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fuzztopusa.bsky.social
"The bigger government becomes, the more power it concentrates, and the more power it concentrates, the less responsive it becomes to ordinary people. It is not oppression that worries me most; it is well-meaning tyranny."

- Thomas Sowell

Applicable to Trump/Rs, Biden/Ds, or maybe *both*?
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
fuzztopusa.bsky.social
Just a reminder that someone really is watching over you.

Well, unless you're a flat-earther. For all y'all, they're watching from 6 stories below a non-descript, abandoned-looking strip mall in Tallahassee. Oops, did I say that out loud?!

youtu.be/Rbymsx1N35k?...
NASA Astronauts Send Fourth of July Wishes From the International Space Station
YouTube video by NASA
youtu.be
July 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
fuzztopusa.bsky.social
I have a bit of a fetish for ultralight laptops.

My MacBook Air was *fantastic*... in 2017. These days, my fave in that category is my 3-year-old Surface Go.

I confess, I haven't even put Linux on it (yet?!) Windows 11 on it is disturbingly delightful.

It just doesn't seem right.
November 21, 2024 at 6:35 AM
fuzztopusa.bsky.social
Anyone using a Framework laptop? If so, are you a fan? What OS are you running? Any problems with the modular add-on adapters?

frame.work
Fix Consumer Electronics
We know consumer electronics can be better for you and for the environment. Unlike most products, ours are open for you to repair and upgrade
frame.work
November 21, 2024 at 6:29 AM
fuzztopusa.bsky.social
Hear, hear! CRS is a very good resource. Great recommendation!
barbmcquade.bsky.social Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · Nov 20
If you’re looking for primers on federal law, the Congressional Research Service is an excellent resource—balanced, accurate, and clear. Here’s its paper on recess appointments.
crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
crsreports.congress.gov
November 21, 2024 at 2:26 AM
fuzztopusa.bsky.social
I'm curious to hear BlueSky reactions to:

"Hire the best people, and the organic result is diversity.... Equity, OTOH, is a desired outcome thrust upon the workplace, sans any promise of actually improving the workplace...."

Full text for context:
blog.chuvala.com?p=593
DEI: Equity is the Sequela of Socialism | These Go To Eleven
blog.chuvala.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
my favorite jwst images 🌌
A star cluster is shown inside a large nebula of many-coloured gas and dust. The material forms dark ridges and peaks of gas and dust surrounding the cluster, lit on the inner side, while layers of diffuse, translucent clouds blanket over them. Around and within the gas, a huge number of distant galaxies can be seen, some quite large, as well as a few stars nearer to us which are very large and bright. This image of the Ring Nebula, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera, appears as a distorted doughnut. The nebula’s inner cavity hosts shades of blue and green, while the detailed ring transitions through shades of orange in the inner regions and pink in the outer region. The ring’s inner region has distinct filament elements. Stars litter the scene, with a particularly prominent star with 8 long spikes in the top right corner. The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which, have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view. Cassiopeia A, a circular cloud of gas and dust with complex structure. The inner shell is made of bright pink and orange filaments studded with clumps and knots. Around the exterior of the inner shell, particularly at the upper right, there are curtains of wispy gas that look like campfire smoke. The white smoke-like material also appears to fill the cavity of the inner shell, featuring structures shaped like large bubbles. Around and within the nebula, there are various stars seen as points of blue and white light. Outside the nebula, there are also clumps of yellow dust, with a particularly large clump at the bottom right corner that appears to have very detailed striations.
November 16, 2024 at 1:56 AM