Mike Lund
@lowbacca.bsky.social
Astro Applications Developer and Acta Prima Aprilia editor
"As a movement, the left has largely refused to engage seriously with the Torment Nexus, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right."
February 18, 2026 at 5:34 AM
"As a movement, the left has largely refused to engage seriously with the Torment Nexus, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right."
I'm not surprised by it, but I am a little disappointed that the Virtual Boy games can't be played in docked mode.
Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics is up on US eShop for Switch Online + Expansion Pack members www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
February 17, 2026 at 6:06 AM
I'm not surprised by it, but I am a little disappointed that the Virtual Boy games can't be played in docked mode.
In the nerdiest day of mail I've had in some time, today I've received both the James Webb bomber jacket that I won at AAS (and they did find one in a size that i can comfortably wear) and the VirtualBoy accessory for the Nintendo switch.
February 17, 2026 at 12:37 AM
In the nerdiest day of mail I've had in some time, today I've received both the James Webb bomber jacket that I won at AAS (and they did find one in a size that i can comfortably wear) and the VirtualBoy accessory for the Nintendo switch.
I've apparently trained my Tubi algorithm to just feed me puppet-based movies. Like, say, a slasher movie where all the characters are puppets but otherwise it plays as a slasher would.
I'm not sure if that's good or bad, I just know that it is.
I'm not sure if that's good or bad, I just know that it is.
February 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
I've apparently trained my Tubi algorithm to just feed me puppet-based movies. Like, say, a slasher movie where all the characters are puppets but otherwise it plays as a slasher would.
I'm not sure if that's good or bad, I just know that it is.
I'm not sure if that's good or bad, I just know that it is.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
I don't know what it is, exactly, but first class upgrades always feel so much nicer when i was already seated somewhere in economy and get brought up to first class before takeoff
February 13, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I don't know what it is, exactly, but first class upgrades always feel so much nicer when i was already seated somewhere in economy and get brought up to first class before takeoff
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Still doing everything I can to push our Cheat Code Compendium pre-order campaign. Been on a bunch of podcasts promoting the book, but still have days open to do more. If you have a podcast & want answers about the book, hit me up. I'll do your show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3oh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3oh...
GameShark Returns: The Complete Cheat Code Compendium - Trailer 2
YouTube video by Defunct Games
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Still doing everything I can to push our Cheat Code Compendium pre-order campaign. Been on a bunch of podcasts promoting the book, but still have days open to do more. If you have a podcast & want answers about the book, hit me up. I'll do your show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3oh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3oh...
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![Comic. [Person with ponytail pointing to diagram on wall as she talks to two other people, one with short hair.] PERSON 1: The high carbon content of the skeleton indicates that the individual lived less than 12.6 billion years ago, after the first round of stellar nucleosynthesis. [caption] Cosmologist carbon dating](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiaaaa2fduedn5fusan4xvikaehxgps2yxdlv7vb3j7ep323zta2u4@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
My big takeaway from this is that kaiju can count as favorite animals now, right?
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 11:22 PM
My big takeaway from this is that kaiju can count as favorite animals now, right?
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![Comic. [Over dark background, a five-pointed pentagram-style star orbits around a white circle with a smaller orbit.] [caption] Space news: Astronomers have found the first known system with a main-sequence star orbited by a five-pointed one.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigbbhzy2dqnafyqqba26sgh7vjzdu2mvsczyiapveerp2eoru6gum@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
So glad I finally took the leap to figure out how to set up a macro to do the first stage of podcast editing. Consistent and automated.
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
So glad I finally took the leap to figure out how to set up a macro to do the first stage of podcast editing. Consistent and automated.
"Oh Salo, this is the best date movie on earth. This is a great date movie. My favorite part of this movie is..."
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
"Oh Salo, this is the best date movie on earth. This is a great date movie. My favorite part of this movie is..."
I'm of the firm view that if a food place has two sizes, neither of them is 'medium'. Those are 'small' and 'large'.
January 31, 2026 at 10:18 AM
I'm of the firm view that if a food place has two sizes, neither of them is 'medium'. Those are 'small' and 'large'.
"it's not like that guy could hear what i said"
"He 1000% could hear you, why do you think he started laughing at us?"
That i easily overheard this exchange on the plane seems a bit fitting.
"He 1000% could hear you, why do you think he started laughing at us?"
That i easily overheard this exchange on the plane seems a bit fitting.
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"it's not like that guy could hear what i said"
"He 1000% could hear you, why do you think he started laughing at us?"
That i easily overheard this exchange on the plane seems a bit fitting.
"He 1000% could hear you, why do you think he started laughing at us?"
