broonie
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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we made her out of the same stuff God's made out of. don't know what it's called, but they had to bury the volunteers who handled it under the mountain
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
we made her out of the same stuff God's made out of. don't know what it's called, but they had to bury the volunteers who handled it under the mountain
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I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse
July 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse
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“We would like your feedback”
I seriously doubt it.
I seriously doubt it.
October 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“We would like your feedback”
I seriously doubt it.
I seriously doubt it.
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My big question for this is the extent to which it’s demand vs supply driven. My hunch is that people’s preference for keeping up with their friends is undiminished, but we’ve seen a boom-bust cycle in people’s desire to see the more easily-monetised churn of influencer content and now pure slop
Have we passed peak social media? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com here www.ft.com/content/a072...
October 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
My big question for this is the extent to which it’s demand vs supply driven. My hunch is that people’s preference for keeping up with their friends is undiminished, but we’ve seen a boom-bust cycle in people’s desire to see the more easily-monetised churn of influencer content and now pure slop
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The bees have discovered Brutalism
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The bees have discovered Brutalism
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This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
September 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
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[accidentally entering a rap battle]
I uh, I got flows like oauth
I uh, I got flows like oauth
August 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
[accidentally entering a rap battle]
I uh, I got flows like oauth
I uh, I got flows like oauth
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One of the most annoying things about AI hype is that it makes software companies re-label existing features AI, and then people get mad at you for using those features because they've confused them for generative AI.
July 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One of the most annoying things about AI hype is that it makes software companies re-label existing features AI, and then people get mad at you for using those features because they've confused them for generative AI.
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South Korean advertising stays on another level
July 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
South Korean advertising stays on another level
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Linux Plumbers Refereed track and Microconference proposals are now open for submission!
lpc.events/blog/current...
lpc.events/blog/current...
Linux Plumbers Conference
The Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) is a developer conference for the open source community. The LPC brings together the top developers working on the plumbing of Linux - kernel subsystems, core libra...
lpc.events
May 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Linux Plumbers Refereed track and Microconference proposals are now open for submission!
lpc.events/blog/current...
lpc.events/blog/current...
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Tell the non-programmer: 50 year old code will have seen every weird edge case at some point, everything someone forgot could happen, and someone will have tried to fix it.
It ends up becoming *mostly* these fixes, as weird edge cases and bad assumptions are encountered and fixed.
It ends up becoming *mostly* these fixes, as weird edge cases and bad assumptions are encountered and fixed.
March 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Tell the non-programmer: 50 year old code will have seen every weird edge case at some point, everything someone forgot could happen, and someone will have tried to fix it.
It ends up becoming *mostly* these fixes, as weird edge cases and bad assumptions are encountered and fixed.
It ends up becoming *mostly* these fixes, as weird edge cases and bad assumptions are encountered and fixed.
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This may be the most remarkable remembrance so far. It goes deeper than you might guess.
‘What Do I Do With This Grief?’
The owner of Laura Palmer’s house has been comforting David Lynch fans for years. She has no plans of stopping.
www.vulture.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This may be the most remarkable remembrance so far. It goes deeper than you might guess.
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This is a beautiful tribute.
January 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is a beautiful tribute.
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This is why end-users hate IT/security teams.
January 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is why end-users hate IT/security teams.
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Call me a homeopathic dilution the way my concentration is extremely low and I don't do anything people are hoping I'll do
December 16, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Call me a homeopathic dilution the way my concentration is extremely low and I don't do anything people are hoping I'll do
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BREAKING: Critical Safety Margin Mistaken for Redundant Excess Yet Again
November 28, 2024 at 12:10 AM
BREAKING: Critical Safety Margin Mistaken for Redundant Excess Yet Again
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Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it transform the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better.
The traffic got BETTER.
The traffic got BETTER.
November 17, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it transform the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better.
The traffic got BETTER.
The traffic got BETTER.
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In 1994 the Pet Shop Boys were invited to perform 'Go West' at the Brit Awards.
They agreed and brought with them 3 separate choirs of miners. Some of those miners had marched with the gay and lesbian members of LGSM in the 1980s. It is one of the great, near-lost music moments
vimeo.com/293437684
They agreed and brought with them 3 separate choirs of miners. Some of those miners had marched with the gay and lesbian members of LGSM in the 1980s. It is one of the great, near-lost music moments
vimeo.com/293437684
Pet Shop Boys • Go West (Live At Brit Awards) • 1994
Pet Shop Boys выступают вживую на Брит Эвордс 1994 с шахтерским хором.
vimeo.com
June 1, 2024 at 11:45 PM
In 1994 the Pet Shop Boys were invited to perform 'Go West' at the Brit Awards.
They agreed and brought with them 3 separate choirs of miners. Some of those miners had marched with the gay and lesbian members of LGSM in the 1980s. It is one of the great, near-lost music moments
vimeo.com/293437684
They agreed and brought with them 3 separate choirs of miners. Some of those miners had marched with the gay and lesbian members of LGSM in the 1980s. It is one of the great, near-lost music moments
vimeo.com/293437684