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Dave F

@siliconundergro.bsky.social

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He/him. INTJ. I blog 4-5 times a week about vintage and retro computers. Day job in information security, specifically vulnerability management. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. You can find my blog, The Silicon Underground, at https://dfarq.homeip.net

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 48m

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World Leader Pretend (Remastered 2013)

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic

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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 1d

I think about this a lot.

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 15h

Me! Any time is a good time to root against the Dodgers but there are lots of reasons to root for the Blue Jays this year. Political reasons yes, but also they're a very likable, never say die team.

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 17h

That's really messed up.

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 17h

Wait, does this mean you can't watch it in Canada?

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 1d

I'll go there. I'm sure it feels like having been in the World Trade Center. Actually no, ICE's quota is a 9/11 a day, so you know what? It's worse. (I've never been in the White House. I was up in the World Trade Center in 1983.)

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 1d

And I remember seeing Vladimir Guerrero Sr., Dante Bichette, and Gary Varsho play. So I guess that makes me old?

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 1d

It's also very dangerous, because when an Evangelical gets depressed (it happens at the same rate as the rest of the population), they're told it's because they don't have enough faith. And that, sadly, can lead to them attempting to take their own life.

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 2d

He's been saying for 9 years he intends to be president for life. So he's not thinking of future administrations. We have to make sure he leaves office at the end of this term (or sooner, ideally) and then we can figure out how we recover from his destruction.

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 2d

It really is, and dividing the churches is another part of how you defeat it. They'll turn on each other once the genocide is done. Getting them to turn on each other before it's done (difficult, but theoretically possible) is how you take their minds off the genocide.

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 2d

The only difference is a handful of conservatives will be affected by this and notice it. The promise of conservatism is always that you won't notice the things they cut. Now they've cut something conservatives will notice, and eventually they may figure out racism doesn't pay the bills.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 2d

This is not something I want to do, but as someone who was food insecure for a long time, here are some ways to get the most out of what you can get.

-if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 2d

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Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

YouTube video by Arhangel Gavril Bogovesnik

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 2d

I doubt I buy anything on either of those days this year. I buy as little as possible every day, not wanting to feed the machine that got us into this mess. And I definitely buy a lot more secondhand stuff than I used to.

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 2d

I think there's something to this. My dad and I took different routes politically. He was never told no as a kid. But when I was a kid, sometimes he had to say no to me. And there were some things I knew better than to ask for. I think that explains the differences between he and I as adults.

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 3d

I assure you it's not me, the only thing I hate more than heights has a dead friend named Jeff and claims to be 6'3" and 239 pounds.

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 4d

Wanna know something awesome? When I posted an easy way to block the White House and other US government accounts, several people re-posted my post, translating it into Spanish and Portuguese.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 5d

"The White House account has drawn only around 12,000 followers. More than 100,000 users have the account blocked."

makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Inside the Trump Administration's Bluesky Invasion

Spoke with some administration officials who said the move was about "reaching new audiences." It's amounted to trench warfare.
www.wired.com/story/inside...

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks! I've had occasion to use these tricks recently. The majority of physical media I own is CD, but I do own some tapes and records, and some of those deserved to be converted. Some of them...

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 5d

I'm reaching back to my roots a bit for this blog post. You don't need to download anything to tune Windows to work better on your SSD. In this blog post I share the secret settings those utilities set. dfarq.homeip.net/tune-windows...

Tune Windows to use your SSD more effectively

Two settings I've been using since the 90s help SSD performance

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 6d

Thoughts and prayers. Psalm 109:8 specifically.

Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 7d

I don't use Tiktok, but my son said on Tiktok, the phrase No Kings was shadowbanned, so anyone who wanted to talk about it had to use coded language. Imagine how much bigger it could have been if we had something resembling free speech across all social media!

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TheHerm @herminator12.bsky.social · 7d

A beautiful Bald Eagle circled overhead during our protest in Burnsville Minnesota and the crowd went wild
#NoKings #Minnesota

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 7d

I don't think so. I'm using the list and I see you.

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 7d

As a graduate of a journalism school and a prolific writer for student publications during my college years, this warms my heart.

Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 7d

Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.

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Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you for your coverage of the events!