Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Russia’s FSB filed charges against Putin’s chef, Yevgeny Prigozhin for incitement of attacks on the state. Meanwhile, Prigozhin appears to be hunting down Russia’s defense minister in response to an attack on Wagner group personnel by Russia. Is it a coup attempt or the start of a civil war?
What are you growing this season? This is an open thread.
Watch closely now for the DARVO and media’s complacency. It’s just a matter of time — tick-tock. This is an open thread.
Golf as a professional sport now has completely lost its way with the merger of PGA with LIV. Apparently blood money makes the greens greener.
Thinking about my hard-ass uncle on this Memorial Day, and a duty to the future.
It’s been a while since we had a chat about the crustpunk Nazi bar known as Twitter. The dead-ending bird decided to press the issue for us.
We’ve had a little fun with the new LIV Golf tour and the game of golf in comments. We should spend a little more time on this subject if Special Counsel Jack Smith thought Trump’s LIV-related business was subpoena worthy.
Trump liable and on the hook for $5 million; Santos’ goose may be cooked by the feds; McCarthy’s mooked us by threatening the economy. What else should we talk about?
On the face of it the shuffle of corporations from one state to another looks like a convenient consolidation. But this is Elmo’s work and surely problematic.
It is to laugh: Elmo is pissing on one of his investors because his investor’s investment decided to launch a platform competing with Twitter.