Inside DOGE’s Takeover of the Social Security Administration. propublica.org

This is where you go if you want to install a blogroll like mine in a WordPress blog. It's like a tiny FeedLand in the place a blogroll goes. It has stood the test of time, I use the one on my blog all the time. github.com

U.S. Wildfire Fighters to Mask Up After Decades-Long Ban on Smoke Protections. nytimes.com

In the early 90s a technological asteroid hit the software world called the web and wiped out all the GUI apps scripting.com

Scripting News: Bullet points from yesterday's podcast. scripting.com

B-52s Singer Kate Pierson Lists Woodstock Retreat for $750,000. robbreport.com

Just Beyond the Texas Border, Chihuahua Is Launching a Burgeoning State Surveillance System. texasobserver.org

DJI’s Chinese Drones Face U.S. Ban nytimes.com

Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So. newrepublic.com

Ezra Klein is a putz. He’s the one who wouldn’t shut up about Biden. Not interested in what he thinks we must do. nytimes.com

Stablecoins may be next battleground in US-China rivalry. semafor.com

GM slows EV production as tax credit nears expiration. theverge.com

If I wrote something on Masto and want to link to it from a blog post, what's the URL that works for everyone? Does the link in this post work for you? mastodon.social

Thousands protest in Chicago against ICE and Trump's National Guard plan. apnews.com

Washington, DC, residents protest against Trump's troop deployment to the city. reuters.com

Davey Johnson, 1986 Mets manager and 4-time All-Star, dies at 82. apnews.com

I don’t update blog posts after the day they’re published. I have a special site, https://this.how/, for stuff I will update. bix.blog

Sorry, Trump: Chicago Is Not The 'Murder Capital Of The World' — Not Even Close, Data Shows blockclubchicago.org

GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites. arstechnica.com

Jury trials, a critical part of democracy, are disappearing. theconversation.com

Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion to settle author class action. (I wonder what share of this bloggers get?) reuters.com

I found the “lonely blog” via my blogroll, which is built on RSS, of course. manuelmoreale.com

Kennedy family members call for RFK Jr. to resign from HHS. statnews.com

Donald Trump Is Tanking America’s Labor Market. rollingstone.com

Nate Silver thinks Bluesky is a loser. natesilver.net