John Blair
@jdblair.org
American living in the Netherlands. I lead the Netflix Partner Engineering team in Amsterdam. My tech posts are mostly in the fediverse as @jdblair@hachyderm.io. he/him
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November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Every Midwesterner knows that you cook the green beans in cream-of-mushroom soup, not chicken soup.
I found out last year that Americans cook green beans in canned chicken soup and not as like a poverty meal, they do this for their big celebration dinners
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Every Midwesterner knows that you cook the green beans in cream-of-mushroom soup, not chicken soup.
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Don't be fooled into unnecessary cooperation with the oppression of your own community. Be vigilant and offer as little as possible within the law whenever you encounter a @wfmu.bsky.social DJ.
(from @jimthepoet.bsky.social)
(from @jimthepoet.bsky.social)
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Don't be fooled into unnecessary cooperation with the oppression of your own community. Be vigilant and offer as little as possible within the law whenever you encounter a @wfmu.bsky.social DJ.
(from @jimthepoet.bsky.social)
(from @jimthepoet.bsky.social)
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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hey wanna see something kinda interesting? this was the entire fix to the iPhone Antennagate in 2010. 20 bytes.
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
hey wanna see something kinda interesting? this was the entire fix to the iPhone Antennagate in 2010. 20 bytes.
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Now this is Content
September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now this is Content
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Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
September 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
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This sounds an awful lot like a gish gallop. I don't know what point Ben Shapiro is making here. It sure sounds like he's saying racist whites got irrationally mad about a black President telling them what to do and abandoned liberal democracy.
Which is exactly what happened.
Which is exactly what happened.
September 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This sounds an awful lot like a gish gallop. I don't know what point Ben Shapiro is making here. It sure sounds like he's saying racist whites got irrationally mad about a black President telling them what to do and abandoned liberal democracy.
Which is exactly what happened.
Which is exactly what happened.
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it should be at least 400 times harder to get a driver's license
September 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
it should be at least 400 times harder to get a driver's license
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GOD: *creating the earth
ANGEL: I'm really excited to see how this evolves
GOD: We NEVER use that word here
ANGEL: I'm really excited to see how this evolves
GOD: We NEVER use that word here
August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
GOD: *creating the earth
ANGEL: I'm really excited to see how this evolves
GOD: We NEVER use that word here
ANGEL: I'm really excited to see how this evolves
GOD: We NEVER use that word here
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imo trump should just wear a single glove, like michael jackson
August 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
imo trump should just wear a single glove, like michael jackson
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Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.
August 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.
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He shut off the protection grid.
August 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
He shut off the protection grid.
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For the love of God, the proper English pluralization is Powers Point.
August 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For the love of God, the proper English pluralization is Powers Point.
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Come, on, fhqwhgads. Come on fhqwhgads.
July 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Come, on, fhqwhgads. Come on fhqwhgads.
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sorry boys I know you worked hard on this steam pile of fascist pornbots. I should be kinder. but I have so much hate in my heart
July 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
sorry boys I know you worked hard on this steam pile of fascist pornbots. I should be kinder. but I have so much hate in my heart
summer weather in Finland be like
July 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
summer weather in Finland be like
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It's fine to use field samples of birds in music, but keep in mind that you need to dub them into the language of your target audience if you want listeners to understand what's going on.
July 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's fine to use field samples of birds in music, but keep in mind that you need to dub them into the language of your target audience if you want listeners to understand what's going on.
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I used to listen to albums but then I got into just streaming individual songs on Spotify and now I listen to music by drinking a special powder shake that contains all the benefits of music without giving up several minutes of high value ear capacity.
July 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I used to listen to albums but then I got into just streaming individual songs on Spotify and now I listen to music by drinking a special powder shake that contains all the benefits of music without giving up several minutes of high value ear capacity.