15 April 2025

Tuesday Links - Tax Day Edition

Wombat-socho starts things off with FMJRA 2.0: An Almost Perfect Week

Meanwhile, it’s been mysteriously slow in the tax mines so far this weekend, so much so that I’m taking a few hours off this afternoon.

Irons in the Fire - This is promising

The administration’s announcement also noted that the Biden-era regulatory policies on “engaged in the business” and pistol stabilizing braces would be reconsidered. Both of which were viewed – rightly – as regulatory overreach by the agency on issues that should have been addressed legislatively by Congress.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 12 April 2025: Qnapped Edition

Never get involved in a land war in Asia: Adobe tried to promote its services to artists on Bluesky. They promptly deleted their posts after realising that everyone on Bluesky is insane. (PetaPixel)

I could have told you that, Adobe.

Also, you suck. Just... Less than Bluesky. Like you're diptheria and they're anthrax.

The Other McCain - ‘Clearly a Fanatic of Some Type’

We could speculate on the cosmic implications of all this, but in the end we are certain of only one thing: Crazy People Are Dangerous.

Konstantin Kisin - Update from Uzbekistan - Normal Service Will Resume Shortly

Turns out Internet access in rural Uzbekistan is not quite as reliable as one might have hoped…

Doug Ross - Capitalism vs. Socialism?

A pointed series of questions by Mark Levin inspired this graphic from B. Spackle.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Washington Post Seems Surprised About What Trump Wants From The World

And, maybe the American news media could support America winning economically even though Orange Man Bad is in office.

Tam at View From The Porch - Persistent...

Just delete the account, already, y'all! You're as weird and needy as UberEats!

Meep at STUMP - The Week in Meep: Holy Week 2025

Each month, I go to a local nursing home in our geographical parish area to deliver the Eucharist on the 2nd Sunday. There was a little “extra” this month, as the 2nd Sunday was Palm Sunday.

Pixy Misa again with a post about F*c*book lying. Daily News Stuff 14 April 2025: Snake Eggs Edition

Facebook recently announced its new Llama 4 AI platform, with industry-leading scores. They lied. (Neowin)

The test results were from an unreleased experimental version. The actual scores put Llama 4 in 32nd place.

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