Nostr notes by Josh (I fight for the users!)

My defining characteristic is being able to identify crosswalks.

2026-07-01T23:06:41+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…tcv0
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My defining characteristic is being able to identify crosswalks.

Aww thanks Cloudflare, sometimes I just need to be validated as ...

2026-07-01T23:00:19+02:00

Aww thanks Cloudflare, sometimes I just *need* to be validated as "human" :)

You and summer lead what from the outside seems such a productive ...

2026-06-25T23:30:31+02:00

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You and summer lead what from the outside seems such a productive life and we here say thank you for sharing it :)

wtf you start with nothing on your plate? How?!? :) Every week I ...

2026-06-25T23:25:32+02:00

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wtf you start with nothing on your plate? How?!? :)

Every week I start a little more behind and then just get… behinder as the week goes on!

Ah interesting. I’d definitely not let it connect here in this ...

2026-06-24T05:01:34+02:00

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Ah interesting. I’d definitely not let it connect here in this corner ;)

Pretty much. Poor Donnie is out of jokes.

2026-06-24T04:57:14+02:00

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Pretty much. Poor Donnie is out of jokes.

I’m sure it’s true, and I’m sorry. In the mean time let’s ...

2026-06-24T04:55:12+02:00

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I’m sure it’s true, and I’m sorry.

In the mean time let’s see if we can get the misogyninny misogynincompoop out of our nation’s highest office.

Definitely gone and preferably to serve some of the symptoms he has due.

(Points) discretion mess, DISCRETION MESS!!! (Points and shakes ...

2026-06-24T04:46:22+02:00

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(Points) discretion mess, DISCRETION MESS!!!
(Points and shakes finger vehemently)

100% I love that you’re right and I also hate that you’re ...

2026-06-24T04:45:08+02:00

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100%

I love that you’re right and I also hate that you’re right.

A drink to better times ahead (raises glass and swigs limeade).

And — and… to suggest that Trump reads at a third grade level ...

2026-06-24T04:43:28+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…5xdq
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And — and… to suggest that Trump reads at a third grade level is vastly disrespectful to many intelligent and even average third graders all over the world. 😂

It doesn’t federate with anything but itself (yes, the lying ...

2026-06-24T04:40:58+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…wexy
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It doesn’t federate with anything but itself (yes, the lying echo-chamber is also weirdly incestuous — like you sort of already knew this but it wasn’t conscious you just knew it was true and you recognize it instantly now that it’s said), they just use the underlying mechanism for service stability and replication. (1/2)

And of course, when they first stood it up, they violated the ...

2026-06-24T04:40:58+02:00

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And of course, when they first stood it up, they violated the copyright agreement entirely and didn’t cite Mastodon by name until they were threatened by a lawsuit. (2/2)

So weird factoid here, Truth Social actually runs on Mastodon. ...

2026-06-24T04:35:03+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…guju
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So weird factoid here, Truth Social actually runs on Mastodon. The underlying platform underneath all the filth and self-aggrandizement and lies is… Mastodon :(

“You’re a stupid woman,” he’d say, “working for corrupt ...

2026-06-24T03:22:33+02:00

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“You’re a stupid woman,” he’d say, “working for corrupt Big Fediverse Media.”

All kidding aside it’s just mass delusion isn’t it?

2026-06-24T02:24:00+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…8nl6
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All kidding aside it’s just mass delusion isn’t it?

Yes. The verry large augh-brehyn. Fer Jainuh.

2026-06-24T02:22:01+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…p664
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Yes. The verry large augh-brehyn. Fer Jainuh.

Moh-rahwns. Dhey’re awl mough-rahwns.

2026-06-24T02:18:11+02:00

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Moh-rahwns.
Dhey’re awl mough-rahwns.

Biggest Brian I ever saw. Irregardless. Ahkay? <makes ...

2026-06-24T01:58:02+02:00

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Biggest Brian I ever saw. Irregardless. Ahkay? <makes accordion hands>

Yuuuge.

2026-06-24T01:51:13+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…kuku
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Yuuuge.

That’s all just a hoax from Big Reality.

2026-06-24T01:36:20+02:00

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That’s all just a hoax from Big Reality.

“Our algae bloom is due to our MAGArchitect specialists, who ...

