Charles Stearns
@pinballgeek.bsky.social
software engineer/manager • IoT • pinball • boardgames • bourbon • tiki drinks • introvert • PDX • he/him
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the go links and use of “their LDAP” means this was probably created by a googler or xoogler. well done whoever you are!
sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣
![Screenshot of an email:
Subject: [PIPEXP-1192] Login Access Request
To: me
Good morning Kimberly! =^uwu^=;;
I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble logging into Jellyfin! It looks like your SSO account was indeed deactivated on 2025 Dec 15.
According to our records,
1. On or about 2025 Nov 15, you were broken up with by ___, who noted this as a “final break” on vis event report sheet. I’m also seeing that Ve ticked the “Unilateral” box, meaning it isn’t contestable.
2. Our Salesforce shows you aren’t close to any other polycule members
Unfortunately, our solo-poly access policy doesn’t allow us to extend resources to unpartnered members after the 30 day grace period following your break. This includes entertainment resources (Jellyfin / *darr / nzbget / Pornhub for Enterprise™ seat), as well as O365™, Adobe CC™, and shell access on the Nix clusters. We’re so sorry for your loss, cutie!! 😭💜
If you have any questions, you can reply to this email to generate another ticket, or you can contact zzzoeee@ from our Partner Infra team (note: three Zs and three Es in their LDAP, we have a lot of Zoes here!)
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Regards,
___ (🏳️⚧️she/her, UTC -5)
Partner Infra Platform Experiences team
As a courtesy, a copy of this email has been sent to your manager listed in Workday™
New name or pronouns? Dating someone new? Just visit go/update-me to update your account!
Include this line in your email to comment on the ticket: 250e084a-b937-47a6-948d-b519112ad35a](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rhtazgvloflondzburvubdft/bafkreids254lgwtdyd62paodq5ynb5tatkemp5l77ynw6udhshedj6pab4@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
the go links and use of “their LDAP” means this was probably created by a googler or xoogler. well done whoever you are!
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From my Larchives.
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
From my Larchives.
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Not to get too meta, but the genius of the bit is that it carries so much more than the physical comedy of the sketch (which is great). Archie Bunker has a way to do things: the way he's always done them, the way everyone is supposed do them. No one should be different, and nothing should change.
There is so much for which to remember Rob Reiner. In my family, we have long treasured this one bit he did with Carroll O'Connor on "All in the Family." It has always made me laugh, no matter how many times I've watched it. And we all could use a good laugh these days
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe
YouTube video by Scarlett OHara
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Not to get too meta, but the genius of the bit is that it carries so much more than the physical comedy of the sketch (which is great). Archie Bunker has a way to do things: the way he's always done them, the way everyone is supposed do them. No one should be different, and nothing should change.
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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This is an incredible game, the demo was so fun I played it twice. I love this approach for the release date trailer.
Lets try this agin with our release date video:
BIG HOPS is releasing January 12th, 2026 on PC, Switch, and PS5. It's about 15 hours long, will cost $20 USD, and yes it runs GREAT on the Switch 2!
Wishlist here:
store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...
BIG HOPS is releasing January 12th, 2026 on PC, Switch, and PS5. It's about 15 hours long, will cost $20 USD, and yes it runs GREAT on the Switch 2!
Wishlist here:
store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is an incredible game, the demo was so fun I played it twice. I love this approach for the release date trailer.
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Private Equity
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Private Equity
Sometimes I think the Portland Pickles might fly a little too close to the sun.
Hand-jarred. Freshly sealed.
Dillon has officially bottled his own bathwater, and one of you will win it.
Enter by replying + tagging 1 friend!
Dillon has officially bottled his own bathwater, and one of you will win it.
Enter by replying + tagging 1 friend!
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Sometimes I think the Portland Pickles might fly a little too close to the sun.
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For the love of everything, please don’t buy your kids shit that lets them talk to LLM or generative AI in general.
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
Ahead of the holidays, consumer and child advocacy groups warn against AI toys
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
For the love of everything, please don’t buy your kids shit that lets them talk to LLM or generative AI in general.
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Night before Thanksgiving.
Turkey should be in the refrigerator, unwrapped, rinsed well, patted as dry as you can, and if you're dry brining, rubbed all over inside the cavity and UNDER THE SKIN with coarse kosher salt.
You're gonna put that on a rack over a roasting pan into the fridge UNCOVERED.
Turkey should be in the refrigerator, unwrapped, rinsed well, patted as dry as you can, and if you're dry brining, rubbed all over inside the cavity and UNDER THE SKIN with coarse kosher salt.
You're gonna put that on a rack over a roasting pan into the fridge UNCOVERED.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Night before Thanksgiving.
