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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 15h

How many nations are trying to get drones with various payloads in via gaping holes ...

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 15h

dym ".ty"

sorry, I'll go

earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 17h

WWJD = What Would Journalists Do

earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 18h

I think about the word "credulous" too often.

"NSO permanently barred from targeting WhatsApp users with Pegasus spyware "

earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 18h

FYI, everything I've ever posted is off the record.

earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 18h

The whole thing about heists in fiction is it's a way to engage the slightly-civilized hunter/gatherer evolved brain without invoking murder.

The actual irl heist-to-murder ratio might be different from the fiction you see? Stories might affect your mental activities?

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 18h

"You never truly know someone until you fight them."

Fighting unicode in a "text" file. Again.

Going for a beer with unicode later, then we'll watch the game (on twitch).

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 22h

There are several bills to cut off Congress's pay checks during government shutdowns

Now there's a bill to halt White House ballroom renovations during the shutdown:

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

www.congress.gov

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 18h

Another problem with standing desks is one more Long Term Minor Stress about how long another electric machine will last; what state will it be in when it stops; whether any repair is possible. But I am free, floating like a bird, flying on the wind (from the fan at the back of my desk).

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 18h

"every problem is an opportunity for a solution"

-> short circuit ->

"every solution is a problem"

(not saying it's a bad thing)

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 18h

oh no not again 🪴

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 18h

"In 2030 a true crime about the mysterious unsolved murder whose apparent motive is the selections of a secret and select book club that may be a cover for a sect"

automatic read

andrea @ironiacosmica.bsky.social · 20h

En 2030 un true crime sobre el misterioso asesinato sin resolver cuyo motivo aparente son las selecciones de un secreto y selecto club de lectura que puede que sea una tapadera para una secta

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 18h

imo the first problem was anything existing ... very few problems follow if not that

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 20h

AWS: "It's not rocket science" until Rapid Unscheduled DNSassembly

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 1d

Finally! I came on here to find the aws jokestream, and people are posting about dogs and cats and presidents.

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 1d

That's good news! 🎉

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earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 1d

Favorite classical vocal track got a remix

Clayton Cubitt @claytoncubitt.bsky.social · 1d

I've watched this 12,000 times. These are the new lyrics as far as I'm concerned

earth pod @earthpod.bsky.social · 1d

It's familiar somehow - there's a fog in my mind, I can't see it - no wait I have seen this somewhere

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

the PRC's perennial problem is that a big corruption crackdown does nothing to alter the dynamics (opaqueness, hierarchy, lack of any outside audit) that creates corruption in the party or the PLA to begin with, so we see this endless cycle.