2026-06-24T01:33:54+02:00

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“Our algae bloom is due to our MAGArchitect specialists, who geniusly use pre-stagnated water from the Potomac strong enough to strip chemical rubber right off cement, and cleverly mixing equal parts ignorance and arrogance. So much winning.”

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2026-06-18T00:36:09+02:00

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And it perfectly captures the zeitgeist: having been shoved ...

2026-06-12T04:35:54+02:00

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And it perfectly captures the zeitgeist: having been shoved through AI does t mean that there’s anything wrong with it, and also that there’s anything right with it.

It’s a sentence that has no meaning. No practical value. No way to instantiate; a tautology of meaninglessness.

So let’s arrest them all. Pack them into abandoned compuserv ...

2026-06-11T06:42:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…hlkj
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So let’s arrest them all. Pack them into abandoned compuserv warehouses with no ventilation and no rights.

Who’s your daddy now, fascist fuckwads.

I’m not trying to deduce anything specific but I wonder roughly ...

2026-06-10T01:47:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…27lz
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I’m not trying to deduce anything specific but I wonder roughly what age/era you were when the series of laws went into effect we just sort of live with now. DAA. War on terrorism. FISA warrants. NSA being a singularity in the vacuum of all data.

I was just barely old enough to drink during the events of 9/11/2001 and was only then starting to understand that both parties had problems but the R’s were much, much more rooted and rotting. (1/2)

I suppose my question after all that setup is: there are moments ...

2026-06-10T01:47:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…5l6d
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I suppose my question after all that setup is: there are moments in time that things happened which became canonical foundation. I know if we undid CU we’d be instantly and forevermore better off. Were you as against those 2001 congressional handoffs of power then as I imagine you are now? What would it take for us to undo the 2001-set of fascist/power overreaching steps that we took as a result of 9/11? (2/2)

Even wilder if you knew what it is like to get your ambien script ...

2026-05-31T03:34:26+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…u28j
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Even wilder if you knew what it is like to get your ambien script filled every month.

They're really the same person in that they're really ...

2026-05-30T00:36:37+02:00

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They're really the same person in that they're really twins in that they're actually just one person with a split personality.

I think both things can be true no? 🤔

2026-05-24T00:24:05+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…xach
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I think both things can be true no? 🤔

Yeah this has no practical meaning. It’s meant to hurt.

2026-05-23T05:29:12+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…6wxh
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Yeah this has no practical meaning. It’s meant to hurt.

I bet one taco that he had the LLM summarize the research article ...

2026-05-16T00:49:49+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…zpvv
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I bet one taco that he had the LLM summarize the research article too. 🤣

Snuffleupagas, pretty sure.

2026-05-15T04:27:35+02:00

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Snuffleupagas, pretty sure.

I was literally just thinking this about the post: it’s not ...

2026-05-02T18:38:58+02:00

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I was literally just thinking this about the post: it’s not missing because it can occur and then weirdly morph at any time during any stage in the progression.

The Drumhead is such an -- one of many -- important story in The ...

2026-04-25T00:12:14+02:00

The Drumhead is such an -- one of many -- important story in The Next Generation. Where is the line between vigilance and infringement of rights?

Under the 42 minute episode of The Drumhead, it's so clearly wrong. Why does it feel less wrong when we carry out the same principles in our government?

Is it really always a case of Crewman Tarses? Do the villains we find from this vigilance not equate the cost of their investigations?

#ethics #law #uspol #politics #startrek #tng

I am really thankful to have landed back at my original home, ...

2026-04-15T16:47:41+02:00

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I am really thankful to have landed back at my original home, Pittsburgh, but there is *so much* I desperately miss about PNW.

I really can't think of a time when I lived in Seattle and I ...

2026-04-15T16:14:53+02:00

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I really can't think of a time when I lived in Seattle and I wished I'd taken an umbrella. The rain is so manageable with just a hoodie or a baseball cap.

I know what I think morally about this case and what she did. ...

2026-04-07T00:52:51+02:00

I know what I think morally about this case and what she did.

Asking purely from the near-hermetically sealed vacuum of strictly the law, how do we measure the legality of what the defendant (Judge Dugin) did and the efficacy of the jury’s decision?

