Bill Stewart
@billstewart.bsky.social
Techie, bad musician, SF fan (either Science Fiction or San Francisco.)
NorCal
He/They/Thou/Yo/Oook/Whatever
Not actually a crypto-owning selfie-taking copyright monkey.
NorCal
He/They/Thou/Yo/Oook/Whatever
Not actually a crypto-owning selfie-taking copyright monkey.
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Executive Orders are fine, to the extent they're allowed within the Constitutional powers or powers delegated by Congress to the Pres. (Trump's issued a lot that aren't.)
Trump can legally cancel all those with his own anyway.
But he can't claim Biden's signatures on Congressional bills are fake.
Trump can legally cancel all those with his own anyway.
But he can't claim Biden's signatures on Congressional bills are fake.
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Executive Orders are fine, to the extent they're allowed within the Constitutional powers or powers delegated by Congress to the Pres. (Trump's issued a lot that aren't.)
Trump can legally cancel all those with his own anyway.
But he can't claim Biden's signatures on Congressional bills are fake.
Trump can legally cancel all those with his own anyway.
But he can't claim Biden's signatures on Congressional bills are fake.
They might very well have - you'd want to have water-resistant phones to use on a boat.
And under the Geneva conventions, killing them to prevent rescue is also a war crime.
And under the Geneva conventions, killing them to prevent rescue is also a war crime.
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
They might very well have - you'd want to have water-resistant phones to use on a boat.
And under the Geneva conventions, killing them to prevent rescue is also a war crime.
And under the Geneva conventions, killing them to prevent rescue is also a war crime.
Also the weird "PC" category for station wagons.
(IIRC my parents' station wagon had a PC plus 5 digits,
but for a population of 600K that 5 digits was enough for all the station wagons.)
(IIRC my parents' station wagon had a PC plus 5 digits,
but for a population of 600K that 5 digits was enough for all the station wagons.)
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Also the weird "PC" category for station wagons.
(IIRC my parents' station wagon had a PC plus 5 digits,
but for a population of 600K that 5 digits was enough for all the station wagons.)
(IIRC my parents' station wagon had a PC plus 5 digits,
but for a population of 600K that 5 digits was enough for all the station wagons.)
It's amazing how closely you can park a beater Chevy van* with a big gash on the passenger side to a car like that.
* First second-vehicle I owned, bought "80K miles, only wrecked badly once, great for salt-water fishing!"
Also great for snow; heavy and can't get any uglier if something happens.
* First second-vehicle I owned, bought "80K miles, only wrecked badly once, great for salt-water fishing!"
Also great for snow; heavy and can't get any uglier if something happens.
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It's amazing how closely you can park a beater Chevy van* with a big gash on the passenger side to a car like that.
* First second-vehicle I owned, bought "80K miles, only wrecked badly once, great for salt-water fishing!"
Also great for snow; heavy and can't get any uglier if something happens.
* First second-vehicle I owned, bought "80K miles, only wrecked badly once, great for salt-water fishing!"
Also great for snow; heavy and can't get any uglier if something happens.
The offense being "Santa Ana*'s soldiers killing all the pro-slavery rebel soldiers after the siege succeeded."
Which Sam Houston used to justify killing a lot of Santa Ana's soldiers in later battles.
* Remembered in Mexico as an incompetent general who lost Texas.
Which Sam Houston used to justify killing a lot of Santa Ana's soldiers in later battles.
* Remembered in Mexico as an incompetent general who lost Texas.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The offense being "Santa Ana*'s soldiers killing all the pro-slavery rebel soldiers after the siege succeeded."
Which Sam Houston used to justify killing a lot of Santa Ana's soldiers in later battles.
* Remembered in Mexico as an incompetent general who lost Texas.
Which Sam Houston used to justify killing a lot of Santa Ana's soldiers in later battles.
* Remembered in Mexico as an incompetent general who lost Texas.
Which was also signed by Venezuela.
And the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention was signed by the US in 1955 and Venezuela in 1956. Killing shipwrecked sailors, including enemy sailors, and killing civilians are both banned.
And the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention was signed by the US in 1955 and Venezuela in 1956. Killing shipwrecked sailors, including enemy sailors, and killing civilians are both banned.
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Which was also signed by Venezuela.
And the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention was signed by the US in 1955 and Venezuela in 1956. Killing shipwrecked sailors, including enemy sailors, and killing civilians are both banned.
And the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention was signed by the US in 1955 and Venezuela in 1956. Killing shipwrecked sailors, including enemy sailors, and killing civilians are both banned.
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when i was a kid, i knew santa wasn't real and that it was my parents. what i could NOT figure out was where the fuck they hid it every year and how they managed to slip past me to put stuff under the tree unnoticed. my bedroom was right there and i was notorious for sleeping lightly lol
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
when i was a kid, i knew santa wasn't real and that it was my parents. what i could NOT figure out was where the fuck they hid it every year and how they managed to slip past me to put stuff under the tree unnoticed. my bedroom was right there and i was notorious for sleeping lightly lol
There are plenty more where they came from.
But that also includes companies that didn't pay taxes on their profits because they were losing money (they still have to pay things like Social Security tax for their workers and real estate taxes for their buildings if they didn't negotiate those away.)
But that also includes companies that didn't pay taxes on their profits because they were losing money (they still have to pay things like Social Security tax for their workers and real estate taxes for their buildings if they didn't negotiate those away.)
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
There are plenty more where they came from.
But that also includes companies that didn't pay taxes on their profits because they were losing money (they still have to pay things like Social Security tax for their workers and real estate taxes for their buildings if they didn't negotiate those away.)
But that also includes companies that didn't pay taxes on their profits because they were losing money (they still have to pay things like Social Security tax for their workers and real estate taxes for their buildings if they didn't negotiate those away.)
My cats are both multicolored, so they can leave contrasting hair on just about anything I'm wearing. (Some really loud patterns don't show it.)
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My cats are both multicolored, so they can leave contrasting hair on just about anything I'm wearing. (Some really loud patterns don't show it.)
A few little things like Vietnam, The Cold War, and Reagan,
but not as rough as our parents went through.
My dad grew a beard on vacation in his mid-40s; it came in gray so it vanished when we got back home.
My beard was starting to gray at that age (my hair was long gone; my dad kept most of his.)
but not as rough as our parents went through.
My dad grew a beard on vacation in his mid-40s; it came in gray so it vanished when we got back home.
My beard was starting to gray at that age (my hair was long gone; my dad kept most of his.)
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A few little things like Vietnam, The Cold War, and Reagan,
but not as rough as our parents went through.
My dad grew a beard on vacation in his mid-40s; it came in gray so it vanished when we got back home.
My beard was starting to gray at that age (my hair was long gone; my dad kept most of his.)
but not as rough as our parents went through.
My dad grew a beard on vacation in his mid-40s; it came in gray so it vanished when we got back home.
My beard was starting to gray at that age (my hair was long gone; my dad kept most of his.)
The US signed the First Geneva Convention in 1882.
They signed the Fourth Geneva Convention in 1955,
and Venezuela signed it in 1956.
Killing and mistreating civilians and shipwrecked sailors are both forbidden.
They include international armed conflicts that are not declared wars.
They signed the Fourth Geneva Convention in 1955,
and Venezuela signed it in 1956.
Killing and mistreating civilians and shipwrecked sailors are both forbidden.
They include international armed conflicts that are not declared wars.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The US signed the First Geneva Convention in 1882.
They signed the Fourth Geneva Convention in 1955,
and Venezuela signed it in 1956.
Killing and mistreating civilians and shipwrecked sailors are both forbidden.
They include international armed conflicts that are not declared wars.
They signed the Fourth Geneva Convention in 1955,
and Venezuela signed it in 1956.
Killing and mistreating civilians and shipwrecked sailors are both forbidden.
They include international armed conflicts that are not declared wars.
Besides the cool article on Medieval Muslim cooking and culture,
TIL that the Mongols burned libraries in Baghdad that were as important to what was then one of the western world's cultural centers as the Library of Alexandria had been.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_o...
TIL that the Mongols burned libraries in Baghdad that were as important to what was then one of the western world's cultural centers as the Library of Alexandria had been.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_o...
House of Wisdom - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Besides the cool article on Medieval Muslim cooking and culture,
TIL that the Mongols burned libraries in Baghdad that were as important to what was then one of the western world's cultural centers as the Library of Alexandria had been.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_o...
TIL that the Mongols burned libraries in Baghdad that were as important to what was then one of the western world's cultural centers as the Library of Alexandria had been.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_o...
"But I don't LIKE Spam!"
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"But I don't LIKE Spam!"
Five animals I've seen in the wild?
