Mx. Riley

System76 on Age Verification Laws Liberty has costs, but it's worth it.

Dems and Republicans alike are pushing KOSA again, and the unintended (or perhaps intended, I don't know if any of them use a computer) consequences are dire enough. While you're calling congresscritters and senate-os to yell about Iran, also slip in a reminder that age verification doesn't work

Whoa. Tonight confirmed the pattern: people who haven't seen me in a while, and only saw me every so often before, no longer recognize me.

I guess it's working! I'll just have to reintroduce myself at some point.

Legally, a car in a bike lane is a bicycle, so you can remove two of its wheels and they can't arrest you.

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

A collection of candles, flowers, and painted stones are set on a tree grate. The stones say things like "Roll on like a river" and "Love" and "Hope"

I'm at the Dropkick Murphys concert.

I'm at the matyr's memorial shrine.

I'm at the combination Dropkick Murphys concert/martyr's shrine.

On Eat Street.

I love my city.

yesssss. I'll root for other bird-themed teams but let's be real, Philadelphia's where it's at

To be clear, I also deliberately chose the bird-aligned spelling because: Go birds 🦅

California Working Families Party Endorsement Interviews: East Bay. Ana Vasudeo for Alameda County Board of Education Trustee Area 1 on Monday, March 9, at 5:00-5:30pm via Zoom And Mia Bonta for Assembly District 18 on Thursday, March 12 at 5:30-6:00pm via Zoom

Tune in as we interview two East Bay candidates seeking the WFP endorsement: Mia Bonta for State Assembly and Ana Vasudeo for Alameda County Board of Education. RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/ca-wfp/

Occasionally someone will typo my name as Robyn and y'know what, I love it.

I deliberately chose an ungendered name and spelling, but Robyn is explicitly femme coded and I'll take as much affirmation on that front as I can get.

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

This is a really good piece. I don't agree with all of it by any means, but I think I agree with more than I disagree with, and certainly the proposed way forward (that liberals, socialists and greens should see each other as legitimate opponents and fascists as illegitimate ones) makes sense.

one thing I like saying to my cats in admonishment is "you know the rules" when they very clearly do not know and will never know the rules

New sentence I have just spoken aloud to a cat: "Act like you've been here before."

A round beige and white shorebird stands on a jetty on one leg. Its head is tucked back around between its wings in the back but its eyes are still watching the camera.

Sanderling dozing but also keeping an eye on things

#birds 🌿

A blue bird with an orange breast perches in a mostly bare tree. There are a few leaves in the background that almost match the bird’s orange.

I’m seeing a lot of Eastern Bluebirds around which is a delightful surprise

#birds 🌿

Hundreds of former judges sign on to an amicus explaining the obvious, namely that unexplained shadow docket orders can't create binding precedent. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25....

(Because of course they can't. What's the ratio decidendi??)

More seriously, to outsiders, IP might be the strangest area of law.
Want to patent something? Ok, but only if you use a run-on sentence to describe your invention.
Can you trademark a color? Maybe!
When does a copyright expire? Hold on, we have to check with Disney first.

truer words were never spoke

IP law was a mistake

Pete Tiger, a ginger barn cat, is standing between an aisle of black drapes, looking through the gap at some light that is emerging from right-of-screen

Friday.

* Read the program: pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2026/fe...
* Purchase a/an ticket: pretix.northbaypython.org/nbpy/nbpy-20...
* Be excited about attending #NBPy 2026 and learning all of the things
* Barn cat

Pete Tiger, a ginger barn cat, is sitting on a stage, cleaning his paw. Behind him is a banner with the logos of several North Bay Python sponsors.

North Bay Python is one of the only conferences where your sponsor presence will be improved by cats standing in front of your logo.

If that, and also an audience of several enthusiastic and experienced Pythonistas interests you, drop us a DM or email! #Python #NBPy

Oh, hey, it's Bandcamp Friday again! Y'all know the drill..

Heeeey, congrats-ish and welcome. That's a big deal, and I hope it usefully unlocks more self-understanding and support mechanisms for you 💖

Design thought of the day

This. Stop anthropomorphizing the tech.

Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year

the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter

www.statesman.com/business/art...

This is a huge story in US soccer right now, folks 👇

How It’s Made: A 7,000-Word Story on Coal in Oakland “This is the only time in my entire life, I think, where I wrote long and someone was like, ‘Well, could you make it longer?’”

People said they wanted more culture pieces on Bsky, right? For COYOTE, I interviewed the @oaklandreviewofbooks.org and @meganwachspress.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes account of how Megan's 7,000-word feature (!) on coal in Oakland came to be—a phenomenal work of longform journalism.

Yap Zone: Happy Women’s History Month I Guess Are we empowered yet?

I wrote this week's Yap Zone newsletter for @coyotemedia.org because i guess @soleilho.com is allowed to go on vacation sometimes???

anyway here's a gift link to me being a hater about women's history month www.coyotemedia.org/yap-zone-hap...

This Week in Matrix 2026-03-06 Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

Pangea Chat as a new Silver Member, 3 new Project Hydra MSCs and a big Element Call update! This and more happened This Week in Matrix!

matrix.org/blog/2026/03...