E-Something
@nullinterface.bsky.social
♂. tech monkey. pet wrangler. occasional maker. recovering makerspace director/officer. gun-owning liberal, I guess. TX resident.
AI/Crypto/MLM/hustle types GTFO
AI/Crypto/MLM/hustle types GTFO
Two-plus weeks of near-continuous overcast skies (a road trip to the midwest last week played a role) have had an unexpectedly bad impact on my mood - maybe there's something to that seasonal affective disorder after all
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Two-plus weeks of near-continuous overcast skies (a road trip to the midwest last week played a role) have had an unexpectedly bad impact on my mood - maybe there's something to that seasonal affective disorder after all
I gather that when Hosni Mubarak was President of Egypt, a common joke was that during some period of unrest an aide would approach him and say the Egyptian people wished him farewell to which he would respond "where are the Egyptian people going?"
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I gather that when Hosni Mubarak was President of Egypt, a common joke was that during some period of unrest an aide would approach him and say the Egyptian people wished him farewell to which he would respond "where are the Egyptian people going?"
A coworker from Oklahoma used to quip "there is no fee to leave Oklahoma and never return". I have determined experimentally that this is not true of Illinois on I-39.
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A coworker from Oklahoma used to quip "there is no fee to leave Oklahoma and never return". I have determined experimentally that this is not true of Illinois on I-39.
Posted this because I experienced this personally, running into this dude every ~12mo, always at a retail job. Suspect he got the cert solely to avoid unloading pallets and would have been filtered out of a markedly better-paying warehouse job on general principles.
When you run into a slacker high school acquaintance years later and the apparent sum total of their achievements is that they operate a forklift (part time) at the garden center making minimum wage plus a buck-fifty and the notion of applying themselves any harder is alien to them
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Posted this because I experienced this personally, running into this dude every ~12mo, always at a retail job. Suspect he got the cert solely to avoid unloading pallets and would have been filtered out of a markedly better-paying warehouse job on general principles.
Don't worry about your health - it's only temporary
No offense, but your life is brief and inconsequential, everyone
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Don't worry about your health - it's only temporary
Looking at real estate in the midwest and the basement bar is a surprisingly standard feature of so, so many homes
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Looking at real estate in the midwest and the basement bar is a surprisingly standard feature of so, so many homes
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“Kennedy seems to be ‘going from evidence-based decision making to decision-based evidence making.’” —Dr. Daniel Jernigan
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines do not cause autism.
CDC website is changed to raise suspicions of a vaccines-autism link
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines do not cause autism.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Kennedy seems to be ‘going from evidence-based decision making to decision-based evidence making.’” —Dr. Daniel Jernigan
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You are likely to be eaten by the MIT license: Microsoft frees Zork source
You are likely to be eaten by the MIT license: Microsoft frees Zork source
Redmond dusts off Infocom's classic text adventures and puts the originals into public hands
Microsoft developer boss Scott Hanselman saved the company's Ignite shindig this week by unveiling the source code for Zork I-III, all available under the MIT license.…
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
You are likely to be eaten by the MIT license: Microsoft frees Zork source
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Peter Thiel is obsessed with the Antichrist — but what does he actually mean when he talks about it?
This week @gilduran.com joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Thiel casts his enemies as the Antichrist to distract from Silicon Valley’s anti-human project.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/303_...
This week @gilduran.com joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Thiel casts his enemies as the Antichrist to distract from Silicon Valley’s anti-human project.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/303_...
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Peter Thiel is obsessed with the Antichrist — but what does he actually mean when he talks about it?
This week @gilduran.com joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Thiel casts his enemies as the Antichrist to distract from Silicon Valley’s anti-human project.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/303_...
This week @gilduran.com joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Thiel casts his enemies as the Antichrist to distract from Silicon Valley’s anti-human project.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/303_...
"Every couple generations we remove a load bearing rule because the problem no longer exists and find out why the rule existed."
Interval seems to be every couple of *years* now, such is the induced amnesia of modern culture
Interval seems to be every couple of *years* now, such is the induced amnesia of modern culture
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Every couple generations we remove a load bearing rule because the problem no longer exists and find out why the rule existed."
Interval seems to be every couple of *years* now, such is the induced amnesia of modern culture
Interval seems to be every couple of *years* now, such is the induced amnesia of modern culture
A slow circling duel
Lizard v Lizard
YouTube video by null interface
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A slow circling duel
When you run into a slacker high school acquaintance years later and the apparent sum total of their achievements is that they operate a forklift (part time) at the garden center making minimum wage plus a buck-fifty and the notion of applying themselves any harder is alien to them
![5-panel comic
1) somewhere deep inside a human body (two round figures are seemingly eating the ground, coming up like a blanket)
2) (a jagged figure appears) "You microplastic punks better back the fuck off - this is lead turf"
3) (a melee ensues between microplastics and lead - the are obvious casualties)
4) [zoom out to the silhouette of a head, with the brain in turmoil]
5) [profile of the head] "I can legally operate a forklift"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fhxw2ozepy7njqwwp55eo6j6/bafkreihu4ke6ftdp6ax2dfrigkue44n3jxqaxa2sizquv4yj7r3s3fnldq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
When you run into a slacker high school acquaintance years later and the apparent sum total of their achievements is that they operate a forklift (part time) at the garden center making minimum wage plus a buck-fifty and the notion of applying themselves any harder is alien to them
The striped transformer cat in its native environment
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The striped transformer cat in its native environment
Ford CEO: We need >5000 mechanics @ 100k/yr
LinkedIn "influencers": [pearl-clutching noises and/or navel-gazing noises]
Literally anyone that's looked into this at all: *What* $100k/yr dealership mechanic jobs that anyone capable bails on as soon as they can?
