VerdantOzark
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A lunar month starts with the crescent moon, or the "Hilal" (الهلال) - the first sight of the moon after the New Moon. A lunar month ends with the next crescent moon. So you can tell Ramadan's start & progress by simply looking at the moon over the next month!
February 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
A lunar month starts with the crescent moon, or the "Hilal" (الهلال) - the first sight of the moon after the New Moon. A lunar month ends with the next crescent moon. So you can tell Ramadan's start & progress by simply looking at the moon over the next month!
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And what awaits these clients in Texas? Unspeakably cruel and inhumane treatment.
1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
And what awaits these clients in Texas? Unspeakably cruel and inhumane treatment.
1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.
The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.
I’ve had a front row seat.
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In addition to Botstein giving a tour of Bard to two very young women in Epstein's entourage, Botstein's relationship with Epstein seems to have been instrumental in Epstein's recruitment of one of his victims. bsky.app/profile/moir...
A young violinist was nervous about meeting with Jeffrey Epstein due to his 2008 child sex abuse conviction. Epstein reassured her by noting his friendship with @bardcollege.bsky.social’s Leon Botstein, and set up a dinner between Botstein and the musician. She soon became one of Epstein’s victims.
Epstein Used Botstein’s Prestige and Connections to Recruit and Support One of His Victims, a Violinist from Europe - The Daily Catch
Jeffrey Epstein utilized his burgeoning relationship with Bard College President and American Symphony Orchestra Conductor Leon Botstein in 2013 to procure perks for a young violinist who ultimately b...
www.thedailycatch.org
February 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
In addition to Botstein giving a tour of Bard to two very young women in Epstein's entourage, Botstein's relationship with Epstein seems to have been instrumental in Epstein's recruitment of one of his victims. bsky.app/profile/moir...
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
February 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
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I see a future in #jj-vcs: steveklabnik.com/writing/i-se...
I see a future in jj
Blog post: I see a future in jj by Steve Klabnik
steveklabnik.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I see a future in #jj-vcs: steveklabnik.com/writing/i-se...
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Take it from a former incident commander and coordinator of incident commanders: You cannot operate at incident tempo forever. A week, two weeks, a month at the outside. Then you need a month off. Package work up, hand it off. Let stuff lie that can. Rest, recover. It’ll be here when you’re back.
If you thought this paradigm was going to last 30-90 days and then end and now, at day 72, you’re realizing the fallout is actually an indefinitely permanent paradigm, it makes sense you went super hard at a pace that is unsustainable.
Recalibrate now before you’re hurtling into the concrete floor.
Recalibrate now before you’re hurtling into the concrete floor.
I’m seeing more and more Minneapolis/Minnesota people naming that they are burned out and I just hope people allow themselves to change their pacing from sprint to marathon or better yet, a relay.
Slow down if the alternative is you crashing out and not being able to do anything.
Slow down if the alternative is you crashing out and not being able to do anything.
February 11, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Take it from a former incident commander and coordinator of incident commanders: You cannot operate at incident tempo forever. A week, two weeks, a month at the outside. Then you need a month off. Package work up, hand it off. Let stuff lie that can. Rest, recover. It’ll be here when you’re back.
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pointing and calling confirmation prompts while reimaging servers at work like i'm a japanese train conductor
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
pointing and calling confirmation prompts while reimaging servers at work like i'm a japanese train conductor
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Even if you don’t like “pornography” or think kids shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near “pornography,” consider that the people with power to legislate what that MEANS have a very different definition than you do
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Even if you don’t like “pornography” or think kids shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near “pornography,” consider that the people with power to legislate what that MEANS have a very different definition than you do
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ever hear about freenode?
it was a major IRC network, since the 90s. basically every open source project had a channel on there, for user support and developer chat.
In 2021 someone used a bunch of money to do a "hostile takeover" of the network.
it was a major IRC network, since the 90s. basically every open source project had a channel on there, for user support and developer chat.
In 2021 someone used a bunch of money to do a "hostile takeover" of the network.
February 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
ever hear about freenode?
it was a major IRC network, since the 90s. basically every open source project had a channel on there, for user support and developer chat.
In 2021 someone used a bunch of money to do a "hostile takeover" of the network.
it was a major IRC network, since the 90s. basically every open source project had a channel on there, for user support and developer chat.
In 2021 someone used a bunch of money to do a "hostile takeover" of the network.
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and there's always Twitter if you want a great example of what can happen if there's one service used by the majority of users. Even if the service is great (which it wasn't), it's a single point of failure that one dickhead with too much money can take over and change to match their politics
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
and there's always Twitter if you want a great example of what can happen if there's one service used by the majority of users. Even if the service is great (which it wasn't), it's a single point of failure that one dickhead with too much money can take over and change to match their politics
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a nice thing about when the internet was a bunch of little sites and servers was that it was a lot harder for governments to pressure "the chat provider everyone uses" to implement age verification.
