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movies knives out (no, not the new one) white noise (netflix) why did we watch this again? pinocchio (netflix) - very good. would recommend. the menu (on the plane) - very good. would recommend. jurassic world: dominion (amazon prime) - amusing, would not recommend. ticket to paradise (on the plane) - saccharin. would not recommend. patagonia films (on the plane) - i’ve been watching these on flights lately. they really make me feel like i’ve been living my life wrong....

books the high sierra: a love story (kim stanley robinson) i’m a fairly recent convert to KSR’s stuff. i’ve loved all of it and this is no exception. this is the first bit of non-fiction i’ve read by him. honestly, i don’t know if he has more. having done a limited amount of hiking in the sierra’s, i was hooked and burned through this a bit faster than i expected to....

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links, etc NO_COLOR: disabling ANSI color output in various Unix commands it would be nice to see this baked into something a little more formal than this web site. still, this is a nice start. Private Spies Hired by the FBI and Corporate Firms Infiltrate Discord, Reddit, WhatsApp remember kids, if you’re doing anything publicly or in a forum where you don’t know all the participants, you really should be operating under the assumption that a profile is being assembled on you....

links, etc Reflections on Ten Years Past The Snowden Revelations whoa. it’s been 10 years already? this is definitely worth a read. it’s kind of shocking to me how little has changed since. we have a lot more bits encrypted these days, but the consolidation of the destinations for the bits of encrypted traffic likely hasn’t really helped the situation.

links, etc 43 Years Later, Star Wars Finally Explains a Glaring Canon Mistake ahhh … it’s the translator’s fault. Why more and more Americans are painting their lawns the whole notion of a grass lawn drenched in chemicals is so stupid to me. this doesn’t seem any better. the tl;dr - some company wanted to sell a lot of chemicals to us. they sold us the notion of manicured uniform lawns....

links, etc A Day in the Life of a Woke Third-Grade Teacher, as Imagined by a Far-Right Politician - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency worth it for this little gem alone … As we begin tidying up the room, I mandate that the tallest white boy in class clean out the litter box the kids who identify as cats use.

links, etc People Who Bike Are Subsidizing, Not Shirking, Street Costs this is a total banger on the matter.