Scripting News: Monday, March 17, 2025

Monday, March 17, 2025
This is the data we keep for every post in WordLand. #
Palfrey's alarm yesterday was about the Americans who were whisked off to El Salvador. Who they are and what they're accused of is unknown, as if there's any substance to the accusation. No indictment, trial, verdict, appeals, etc. El Salvador wants to be the US dumping ground for undesirables. This is where we have, as Timothy Snyder says, regime change. I thought the elmination of Social Security would have been the moment the light went on for most Americans, but this should be it. Citizens like you and me being disappeared. It's a pretty quick way to get most of the people to behave according to the rules of the government, or off you go. #
Poking around on old servers I found this cute little app that jsonifies an RSS feed. Not sure why I did it. Postscript, it only works for one feed, mine. I replaced it with a template in the feeder app which was a useful version of the cute little app. Here's a demo of it viewing the contents of a feed in JSON using a special template. #
I put out a call for Old School Bloggers, and got back a bunch of notes on Mastodon. Gettin' the band back together! :-) #
Pradeep is using WordLand for some of his WordPress blog posts, and has given them a special category. Very smart, good use of categories. #

Linkblog items for the day.

The Department of Education is investigating more than 50 universities for using race to recruit and support some students. wbur.org
Harvard will be free for students whose families make $100K or less. npr.org
What does the writer's web mean to you? mastodon.social
Trump has a plan to remake the economy. But he's not explaining it very well. (It involves Ivermectin and injecting bleach into the money supply.) washingtonpost.com
South by Southwest is downsizing in 2026. kut.org
Democrats just need new candidates in almost every district. bsky.app
Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration. popular.info
Today's Timothy Snyder piece is a must-read. This is the moment when we lose all our rights. substack.com
The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction. salon.com
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