Jurph: the Scent of Oak Leaves
@jurph.bsky.social
Veteran of dial up BBS, mIRC, AOL federated messaging, and Google Reader. When all this is gone I will remain. The most important thing is helping people.
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people made fun of this in 2014 but every last thing about it turned out to be true
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
people made fun of this in 2014 but every last thing about it turned out to be true
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It was always a terrible plan and completely undercuts the myth that these guys are smarter or more visionary than a really talented engineer
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort once framed as the future of the company and the reason for changing its name from Facebook.
Meta’s Zuckerberg plans deep cuts for metaverse efforts
The metaverse effort was once framed as the future of the company and was the reason for the company changing its name from Facebook.
ebx.sh
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It was always a terrible plan and completely undercuts the myth that these guys are smarter or more visionary than a really talented engineer
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
Never give them your face!
Learn how VPNs work, pay a couple bucks for Mullvad or IVPN. Try Tor (but don’t host an exit node). Spin up a piVPN and a PiHole. The internet isn’t designed to support authoritative location resolution and you can break nearly all location services client-side.
Learn how VPNs work, pay a couple bucks for Mullvad or IVPN. Try Tor (but don’t host an exit node). Spin up a piVPN and a PiHole. The internet isn’t designed to support authoritative location resolution and you can break nearly all location services client-side.
Porn was only ever the cover.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Never give them your face!
Learn how VPNs work, pay a couple bucks for Mullvad or IVPN. Try Tor (but don’t host an exit node). Spin up a piVPN and a PiHole. The internet isn’t designed to support authoritative location resolution and you can break nearly all location services client-side.
Learn how VPNs work, pay a couple bucks for Mullvad or IVPN. Try Tor (but don’t host an exit node). Spin up a piVPN and a PiHole. The internet isn’t designed to support authoritative location resolution and you can break nearly all location services client-side.
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Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84. n.pr/48zf0gD
Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies
Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84. n.pr/48zf0gD
I know you're not supposed to unit test a non-deterministic subsystem, but I needed a test that I could reliably run to make sure the LLM on the far end was being spun up and responsive. So: "BEEP BOOP" it is.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I know you're not supposed to unit test a non-deterministic subsystem, but I needed a test that I could reliably run to make sure the LLM on the far end was being spun up and responsive. So: "BEEP BOOP" it is.
Here's what to know: it's illegal!
The lawyers may have found a way to stretch the titles & authorities to make the first strike "arguably" legal -- in a way that no court will want to debate Executive's sovereignty -- but the second strike is literally an exemplary unlawful order, and thus murder.
The lawyers may have found a way to stretch the titles & authorities to make the first strike "arguably" legal -- in a way that no court will want to debate Executive's sovereignty -- but the second strike is literally an exemplary unlawful order, and thus murder.
Critics of the boat strikes say that under US and international law, killing noncombatants, including suspected criminals, who pose no immediate threat is illegal. Here's what to know
Are Trump’s Boat Strikes Legal?
US strikes on alleged drug-cartel boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean under President Donald Trump represent a sharp departure from traditional US counter-narcotics efforts. Unlike earlier maritime interdictions led mainly by the Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies, these missions have taken the form of military airstrikes.
bloom.bg
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Here's what to know: it's illegal!
The lawyers may have found a way to stretch the titles & authorities to make the first strike "arguably" legal -- in a way that no court will want to debate Executive's sovereignty -- but the second strike is literally an exemplary unlawful order, and thus murder.
The lawyers may have found a way to stretch the titles & authorities to make the first strike "arguably" legal -- in a way that no court will want to debate Executive's sovereignty -- but the second strike is literally an exemplary unlawful order, and thus murder.
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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5 turnovers for the Ravens
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
5 turnovers for the Ravens
Jesus Christ if the announcers can stop trying to make up for lost time talking about Joe Burrow
- Did you know he’s back?
- He’s so good
- Well he’s okay but we really like him
- Okay actually we just think he’s really dreamy
- Did you know he’s back?
- He’s so good
- Well he’s okay but we really like him
- Okay actually we just think he’s really dreamy
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Jesus Christ if the announcers can stop trying to make up for lost time talking about Joe Burrow
- Did you know he’s back?
- He’s so good
- Well he’s okay but we really like him
- Okay actually we just think he’s really dreamy
- Did you know he’s back?
- He’s so good
- Well he’s okay but we really like him
- Okay actually we just think he’s really dreamy
When is the last time you saw a team give swing 20+ points on 3 voodoo swingy plays? The goal line touchback, the Zay OPI, and the Lamar “fumble” are responsible for erasing 14 Baltimore points and giving the Bengals 10. Just unreal weird shit keeping CIN in the game.
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
When is the last time you saw a team give swing 20+ points on 3 voodoo swingy plays? The goal line touchback, the Zay OPI, and the Lamar “fumble” are responsible for erasing 14 Baltimore points and giving the Bengals 10. Just unreal weird shit keeping CIN in the game.
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John Harbaugh: "That's bad. That's bad. That's so bad."
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
John Harbaugh: "That's bad. That's bad. That's so bad."
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Come on offense. Let's turn this shit around
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Come on offense. Let's turn this shit around
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Time to ask your family what they think about the “fumbling the endzone for a touchback” rule.
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Time to ask your family what they think about the “fumbling the endzone for a touchback” rule.
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Wrote about arguably my favorite topic in all of sports: Jerry Jones spending $1.2 billion on a stadium built at the exact orientation so the sun shines directly into players eyes during the months when the Cowboys play football:
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
The Old Man and the Sun
A breakdown of how and why the Cowboys have the only stadium in the league where players regularly get blinded by the sun.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Wrote about arguably my favorite topic in all of sports: Jerry Jones spending $1.2 billion on a stadium built at the exact orientation so the sun shines directly into players eyes during the months when the Cowboys play football:
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
If you’re watching the game on CBS, remember to drink for every Cop Show or Troop Show they advertise. (You don’t have to drink twice if it’s a Troop Cop Show.)
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you’re watching the game on CBS, remember to drink for every Cop Show or Troop Show they advertise. (You don’t have to drink twice if it’s a Troop Cop Show.)
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Today, on the eve of America’s 500th birthday, we celebrate President John Madden and his historic turkey feast that finally brought peace to the Cowboys and the Chiefs.
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today, on the eve of America’s 500th birthday, we celebrate President John Madden and his historic turkey feast that finally brought peace to the Cowboys and the Chiefs.
This Dallas stadium makes the sunset into a 12th defender
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This Dallas stadium makes the sunset into a 12th defender