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I'm that YouTuber who taught you how dishwashers work. Guess I'm tryin' out the whole Bluesky thing now.

he/him

https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
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I'm wishing to bring tidings of comfort and joy with this new video.

Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
I made my whole-home humidifier slightly less terrifying
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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To state what should be obvious but I'll bet isn't to everyone who watches this...

This is what the thought process of a racist who cannot possibly allow themselves to think they're a racist looks like. This is how they rationalize their behavior and deflect from cognitive dissonance.
This is an incredibly illuminating video on what we're up against.
She thinks I'm with ICE
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
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December 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Since there's dishwasher discourse again today, here's a new theory of mine:

I think more dishwashers are getting filters rather than macerators not because filters are actually better, but because they reduces warranty claims from people loading their machines poorly.
December 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm wishing to bring tidings of comfort and joy with this new video.

Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
I made my whole-home humidifier slightly less terrifying
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We need to do something about this shit.

Props to @bennjordan.bsky.social for pressing this issue so much.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-...
This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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December 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Whoa, vindication for my hot take that my English teachers in high school who graded us on how many annotations we were making in our books doing the opposite of helping people understand what and how to cite things.

I had two teachers expect at least three written annotations per page.
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I'm pretty sure that at this point in time, the remaining opposition to renewables are nothing but the tantrums of those with interest in fossil fuels and/or could not get the logic of "there's no cost to obtaining the fuel" to sink into the brain.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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There will come a time when people of good faith are empowered to uphold the law.

When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent.

The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping."

Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
woot!
🎉 It's official – @govpritzker.illinois.gov has signed the NITA Act into law!

This transformative legislation not only fully funds public transit, but delivers critical reforms to ensure our systems serve us better.

Take a moment and join us in thanking our leaders at thanks.savetransit.org!
Thank your leaders for saving transit!
The NITA Act is now LAW! Send an email to your elected officials and thank them for taking action to fix AND fund transit in Illinois!
thanks.savetransit.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I was reading through the OP and some replies and if you don't mind me airing a grievance...

there sure are a lot of people out there who seem to have a superiority complex about not watching videos and you do you but I stopped using the word "sportsball" for reasons.
okay somehow this totally banal observation about the relative scale and influence of social media platforms has made some people extremely mad
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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This year's unique ornament comes from a little shop in downtown Glendale called Cactus VHS. @techconnectify.bsky.social and @cathoderaydude.bsky.social would be proud
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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100% agree. Ironically, this is the only version of "broken windows" that actually makes any sense, because it has to do with the individual behavior of one person going from getting away with small crimes to getting away with big crimes, instead of being some vague theory about general contagion.
My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
It must be wild to get to abuse the public then pay for it with the public's money
December 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I have now had Runza at the insistence of @agingwheels.bsky.social.

I believe I now have a much richer understanding of the spirit of Nebraska.
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
it's christmastime, and there's... good news?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy7B...
It's the Christmas light video again - 2025 edition
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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to keep functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
Body cam shows an immigration agent asking ChatGPT for help writing a report:
“During surveillance in the area, I observed a male subject loitering while seated in a vehicle. Based on his behavior, I approached and initiated a consensual encounter.”
ICYMI:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...
Bodycam footage from Operation Midway Blitz released: ‘It’s all about arresting people’
The group of videos made public through the Loevy & Loevy law firm includes footage from agents who responded to controversial arrest operations in the Little Village and Irving Park neighborho…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I just found a ramen noodle packet with a use by date in 2021 and folks, I am here to tell you they can absolutely go bad.
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I have now had a chance to test out the Michelin CrossClimate 2 tires in some heavy snow.

Here's a short thread on my thoughts. Overall extremely pleased with a few minor surprises.
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
happy thanksgiving

i made this for you

youtu.be/INZybkX8tLI
My car charger can boil water really fast
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I made a video about my favorite adapter.

youtu.be/8I4Jc-WLsrs
Wanna play a cassette in an 8-track player? This adapter made it possible
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Well well well, if it isn't the thing literally everyone whose brain is functioning properly saw coming.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Look outside people, them lights be northern
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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The Northern Lights over #Chicago with an iPhone. What a world. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM