How should we remember Trump once he leaves the White House? Medieval Venice offers one answer for what to do with Trump’s image and name that he’s plastered everywhere. “There are certainly odd historical parallels between an 80-year-old leader attempting to take over a republic because he felt personally insulted and our current political situation.” By David M. Perry at the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits? Not a great headline on this excellent article; it’s actually a history of the writing of the Declaration and subsequent generations' interpretation of the document, up to and including Abraham Lincoln (whom a college literature professor of mine said was the only American President who was also one of the greatest writers in the English language.)

By Jill Lepore, who is always worth reading and listening to on podcasts, on the New Yorker.

County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

I recently rewatched “Animal House,” a movie I absolutely adore, and was talking to a friend about it and how The Young People don’t get that movie. “It’s stupid and offensive!” they say, and I respond, “Yes! And it was stupid and offensive then too! And it was great!”

My friend said, “Yes, back then we liked being offended.” And I said, “Yes! That’s exactly right!”

I never really thought of it that way before. Being offended can be hilarious, if you’re of the right mindset. Many of us love offensive comedy the way many love horror movies — nobody actually loves being chased around by a guy in a leather mask in a chainsaw but make a movie out of that and it becomes a cult classic.

And speaking of offensive: I rewatched “Animal House” in 5- and 10-minute bursts on my iPhone over the course of a week or two, which will be highly offensive to cinephiles.

A woman belts out “Bohemian Rhapsody” in Minionese at the premier of “Minions & Monsters.” Freddie Mercury would have loved this, according to folks in the replies.

Selecting text on the iPhone is both easy AND enjoyable.

— Nobody, never

Every so often I think it is a good idea to roll my linkposts into a single daily digest and give it a clever name like “Mitchipedia.”

MORGAN FREEMAN VOICE: It is not a good idea.

When I was a kid, I loved the Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison. The main character of the series is James Bolivar “Slippery Jim” di Griz, a master thief turned elite police agent in an interstellar civilization in the distant future. The first several books of th...

SDN pioneers return with $15M GPU networking bet. A16z leads a $15M Series A to upstart Netris, funding a platform automating GPU networking and multi-tenancy for AI cloud operators. By me on Fierce Network. A homeowners association in San Marcos, a suburb of San Diego, is ...

Minnie is on medication now and I’m getting good at giving it to her without it being too stressful.

Not stressful for me. It was never stressful for her. She finds receiving the liquid annoying but she likes the tasty pill pocket and doesn’t notice its cargo.

Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband. BEAD was designed as an ambitious program to bring broadband to underserved communities and close the digital divide. Under Trump it has become a boondoggle funneling billions of dollars to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. By Ka...

The Strange, Explicable Appeal of Train Dog. By Megan Garber The initial joy of the thing is visual: dog head, train body, the proportions of both wildly, delightfully amiss. Art critics might see, in Train Dog’s awkwardness, a bit of sprezzatura—the beauty and nonchalant e...

JOB INTERVIEWER: “Where do you see yourself in five years?”
ME: “Living in an Airstream in a meadow and reading mystery novels to my sheep.”

This morning I mistakenly ate my oatmeal with the dog-food-spoon, which the dog had thoroughly licked. How is your weekend going?