LinkedIn "influencers": [pearl-clutching noises and/or navel-gazing noises]
Literally anyone that's looked into this at all: *What* $100k/yr dealership mechanic jobs that anyone capable bails on as soon as they can?
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Ford CEO: We need >5000 mechanics @ 100k/yr
LinkedIn "influencers": [pearl-clutching noises and/or navel-gazing noises]
Literally anyone that's looked into this at all: *What* $100k/yr dealership mechanic jobs that anyone capable bails on as soon as they can?
LinkedIn "influencers": [pearl-clutching noises and/or navel-gazing noises]
Literally anyone that's looked into this at all: *What* $100k/yr dealership mechanic jobs that anyone capable bails on as soon as they can?
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quakers be like
would all of God’s children please calm the fuck down
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
quakers be like
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ANOTHER thing i hate about this meme - the hat is horribly wrong. that possum SHOULD be wearing a baseball hat with a SEC football team logo on it that’s got just a little bit of motor oil on the brim.
That possum SHOULD look like it’s been setting up at the Hardee’s all morning
That possum SHOULD look like it’s been setting up at the Hardee’s all morning
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
ANOTHER thing i hate about this meme - the hat is horribly wrong. that possum SHOULD be wearing a baseball hat with a SEC football team logo on it that’s got just a little bit of motor oil on the brim.
That possum SHOULD look like it’s been setting up at the Hardee’s all morning
That possum SHOULD look like it’s been setting up at the Hardee’s all morning
How does one responsibly dispose of Ayn Rand books? Don't like destroying books nor do I hate her to the point I'm compelled to ritually destroy her character, but all the same the writings are an infohazard to some spawning a few Randroids along the way.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How does one responsibly dispose of Ayn Rand books? Don't like destroying books nor do I hate her to the point I'm compelled to ritually destroy her character, but all the same the writings are an infohazard to some spawning a few Randroids along the way.
Swiffer: a series of products whose origins seem to come from a marketing bullshitting session that began with "what if we could just get people to buy shit from us?"
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Swiffer: a series of products whose origins seem to come from a marketing bullshitting session that began with "what if we could just get people to buy shit from us?"
😂
“give me sugar … in water”
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
😂
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Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
1/8
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
1/8
www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
That conclusion...
Why the US Created the Crisis in Venezuela
youtu.be/vWqDSxa5pxk
youtu.be/vWqDSxa5pxk
Why the US Created the Crisis in Venezuela
YouTube video by Ryan McBeth
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
That conclusion...
Go to pharmacy to get Rx for the cat I dropped off yesterday. Tech can't find it under my name. Or the SO's name. In some exasperation I say the cat's name. Tech then - deadpan:
"Ah, MR BIBBERS has his own account in the system."
"Ah, MR BIBBERS has his own account in the system."
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Go to pharmacy to get Rx for the cat I dropped off yesterday. Tech can't find it under my name. Or the SO's name. In some exasperation I say the cat's name. Tech then - deadpan:
"Ah, MR BIBBERS has his own account in the system."
"Ah, MR BIBBERS has his own account in the system."
Liberals seem to reject the reality that you get the electorate of the *now*, not 4 ideal election cycles in the future
think one of the best examples of this was the contrast between jeb(!) and trump. jeb was talking in the language of the right-wing "academic" types while trump was speaking like grandpa on the couch watching fox (which he is). this is where most gop voters *actually* are. not in the weekly standard
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Liberals seem to reject the reality that you get the electorate of the *now*, not 4 ideal election cycles in the future
'Zon algorithmically-generated brand name meets AI hallucination text
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
'Zon algorithmically-generated brand name meets AI hallucination text
Thoughts while shredding mail:
• I should rename to OR CURRENT RESIDENT for the lulz
• Window envelopes ideal for removal of PII-containing contents
• Direct-Mail industry: please only one piece of paper with PII
• I desire a NO F__KS GIVEN shredder that can eat any and all envelopes as-is
• I should rename to OR CURRENT RESIDENT for the lulz
• Window envelopes ideal for removal of PII-containing contents
• Direct-Mail industry: please only one piece of paper with PII
• I desire a NO F__KS GIVEN shredder that can eat any and all envelopes as-is
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Thoughts while shredding mail:
• I should rename to OR CURRENT RESIDENT for the lulz
• Window envelopes ideal for removal of PII-containing contents
• Direct-Mail industry: please only one piece of paper with PII
• I desire a NO F__KS GIVEN shredder that can eat any and all envelopes as-is
• I should rename to OR CURRENT RESIDENT for the lulz
• Window envelopes ideal for removal of PII-containing contents
• Direct-Mail industry: please only one piece of paper with PII
• I desire a NO F__KS GIVEN shredder that can eat any and all envelopes as-is