Lynn Grant

Lynn Grant

@lynngrant.bsky.social

Security & database software engineer, game developer. Former mainframe guy. Big fan of modern Fortran, XQuery and all things XML, and dogs. (Cats are pretty cool, too.) Also interested in precision time (IRIG, IEEE-1588, White Rabbit) and typography.

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Trump’s “small potatoes” comment regarding the number war dead in the conflict he initiated, is justification enough for his immediate impeachment and removal.

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. Well. This is ominous Personally I’ve always (since 1975) believed that Israel would be the first to set off an atomic bomb They’ve had them trained on every Arab Capital for decades, and wouldn’t hesitate to use them if they were ever to lose their superiority over the region .

AI at you service: Trying to track down a bogus charge from LinkedIn. I managed to get a support ticket opened, but it does not show up in my list of open issues. When I try to update it, I have to go through the AI chat, which tells me to go to a help articles page and search for opening a ticket

I get hundreds of hits, none of which are about opening or updating an issue. When I tell the AI that this not working, it tells me it does not know how to answer my question and I need to open an issue, and sends me back to the same page. There appears to be no way to talk to a human.

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Wishing a peaceful Tisha B’Av to Jewish New Yorkers across the five boroughs. From sundown tonight until tomorrow, mourners will pause and reflect on the history and resiliency of the Jewish people. May all observing have a safe and meaningful fast.

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Dear Canada, Thank you for being our neighbors. Thank you for rescuing our campers. Thank you for providing our hockey players with competition 😉 We're really sorry current management and their allies are being such asshats. We're doing our best to get back to normal. Pull for us.

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A FIFA referee has spent more time in federal custody for being Somali than anybody on epstein's list for raping kids.

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The Trump family's approach to the United States is based on the classic corporate raider's approach: 1) Take over a troubled yet very valuable target. 2) Strip out everything of value out of it. 3) Load it with debt. 4) Walk away with the loot before it collapses.

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NEW: Pope Leo XIV told the world’s press today that the Catholic Church’s moral imagination has long been too narrowed to sexual ethics — and that war, migration, and human dignity are the “much greater, more important issues” of our time.

thelettersfromleo.com“I Cannot Be in Favor of War” — Pope Leo XIV's Wide-Ranging In-Flight Press Conference From AfricaOn the flight back from Africa, Leo addressed Iran, migration, the death penalty, and LBGTQ issues. He said he carries a photo with him of a Lebanese boy who was killed in the conflict.

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Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating. Thinking of the people, and in particular the children, of Palestine, Iran and the Gulf states living in a state of war and uncertainty and insecurity on so many levels today. It doesn't have to be like this. All of us can do better.

When I look at some of DJT's ravings, I wish more people had seen "Barbarella" in the '60s, particularly the scene where Duran Duran (Concierge to the Great Tyrant) stands before the Matmus as it destroys the city, shouting "Stop! I command you! I am Master of the Matmus!" clip.cafe/barbarella-1...

clip.cafeWatch 'No, no, stop!I command it. I'm Duran Duran. I'm Master of the Mathmos. Fall back! Fall...' | Barbarella ClipWatch the clip 'No, no, stop!I command it. I'm Duran Duran. I'm Master of the Mathmos. Fall back! Fall...' from the movie Barbarella on Clip.Cafe. No, no, stop! I command it. I'm Duran Duran. I'm Mast...

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Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies." No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.

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Today, we're celebrating 2 years since release of Post Quantum Encryption! 🎉 Protecting you today & tomorrow, even from future threat. ❤️🔐 Learn more on post-quantum cryptography: tuta.com/blog/post-qu...

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Between 500,000 and 700,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon. No other country would be allowed to do this. Yes, Israel has the right to exist. But the long-term damage to our world from such behavior is being dangerously underestimated. There are no second-class world citizens. We are equal