Good Things Friday (379) and Link Love
June 5, 2026
1. FINALLY. I installed WP Armour as a spam blocker after the last three bombed and this one actually works. HUZZAH!
I can finally stop wading through floods of spam comments.
2. I finally found my missing water bottle that had been tucked into a never used pocket of a duffel bag!
3. My stubborn little cucumber seed has FINALLY germinated after 4 weeks of sitting in a heap of soil in the compostable cup. Now I have 2 snap pea sprouts, 2 very very little green bean sprouts and 1 tiny cucumber sprout.
— Vrachteend, BGK (@vincentdehart.bsky.social) May 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I can’t help but hear “I learned it from watching YOU, Dad!” when I read this. The fact that human researchers are pretty happy to be totally dishonest on their own right now, add that to the fact that they’re willing to use any tools to “do science” even when it includes whole cloth fabrications… it all just makes me really tired. AI agents may be skilled researchers—but not always honest ones. Two high-profile tools have been shown to make up data and “p-hack” their results
CW: Child abuse. How the fuck was this possible for these so called educators to do??? How the fuck can they defend this as legal? This is morally reprehensible and every single one of those people should be fired and publicly shamed. Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming
“Rumors spread on social media over the winter: School kids with disabilities in the Salmon River Central School District, including Akwesasne Mohawk children, were being confined by special education teachers in wooden boxes. Sarah Konwahahawi Herne was devastated.”
New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
I missed this 2021 Ask A Manager and wow why are people LIKE this. Though I think this was very easily prevented by quietly advising each invited couple that since Sally wished Ted would die she probably shouldn’t come to the wedding! There was no need to start all this mess by pretending that people wouldn’t notice someone was left out. a coworker prayed for my fiancé’s death so we didn’t invite her to our wedding … and now there is drama and the Update.