Malcador

Only really reading this as I read the Darth Plageuis book due to listening to some of the audiobook on Youtube, they chose a great narrator, Daniel Davis. But I've read KJA's Star Wars novels that was enough The book's not too bad though, the scheming isn't what I'd expected from a SW book. I guess I will switch to non-fiction. Maybe will read a book on Hitler's rise (and unlike back in high school when I did it for a project, I won't find Neo-Nazi pamphlets in the book!)

Spent 1 hour on a powershell script to save me 10 minutes. Also why does MS have to special and make use `t for a tab instead of \t like everywhere else.

https://www.whec.com/national-world/a-look-at-dan-razin-caine-trumps-pick-to-be-the-top-us-military-officer/ Unqualified white dudes is the new DEI it seems.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/world/europe/ukraine-trump-minerals.html "The terms of the new proposal, which is dated Feb. 21 and was reviewed by The New York Times, call for Ukraine to relinquish half of its revenues from natural resources, including minerals, gas and oil, as well as earnings from ports and other infrastructure."

Whole MAGA apparatus is turning on Zelensky more now, huh

Got Old World, so far just going through tutorials. Spending time sorting my WoW inventory, have 20 years worth of crap I should not be keeping, hah

Biden still living in Trump's head

They did this at an old company I worked for, a good section of engineers came back only to job hunt at work. One legend came back and told the managers to do something rather obscene, which was fun.

This sure counterweighs everything else. I do find it funny they're cutting people and having to hire them back. One would think tech people understood the importance of being methodical.

Is just funny that they gave their diplomats and leaders nice trips to Switzerland or Germany for no real purpose, framing a rally as a peace summit. Doubt they'll be sending tech and weaoons to Russia, that'd be too stupid a switch even for this clown show. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47420 Hopefully Trump doesn't throw a tantrum at this.

https://gizmodo.com/uber-for-armed-guards-rushes-to-market-following-the-assassination-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo-2000565155 What a future

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/18/trump-blames-zelenskyy-ukraine-war-020517 Trump losing it.

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/18/doge-musk-social-security-michelle-king Biden might have been smart with the pardons.

The decline of Relic

Of all the things to level state level pressure on, Andrew Tate is one ? https://www.ft.com/content/3f951e0b-a9cb-489a-be89-fdf9f996ed27u

Don't give him ideas...

Cleared snow, think we got maybe 20 cm again. Hopefully that's it, but this stuff isn't going to melt for weeks, which is interesting. Pretty sure some cars near me are going to be immobile for that period of time too

How long are we supposed to wait before judging Trump, again?

Wrong thread

Finished Kotor 2, got to see Atton die because I can't build good characters I guess.

Snow is irritating, running out of space to clear it to. 20 cm this week and maybe 25 cm this weekend. Guess will have to shovel it while it's still falling, chip away at the boulder.

Apparently DOGE has fantastic security. https://www.theverge.com/news/612865/doge-government-website-database-security-open