Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
@vees.epistolary.org.ap.brid.gy
Coder, pest of local gov'ts, mason & tech nerd. Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. I love flashlights, social justice, mechanical keyboards […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://epistolary.org/@vees, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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The Epistolary instance is retiring in 90 days
Thanks to everyone who joined and helped test out this little corner of the Fediverse.
I still believe in the idea that social media works best as many small connected spaces, not one big platform but unfortunately my costs have climbed over […]
Thanks to everyone who joined and helped test out this little corner of the Fediverse.
I still believe in the idea that social media works best as many small connected spaces, not one big platform but unfortunately my costs have climbed over […]
Original post on epistolary.org
epistolary.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Epistolary instance is retiring in 90 days
Thanks to everyone who joined and helped test out this little corner of the Fediverse.
I still believe in the idea that social media works best as many small connected spaces, not one big platform but unfortunately my costs have climbed over […]
Thanks to everyone who joined and helped test out this little corner of the Fediverse.
I still believe in the idea that social media works best as many small connected spaces, not one big platform but unfortunately my costs have climbed over […]
Reposted by Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
Transgender youth health care would be nearly banned everywhere under new rules
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5588655/transgender-trump-medicare-medicaid-gender-affirming-care
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5588655/transgender-trump-medicare-medicaid-gender-affirming-care
October 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Transgender youth health care would be nearly banned everywhere under new rules
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5588655/transgender-trump-medicare-medicaid-gender-affirming-care
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5588655/transgender-trump-medicare-medicaid-gender-affirming-care
To my #pennsylvania friends who may need assistance with food, housing, utilities, transportation and more https://panavigate.org/
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
To my #pennsylvania friends who may need assistance with food, housing, utilities, transportation and more https://panavigate.org/
My favorite e-newsletter I never signed up for but continue to but stay on for the lols wants all their American Patriot subscribers to know why their dicks don't get hard anymore.
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My favorite e-newsletter I never signed up for but continue to but stay on for the lols wants all their American Patriot subscribers to know why their dicks don't get hard anymore.
Reposted by Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
Hi Fediverse,
I figured I'd try #getfedihired since I like the tech ethos here so much more than LI.
I'm a senior QA Engineer/SDET with 10+ years experience. I've built automation solutions in Cypress, Selenium, JMeter, Postman, Grafana K6 and more.
I'm looking for a remote position or […]
I figured I'd try #getfedihired since I like the tech ethos here so much more than LI.
I'm a senior QA Engineer/SDET with 10+ years experience. I've built automation solutions in Cypress, Selenium, JMeter, Postman, Grafana K6 and more.
I'm looking for a remote position or […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
October 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Hi Fediverse,
I figured I'd try #getfedihired since I like the tech ethos here so much more than LI.
I'm a senior QA Engineer/SDET with 10+ years experience. I've built automation solutions in Cypress, Selenium, JMeter, Postman, Grafana K6 and more.
I'm looking for a remote position or […]
I figured I'd try #getfedihired since I like the tech ethos here so much more than LI.
I'm a senior QA Engineer/SDET with 10+ years experience. I've built automation solutions in Cypress, Selenium, JMeter, Postman, Grafana K6 and more.
I'm looking for a remote position or […]
Reposted by Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
I have a custom license plate that starts with the letter K. I've had it for 26 years across three different states.
Pennsylvania starting issuing *sequential* passenger number plates with 'G', 'H', ‘J’, ‘K’ first so now they are the oldest on the road and when they are transferred between […]
Pennsylvania starting issuing *sequential* passenger number plates with 'G', 'H', ‘J’, ‘K’ first so now they are the oldest on the road and when they are transferred between […]
Original post on epistolary.org
epistolary.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I have a custom license plate that starts with the letter K. I've had it for 26 years across three different states.
Pennsylvania starting issuing *sequential* passenger number plates with 'G', 'H', ‘J’, ‘K’ first so now they are the oldest on the road and when they are transferred between […]
Pennsylvania starting issuing *sequential* passenger number plates with 'G', 'H', ‘J’, ‘K’ first so now they are the oldest on the road and when they are transferred between […]
I have a custom license plate that starts with the letter K. I've had it for 26 years across three different states.
