Today's Pleonasm Award goes to outlets that referred to Thomas Jacob Sanford, who attacked the Mormon church in Michigan, as an "armed gunman." (Thanks to Steve Auerweck for the reference.)

Microsoft Excel turns 40 today. This is what Excel 1.0 looked like (it was only released on Macs).

More on "Bag O' Cash" Homan's alleged grift. propublica.org/article/tom-ho…

Hmmmmm. Kinda has a ring to it.

Some progress in isolating a possible cause of "brain fog" in those with #LongCovid. scitechdaily.com/scientists-fin…

In which the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals says, yeah, we wrote 100 pages on this birthright citizedship stuff because we had to, but we really could have summarized this in just 3 words: What utter horsehockey. documentcloud.org/documents/2618…

Boy, talk about devaluing the dollar. (And then there are those pesky restrictions on putting images of living presidents on coins.) politico.com/news/2025/10/0…

This is important. As the economy has structurally changed monetary policy is becoming less effective, meaning -- Wider rate swings are necessary -- The effects concentrate on fewer sectors, including households.. ft.com/content/167554…

You've been warned. This would be chuckle stuff if some of the results weren't so dangerous. bbc.com/travel/article…

To consider. "Democrats have not merely lost the skill of persuasion. Some spurned it." steveinskeep.substack.com/p/five-realiti…

Trader Joe's "tariff warning label" on the page for an imported Italian pasta. Winner!

Mass firings begin to pressure Dems. apnews.com/article/govern…

Thank you.

So, in journalist speak, this should "deeply concern" you. For everyone else its just WTH. wired.com/story/satellit…

Parody account, but ...

Oh, and just ignore that lump in your bed too. It's just Zuck.

Are my spammers becoming too obvious? 🤣

Oopsie. apnews.com/article/comey-…

Facial recognition / license plate readers are huge threats to privacy. Law enforcement needs tech tools, but we need very strict and high guardrails. And courts must rethink what probable cause means in the digital age. (Take time to watch the video.) apnews.com/article/immigr…

MTG reads the room and finds, well, there is no room. apnews.com/article/marjor…