Good Things Friday (399) and Link Love
October 23, 2026
1. Hard as it is to believe, my ME/CFS is only mild-somewhat moderate. This former athlete is severe and my God it’s bleak. I feel so deeply for her, this speaking out is truly going to cost her. I know because it would cost me and my price is measured in days and weeks for overextendjng myself. My life is different and difficult enough going from a recreational athletic life to what it changed to now, first with chronic pain and then CFS: The Olympic sprinter now bedbound for 22 hours a day
A retired Penn professor has been blocking Uber Eats robots for months. This week, she got arrested for it
From The Handbasket:‘Tommy’ from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who’s close to Sean Feucht.
It is way past time to abolish ICE/DHS: Bronx food pantry rallies behind founder after he was detained by ICE
This is so unbelievably stupid: Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history – especially this quote “The big players will no doubt find a way to make it profitable,” he said.
Yeah? At what cost to humanity? Bunch of selfish greedy fools.
ICE officer’s false claim draws scrutiny in Minnesota conspiracy case
As Greg Doucette would say (extremely sardonically), cops are great: Florida police officer accused of using dead man’s identity to take over his home
Trump administration loses bid to block NAACP lawsuit against Musk’s xAI over data center
Fucking Americans, I say as an American, this is so deeply unethical: Controversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns halted.