Jackrabbit
California Brush Rabbit
Coyote
Ground Squirrel
Raccoon
(All in my local park this year. Also five recent birds here:)
Canada goose
Coot
Snowy egret
Great Blue Heron
Pelicans
Jackrabbit
California Brush Rabbit
Coyote
Ground Squirrel
Raccoon
(All in my local park this year. Also five recent birds here:)
Canada goose
Coot
Snowy egret
Great Blue Heron
Pelicans
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Five animals I've seen in the wild?
Jackrabbit
California Brush Rabbit
Coyote
Ground Squirrel
Raccoon
(All in my local park this year. Also five recent birds here:)
Canada goose
Coot
Snowy egret
Great Blue Heron
Pelicans
Jackrabbit
California Brush Rabbit
Coyote
Ground Squirrel
Raccoon
(All in my local park this year. Also five recent birds here:)
Canada goose
Coot
Snowy egret
Great Blue Heron
Pelicans
When I started working at Bell Labs, they made us all take a business writing course. Extremely valuable stuff.
The goal is writing more like a journalist and less like a grad student (:-), putting the important parts first so readers know what's important before they TL;DR.
The goal is writing more like a journalist and less like a grad student (:-), putting the important parts first so readers know what's important before they TL;DR.
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When I started working at Bell Labs, they made us all take a business writing course. Extremely valuable stuff.
The goal is writing more like a journalist and less like a grad student (:-), putting the important parts first so readers know what's important before they TL;DR.
The goal is writing more like a journalist and less like a grad student (:-), putting the important parts first so readers know what's important before they TL;DR.
When I want clip-art or equivalent, I use DuckDuckGo image search.
(Its big advantage over Google image search is being easier to save the images in the right formats, as well as better privacy.)
And back when I did Powerpoints I usually either drew diagrams myself or cribbed them from earlier PPTs.
(Its big advantage over Google image search is being easier to save the images in the right formats, as well as better privacy.)
And back when I did Powerpoints I usually either drew diagrams myself or cribbed them from earlier PPTs.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
When I want clip-art or equivalent, I use DuckDuckGo image search.
(Its big advantage over Google image search is being easier to save the images in the right formats, as well as better privacy.)
And back when I did Powerpoints I usually either drew diagrams myself or cribbed them from earlier PPTs.
(Its big advantage over Google image search is being easier to save the images in the right formats, as well as better privacy.)
And back when I did Powerpoints I usually either drew diagrams myself or cribbed them from earlier PPTs.
And now Hegseth is a war criminal himself, even without a declared war!
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And now Hegseth is a war criminal himself, even without a declared war!
Wow, your foot problems must be doing better if you can DDR!
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Wow, your foot problems must be doing better if you can DDR!
Also Trump's mom. And neither of Trump's parents (nor two of his wives) spoke English as a first language, even though his father was born in the US.
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Also Trump's mom. And neither of Trump's parents (nor two of his wives) spoke English as a first language, even though his father was born in the US.
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We're close to the world's first-ever broad-spectrum antiviral. In a breakthrough, researchers at the City University of New York have identified a promising path to the development of an antiviral that could be used to fight a wide range of deadly viruses, including future pandemic threats.
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We're close to the world's first-ever broad-spectrum antiviral. In a breakthrough, researchers at the City University of New York have identified a promising path to the development of an antiviral that could be used to fight a wide range of deadly viruses, including future pandemic threats.
Presumably violates the Geneva Conventions as well as being illegal.
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Presumably violates the Geneva Conventions as well as being illegal.
That post is "not found", and I suspect whatever AI thing is being discussed is either also deleted or got unlinked from this conversation.
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
That post is "not found", and I suspect whatever AI thing is being discussed is either also deleted or got unlinked from this conversation.
I assume this also violates the Geneva Conventions.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I assume this also violates the Geneva Conventions.
It takes 8 Republicans to do that, as part of the deal Johnson made when he accepted the Speaker job, because of what a total mess of infighting happened after Gaetz got Kevin McCarthy bounced for not being MAGA enough.
They don't want to risk the chaos, even with MTG being less MAGA now.
They don't want to risk the chaos, even with MTG being less MAGA now.
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It takes 8 Republicans to do that, as part of the deal Johnson made when he accepted the Speaker job, because of what a total mess of infighting happened after Gaetz got Kevin McCarthy bounced for not being MAGA enough.
They don't want to risk the chaos, even with MTG being less MAGA now.
They don't want to risk the chaos, even with MTG being less MAGA now.