Mike Markley
@mike.markley.org
Technology professional (email security) & enthusiast (general open source). Voracious reader of science fiction. Dabbler in cooking, music, and woodworking. Insufferable dog dad.
Current status: Five minutes from my new house, outside a brewery, surrounded by trees in 66 degree weather as the sun sets, finishing a flight of lobster rolls and an autumn beer. Unsure how winter's gonna go, but this right now is fucking great
September 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Current status: Five minutes from my new house, outside a brewery, surrounded by trees in 66 degree weather as the sun sets, finishing a flight of lobster rolls and an autumn beer. Unsure how winter's gonna go, but this right now is fucking great
Met some new neighbors outside our new house today
September 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Met some new neighbors outside our new house today
One of the neighborhood roadrunners discovered that we have a backyard turtle, and the cat in turn discovered roadrunners
August 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
One of the neighborhood roadrunners discovered that we have a backyard turtle, and the cat in turn discovered roadrunners
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Whenever these LLM guys say they think AGI/artificial superintelligence is in the works it's like hearing someone say that their next toaster is going to break the land speed record
July 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Whenever these LLM guys say they think AGI/artificial superintelligence is in the works it's like hearing someone say that their next toaster is going to break the land speed record
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If Gen Z really wants to dunk on millennials, they should learn about Foursquare and go around saying stuff like, "I hear you're the mayor of this Panera Bread."
June 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If Gen Z really wants to dunk on millennials, they should learn about Foursquare and go around saying stuff like, "I hear you're the mayor of this Panera Bread."
Thinking of splitting up my politics/current events follows and my friendly follows into two accounts so that I can keep up with the latter without every other post evoking Professor Farnsworth saying, "I don't want to live on this planet anymore." Anyone else found a better approach?
January 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Thinking of splitting up my politics/current events follows and my friendly follows into two accounts so that I can keep up with the latter without every other post evoking Professor Farnsworth saying, "I don't want to live on this planet anymore." Anyone else found a better approach?
Kitten's first Christmas: we didn't put any of our usual ornaments on the tree except the topper. Wife has shared reference photos of where the cheapo shatter-prof balls are, so we can find the hangers and tops when they're separated. We've had to super glue 2 back together so far and rehang 3 more.
December 7, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Kitten's first Christmas: we didn't put any of our usual ornaments on the tree except the topper. Wife has shared reference photos of where the cheapo shatter-prof balls are, so we can find the hangers and tops when they're separated. We've had to super glue 2 back together so far and rehang 3 more.
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Then it hit me: The big success of the US right over the last decade or so, helped by a cadre of centrists, is convincing a lot of people that the Democratic Party is whoever you think is the most radical, most annoying person on the internet. Therefore, voting Republican is a vote against them.
3/x
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November 12, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Then it hit me: The big success of the US right over the last decade or so, helped by a cadre of centrists, is convincing a lot of people that the Democratic Party is whoever you think is the most radical, most annoying person on the internet. Therefore, voting Republican is a vote against them.
3/x
3/x
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Being the author of this lede on a Smashing Pumpkins newswire
November 12, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Being the author of this lede on a Smashing Pumpkins newswire
Unsung benefits of living in the desert: the outdoor lights decorate themselves for Halloween, if you're patient
October 31, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Unsung benefits of living in the desert: the outdoor lights decorate themselves for Halloween, if you're patient
Source: www.reddit.com/r/startrekme...
October 24, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Source: www.reddit.com/r/startrekme...
Maybe I'm out of my mind, but I do think that the Democratic Party should lean hard into the "responsible gun ownership" thing. It's one of many issues they've basically ceded to the GOP, who has then taken it to an absurd extreme.
Gov. Walz: Kamala Harris and I are both gun owners. The Republican nominee can't pass a background check to get a gun
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October 24, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Maybe I'm out of my mind, but I do think that the Democratic Party should lean hard into the "responsible gun ownership" thing. It's one of many issues they've basically ceded to the GOP, who has then taken it to an absurd extreme.
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men have two ways of dealing with something embarrassing that happened years ago:
- only thinking about it at night right before they fall asleep, and reliving the embarrassment as a personal failure (normal, healthy)
- turning into a Weird Online Guy about it (bad, unhealthy)
- only thinking about it at night right before they fall asleep, and reliving the embarrassment as a personal failure (normal, healthy)
- turning into a Weird Online Guy about it (bad, unhealthy)
October 16, 2024 at 6:20 PM
men have two ways of dealing with something embarrassing that happened years ago:
- only thinking about it at night right before they fall asleep, and reliving the embarrassment as a personal failure (normal, healthy)
- turning into a Weird Online Guy about it (bad, unhealthy)
- only thinking about it at night right before they fall asleep, and reliving the embarrassment as a personal failure (normal, healthy)
- turning into a Weird Online Guy about it (bad, unhealthy)
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It’s sad that we’ve never had a Joker film that’s accurate to his portrayal in the original source material: a man who gets away after the Batmobile loses a wheel
October 6, 2024 at 10:26 PM
It’s sad that we’ve never had a Joker film that’s accurate to his portrayal in the original source material: a man who gets away after the Batmobile loses a wheel
It appears that my high school's most famous alum is still Jack Handey (as in SNL's "Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey").
who wants to play the “most famous person from your high school” game? bc mine is vanna white.