That i easily overheard this exchange on the plane seems a bit fitting.
Apparently i can't get back to California easily, either.
There is an irony, perhaps, that American send to want to get rid of interactions with employees, but it's been several of those employees that have made it much easier to get through the problems caused by American's scheduling failures
There is an irony, perhaps, that American send to want to get rid of interactions with employees, but it's been several of those employees that have made it much easier to get through the problems caused by American's scheduling failures
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Apparently i can't get back to California easily, either.
There is an irony, perhaps, that American send to want to get rid of interactions with employees, but it's been several of those employees that have made it much easier to get through the problems caused by American's scheduling failures
There is an irony, perhaps, that American send to want to get rid of interactions with employees, but it's been several of those employees that have made it much easier to get through the problems caused by American's scheduling failures
It's important to take inspiration from elsewhere; after 18 hours of dealing with how badly American Airlines has been at communicating what it thinks its doing my bag, its underscoring how important it is that my code report when it tries to do things but fails, not just reporting what worked
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
It's important to take inspiration from elsewhere; after 18 hours of dealing with how badly American Airlines has been at communicating what it thinks its doing my bag, its underscoring how important it is that my code report when it tries to do things but fails, not just reporting what worked
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Too bad the world record went to TYC 2505-672-1 and not us.... I still remember receiving an email from the Guinness World Records and thinking there was no way it was real. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-record...
Longest stellar eclipse
This record is for the longest stellar eclipse. This record is measured in years and days. This record is for a naturally occuring astronomical event. For the purpose of this record, a stellar eclipse...
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Too bad the world record went to TYC 2505-672-1 and not us.... I still remember receiving an email from the Guinness World Records and thinking there was no way it was real. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-record...
Operation "escape from LA" having some success. Some ten hours after getting to LAX, I've reached Phoenix.
Granted, i think i was supposed to be in DC like 3 hours ago so that's not much progress, but it's something.
Granted, i think i was supposed to be in DC like 3 hours ago so that's not much progress, but it's something.
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Operation "escape from LA" having some success. Some ten hours after getting to LAX, I've reached Phoenix.
Granted, i think i was supposed to be in DC like 3 hours ago so that's not much progress, but it's something.
Granted, i think i was supposed to be in DC like 3 hours ago so that's not much progress, but it's something.
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers
Blondie
Bernadette Peters
Battle Beast
Joan Jett
The Go-Gos
Blondie
Bernadette Peters
Battle Beast
Joan Jett
The Go-Gos
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell
Ani DiFranco
Emile Sandé
Janelle Monae
Suzanne Vega
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell
Ani DiFranco
Emile Sandé
Janelle Monae
Suzanne Vega
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Hole
X
Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings
Red Molly
Indigo Girls
Hole
X
Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings
Red Molly
Indigo Girls
January 24, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers
Blondie
Bernadette Peters
Battle Beast
Joan Jett
The Go-Gos
Blondie
Bernadette Peters
Battle Beast
Joan Jett
The Go-Gos
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This is a canary in the fascist coal mine. It is in fact one of the reasons why I obtained Global Entry, so that I would know when/if it was denied or revoked.
This ICE observer had her TSA-Pre-check revoked.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
"Three days after the interaction, on January 13th, I received an email notice that my Global Entry/TSA-Pre Check privilege for passing through airport security had been revoked."
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
"Three days after the interaction, on January 13th, I received an email notice that my Global Entry/TSA-Pre Check privilege for passing through airport security had been revoked."
January 23, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This is a canary in the fascist coal mine. It is in fact one of the reasons why I obtained Global Entry, so that I would know when/if it was denied or revoked.
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I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
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The book I'm writing with Todd Hays (GameShark) about the history of cheat codes is currently up for pre-order. You can also watch a trailer about it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgU...
The Cheat Code Compendium - Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Defunct Games
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The book I'm writing with Todd Hays (GameShark) about the history of cheat codes is currently up for pre-order. You can also watch a trailer about it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgU...
The sheer audacity that I just saw an ad for Zoom talking about how technology should make things easier when I was 10 minutes late to a zoom meeting today because it had to be reinstalled then I had to google to find instructions to edit a config file to stop it from popping between workspaces
January 21, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The sheer audacity that I just saw an ad for Zoom talking about how technology should make things easier when I was 10 minutes late to a zoom meeting today because it had to be reinstalled then I had to google to find instructions to edit a config file to stop it from popping between workspaces
I'm not a squirrelologist, so i don't know what this means for squirrels but this looks how this month has made me feel as a person
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I'm not a squirrelologist, so i don't know what this means for squirrels but this looks how this month has made me feel as a person