John Blair
@jdblair.org
American living in the Netherlands. I lead the Netflix Partner Engineering team in Amsterdam. My tech posts are mostly in the fediverse as @[email protected]. he/him
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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Again, this take is why Trump is president today. 🤷🏿♂️
1. The year in which cops killed the most people? During Biden years.
2. Mass incarceration (ramped up under Reagan using Biden policies) was finally turning around and decreasing under Bush, Obama, and Trump. Under Biden, it increased again.
1. The year in which cops killed the most people? During Biden years.
2. Mass incarceration (ramped up under Reagan using Biden policies) was finally turning around and decreasing under Bush, Obama, and Trump. Under Biden, it increased again.
The Biden years were really good years; outside being very personally unlucky, if you couldn't make it use of that labor market, and those conditions, then that's kind of a fucking you problem.
December 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Again, this take is why Trump is president today. 🤷🏿♂️
1. The year in which cops killed the most people? During Biden years.
2. Mass incarceration (ramped up under Reagan using Biden policies) was finally turning around and decreasing under Bush, Obama, and Trump. Under Biden, it increased again.
1. The year in which cops killed the most people? During Biden years.
2. Mass incarceration (ramped up under Reagan using Biden policies) was finally turning around and decreasing under Bush, Obama, and Trump. Under Biden, it increased again.
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Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
December 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
up early b/c of jet lag, fixing a bug in ubuntu-dock, as one does.
i tracked this down in record time thanks to claude-code
github.com/micheleg/das...
i tracked this down in record time thanks to claude-code
github.com/micheleg/das...
Fix crash when accessing disposed GProxyVolume on CD eject by jdblair · Pull Request #2477 · micheleg/dash-to-dock
Summary
GNOME Shell crashes with heap corruption (SIGABRT) when ejecting CDs. The MountableVolumeAppInfo class in locations.js accesses disposed GProxyVolume objects after gvfs has freed them.
Root...
github.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
up early b/c of jet lag, fixing a bug in ubuntu-dock, as one does.
i tracked this down in record time thanks to claude-code
github.com/micheleg/das...
i tracked this down in record time thanks to claude-code
github.com/micheleg/das...
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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"One thing that presidential countries have done to give impeachment teeth is to make the removal trial a secret ballot. South Korea does this, and that is why they were successful in removing their president after he attempted to impose martial law on the country on a thin pretense."
Impeach and Remove the Bastards
A scenario for 2027.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"One thing that presidential countries have done to give impeachment teeth is to make the removal trial a secret ballot. South Korea does this, and that is why they were successful in removing their president after he attempted to impose martial law on the country on a thin pretense."
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Every Midwesterner knows that you cook the green beans in cream-of-mushroom soup, not chicken soup.
I found out last year that Americans cook green beans in canned chicken soup and not as like a poverty meal, they do this for their big celebration dinners
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Every Midwesterner knows that you cook the green beans in cream-of-mushroom soup, not chicken soup.
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Don't be fooled into unnecessary cooperation with the oppression of your own community. Be vigilant and offer as little as possible within the law whenever you encounter a @wfmu.bsky.social DJ.
(from @jimthepoet.bsky.social)
(from @jimthepoet.bsky.social)
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Don't be fooled into unnecessary cooperation with the oppression of your own community. Be vigilant and offer as little as possible within the law whenever you encounter a @wfmu.bsky.social DJ.
(from @jimthepoet.bsky.social)
(from @jimthepoet.bsky.social)
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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hey wanna see something kinda interesting? this was the entire fix to the iPhone Antennagate in 2010. 20 bytes.
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
hey wanna see something kinda interesting? this was the entire fix to the iPhone Antennagate in 2010. 20 bytes.
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Now this is Content
September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now this is Content
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Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
September 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
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This sounds an awful lot like a gish gallop. I don't know what point Ben Shapiro is making here. It sure sounds like he's saying racist whites got irrationally mad about a black President telling them what to do and abandoned liberal democracy.
Which is exactly what happened.
Which is exactly what happened.
September 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This sounds an awful lot like a gish gallop. I don't know what point Ben Shapiro is making here. It sure sounds like he's saying racist whites got irrationally mad about a black President telling them what to do and abandoned liberal democracy.
Which is exactly what happened.
Which is exactly what happened.
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it should be at least 400 times harder to get a driver's license
September 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
it should be at least 400 times harder to get a driver's license
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GOD: *creating the earth
ANGEL: I'm really excited to see how this evolves
GOD: We NEVER use that word here
ANGEL: I'm really excited to see how this evolves
GOD: We NEVER use that word here
August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
GOD: *creating the earth
ANGEL: I'm really excited to see how this evolves
GOD: We NEVER use that word here
ANGEL: I'm really excited to see how this evolves
GOD: We NEVER use that word here
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imo trump should just wear a single glove, like michael jackson
August 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
imo trump should just wear a single glove, like michael jackson
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Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.
August 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.
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He shut off the protection grid.
August 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
He shut off the protection grid.
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For the love of God, the proper English pluralization is Powers Point.
August 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For the love of God, the proper English pluralization is Powers Point.