The sun rises, the sun falls, the earth freezes, the earth thaws, but one thing remains the same: Ross Douthat will have the most impossibly stupid take on the pressing issue of the day.

Our five-year-old Samsung refrigerator developed cracks in the ice cube tray, which is only available as part of the $200 backordered ice maker assembly. OK fine, today will be iterating on a replacement.

First thing I thought...

I'm pleased that this seems to work consistently.

The moment when I regret getting irritated at the cable management and ripping it all apart.

My most profuse apologies for this.

Sky near sunset tonight.

+29 dB for an F-35 taking off from the airport 4 miles away.

Today's monkeywrenching: reporting an ongoing critical breach to CISA, as none of the identified threat actors have been hired by the US Government or even placed under a BAA.

Reminder: the Wachowskis are trans women, "The Matrix" is an allegory, and the "red pill" is literally estrogen.

Rich MAGA wants to keep bringing in highly-educated immigrants (with sharply-curtailed rights) for technical fields while Yokel MAGA wonders why *they* aren't getting hired for those jobs instead.

Gods help us, we're all about to go into four years of "fuck yourself in the face" leadership.

wimdy