#law #legal #uslaw #ethics #barassociation https://c.im/@cdarwin/116360162592509960

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2026-04-04T03:31:02+02:00

Psst. Chicken butt. Pass it on.

"Hehehe" I mean "gee that's such a shame..." ...

2026-03-29T18:04:29+02:00

"Hehehe" I mean "gee that's such a shame..."

I came here to say this. ^

2026-03-20T01:50:37+01:00

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I came here to say this. ^

RE: https://mas.to/@farbel/116086210289867118 I'm genuinely ...

2026-02-17T23:42:21+01:00

RE: https://mas.to/@farbel/116086210289867118

I'm genuinely curous if anyone here on the fediverse has the balls.

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US citizens: If you didn't #vote for #KamalaHarris, do you regret it? #poll #boost

No one: Absolutely no one: Me: DO YOU HAVE THE TIME, TO LISTEN TO ...

2026-02-17T00:39:27+01:00

No one:
Absolutely no one:
Me: DO YOU HAVE THE TIME, TO LISTEN TO ME WHINE...

It’s not even close. ...

2026-02-07T00:07:17+01:00

It’s not even close. https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sbdnltkjqzeb5qshxmi7wu2i/post/3me75zbbmbs2g

Oh god, the stonklessness!

2026-01-20T19:41:35+01:00

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Oh god, the stonklessness!

Archie wasn't actually my dog. He was my neighbor and ...

2026-01-11T03:02:01+01:00

Archie wasn't actually *my* dog. He was my neighbor and landlord's.

Don't get confused now -- my neighbors were a couple named Josh and Henrik. It just so happens that I am also Josh, and had a dog (Berner) named Henrik. The fact that we all lived together and also had the same names is entirely coincidental.

But Archie, (other) Josh's dog, was sometimes a handful for them but was always an angel for me. I found out that Archie passed away this week. :(

#dogs #dogsofmastodon

Waiting for Kristi Noem to proclaim Renee Good the head of Tren ...

2026-01-09T03:00:43+01:00

Waiting for Kristi Noem to proclaim Renee Good the head of Tren de Aragua.

I would be interested to see if someone or some agency can ...

2026-01-09T01:15:52+01:00

I would be interested to see if someone or some agency can enumerate the amount of violent crimes committed by those deported vs. the amount of violent crimes committed by ICE.

I’m not sure what to think about the UN Security Council ...

2025-11-18T05:02:57+01:00

I’m not sure what to think about the UN Security Council backing Trumps plan for Gaza.

It’s bad right? :/

Fucking criminal that Johnson. ...

2025-11-12T05:09:32+01:00

Fucking criminal that Johnson. https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/politics-9rga37brz/-/a-d0dpNDOLRIyGGpiMPE3yPw%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0

In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West ...

2025-11-04T22:32:37+01:00

In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls

Indeed, 40 million lazy people. Except that almost 30 million of ...

2025-10-27T03:02:18+01:00

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Indeed, 40 million lazy people. Except that almost 30 million of those people work. Lazily, I guess.

Real talk for a second, I know we're internet friends and I ...

2025-10-17T19:55:15+02:00

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Real talk for a second, I know we're internet friends and I didn't mean to crap all over a post; I'm genuinely sorry if that's what ended up happening.

As a person who's had type 1 diabetes since 1984, I've seen us be "on the verge of <fill in the blank>" for so, so long now. I'm not the conspiratorial type and even for me it seems suspicious.

I can tell you though that in the 80s when I was a kid, even then Regular (not Humalog!) insulin was $50/vial.

Type 1 diabetic. Need insulin to live. The “$11 insulin” ...

2025-10-17T06:07:30+02:00

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Type 1 diabetic. Need insulin to live. The “$11 insulin” gimmick isn’t a thing.

It’s a thing if you:
Are on Medicare or Medicaid
Only require so much a month
And apply for the program
And can use generic off-label insulin*

*medically, like many people, I need a particular kind of insulin, a kind which retail at CVS is $750 a bottle and for which I use 4-5 a month

This $11 insulin tagline has been floating around since 2016 and it’s hot fucking garbage.

You guys all set for the government shutdown next week? This ...

2025-09-25T04:16:45+02:00

You guys all set for the government shutdown next week?

This country is failed and I’m not even sure how to save it at this point.

