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John
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Things I like: MST3k, Star Wars, Rock Band, Pentax cameras, N and Z scale trains, PC gaming, QotSA, Tusken Raiders, Dems, progressives, equality, spoonerisms, and Oxford commas.

Neurofrustrating | he/him | Bay Area | DFTBA
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A reminder to leave Twitter.

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/goodbye-tw...
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Everyone else has cooler paper money than we do. The US could learn a thing or two.

More importantly, now I know I need to visit Axolotitlán, the museum with the coolest name ever.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
From the No Duh Department: Googling something and reading about it is more educational than asking AI to teach it to you.
Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.
gizmodo.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Of all the stupid shit this administration has done, this is one of them

But it's *exceptionally* stupid when we've had a nurse shortage for so many years.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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If It Doesn't Exist, MAKE IT.

Aka. The motivational bnuy.
#originalart
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I really, *really* want the AI bubble to pop and watch tech bro fortunes disappear into the ether like an LLM hallucination.

The chances of any of them learning a lesson are slim, but it's there and I want it to have the opportunity to make the most of itself.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It's true, it was turned on on all my accounts.

Screw you, Google. This is why I'm moving away from using your products wherever I can.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Terrific
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#QotSA is doing a free livestream on YouTube right now

🤘
Live From Austin City Limits - An ACL Taping with Queens of the Stone Age
YouTube video by Queens Of The Stone Age
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I love this
Made some nesting wooden owls!
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
November 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Currently watching this and feeling Feelings
Come See Me in the Good Light - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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this take is likely gonna move across state lines, if not further. tragic level of theft here. please spread as far and wide as you can. GameCenter is as stand-up an arcade preservation group as they come and deserve comeuppance here.
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.

www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Looking forward to the Watchmuppets movie adaptation
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Ok, reskeeting because this made me lol irl.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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I really recommend clicking through and reading more of the comic.
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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This Saturday (November 15), tune into youtube.com/scishow to hang with some of the SciShow team (+1 person from the Crash Course team) while they ESCAPE THE LAB in a live Learn-a-thon event!
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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We can't wait to dive into P4A!

The Project for Awesome 2026 livestream will be February 13th-15th! #P4A2026
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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True Tales of Dentistry
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM