R Sitze
@rd.sitze.net
Transplant, Earth. PNW
Ally. Equality. Safe ground.
MSFT Alumni.
Cats: Pumpkin and Saturn.
You might know me as NetDef
Ally. Equality. Safe ground.
MSFT Alumni.
Cats: Pumpkin and Saturn.
You might know me as NetDef
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@sciencesocks.bsky.social looks like the sizing charts are right on!
Child unit loved their present. 🎁😁
Child unit loved their present. 🎁😁
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
@sciencesocks.bsky.social looks like the sizing charts are right on!
Child unit loved their present. 🎁😁
Child unit loved their present. 🎁😁
RIP Chris Rea, gone from us like so many greats. He wrote this in 1990 in response to riots in South Africa, and it's even more poignant now.
Tell Me There's a Heaven
YouTube video by Chris Rea - Topic
m.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
RIP Chris Rea, gone from us like so many greats. He wrote this in 1990 in response to riots in South Africa, and it's even more poignant now.
Authentication on a bunch of servers and services may fail if their admins use the Boulder NIST NTP time sync.
Check your NTP sources.
Check your NTP sources.
December 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Authentication on a bunch of servers and services may fail if their admins use the Boulder NIST NTP time sync.
Check your NTP sources.
Check your NTP sources.
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To all parents and children, all people everywhere, of all races, gender identities (chosen or accepted as is).
No matter your religion or spiritual beliefs, without reservation I hope and wish for peace and goodwill and acceptance this season for you and your family.
Be excellent to one another.
No matter your religion or spiritual beliefs, without reservation I hope and wish for peace and goodwill and acceptance this season for you and your family.
Be excellent to one another.
"I pray my wish will come true
For my child and your child too
He'll see the day of glory
See the day when men of goodwill
Live in peace, live in peace again
Peace on Earth
Can it be"
Bing Crosby and David Bowie
For my child and your child too
He'll see the day of glory
See the day when men of goodwill
Live in peace, live in peace again
Peace on Earth
Can it be"
Bing Crosby and David Bowie
Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Lyric Video)
Music video by Bing Crosby, David Bowie, The London Symphony Orchestra performing Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Lyric Video). © 2019 HLC, under exclus...
youtu.be
December 24, 2024 at 1:12 AM
To all parents and children, all people everywhere, of all races, gender identities (chosen or accepted as is).
No matter your religion or spiritual beliefs, without reservation I hope and wish for peace and goodwill and acceptance this season for you and your family.
Be excellent to one another.
No matter your religion or spiritual beliefs, without reservation I hope and wish for peace and goodwill and acceptance this season for you and your family.
Be excellent to one another.
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If you're interested in a decent search engine experience with zero AI to clutter your results, allow me to recommend this: udm14.com - It's literally a cheat code for google without all the garbage.
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you're interested in a decent search engine experience with zero AI to clutter your results, allow me to recommend this: udm14.com - It's literally a cheat code for google without all the garbage.
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Last hour!! 😱
My final holiday ship-out is TODAY at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET 🎄✨
For the best chance at Christmas delivery, choose UPS 2-day or faster on in-stock ScienceSocks, acrylic jewelry, ornaments & umbrellas 🎁
🔗 sciencesocks.co
Thank you for your support this year!! 💙
Sharing appreciated 🙏
🔭🐡🧪🎨
For the best chance at Christmas delivery, choose UPS 2-day or faster on in-stock ScienceSocks, acrylic jewelry, ornaments & umbrellas 🎁
🔗 sciencesocks.co
Thank you for your support this year!! 💙
Sharing appreciated 🙏
🔭🐡🧪🎨
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Last hour!! 😱
We are failing the 2025 vulnerability and loophole scan of our executive level laws that protect the integrity of our democracy....
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We are failing the 2025 vulnerability and loophole scan of our executive level laws that protect the integrity of our democracy....
An IT operations holiday tradition, zero vuln impacting a ton of customers, in the wild being exploited JUST as a lot of staff start PTO till Jan 5th.
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
An IT operations holiday tradition, zero vuln impacting a ton of customers, in the wild being exploited JUST as a lot of staff start PTO till Jan 5th.
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Not to go down this week's particular rabbit hole very deeply, but as a guy who was *in fact hiring Hollywood writers* between 2011 and 2018, four staffs in total, it seems a lot of smart commenters are missing I did not diversify my rooms to be woke, I diversified my rooms to have better rooms.
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Not to go down this week's particular rabbit hole very deeply, but as a guy who was *in fact hiring Hollywood writers* between 2011 and 2018, four staffs in total, it seems a lot of smart commenters are missing I did not diversify my rooms to be woke, I diversified my rooms to have better rooms.
Firefox user, evangelist and enthusiast since roughly 2005.
But unless they either give us a single button opt-out (or better, Opt-in) or drop plans to become "Fire-AI," I'll be looking for a clean alternative as my new years resolution.
But unless they either give us a single button opt-out (or better, Opt-in) or drop plans to become "Fire-AI," I'll be looking for a clean alternative as my new years resolution.
@mozilla.org I have been using Firefox for YEARS. Not sure what the new CEO is hoping to achieve by "AI everything now" but if the hope is to drive people like me off your browser, you will surely succeed.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Firefox user, evangelist and enthusiast since roughly 2005.
But unless they either give us a single button opt-out (or better, Opt-in) or drop plans to become "Fire-AI," I'll be looking for a clean alternative as my new years resolution.
But unless they either give us a single button opt-out (or better, Opt-in) or drop plans to become "Fire-AI," I'll be looking for a clean alternative as my new years resolution.
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This might be a useful resource!
A look at Firefox forks
Mozilla's actions have been rubbing many Firefox fans the wrong way as of late, and inspiring t [...]
lwn.net
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This might be a useful resource!
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The little orange bars on the right are what Trump is calling “the greatest economy in history.”
December 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The little orange bars on the right are what Trump is calling “the greatest economy in history.”
🎶 Something here is not like the others... 🎶
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
🎶 Something here is not like the others... 🎶
Likely a poorly secured boat that got loose during the floods this week, but super dangerous.
Kudos to our Ferry professionals for how this was dealt with!
Kudos to our Ferry professionals for how this was dealt with!
Check out this wild video! A 100-foot, crewless “ghost boat” drifted through our Mukilteo terminal early yesterday morning.
Situations like this are not just unusual, they’re dangerous. An unlit vessel can create serious hazards on the water and put other boats and people at risk.
Situations like this are not just unusual, they’re dangerous. An unlit vessel can create serious hazards on the water and put other boats and people at risk.
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Likely a poorly secured boat that got loose during the floods this week, but super dangerous.
Kudos to our Ferry professionals for how this was dealt with!
Kudos to our Ferry professionals for how this was dealt with!
If time travel turns out to be possible, I will send myself an email now.
Now.
Now!
Now?
Now.
Now!
Now?
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If time travel turns out to be possible, I will send myself an email now.
Now.
Now!
Now?
Now.
Now!
Now?
Another great one lost 😓
News is coming to me via friends on Facebook, and via Fancyclopedia, that John Varley, who wrote Millennium, Steel Beach, and the Gaea trilogy (Titan, Wizard, Demon) has died. He was an excellent writer in the Campbell/Heinlein tradition, and I dug him a lot in my teens and early 20s. RIP.
December 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Another great one lost 😓
A thread worth pondering...
I'm going to float this nuclear take: maybe students are increasingly turning to ShitGPT and other deskilling devices because the structure of the modern university has made it impossible for them to acquire skill in a deep way.
Let me paint a picture for you.
Let me paint a picture for you.
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A thread worth pondering...
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Where is my smoking jacket and my pipe? - Duncan probably
c/2016. Classic pic of Duncan when he jumped in my convertible.
@bjsplash.bsky.social @nedpyle.com @lisaroyal.bsky.social
c/2016. Classic pic of Duncan when he jumped in my convertible.
@bjsplash.bsky.social @nedpyle.com @lisaroyal.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Where is my smoking jacket and my pipe? - Duncan probably
c/2016. Classic pic of Duncan when he jumped in my convertible.
@bjsplash.bsky.social @nedpyle.com @lisaroyal.bsky.social
c/2016. Classic pic of Duncan when he jumped in my convertible.
@bjsplash.bsky.social @nedpyle.com @lisaroyal.bsky.social
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We’re excited to share that the newly redesigned PNSN.org will officially go live on Thursday, December 11th. Our team has been working behind the scenes to modernize the site while keeping the tools and resources our community relies on.
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We’re excited to share that the newly redesigned PNSN.org will officially go live on Thursday, December 11th. Our team has been working behind the scenes to modernize the site while keeping the tools and resources our community relies on.
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Great grassy thread!
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Fiiiine, apparently half my readers enjoy an info dump, so here we go!
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
I THINK they’re mad because of the hardscaping? Not entirely sure.
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Great grassy thread!
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Lying half awake, staring at the hospital ceiling after seeing an AI bro condescending to @kathryntewson.bsky.social, I drifted off thinking about cognition, reasoning, and understanding.
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Lying half awake, staring at the hospital ceiling after seeing an AI bro condescending to @kathryntewson.bsky.social, I drifted off thinking about cognition, reasoning, and understanding.
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
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Let the logic sink into the dark,
bury it deep, beyond reach,
set it down
and let your heart sing,
listen to your own bones,
no other voices
but your own--
this is not the time
to play it safe,
to play it steady,
to play it where it lays,
you make the rules,
so stop shrinking
and grow.
#TinyPoem
bury it deep, beyond reach,
set it down
and let your heart sing,
listen to your own bones,
no other voices
but your own--
this is not the time
to play it safe,
to play it steady,
to play it where it lays,
you make the rules,
so stop shrinking
and grow.
#TinyPoem
Oh goodness, yes! Please!
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Let the logic sink into the dark,
bury it deep, beyond reach,
set it down
and let your heart sing,
listen to your own bones,
no other voices
but your own--
this is not the time
to play it safe,
to play it steady,
to play it where it lays,
you make the rules,
so stop shrinking
and grow.
#TinyPoem
bury it deep, beyond reach,
set it down
and let your heart sing,
listen to your own bones,
no other voices
but your own--
this is not the time
to play it safe,
to play it steady,
to play it where it lays,
you make the rules,
so stop shrinking
and grow.
#TinyPoem
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Ok but what about the holiday classic, “We built this city on Sausage Rolls”
We Built This City ...on Sausage Rolls (Official Music Video) - LadBaby
YouTube video by LadBaby
m.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Ok but what about the holiday classic, “We built this city on Sausage Rolls”