Curtis Maurand
@curtismaurand.bsky.social
Opinions are my own. Old guy from Maine. LGBTQ+ ally. Retired I.T. person. Episcopalian chorister
promised a vote on aca subsidies, but speaker johnson said there will be no vote. Your caving got nothing. As I said in my message the Republicans would only move the goalposts. You got Lucy’d
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
promised a vote on aca subsidies, but speaker johnson said there will be no vote. Your caving got nothing. As I said in my message the Republicans would only move the goalposts. You got Lucy’d
DO NOT CAVE!
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This
Crowds have power.
As we protest this cruel regime, it’s important not to give them any excuse to respond with violence.
They want a police state. 🚔
We’ll model peaceful opposition.📺
Please consider these tips for ensuring calm, peaceful protests.
Stay safe out there.🕊️
As we protest this cruel regime, it’s important not to give them any excuse to respond with violence.
They want a police state. 🚔
We’ll model peaceful opposition.📺
Please consider these tips for ensuring calm, peaceful protests.
Stay safe out there.🕊️
October 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This
I just got a text from Janet Mills’ campaign that she’s running against Susan Collins. I really wish she wouldn’t. We do not need another corporate democrat. I don’t mean to be ageist, but we don’t need another 70+ year old senator, either. It’s time for a new generation of leaders.
October 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I just got a text from Janet Mills’ campaign that she’s running against Susan Collins. I really wish she wouldn’t. We do not need another corporate democrat. I don’t mean to be ageist, but we don’t need another 70+ year old senator, either. It’s time for a new generation of leaders.
@nextcloud.bsky.social Just once, I’d love to see the gui updater actually run.
October 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
@nextcloud.bsky.social Just once, I’d love to see the gui updater actually run.
@microsoft.com I’m reminded of why I don’t run Windows normally by today’s experience of trying to create installation media and a recovery disk on a new pc and a new installation. It has taken all day and none of the operations completed because they took hours. I gave up and installed it 1/
October 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@microsoft.com I’m reminded of why I don’t run Windows normally by today’s experience of trying to create installation media and a recovery disk on a new pc and a new installation. It has taken all day and none of the operations completed because they took hours. I gave up and installed it 1/
Reposted by Curtis Maurand
Susan Collins hasn’t held a town hall since Bill Clinton was president. I’m holding 21 town halls across the state in the next month.
September 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Susan Collins hasn’t held a town hall since Bill Clinton was president. I’m holding 21 town halls across the state in the next month.
What could go wrong? DOD stupidity and @microsoft.com incompetence.
Microsoft has maintained that it disclosed the digital escorting arrangement, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials have expressed outrage over the model, which used China-based engineers to work on sensitive DOD computer systems.
Microsoft Failed to Disclose Key Details About Use of China-Based Engineers in U.S. Defense Work, Record Shows
The tech giant is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of Microsoft's security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no reference to the company's China-based operations.
www.propublica.org
August 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
What could go wrong? DOD stupidity and @microsoft.com incompetence.
A petunia hitched a ride with my rosemary plant.
August 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A petunia hitched a ride with my rosemary plant.
Oh the stupidity of this move by microsoft. @edzitron.com would call whoever made this decision a business idiot. Maybe even a straight up idiot. from @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/micr...
www.propublica.org/article/micr...
Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China
Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the...
www.propublica.org
August 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Oh the stupidity of this move by microsoft. @edzitron.com would call whoever made this decision a business idiot. Maybe even a straight up idiot. from @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/micr...
www.propublica.org/article/micr...
@schumer.senate.gov it’s time to resign from leadership. you should be looking to block all fo Trumps nominees.
August 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
@schumer.senate.gov it’s time to resign from leadership. you should be looking to block all fo Trumps nominees.
This is what authoritarians do.
the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?
If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️
July 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is what authoritarians do.
My office, today.
July 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My office, today.
Nothing worse than a company with poor customer service or who refuses to take feedback. substack.com is one of those companies
#poorcustomerservice #takecriticism
#poorcustomerservice #takecriticism
July 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Nothing worse than a company with poor customer service or who refuses to take feedback. substack.com is one of those companies
#poorcustomerservice #takecriticism
#poorcustomerservice #takecriticism
@nextcloud.com.web.brid.gy I'm seriously annoyed that the updater never works. It's been error after error after error. You folks can do better. first a 503 error after I couldn't login due to some token error. attemp and upgrade 503 error. try from the command line. existing file error "stats" 1/
July 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
@nextcloud.com.web.brid.gy I'm seriously annoyed that the updater never works. It's been error after error after error. You folks can do better. first a 503 error after I couldn't login due to some token error. attemp and upgrade 503 error. try from the command line. existing file error "stats" 1/
What a great day! I spent most of it helping a friend cut up wood for their winter heat supply. Now listening to a thunderstorm outside and the music of the rain falling on the oak leaves outside. mmmm
July 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
What a great day! I spent most of it helping a friend cut up wood for their winter heat supply. Now listening to a thunderstorm outside and the music of the rain falling on the oak leaves outside. mmmm
@actblueorg.bsky.social I run my own mail server for me and other clients. I just spent quite a bit of time retraining the spam filter on your messages which are so numermous and so spammy, that the mostly started landing in my spam bucket. You folks can do better. I would really like 1/2
July 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
@actblueorg.bsky.social I run my own mail server for me and other clients. I just spent quite a bit of time retraining the spam filter on your messages which are so numermous and so spammy, that the mostly started landing in my spam bucket. You folks can do better. I would really like 1/2
If you’re zip-tying the elderly and disabled, You’re not the good guys. This is despicable behavior.
Where the hell do we live?!
Americans in wheelchairs are being ARRESTED at the Capitol—for daring to demand healthcare and fight for Medicaid.
This is what a dying democracy looks like: cruelty for the poor, handcuffs for the disabled. Shame on every damn one of them. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
Americans in wheelchairs are being ARRESTED at the Capitol—for daring to demand healthcare and fight for Medicaid.
This is what a dying democracy looks like: cruelty for the poor, handcuffs for the disabled. Shame on every damn one of them. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If you’re zip-tying the elderly and disabled, You’re not the good guys. This is despicable behavior.
@nextcloud.com.web.brid.gy I’d be really impressed if the online updater ever worked.
June 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
@nextcloud.com.web.brid.gy I’d be really impressed if the online updater ever worked.
A little toasty in Maine.
June 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A little toasty in Maine.
It only took me 2 weeks, but I finally got a nodejs/typescript/react application to run on a Plesk server and one running ispconfig.
I'm patting myself on the back.
I'm patting myself on the back.
June 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It only took me 2 weeks, but I finally got a nodejs/typescript/react application to run on a Plesk server and one running ispconfig.
I'm patting myself on the back.
I'm patting myself on the back.
As soon as I saw, “private equity firm,” I knew why it went bankrupt. I didn’t need to read the whole article.
en.as.com/latest_news/...
en.as.com/latest_news/...
Goodbye to North America’s oldest company: 355-year-old legendary business permanently closes 80 department stores
The company’s name and intellectual properties were sold in bankruptcy to another large retailer that plans on maintaining the brand.
en.as.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
As soon as I saw, “private equity firm,” I knew why it went bankrupt. I didn’t need to read the whole article.
en.as.com/latest_news/...
en.as.com/latest_news/...
My charge for the week.
June 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
My charge for the week.