Leftovers

• Science

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-08 [Older] Why scientists warn of privately funded geoengineering

• Career/Education

  • CBC ☛ 2026-02-07 [Older] I was an international student chasing stability but Canada made me question who I was

• Proprietary

  • XDA ☛ A nasty VS Code Snap bug is devouring gigabytes of storage by not purging deleted files

    I can't tell you how many times I've been tight for storage space on my PC, only to discover that an app I uninstalled months ago had decided to keep several gigabytes of data sitting around for no reason. It's good that I no longer have to uninstall or erase anything that I actually treasure, but I wish the apps would have just cleaned up after themselves to begin with.

    Well, it turns out that if you're using VS Code's Snap version, the app has likely been soaking up storage without you realizing. Someone on social media has revealed that the app stored 44GB of 'deleted' VS Code files that never actually got cleaned up, and the worst part is, the bug has been sitting around for over a year now.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • XDA ☛ I let AI guide my entire journey through switching from Windows to Linux, and I was pleasantly surprised

      Recently, I was walking a friend through the process of switching from Windows 11 to Linux, as he was increasingly hearing about the ecosystem from friends and had grown tired of Microsoft's positioning of Windows in recent years.

• Defence/Aggression

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-09 [Older] Venezuela: Opposition leader Guanipa kidnapped after release

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-08 [Older] Albania's judicial reform 10 years on: Hope without justice

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-06 [Older] France and Canada Deepen Arctic Ties With Greenland Consulates

  • The Local DK ☛ 2026-02-07 [Older] In show of support, France and Canada open consulates in Greenland

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-06 [Older] Canada and France Opening Consulates in Greenland Following Tensions Over US Push for Control

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-06 [Older] Greenland: Canada, France open consulates in Nuuk

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • CBC ☛ 2026-02-07 [Older] Building an Arctic highway is hard. Doing it on thawing permafrost is even harder

• Finance

  • CBC ☛ 2026-02-06 [Older] Canada's economy lost 25,000 jobs in January, but unemployment rate ticked down to 6.5%

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-08 [Older] Thailand election: PM Anutin Charnvirakul claims victory

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-08 [Older] Portugal: Socialist tipped for presidential election win

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-08 [Older] India's Modi visits Malaysia amid deepening ties

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-08 [Older] Haiti's transitional council steps down, hands power to PM

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Gemini* and Gopher

  • Personal/Opinions

    • What day was it yesterday?

      We went to an art exhibition, had lunch, and went to the National Gallery for even more art. They have a whole room of Rembrandts!

      I enjoyed the Dutch pictures.

    • On entanglement

      This morning I dreamed about my ex. I was squatting and she was connecting to my body in a certain way. I smelled her neck and it was someone's else smell. It woke me up.

      Although that might simply be discarded as a dream, it felt different and closer to an out of body experience. I started to reflect on how entanglement with another person happens on many levels.

      I felt this morning that my energy body, or whatever is traveling when I am in an out of body experience, went to visit her. There is this habit, this connection that has been cultivated over a period of time, and although we don't have any physical contact, there is still a connection. It's not only an emotional and mental process, but also an energetic and spiritual one.

  • Technology and Free Software

    • 2026-02-15

      Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding - “People who go all in on AI agents now are guaranteeing their obsolescence." -- Jeremy Howard