Jèf Uphoff
@juphoff.bsky.social
Principal Systems Engineer at @ctrliq.bsky.social. Lapsed astro/physics guy.
Ex C’ville & RVA, now Roanoke.
Tours @ AWS, Red Hat, SUSE, rPath, NRAO, Transmeta, kernel.org, among others. Veteran x2. NAPS/USNA/VT/UVa alum. Pilot. Ump.
Crazy cat gentleman.
Ex C’ville & RVA, now Roanoke.
Tours @ AWS, Red Hat, SUSE, rPath, NRAO, Transmeta, kernel.org, among others. Veteran x2. NAPS/USNA/VT/UVa alum. Pilot. Ump.
Crazy cat gentleman.
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This should really be on a T-shirt.
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This should really be on a T-shirt.
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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#MorningVibe
Because nothing says “family gathering” like a tannic red with enough structure to withstand the turkeys and all of their conspiracy theories!
🗣️ iambossiofficial (IG)
Because nothing says “family gathering” like a tannic red with enough structure to withstand the turkeys and all of their conspiracy theories!
🗣️ iambossiofficial (IG)
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#MorningVibe
Because nothing says “family gathering” like a tannic red with enough structure to withstand the turkeys and all of their conspiracy theories!
🗣️ iambossiofficial (IG)
Because nothing says “family gathering” like a tannic red with enough structure to withstand the turkeys and all of their conspiracy theories!
🗣️ iambossiofficial (IG)
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Best Star Wars movies, ranked:
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Star Trek (2009)
4. Aliens
5. The Last Jedi
6. The People vs. George Lucas
7. Dune: Part One (2021)
8. Dune (1984)
9. Flash Gordon (1980)
10. Spaceballs
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Star Trek (2009)
4. Aliens
5. The Last Jedi
6. The People vs. George Lucas
7. Dune: Part One (2021)
8. Dune (1984)
9. Flash Gordon (1980)
10. Spaceballs
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Best Star Wars movies, ranked:
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Star Trek (2009)
4. Aliens
5. The Last Jedi
6. The People vs. George Lucas
7. Dune: Part One (2021)
8. Dune (1984)
9. Flash Gordon (1980)
10. Spaceballs
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Star Trek (2009)
4. Aliens
5. The Last Jedi
6. The People vs. George Lucas
7. Dune: Part One (2021)
8. Dune (1984)
9. Flash Gordon (1980)
10. Spaceballs
As someone raised in a poultry-intensive part of The South™️, I take issue with the salt-pork assumption.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
As someone raised in a poultry-intensive part of The South™️, I take issue with the salt-pork assumption.
Now, just hear me out…
A Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Pt. 2
A Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Pt. 2
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Now, just hear me out…
A Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Pt. 2
A Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Pt. 2
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they gave tucker "fredo insisting he's smart" lighting
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
they gave tucker "fredo insisting he's smart" lighting
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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Who’s a good boy?!!!
(Not the one on the right)
(Not the one on the right)
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Who’s a good boy?!!!
(Not the one on the right)
(Not the one on the right)
I regularly wore a suit to fly for awhile back in the early '10s...when I was with a hedge fund. Same deal.
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I regularly wore a suit to fly for awhile back in the early '10s...when I was with a hedge fund. Same deal.
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
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Most troops at Fort Benning didn’t know their base honored a man who never served in the U.S. Army and vowed he’d rather see “famine and pestilence” than end slavery.
Brigadier Gen. Ty Seidule (Ret.) explains that history, and the resistance he faced at places like Fort Bragg.
Brigadier Gen. Ty Seidule (Ret.) explains that history, and the resistance he faced at places like Fort Bragg.
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Most troops at Fort Benning didn’t know their base honored a man who never served in the U.S. Army and vowed he’d rather see “famine and pestilence” than end slavery.
Brigadier Gen. Ty Seidule (Ret.) explains that history, and the resistance he faced at places like Fort Bragg.
Brigadier Gen. Ty Seidule (Ret.) explains that history, and the resistance he faced at places like Fort Bragg.
This is a pretty cool map! (I live along one of the highest-elevation borders in the east, between Virginia & West Virginia.)
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is a pretty cool map! (I live along one of the highest-elevation borders in the east, between Virginia & West Virginia.)
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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the monday before thanksgiving is the most friday of mondays
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
the monday before thanksgiving is the most friday of mondays
I Work from Home
“911—what’s your emergency?” “Hi, I . . . uh . . . I work from home.”
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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someone must have already done a thread on deregulation and the transformation of air travel, yes?
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
someone must have already done a thread on deregulation and the transformation of air travel, yes?
I flew to a quiet country airport in NC (KZEF, near Elkin) to have lunch with my son yesterday, and it's an amusing spot.
The airport cat, Mike, ran off a large black lab that had arrived with its owner in another plane.
No dogs allowed inside. Mike's rules.
The airport cat, Mike, ran off a large black lab that had arrived with its owner in another plane.
No dogs allowed inside. Mike's rules.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I flew to a quiet country airport in NC (KZEF, near Elkin) to have lunch with my son yesterday, and it's an amusing spot.
The airport cat, Mike, ran off a large black lab that had arrived with its owner in another plane.
No dogs allowed inside. Mike's rules.
The airport cat, Mike, ran off a large black lab that had arrived with its owner in another plane.
No dogs allowed inside. Mike's rules.
Spotlight on "this deep blue dot in the red sea of western Virginia" that I call home.
Beth Macy wrote the definitive account of the opioid epidemic, and she is everything JD Vance pretends to be.
She's also one of the millions of Americans stepping up to do more than she expected, because democracy is on the line.
Now she's running for Congress.
She's also one of the millions of Americans stepping up to do more than she expected, because democracy is on the line.
Now she's running for Congress.
Andrea visited Roanoke for the fourth time this year to find countless people standing up against Trump to protect one another in ways they’d never imagined—including her friend Beth Macy, whose party...
TikTok video by degenerateartnews
www.tiktok.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Spotlight on "this deep blue dot in the red sea of western Virginia" that I call home.
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Francis was more Mike Shinoda whereas Leo is more Chester
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Francis was more Mike Shinoda whereas Leo is more Chester
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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I’m reading a book on money, so don’t give me that do goody good bullshit.
I'm reading a book on the end of the world as we know it,
and I feel fine
and I feel fine
I'm reading a book on automated vehicles. it's driving me crazy
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I’m reading a book on money, so don’t give me that do goody good bullshit.
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