Friday Links - 18 October

Animal Magnetism is first off with Animal’s Daily Jupiter News

Now then: NASA, no doubt worried about being made to look like assholes by Elon Musk, has launched a probe towards Jupiter, and one of the more interesting bits about this robot’s five-year (longer, actually, but what the hell) mission is that it may be looking very closely at Europa.

Tam at View From The Porch - "Are your glasses doxxing me?"

Now, this caused a stink recently when people were using Meta's smart glasses to doxx random people via facial recognition, but there's no need to be using funky prototype smart glasses when your phone has a camera and the ability to locate and lock on to faces and you could theoretically, I dunno, just carry it backwards in your shirt pocket...

The Right Scoop - BREAKING: Violent crime suddenly increases in 2022 after FBI stealth edits crime stats

With less than two months before the 2024 election the FBI quietly stealth edits their violent crime statistics for 2022 to show a substantial increase in violent crime as opposed to the decrease it showed before – which Democrats have been enthusiastically citing every chance they get.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 16 October 2024: Unblank Canvas Edition

If you're still annoyed with Apple unilaterally reducing the lifetime of SSL certificate from five years to one, good news: The company plans to reduce it further to just 45 days. (The Register)

This would completely kill manual installation of SSL certificates. Nobody has time for that.

The Other McCain - Kamala Harris Bombs in Fox Interview

If Democrats weren’t already hitting the panic button — and, in fact, they were — before Wednesday’s interview, they’re in full-on hysteria now.

The Ultimate Answer to Kings - When your cat wants you to know she’s on the job…

Went into S&L’s place to feed their cat. There was something in her bowl. Looked more closely, and…

Tam at Cars Gone By - 1951 Dodge Meadowbrook

For 1951, the Meadowbrook received an entirely new, more modern-looking front end. Due to Detroit's production being focused on vehicles for the Korean War, the '51 and '52 models were pretty much identical.

OldAFSarge at Chant du Départ - Last Stands

I see the Guard's last stand as an honorable fight, but still, it was fought for the aspirations and ambitions of a single man. The Greasy Grass? For the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho it was an honorable fight, a necessary fight, they were defending their homes, their way of life.

For the men of the 7th Cavalry? I see no honor here, no glory. A dirty little fight on the frontier as the Federal government put Manifest Destiny into practice. The troopers rode to their deaths for an ignoble cause.

Adaptive Curmudgeon - WYBDR: Requisite Photos. That is Wyoming Backcountry Discovery Route.

When you get through a tough spot it’s good to look back take a picture and think WTF!