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Russell Sprague
@kingfox.bsky.social
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IT professional, gamer, foodie, father, craft beer drinker, and metal head. Principal Technical Account Manager at AWS. Opinions are my own. He/him.

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kingfox.bsky.social
When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life.
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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brucespringsteen.net
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst

Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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cpsc.gov
You ever read a book about watchmaking? It changes you.
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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brucespringsteen.net
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
kingfox.bsky.social
Alive. Not done yet. More details on Facebook. #cancer
Masked kingfox in a hospital.
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
kingfox.bsky.social
@timehop.bsky.social Thank you so much!
Timehop wishing me a happy birthday. And showing my 3537 day streak.
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
kingfox.bsky.social
With how much I need to (carefully, painfully) get up in the middle of the night and stand next to bed, it feels like a really crappy Paranormal Activity sequel. #cancer
a woman stands in front of a bed that says 1:24 am on the bottom
Alt: a woman stands in front of a bed creepily
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM
kingfox.bsky.social
Much like the cantrip Mage Hand, I currently cannot carry more than ten pounds. #cancer
January 10, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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petemrogers.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
kingfox.bsky.social
No more trying to spend the last scraps of money on an old MetroCard before it expired. End of an era.
mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · Dec 31
It's the final day of MetroCard sales—so as we say farewell to an icon, let's take a look at how it all started.

Thank you, MetroCard, for moving New York to the very last swipe.
January 1, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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dasharez0ne.bsky.social
FUCK DA SUN LIGHT - dashare.zone ADMIN
WATCH A MOVIE YOU ALREADY SAW 118 TIME'S , BAKE COOKYS AND EAT THEM BEFORE THEY HAVE A CHACE TO COOL DOWN, SMOKE MORE WEED "LEAN INTO BEING SLEPPY ALL THE TIME" WATCH SOME SHITTY TV SHOW'S FROM YOUR YOUTH "IT LOOKS DIFFRENT NOW" THINK ABOUT IF YOU WERE YOUR CURRENT AGE AT THE TIME OF THE TV SHOW WOULD YOU HAVE WATCHED IT, WHAT IF YOU WERE TODAYS AGE IN 2004 WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFRENT, DIG OUT A COUPLE MUSH ROOMS FROM THE CABINET AND EAT THEM AND WONDER IF THERE STILL GOOD, HAVE A COUPLE MORE COOKYS NOW THAT THERE COOL, TURN OUT ALL DA LIGHTS IN YOUR PLACE AND SNEAK AROUND WITH A FLASH LIGHT "ITS BURGLAR NIGHT" , REMEBER YOU HAVENT CHECKED DA MAIL IN A WHILE AND GO OUT BARE FOOT IN THE DARK TO GET IT, DAMN THE GRASS IS CRUNCHY IS IT USALLY LIKE THIS, GUESS IM USALLY WEARING SHOES, THINK ABOUT ONE OF THOSE HAIR CUT'S WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HIT A STRONG WIND AND IT BLEW ALL THE HAIR BACK TO THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD, ARE THEY REALLY DOING THAT NOW OF DAYS OR ARE BARBER'S FUCKEN WITH US, DONT REMEBER THESE SHOW'S BEING SO COLORFUL AND GOOD LOOKIN , DAMN WAIT I THINK THE SHROOM'S ARE STILL GOOD HELL YEA , AND DA TEXT SAYS "HELL YEA ITS DA SOLSTICE, SLOW DOWN, GET SAD, HELL YEAH" - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
December 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
kingfox.bsky.social
Getting to see a live action Novac was awesome. Looking forward to seeing more of New Vegas in future episodes.

