My favorite quote about chess comes from Mikhail Tal:
You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.
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Colbert is brilliant
I really enjoy this interview and Colbert has a lot of great nuggets in it.
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Small Glowbug Tweak
I love the automated post functionality I have on this blog. But I hated seeing the times when my homepage is entirely those posts because I take some time off posting. So now what I do is it puts the most recent automated post on the homepage, and then it skips further automated posts.
Those automated posts are available on that day's archive page.
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Part of Jack Smith's case against Trump
It opens with a latter from Jack Smith that begins with:
In the fall of 2022, former President Donald J. Trump was a subject of two separate criminal investigations by the Department of Justice. The first was an investigation into whether any person violated the law in connection with efforts to interfere with the lawful transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election. The second investigation focused on the possession of highly classified documents at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago social club following his presidency.
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While we were not able to bring the cases we charged to trial, I believe the fact that our team stood up for the rule of law matters. I believe the example our team set for others to fight for justice without regard for the personal costs matters. The facts, as we uncovered them in our investigation and as set forth in my Report, matter. Experienced prosecutors know that you cannot control outcomes, you can only do your job the right way for the right reasons. I conclude our work confident that we have done so, and that we have met fully our obligations to the Department and to our country.
The release is 174 pages and I'll definitely need time to go through it, or more likely, read and listen to others discuss it.
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Informative thread about California incarcerated firefighters
This is a great thread that gave a much more informed perspective on the program, and it is much better than many of us feared.
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
— Matthew Hahn (@hahnscratch.bsky.social) 2025-01-15T01:20:24.469Z
Additionally, my link above goes to skywriter.blue, which is a Bluesky version of the ThreadReader tool.
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Automated Archives for January, 14th 2025
This post was automatically generated.
Articles To Read
The following are articles that I saved today. Substance and quality will vary drastically.
Chess For the Day
Record: 3-0-0
Net Elo Change: +17
Games Played
Blog Posts On This Day
- January 14, 2024 (1 post)
- January 14, 2023 (2 posts)
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