Glen Ferguson
@glenf.bsky.social
Entrepreneur. Photographer. Bicyclist. Hammer dulcimer player. Tech wrangler at Cowork Frederick. Pseudo-retired.
City posted “Happy Indigenous People’s Day” on FB. Even without the bot farm, replies were almost all “Happy COLUMBUS Day!”
My reply, “How is it some folks are perfectly fine with renaming a Gulf and one of the Great Lakes, but a holiday is too much to handle?” was met with a lack of self-reflection
My reply, “How is it some folks are perfectly fine with renaming a Gulf and one of the Great Lakes, but a holiday is too much to handle?” was met with a lack of self-reflection
October 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
City posted “Happy Indigenous People’s Day” on FB. Even without the bot farm, replies were almost all “Happy COLUMBUS Day!”
My reply, “How is it some folks are perfectly fine with renaming a Gulf and one of the Great Lakes, but a holiday is too much to handle?” was met with a lack of self-reflection
My reply, “How is it some folks are perfectly fine with renaming a Gulf and one of the Great Lakes, but a holiday is too much to handle?” was met with a lack of self-reflection
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.
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Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says
“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.
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October 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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
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
Tovala - Fresh Meal Delivery Service. 1 Minute of Prep.
No need to shop, prep, cook, or clean.
www.tovala.com
August 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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
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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:
Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country
Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial...
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July 23, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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.
April 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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...
The Jabberin' Jack Animated Talking Pumpkin
Bring your pumpkin to life!
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September 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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.
August 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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
9-volt - Request a Sample
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August 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
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at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans
June 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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?
May 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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.
May 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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.
May 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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.
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When a random DC number texts you, you can't help but assume
April 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When a random DC number texts you, you can't help but assume
Interesting WaPo piece today on Musk. (Gift link) wapo.st/4jinwF5
Musk’s fury over a Tesla investigation foreshadowed his war on Washington
The upcoming “Hubris Maximus” book details Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s disregard for the public and his contempt for regulators charged with overseeing his companies.
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April 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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?
April 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How long until Mexican cartels realize there’s good money to be made by smuggling mifepristone and measles vaccines into Texas?
Of course he was. From The Motley Fool:
Trevor Milton, the Nikola CEO who was convicted of one of the most brazen stock-market frauds in recent memory, was pardoned this week by President Trump.
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Trevor Milton, the Nikola CEO who was convicted of one of the most brazen stock-market frauds in recent memory, was pardoned this week by President Trump.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Of course he was. From The Motley Fool:
Trevor Milton, the Nikola CEO who was convicted of one of the most brazen stock-market frauds in recent memory, was pardoned this week by President Trump.
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Trevor Milton, the Nikola CEO who was convicted of one of the most brazen stock-market frauds in recent memory, was pardoned this week by President Trump.
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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.
March 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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.
March 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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.
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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
March 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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.
February 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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.
February 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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.
@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.
January 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
@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.