Turkey should be in the refrigerator, unwrapped, rinsed well, patted as dry as you can, and if you're dry brining, rubbed all over inside the cavity and UNDER THE SKIN with coarse kosher salt.
You're gonna put that on a rack over a roasting pan into the fridge UNCOVERED.
Turkey should be in the refrigerator, unwrapped, rinsed well, patted as dry as you can, and if you're dry brining, rubbed all over inside the cavity and UNDER THE SKIN with coarse kosher salt.
You're gonna put that on a rack over a roasting pan into the fridge UNCOVERED.
Turns out when you live alone there is no rule against having a piece of your pumpkin pie before Thanksgiving day.
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Turns out when you live alone there is no rule against having a piece of your pumpkin pie before Thanksgiving day.
Just finished Dispatch, and it is such a good narrative game, from the writing, to voice acting, to animation. I can’t recommend it enough. I do feel like there are a couple choices where at the end you tell what might have intended to be the canonical choices due to how things fit together.
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Just finished Dispatch, and it is such a good narrative game, from the writing, to voice acting, to animation. I can’t recommend it enough. I do feel like there are a couple choices where at the end you tell what might have intended to be the canonical choices due to how things fit together.
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Reminder to schedule a colonoscopy
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reminder to schedule a colonoscopy
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Thank you again to everyone out there! Another year down, another million raised, and so many people who will be helped because of what you've done with us this year and every other! We couldn't do this without you, and through all the laughs and the tears, we wouldn't want it any other way...
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thank you again to everyone out there! Another year down, another million raised, and so many people who will be helped because of what you've done with us this year and every other! We couldn't do this without you, and through all the laughs and the tears, we wouldn't want it any other way...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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This will be very funny to a very small subset of folks I know. But it’s hilarious.
🥪💥
🥪💥
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This will be very funny to a very small subset of folks I know. But it’s hilarious.
🥪💥
🥪💥
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The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
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teens show up, one dressed as garth from wayne’s world (!). they’re very nice and choose good candy.
teen: “happy halloween! oh, before i go, i have to give you this political propaganda.”
other teen: “dude!! stop!! i keep telling you it’s not propaganda if it’s true!!!”
(me: *a feeling of hope*)
teen: “happy halloween! oh, before i go, i have to give you this political propaganda.”
other teen: “dude!! stop!! i keep telling you it’s not propaganda if it’s true!!!”
(me: *a feeling of hope*)
November 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
teens show up, one dressed as garth from wayne’s world (!). they’re very nice and choose good candy.
teen: “happy halloween! oh, before i go, i have to give you this political propaganda.”
other teen: “dude!! stop!! i keep telling you it’s not propaganda if it’s true!!!”
(me: *a feeling of hope*)
teen: “happy halloween! oh, before i go, i have to give you this political propaganda.”
other teen: “dude!! stop!! i keep telling you it’s not propaganda if it’s true!!!”
(me: *a feeling of hope*)
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my wife: we have to wear what we died in for eternity!?
st. peter: that’s right
me: [from the back end of our horse costume] what’d he say
st. peter: that’s right
me: [from the back end of our horse costume] what’d he say
March 20, 2024 at 6:02 PM
my wife: we have to wear what we died in for eternity!?
st. peter: that’s right
me: [from the back end of our horse costume] what’d he say
st. peter: that’s right
me: [from the back end of our horse costume] what’d he say
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Despite all of Apple’s investment in AI and predictive text input, it still puts a period when double-spacing at the end of what is clearly a question sentence, and I find this deeply annoying.
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Despite all of Apple’s investment in AI and predictive text input, it still puts a period when double-spacing at the end of what is clearly a question sentence, and I find this deeply annoying.
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South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
www.propublica.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
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How many times do we have to go over this? If you see a unicorn, just let it go. Don’t get closer, don’t try to pet it. No good will come of it. Just check the unicorn off your life list and walk away.
October 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
How many times do we have to go over this? If you see a unicorn, just let it go. Don’t get closer, don’t try to pet it. No good will come of it. Just check the unicorn off your life list and walk away.
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"I am probably the most apolitical person in America because I was separated from all of you, and I was told that I was worthless and that I would be put to death."
Nick Yarris spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. And he didn't mean to be at #NoKings.
Nick Yarris spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. And he didn't mean to be at #NoKings.
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"I am probably the most apolitical person in America because I was separated from all of you, and I was told that I was worthless and that I would be put to death."
Nick Yarris spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. And he didn't mean to be at #NoKings.
Nick Yarris spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. And he didn't mean to be at #NoKings.
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I feel like James Bond villains were mostly tech bros before tech bros were a thing.
October 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I feel like James Bond villains were mostly tech bros before tech bros were a thing.
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baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other