#Today

Finished "Top Secret War" today, its the official history of Rhodesia's Selous Scouts as written by their commander. I'll be doing an ongoing thread on my thoughts about the book
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On the ground in Georgia today in support of the GOP Candidates in the #GASen runoff- ⁦@GOPChairwoman⁩ Ronna McDaniel. McDaniel speaking to a crowd in Marietta. Neither of the two
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So on today's discourse, I'm a "bleeding edge of tech" guy wherever possible. I keep up to date.But, there's a shit ton of folks who aren't, or can't be for
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Just two Democratic Socialists running for Democratic District Leader in #Astoria & #EastElmhurst. It was surreal to early vote for my friends- & myself!- today. Seeing Shawna, Julia, & my
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In 2021 the entire Trump regime must be fully investigated by the Dept of Justice and other relevant offices. Trump and his worst enablers must be tried for their crimes.
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Hey everyone, I’m back and about to get on the metro to DC for today’s MAGA rally in the city. Last night Proud Boys and others attacked counter protesters at
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People are all upset at Twitter for the current situation but not themselves for letting tech giants create a monopoly over the software we use each day. You think I
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One thing that I think is sometimes not made clear in arguments in favor of anti-psychiatry, social models of disability, etc.: while certain theories do deny the existence of unconditionally
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On Fox, Rand Paul is arguing that the objections to certification were misguided because it undermines the electoral college, and "if we get rid of the electoral college, conservatives will
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Children’s Commissioner for England @annelongfield responding to today’s latest data on school exclusionshttps://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/2020/07/30/too-many-children-in-england-are-still-being-excluded-from-school/ A few observ
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Holy heck, this is wild: the Air Force chose Colorado for the Space Command HQ and then Trump overrode that decision and gave the command to Alabama.https://twitter.com/DenverGazette/status/1349425923553157121 From a September
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The Aksumite Empire___a trading empire centered in today Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen and Somaliland. It existed approximately 400BCE -10 CentAD, growing from the Iron Age proto-Aksumite period c. fourth
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Some observations after a couple days of school:1. It has been great to have students in our building. It was something that I didn’t know my soul needed. 2. We’re
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Batman is really enjoying himself here.[art by Win Mortimer, 1951] WORLD’S FINEST covers from before Superman and Batman started teaming up are often charming. “What will we show Superman, Batman
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When I was selling open core ETL software @Talend a decade ago, we would be selling against hand-coding (customer doing nothing) vs. Informatica ($$$$ closed core software). That's it!What has
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Today is the feast of St. Gregory the Theologian (Nazianzen) in the Orthodox Church. A short thread on one of my favorite Church Fathers. Perhaps, the reason that I appreciate
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