Thank you for this. A reminder I needed just now.
You’re not beholden to respond to every rando that decides to challenge you on something just b/c they had or are having one bad experience. Some people on this app simply like being argumentative and confrontational for the sake of it (especially twitter/X refugees) and nobody is entertaining that.
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Thank you for this. A reminder I needed just now.
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Just got passed this.
That's a shark eating a cable at bottom
That's a shark eating a cable at bottom
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just got passed this.
That's a shark eating a cable at bottom
That's a shark eating a cable at bottom
Still chuckling over the Greater American Cable Seeking Backhoe.
Note that there is also a commercial fishing vessel named the Miss Take that dredges up undersea cables.
(There might also be a Russian vessel that does it on purpose).
Note that there is also a commercial fishing vessel named the Miss Take that dredges up undersea cables.
(There might also be a Russian vessel that does it on purpose).
The four horsemen of internet service outages are DNS, BGP, the Greater American Cable Seeking Backhoe, and a fucked up config file getting propagated through the network, and the result is in: the fourth horseman is what got Cloudflare this time blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
blog.cloudflare.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Still chuckling over the Greater American Cable Seeking Backhoe.
Note that there is also a commercial fishing vessel named the Miss Take that dredges up undersea cables.
(There might also be a Russian vessel that does it on purpose).
Note that there is also a commercial fishing vessel named the Miss Take that dredges up undersea cables.
(There might also be a Russian vessel that does it on purpose).
Endorse! Endorse! Wholeheartedly endorse!
I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Endorse! Endorse! Wholeheartedly endorse!
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Power to the one who doesn't want it!
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Power to the one who doesn't want it!
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Could I but ride indefinite,
As doth the meadow-bee,
And visit only where I liked,
And no man visit me,
And flirt all day with buttercups,
And marry whom I may,
And dwell a little everywhere,
Or better, run away
-- Emily Dickinson
#Photography #ImageAndVerse #ClassicMono #BNWmacro #EastCoastKin
As doth the meadow-bee,
And visit only where I liked,
And no man visit me,
And flirt all day with buttercups,
And marry whom I may,
And dwell a little everywhere,
Or better, run away
-- Emily Dickinson
#Photography #ImageAndVerse #ClassicMono #BNWmacro #EastCoastKin
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Could I but ride indefinite,
As doth the meadow-bee,
And visit only where I liked,
And no man visit me,
And flirt all day with buttercups,
And marry whom I may,
And dwell a little everywhere,
Or better, run away
-- Emily Dickinson
#Photography #ImageAndVerse #ClassicMono #BNWmacro #EastCoastKin
As doth the meadow-bee,
And visit only where I liked,
And no man visit me,
And flirt all day with buttercups,
And marry whom I may,
And dwell a little everywhere,
Or better, run away
-- Emily Dickinson
#Photography #ImageAndVerse #ClassicMono #BNWmacro #EastCoastKin
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While I'm not wholly on board with the war on Christmas, we do have to deal with its unlawful occupation of November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
While I'm not wholly on board with the war on Christmas, we do have to deal with its unlawful occupation of November.
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Wow. All it took was the Graatest Generation to die off and the Nazis are back out of the woodwork
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Wow. All it took was the Graatest Generation to die off and the Nazis are back out of the woodwork
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No way are immigrants 100M. That's HALF OF ADULTS here.
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
No way are immigrants 100M. That's HALF OF ADULTS here.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Oops, this is because I follow you. I read the convo out of order. In proper context you're even more obviously correct than I realized.
Leaving my post up for the reference to history professors walking around growling under their breath on Jan 30.
Oops, this is because I follow you. I read the convo out of order. In proper context you're even more obviously correct than I realized.
Leaving my post up for the reference to history professors walking around growling under their breath on Jan 30.
I don't want to disagree when you're right, but in the posted convo they seem to be boxing you into a wrong box.
Of *COURSE* Hitler didn't come out of absolutely nowhere to be appointed in 1933.
But without that appointment (along w/ concomitant violence, lawlessness, & intimidation), no Hitler.
1/
Of *COURSE* Hitler didn't come out of absolutely nowhere to be appointed in 1933.
But without that appointment (along w/ concomitant violence, lawlessness, & intimidation), no Hitler.
1/
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Oops, this is because I follow you. I read the convo out of order. In proper context you're even more obviously correct than I realized.
Leaving my post up for the reference to history professors walking around growling under their breath on Jan 30.
Oops, this is because I follow you. I read the convo out of order. In proper context you're even more obviously correct than I realized.
Leaving my post up for the reference to history professors walking around growling under their breath on Jan 30.
