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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 9h

Fascists with a budget in the billions vs one dude in an inflatable frog suit.

The happy little dance at the end was *chef's kiss*

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 10h

They're buying ads? WTF for, so they can sieg heil on TV?

I haven't had cable since the 1990s when I discovered the wonderful world of piracy (and later streaming, but now we're back to piracy again). Pihole + ublock origin + self destructing cookies kills the rest of the ads off

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Philipp "Soma" Urlich @somartist.bsky.social · 1d

Just a quick painting before going to sleep. Saw this sunrise the other day.

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 17h

"To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others."

-Jack Kornfield

a very dark red sunset with mountains in the background and bushes in the front. The sun is low behind the mountains. Photo taken with rose colored glasses in front of lens.

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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 17h

Back from Colorado. Loved the fall colours.

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 18h

This is way too close to be coincidence. Wonder how much they paid for that product placement?
#motosky #tronares

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 1d

I wonder if she's really brave, or just doesn't know what "defenestration" means.

Wasn't it rumored that Dump shoved Ivana Trump down the stairs and killed her?

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 1d

Oh thank god now I have an excuse to buy a snowmobile

Scott Sistek @scottseattlewx.bsky.social · 1d

La Nina is officially here! So... what does that mean? My latest blog goes into why skiers and snowboarders should be smiling: emeraldcityweather.com/skiers-and-s...

Skiers and snow-lovers rejoice – La Niña is here! Here’s what it means for the Northwest: - Emerald City Weather Blog

NOAA made it official Thursday: La Niña is here. Skiers and snowboarders probably didn’t even need to hear

emeraldcityweather.com

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 1d

I didn't think there was a peace ignobel either, but there is. My personal favorite is 2020.

Having said that, I hope Trump wins the Ig Nobel Peace Prize when he dies for the act of finally shutting the fuck up.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of Ig Nobel Prize winners - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 1d

#MSH45 | Richard Lasher
You've been at a job long enough to know a decent colleague to chat with.

The more you get to know them, the more they share. What's fact or fiction? You don't know, but you listen.

Then there's one story that's so over the top—a bona fide lie. But then, a photo appears.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 1d

I miss you, alt.sysadmin.recovery

Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 1d

If you're going to jump ship to android devices and use Graphene plus fdroid or whatnot make sure your banking app (if you use one) works on it. Wallet doesn't work either last I heard

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 1d

Why does that guy always look like he has severe coke jaw?

Oh wait...

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 1d

I'm so sorry for your loss

Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 1d

Abandoned FL train "museum" near Jax #photography #coloraday #yellowthu

A train car door, covered in faded yellow paint, surface rust, and bulletholes. A cloudy sky is reflected in the train car's door. Nikon D850 24-70 2.8

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 2d

I've been in tech since the mid 90s, and I've met one person who was into the windows event system.

In that same timespan I've met dozens of people who had a C&B torture fetish

If I had to choose between the two, I'd reach for the meat tenderizer every time

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 2d

I can't even picture him getting hard (bad mental image!) for anything other than thinking of genocide. I can't speak for the ladies out there either, but he doesn't seem very arousing either.

.... so are we sure Elon hasn't been hanging around his wife (plot twist: he has)?

Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 2d

Oh no no, Arch was SO yesterday. The distro hopping hipster drug of eye searing colorized console choice these days is CachyOS

Just like Arch but with more buzzwords and less stability!

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sitting in the auditorium at Seattle University, watching the KOMO-sponsored debate with moderators Joni Balter and Chris Daniels. Loving that the audience seems to be largely students!

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 2d

Can't get publicly humiliated by Putin and that Temu Winnie the Pooh looking bastard if nobody's left to watch the logs, right? #infosec

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 2d

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 3d

Fantail Falls, the 75ft falls where Fantail Creek meets Awarua (the Haast River) just west of Tioripātea (Haast Pass).

South Westland rainforest #GreatNZRoadie #Nikon

A waterfall not named after a birds tail, but simply that the base fans outwards. A waterfall surrounded in native NZ rainforest.

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Lola Jovan @lolajovan.com · 2d

Take a walk through the Mitchell Point tunnel with us!

#tunnels #columbiarivergorge #hike #oregon #love

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 2d

Where the hell is his neck

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Pipa @pipapipia.bsky.social · 2d

I am in a place of high mountains and valleys at 1800m. altitude. Everything is so wonderful.😘💙

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Ex-Parrot⚜️ @broken.com · 2d

It's a free country, and you don't need Jim the Porta Potty Guy's permission to knock them over (door down) once the National Guard person enters.