https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a28281910/fourth-of-july-mercy-otis-warren-tyranny-donald-trump/

«“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people to do this, and to rescue and save their civil and religious rights from the outstretched arm of tyranny, which may appear under any mode or form of government.”

“We are not descended from fearful men,” as Edward R. Murrow said at the conclusion of his broadcast takedown of Joe McCarthy. “Not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular.”

We are not descended from fearful women, either. Ms. Warren was fed up, and an empire came down.»

https://granta.com/how-to-write-about-africa/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/us/trump-census-citizenship-question.html

My ACLU contributions well-spent.

https://twitter.com/MG_SmithT/status/1146002315826122752?s=17

“Scroll past the trolls.” 🙂

MG Tammy Smith (@MG_SmithT) Tweeted:

My advice to a question in a satellite CGSC class yesterday about engaging in social media- do it. Another tool to scan your sector (and be exposed to hilarious wit). Scroll past the trolls. #miltwitter

Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) Tweeted:
@JohnL4 Saluti please find the unroll here: Thread by @TheHipsterRebbe: “”Home” By Warsan Shire no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see t […]” https://t.co/U3NOxgZW3E
Talk to you soon. 🤖 https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1145863724789575681?s=17

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/01/the-perverse-logic-of-gofundme-health-care

Some good stuff in here.

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/07/01/an-open-letter-to-the-director-of-the-holocaust-memorial-museum/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ivanka-trump-india-summit-half-wit-saudi-arabia-prince-us-delegation-lead-president-daughter-a7887731.html

Wait…. Not very diplomatic, right?

Elizabeth Weber Handwerker (@ElizWebHand) Tweeted:
I do not want Federal agencies to keep lists of which employees miss work for Yom Kippur, which miss work for Eid al-Fitr, and which miss work for Naw-Ruz. Why? This history: https://t.co/uWSdiJhXRb https://twitter.com/ElizWebHand/status/1138231381476163584?s=17

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-developer-reveals-linux-is-now-more-used-on-azure-than-windows-server/

While I was busy hating Microsoft, Microsoft changed. I guess I have to switch my ire to people who only look favorably on a thing if Microsoft endorsees it, but… ah, well, the world is full of that type.

I wonder what I can get done with WSL 2?

[Edit: BTW, pricing for Linux instances in Azure is about half that of Windows instances, so… duh.]