With a bipartisan acceptance of innocent death as the cost of doing business in the Muslim and Arab world, it is not a surprise that a kind of casual contempt for its leaders and peoples oozes from the orifices of both Republican and Democratic administrations.

Excellent piece by Ta-Nehisi Coates about Kamala Harris' awful record on Gaza and her unceasing support of Israel. Naturally, it is the opinion of this author that Harris' stance on Gaza absolutely tanked her popularity among her own base, something that a functioning political party would probably take into account.

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I believe that if you have a security camera setup in your home, even with some precautions in place, you are opening yourself up to potential surveillance from the companies providing the service, the government, and hackers/scammers.

Good article with a list of alternatives to 'standard' home camera solutions. I only have a single camera at home, a simple Reolink that is set via homeassistant to turn on whenever I'm not home. It's Reolink, which means it can be completely cut off from the internet (which I have done) and still talk to my homeassistant, so it does all I need. Good to see it's getting a rec here.

Maybe still my favorite song from crazy arms. just a beautiful, beautiful track.

It's a webring! And a website!

A webring in 2026... this is a good kick in the pants for me to revamp my RSS reader situation. It's been stagnating lately.