Ice-T's experience with the best #Fallout still cracks me up fifteen years later.
Tweet from Ice-T about Fallout New Vegas being addictive despite flaws.
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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kat.lol
Late entry for best vulnerability name of the year, and I don't see it being beat. Banger job to whoever named this one, I actually guffawed
minimus.io Minimus @minimus.io · Dec 4
⚠️🐛 Heard a lot about Sha1 Hulud 2.0? If you want a clear technical breakdown of how the worm spreads, steals credentials, and replicates across GitHub, check out our latest blog post:
Sha1-Hulud 2.0 - The Second Coming: What You Need To Know - Minimus
What happened and how Sha1-Hulud 2.0 works: a second-gen supply chain worm infecting npm packages, harvesting credentials, and replicating across GitHub.
www.minimus.io
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
kingfox.bsky.social
The annual ritual of sitting on an airplane slowly filling with Amazonians, trying to remember the names of all the people who have chased me or been chased by me regarding issues. #awsreInvent
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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neolithicsheep.bsky.social
This is where @oggie.bsky.social and @kingfox.bsky.social gather in a dark corner of a virtual bar and reminisce about the time a guy unplugged the wrong thing to plug in a vacuum cleaner.
niq.aeli.net niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · Nov 18
every time I see people whining about the internet and single points of failure and “remember when” I laugh and LAUGH. folks. did you know that at one point sufficient rain in northern Virginia could take half the internet down? the infrastructure is way more robust and resilient than it used to be.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
kingfox.bsky.social
I know it was the music service and not the tech, but starting an MRI with playing Hotel California in my ears while I was trapped was hilarious.
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
kingfox.bsky.social
For the first time, and definitely not the last time, my daughter has beaten a Pokémon game before me. With her under leveled party chosen primarily for cuteness and all. Very proud. #PokemonZA
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
kingfox.bsky.social
The last time I visited Lumiose City a dozen years ago, the first thing that came to mind was Paris syndrome. This time around it's the Paris Olympics Assassin's Creed parkour. #Pokémon
October 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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sadvil.bsky.social
A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke
October 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
wake up grandpa. there's no such thing as "blue sky". you've been posting to live journal all along
May 6, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social
At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes
A TNG scene. We're in the Enterprise conference room, where Picard is holding a meeting with Data, Troi, and Dr Crusher. Barclay is also there, for unknown reasons. Maybe he wandered into the meeting and just sat down, and everyone was too polite to mention it. That happened to me once. I was visiting an office location I didn't normally go to and I wasn't quite sure which conference room I was supposed to be in. I walked into one and sat down and it took me five minutes to realize I was in the wrong meeting. From the perspective of the people in that room, halfway through that meeting, a stranger walked in, sat next to the boss, took notes for five minutes, then walked out without saying a word.
December 3, 2024 at 4:58 PM
kingfox.bsky.social
At this point I've played #Hades2 more than twice as much as the original. Highly recommended. Death to Chronos!
September 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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ariellaelm.com
This is the greatest thing I have seen all day and if you’re not seeing it right now that is OK because I will be posting it over and over and over again
darthmarmalade.bsky.social Thomas G. Atkinson @darthmarmalade.bsky.social · Sep 20
Do not punish the behaviour you want to see.
Do not punish the behaviour you want to see I mean, it seems pretty obvious when you put it like that, right? But how many families, when an introvert sibling or child makes an effort to socialize, snarkily say, "So, you've decided to join us"? Or when someone does something they've had trouble doing, say, "Why can't you do that all the time?" (Happened to me, too often.) Or any sentence containing the word "finally". If someone makes a step, a small step, in a direction you want to encourage, encourage it. Don't complain about how it's not enough. Don't bring up previous stuff. Encourage it. Because I swear to fucking god there is nothing more soul-killing, more motivation-crushing, than struggling to succeed and finding out that success and failure are both punished.
September 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
kingfox.bsky.social
The big takeaway from this video is to get some kids, so you can have local players you can hopefully line up schedules with. #dungeonsanddragons
youtube.com/watch?v=zFOi...
D&D Starter Set | The First "Yes" - Heroes of the Borderlands Release Trailer
YouTube video by Dungeons & Dragons
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September 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM