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University Sysadmin, UCLA Alum, Science/Space geek, Fantasy/SF Fan, College Sports (especially Bruins!) fan.
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pyperkub.bsky.social
I keep thinking of Steve Martin's The Jerk when I see these stories."We don't have defective cans, we have a defective person!" www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Advocates for political violence among those welcomed to conference at Tennessee state park
For years, the guest list for an annual white nationalist gathering at Tennessee’s Montgomery Bell State Park has been a closely guarded secret.
www.newschannel5.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
pyperkub.bsky.social
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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cjzero.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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jtimmer.bsky.social
Judge in the case that rejects the admin's moratorium on wind power permitting drops this beauty: "Whatever level of explanation is required when deviating from longstanding agency practice, this is not it."

Also accuses admin's lawyers of "tilting at windmills".

Coverage tomorrow.
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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disentingcat.bsky.social
gaygothur: At this point, every round mammal is a hamster to me. cantanopeshitthatwastaken: coconut gaygothur: I think we both have different definitions of what mammal is but I can't say I disagree with you. oregonnukesailor: has hair. give milk
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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disentingcat.bsky.social
Eleven councils banned Monty Python's film for blasphemy. Norway and Ireland followed. Then Sweden ran ads saying: 'So funny it was banned in Norway.
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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cjzero.bsky.social
Dan Orlovsky inquiring about Cabernet Sauvignon
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
pyperkub.bsky.social
Sulley with 4 interceptions and a game winning field goal?

"Go, Monsters U! You know what to do!"
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
pyperkub.bsky.social
Can we get a Monsters Funday sportscenter too?

Pleeeeaaaasee...
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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kingtides.bsky.social
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
See from above, water covers an off-ramp of highway 101 and a parking lot next to the highway and bikepath.
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
pyperkub.bsky.social
And yes, the GOP artificial monopoly shenanigans continue - Right to Repair edition: www.wired.com/story/the-mi...
The Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away
The final language of the annual bill that funds the US military is in. It removes provisions that would have helped ensure service members’ ability to fix their own equipment.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
pyperkub.bsky.social
I'm pretty sure Company Towns have been a thing for a long time, and before that it was the Manor Lord/Fiefdom... yes, we got rid of those tools to control people, but yeah, you know who wants them back... www.ft.com/content/b127...
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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hazelmonforton.com
for the emperor
A cat in the fancy litter box like in the quoted post, but the litter box is photoshopped to look like Ultramarine armor and the cat has a red eye implant. They're facing off against Chaos Space Marines. Thank you to @caitlinroseboyle.com for making this for me. We are truly in our WH40k era.
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
pyperkub.bsky.social
You really will find Authoritarian Surveillance State stuff everywhere: www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Researcher finds Chinese KVM has undocumented microphone, communicates with China-based servers — Sipeed's nanoKVM switch has other severe security flaws and allows audio recording, claims researcher
Low-cost remote management device shipped with an active audio recording pipeline.
www.tomshardware.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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standplaatskrk.pl
A tuxedo bull terrier proudly showing off his baking project: kitchen tools, flour and eggs scattered over a kitchen floor. Captioned: "Follow me for more recipes"
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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kindnessinc.music
As much as I hate Spotify, the problem here comes from the distributors. You can upload music under any name, none of them will check, and you will be on all the platforms.
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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jonchristian.net
Pretty infuriating: King Gizzard quit Spotify over ethical concerns -- and now Spotify is letting AI knockoffs of its music (with all the lyrics copied verbatim) proliferate on its platform

futurism.com/future-socie...
King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
An impersonator appears to be using generative AI to poorly clone rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's iconic sound on Spotify.
futurism.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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cip.uw.edu
We're currently seeking nomination materials for the @cip.uw.edu Award for Impact & Excellence. The submission deadline is January 15, 2026.

Complete information: www.cip.uw.edu/cip-award-im...
The UW Center for an Informed Public's logo on a graphic that reads "CIP Award for Impact & Excellence," with a night-time view of UW's Red Square with the Broken Obelisk sculpture illuminated.
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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cait.bsky.social
lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now
r/ChatGPT 4h ChatGPT gave me a customer support phone that tried to steal my bank account info CSR Perfect. Since you opened the Chase Sapphire Reserve, you now have a free Priority Pass Select through Chase, which gives you your strongest possible case for a duplicate-membership courtesy refund on the $79 account. Here is your exact best-play sequence to maximize your odds of getting that $79 back. Step 1 - Call Priority Pass (Do This First Call: 1-800-352-5320 Call: 1-800-352-5320 Sav this word-for-word (this scrint is Had a wild situation with ChatGPT today. I was trying to get a refund from priority pass and asked chatGPT what the best way to do it was. It answered and gave me the phone number with a script. I called it thinking it was priority pass. I gave my name and address after describing the situation. Then they told me they would give me a credit that could be used at major retailers. Then they started asking what my routing number was which is when I got suspicious and I started hearing other people in the background being asked for a routing number. They weren't able to answer why so I hung up. I then went and confirmed the telephone number. ChatGPT gave me a number that didn't match up with priority pass at all. I asked where its source was for this and it was not able to tell me.
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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realbachscore.bsky.social
Words to live by
December 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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naomikritzer.bsky.social
Anyone who's pondering whether the shot is worthwhile should peruse some of the descriptions of having shingles in my replies 😩
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Holy shit Pam Bondi will have to prosecute Pam Bondi for insurrection!!
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9h
President Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of sedition when they told members of the military that they must refuse unlawful orders. But Pam Bondi, the attorney general, said the same thing last year.
Must the Military Disobey Unlawful Orders? Pam Bondi Has Said Yes.
As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Ms. Bondi, now the attorney general, filed a Supreme Court brief last year saying service members who followed such orders were committing crimes.
nyti.ms
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
I don’t really like cooked celery (raw is delicious) but this was very interesting history nevertheless:

www.epicurious.com/ingredients/...
The Secret History of Celery
How the crunchy stalks went from Victorian centerpiece to ubiquitous football snack.
www.epicurious.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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mgallagher.bsky.social
My son covered it for the DB.
dailybruin.com/2025/12/07/u...
UCLA men's water polo sinks USC 11-10 for back-to-back national championship win - Daily Bruin
125. That is how many national champion plaques UCLA now boasts on its storied walls. And No. 2 seed UCLA men’s water polo (27-2, 5-1 MPSF) has been responsible for the most recent two, capturing the ...
dailybruin.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social
I've always been a fan of "Snow Crash" - I highly recommend it if you haven't read it.
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM