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now, to help them grow
Today’s Haiku
making it’s way towards summer
the bees so nimble
A morning haiku
pulling dawn’s grace to the west
we begin anew
Today’s haiku, June 4, 2025
sunlight arises
moving with the western clouds
and morning birdsong
Thinking about effectiveness
I came across this quote from Steve Jobs this morning:
“Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.” — Steve Jobs
I’ve found answering the question “what do I say no to?” the hardest. Whether it’s because I loathe disappointing people, or simply letting fascinating ideas go, saying “no” is highly challenging for me.
What about you? Does “no” flow easily of of your tongue? How do you go about de-selecting work? Oru time is limited, so it’s our focus that’s golden. How do you protect that?
Tonight’s Haiku: May 31, 2025
this rain's gentleness
flowing over the blossoms
before the sun's grace
Ah, Good Ol’ Email Scams
This one was sent to me today. Now, back in the day I used Dashlane, but I deleted that account years ago. That was my first clue that this was a scam. Now, let’s explore this further.
This one has a few other easy ways to see that it’s a scam. The first is the email address it was sent from. Notice, the sender is NOT Dashlane.
The second comes when you hover over the action button:
Again, nothing to do with Dashlane.
There’s no way to know if the scammers “know” I had a Dashlane account due a data breach which has been dumped on the dark web, or is just a random guess. They usually send these sorts of messages out by the thousands: a purely numbers game. But it doesn’t matter. The investment from the criminal is minimal, so they only need a few clicks to make this payoff.
In the end, be careful out there.
Early morning haiku
pre-dawn darkness
my heart is louder
than my mind
A look at the inevitable failure of political coalitions
I have a deep appreciation for Cory Doctorow’s writings. (If you haven’t yet, read his post where he coined the term “Enshittification”). “Strange Bedfellows and Long Knives” is another look into the strange alignment of political forces that make up the current Republican party and MAGA: Evangelicals and The Finance Sector. Historically at odds, Reagan was able to bring this group together. And, still, many of their respective goals are at serious odds with each other. That will, most likely, feed the flames of failure. After the “war” is won, the members tend to shift towards bickering about the post-victory order. Someone will have to lose.
Another example of this type of powerful coalition? The alliance between the USSR and the USA during WWII. “…after WWII, when (spoilers) the USSR and the USA switched from being allies to being rivals even before anyone could (spoilers) clean Hitler’s brains off the walls of his bunker.”
Looking at the confused muddle that is Project 2025, we see the fault lines, and also see that no one faction looks strong enough to contain the coalition after the fractures form. Tariffs, healthcare, and Elon are all elements Doctorow cites and areas of friction.
I recommend taking a look at this post if you want a look at what the possible end of this currently political struggle looks like.
Today’s Haiku, May 22, 2025
walking through this park
with a gentle rain falling
filtered sunlight's grace