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Anthony Dean
@diversetechgeek.bsky.social
I run Diverse Tech Geek, a blog covering media and technology, plus diversity in both. Into comics and animation. Pronouns: he/him. 🏳️‍🌈

Blog: https://www.diversetechgeek.com
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Hello, all. I'm currently looking for a new job. My skills include technical/professional writing, blogging, WordPress, and general clerical skills. Looking for work in the Seattle area; open to remote.

Portfolio: www.diversetechgeek.com/portfolio/

#TechnicalWriting #clerical #HireMe #jobs
Portfolio
The writing portfolio of Anthony Dean. Anthony is available for freelance technical and professional writing services.
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Here's my pitch - Nancy Drew goes to Japan and runs into Golden Bat, she is somehow granted magical girl powers to turn into doggie Betty Boop to better track suspects
January 2, 2026 at 5:22 AM
More Hallmark movie tech. "The Christmas Baby"---a baby's left at the door of a lesbian couple living in upstate NY. One scene has a computer with a generic looking OS, some cross between Windows 8 and MacOS (despite the film made in 2025)?
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
In 2025, quitting social media felt easier than ever

www.engadget.com/social-media...
In 2025, quitting social media felt easier than ever
I tried to get back on social media this year but sponsored content, AI slop and lack of other humans made it all so boring.
www.engadget.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
January 1, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Folks, I know it's difficult to up and move your newsletter or blog, and Substack certainly doesn't make the process any easier, but you simply have got to do it. They refuse to change, so you have to.
January 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Currently watching the Superfriends on MeTV Toons, and the team is trying to stop the G.E.E.C., a machine that can take over everything humanity can do.

Yes, kids. This is an anti-AI episode made in 1973.

"It's good for people to use their brains. If they don't, they have no purpose in life."
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Seen two to three days ago. When it was still December. WTF???
January 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Do you have an old laptop sitting on a shelf that you never use?

Great! You have a low-wattage media server ready and waiting to go. Jellyfin has you covered.

Can't upgrade it to Windows 10? Linux Mint is all you need.

jellyfin.org
linuxmint.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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It's not getting better.

Build your own media server. Buy physical media.

They had their chance and they blew it.
January 1, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Happy Public Domain Day to Nancy Drew, Golden Bat and The Shadow!
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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A few months ago I got the story of a duck who aspires to curling greatness stuck in my brain and simply couldn't get it out until I did this
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
New post: What do Scooby-Doo, Sam "the Falcon" Wilson, and Archie's Harvey Kinkle have in common? They all should've entered public domain today under their original copyright terms, but didn't.

www.diversetechgeek.com/cartoons-pub...

#copyright #publicdomain #animation #comics #NewYearsDay
Cartoons that should’ve entered public domain in 2026 (but didn’t)
A look at what cartoons from 1969 should’ve entered public domain in 2026, but didn’t, thanks to retroactive copyright extensions.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
On TV: The Rose Parade. Indiana University's float = Al Roker explaining what a "Hoosier" is. Also a marching band playing "Deep in the Heart of Texas."
January 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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In the first Superman comic of the new millenium, Braniac brings the City of Tomorrow into tomorrow with a forcible tech upgrade. Fortunately for mild mannered reporter Clark Kent, Braniac rather adorably thinks phone booths are still a thing.
January 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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“Extreme cold enhances my magnetic powers!”

Fuckin…

Sure, man.
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Between that moniker and Clark Kent’s glasses, DC gave us a bulletproof blueprint for secret IDs!
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Happy new year, everyone. 2026 so far is... noisy (neighbors setting off fireworks).
January 1, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Huntrix's "Golden" is playing over the local New Year's fireworks show.
January 1, 2026 at 8:09 AM
On TV: the local countdown ("New Year at the Needle"). The hosts are wearing rather bad "2026" glasses (trying to put the lens part in the second "2"?!).
January 1, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Netflix Down: Crashes as Stranger Things 5 Finale Releases

variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Netflix Crashes as ‘Stranger Things’ Finale Premieres, Second Time This Season
Netflix went down and crashed as the 'Stranger Things' Season 5 finale premiered.
variety.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE PICNIC (1930) 🐕

🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.

Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM