My employer’s phone-number-based sales are annoying. Their contests (“you’re buying beer, so enter your mobile number for a chance to […]
“Homeless people kicked out of underpasses next to parliament ‘so MPs can get to work'”
London: A group of homeless people were kicked out of public tunnels next to the Houses of Parliament. One man […]
The weather log, continued
The latest “Did You Know” bulletin reads, in part: I would ask that one person at the beginning of each […]
The cigarette contest
My employer has this promotion: if someone buys two packs of a certain brand of cigarette and types their phone […]
Who does Beto O’Rourke think he is?
No, seriously, who does he think he is? I know who he is, barely. He’s one of Congress’ lesser lights, […]
Twitter hated Paul Manafort’s sentence
So Paul Manafort was convicted of assorted fraud and sentenced to 47 months in prison the other day, and my […]
“Senior Amnesty figure arrested in Indonesia for singing famous protest song”
The Guardian: An Amnesty board member has been arrested by Indonesian police after a video of him singing a protest […]
And the next challenger is… WebAuthn
I have now seen an article about WebAuthn, the latest attempt by techies to replace the password. Previous attempts have […]
No, I don’t think I’ll be watching Trump’s CPAC speech. Not even if his awkward fondling of a flag would […]
Bernie is bad at jobs programs
About this: When we are in the White House, we will enact a federal jobs guarantee, to ensure that everyone […]
Ray of Infamy 