The United States' current most overarching policy is ecocide. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html

Aaron Swartz, ¡presente! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

Rest in peace, Bob Weir.

Yeah, that’s him out of focus, dead center. Lording over the changing of a tire on Abraxas in Washington, D.C (the black robes of John Perry Barlow frame the right on the image). https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/mjb/5130020409/in/photolist-8PnvaC-8Q314Q-8PjyMt-8Pp1ns-8PiSVR-8PjdFD-8PjhFP-8PoKS7-8PkbQ6-8PohHs-8PozGb-8PoiUL-8Pogvs-8PkEav-8PkLWx-8PojeW-8PkVni-8PrjH4-8PtcdC-8Pj2pH-8PoKDb-8PjGkK-8Pn7qh-8Pn7S1-8Pkvz2-8PjGZ8-8PqRcp-8PkcZR-8Pkdek-8Pp1zy-8PjdpX-8PjhtH-8PjLsp-8Prfaa-8PumiA-8Poizy-8PkEoV-8Prezn-8Puq4Q-8PjuNP-8PtVC1-8PjuxB-8PnvDW-8Pjq8P-8PukgL-8PkNUp-8PtbXw-8PoTDu-8PjL8t-8Prg8t/ https://flickr.com/photos/mjb/albums/72157625276468152/

Current status: Living and working in a ecocidal necrostate.

[Sarcastic, not so naive, actually critical of most sanctions as a tactic the U.S. has used, but frustrated as fuck at the lack of… agency, principles, justice.] So now, finally, this is the part where the U.S. gets sanctioned, right? https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5yqygxe41pt

I have things to be optimistic about that I am apart of and I worked to support others' efforts that were meaningful to me this past year. That will all be my fuel to push even harder this coming year. Despite all that, at every level, same: Dan Sinker’s exit interview with 2025. https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-12-31-exit-interview/

This household has had to fight off something right up to the end of the year. Good riddance 2025, except for every moment The Childe has grown up through and past… too fast.

Today I have a family gathering but it may also need to be a day for de-conflicting local git repositories and iCloud and some dumb things that happened by accident with 2 laptops in play. It is helpful to have a project to go heads-down on, separate from both local and remote obligations.

Remember when end-of-year emails from your services were novel and useful? Yeah, I’m not sure I do either…

Happy Solstice! ☀️🌏

I’m listening to the Supreme Court and those arguing before it debate the color and size of the cups in the shell game of campaign finance. The most hilarious claim is that there is no quid pro quo bribery.

Pete Hegseth only wishes they were more like the Hitler Youth. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5615164/pentagon-scouting-hegseth-cut-ties

The original machination.org was kind of a relentless real time (as soon as I consumed something and gave it some sort of credence in my mind) link log. The post yesterday was a more emblematic of a later stage, a slightly more sanely paced round-up. Thought about doing it again today. No. I’ve got other s... machination.org https://machination.org/2025/11/22/the-original-machinationorg-was-kind.html

What a horrible habit, reading the news https://machination.org/2025/11/21/what-a-horrible-habit-reading.html

When a shield becomes a shackle https://machination.org/2025/11/18/when-a-shield-becomes-a.html

Gardens vs. giveaways https://machination.org/2025/11/18/gardens-vs-giveaways.html

By A. Litteri in Union Market

"“The more you push me, the more I’m not going to do what you want,” said the New York governor, Kathy Hochul, in response to a public outcry to tax the rich."

Hochul can go, just like Jeffries and Schumer and Gillibrand. https://harpers.org/2025/11/government-shutdown-super-typhoon-tough-guy-zohran-mamdani-curtis-sliwa-animal-lovers-emotionally-disturbed-beast-land-super-horsey/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20more%20you%20push%20me%2C%20the%20more%20I%E2%80%99m%20not%20going%20to%20do%20what%20you%20want%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20the%20New%20York%20governor%2C%20Kathy%20Hochul%2C%20in%20response%20to%20a%20public%20outcry%20to%20tax%20the%20rich.28

The best way we can honor service members is to send the National Guard home https://machination.org/2025/11/11/the-best-way-we-can.html

The seasons change, but I am always anti-fascist. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/