nate
ntlctx.bsky.social
nate
@ntlctx.bsky.social
Software doofus in Austin, TX
Started explaining the electoral college to my fifth grader today and she is flabbergasted
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I may have turned the kid on to Sonic Youth via "My Friend Goo"
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Really enjoyed seeing _One Battle After Another_ in the theater. The whole audience laughed at the Christmas Adventurers Club secret knock.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I got my booster in September and then got covid in October. Really mild symptoms; I missed one day of work and managed not to give it to my family.
Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Getting old enough to notice and appreciate UIs that don't make me select my birth year using a drop down
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Meanwhile in texas we added a bunch of dumb amendments to the state constitution preventing tax raises on rich people and banning non citizen voting, a thing that is already illegal
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Eric Adams addresses New Yorkers “as your former mayor.” Zohran doesn’t take the oath for two months.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Pleasantly surprised by an online corporate training module that let me navigate through it with tab and space keys without reaching for the mouse
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Whenever the kid hears "let's go blue jays" she sings "ho-mer simp-son"
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's 10:30pm on a Saturday, my family is out of town, and I'm baking while listening to Mos Def and a thunderstorm
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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approximately seven million people were out in the streets protesting last week. these people need to grow a spine. www.ft.com/content/1377...
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Attempting to use "git add -i" after years of relying on Magit and I'm in disbelief that anyone works this way.
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I guess this is why my parents were nervous about driving into Austin from the burbs yesterday.
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I was starting to learn how to use the Helix editor and then someone wiped the system I was using and I lost my config
October 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
[sees Lotus Notes mentioned on the TL]

[brain instantly recalls "D03NM691", the name of my Notes home server at IBM ~2011]
October 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Chigurh: what is the most you ever lost on a coin toss

17 year old mall boba stand cashier: card only
October 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
lol fuck offff
October 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Emacs has once again tricked me into updating packages and now my remote LSP sessions are unrecoverable after any network disruption (e.g. suspending my laptop, which I only do like eighty times a day)
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Ideal keyboard
September 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
All due respect to the fine employees of the USPS, but the fact that the rollover process for retirement accounts frequently involves sending physical checks by mail is more than a little dismaying.
September 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Passed cop parked in protected bike lane even though the whole road is closed to auto traffic, creatures of habit I suppose
September 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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once again remembering hte best linux distribution of all time....... "Simply MEPIS"

Simply.................... MEPIS.
September 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My work cafeteria has a huge TV and usually it's on local news, but today it's General Hospital and I gotta say I approve. I had no idea Stephen A Smith has a recurring role.
September 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
getting my yardwork done before the rain starts followed by breakfast at the Omelettry is peak Sunday morning for me
September 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Finally posted what I've been working on since joining AMD lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20...
September 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM