Scripting News: Sunday, February 8, 2026
Heard an interview with Kamala Harris. She said they had 109 days to tell them who she is. Right there she highlighted the huge mistake the Dems make and continue to make. Ever since the advent of Twitter, campaigns have been every day of every year. The Dems have been AWOL. We never should have gotten to the summer of 2024 where people have no idea of who the freaking vice president is. When are they going to see how swept under the old ways of relating to voters are. The people are the government of the United States. Get behind us and let us work our magic. #
The tech press did their part in giving control of the public internet to the people who are selling us out.#
Most attempts of humor in replies to twitter-like posts are of the "you had to be there" variety, as in it might have made sense when you typed it, but I don't get it. And it's even worse, I am irony-deprived, I often don't get jokes, something about how my mind works. But today I actually got a reply on Bluesky that's worth passing on. I posted a picture of a dialog box with one of my snarky slogans. Dan Berlyoung thought the dialog was interesting. "I kinda love that this is in a dialog box. One has to wonder what action on a computer would elicit this response." Man that's a great question. And that btw is what art is about. You put something in a dialog because that's the way it was presented by the software. I could have selected the text and put that into the tweet. But nahh, this is more interesting. And to answer the question Dan asks, in this specific case, the action that elicited this response was that I chose a placeholder command from a context menu in a piece of software that's a construction site, in other words it could have been any of the dozens of snarky slogans. Kind of reminds me of a piece I wrote a long time ago where bees who were about to die reflect on the meaning of existence. Turns out it meant a lot less than one might think. #Highly recommend the HBO two-part interview with and profile of Mel Brooks who was 99 years old when the interviews were done. Includes quotes from lots of famous comedians. And the philosophy of comedy as art. So many things to say. Why is physical humor the funniest? And the funniest of all the excerpts was the farting scene in Blazing Saddles. Humans are so damned simple. #
- if i ran firefox, this is what i would say wrt AI in firefox in 2026.#
- 1. ai is exciting!#
- 2. it's also in its infancy.#
- 3. we don't know yet how or if it connects to the web.#
- 4. the web is 100% our #1 priority.#
- 5. so we're going to wait.#
- 6. for now firefox is a no-ai browser.#
- 7. we won't include ai until we know why.#
- 8. and then it will be opt-in. #
- 9. and we will continue to make firefox the best web browser.#
- sincerely, #
- the developers of firefox#
Linkblog items for the day
Tim Cook Reportedly Reassures Apple Employees That He Doesn't Want His Friend Trump to Deport Them. gizmodo.com
Donald Trump slams Olympic skier Hunter Hess over remarks on representing US. thehill.com
Want to stop Trump bullying your country? Retaliate. theguardian.com
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