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• Post #4199048

  A big data center is planned near Willie Nelson’s home, and the Red-Headed Stranger is not havin’ it. Don’t mess with Willie! https://www.chron.com/culture/music/article/willie-nelson-texas-data-centers-22364250.php

• Post #4022024

  Seeing online reports that John C. Dvorak, longtime computer columnist and podcaster, has died. Have not seen a confirmation of this, but apparently he died after complications from heart bypass surgery. He and I were co-panelists many times on @TWiT@mastodon.social over the years, and his early writings were an inspiration for me to get into tech journalism. RIP.

• Post #2325330

  USB-C was supposed to be the one cable to rule them all. But different cables have different capabilities; telling them apart isn't easy. WhatCable is a free, open-source app for Macs will tell you what a cable can (and can’t) do. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/tech/article/whatcable-usb-c-mac-app-22233327.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vYnVzaW5lc3MvdGVjaC9h...

• Post #2114782

  Meta: If we are forced to pay billions to make our products safer for kids in New Mexico “…we may have no choice but to remove access to its platforms for users in New Mexico entirely.” New Mexico: Don't threaten us with a good time. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/meta-new-mexico-child-safety-facebook-instagram.html

• Post #1961703

  RE: https://twit.social/@twitnews/116513870162717802 😮

• Post #1928725

  Nerdiest joke ever. From my daughter, who we clearly raised right.

• Post #1770257

  I've been so excited about the explosion of new Mastodon apps that I decided to write about it in my column, with a focus on @ivory and @icecubesapp@mastodon.cloud. A thousand flowers blooming! https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/twitter-mastadon-elon-musk-apps-migration-17746197.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vYnVzaW5lc3MvYXJ0aWNsZS90d2l0dGVyLW1hc3RhZG9uL...

• Post #1032320

  There are a lot of knee-jerk, AAIAB (All AIs Are Bad) stances among some writers, but used properly, it's just another tool in the box. @mathewi@journa.host nails it. https://torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/using-ai-to-write-isnt-always-wrong-and-other-heresies/

• Post #978736

  The FCC's goofy foreign-made router ban (surprise! All consumer routers in the US are made overseas) is dumb enough on its face, but there's a dumber problem looming next year, when its rules may forbid router makers from updating their firmware, even to fix vulnerabilities. https://www.ookla.com/articles/here-are-the-top-vendors-affected-by-the-fccs-new-router-rules

• Post #477362

  Head's up, Mastodon users: There appears to be a coordinated effort to impersonate relatively high-profile people who have accounts on various instances but who have not used them in a while. I've gotten several follow notifications - and a couple of DMs - from impersonators of people I know. The bogus accounts have lots of underscores in the handles, and they repost items from the past, sometimes years old. If you spot this, please report, do not engage, and then block. Pls...