Mike Jackson
@volkadav.bsky.social
software wrangler, chemist, bricoleur, anarcho-socialist, texpat, husband, father.
anti-bigotry in any form. equal rights for all!
anti-bigotry in any form. equal rights for all!
I was doing german in duolingo and typo'd nussallergie as bussallergie lol 🚍
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I was doing german in duolingo and typo'd nussallergie as bussallergie lol 🚍
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
I love the United States for the set of ideas it represents and the ideals expressed in the founding documents, even as I am unspeakably saddened by its present state. Make no mistake, America is neither blood nor soil but man's imperfect attempt at a more perfect union.
October 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I love the United States for the set of ideas it represents and the ideals expressed in the founding documents, even as I am unspeakably saddened by its present state. Make no mistake, America is neither blood nor soil but man's imperfect attempt at a more perfect union.
When uptime doesn't immediately return, you're entering the Fun* Zone.
(* may not be fun in all jurisdictions)
(* may not be fun in all jurisdictions)
October 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
When uptime doesn't immediately return, you're entering the Fun* Zone.
(* may not be fun in all jurisdictions)
(* may not be fun in all jurisdictions)
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you probably need to be of a certain vintage to understand the absolute hilarity of ken starr being in the epstein files
September 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
you probably need to be of a certain vintage to understand the absolute hilarity of ken starr being in the epstein files
parenting: being able to disambiguate thumps, bangs, crashes, etc. into DEBUG, INFO, WARN, and ERROR by ear
September 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
parenting: being able to disambiguate thumps, bangs, crashes, etc. into DEBUG, INFO, WARN, and ERROR by ear
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What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.
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"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda
How quick we forget.
How quick we forget.
September 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda
How quick we forget.
How quick we forget.
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The thing about living in a human society is you either decide that everyone (except those for whom it would be medically dangerous) has to take VACCINES into their bodies or everyone (with no exceptions at all) has to take VIRULENT PATHOGENS in from those around them and, look, the first is better.
September 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The thing about living in a human society is you either decide that everyone (except those for whom it would be medically dangerous) has to take VACCINES into their bodies or everyone (with no exceptions at all) has to take VIRULENT PATHOGENS in from those around them and, look, the first is better.
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Using Gatorade to water plants because “it has electrolytes” is actually not as dumb as ending childhood vaccine mandates. One is dumb while the other is maliciously stupid, willfully negligent and harms kids.
We are officially dumber than Idiocracy.
#Brawndo
We are officially dumber than Idiocracy.
#Brawndo
September 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Using Gatorade to water plants because “it has electrolytes” is actually not as dumb as ending childhood vaccine mandates. One is dumb while the other is maliciously stupid, willfully negligent and harms kids.
We are officially dumber than Idiocracy.
#Brawndo
We are officially dumber than Idiocracy.
#Brawndo
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The graph shows what happened when the polio vaccine became available. Deaths and illness stopped. People begged to get it when it became available.
Reversing this is what Florida just announced it intends to do.
Reversing this is what Florida just announced it intends to do.
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The graph shows what happened when the polio vaccine became available. Deaths and illness stopped. People begged to get it when it became available.
Reversing this is what Florida just announced it intends to do.
Reversing this is what Florida just announced it intends to do.
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Microsoft Word to begin saving people's documents in the cloud *by default*
Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org
www.theverge.com/news/767522/...
Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org
www.theverge.com/news/767522/...
Microsoft Word now automatically saves new documents to the cloud
Word documents will be automatically saved to OneDrive
www.theverge.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Microsoft Word to begin saving people's documents in the cloud *by default*
Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org
www.theverge.com/news/767522/...
Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org
www.theverge.com/news/767522/...
"That's the thing about Tolkien puns, they can be hobbit-forming."
And somehow she still puts up with me!
And somehow she still puts up with me!
September 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"That's the thing about Tolkien puns, they can be hobbit-forming."
And somehow she still puts up with me!
And somehow she still puts up with me!
I've barely scratched the surface of it, but what I've seen of Talos linux is really cool (talos.dev). More or less the most minimal possible platform for running k8s on, easy to administer (in particular upgrades to both it and k8s are really slick).
Talos Linux
Talos Linux The Kubernetes Operating System What is Talos Linux? Talos Linux is Linux designed for Kubernetes – secure, immutable, and minimal.
talos.dev
September 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I've barely scratched the surface of it, but what I've seen of Talos linux is really cool (talos.dev). More or less the most minimal possible platform for running k8s on, easy to administer (in particular upgrades to both it and k8s are really slick).
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
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In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
August 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
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I'm not going to get excited until they play Swan Lake on the radio
August 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I'm not going to get excited until they play Swan Lake on the radio
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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We're definitely going to need a truth and reconciliation commission with prosecutorial power
July 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We're definitely going to need a truth and reconciliation commission with prosecutorial power
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“Taney is still worse, because he helped usher in the Civil War.”
Jury’s still out on what Roberts is ushering in, folks, but it isn’t going to be good
Jury’s still out on what Roberts is ushering in, folks, but it isn’t going to be good
Anyone still want to argue that John Roberts isn’t the worst Chief Justice in SCOTUS history?
June 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“Taney is still worse, because he helped usher in the Civil War.”
Jury’s still out on what Roberts is ushering in, folks, but it isn’t going to be good
Jury’s still out on what Roberts is ushering in, folks, but it isn’t going to be good
On the off chance you're using Gitea's Debian package repository feature you may've been annoyed this year by debian testing refusing package signatures. If you upgrade to Gitea 1.24.0 and run `gitea admin regenerate keys --config /path/to/app.ini` they should work again.
June 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
On the off chance you're using Gitea's Debian package repository feature you may've been annoyed this year by debian testing refusing package signatures. If you upgrade to Gitea 1.24.0 and run `gitea admin regenerate keys --config /path/to/app.ini` they should work again.
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.