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Oz
@theemeraldwizard.bsky.social
That man behind the curtain - army brat, farm boy, reader, geek, gamer, redneck, storyteller, Hokie, engineer, info. technologist, ally, leader, deist, former civil servant, mentor, father, entrepreneur, et al.

There is no justice. There is just us.
The person who shares a bathroom with you might have an opinion on that...
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I ran the whole thing in the basement around while working today. Might be the first modern political speech I've listened to all of.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Aren't you dating yourself by having an animated crush, however? I feel like that is a late Gen X / early Millenial trend start.
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Now if you want *terror* - "air-gapped Operational Technology network."
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
...you can expand if and only if they ask.
October 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Write to an 8th grade reading level. Bottom line up front. As succinctly as possible give the problem, the impact to the organization, the option(s), and the potential consequences of each option. Everything else is in an appendix they will probably never read, or on extra slides/index cards so...
October 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Amusingly enough, by the way, I felt like I was looking at the ghost of teenage you. Kid could have been your sister/niece/daughter.
September 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I do enjoy the glam rock vibe of the few videos I saw.
September 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
September 15th:
Skull King 👎 - Like wizards but unnecessarily complex
So Clover ❤️ - Collaborative clue-based word guessing game
The Gang 👍 - Texas Hold 'em but you're trying to collaboratively signal/guess so as to order everyone from worst to best hand
Pictomania 👍 - I suck at drawing, but fun!
September 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Also, still trying to wrap my head around how a Gen Alpha teen fully recognizes a typewriter and a rotary phone, but doesn't know what a straight razor or Ouija board are...
September 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We didn't used to have autism! Yeah, you just had a lot more elaborate train sets, civil war dioramas, and ships in a bottle...

The Amish don't have autism! No, they just have a way of life that is perfect for autistic people to blend into...

The only -ocracy we have now is idiocracy...
September 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM