«it’s not like the Russians will be returning any of these tractors to their rightful owners now that they’ve found they can’t use them. Simply depriving Ukrainians of their own property is a huge blow to them, and the looters may still profit from their thievery by scavenging the tractors for parts and raw materials. So it’s not like John Deere and its embedded software, or the copyright in that software that gives it such control over its sold machines, have managed to right a serious wrong.»

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/05/no-software-bricked-tractors-thwarting-russian-looters-is-not-a-sign-that-either-john-deere-or-copyright-is-good/

Yay:

CNBC: Highly immune evasive omicron XBB.1.5 variant is quickly becoming dominant in U.S. as it doubles weekly. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/30/covid-news-omicron-xbbpoint1point5-is-highly-immune-evasive-and-binds-better-to-cells.html

Some of this is a bit of blather (79 characters? Really?) but this is still a useful-looking collection of stuff.

amr-khalil.medium.com: How To Write Clean Code in Python | by Amr Khalil | Dec, 2022 | Medium. https://amr-khalil.medium.com/how-to-write-clean-code-in-python-25567b752acd

(Done with my bottomless “drafts” folder, for now.)

Old draft. Topical, and the topic has passed, and yet… still relevant.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/10/lisa-cook-federal-reserve-nomination-republican-vitriol/

«She made it clear at her confirmation hearing that she would prioritize fighting the current inflation problem. She described seeing the devastating impact of high inflation firsthand in developing nations. Last June, she told The Post she was already concerned about how inflation would impact retirees, among others.»

And yet…

Until we get common-sense gun control enacted in this country, this will be an evergreen sentiment:

(Note: cleaning out my drafts folder. Don’t know why I never posted this, but: I’m explicitly taking it out of context. I don’t understand the context and I think this excerpt stands on its own.)

Text of preceding tweet, because this WILL disappear someday:

«When I was in seminary, I was very close to finding meaning in just the simple fact of my words being read by the masses. I wanted my words to be in every outlet. At any cost.»

https://twitter.com/CandyCornball/status/1557329098447503360?s=20&t=h5qPCTAdbbMTAL4BH-nMMQ

This whole page is good (along with https://fedi.tips) but at the moment I’m particularly interested in the moderation part, including the moderation puzzles.

https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/mastodon-handy-links-page#moderation

#mastoAdmin #moderation #moderationPuzzles

https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-to-complain-productively/

Listened to this on a road trip today. Really good. Interesting connection to social media.