Ginormous Troubadour
@guardjere.bsky.social
Wanderer. Tinkerer. Lover. Records. Engineer
Farewell Ebo Taylor✊🏿🕊️
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Farewell Ebo Taylor✊🏿🕊️
January 29, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Just noting again, I will never, ever, under any circumstance, NOT share an Ea-Nasir joke.
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Just noting again, I will never, ever, under any circumstance, NOT share an Ea-Nasir joke.
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#OtD 13 Dec 1971 6000 Indigenous Ovambo workers in what is now Namibia went on strike against an exploitative apartheid forced contract work system. By January, they were victorious stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8465...
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#OtD 13 Dec 1971 6000 Indigenous Ovambo workers in what is now Namibia went on strike against an exploitative apartheid forced contract work system. By January, they were victorious stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8465...
Like this
If a country does shenanigans, they spin the giant wheel at HQ.
Yellow = Suspension
Red = Issue a very very strong statement
Blue = issue a confusing but slightly strong statement
Green = congratulatory statement
White = "we will issue a statement whenever"
If a country does shenanigans, they spin the giant wheel at HQ.
Yellow = Suspension
Red = Issue a very very strong statement
Blue = issue a confusing but slightly strong statement
Green = congratulatory statement
White = "we will issue a statement whenever"
a person is spinning a colorful spinning wheel with names written on the spokes
ALT: a person is spinning a colorful spinning wheel with names written on the spokes
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Like this
If a country does shenanigans, they spin the giant wheel at HQ.
Yellow = Suspension
Red = Issue a very very strong statement
Blue = issue a confusing but slightly strong statement
Green = congratulatory statement
White = "we will issue a statement whenever"
If a country does shenanigans, they spin the giant wheel at HQ.
Yellow = Suspension
Red = Issue a very very strong statement
Blue = issue a confusing but slightly strong statement
Green = congratulatory statement
White = "we will issue a statement whenever"
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Many congratulations to Dr @guardjere.bsky.social 🎉🍾🎊
October 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Many congratulations to Dr @guardjere.bsky.social 🎉🍾🎊
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it’s deeply depressing to imagine being the kind of person who this would appeal to
A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
Too burned out to travel? This new app fakes your summer vacation photos for you | TechCrunch
A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
it’s deeply depressing to imagine being the kind of person who this would appeal to
😁
Thank you!!!
I'm now on 65% acceptance.
Thank you!!!
I'm now on 65% acceptance.
October 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
😁
Thank you!!!
I'm now on 65% acceptance.
Thank you!!!
I'm now on 65% acceptance.
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Overly excited to be asked to write a story for an African Travel magazine on the main sites of the Zimbabwe Culture with my beloved wife. Tight word count which is a challenge but it has promoted clarity in what to include and how. Alway feel like I've left so, so much out though!
September 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Overly excited to be asked to write a story for an African Travel magazine on the main sites of the Zimbabwe Culture with my beloved wife. Tight word count which is a challenge but it has promoted clarity in what to include and how. Alway feel like I've left so, so much out though!
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I’m giving a free/public talk this Tues in Seattle about how US government investment in science laid the foundations for the field of human-computer interaction and how that field (and investment) connects to so many of the innovations that we take for granted, as well as the future of AI.
Seattle! We're joining the Summer of Science with our first teach-in. Join us at Obec brewing and meet Dr. @katestarbird.bsky.social
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September 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’m giving a free/public talk this Tues in Seattle about how US government investment in science laid the foundations for the field of human-computer interaction and how that field (and investment) connects to so many of the innovations that we take for granted, as well as the future of AI.
Crazy things happening all over.
It's almost as if tyrants (read, The Right, Techbros et al.), didn't get the memo about satire or dystopian fiction and their role in society.
They took all that as commandments, things to recreate.
We're so screwed man.
It's almost as if tyrants (read, The Right, Techbros et al.), didn't get the memo about satire or dystopian fiction and their role in society.
They took all that as commandments, things to recreate.
We're so screwed man.
a man in a white shirt is sitting in a dugout with his eyes closed and a sad look on his face .
ALT: a man in a white shirt is sitting in a dugout with his eyes closed and a sad look on his face .
media.tenor.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Crazy things happening all over.
It's almost as if tyrants (read, The Right, Techbros et al.), didn't get the memo about satire or dystopian fiction and their role in society.
They took all that as commandments, things to recreate.
We're so screwed man.
It's almost as if tyrants (read, The Right, Techbros et al.), didn't get the memo about satire or dystopian fiction and their role in society.
They took all that as commandments, things to recreate.
We're so screwed man.
If you're a fan of that Zimbabwean. band from yesteryear The Zig Zag Band, come on over to BandCamp, there's a listening session of their upcoming release from Analog Africa.
