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Chris Thompson
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Old Nerd.
Betteridge's Law of Headlines remains undefeated.
January 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Big “Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball” energy here
for the potato fears not death
December 31, 2024 at 2:47 PM
This, but I assume they’re judging and pointing even when I’m in the store.
Nothing is more embarrassing to me than showing up at a store just before they open. I just assume they’re inside, pointing at me through the locked door, laughing about how badly I want batteries or socks or whatever.
December 31, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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EVERY CHILD MUST BE MADE AWARE
Here's another festive piece I just finished!
December 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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I’m an optimist
December 17, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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To end the year in suitably ridiculous style, my story on the AI chatbot that parlayed a graphic late '90s internet meme into a $40 million crypto nest egg:

www.wired.com/story/truth-...
The Edgelord AI That Seduced Marc Andreessen, Then Turned a Famed Shock Meme Into Cryptomillions
Truth Terminal started as a techno-modernist art project meant to invite discussion about the applications and potential dangers of autonomous AI agents. Then it took on a life of its own.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Email Subject: "Are you working towards well-being goals?"

Bestie, I am sitting here eating Hershey Kisses for breakfast.
December 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.
December 8, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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Every financial advice article: If you deprive yourself of all joys in life, then you can save up enough money to maintain your joyless lifestyle until you die.
December 8, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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Who knew the REAL East Coast vs West Coast Rap Beef would be between Flavor Flav & Snoop Dogg for the role "America's Sweetheart"
December 2, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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🎶 Sing us a song you’re the piano preset on a Yamaha DX7 man 🎶
December 2, 2024 at 4:56 AM
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People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy.

It’s not rocket science.
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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Most of my murders were largely the result of me wanting an excuse to replace an area rug
November 23, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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Feeling inadequate because everyone on Bluesky appears to be an author or a lawyer or a scientist?

Follow me and feel better about yourself, for I have the intellect of a clever potato.
November 22, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Need to spend some time today figuring out if self hosting the bsky personal data server is required to use a domain as your handle.

I thought it was, but now I'm not sure.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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whatchall know about a churkeychanga
November 21, 2024 at 12:46 AM
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Whoo! #Proxmox 8.3 is out. Lots of great improvements in SDN, etc.

For me a major feature win is the easy import of OVF/OVA files directly through the GUI.

Excited to get this up and running in the #homelab

pve.proxmox.com/wiki...
November 21, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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“Whatever platforms you're on, whatever devices you have, you need to have a sense of what kind of data you're generating and then use the controls available to limit who can see what you're doing…” #swtech #privacy #digitalhealth
Protect yourself and clients from malicious tech!
This is a good starter guide for everyone.

However. Social Workers, Therapists, Healthcare Workers, I need you to educate yourselves on tech, surveillance and documentation before Jan 20th 2025.

Our clients' lives likely depend on it. #SWTech

www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
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November 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
I'm a bit confused as to why my "Discover" feed is 90% things I am already subscribed to.

Not much discovery going on.
November 22, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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A list of bands in order of efficacy:

3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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The real secret to the "Mediterranean diet" is eating equal qualities of pasta and antipasto so that they annihilate one another
November 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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Happy 37th anniversary of the Max Headroom Incident, to those who celebrate.
November 22, 2024 at 8:37 AM
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The trick to garlic bread is to make at least 5 times too much of it then eat it all hunched over in the corner of the basement like a rat
November 16, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Dr. Oz is the Dr Nick of Dr. Phils.
November 19, 2024 at 11:32 PM