Hacking Las Vegas

What happens when a bunch of MIT students join forces to beat Las Vegas? Lots of money changes hands. Fascinating stuff.

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1 day ago

I'm saddened to learn of the death of #WalterKoenig at age 90. While best known for playing #Chekov on Star Trek #TOS, I'll always remember him best as the sinister-but-complicated PsiCop Bester on #Babylon5 .

#RIP, sir, and thanks for many, many hours of entertainment.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-koenig-dies-age-90-chekov-star-trek/

3 days ago

Hey, we're attending the tale of " #SweeneyTodd " at #CUBoulder! Yay!

5 days ago

When #DonaldTrump loves your campaign ad, it almost certainly means it's as awful as decent people have been telling you it is, and you should take it down.

#vivekramaswamy #amyacton

(unlocked article)

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/22/us/midterms-elections?unlocked_article_code=1.K1E.TSxr.HjAzVng6pH25&smid=url-share

6 days ago

#JDVance is more disgusted that #Republicans are criticizing #VivekRamaswamy 's #Ohio attack ad on #AmyActon than he is over the ad itself. Gotta love those "family values."

The only silver lining here is that I suspect the ad will generate more contributions for Acton than for her vile opponent.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/vance-republicans-stop-whining-vivek-ramaswamy-attack-ad-amy-acton-rcna604817

6 days ago

Earlier this month I was automatically sent my #MailInBallot . After filling it out, I dropped it off at a convenient, secure drop box on Monday. The ballot was received by the county, my signature on the envelope was validated, and my vote was counted.

And at each of those steps I got an e-mail and a text message, confirming it.

Plus I got a nice virtual #Blucifer" voting sticker!

Thank you for showing, once again, #Colorado, that this system works.

7 days ago

RE: https://flipboard.com/@washpost/world-gmn4hl27z/-/a-3JzekNbwRV279pN5DlUQxg%3Aa%3A419161690-%2F0

I think he's mistranslating the word for "cannibal."

1 week ago

We're getting into the "If I go down I'm takin' youse guys wit' me" phase of the mob boss saga.

#trump

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-newsmax-impeached-again-lots-001337140.html

2 weeks ago

Amusing story both for the headline and for the underlying message.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/katie-zacharia-is-out-after-half-a-scaramucci/

2 weeks ago

The take-away from #Trump canceling the #execution #livestream is not that he has even a modicum of decency, but that if a controversial idea is proposed *by someone else* that might blow back on him, he will throw it and the proposer under the bus in a hot minute. TACO loyalty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/10/15/trump-cancels-hegseths-plan-live-stream-fort-hood-shooters-execution/

2 weeks ago

There is a graduated, progressive #IncomeTax #measure on the ballot this #election in #Colorado, replacing a flat 4.4%, and it is remarkable that the top arguments being levied against this "bizarre/radical" measure are "It's unfair because $500K [the tipping point] isn't that much income," and "Egads, all the rich people will move away to Texas and we will be poor!"

2 weeks ago

It's time for "Barefoot in the Park" at #ArvadaCenter! Front row seats!

3 weeks ago

High Altitude Snickerdoodle Bundt Cake with Cinnamon Sugar https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/high-altitude-snickerdoodle-bundt-cake-with-cinnamon-sugar.html

3 weeks ago

Every now and then I get a burr up my butt about something and have to write it out. Today it was about strategic voting and "the lesser of two evils is still evil" thinking. Feel free to skip if you don't need another #screed in your life.

https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2026/10/04/is-the-lesser-of-two-evil-also-evil.html

4 weeks ago

#DonaldTrump doesn't actually say anything *new* in his TIME interview -- but it remains fascinating (and deeply depressing) reading the farrago of lies, delusions, illogic, self-serving, and Bizarro World perspective of what he has to say. Failure is Success! Annihilation is Peace! Lies are Truth! Everyone Loves Me!

Future generations (assuming there are any) will read this stuff and disbelieve this guy was ever let close to the reins of power.

https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview-transcript/

4 weeks ago

Yes, judges are making rulings based on "The President is a dick and might do something irrational, political, and spiteful about this case, so we are dismissing it *with* prejudice, GO AWAY NOW" reasoning.

#Trump #reflectingpool

https://www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/100126_DDF-Order-Davey-Hearn.pdf

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