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@charlesesmith.bsky.social
I'm just a nerd on the internet. Guitar, motorcycles, sci-fi/fantasy, comics, computers. maga gets blocked. Current mood: Bing-bop-boom-boom-boom-bop-bam. The type of shit I'm on, you wouldn't understand
This is a good alternative to the more traditional:
1. skip the lattes
2. only buy in season
3. wait 24 hours before making non-essential purchases
4. be born into generational wealth
5. call your internet company every 6-12mo to negotiate on prices
1. skip the lattes
2. only buy in season
3. wait 24 hours before making non-essential purchases
4. be born into generational wealth
5. call your internet company every 6-12mo to negotiate on prices
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is a good alternative to the more traditional:
1. skip the lattes
2. only buy in season
3. wait 24 hours before making non-essential purchases
4. be born into generational wealth
5. call your internet company every 6-12mo to negotiate on prices
1. skip the lattes
2. only buy in season
3. wait 24 hours before making non-essential purchases
4. be born into generational wealth
5. call your internet company every 6-12mo to negotiate on prices
@aoc.bsky.social Primary this guy, please. We need leaders and reps that don't remember where they were when the Model T was unveiled.
#GVerse MoveOn calls for Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov to step down from leadership.
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
Progressive group MoveOn calls on Schumer to step aside
"Inexplicably, some Senate Democrats, under Leader Schumer's watch, decided to surrender."
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
@aoc.bsky.social Primary this guy, please. We need leaders and reps that don't remember where they were when the Model T was unveiled.
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
Just 8 senators who are retiring or don't have an election coming up for years?
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Just 8 senators who are retiring or don't have an election coming up for years?
We're getting fucked, Katie.
An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We're getting fucked, Katie.
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The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
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why isn't the @rust-lang.org blog called Rust & Safety
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
why isn't the @rust-lang.org blog called Rust & Safety
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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My advice to people, as it has been since the USENET days, is simply this: Everything that can be made public on the Internet one day will be made public. Say what you want and what you feel is necessary, and remember it will be found.
"Only post comments that you'd feel comfortable reading aloud in a courtroom" is a recent meme I read and a good policy in general.
September 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My advice to people, as it has been since the USENET days, is simply this: Everything that can be made public on the Internet one day will be made public. Say what you want and what you feel is necessary, and remember it will be found.
We are in a very broken place that this is not the top news of the day.
active shooter at Evergreen High School, Colorado. Jefferson County, same as Columbine. At least three students shot.
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We are in a very broken place that this is not the top news of the day.
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I guess I actually was pretty mad about that stupid golden paperweight www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I guess I actually was pretty mad about that stupid golden paperweight www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
Playing "what would Steve have done?" is usually a dumb game, but lining up to blow a wannabe autocrat the weekend before they announce another year of the most boring, incremental updates is definitely not it.
Spot on by @anildash.com: “The son of an immigrant, a child of the counterculture, a man offering an unmistakable fuck-you to Big Brother, and a person who, above all, would never kiss the ass of someone who had absolutely awful taste. This was Steve Jobs." www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Playing "what would Steve have done?" is usually a dumb game, but lining up to blow a wannabe autocrat the weekend before they announce another year of the most boring, incremental updates is definitely not it.
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Spot on by @anildash.com: “The son of an immigrant, a child of the counterculture, a man offering an unmistakable fuck-you to Big Brother, and a person who, above all, would never kiss the ass of someone who had absolutely awful taste. This was Steve Jobs." www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Spot on by @anildash.com: “The son of an immigrant, a child of the counterculture, a man offering an unmistakable fuck-you to Big Brother, and a person who, above all, would never kiss the ass of someone who had absolutely awful taste. This was Steve Jobs." www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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this is still the single greatest intro ever made for an animated series, an absolute masterpiece on every level
'Batman: The Animated Series' premiered 33 years ago today 🦇
September 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
this is still the single greatest intro ever made for an animated series, an absolute masterpiece on every level
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trying to explain dental plan coverage and having to raise my voice higher and higher above their incredulous laughter
Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.
September 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
trying to explain dental plan coverage and having to raise my voice higher and higher above their incredulous laughter
Do Reddit next.
September 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Do Reddit next.
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These guys are simply not smart.
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
These guys are simply not smart.
Why has no one opened a bakery called the Yeastie Boys? Are people stupid?
August 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Why has no one opened a bakery called the Yeastie Boys? Are people stupid?
I mean, I will watch just about anything my boy Ronan Dex is in, but Chief of War is really good. Pretty close to Shogun imo. #chiefofwar #stargate #stargateatlantis.
August 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I mean, I will watch just about anything my boy Ronan Dex is in, but Chief of War is really good. Pretty close to Shogun imo. #chiefofwar #stargate #stargateatlantis.
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Every “free” file converter online = your files sent to some random server.
So I made my own. Runs locally as an app on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Now 1,100 users use it for 3,742 types of conversions.
So I made my own. Runs locally as an app on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Now 1,100 users use it for 3,742 types of conversions.
August 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Every “free” file converter online = your files sent to some random server.
So I made my own. Runs locally as an app on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Now 1,100 users use it for 3,742 types of conversions.
So I made my own. Runs locally as an app on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Now 1,100 users use it for 3,742 types of conversions.
The millennial urge to sing jingles from the 90's over and over in your head because capitalism has so has warped our brains that ads are a core memory.
August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The millennial urge to sing jingles from the 90's over and over in your head because capitalism has so has warped our brains that ads are a core memory.
My kid has gotten so into gains and supplements and like yeah happy for him, but at this point it'd be cheaper if he just wanted some good ol' fashioned drugs.
among the many things they don’t tell you about having kids is the amount of money you will shell out to buy various berries
July 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
My kid has gotten so into gains and supplements and like yeah happy for him, but at this point it'd be cheaper if he just wanted some good ol' fashioned drugs.