David Brower
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Husband, dad, database bit head, occasional blogger, ex-sound engineer, lapsing cyclist.
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What's the biggest example of the domino meme in my life? I'm gonna have to go with "I got bored on the sleepy overnight shift at the data center -> Russia invaded Ukraine".
Struggled to think of something that fit... most of the cause/effect stuff in my life has been pretty straightforward.
I think: AOL Chat Room -> owning a champion schipperke.
I think: AOL Chat Room -> owning a champion schipperke.
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Minimum wage: $1.17/hr
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Minimum wage: $1.17/hr
Cornballs!
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Cornballs!
That is audiophile esoterica!
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
That is audiophile esoterica!
A Sony fan certainly. Audiophile?
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A Sony fan certainly. Audiophile?
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Happy Half-Century Birthday (one day late) to one of my all-time favorite albums.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy Half-Century Birthday (one day late) to one of my all-time favorite albums.
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Jeff Bezos paid $50 million for a wedding. He just got a $16 billion tax break. He just laid off 60,000 people.
And you're furious about a kid getting a free school lunch?
And you're furious about a kid getting a free school lunch?
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Jeff Bezos paid $50 million for a wedding. He just got a $16 billion tax break. He just laid off 60,000 people.
And you're furious about a kid getting a free school lunch?
And you're furious about a kid getting a free school lunch?
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JFC
ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
JFC
Seems like something an appeal should have been able to clear up quickly.
I was recently (incorrectly) banned for purported Spam, and it took 3+ weeks to get resolved in my favor.
Moderation is hard.
I was recently (incorrectly) banned for purported Spam, and it took 3+ weeks to get resolved in my favor.
Moderation is hard.
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Seems like something an appeal should have been able to clear up quickly.
I was recently (incorrectly) banned for purported Spam, and it took 3+ weeks to get resolved in my favor.
Moderation is hard.
I was recently (incorrectly) banned for purported Spam, and it took 3+ weeks to get resolved in my favor.
Moderation is hard.
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Bluesky has no consistency. The other day it was Baseball, tonight it’s Northern Lights.
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Bluesky has no consistency. The other day it was Baseball, tonight it’s Northern Lights.
To be fair, the Fox audience is way more likely to buy books.
notable but not surprising that Fetterman chose Fox & Friends as the place to promote his new book
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
To be fair, the Fox audience is way more likely to buy books.
I am sympathetic to term limits for governors.
Fuck everything today, but especially this man.
Greg Abbott announces reelection campaign for record fourth term as Texas governor
Gov. Greg Abbott formally announced his fourth gubernatorial run in Houston on Sunday. The incumbent Republican, who currently has around $87 million in his campaign war chest, will face two opponents...
www.kut.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I am sympathetic to term limits for governors.
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Democrats whenever some dumb fool Democrat decides to open their dumb fool mouth to say something both dumb and foolish.
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Democrats whenever some dumb fool Democrat decides to open their dumb fool mouth to say something both dumb and foolish.
Every grass root Dem right around now contemplating their Senators.
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Every grass root Dem right around now contemplating their Senators.
It's Andre the Giant vs a bunch of 6th graders.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's Andre the Giant vs a bunch of 6th graders.
Oh Windows, never change
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Oh Windows, never change
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"Watson was also famously insulting and arrogant as a professor at Harvard, even for a professor at Harvard."
I wrote this 11 years ago and had forgotten the details of just how awful he was. He was awful.
I wrote this 11 years ago and had forgotten the details of just how awful he was. He was awful.
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"Watson was also famously insulting and arrogant as a professor at Harvard, even for a professor at Harvard."
I wrote this 11 years ago and had forgotten the details of just how awful he was. He was awful.
I wrote this 11 years ago and had forgotten the details of just how awful he was. He was awful.
My position is that anything important will get RT'd and I'll pick it up that way. I don't have to stare into the abyss when other people will to it for me and point out anything I need to consider.
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My position is that anything important will get RT'd and I'll pick it up that way. I don't have to stare into the abyss when other people will to it for me and point out anything I need to consider.
It’s better in a bar with people who care emoting. I am LMAO
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It’s better in a bar with people who care emoting. I am LMAO
The writers have gone wildly cwazy
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The writers have gone wildly cwazy