Today was plumbing day. I had to disassemble the p-traps under the sinks in my boys’ bathroom to clean them out.

Based on what I found in there, I think they may be serial killers who are disposing of bodies in their sinks.

“There are no single-issue struggles, because we don’t live single-issue lives.”

—Audre Lorde

I stand with French students who are bravely resisting. And their teachers, parents, and trade union members who have shown up with them on the front lines.

In solidarity. ✊🏻

Doctor: I'm sorry, but we had to remove your colon.

Me Why?

I was gonna donate. But I decided against it because of the poor grammar and lack of proper punctuation.

Ratio v2.3 has been released. macOS 27 broke it. Along with millions of other things. But I fixed it for you.

What we’re up against in the U.S. during this election.

Yesterday:

1. Meta closed the No Kings accounts on the day of the protest. Restored them later, saying “our bad.” But did not restore admin privileges.

2. We learned that millions of people had no idea about the protests because Meta suppressed posts about it.

Y’all! Please, please, please use appropriate passwords. We’re seeing a big spam campaign across the fediverse, using hacked accounts.

First, change your fediverse password. Especially if it’s reused elsewhere, short/weak, or really old.

Then, here are some simple steps to protect you and your accounts:

1. Never reuse passwords. Use a password manager so you’ll only have to remember one password.

2. Make sure your passwords are secure. They should be 12+ characters with at least one capital letter and one special character. Good password managers have a generator built-in.

3. Set-up multi-factor authentication (MFA/2FA).

4. Use passkeys wherever possible.

If you need help, ask someone. Folks who know will help.

Halloween is right around the corner. Here’s a retro sci-fi animation that could be conflated into the Halloween category if you squint.

I made this in 2002 or so. In Flash. (Yeah. I know.) It’s one of a few of my experiments with motion. I found it in an archive and converted it to video.

Enjoy. Or don’t.

Imagine if men used their technology skills for something meaningful instead of perversion and misogyny. This is why we need more women in STEM. But, of course, so many women want nothing to do with that industry because they’d be surrounded by pieces of shit like this.

What a trip. I just found this old photo. It was taken in Barcelona circa 2014. The four of us here were all speakers at a conference called Webvisions.

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

The Geneva Conference of 1977 was a watershed moment for Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It was the very first UN conference with Indigenous delegates, the first direct entry of Native peoples into international affairs, the first time that Native peoples were able to speak for themselves at the UN.

It was also the first declaration of Indigenous Peoples Day. A counter-celebration to Christopher Columbus Day, which celebrates colonization and a fake “discovery” of lands of the Americas.

Hello, everyone! 👋🏻

I hope you’re having a good Friday night. Or Saturday morning. Or whatever the fuck it is where you are when you’re reading this.

I’ve had a lot of whiskey because it brings me joy. This is a photo of me before I was drinking, while I was hanging with the dog we’re “fostering.” He was keeping me company at work. As dogs do.

Also, I put quotes around fostering because we don’t really foster anything. We keep people and animals. Our family is ever growing. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Did you know?

Slayer’s vocalist/bassist Tom Araya is a practicing Catholic.

When asked in an interview about the band’s Satanic imagery, he said it was to “scare people. In particular, the Hollywood people.”

For that reason he was tolerant of his bandmate Kerry King’s demonic lyrics. He noted “I’m not one that’s going to go, ‘this sucks because it’s contrary to my beliefs.’ To me it’s more like ‘this is really good stuff. You’re going to piss people off with this.’”

Key information for American voters:

Fuck mass surveillance. Fuck cops and their arrogance. Thankfully one judge did the right thing to combat ALPRs like Flock. But not all judges will.

Automatic license plate readers have to go. I applaud all of the brave folks showing up at local government meetings to voice their opposition. We must keep up the fight.

If we live in a police state, we don’t live in a free Democracy.

Woke up before the sunrise to greet our son in his first marathon.

We saw him near the beginning, then drove to a spot near the end. He looked full of energy, and finished strong. 🎉