Darren Shea
@darrenshea.me
Nerdy SF/computer geek, AuDHD dad/husband, leftist, feminist, disillusioned Humanist, IDIC, LGBTQIA+ ally, amateur guitarist/songwriter, Jeopardy! loser (2015). Austin TX (-ish). He/Him. AI sucks. NO CRYPTO!
Abolish ICE!
Abolish ICE!
The Dow Jones was looking amazing at the close of trading on October 28, 1929.
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Dow Jones was looking amazing at the close of trading on October 28, 1929.
That map’s data is laid out in a misleading way - it’s not quite as bad as that.
October 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
That map’s data is laid out in a misleading way - it’s not quite as bad as that.
There’s even a Funko version!
October 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
There’s even a Funko version!
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October 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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I remember Compute Magazine published full game codes for my C64, and I know I wrote a bunch of BASIC code on my Atari 400, but the idea of having to type thousands of lines of code on the 400’s keyboard sounds like torture!
October 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I remember Compute Magazine published full game codes for my C64, and I know I wrote a bunch of BASIC code on my Atari 400, but the idea of having to type thousands of lines of code on the 400’s keyboard sounds like torture!
Any plain reading of the Fourth Amendment makes it crystal-clear that ICE consistently acts in a criminal way, and deprives “people” of their civil rights as their normal process.
Remember when the courts would actually slap down Gov’t agencies for such obvious and repeated violations? Good times.
Remember when the courts would actually slap down Gov’t agencies for such obvious and repeated violations? Good times.
September 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Any plain reading of the Fourth Amendment makes it crystal-clear that ICE consistently acts in a criminal way, and deprives “people” of their civil rights as their normal process.
Remember when the courts would actually slap down Gov’t agencies for such obvious and repeated violations? Good times.
Remember when the courts would actually slap down Gov’t agencies for such obvious and repeated violations? Good times.
He did not deserve to be shot - agreed.
He was not a “nice” or “good” person, but he definitely didn’t deserve to be shot.
He was not a “nice” or “good” person, but he definitely didn’t deserve to be shot.
September 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
He did not deserve to be shot - agreed.
He was not a “nice” or “good” person, but he definitely didn’t deserve to be shot.
He was not a “nice” or “good” person, but he definitely didn’t deserve to be shot.
I’m pretty sure it was this one:
September 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I’m pretty sure it was this one:
OK, my nerdiness has compelled me to merge action figure accessories!
September 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
OK, my nerdiness has compelled me to merge action figure accessories!
There is a “Cameron” with no last name who appeared in 43 episodes, including Dara’s Day, and I found this picture of her (in the blue). You’re right.
But she looks a LOT like Tallman (also on Babylon 5 and the “Night of the Living Dead” remake directed by Tom Savini!
But she looks a LOT like Tallman (also on Babylon 5 and the “Night of the Living Dead” remake directed by Tom Savini!
September 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
There is a “Cameron” with no last name who appeared in 43 episodes, including Dara’s Day, and I found this picture of her (in the blue). You’re right.
But she looks a LOT like Tallman (also on Babylon 5 and the “Night of the Living Dead” remake directed by Tom Savini!
But she looks a LOT like Tallman (also on Babylon 5 and the “Night of the Living Dead” remake directed by Tom Savini!
My first Linux install was probably in ‘98 or ‘99. My NIC wouldn’t work - it was a Tulip variation, so I had to find source code for a more universal driver, link and compile it.
I run a bunch of BSD, some Ubuntu, and some CentOS/Alma servers now.
CLI forever!
I run a bunch of BSD, some Ubuntu, and some CentOS/Alma servers now.
CLI forever!
August 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
My first Linux install was probably in ‘98 or ‘99. My NIC wouldn’t work - it was a Tulip variation, so I had to find source code for a more universal driver, link and compile it.
I run a bunch of BSD, some Ubuntu, and some CentOS/Alma servers now.
CLI forever!
I run a bunch of BSD, some Ubuntu, and some CentOS/Alma servers now.
CLI forever!
This wonderful quote from the late novelist, Kathy Hepinstall Parks, really gets to the heart of why I cringe when people silence their own voices and let an algorithm speak for them.
