Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

"A lesser-known factor has exacerbated the energy crisis this year: In February Israel blew up two gas pipelines in Iran as part of its covert war with the country."

*Well, how Ukrainian of them #fossilfuelwar

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/world/middleeast/iran-economy-energy-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE4.9nM6.3DmAy0CxDG_J&smid=tw-share

@RickiTarr "Please be patient with me. I'm from the 1900s." 😭

When you think about it, aren't microplastics just fairy dust from the petroleum fairy?

I would now like to sum up my experience of nearly 50 non-expert years of using computers and the internet:

Plaintext, wherever possible, FTW.

Man, corporations really want to put a stop to libraries:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-library-e-books-queues-1.7414060?cmp=rss

"Depending on the title, public libraries may pay two or three times more for an e-book than they pay for its print edition. In some cases, the e-book may be up to six times the price, librarians told CBC."

"Those publishers ... will often license copies of e-books for just 12 or 24 months. Once that licence expires, libraries must repurchase access to the same book." #canada #cdnpoli #books

Every SCOTUS case in which C (for "Corruption") Thomas cast a deciding vote should be considered tainted and invalid, serving neither as persuasive nor as precident.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/politics/clarence-thomas-trips-disclosure-investigation.html

it's funny how Neal Stephenson's "In the Beginning... Was the Command Line" he talked about how if Apple made cars they'd have sealed hoods. He said that in 1999, before Apple started selling phones they literally glued together