Pennsylvania starting issuing *sequential* passenger number plates with 'G', 'H', ‘J’, ‘K’ first so now they are the oldest on the road and when they are transferred between […]
Pennsylvania starting issuing *sequential* passenger number plates with 'G', 'H', ‘J’, ‘K’ first so now they are the oldest on the road and when they are transferred between […]
Original post on epistolary.org
epistolary.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I have a custom license plate that starts with the letter K. I've had it for 26 years across three different states.
Pennsylvania starting issuing *sequential* passenger number plates with 'G', 'H', ‘J’, ‘K’ first so now they are the oldest on the road and when they are transferred between […]
Pennsylvania starting issuing *sequential* passenger number plates with 'G', 'H', ‘J’, ‘K’ first so now they are the oldest on the road and when they are transferred between […]
50° and clear as the local #souderton district middle schools go head to head. My daughter is on the sports journalism club so she’s out here with a camera and a notepad getting content. Son with me in the stands is mildly impressed but cold. I’m having flashbacks to 1995.
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
50° and clear as the local #souderton district middle schools go head to head. My daughter is on the sports journalism club so she’s out here with a camera and a notepad getting content. Son with me in the stands is mildly impressed but cold. I’m having flashbacks to 1995.
Fellow neurodivergents, I have had to make a lot of phone calls to businesses over the last few weeks that is not normal practice for me, and the simple trick of having a notepad where you write down the person's name on a page as soon as they answer the phone and tell it to you has been *life […]
Original post on epistolary.org
epistolary.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Fellow neurodivergents, I have had to make a lot of phone calls to businesses over the last few weeks that is not normal practice for me, and the simple trick of having a notepad where you write down the person's name on a page as soon as they answer the phone and tell it to you has been *life […]
Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan finds *yet. another* $125,000 in government waste in September, four years after now former Councilwoman Cathy Bevins complains about the cost of Madigan's staff and "improper" double sided business cards […]
Original post on epistolary.org
epistolary.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan finds *yet. another* $125,000 in government waste in September, four years after now former Councilwoman Cathy Bevins complains about the cost of Madigan's staff and "improper" double sided business cards […]
The statue of a problematic Freemason is back up in Judiciary Square and I would rather that it was not.
October 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The statue of a problematic Freemason is back up in Judiciary Square and I would rather that it was not.
Reposted by Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
#indiana #republican Gov #mikebraun called Monday for state lawmakers to return to Indianapolis for an emergency session to redraw the state’s congressional map.
#trump has pressured Republican governors nationwide to draw new maps so the #gop can keep control of the #house in the #midterms […]
#trump has pressured Republican governors nationwide to draw new maps so the #gop can keep control of the #house in the #midterms […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
October 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#indiana #republican Gov #mikebraun called Monday for state lawmakers to return to Indianapolis for an emergency session to redraw the state’s congressional map.
#trump has pressured Republican governors nationwide to draw new maps so the #gop can keep control of the #house in the #midterms […]
#trump has pressured Republican governors nationwide to draw new maps so the #gop can keep control of the #house in the #midterms […]
Reposted by Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
Apparently the Nazis are actually trying to get into the *real* bars now.
NBC News: Man in Nazi uniform assaulted Georgia student after he was denied entry to bar, officials say (10/26/25) […]
NBC News: Man in Nazi uniform assaulted Georgia student after he was denied entry to bar, officials say (10/26/25) […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Apparently the Nazis are actually trying to get into the *real* bars now.
NBC News: Man in Nazi uniform assaulted Georgia student after he was denied entry to bar, officials say (10/26/25) […]
NBC News: Man in Nazi uniform assaulted Georgia student after he was denied entry to bar, officials say (10/26/25) […]
SeeGov: Highlights of #souderton Area School Board on October 23, 2025
The board brought a proposal to eliminate the per capita tax and approved parameters for a 2026 bond issue increased to $55 million, with an update on Oak Ridge Elementary's HVAC promised at the next operations meeting […]
The board brought a proposal to eliminate the per capita tax and approved parameters for a 2026 bond issue increased to $55 million, with an update on Oak Ridge Elementary's HVAC promised at the next operations meeting […]
Original post on epistolary.org
epistolary.org
October 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
SeeGov: Highlights of #souderton Area School Board on October 23, 2025
The board brought a proposal to eliminate the per capita tax and approved parameters for a 2026 bond issue increased to $55 million, with an update on Oak Ridge Elementary's HVAC promised at the next operations meeting […]
The board brought a proposal to eliminate the per capita tax and approved parameters for a 2026 bond issue increased to $55 million, with an update on Oak Ridge Elementary's HVAC promised at the next operations meeting […]
When you check-in Github Action configs with emoji bullet points in the "Deployment Summary" section, don't try to tell me you wrote that shit on your own.
