The Wikipedia is amazing. In addition to being one of the best sources of news about major current events, it has code snippets, like this one to fight Referer spam.
Recent Bluessky Posts- Jotwell Int'l & Comp: Erin F. Delaney, Litigation in the Shadows of Empires, JOTWELL (May 28, 2026) (reviewing Trevor T. W. Wan, Globetrotting Advocates: Foreign Barristers in Hong Kong Courts, 73 Am. J. Comp. L. 872 (2025)), intl.jotwell.com/litigation-i.... May 28, 2026 Jotwell
- Having some trouble detecting my choices here for how they share my data. May 27, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- I think Qui Tam is unquestionably constitutional if only because of its ancient pedigree, and for many other reasons too. But the Supreme Court has flirted with saying that qui tam relators do not have standing, and Scalia & Co came close to doing it in the Lujan case. Justice Kennedy prevented it. May 27, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Isn't assaulting a Senator a federal crime? Not that our craven US Attorneys would prosecute... May 27, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- This sort of well-funded sham support to undermine Democrats by promoting terrible candidates in primaries is just poisoning the (already rather polluted) well of democracy. It's a pity shame is on life support. OTOH, given Paxton, it seems as if the GOP can shoot itself without help. May 27, 2026 Michael Froomkin
Hey,
I guess I’m going to have to start learning Apache, Fetchmail, & Sendmail now. I just got vmware going on my ubuntu hd and was thinking about redoing my whole setup anyway… ubuntu/XP home.
Looks like every rose has its thorn
As for topic – Wikipedia really rules and I hate those who put false info in it