Saw an ad for Wheel of Fortune hosted by Ryan Seacrest and was almost like “not my Sajak” but then was like who gives a shit. Honestly a clever chimp could host that show
September 10, 2024 at 3:27 AM
It appears that my high school's most famous alum is still Jack Handey (as in SNL's "Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey").
Thursday morning our 15-year-old dachshund decided that pulling a Cherry MX White off a keyboard switch sampler and eating it was a good way to get our attention. While she was in overnight recovery last night from stomach surgery, ...
September 8, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Thursday morning our 15-year-old dachshund decided that pulling a Cherry MX White off a keyboard switch sampler and eating it was a good way to get our attention. While she was in overnight recovery last night from stomach surgery, ...
Today in the Star Trek universe, the people of San Francisco's Sanctuary District A--a walled-off slum built to house the unhoused and chronically unemployed--rise up to demand that a better solution.
The author of that story has some thoughts on how to mark the day:
www.tumblr.com/writergeekrh...
The author of that story has some thoughts on how to mark the day:
www.tumblr.com/writergeekrh...
THE BELL RIOTS
This is just to say the Bell Riots don't take place on August 30th. That's the day Sisko, Dax, and Bashir will have been being arrived* in San Francisco. The Riots will be September 1-3, 2024.
That…
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September 1, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Today in the Star Trek universe, the people of San Francisco's Sanctuary District A--a walled-off slum built to house the unhoused and chronically unemployed--rise up to demand that a better solution.
The author of that story has some thoughts on how to mark the day:
www.tumblr.com/writergeekrh...
The author of that story has some thoughts on how to mark the day:
www.tumblr.com/writergeekrh...
My COVID luck (and paranoia) finally ran out. Woke up this morning with a fever of 103. Hopefully my scumbag immune system will listen to all the instructions I've been giving it at needlepoint and do what it's supposed to!
youtu.be/e1Q6NQniBVk?...
youtu.be/e1Q6NQniBVk?...
Carl - Ya Hot Blooded
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July 8, 2024 at 5:11 PM
My COVID luck (and paranoia) finally ran out. Woke up this morning with a fever of 103. Hopefully my scumbag immune system will listen to all the instructions I've been giving it at needlepoint and do what it's supposed to!
youtu.be/e1Q6NQniBVk?...
youtu.be/e1Q6NQniBVk?...
@bencollins.bsky.social I assume that "Tim Onion" is the name Timothy Herman Zwiebel IV was given by his frat brothers?
May 10, 2024 at 12:08 AM
@bencollins.bsky.social I assume that "Tim Onion" is the name Timothy Herman Zwiebel IV was given by his frat brothers?
What tech knowledge do you wish was taught in primary school? My biggest one is how domains work. In 2024, everyone should understand the differences between my.bank.example, my-bank.example, and my.bank.otherdomain.example
April 15, 2024 at 3:37 PM
What tech knowledge do you wish was taught in primary school? My biggest one is how domains work. In 2024, everyone should understand the differences between my.bank.example, my-bank.example, and my.bank.otherdomain.example
How it's going on Twitter (I'm not sure I'll ever call it X): my no-posts, no-replies, no-bio, no-profile-pic account that I keep to follow public figures and local government agencies suddenly started getting followed by tons of obvious catfishing/scam accounts
February 1, 2024 at 11:46 PM
How it's going on Twitter (I'm not sure I'll ever call it X): my no-posts, no-replies, no-bio, no-profile-pic account that I keep to follow public figures and local government agencies suddenly started getting followed by tons of obvious catfishing/scam accounts
Absentmindedly said, "I'm not mad, please don't put in the newspaper that I got mad" during a team meeting recently, and I guess it's a bit of a blessing that it went unremarked upon (or at least, better than most likely alternatives)
December 14, 2023 at 10:08 PM
Absentmindedly said, "I'm not mad, please don't put in the newspaper that I got mad" during a team meeting recently, and I guess it's a bit of a blessing that it went unremarked upon (or at least, better than most likely alternatives)
I read this while brushing my teeth this morning and almost choked on toothpaste: "Woims are not backed by and financial institution or government..."
December 7, 2023 at 6:21 PM
I read this while brushing my teeth this morning and almost choked on toothpaste: "Woims are not backed by and financial institution or government..."
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This is the most accurate image AI has ever generated
November 15, 2023 at 10:35 PM
This is the most accurate image AI has ever generated
Shaved my beard off for the first time in 12 years for a Halloween costume that only trick-or-treaters and my wife will see.
My first thought when I finished was, "Why do I look like a middle-aged German now?" Second thought: "Oh."
My first thought when I finished was, "Why do I look like a middle-aged German now?" Second thought: "Oh."
October 31, 2023 at 4:34 AM
Shaved my beard off for the first time in 12 years for a Halloween costume that only trick-or-treaters and my wife will see.
My first thought when I finished was, "Why do I look like a middle-aged German now?" Second thought: "Oh."
My first thought when I finished was, "Why do I look like a middle-aged German now?" Second thought: "Oh."