I made a few little updates today: posts now show the time of the post, and you can get a post's permalink by clicking on the time it was posted. I added OpenGraph metadata to the single post view too, for platforms that render link previews.
US Justice Department serves Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas
The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President. — Jerome H. Powell
www.federalreserve.gov
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
Reporting can inform. It can also pacify. Remember that for change to come, for there to be justice for Renee, and a future without ICE killings, we must act — loudly, firmly, and without yielding — against what we cannot tolerate.
www.npr.org
Nationwide anti-ICE protests call for accountability after Renee Good's death
More protests are planned for Sunday as people nationwide demonstrate against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics and the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
"I’ll say this: I look forward to dying. I tend to think of death as the last and best reward for a life well-lived. That’s it." – Bob Weir
Vaya con Jerry, adiós Bobby.
www.bbc.com
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78
Weir was a fixture in the psychedelic rock group and its various spin-offs over 60 years.
weekend with friends. we're happy to see them. when your traditional community is gone, you build new ones. networks still matter, the biological context merely gets erased. ok, more likely: selection pressures have changed. ideology doesn't beat nature still. their name is 592a70e5-77c9-49a9-a4c0-b73c054ab942. congratulations! it's a... homo sapiens 🎉
(link previews work 😎)
Bought a breadboard and some components. Looking forward to building my first computer this year.
The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles by Noam Nisan and Shimon Schocken
mitpress.mit.edu
The Elements of Computing Systems
The best way to understand how computers work is to build one from scratch, and this textbook leads learners through twelve chapters and projects that gradua...
[Vice President JD Vance] knows. He doesn't care. Vance’s twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes. His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.
The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel. Our only recourse is to pray for his conversion of heart.
explaining to my friends that i didn't build a blog (lame) but that i built a multi-user microblogging platform (believe it or not, even more lame)