Mike Connor
@mconnor.net
Husband, dad, nerd, & Canadian. Bikes, politics, & snark. Oxford comma absolutist.
ex-Mozilla. I ran Firefox when it was cool.
ex-Mozilla. I ran Firefox when it was cool.
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You sure about this, Google?
August 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You sure about this, Google?
This is a great thread for anyone traveling to the US. Do not make assumptions about what is and isn't allowed.
In 2011 a CBP officer decided my answer (unchanged in six years of travel) meant I was doing work, and I ended up needing a work visa for the next seven years.
In 2011 a CBP officer decided my answer (unchanged in six years of travel) meant I was doing work, and I ended up needing a work visa for the next seven years.
Looks like another person got himself in immigration trouble, which makes me think it might be timely to give some guidance on ways to mitigate this particular risk. The story is cut off but you see at the bottom of the screenshot where it says he had arranged something with his employer 1/
April 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is a great thread for anyone traveling to the US. Do not make assumptions about what is and isn't allowed.
In 2011 a CBP officer decided my answer (unchanged in six years of travel) meant I was doing work, and I ended up needing a work visa for the next seven years.
In 2011 a CBP officer decided my answer (unchanged in six years of travel) meant I was doing work, and I ended up needing a work visa for the next seven years.
I've told a bunch of people the story about learning to drive the year we had snowbanks taller than me. TIL that year was the all time record for my hometown. By tomorrow we'll have broken the all time February record in 16 days, after coming close to the all time January record.
a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt is asking what a week huh ?
ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt is asking what a week huh ?
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I've told a bunch of people the story about learning to drive the year we had snowbanks taller than me. TIL that year was the all time record for my hometown. By tomorrow we'll have broken the all time February record in 16 days, after coming close to the all time January record.
So it sure sounds like the Office + Copilot rollout is going well. It's enabled with no off switch for people who have confidentiality requirements.
I can see if we can put something together — part of the problem right now is that the people who know how it should work are very startled by how it seems to be actually working, so we don’t have a firm grasp even of what exactly is going on from a rollout perspective.
January 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
So it sure sounds like the Office + Copilot rollout is going well. It's enabled with no off switch for people who have confidentiality requirements.
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Everyone excusing Elon Musk’s behavior due to his alleged autism should be chased into the sea with pitchforks
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
January 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Everyone excusing Elon Musk’s behavior due to his alleged autism should be chased into the sea with pitchforks
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
Saw this earlier and thought of old friends so I had to buy it. #mfbt
@johnolilly.bsky.social @beltzner.bsky.social
@johnolilly.bsky.social @beltzner.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Saw this earlier and thought of old friends so I had to buy it. #mfbt
@johnolilly.bsky.social @beltzner.bsky.social
@johnolilly.bsky.social @beltzner.bsky.social
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My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
Early ride into the city for breakfast with some OG Moz folks.
December 12, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Early ride into the city for breakfast with some OG Moz folks.
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A Ba'athist, a Stalinist and an anti Semite walk into a bar. The barman says Stop the War's memorial for Assadism is upstairs.
December 9, 2024 at 11:49 AM
A Ba'athist, a Stalinist and an anti Semite walk into a bar. The barman says Stop the War's memorial for Assadism is upstairs.
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It has snowed in Chicago and YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! Time to remind everyone that we light our train tracks on fire to prevent the switches from freezing.
November 21, 2024 at 10:54 AM
It has snowed in Chicago and YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! Time to remind everyone that we light our train tracks on fire to prevent the switches from freezing.
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If Democrats didn't want a philandering rapist who supports extrajudicial killings running the world's largest military, maybe they should have appeared on more podcasts.
December 1, 2024 at 1:00 AM
If Democrats didn't want a philandering rapist who supports extrajudicial killings running the world's largest military, maybe they should have appeared on more podcasts.
So when does Bluesky get their own version of the fail whale? I feel like that's the only part of early Twitter that I'm missing. @pfrazee.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:35 PM
So when does Bluesky get their own version of the fail whale? I feel like that's the only part of early Twitter that I'm missing. @pfrazee.com
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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It looks like his barber got 45% of the way through the haircut and sliced his own jugular to avoid continuing to talk to him
listen normally I would get into how he looks like he’s been dropped into some sort of alternate reality and is struggling to just not run away screaming but today I cannot stop staring at this simply incredible lloyd christmas haircut one can only assume he gave himself
August 22, 2024 at 6:35 PM
It looks like his barber got 45% of the way through the haircut and sliced his own jugular to avoid continuing to talk to him