Pyperkub
@pyperkub.bsky.social
University Sysadmin, UCLA Alum, Science/Space geek, Fantasy/SF Fan, College Sports (especially Bruins!) fan.
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I’ve seen a million media stories about how sad Republican voters in CA are about losing their Republican representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’ve seen a million media stories about how sad Republican voters in CA are about losing their Republican representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
But I don’t think I’ve seen a single one talking about Demoratic voters in Texas, or North Carolina, or Missouri losing their representatives.
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The Biden admin was also working to change Federal Acquisition Requirements (FAR) to promote memory safety in government software.
Now the FAR is being rewritten directly by Musk's henchmen to favor Musk's own companies with lucrative contracts. It's going to be more scams, less safety.
Now the FAR is being rewritten directly by Musk's henchmen to favor Musk's own companies with lucrative contracts. It's going to be more scams, less safety.
December 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The Biden admin was also working to change Federal Acquisition Requirements (FAR) to promote memory safety in government software.
Now the FAR is being rewritten directly by Musk's henchmen to favor Musk's own companies with lucrative contracts. It's going to be more scams, less safety.
Now the FAR is being rewritten directly by Musk's henchmen to favor Musk's own companies with lucrative contracts. It's going to be more scams, less safety.
Loss of potentially better battery tech in production, not good. But what it says about the Cybertruck?
OK, maybe not bad either.... electrek.co/2025/12/29/t...
OK, maybe not bad either.... electrek.co/2025/12/29/t...
Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%
A major link in Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean battery material supplier L&F Co. announced...
electrek.co
December 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Loss of potentially better battery tech in production, not good. But what it says about the Cybertruck?
OK, maybe not bad either.... electrek.co/2025/12/29/t...
OK, maybe not bad either.... electrek.co/2025/12/29/t...
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Anecdotal story, but something that happened to me:
Teaching a third grade science module on fact vs fiction.
A student corrected a parent that night.
Next day, no more fact vs opinion science module.
That's what educators are up against.
Ignorant parents have too much say over what we teach.
Teaching a third grade science module on fact vs fiction.
A student corrected a parent that night.
Next day, no more fact vs opinion science module.
That's what educators are up against.
Ignorant parents have too much say over what we teach.
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Anecdotal story, but something that happened to me:
Teaching a third grade science module on fact vs fiction.
A student corrected a parent that night.
Next day, no more fact vs opinion science module.
That's what educators are up against.
Ignorant parents have too much say over what we teach.
Teaching a third grade science module on fact vs fiction.
A student corrected a parent that night.
Next day, no more fact vs opinion science module.
That's what educators are up against.
Ignorant parents have too much say over what we teach.
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Today only, Automatic Noodle e-books are on sale for $2.99 on all platforms! Grab one while they're still hot and chewy! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today only, Automatic Noodle e-books are on sale for $2.99 on all platforms! Grab one while they're still hot and chewy! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...
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Just need to outrun it for three more days.
December 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Just need to outrun it for three more days.
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A long read; well worth it for those—especially Gen X or older—alarmed at the collapse of the American middle class.
The writer looks at the metrics we use to measure poverty, identifies how the metrics have failed, and how that failure has destroyed middle-class America.
The writer looks at the metrics we use to measure poverty, identifies how the metrics have failed, and how that failure has destroyed middle-class America.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
A long read; well worth it for those—especially Gen X or older—alarmed at the collapse of the American middle class.
The writer looks at the metrics we use to measure poverty, identifies how the metrics have failed, and how that failure has destroyed middle-class America.
The writer looks at the metrics we use to measure poverty, identifies how the metrics have failed, and how that failure has destroyed middle-class America.
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Farthing, my alternate history mystery novel about why good people do bad things is $1.99 as an ebook right now in the US www.amazon.com/Farthing-Sto...
Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1)
Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1) - Kindle edition by Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1).
www.amazon.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Farthing, my alternate history mystery novel about why good people do bad things is $1.99 as an ebook right now in the US www.amazon.com/Farthing-Sto...
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My usual reminder that “we’re gonna file a lawsuit” isn’t news. That’s a press release. “We filed a lawsuit and here’s the complaint” is news.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My usual reminder that “we’re gonna file a lawsuit” isn’t news. That’s a press release. “We filed a lawsuit and here’s the complaint” is news.
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As part of an Award Winner Goldbox promotion, The Calculating Stars ebook is only $2.99 on Sunday, December 28th across all US retailers. Happy reading!
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As part of an Award Winner Goldbox promotion, The Calculating Stars ebook is only $2.99 on Sunday, December 28th across all US retailers. Happy reading!
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"Use AI tools to analyze royalty statements and contracts"
oh my god please read your fucking contracts and ask a human being about things you don't understand.
oh my god please read your fucking contracts and ask a human being about things you don't understand.
December 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Use AI tools to analyze royalty statements and contracts"
oh my god please read your fucking contracts and ask a human being about things you don't understand.
oh my god please read your fucking contracts and ask a human being about things you don't understand.
One suspects this applies to the large water coolers with plastic bottles as well, tho that does seem to be a higher quality plastic... www.wired.com/story/people...
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who ...
www.wired.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
One suspects this applies to the large water coolers with plastic bottles as well, tho that does seem to be a higher quality plastic... www.wired.com/story/people...
The botnet is coming? interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/...
China demo shows one whispered command could let hackers seize robots
Chinese security tests show robots hacked in minutes via voice or wireless flaws, spreading attacks to other machines and raising safety fears.
interestingengineering.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The botnet is coming? interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/...
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Sinatra has gone woke
![Civil rights activism
From the 1940s Sinatra refused to perform for segregated audiences. In Las Vegas he forced the Sands to serve Nat King Cole in the dining room and, with Sammy Davis Jr., ended Jim Crow policies in Nevada hotels and casinos by
1961. 9! He headlined Carnegie Hall for Martin Luther King Jr. in 1961, led Rat Pack boycotts, donated heavily to SCLC and voter registration, and was praised by Vice President Humphrey after the Watts riots for teaching tolerance."] Orson Welles witnessed Sinatra physically
threaten a restaurant owner who refused service to a Black musician.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:of56nmyuqzvjta7qlf7gwht6/bafkreihcwqha74luvn5td5tugqr4welplshkdqtabytg7ohgc23we7aedm@jpeg)
December 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sinatra has gone woke
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Unfortunately it may be one of my novels, in which case I am SO sorry.
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Unfortunately it may be one of my novels, in which case I am SO sorry.
As a Christmas treat for myself, I grabbed the video game Witchfire, even tho it's still early access, but getting very close to release.
Having a lot of fun, even if I'm not very good at shooters. www.theastronauts.com/2025/12/witc...
Having a lot of fun, even if I'm not very good at shooters. www.theastronauts.com/2025/12/witc...
Witchfire Reckoning Update is Out
The Reckoning Update has just landed - it’s yet another, and second-to-last Early-Access milestone on our road to release, and we’re excited to share another major building block of our visio...
www.theastronauts.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
As a Christmas treat for myself, I grabbed the video game Witchfire, even tho it's still early access, but getting very close to release.
Having a lot of fun, even if I'm not very good at shooters. www.theastronauts.com/2025/12/witc...
Having a lot of fun, even if I'm not very good at shooters. www.theastronauts.com/2025/12/witc...
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""Gondor's tax on rings is highly injurious to the ring-innovation sector," says Witch King of Angmar"
- Minas Tirith Beacon
- Minas Tirith Beacon
December 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
""Gondor's tax on rings is highly injurious to the ring-innovation sector," says Witch King of Angmar"
- Minas Tirith Beacon
- Minas Tirith Beacon
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My best and most successful advice for those who want to give a teen a book:
Give them a book that someone gave to you, and tell them the story of why it was meaningful to you.
Inviting them to share in your experience means a lot to them. Trusting them with your story does, too.
Give them a book that someone gave to you, and tell them the story of why it was meaningful to you.
Inviting them to share in your experience means a lot to them. Trusting them with your story does, too.
December 27, 2025 at 6:16 AM
My best and most successful advice for those who want to give a teen a book:
Give them a book that someone gave to you, and tell them the story of why it was meaningful to you.
Inviting them to share in your experience means a lot to them. Trusting them with your story does, too.
Give them a book that someone gave to you, and tell them the story of why it was meaningful to you.
Inviting them to share in your experience means a lot to them. Trusting them with your story does, too.
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If they've learned how to take books to the used book shop to trade in for credit, you've obviously done something right.
Kids who grow up wanting to trade books for more books are 💯 ahead of their peers.
But if you aren't sure what they like, we're standing by with gift cards and suggestions 📚❤️
Kids who grow up wanting to trade books for more books are 💯 ahead of their peers.
But if you aren't sure what they like, we're standing by with gift cards and suggestions 📚❤️
December 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If they've learned how to take books to the used book shop to trade in for credit, you've obviously done something right.
Kids who grow up wanting to trade books for more books are 💯 ahead of their peers.
But if you aren't sure what they like, we're standing by with gift cards and suggestions 📚❤️
Kids who grow up wanting to trade books for more books are 💯 ahead of their peers.
But if you aren't sure what they like, we're standing by with gift cards and suggestions 📚❤️
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Maybe today is a great day to rewatch Gattaca.
December 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Maybe today is a great day to rewatch Gattaca.
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Nasa Ugly Christmas Sweater - Nouvette
Nasa Ugly Christmas sweater, Hoodie…All available.
nouvette.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Whoa, Nancy Drew is in the Domain!
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Whoa, Nancy Drew is in the Domain!
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Robert Mulligan's multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇲 American legal drama crime film "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Robert Duvall, Brock Peters, Collin Wilcox Paxton, William Windon, Bill Walker & Estelle Evans premiered #OTD in 1962 at the Fox Wilshire Theatre in Los Angeles
December 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Robert Mulligan's multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇲 American legal drama crime film "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Robert Duvall, Brock Peters, Collin Wilcox Paxton, William Windon, Bill Walker & Estelle Evans premiered #OTD in 1962 at the Fox Wilshire Theatre in Los Angeles
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Merry Christmas and/or Merry New Book Day to all who celebrate!
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Merry Christmas and/or Merry New Book Day to all who celebrate!