John Stryker
@jstryker.bsky.social
Retired technologist, aspiring genealogist
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🟡 NEW: CNN is considering making network anchor Kaitlan Collins its chief White House correspondent, @maxtani.bsky.social reports.
Kaitlan Collins’ star rises at CNN | Semafor
The 32-year-old anchor could soon be lead White House correspondent.
www.semafor.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:50 PM
🟡 NEW: CNN is considering making network anchor Kaitlan Collins its chief White House correspondent, @maxtani.bsky.social reports.
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Want to compete with friends to make the best social media site, but don't have $44 billion to throw down the drain? This game is for you.
November 19, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Want to compete with friends to make the best social media site, but don't have $44 billion to throw down the drain? This game is for you.
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I'm at the airport bar. Two seats down from me, a Lincoln impersonator is watching news of the attempted Trump assassination from yesterday and shaking his head. You can't make this up.
September 16, 2024 at 6:31 PM
I'm at the airport bar. Two seats down from me, a Lincoln impersonator is watching news of the attempted Trump assassination from yesterday and shaking his head. You can't make this up.
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Don't know the author, but this tracks
January 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Don't know the author, but this tracks
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January 4, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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Welcome to the public domain, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)! archive.org/details/Stea...
January 1, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Welcome to the public domain, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)! archive.org/details/Stea...
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the turkey 'pardon' implies that turkeys have, by virtue of their very existence, committed a sin worthy of capital punishment. this is of course theological nonsense because there are no intrinsically evil birds, except for swans.
November 23, 2023 at 4:28 PM
the turkey 'pardon' implies that turkeys have, by virtue of their very existence, committed a sin worthy of capital punishment. this is of course theological nonsense because there are no intrinsically evil birds, except for swans.
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Of course, you have to be a complete moron to pay Elon for an ad-free feed, when Elon is rendering the feed ad-free for free.
November 18, 2023 at 4:15 AM
Of course, you have to be a complete moron to pay Elon for an ad-free feed, when Elon is rendering the feed ad-free for free.
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When you get weird LinkedIn InMail requests, respond honestly.
November 16, 2023 at 3:47 AM
When you get weird LinkedIn InMail requests, respond honestly.
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I spent 2023 talking to the 3 young hackers behind Mirai, the malware that broke the web. This is WIRED's resulting cover story—an untold, 22,000-word tale of crime, friendship, chaos, betrayal, and redemption. https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-untold-story-three-young-hackers-web-killing-monster/
The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story
Netflix, Spotify, Twitter, PayPal, Slack. All down for millions of people. How a group of teen friends plunged into an underworld of cybercrime and broke the internet—then went to work for the FBI.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2023 at 2:11 PM
I spent 2023 talking to the 3 young hackers behind Mirai, the malware that broke the web. This is WIRED's resulting cover story—an untold, 22,000-word tale of crime, friendship, chaos, betrayal, and redemption. https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-untold-story-three-young-hackers-web-killing-monster/
This is Google “Reader Revenue” Manager. Had it been “Google Reader” Revenue Manager, maybe the best RSS reader of its day would not have been unceremoniously killed.
This is probably the best thing Google has done in years. I don’t love their scripts, but I think this model has a much better chance of working than some of their other things. readerrevenue.withgoogle.com
Google Reader Revenue Manager
Google Reader Revenue Manager provides publisher solutions to deepen audience engagement and convert subscribers or contributors. Get started.
readerrevenue.withgoogle.com
November 10, 2023 at 6:00 AM
This is Google “Reader Revenue” Manager. Had it been “Google Reader” Revenue Manager, maybe the best RSS reader of its day would not have been unceremoniously killed.
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Protect your kids this Halloween
October 30, 2023 at 3:08 AM
Protect your kids this Halloween
So Pebble, formerly T2Social, is calling it quits. I thought at one point that they might have been a contender, but with BlueSky opening up more Pebble didn't have a chance. If you were one of my handful of followers there, welcome here!
October 24, 2023 at 6:42 PM
So Pebble, formerly T2Social, is calling it quits. I thought at one point that they might have been a contender, but with BlueSky opening up more Pebble didn't have a chance. If you were one of my handful of followers there, welcome here!
Not right when supposedly neutral announcers on a broadcast are clearly rooting for one of the two teams. Looking at you, FS1.
October 21, 2023 at 10:47 PM
Not right when supposedly neutral announcers on a broadcast are clearly rooting for one of the two teams. Looking at you, FS1.
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atlanta eliminated
October 13, 2023 at 3:17 AM
atlanta eliminated
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Musk's destruction of Twitter's reliability has caused untold damage to the world, turning what was once a realtime firehose of global sentiment into a sludgy river of engagement bait and con artistry, coupled with the world's least-valuable advertising.
tinyurl.com/wyat10923
tinyurl.com/wyat10923
October 9, 2023 at 5:48 PM
Musk's destruction of Twitter's reliability has caused untold damage to the world, turning what was once a realtime firehose of global sentiment into a sludgy river of engagement bait and con artistry, coupled with the world's least-valuable advertising.
tinyurl.com/wyat10923
tinyurl.com/wyat10923
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Very few cartoons are broadcast live. It’s a terrible strain on the animator’s wrist.
October 7, 2023 at 2:39 PM
Very few cartoons are broadcast live. It’s a terrible strain on the animator’s wrist.
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They are quick on their feet over at the Colbert show.
October 4, 2023 at 4:15 AM
They are quick on their feet over at the Colbert show.
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Reddit user claims his landlord announced that he's going to turn the power off for hours in his building on October 4
why?
because his landlord believes in this insane anti-vaxxer 5G conspiracy theory about how the emergency alert test tomorrow will turn us all into zombies
why?
because his landlord believes in this insane anti-vaxxer 5G conspiracy theory about how the emergency alert test tomorrow will turn us all into zombies
October 3, 2023 at 6:55 PM
Reddit user claims his landlord announced that he's going to turn the power off for hours in his building on October 4
why?
because his landlord believes in this insane anti-vaxxer 5G conspiracy theory about how the emergency alert test tomorrow will turn us all into zombies
why?
because his landlord believes in this insane anti-vaxxer 5G conspiracy theory about how the emergency alert test tomorrow will turn us all into zombies
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GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker
October 3, 2023 at 10:07 PM
GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker
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Confession: I also have an ASUS Republic of Gamers rig and use it in court. It’s a workhorse.
October 3, 2023 at 1:08 AM
Confession: I also have an ASUS Republic of Gamers rig and use it in court. It’s a workhorse.