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
a nice thing about when the internet was a bunch of little sites and servers was that it was a lot harder for governments to pressure "the chat provider everyone uses" to implement age verification.
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
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it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
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/2 AIso it did not occur to me that a person could use his blog to publish all the letters to the editor that the papers would not publish
I will be back in about six months
I will be back in about six months
February 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
/2 AIso it did not occur to me that a person could use his blog to publish all the letters to the editor that the papers would not publish
I will be back in about six months
I will be back in about six months
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look this is just a whole branding problem, what if we just called them roundabouts?
filter blockades: scary, bad, confusing, american
roundabouts: less threatening, already exist in places here, vaguely british
filter blockades: scary, bad, confusing, american
roundabouts: less threatening, already exist in places here, vaguely british
My experience with the filter blockades is that they actually improve safety and keep traffic flowing at a safe speed.
Keeping streets clear is critical to protect lives and property. Blocked streets & makeshift checkpoints are serious concerns for emergency responders as they can delay response times & restrict access. Neighbors have echoed the City’s public safety concerns about this. Let’s keep our streets open.
February 6, 2026 at 2:34 AM
look this is just a whole branding problem, what if we just called them roundabouts?
filter blockades: scary, bad, confusing, american
roundabouts: less threatening, already exist in places here, vaguely british
filter blockades: scary, bad, confusing, american
roundabouts: less threatening, already exist in places here, vaguely british
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So what will they do? They will blindly feed your review comments straight to their agentic coding model because that's the only thing they know how to do.
By doing so the vibe coder has put the maintainer in the weird position where the maintainer is doing agentic coding through a shitty UX
By doing so the vibe coder has put the maintainer in the weird position where the maintainer is doing agentic coding through a shitty UX
February 7, 2026 at 2:05 AM
So what will they do? They will blindly feed your review comments straight to their agentic coding model because that's the only thing they know how to do.
By doing so the vibe coder has put the maintainer in the weird position where the maintainer is doing agentic coding through a shitty UX
By doing so the vibe coder has put the maintainer in the weird position where the maintainer is doing agentic coding through a shitty UX
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How can it be that it all just comes down to "they're chasers and if trans people have rights they're harder to sex traffic?"
THEY STARTED A FUCKING GENOCIDE BECAUSE THEY WANTED SEX SLAVES!
Jesus fucking Christ how can the world be this dumb.
THEY STARTED A FUCKING GENOCIDE BECAUSE THEY WANTED SEX SLAVES!
Jesus fucking Christ how can the world be this dumb.
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
How can it be that it all just comes down to "they're chasers and if trans people have rights they're harder to sex traffic?"
THEY STARTED A FUCKING GENOCIDE BECAUSE THEY WANTED SEX SLAVES!
Jesus fucking Christ how can the world be this dumb.
THEY STARTED A FUCKING GENOCIDE BECAUSE THEY WANTED SEX SLAVES!
Jesus fucking Christ how can the world be this dumb.
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hindsight is 20/20 but maybe selecting university presidents on their willingness to debase themselves for private donor money is related to the current difficulties in defending academia from fascism
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
hindsight is 20/20 but maybe selecting university presidents on their willingness to debase themselves for private donor money is related to the current difficulties in defending academia from fascism
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I have, for years, talked about how I spent the late aughts on 4chan, and I've been watching the worst people from there take over the world.
And.
He's.
He relaunched /pol/ after meeting with Epstein.
It's been fucking /pol/ this entire fucking time fucking fuck.
And.
He's.
He relaunched /pol/ after meeting with Epstein.
It's been fucking /pol/ this entire fucking time fucking fuck.
January 31, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I have, for years, talked about how I spent the late aughts on 4chan, and I've been watching the worst people from there take over the world.
And.
He's.
He relaunched /pol/ after meeting with Epstein.
It's been fucking /pol/ this entire fucking time fucking fuck.
And.
He's.
He relaunched /pol/ after meeting with Epstein.
It's been fucking /pol/ this entire fucking time fucking fuck.
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Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
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I was enthralled by the main menu of Dragon Khan and watching how many elements the game was trying to load in, not knowing when it was going to end.
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 AM
I was enthralled by the main menu of Dragon Khan and watching how many elements the game was trying to load in, not knowing when it was going to end.
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extremely cool info environment to tweet something and a half hour later once it’s riled everyone up to be like “no haha jk it’s the opposite actually”
January 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
extremely cool info environment to tweet something and a half hour later once it’s riled everyone up to be like “no haha jk it’s the opposite actually”