CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@karlauerbach Maybe. Or maybe it was from another article that clustered together with the one you read. (Years ago, I subscribed to two different newspapers that both ran lots of wire stories—and the headlines were often quite different, and sometimes contradictory, on the same story.)

@cafuego Hmm—I took a closer look and now see four, but I still don't see five…

@allancavanagh @sundogplanets This is a night sky picture at Death Valley two months ago. Note the two streaks…  I assume that they're Starlink satellites (3 secs, f/1.8, ISO 2800, 50 mm)
#astrophotography

This was during a cabinet meeting. The man is senile at best…

@evacide This! I'd say "100 times this", but 100 is far too low!

@rootwyrm @astrashe @fsinn Up to a point. It is clearly unconstitutional for the government to require private companies to censor speech—but the trick will be proving it in court. Similarly, the Supreme Court has held that there is a constitutional right to anonymous speech—even Justice Thomas has said so. Again, though, you'd have to prove in court that the restrictions were at government request; private companies can do what they want.

@astrashe @rootwyrm @fsinn Here are two slides from a course I taught a few years ago.

@astrashe @rootwyrm @fsinn Precisely. I think there are other implications as well.

@rootwyrm @fsinn Yes. I expect that the big consumer ISPs will get waivers, which has its own implications. (Also note that currently approved models can continue to be manufactured and imported; it's merely that new ones won't get FCC approval, and hence will be banned.)

I've been thinking about the FCC's insane new ban on foreign-made routers. Note the end of the BBC story at https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74787w149zo:
"One exception to the general absence of US-made routers is the newer Starlink WiFi router. Starlink is part of Elon Musk's company SpaceX.

"The company says the Starlink routers are made in Texas."

And per the FCC's FAQ (https://www.fcc.gov/faqs-recent-updates-fcc-covered-list-regarding-routers-produced-foreign-countries), even US-written software (or, I assume, open source software like OpenWRT) won't exempt foreign-made routers from the ban.

@mattblaze @noplasticshower I think it's now "End taxation without representation".

@adamshostack @wendynather Adam, at what range?

Thinking about Bari Weiss and CBS New Radio, what comes to mind is this immortal line from ~70 years ago: "Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness." When McCarthy tried to continue his attack, Welch angrily interrupted, "Let us not assassinate this lad further, senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?"

Only the best people: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/paolo-zampolli-ice-melania-trump-epstein.html

@newsguyusa Serious question: Is this for undocumented immigrants or for his new-found fascination with UFOs? (Not so serious part: if the latter, will he try to have ICE deport them to another star system?)

@mattblaze I never met him, but way back when, he was one of my idols. I'm gratified, at least, that the UFW is currently pausing any celebrations, though the NY Times did note that they never took earlier allegations seriously enough to do anything.

@ncweaver.skerry-tech.com And parks in Berkeley and Phoenix, and a charter school in DC, and more.

@paul_ipv6 @mattblaze In the DC area, last Wednesday we hit 86 F (30 C). The next day—and I mean this in all seriousness—I saw people making two snowmen. Small ones—but snowmen, probably about a meter high. Yesterday was about 68 F (20 C); today is just barely above freezing with a seriously nasty wind.

@paul_ipv6 @mattblaze Passover is in a few weeks, so it's a bit early for those.

@wendynather I guess that that meme is older than I had thought…