Scripting News: Monday, November 9, 2026
The Markdown version of my blog is getting more traffic than the HTML version. So much so that I'm getting complaints about all the political stuff. I love this, and I even love that some people are saying what they used to say, they didn't come to my blog for the politics. That probably will influence me a little, but it still is my main way I talk to the world, so I'm not likely to back off too often. #
To Phil Windley: "We both remember what the web was like before it became a CSS and JavaScript platform." But most young users and developers have no memory of how powerful it was to make interop so damned easy. #
John Palfrey, a friend and former colleague from Berkman wrote a fantastic post about people at the lawfirms who caved to Trump. #
Same thing has been happening in tech for decades. Technology gets captured by a bigco, they kill all the inspiration, in order to lock it down it for ROI. There are developers inside these companies who believe in open systems, as lawyers believe in the rule of law, and if we support them from outside, we can probably change the behavior, make them aware of the cost when they destroy something of value they don't own, as they are doing with the web as it was defined by Netscape and Microsoft before. None of these companies were restrained, not by public opinion or court decisions. Now we may have the political power to be heard, and we know how to protect the web where we don't have a good idea of how to do it for AI yet. We can start with the web, and make sure they don't act like owners of the tech, redefining the web via a browser monopoly. In the antitrust case against Microsoft in the 1990's they were looking at the wrong pairing, they saw the problem between Windows and Office, when the real thing that needed to be separated from MS, as with Google, is the web browser. #
What they don’t say about corruption, when you take a payoff you’re selling out the people. #
The sound on my TV is a fraction of a second faster than the picture. Just enough of a delay so I know a shot is going in before I see it go in. #
- Urgent note to Dems. Keep your campaign websites going. #
- This is the mistake Dems always make. When you have news to get out, the MSM will mangle or ignore it. Go direct to your supporters, not just the people who voted for you, the people you represent. Let us help support the work you're doing. #
- Speeches on the floor of Congress hold very little interest. #
- Send some of the new stars of the party out in the flyover territory (where they come from!) to keep everyone in the loop. Look at all the power that was locked up in places like the North and South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Kansas, Michigan, Iowa. Arizona, Mississippi and Alaska. (Who did I miss?) #
- Remember this dear member of Congress, you were elected to represent us, not to make deals with anyone else. We are the power. Y'all always forget that once the election has happened, but that's just the beginning. You may be very surprised if you have a 365-day-a-year connection to the people. #
- The news industry is pretty freaking useless, and we know it. The landslide wasn't manufactured on Maddow or Meet the Press. Don't look to podcasters. The people of the United States are driving now. #
- Also even though he doesn't have a job, bring Pete Butttigieg in to the campaign. #
- And to the news networks, host some of your shows from studios in the new states, or move your hosts around from Atlanta to Dallas and Des Moines and Detroit, Phoenix and Charlotte. I think you'll be surprised at the difference it makes in the perspective of your super boring talking heads who always say the same bullshit, and the pride of the people who live in those states. Remember they feel no one pays attention to them -- and that includes journalism, not just politicians. #
- The current Dem leaders can't do this -- too much change for them, to little time. Start with people who have been freshly educated in what the electorate is capable of. You're at best the coaches, not of the reps, but the people. Sometimes people are too old for the job, and that's true in this case. Someone, an elder like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren should be out looking for the next leaders. Whoever they are, they must be young and eloquent and able to talk back to bullshit, not try to skate around it.#
- And remember this -- the campaign never ends. #
- PS: I'd love to see Jasmine Crockett sitting behind Trump at the next State of the Union. A sharp woman judging a smelly old man is really appealing. Focus group that, against Jeffries in the same seat. #
- PPS: The new leadership has to be photogenic, intelligent, doesn't yield to bullshit, doesn't try to skate around it either. When they go on SNL they have to kill it. #
Linkblog items for the day
Massie files articles of impeachment against Hegseth.
npr.org
Did the Republicans' 'fever' over Obama's election finally break? editorialboard.com
Author M John Harrison wins Booker Prize 2026, becoming oldest ever winner aged 81.
bbc.com
John Palfrey, a lawyer, asks what it's like inside the law firms that caved to Trump.
jpalfrey.blog
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