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A letter to the rabbi of a local congregation

I just sent this letter to the rabbi of a local congregation regarding the sermon he gave from the pulpit this past Shabbat morning, which focused on the war Israel had just started with Iran. Not a fan, 0/10, would not recommend.

Category: Boston Israel Judaism Politics Religion Social Activism

Today’s example of why Luigi Mangione had a point

United Healthcare is doing everything they can to avoid paying me $158.70 they owe me, because they are scumbags. Five hurdles and still counting!

Category: Consumer activism Social Activism Tags: GEHA, health insurance, Luigi Mangione, United Healthcare

Appearance on the Plutopia podcast

I recently sat down with the folks at Plutopia, Wendy Grossman, Jon Lebkowsky, and Scoop Sweeney, to talk about my past, our precarious present, and the dire future we seem to be careening toward. Watch or listen here. Enjoy!

Category: Politics Tags: DOGE, Donald Trump, Plutopia

Honest this time, “Vintage” comics are working now for Comics Kingdom

As far as I know, Comics Kingdom has finally fixed their daily emails well enough to make the comics designated as “Vintage” work properly in the comics aggregator. See the user guide for instructions reading Comics Kingdom in the aggregator. If you notice any comics that aren’t working, let me know.

Category: Comics Aggregator

Sysadmin journal: setting up wireguard on all of my Linux desktops

I had to hack together a few things to use wireguard transparently on my Android phone and all of my Linux laptops and desktop.

Category: Computers Tags: Ansible, ddclient, Linux, NetworkManager, sysadmin, VPN, wireguard

Holding money at wise.com may be the next best thing to opening an offshore bank account

Wise.com use by U.S. citizens has some of the benefits of an offshore bank account but not all of them.

Category: Consumer activism Politics Tags: finance, Wise

Handle MFA like a pro so you don’t get locked out or let the bad guys in

Why you should use MFA, what about passkeys, what kind of MFA to use, how to make it easier to use, and how to protect yourself against being locked out of an account because of MFA.

Category: Computer Security Computers Free software Internet Web Tags: MFA, password managers

Rollout of new Massachusetts unemployment site handled poorly for people with multiple email addresses

Telling people “Your email addresses on the two sites need to match!” without telling them what to do if they don’t is a user-hostile act.

Category: Computers Government activism Internet User Experience Web Tags: DUA, Massachusetts, MyMassGov

Comics aggregator: New Comics Kingdom vintage comics are NOT working in the aggregator

Hi all! Yesterday’s announcement about vintage comics at Comics Kingdom was premature. It appears that although they have added these new vintage comics to the website, they have not yet figured out how to include them in people’s daily favorites emails, so it is not yet possible to read them in the aggregator. I will… Read More »

Category: Comics Aggregator

Comics aggregator: new vintage comic support, a couple comics removed

At long last, the folks over at Comics Kingdom have updated their web site to fully support all of their vintage comics. This means that the comics aggregator now supports the following additional Comics Kingdom comics: Just as a reminder, to view Comics Kingdom comics through the aggregator you need to pay for a subscription,… Read More »

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