Nobody with actual devops chops writes a deployment summary because lack of uncaught error should already tell you everything you need to […]
Nobody with actual devops chops writes a deployment summary because lack of uncaught error should already tell you everything you need to […]
Original post on epistolary.org
epistolary.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When you check-in Github Action configs with emoji bullet points in the "Deployment Summary" section, don't try to tell me you wrote that shit on your own.
Nobody with actual devops chops writes a deployment summary because lack of uncaught error should already tell you everything you need to […]
Nobody with actual devops chops writes a deployment summary because lack of uncaught error should already tell you everything you need to […]
"Are you better off than you were ten months ago?"
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Are you better off than you were ten months ago?"
Reposted by Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
The incredible tragedy for #ArcticScience of NOAA shutting down their #methane monitoring data. 5th May 2025 is the last data we'll ever get.
#nckf25
#nckf25
October 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The incredible tragedy for #ArcticScience of NOAA shutting down their #methane monitoring data. 5th May 2025 is the last data we'll ever get.
#nckf25
#nckf25
Happy 26th birthday to epistolary.org, first registered in a dorm room in Catonsville, Maryland in 1999 and attached to the bind server of a friend who had a pair of static IPv4 addresses from his employer in colo.
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy 26th birthday to epistolary.org, first registered in a dorm room in Catonsville, Maryland in 1999 and attached to the bind server of a friend who had a pair of static IPv4 addresses from his employer in colo.
Maryland, it’s time to restrict Andy Harris into the Atlantic Ocean.
October 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Maryland, it’s time to restrict Andy Harris into the Atlantic Ocean.
Got up with my son at 2:30am to lie on a sleeping bag on the back porch and watch for #orionids and after more than half an hour and crystal clear dark skies we had not seen a single one.
October 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Got up with my son at 2:30am to lie on a sleeping bag on the back porch and watch for #orionids and after more than half an hour and crystal clear dark skies we had not seen a single one.
Reposted by Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
We have the usual cycle of Rs destroying the economy, and Ds repairing it.. but this time, the Rs literally destroy the white house, and the next president (assuming we still have functioning elections) would be tasked with literally rebuilding it. And then after a decade, the whole thing would […]
Original post on social.ridetrans.it
social.ridetrans.it
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We have the usual cycle of Rs destroying the economy, and Ds repairing it.. but this time, the Rs literally destroy the white house, and the next president (assuming we still have functioning elections) would be tasked with literally rebuilding it. And then after a decade, the whole thing would […]
Reposted by Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
I hope people realize this is a DIFFERENT leaked group chat with Republican leaders — not “young Republicans” — with many many serious racist slurs made by Trump’s nominee for the Office Of Special Counsel
#paulingrassia #trump #law #maga #gop #republicans #nazis #antisemitism #racism […]
#paulingrassia #trump #law #maga #gop #republicans #nazis #antisemitism #racism […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
October 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I hope people realize this is a DIFFERENT leaked group chat with Republican leaders — not “young Republicans” — with many many serious racist slurs made by Trump’s nominee for the Office Of Special Counsel
#paulingrassia #trump #law #maga #gop #republicans #nazis #antisemitism #racism […]
#paulingrassia #trump #law #maga #gop #republicans #nazis #antisemitism #racism […]
Cloudflare kicked my report back for a SSA_Secure_Access_v1.7.exe file on ledcim dot es being advertised with phishing emails because "Cloudflare is not the hosting provider of the reported content." So good luck to every credulous U.S. senior with an email address and Windows machine I guess.
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Cloudflare kicked my report back for a SSA_Secure_Access_v1.7.exe file on ledcim dot es being advertised with phishing emails because "Cloudflare is not the hosting provider of the reported content." So good luck to every credulous U.S. senior with an email address and Windows machine I guess.
Reposted by Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:
POLITICO interviewed 2 people in the chat & granted them anonymity after they expressed concerns about personal & professional repercussions. One retained the messages & showed the text chain in its entirety to POLITICO, which independently verified that the number listed on the chain belongs to […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
October 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
POLITICO interviewed 2 people in the chat & granted them anonymity after they expressed concerns about personal & professional repercussions. One retained the messages & showed the text chain in its entirety to POLITICO, which independently verified that the number listed on the chain belongs to […]