Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️
I love me a four day work week, don’t you? And that’s all I have to say about that.
We’re going to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this morning at 10. I haven’t heard too much about it but I suspect it’ll be pretty fun. We’ll see.
I hope you enjoy the links.
Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, about an hour east of Atlanta, is at the center of another school shooting in the United States on Wednesday morning.
Ban all assault weapons, now. They are weapons of war and regular folks don’t need to own weapons of war.
We need a better registration process and training for all weapons. Licensing that has to be renewed every year at a federal government run licensing agency.
Zero gun show sales or online sales. Purchases have to be in person, with initial licensing, and a waiting period of 30 days which requires proof of upcoming training and final licensing within 30 days of receiving the weapon.
Registration would include registration with a centralized ATF database of weapons accessible to local, state, and federal law enforcement.
Make it difficult and expensive so it’s taken very seriously.
Jonathan J. Cooper • The Associated Press
School shootings are a “fact of life,” so the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said Thursday.
JD Vance is a garbage human. Zero empathy. Asshole.
OpenAI is begging the British Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it’s supposedly “impossible” for the company to train its artificial intelligence models — and continue growing its multi-billion-dollar business — without them.
This shouldn’t be allowed if the owner of the site doesn’t want it crawled.
I can see using sites in the public domain who are ok with it.
Go ahead, scrape my site. It’ll assuredly drop the IQ of your AI a few points. 😃
How podcasting got its name
This is a piece from 2013. I love blogs for the ability to go back in time and gain knowledge on just about any topic.
I recall the 2004 time period quite well. I remember reading on Dave’s blog how this new creation was going and not understanding it at all. Sure, I understood the technical aspects just fine. I didn’t understand why we needed it.
Well, now I think a lot of folks understand why even if they don’t about the mechanism.
Podcasting is amazing and I appreciate it.
Thanks, Dave and Adam, as well as anyone who participated in the process.
Another NASCAR Xfinity Series race that was seemingly in Sheldon Creed’s grasp wriggled free again Saturday at Darlington Raceway.
I felt so bad for Sheldon Creed on Saturday after the race. He’s a great driver and one of my Xfinity favorites but the poor guy can’t seem to win a race. He now holds the record for most second place finishes.
He also revealed a dark side to NASCAR Xfinity racing. He’s not making much to drive a car as a professional driver. In fact most drivers have to bring their own sponsorship to the team to even get a ride! That’s crazy!
Apple is expected to launch a fourth-generation iPhone SE early next year with an OLED display for the first time, marking the completion of Apple’s adoption of OLED technology across all iPhone models.
I’m still using my iPhone 11 and it’s getting a little long in the tooth, especially the battery.
After reading the specs — I know, it’s just a rumor — I’m thinking an SE may be in my future. Why? Well mostly because of a reduced price.
Heck, this years iPhone will probably double in price so the new SE will end up being the price of todays iPhone. 🤣
And it seems that Sir Ian McKellen could be coming back to his beloved role as J.R.R. Tolkien’s wizard after revealing that he had been approached about featuring in the new Lord of the Rings films.
The man is in his 80’s now and was recently injured after a fall. They’d better get started if they want him to participate.
Also. Why do we need a remake of the Lord of the Rings? I guess it has been over 20 years since Peter Jackson’s epic released. That’s crazy.
Gustaf Kilander • The Independent
Donald Trump and his allies are preparing to make claims of election and voter fraud if he loses in November - according to election experts and a number of old-school Republicans.
But of course they are. It’s a downright miracle we’ve gone over 200 years as a nation without some knucklehead like Trump doing crap like this to become President.
I hope the man loses by a wide margin.
Oh, no media should have the Orange man on their show until the election is complete. Don’t give him the opportunity to declare victory like he did last time.
Starter Villain won this year’s Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
I like John Scalzi’s work a lot and I miss following him on social media. I wish he’d walk away from X and join Mastodon full time.
Hmmmm, I think he’s on Bluesky. 🤔
I’m proud to announce the all-new Parakeet website.
I want to start with a brief historical view of Parakeet’s online presence, then I’ll walk you though some of the key moments making the new website, and then lastly how it makes me feel having our work presented in this way.
I really dig Louie’s style. His blog is a piece of art in my book and he’s applied that same style to Parakeet’s site! Lovin it! 😍
Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren’t being recycled
Why does this not surprise me, especially in Texas where they have drive thru Margaritas, free handguns with a purchase at a 7-11, and allow corporations to pollute at will.
Ok, ok, I admit the drive thru Margarita thing is kinda cool. 🍹