10-4. I hope that’s true.

2025-09-11T02:19:30+02:00

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10-4.

I hope that’s true.

Sorry, is that to say you don’t believe it was a liberal ...

2025-09-11T01:49:01+02:00

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Sorry, is that to say you don’t believe it was a liberal shooter?

You know what I think it is? I think it's the chilling effect ...

2025-09-10T23:39:15+02:00

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You know what I think it is? I think it's the chilling effect on free speech.

I don't want to take away anyone's first amendment right to say anything. From the left or the right or anywhere else on the spectrum.

But I want to make sure that Good and Right things prevail over Wrong, and I don't want the Good to stop screaming and raging against the Wrong.

We shouldn't shoot the Kirks; we need to scream at the top of our lungs "no, no!" that this is unacceptable.

A man is dead. That’s unfortunate. A man was shot. It’s ...

2025-09-10T23:16:01+02:00

A man is dead. That’s unfortunate.

A man was shot. It’s tragic.

He was shot at a university. That’s unthinkable.

I’m really struggling because the humanity aspect of me wants to mourn the unnatural and untimely death of Charlie Kirk. Yet I cannot: I feel no sorrow for the death of such an outspoken misogynistic homophobic awful human.

I do not believe in violence, yet the cognitive dissonance here is extremely real.

Fascism. Naked, awful, fascism. ...

2025-09-07T23:54:39+02:00

Fascism.

Naked, awful, fascism.

https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden/115162104256467065

#fascism #uspol #trump #politics #usa

Will it? Will killing kids get those people mad? I’ve yet to ...

2025-09-06T19:31:47+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…as9h
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Will it? Will killing kids get those people mad? I’ve yet to see it. All I’ve seen is regret (trump voters), and I have very little sympathy since there is no way they couldn’t have seen this coming.

This is an awesome picture 8) Curious though, aren’t haiku ...

2025-08-16T02:15:34+02:00

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This is an awesome picture 8)

Curious though, aren’t haiku 5-7-5?

Just following along here 👀

2025-08-15T02:57:33+02:00

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Just following along here 👀

Me: I need to wash this blanket. Harley: I live here now. ...

2025-07-15T01:49:37+02:00

Me: I need to wash this blanket.
Harley: I live here now.

I unboxed our items from our Berner Henrik who passed several ...

2025-07-14T05:13:41+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…7gsk
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I unboxed our items from our Berner Henrik who passed several years ago. Had to take his box of ashes out of the box because it just wasn’t right to unpack them later. That dog changed my life. My whole world. They all do. RIP my Henrik.

My dogs mean and have meant the world to me. Here’s my buddy ...

2025-07-14T05:11:08+02:00

My dogs mean and have meant the world to me.

Here’s my buddy asleep in my spot with his other daddy snoring away. Wouldn’t trade this memory for anything.

What is AI going to do on an AllTrails map? Bad math for the ...

2025-07-06T18:56:27+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…t8ft
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What is AI going to do on an AllTrails map? Bad math for the distance of a hike? Tell you to definitely eat those potentially poisonous mushrooms? Tell you that hydration is vastly overrated?

Oh, oh, oh that one guy has an idea though, raising his hand? ...

2025-07-05T04:22:20+02:00

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Oh, oh, oh that one guy has an idea though, raising his hand? Maybe he sees where they went.

Stolen from interwebs. ...

2025-07-05T04:17:44+02:00

Stolen from interwebs.

It’s interesting to see how much calmer our dog is now that ...

2025-07-01T03:21:19+02:00

It’s interesting to see how much calmer our dog is now that we’ve moved to a house. He used to *hate* being left alone but now he doesn’t cry when we leave.

Only been a couple days for us, but even though he’s still skeptical of the backyard he seems… happier. Even though there was no shortage of smells for him to investigate when we lived downtown.

Aforementioned dog. ...

2025-06-25T15:12:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…72ag
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Aforementioned dog.

Ok well here we are at the closing. We brought our dog to the ...

2025-06-25T15:10:22+02:00

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Ok well here we are at the closing. We brought our dog to the closing because that’s how we like it.

Tomorrow we close. And then we have an old ass house that will ...

2025-06-25T00:03:08+02:00

Tomorrow we close. And then we have an old ass house that will need constant work. Will I ever learn how to do home handwork? Tune in for the next 20 years to find out.