Plug in your headphones. You wont regret it!😌
analogafrica.bandcamp.com/live/zig-zag...
Plug in your headphones. You wont regret it!😌
analogafrica.bandcamp.com/live/zig-zag...
Zig-Zag Band "Chigiyo Music Kings 1987-1998" (Analog Africa No.42) Listening Party
Thank you good people for joining this Worldwide Premiere Listening Party of our upcoming release, Zig-Zag Band - Chigiyo Music Kings 1987-1998. Tonight we are celebrating a unique contribution to Zim...
analogafrica.bandcamp.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you're a fan of that Zimbabwean. band from yesteryear The Zig Zag Band, come on over to BandCamp, there's a listening session of their upcoming release from Analog Africa.
Plug in your headphones. You wont regret it!😌
analogafrica.bandcamp.com/live/zig-zag...
Plug in your headphones. You wont regret it!😌
analogafrica.bandcamp.com/live/zig-zag...
.... Is this my chance to be THE superhero the world needs RN...... Shrimpman??
August 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
.... Is this my chance to be THE superhero the world needs RN...... Shrimpman??
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At the risk of stating the obvious, if you antagonize a country that wasn't trying to weaponize its nuclear program to the point where they decide to actually build nuclear weapons, you did not actually "set them back" in any meaningful sense...
“[W]e don’t know where the [nuclear] material is. We don’t have any real confidence that we’ve got the ability to get it any time soon,” said a former senior US official who worked on Iran. “You would be foolish if you said that the programme was delayed by anything more than a few months.”
Where is Iran’s uranium? Search continues for 400kg stockpile
US and Israeli attacks hit key nuclear sites but questions remain over stash of enriched material
www.ft.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
At the risk of stating the obvious, if you antagonize a country that wasn't trying to weaponize its nuclear program to the point where they decide to actually build nuclear weapons, you did not actually "set them back" in any meaningful sense...
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Noticeable that he thinks ‘peace’ is good without understanding the need for international treaties, frictionless trade and mechanisms to resolve disputes to maintain that peace. He doesn’t understand what peace actually is.
June 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Noticeable that he thinks ‘peace’ is good without understanding the need for international treaties, frictionless trade and mechanisms to resolve disputes to maintain that peace. He doesn’t understand what peace actually is.
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The worst kind of ignorance is the one that thinks it's smart.
June 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The worst kind of ignorance is the one that thinks it's smart.
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POV: Watching Western civ break down in slow motion
June 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
POV: Watching Western civ break down in slow motion
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You don't. It's a grift. She's a grifter. Everything she says is to line her own pockets. Please don't engage with ANY of her content.
American influencer Candace Owens, "I'm not a flat earther, not a round earther.. I have left the cult of science.. Science is a pagan faith"
How do you even respond to this
How do you even respond to this
May 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
You don't. It's a grift. She's a grifter. Everything she says is to line her own pockets. Please don't engage with ANY of her content.
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Clearly a gang tattoo
May 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Clearly a gang tattoo
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oh another fun chicken fact: chickens love to wolf down shards of broken glass, and sometimes when you butcher a chicken, if you look in the gizzard there'll be a bunch of round glass pebbles. like seaglass except way cooler because it got worn smooth inside a dinosaur
May 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
oh another fun chicken fact: chickens love to wolf down shards of broken glass, and sometimes when you butcher a chicken, if you look in the gizzard there'll be a bunch of round glass pebbles. like seaglass except way cooler because it got worn smooth inside a dinosaur
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And this is where the Brownshirts become state-sanctioned
Within 90 days, SecDef, in coordination with the AG, shall determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime
This mechanism shall inc use of private-sector pro bono assistance for such enforcement
This mechanism shall inc use of private-sector pro bono assistance for such enforcement
April 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And this is where the Brownshirts become state-sanctioned
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We talk a lot about social media radicalizing the population but it's been far more efficient at radicalizing public figures.
Online radicalisation of elites is a significant and yet poorly understood aspect of contemporary politics.
Holy shit, when Richard Hanania is not far enough right for you. Would love to hear what US Senators and prominent bloggers doing appearances with Andreessen think.
April 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We talk a lot about social media radicalizing the population but it's been far more efficient at radicalizing public figures.
So far, I'm hooked on New Tutenkhamen's "Kumalila ngwenya".
Elisha Josamu was quite the vocalist.
Followed by Yarira nehosho
Elisha Josamu was quite the vocalist.
Followed by Yarira nehosho
April 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
So far, I'm hooked on New Tutenkhamen's "Kumalila ngwenya".
Elisha Josamu was quite the vocalist.
Followed by Yarira nehosho
Elisha Josamu was quite the vocalist.
Followed by Yarira nehosho