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Trump Looks Increasingly Desperate to Restrict Voting Rights


Mother Jones 2026-03-08

Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to withhold his signature from all bills until Congress passes a GOP-led voting bill that implements voter restrictions ahead of the November midterms.

“I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY – ILLNESS, DISABILITY, TRAVEL,” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.

Be sure to mention that human rights must be assured to people of any gender or sex.






Got my dipole onto the 12m band while investigating power limit issues for 10m and I might just stay here for a while. :3

Still need to figure out the power issue, though. Using the braid of LL240 coax as the conductor for the loading coil worked a charm. When I was using magnet wire for the same, the turns got hot, but now I don't notice any heat. I also have stacked T200-2 cores, which don't appear to be warming up like the earlier single T200-2 core. At this point, it seems like the matching autotransformer (a single FT240-43) might be the issue, as it is still getting pretty warm. Will most likely rebuild it with stacked cores. 🤔

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio



What if everything in our reality is AI because we're living in a simulation? :3c
in reply to Neil E. Hodges

wouldnt matter, because any external being would have the same philosophical problems

same goes for gods 😈

@gregeganSF wrote a great fictional novel around the idea, in '94

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation_City

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"The world’s wisdom traditions—even Christianity—are pretty easy to understand if you use your own eyes, your own mind, and your own heart to understand them." – Peter Bolland





Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir | Techdirt


Palantir Technologies, the infamous surveillance and data analytics giant chaired by Peter Thiel, has filed a lawsuit against Republik, a small Swiss online magazine, over a pair of investigative articles published in December. The articles, produced in collaboration with the investigative collective WAV, detailed a years-long, multi-ministry charm offensive by Palantir to sell its software to Swiss federal authorities. The campaign was, by all accounts, a comprehensive failure. Swiss agencies rejected Palantir at least nine times, with concerns ranging from data sovereignty to reputational risk to the simple fact that nobody needed the product.

As if it’s any sort of surprise that European governments are wary of betting on US tech companies with close ties to the US government. It’s not like reports of US spies co-opting US tech companies for surveillance efforts haven’t been front page news over the past twenty years. And now, this administration—with its willingness to antagonize everyone in Europe, and its close ties to Palantir and Thiel? It’s no freaking wonder that the Swiss government was like “yo, maybe pass.”


https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palantir-sues-swiss-magazine-for-accurately-reporting-that-the-swiss-government-didnt-want-palantir/



in reply to Neil E. Hodges

Please get tested.
Not expensive.
Won't hurt to know.










Some days it really feels like life is trying to shake the cage it has me trapped in. :/




So if SCOTUS said that you can't copyright AI-generated art, does that also apply to AI-generated code? :3c

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"Mountain Over Leavenworth"


Taken while we rode rented mountain bikes in the road together.

The rental bikes were okay, but our knees weren't happy and my partner didn't like the shifters nor brakes on them.

#mountain #mywork #photog #photography #town









Every day I live makes me glad I'm not immortal. 🙃








The GOP just voted for this war

The New Republic - 2026-03-05 15:49:32 GMT

Senator John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against the resolution. Senator Rand Paul was the only Republican to vote for the resolution. This was Congress’s first vote on the war. trib.al/LtQVijd
May be an image of text that says 'INR BREAKING NEWS Every Single GOP Senator Blocks Iran War Powers Resolution-Except Resolution -Except One II'





Tired: Referring to it as "Christian nationalism"
Wired: Referring to it as "Pseudochristianity"


Why do we measure AC power as Richard M. Stallman? :3c #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
in reply to Neil E. Hodges

not sure if I remember the number correctly, but back in the 80s there used to be a Radio 1 jingle that went something like "One million watts of music power" and every time I heard it I would point out to anyone who'd listen that this was considerably fewer watts of RMS power.

I was very annoying as a teenager, probably

in reply to Daniel

haha, it was exactly as I remembered https://www.jingles.com/jam/radioids/1FM.php

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