Slowly as his mouth-anus flapped, the chandelier continued to ...

2025-06-23T04:40:37+02:00

Slowly as his mouth-anus flapped, the chandelier continued to protrude out of his whirled combover…

Rubio refused to say anything, staring straight ahead, the memory of the response others had gotten when they previously told the emperor he had no cloths on fresh in his mind.

What do you have in your proverbial toolbox to teach me today? A ...

2025-06-17T02:50:57+02:00

What do you have in your proverbial toolbox to teach me today?

A skill, a mitzvah, a lesson.

#boost for reach so I’ll learn more!

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2025-06-15T03:49:05+02:00

Incredible.

So I just type that in and I can start number oneing?

2025-05-29T00:53:37+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…lvvs
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So I just type that in and I can start number oneing?

When those ‘dendrii decide to bloom they explode with color ...

2025-05-16T21:25:44+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…3ndf
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When those ‘dendrii decide to bloom they explode with color don’t they? And such complex and dainty flowers from bushes that can get to be *huge*!

A house I lived in after my college years had a TWO STORY rhododendron out front and when that thing decided to bloom we had the prettiest house on the block.

Mama will be glad to know that it was, in fact, my pinky toe. ...

2025-05-07T16:46:02+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…83a8
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Mama will be glad to know that it was, in fact, my pinky toe. Mama's Pinky Toe (npub1re9…2mgp)

I managed to cut my toe yesterday while on camera for a meeting. ...

2025-05-07T16:45:39+02:00

I managed to cut my toe yesterday while on camera for a meeting. I sat there, quietly bleeding, wondering if this was how I was going to die. Don’t ask.

It wasn’t a serious cut, but there was so. Much. Blood. Thank goodness for this tissue box.

Anyway, it looks like I performed an animal sacrifice under my desk, but that’s weird because we normally only do sacrifices on Thursdays.

I am sorry. I promise that in this two German car household we ...

2025-05-04T18:26:04+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…geat
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I am sorry. I promise that in this two German car household we only honk for dangerous/asshole driving and gay pride.

Dude I haven’t seen a minidisc in a minute! Some of the best ...

2025-04-12T07:11:13+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…4pdw
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Dude I haven’t seen a minidisc in a minute! Some of the best tech from the 90’s :)

You’d think people in this industry would know better. Sure, ...

2025-04-08T18:29:41+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…ee70
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You’d think people in this industry would know better. Sure, I’m all for reducing some of the more harmful effects of the original NAFTA deal. We fucked up. We made a mistake. America doesn’t make anything anymore, it’s a problem and we oughta correct it.

But come on. You think we’re gonna compete with SuperMicro or Dell in a year or two? GTFOH with that nonsense.

I think the part where I almost lost my cool on the call was ...

2025-04-08T18:28:09+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…l800
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I think the part where I almost lost my cool on the call was where a person who is intelligent enough to know better but is still a Trump supporter responded to someone saying “these are not manufactured in the US” with “not yet.”

Like somehow we’re going to get ramped up to build all the various components in high end computers by Thursday, or even in this goddamn decade. It takes *years*, tens-of-years in some cases, to approach this scale.

I just had an incredibly depressing call with hardware ...

2025-04-08T18:26:19+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…p0vc
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I just had an incredibly depressing call with hardware manufacturers with Intel on the line and we were calculating not for keyboards, but for the servers one might plug a keyboard into, the various tariffs already incurred, happening now, and expected to happen within the next 180 days.

For reference, many advanced servers take 180 days to stand up.

It is a actual, grade-A USDA Certified ShiteShow:tm: of the first degree.

I have an overwhelming desire for pho right now but I’m at the ...

2025-04-04T04:18:49+02:00

I have an overwhelming desire for pho right now but I’m at the stage of the evening where I’m pretty much only in underpants.

Restaurants frown on topless diners around here, idk.

Raise your hands up in the ay-er if you’re “turning my neck ...

2025-04-02T17:17:14+02:00

Raise your hands up in the ay-er if you’re “turning my neck sounds like someone breaking celery in half” years old!!

Also please consult your doctor before raising said hands into the ay-er or anywhere else. Just like everything else nowadays, hand raising might cause taint-inflammation or infection, with possible results including a taintectomy.

Oh stop. That’s what a perineum is, it’s your taint. Bet you’ll never hear those Jardiance commercials the same way anymore will ya?

Ladies and Gentlemen and Smizmars, I shit you not: today just ...

2025-04-02T03:53:14+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…zdrh
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Ladies and Gentlemen and Smizmars, I shit you not: today just before Noon in Downtown Pittsburgh, manhole covers were blown skyward out of their recesses in Grant Street.

Of course I immediately posted in my teams Slack channel about this — throughout the day several people had asked if I was ok so I let them know that I wasn’t crazy and that manholes flying 50 feet and then crash landing likely accounted for my experience.

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My husband finished up his swing shift — we both work from home ...

2025-04-02T03:48:51+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…ldwk
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My husband finished up his swing shift — we both work from home in the same study. He switched from his work PC to his personal just to check messages. And then he gasped and started laughing.

An electrical fire on Grant Street, one block over from where we lived, had ignited a bunch of high voltage lines under the street (a huge main thoroughfare on the west side of town) and completely blown two manhole covers out of their holes and several stories into the air.

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I remarked that I hadn’t heard anything in a long time that had ...

2025-04-02T03:46:00+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…vt63
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I remarked that I hadn’t heard anything in a long time that had held that deep vibratory resonance of what I’d just heard and felt.

I tried to describe it, and said “if you could imagine like a steel barge or dumpster being pushed off a five story roof and just smashing on the ground” — this was the only allegory I could produce to describe what I’d heard.

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I immediately interrupted myself by just staring out the window, ...

2025-04-02T03:43:43+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…dgx2
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I immediately interrupted myself by just staring out the window, to the point where several people unmuted and asked if I was ok. I asked if they could hear anything and several people responded that no, they hadn’t heard anything except my words, and then their abrupt absence.

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I was in a daily standup meeting today from my home office — I ...

2025-04-02T03:41:09+02:00

I was in a daily standup meeting today from my home office — I live in the Regional Enterprise Tower at the Historic Alcoa, a staple name in local downtown buildings. As I was delivering my wrap-up summary notes, I heard a deep, loud, vibratory BOOM.

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2025-03-30T18:17:37+02:00

It’s me… I am… the GenX ellipsis…

My Spanish is terrible but my new thing is pretending to be a ...

2025-03-26T19:02:29+01:00

My Spanish is terrible but my new thing is pretending to be a terrified migrant when ICE shows up to detract from them finding terrible migrants.

Occupado…

#ice #trump #fuckheads #immigration #deportations

When your government is acting like and using the same resources ...

2025-03-26T01:30:23+01:00

When your government is acting like and using the same resources promoted by hostile and dangerous nation-states and terrorists… https://mstdn.social/@spaf/114225066673719026

We just hired this guy. I don’t think he knows how to do the ...

2025-03-25T17:32:16+01:00

We just hired this guy. I don’t think he knows how to do the things we hired him for. I think he’s all charisma and enthusiasm.

Which is great, those are not unimportant characteristics, but still. :/

#infosec #infotech #it #iit #software #projectmanagement #hosting #web #design

I keep reading the “cut food for dogs…” you can’t just ...

2025-03-15T06:25:28+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…25h6
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I keep reading the “cut food for dogs…” you can’t just not feed the fucking things, they’re goddamn living beings.

Let’s not feed Doge team. Save all kinds of money.

Protip: the murderer is always the actor you recognize in the ...

2025-03-10T17:40:43+01:00

Protip: the murderer is always the actor you recognize in the police procedural.

Think I’m gonna dress in full 70’s gear tomorrow. I mean ...

2025-02-28T05:45:07+01:00

Think I’m gonna dress in full 70’s gear tomorrow.

I mean 1870’s in case there was any confusion.

I just had one of my favorite coworkers tell me that when ...

2025-02-27T21:59:02+01:00

I just had one of my favorite coworkers tell me that when she's sick she can't listen to me in meetings because I give her tinnitus (but only when she's sick) and her head might explode.

Dood did she move out of the half bathtub number she had on Pine?

2025-02-23T00:09:21+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…x4nk
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Dood did she move out of the half bathtub number she had on Pine?