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🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
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If you truly worry we're headed for fascism, then watch the 1969 movie "Z", a barely-veiled retelling of the 1963 assassination of Greek politician Lambrakis, made two years after the junta took power. It was on TCM last night, but I saw it as a kid after being in Greece in that time. /1
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If you truly worry we're headed for fascism, then watch the 1969 movie "Z", a barely-veiled retelling of the 1963 assassination of Greek politician Lambrakis, made two years after the junta took power. It was on TCM last night, but I saw it as a kid after being in Greece in that time. /1
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We are not even *close* to that. And if people keep showing up to vote the way they did on Tuesday, we never will be.
/4x
/4x
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We are not even *close* to that. And if people keep showing up to vote the way they did on Tuesday, we never will be.
/4x
/4x
This is a lovely piece of verse but the best thing about it is that it was posted by
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
Listen, my children, as here is unfurled
The story of the sandwich that was hurled
On the 10th of August in ‘25;
What a moment to be alive!
As many chose to look down and duck,
One man decided he had to stand up,
And so he wound up, and said ‘What the f___’
And gave his sandwich a freedom chuck.
The story of the sandwich that was hurled
On the 10th of August in ‘25;
What a moment to be alive!
As many chose to look down and duck,
One man decided he had to stand up,
And so he wound up, and said ‘What the f___’
And gave his sandwich a freedom chuck.
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is a lovely piece of verse but the best thing about it is that it was posted by
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
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You can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, but you can’t get them to convict one!
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
You can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, but you can’t get them to convict one!
I think - I think I would endorse this, actually.
But who would be in charge of the course? Is easy to imagine some public sector info providers who, um, might not be reliable.
But who would be in charge of the course? Is easy to imagine some public sector info providers who, um, might not be reliable.
This country needs to shut down for a month so we can re-teach civics to everyone
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I think - I think I would endorse this, actually.
But who would be in charge of the course? Is easy to imagine some public sector info providers who, um, might not be reliable.
But who would be in charge of the course? Is easy to imagine some public sector info providers who, um, might not be reliable.
I seriously had to check to see if this was NYT or Pitchbot...
New work requirements for Medicaid are expected to leave millions of Americans uninsured. For Equifax, which charges states steep prices for its trove of employment data, it is a business opportunity.
‘A Big Positive’: How One Company Plans to Profit From Medicaid Cuts
New work requirements are expected to leave millions of poor Americans uninsured. For Equifax, which charges states steep prices for its trove of employment data, it is a business opportunity.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I seriously had to check to see if this was NYT or Pitchbot...
I too choose to believe the parents. No soap, reasonable water temperature, quick removal from chlorinated to dechlorinated water. And goldfish are tough.
When I was a toddler I used to ask my parents to put my goldfish in the bath with me, and those maniacs actually did it.
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I too choose to believe the parents. No soap, reasonable water temperature, quick removal from chlorinated to dechlorinated water. And goldfish are tough.
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I've come to believe the main thing that separates extremists of both the left and right from moderates of each is they believe the world is much less complicated than it is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I've come to believe the main thing that separates extremists of both the left and right from moderates of each is they believe the world is much less complicated than it is.
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“None of us is as dumb as all of us.” Pogo by Walt Kelly
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“None of us is as dumb as all of us.” Pogo by Walt Kelly
I have long believed that surface parking lots should be covered by solar panels. Failing that, they should at least be covered by vine-covered pergolas. But solar panels would be better.
Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities
Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ...
cm.asiae.co.kr
November 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I have long believed that surface parking lots should be covered by solar panels. Failing that, they should at least be covered by vine-covered pergolas. But solar panels would be better.
Sure does seem as if this requirement was put into place to prevent grocery stores from charging MORE to SNAP recipients because the costs were being passed on to the govt.
I wonder if there is a regulation or law that might spell this out in better detail?
I wonder if there is a regulation or law that might spell this out in better detail?
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sure does seem as if this requirement was put into place to prevent grocery stores from charging MORE to SNAP recipients because the costs were being passed on to the govt.
I wonder if there is a regulation or law that might spell this out in better detail?
I wonder if there is a regulation or law that might spell this out in better detail?
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Happy #Halloween! A few years ago, midwives at the Royal Oldham Hospital in Lancashire created "dilation pumpkins" - and I don't think I've ever seen anything scarier in my life.* 😂😩
*Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.
*Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy #Halloween! A few years ago, midwives at the Royal Oldham Hospital in Lancashire created "dilation pumpkins" - and I don't think I've ever seen anything scarier in my life.* 😂😩
*Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.
*Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.