Eli Omen
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Is there pineapple on it? Deep dish pineapple please.
This skeet is part of my series called "how to shed followers and end up on block lists."
My word of the day: Contronym.
You say you wish to discuss this more. I insist on tabling that proposal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym
You say you wish to discuss this more. I insist on tabling that proposal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym
Contronym - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 20, 2026 at 5:21 AM
My word of the day: Contronym.
You say you wish to discuss this more. I insist on tabling that proposal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym
You say you wish to discuss this more. I insist on tabling that proposal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym
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Agritourism Ontario: your laudable efforts to promote agricultural tourism might be more effectively served by using the word 'death' less.
I've never seen a single sign warn of possible death THREE times.
I've never seen a single sign warn of possible death THREE times.
September 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Agritourism Ontario: your laudable efforts to promote agricultural tourism might be more effectively served by using the word 'death' less.
I've never seen a single sign warn of possible death THREE times.
I've never seen a single sign warn of possible death THREE times.
Look, I think Lord of the Rings is overrated too, but I try not to degrade folks that want to read it.
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Look, I think Lord of the Rings is overrated too, but I try not to degrade folks that want to read it.
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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on the risks of standard universal identifiers raised by the question: "Why is the SSN now so widely used for purposes and in areas unrelated to the Social Security program?" (1973)
February 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
on the risks of standard universal identifiers raised by the question: "Why is the SSN now so widely used for purposes and in areas unrelated to the Social Security program?" (1973)
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I will take any opportunity to post this again
February 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I will take any opportunity to post this again
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I got an email today that after an absolutely brutal year might carry me for a long while. Send emails to people, it matters
February 18, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I got an email today that after an absolutely brutal year might carry me for a long while. Send emails to people, it matters
Me to past self: Your desktop computer will have 64GB of RAM.
Past self: A supercomputer on my desk?!
Me: It won't be that super.
Past self: A supercomputer on my desk?!
Me: It won't be that super.
February 18, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Me to past self: Your desktop computer will have 64GB of RAM.
Past self: A supercomputer on my desk?!
Me: It won't be that super.
Past self: A supercomputer on my desk?!
Me: It won't be that super.
Poor people get less secure computing.
This should not be.
(relative with a chromebook stopped getting updates... and now they'll just live with it and be insecure. There are thousand of other examples... Cheap IOT devices, low cost 'security' cameras, etc.
This should not be.
(relative with a chromebook stopped getting updates... and now they'll just live with it and be insecure. There are thousand of other examples... Cheap IOT devices, low cost 'security' cameras, etc.
February 18, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Poor people get less secure computing.
This should not be.
(relative with a chromebook stopped getting updates... and now they'll just live with it and be insecure. There are thousand of other examples... Cheap IOT devices, low cost 'security' cameras, etc.
This should not be.
(relative with a chromebook stopped getting updates... and now they'll just live with it and be insecure. There are thousand of other examples... Cheap IOT devices, low cost 'security' cameras, etc.
I've been a synology fan for awhile, the simplicity and reliability has been great. A bit expensive, but overall I've been happy.
Until the updates stopped coming (EOL).
Now I have a security liability that's quite pricey to replace.
I would hesitate to recommend at this point.
Until the updates stopped coming (EOL).
Now I have a security liability that's quite pricey to replace.
I would hesitate to recommend at this point.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I've been a synology fan for awhile, the simplicity and reliability has been great. A bit expensive, but overall I've been happy.
Until the updates stopped coming (EOL).
Now I have a security liability that's quite pricey to replace.
I would hesitate to recommend at this point.
Until the updates stopped coming (EOL).
Now I have a security liability that's quite pricey to replace.
I would hesitate to recommend at this point.
If I saw an ethics waiver, I'd steal it.
I encourage everyone to sit with the term "ethics waiver" for a minute.
The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
February 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
If I saw an ethics waiver, I'd steal it.
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Preserving The Web Is Not The Problem. Losing It Is.
Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. As stated in the…
Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. As stated in the…
Preserving The Web Is Not The Problem. Losing It Is.
Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. As stated in the article, these organizations are blocking access largely out of concern that generative AI companies are using the Wayback Machine as a backdoor for large-scale scraping.
www.techdirt.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Preserving The Web Is Not The Problem. Losing It Is.
Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. As stated in the…
Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. As stated in the…
Class action suits will not be heard by the Supreme Court, as collectively class members own every stock.
NEW: The Supreme Court will begin requiring litigants in March to list the stock ticker for each party involved in a case to make it easier to check if a justice has a conflict of interest that might require recusal. #SCOTUS
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Class action suits will not be heard by the Supreme Court, as collectively class members own every stock.
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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Scientists got bored after watching the Earth rotate for 24 hours.
So they called it a day
So they called it a day
February 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Scientists got bored after watching the Earth rotate for 24 hours.
So they called it a day
So they called it a day
Going to need a new plaque underneath the old one talking about how the Trump administration attempted to erase this history.
Censorship documentation is an important part of history as well.
Censorship documentation is an important part of history as well.
👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Going to need a new plaque underneath the old one talking about how the Trump administration attempted to erase this history.
Censorship documentation is an important part of history as well.
Censorship documentation is an important part of history as well.
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A year later Weev would play a key role in professionalizing the trolls who played a key role in getting Trump elected.
A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM
A year later Weev would play a key role in professionalizing the trolls who played a key role in getting Trump elected.
Limp Guitar Solo is the name of my new one man band.
Tbh I enjoy that song minus the limp guitar solo
February 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Limp Guitar Solo is the name of my new one man band.
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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had a very respectful chat about theology tonight
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 AM
had a very respectful chat about theology tonight
Dumb people will use AI in a dumb way.
Smart people will use AI in a smart way.
I am very smart.
Dumb people often think they are very smart.
Smart people will use AI in a smart way.
I am very smart.
Dumb people often think they are very smart.
February 15, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Dumb people will use AI in a dumb way.
Smart people will use AI in a smart way.
I am very smart.
Dumb people often think they are very smart.
Smart people will use AI in a smart way.
I am very smart.
Dumb people often think they are very smart.
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1940 Irish language scif-fi book Manannán by Máiréad Ní Ghráda
It is the first Mecha Robot outside of Japan and mention of a Gravity assist in fiction. It was never republished or translated.
It is the first Mecha Robot outside of Japan and mention of a Gravity assist in fiction. It was never republished or translated.
February 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
1940 Irish language scif-fi book Manannán by Máiréad Ní Ghráda
It is the first Mecha Robot outside of Japan and mention of a Gravity assist in fiction. It was never republished or translated.
It is the first Mecha Robot outside of Japan and mention of a Gravity assist in fiction. It was never republished or translated.
Electricity was a bad idea.
February 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Electricity was a bad idea.
I'm ashamed at how long it took me... But now I'll tell you...
Watch Sinners if you haven't already.
Exceeded high expectations. I'm not a horror fan and immensely enjoyed it.
Watch Sinners if you haven't already.
Exceeded high expectations. I'm not a horror fan and immensely enjoyed it.
February 15, 2026 at 12:16 AM
I'm ashamed at how long it took me... But now I'll tell you...
Watch Sinners if you haven't already.
Exceeded high expectations. I'm not a horror fan and immensely enjoyed it.
Watch Sinners if you haven't already.
Exceeded high expectations. I'm not a horror fan and immensely enjoyed it.
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Got the coolest whistle at Comma books in Linden Hills. Because none of this is actually over. #Minneapolis
February 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Got the coolest whistle at Comma books in Linden Hills. Because none of this is actually over. #Minneapolis