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Lindsay 👩‍🔬🚲
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PhD candidate. Bike nerd. Train enjoyer. Possibly BlueSky's leading expert on outrigger monorails. Nuclear power is pretty cool. Support my research: https://www.patreon.com/m/BroadwellElectrics - https://paypal.me/luusb

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blessed be the henry
supposed to be doing PhD work today (hard part's done, just need to do the writeup) but instead I've been distracted by Stirling engine microgenerators
February 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
simultaneously very glad I have a tape drive and also reminding myself that it the endless whirring is definitely going to invade my dreams.

anyway it works and it works well actually (including hardware encryption) so now to write an ethics proposal for the university about my data storage wheeee
February 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
the more I think about Pluribus the more I think it could have and should have been a single-season show.
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
actually scratch thay, Talking Heads is good for this because when David comes to the line "my god! what have I done?" that's when your tape drive will get stuck in a rewind loop
February 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Unclear if the politician here is lying, or simply west wing brained so they think our Supreme Court is the same as the American one? Because the UK government can, in fact, simply change the law on which a judgement rests. It absolutely can do that.
Angeliki Stogia (Labour). Angeliki broadly performed well, but she felt very hemmed in by her government's record. When questioned about trans rights, for instance, she stated that the Labour Party would always stand against transphobia and that they couldn't just change the supreme court decision
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 AM
my main question about installing Ring cameras in your house is why the fuck would you install Ring cameras in your house
February 13, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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They've been garbage forever! This is from six years ago! www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
February 13, 2026 at 6:46 AM
having an LTO drive on your desk is like having a small angry data demon growling at you
February 13, 2026 at 1:19 AM
was expecting the hardware compression that LTO drives do to be kinda bullshit but it's actually decent. 700GB of SSD compressed down to about 500GB. not bad!
February 12, 2026 at 11:58 PM
lukhash continues to make the best music to put on while doing nerdy technology shit

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqRS...
LukHash - Keygen // (Chiptune / Chipmusic / 8-bit / Cracktro)
YouTube video by LukHash
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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💾 Configuring the new #HypernodeBBS is my happy place right now, its like interactive #TextMode art. I really love using #MysticBBS software its so simple. I stopped for a moment and really appreciated the #CP437 aesthetic I had to take a screen shot.

🔜 Hypernode BBS relaunch Spring 2026!
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Time Magazine simply *does not know what innovation is*. The person who invented the spreadsheet, who invented the protocol that underpins the Internet, who pioneered DJ culture — all are living Americans. More importantly, the "lone genius" is a toxic lie... www.forbes.com/sites/alexkn...
Forbes 250: America’s Greatest Innovators
The Forbes Innovator 250: America's Greatest Innovators showcases the visionaries shaping our future. Find the full list of great minds and the mark they are leaving on our history.
www.forbes.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Prison-approved PS2
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
IT LIVES
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!

The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social

Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social

We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
last week I had zero LTO tape drives

this week I have two LTO tape drives

such is life
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Doesn’t matter how many billions of theoretical student debt money we’ve got in a spreadsheet ratcheted up by interest. That money never existed. Forgiving that debt doesn’t actually cost us, and the loss of potential income assumes people could ever actually pay it back in a cost of living crisis.
Pippa Crerar, "Would you write off university fees?"

Zack Polanksi, "We need to look at abolishing tuition fees and bring back maintenance grants"

"We need a conversation about debt forgiveness"
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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At some point, the fact that *over* 1/3 of gaming workers were laid off last year, and the fact that over half a million tech workers have been laid off over the last 3 years, will have to be reckoned with as a society, instead of being swept under the rug anildash.com/2026/01/06/5...
January 31, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I like an irreverent approach at times but there's a need to know where the line should be drawn.

Being allowed to bring a plush raccoon wearing safety goggles into a dry cask storage area is one thing.

Misusing radiation hazard symbols (especially those for potential orphan sources) is another.
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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Let’s actually nationalise the trains, not just nationalise who gets to paint the logos on the shady offshore Cayman Island owned trains. We already own all the tracks and set the timetables.
GBR is a good move*

Pay as you Go, new online retailer with no booking fees, etc.

* but no mention of what really matters: freeing ourselves from train landlords (ROSCOs) jacking our prices by 25%, or getting HS2 back on track so we can run meaningfully more trains across the exiting network.
Transport sec Heidi Alexander says under public ownership of rail in England, passengers will deal with one unified brand, simplified ticketing through a new GBR online retailer (no booking fees), expanded Pay-As-You-Go coverage, and stronger consumer protections via a new Passenger Watchdog
February 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
genuinely the thing I want to do as a career and was unquestionably good at was science communication for the civil nuclear industry. nothing else has lit a fire in me in anything close to the same way.

but *nobody* pays for it, even though it's an utterly critical function.
February 11, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"climate change is really dangerous we must take action now"

alright then let's do some passive radiative daytime cooling

"no that's unnatural"
February 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Verrassing: een van de 13 katten die binnen is gekomen bij het Dierenopvangcentrum in #Gouda is geen kater of een poes, maar een 'hermafrodiet'(intersekse). Is een uiterst zeldzaam verschijnsel in de kattenwereld! Manu is binnenkort de adopteren 🙀 #katten www.facebook.com/dierenopvang...
February 11, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I love them.
Verrassing: een van de 13 katten die binnen is gekomen bij het Dierenopvangcentrum in #Gouda is geen kater of een poes, maar een 'hermafrodiet'(intersekse). Is een uiterst zeldzaam verschijnsel in de kattenwereld! Manu is binnenkort de adopteren 🙀 #katten www.facebook.com/dierenopvang...
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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goals
"what cloud service do you use"

lol haha I don't
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 AM