Duffy threw around several technical terms in the press conference, but never pinpointed the actual problem. As a telecom professional, nobody swaps out routers and switches in the middle of the day. New hardware goes in ahead of an overnight migration, or old gear gets decommissioned and someone pulls the live equipment by mistake. Based on what the article describes, this looks like a stunt to shake loose more money without oversight.

As few days as our Congress is in session, I don’t think it is too much to ask our Representatives to be present in or around the Capitol during business hours unless it is a life or death emergency. My employer wouldn’t keep me around if I was slacking off whenever I felt like it.

It requires 67 votes in the Senate to remove a cabinet secretary from office. Democrats will only have 55-56 votes (depending on Alaska race, Fetterman, and party unity) in January.

I’m not the easiest stick, and there are many so-called phlebotomists that use me as a human pin cushion. Then there are others that can hit my vein on the first stick. It’s about 50/50 what experience I will have.

It’s like she has ESPN or something.

The problem is you weren’t born to rich parents.

Can’t believe Natalie has time to type all that between diaper changes.

Speaking of the Beatles, I learned today they refused to play in front of segregated audiences in the South during the Civil Rights Era and the promoters and venue owners backed down. Amazing the power you have when your name is on the marquee.

It’s hard to keep track.

Televisions have had similar age restriction technology built-in for a while now.

I just posted the link in a subreddit discussion, and reddit mod removed it. Guess I won’t bother any more.

If I had to make one suggestion, I would use a trusted third party to relay outbound e-mail such as AWS SES, mxroute, sendgrid, mailgun, etc. When I was looking for a job a few years ago, I found many potential employers’ systems would flag my e-mails as junk or simply delete them, and I had to revert to gmail. My second suggestion is to properly set up TLS/SSL for security, and SPF, DKIM, and DMARC for maximum deliverability. I’m currently using a deprecated application, but I’ve been testing mailcow which seems alright.

Oh I give a fuck about gun violence, but I live in a red state that is gerrymandered to hell and with all kinds of voter suppression. What can I do about it?

Most big tech and other Fortune 500 companies open offices or outsource their network ops to Asia already, so there is no need for visas. Good luck getting those jobs back. Source: I work in telecom.