August 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This wonderful quote from the late novelist, Kathy Hepinstall Parks, really gets to the heart of why I cringe when people silence their own voices and let an algorithm speak for them.
Decent people can have qualms.
They should then step back and examine what the likely consequences of various outcomes would be, and try to vote for the option which will result in less easily predictable harm to people.
They should then step back and examine what the likely consequences of various outcomes would be, and try to vote for the option which will result in less easily predictable harm to people.
August 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Decent people can have qualms.
They should then step back and examine what the likely consequences of various outcomes would be, and try to vote for the option which will result in less easily predictable harm to people.
They should then step back and examine what the likely consequences of various outcomes would be, and try to vote for the option which will result in less easily predictable harm to people.
How many people will die solely because DOGE killed USAID?
They don’t matter to you at all?
How many will die of preventable illness because RFK is Sec of HHS? Or because of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare.
Their lives don’t count?
Thanks. That’s helpful to know.
They don’t matter to you at all?
How many will die of preventable illness because RFK is Sec of HHS? Or because of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare.
Their lives don’t count?
Thanks. That’s helpful to know.
August 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How many people will die solely because DOGE killed USAID?
They don’t matter to you at all?
How many will die of preventable illness because RFK is Sec of HHS? Or because of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare.
Their lives don’t count?
Thanks. That’s helpful to know.
They don’t matter to you at all?
How many will die of preventable illness because RFK is Sec of HHS? Or because of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare.
Their lives don’t count?
Thanks. That’s helpful to know.
You are too smug and boneheaded for me to value your opinion.
You argue I’m pro-MAGA, PRECISELY because I want them stopped, even if that requires voting for a dick. Seriously!
As though the people you shit on here are the ones RESPONSIBLE for this shit sandwich!
As long as you can feel superior…
You argue I’m pro-MAGA, PRECISELY because I want them stopped, even if that requires voting for a dick. Seriously!
As though the people you shit on here are the ones RESPONSIBLE for this shit sandwich!
As long as you can feel superior…
August 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
You are too smug and boneheaded for me to value your opinion.
You argue I’m pro-MAGA, PRECISELY because I want them stopped, even if that requires voting for a dick. Seriously!
As though the people you shit on here are the ones RESPONSIBLE for this shit sandwich!
As long as you can feel superior…
You argue I’m pro-MAGA, PRECISELY because I want them stopped, even if that requires voting for a dick. Seriously!
As though the people you shit on here are the ones RESPONSIBLE for this shit sandwich!
As long as you can feel superior…
It’s the star-bellied sneetches, all the time!
August 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It’s the star-bellied sneetches, all the time!
Can he run an accordion through a distortion pedal?
August 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Can he run an accordion through a distortion pedal?
Did it sound like this?
August 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Did it sound like this?
I saw him Thursday night in Austin - it was so much fun!
August 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I saw him Thursday night in Austin - it was so much fun!
A break from doomscrolling - fun at the Weird Al concert!
August 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
A break from doomscrolling - fun at the Weird Al concert!
July 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
No spoilers, but James Gunn has brought the Superman I love to the screen - hopeful, sincere, a bit corny and goofy.
I could not have asked for a better Superman film to bring my son to watch.
This superfan of Superman since ‘73 or so gives it a 10/10
I could not have asked for a better Superman film to bring my son to watch.
This superfan of Superman since ‘73 or so gives it a 10/10
July 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
No spoilers, but James Gunn has brought the Superman I love to the screen - hopeful, sincere, a bit corny and goofy.
I could not have asked for a better Superman film to bring my son to watch.
This superfan of Superman since ‘73 or so gives it a 10/10
I could not have asked for a better Superman film to bring my son to watch.
This superfan of Superman since ‘73 or so gives it a 10/10
Had to reconfigure my Guy Gardner figure with the bowl cut in honor of his appearance in Superman!
Taking my son to see it in IMAX on Satruday!
Taking my son to see it in IMAX on Satruday!
July 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Had to reconfigure my Guy Gardner figure with the bowl cut in honor of his appearance in Superman!
Taking my son to see it in IMAX on Satruday!
Taking my son to see it in IMAX on Satruday!