Tony Yarusso (@[email protected])

Linux SysAdmin; parks & trails policy & planning guy; poster of Malamute puppy pics; open source, politics, outdoors

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

Since this place is imploding, you can find me on the Mammothnet at https://infosec%2Eexchange/@TonyYarusso (just copy and paste it to get the URL decoded, or replace %2E with a period).

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@dhmontgomery That’s true of a LOT of free software stuff. (I used to help moderate Linux-related IRC channels with tens of thousands of users in some of them - it’s certainly a challenge.)

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@bydanaferguson @jessvanb @bbierschbach @dhmontgomery @edunbarMN @xtinealmeida @FrederickMelo @stribrooks @StribLopez @MPRweather @MPRpolitics @epmurphymn @julieblaha Do you have a Mastodon acct yet? I haven’t been able to follow you here since El*n disabled apps months ago.

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@dhmontgomery @edunbarMN @bydanaferguson @jessvanb @bbierschbach @xtinealmeida @FrederickMelo @stribrooks @StribLopez @MPRweather @MPRpolitics @epmurphymn @julieblaha Yeah, that’s mildly interesting, although with their corporate funding backer toast now the risk of fizzling out is VERY high, so I wouldn’t get into it for a couple years yet.

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@NWSTwinCities @mndnr @mnfishwildlife @MCVmag @mnstateparks @SuperiorNF @WashCountyParks @Backcountry_H_A @MCEA1974 @hornsarah @JohnMarty @PeterFischerMN @BettyMcCollum04 Do you have a Mastodon acct yet? I haven’t been able to follow you here since El*n disabled apps months ago.

[Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs]

An Ohio teacher, who was reading The Sneetches to her Grade 3 class, was abruptly cut off by an admin when a student said "It's almost like what happened back then, how people were treated. Like, disrespected. Like, white people disrespected Black people.”
https://t.co/VnsgaHsGZk

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

Seriously @BettyMcCollum04, @SenTinaSmith, @SenAmyKlobuchar, when is Congress finally going to do something about spam phone calls? They’re absolutely incessant!

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

Other managers take note. This is how it’s done.

[Religion Dispatches @RDispatches]

"Religious freedom is not intended to elevate the religious beliefs of the rich and powerful at the expense of the beliefs of everyone else," Minnesota State Sen. @JohnMarty told @FredClarkson for RD in advance of Religious Freedom Day: https://t.co/6wrbhL91vF

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@RUexperienced1 @TheStreet Those end after you show the camera your “I voted” sticker. Incentive to get in early.

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@mevdev @minnesotabrown @ActualWolf @MNReformer So, top speed at your uncle’s particular address may still be only 20Mbps, but at least it’s definitely no longer true that that’s the top speed on the Iron Range generally. (The map also makes clear that Lake and Cook took better advantage of stimulus than St. Louis or Itasca.)

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@mevdev @minnesotabrown @ActualWolf @MNReformer DoLI’s goal figure for 2026 is at least 100M down / 20M up - attached in the map of where we stand on that currently. There are high-speed trunks through the Iron Range now, but the local connections are still in progress. Looks like much of Eveleth is covered actually.

[Nick Timiraos @NickTimiraos]

Fed research: The surge in retirements since 2020 "accounts for essentially all of the shortfall" in labor force participation rates

"More than half of the increase in the number of retirees appears to be a direct result of the pandemic." https://t.co/WgXfidul3p

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@mevdev @minnesotabrown @ActualWolf @MNReformer That depends on where exactly you are. There have been a HUGE number of fiber projects in the Arrowhead and Iron Range since the Obama-era stimulus and infrastructure bills. If you happen to be close to those new lays then you’re faster than the Metro, but last-mile needs remain.

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@DaveOrrick @StribRoper More than mothballed - dismantled.

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@StribRoper You’ll also need parameters for “largest”. Mass? Volume? Longest side?

If that last one, the elevator in the Soudan mine shaft is one contender.

For other measures, dam locks are probably in the running.

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

Now the stupid techbros are running experiments on people experiencing mental health issues, without their knowledge or consent. Lock these idiots up before they kill someone.

[Rob Morris @RobertRMorris]

We provided mental health support to about 4,000 people — using GPT-3. Here’s what happened 👇

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

Do you understand why this is bad? You perform experiments with some of the most vulnerable people and are casually explaining that you did this without their consent?

[Tony Yarusso (@[email protected]) @TonyYarusso]

@wulffden @FrederickMelo You lost my city at “plans”…we’re pretty reactionary over here. Or Comp Plan is basically “exactly how it is now, unless a developer asks us to change something”. So that’s another whole issue.