Glen Ferguson

Now we’re televising executions via firing squad. Is pay per view next? Gladiators? Oh wait, we already had the MMA cage matches at the White House. wapo.st/4yElwyB

Looks like @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s Unauthorized Bread is here. Scan the QR code on the meals and the oven adjusts cooking modes. www.tovala.com/smart-ovens

Over 1,000 police agencies have cleared a necessary hurdle to launch drone-as-first-responder programs in their communities. Find out if yours is one of them here:

As if we needed more proof that the cries for voter ID have nothing to do with election security; to get into the Washington Hilton for the WHCD you only needed to show a ticket - no ID.

Saw an ad for this last night and the hacker in me wants to get it and change the animations & audio so it plays Trump quotes while projecting his face onto the pumpkin. Now *that’s* scary. thejabberinjack.com/products/the...

How it started vs how it’s going (152 gravel miles and 14 hours later). Gravel Worlds race on Saturday, Aug 23.

The nerdiest thing I've seen this month. They're in The Netherlands, they offer more traditional flavors, and with the page updated on August 1, I think we can rule out April 1 shenanigans. rewind.santamariaworld.com/nl/9-volt

at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans

If he’s not in the office every day, how do we know he’s working?

Looking at the cereal shelf in our coworking space this morning, my pre-coffee brain realized Lucky Charms are DEI Cheerios.

Thanks @safelite.bsky.social for breaking a circuit board in my car and then doing a crap job trying to cover up your mistake, and not telling me about it.

When a random DC number texts you, you can't help but assume

Interesting WaPo piece today on Musk. (Gift link) wapo.st/4jinwF5

How long until Mexican cartels realize there’s good money to be made by smuggling mifepristone and measles vaccines into Texas?

I was driving in PA yesterday and passed a picket line of striking Nestle / Purina workers and now I’m wondering about what’s in their chocolate.

Whatever happened with the field trip to audit Fort Knox? That dropped out of the news cycle almost as fast as anything about the Butler, PA shooter.

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

I sincerely hope the Pope recovers soon. If he doesn’t, I put the odds at 3:2 Trump declares himself the new Pope and tries to make the Vatican a US state.

Now he’s dumping the chairman and board of the Kennedy Center and says he’ll be the new chair. Depressingly, I’ve learned the board always contains the Secretaries of HHS and Education, so I can imagine the programming next year.

What in the…? And it isn’t even April 1. www.generalmills.com/news/press-r...

@scalzi.com I’m reading KPS and there are a few editing errors, but I’m up to ch 10 where Ed’s “eyes” are described as narrowing to pinpoints, then a page later Satie asks if they’re dilated and is told yes (“we nodded”). Dilated is the opposite of pinpoint.

Watching the Mummers parade and of all the strange sights, I think the Christmas tree on a bicycle is the winner so far.

The party that tells young people not to bother with college, bans books, and wants to disband the Department of Eduction is currently annoyed that American workers aren't educated enough for skilled jobs.

Who’d have thought; S Korea has a better operating democracy than the US

At least Roku and Coca Cola recognize Die Hard as a Christmas movie.

The murder of the UHC CEO was terrible, as is any murder. I do have to say, the assassin escaping on a bikeshare CitiBike is very NYC though.

No argument from me.

Reading a newspaper editorial today, I never expected to see Mitch McConnell described as “an inveterate MAGA foe.”

“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?” The results were hilarious. Trans: 21% Muslim: 27% Jewish: 30% Black: 41% Live in NYC: 30% Gay or lesbian: 30% The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.” www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...

I did my part for Cowork Frederick’s Gratitude & Grub lunch. Cornbread, pecan and cherry dressing in the other pan.

Awww, somebody hacked an account and leaked the Gaetz report. Good thing he doesn’t have anything to worry about since he’s totally innocent.