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Interesting thread:
If I could communicate one thing about vintage electronics it's that if something older than 20 years has been sitting around for a long, long time, DO NOT JUST TURN IT ON.

There is a chance the electrolytic capacitors have died (best case) or they've exploded and covered the inside with crap.
September 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I started at this company 1,674 days ago. It's been a wild ride, with lots of ups and down, but I am still constantly motivated by our mission to return time. Time is finite. We waste it constantly. Lets help people use it well and then go play.

fortune.com/2025/06/10/e...

laurel.ai/careers
June 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#COYS or as we say in my household, come on chickums!
May 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Something IS happening.
Forgive me, I seem to have unearthed an atrophied rind of hope.

Game Informer bought Game Informer. Giant Bomb bought Giant Bomb. They seem to be…happy?

Tim “Ben” Onion bought his namesake. Jeremy Parish mentioned wanting to buy 1UP and got inundated. I mean…kinda feels like something’s happening?
May 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
So excited that @craigmod.com is coming to Beacon! I didn't even notice originally but found out at Binnacle today. So excited to meet him, I love his work!
May 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Say hello to a new subway map! 🗺️

Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.
April 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Built a new unified RSS feed of my social stuff. natwelch.com/feed.rss

Still under development, but let me know if your feed reeder likes it.
natwelch.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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If you work at the US Digital Service and want to share what's happening internally, you can DM me for my Signal or send me an email at brycecovert@protonmail.com. Happy to start off the record and protect your identity.
January 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u... ye old it's not the Nazi salute, it's what it's distracting you from
What Trump Did on Day 1: Tracking His Biggest Moves
President Trump made major policy moves immediately after taking office, withdrawing from major international agreements, promising steep tariffs and pardoning nearly all of the Jan. 6 rioters.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
AI customer support is so bad. So many companies are firing their account managers and replacing them with terrible chat bots. I don't mind it for consumer stuff, but for enterprise saas, it's wild to see. I pay you tens of thousands of dollars and I can't talk to a human? Blargh.
January 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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One day’s notice, no severance—the DNC fights for workers, just not their own.

Full statement below:
November 18, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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You all like "line go up" posts right?

Well the line is going up!

Stats for the past day:

30M Follows
- 1.83M unique people followed someone
30M Likes
- 1.73M unique people liked someone
5.2M Posts
- 986k unique people posted something

~650k new users in the past 24 hours
November 14, 2024 at 4:47 AM
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Some numbers from the past 96 hours compared to a 96 hour period a week ago:

13M likes -> 104.6M likes
1.4M follows -> 100.8M follows
1.3M reposts -> 11M reposts
26k new users -> 2.11M new users

This really drives home how insane the increase in activity around here has been

Welcome to Bluesky :)
September 3, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Hello!
August 2, 2023 at 4:38 PM