solrize

>>> import random
>>> random.sample(range(1,71),5),random.choice(range(1,25))
([43, 8, 15, 66, 28], 17)

National guard no, US marines yes? Hmm.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/marines-los-angeles-newsom.html

Android was initially developed by some other company, that Google acquired when it decided it wanted to do smartphones. The alternate universe that I see is they pick a different company instead, and things play out about like before. Maemo (Nokia product) unfortunately died before its time, but maybe it could have been where Android is now. PalmOS and maybe others also might have been viable. Dunno about the Blackberry OS. Windows Mobile (spawn of Windows CE, I think) always stunk.

https://www.newsweek.com/nra-fund-russia-uvalde-school-shooting-1712397

Wyden released a letter from the NRA, dated Tuesday, in which the gun rights group reported receiving $2,512.85 in contributions and membership dues “from people associated with Russian addresses” or known Russian nationals living in the United States from 2015 to the present.

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals

Looks like NRA improperly funded some of its executives' personal business travel to Russia where they were hoping to make $$$ deals.

I hadn't heard about any of this before, but meh.

The domain name in the certificate has to match the one in the browser. Does it? You haven't said.

Normal employment background check only looks for criminal convictions.

It's more traditional to just print the key fingerprint.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demurrage_currency

discusses pros and cons of money intentionally designed to expire.

https://xkcd.com/528/

First time I ever heard of sigma males. I wonder if there are also pi males. (Math joke).

Police in Petaluma City, California, have arrested 54-year-old Josh Garzoli for allegedly threatening to “execute” a school district official if they didn’t remove rainbow Pride flags flying at local schools. The threats come as conservatives increasingly seek to ban Pride flags from schools as a “divisive” form of “ideological” messaging.

I have a small self-hosted Nextcloud with Nextcloud Chat and it can do video though it isn't great. Jitsi Meet is much better but I haven't tried to host it myself. I'm sure there are other options too, though idk what to suggest. Maybe see what's around on Scriptaculous these days?