men were killed in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in Washington State, the local authorities said on Saturday.

A side by side image labeled US 2 near Skykomish to reopen on Jan. 4 (MP 50-64) with the left image showing a road washed out and the right image showing road construction crews working on paving that same section of road.

Hey now, would you look at that! Crews have made progress on road repairs and inspections and US 2 between Skykomish and Stevens Pass Resort will reopen for both directions in a limited capacity by Sunday, Jan. 4.

More here: wsdot.wa.gov/about/news/2...

Waiting for 2025 to end

The Needling joins these publications in refusing to slurp AI slop. Seattle's Only Real Fake News reporting is written by real human real fake news journalists. All of our images are either real photos or only altered via amateur Photoshop skills learned in a high school yearbook class.

Details on my blakeports repo I use for MacPorts development. Includes details on using a custom port of OpenSSH 9 to access older versions of macOS. Some good github actions runners config details as well.
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Packer Templates for Tart that I'm using for github actions runners.
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#macports