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David Mayo 🦜

@dcmayo.bsky.social

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I'm a programmer, a Kentuckian, a veteran, and a progressive. I helped send a spaceship to the moon.

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David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · Dec 11

I... have gotten a space job! I am going to be the Research Engineer Mission Operations Systems for a spacecraft... ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON!

Pic unrelated.

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David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 8h

What the Hell was that?

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 1d

Won a bullet game against a higher rated opponent while playing with a 600ms ping. 👍

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 1d

I could drive through water on the road, no problem. It doesn't even look too deep.

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's super cool that my niece's public elementary school is using fundraising tactics that are indistinguishable from ActBlue, which are in turn indistinguishable from a scammer trying to steal my credit card.

A text message that looks like a scam/phishing message, ostensibly from my ten year old niece.

Continuation of the scammy text message, which has a photograph of my niece.

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David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 1d

Today I learned that Python does not support doing bitwise operators on bytes objects. Kinda annoying imo.

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 2d

Nice! Congratulations!!

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Defakator (Officiel) 🧆 @defakator.bsky.social · 3d

Haddock : Quelle semaine, hein ?
Tintin : Capitaine, on est lundi, il est 10h

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David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot do this again.

Lexington Herald-Leader @kentucky.com · 3d

“This is a different race, it’s a different year, it’s a midterm,” McGrath said, comparing 2026 to her 2020 run for U.S. Senate.

‘Battle-tested’ Amy McGrath launches second Kentucky U.S. Senate bid

“This is a different race, it’s a different year, it’s a midterm,” McGrath said, comparing 2026 to her 2020 run for U.S. Senate.

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David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 3d

We don't give Google enough shit for destroying Image Search and Reverse Image Search.

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 3d

They should make a seventh season of "Lost." All Walt, all the time.

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Museum of Twitter (Haunted version) @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 5d

Tweet from Film Daze (@filmdaze):

Blade Runner 2049 directed by Denis Villeneuve

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 5d

Billy Gillespie getting suspended right as Bobby Petrino gets to be an interim coach, they're like the Jefferson and Adams of college sports www.espn.com/mens-college...

Tarleton State coach Gillispie under investigation

Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie has been placed on temporary administrative leave as the university investigates an anonymous complaint.

www.espn.com

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David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 5d

This is a really cool shot. I like it a lot.

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 5d

The name "Pizzarina Sbarro" floats into my head once a month or so, always eliciting an out loud chuckle, no matter where I am at the time.

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 5d

Or if Manti Te'o had dated anyone.

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 5d

This should be viewed as a disqualifying statement from ANY college football playoff selection committee member.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 5d

“If there's gonna be a terminator, let him be American.” Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice explains why she says the U.S. needs to “run hard and run fast” and win the tech race with China.

🎧 Listen to the latest episode of Bold Names: on.wsj.com/3WmWYs8

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 5d

If PA doesn't issue an arrest warrant today, I am going to become the Joker for the 94th time.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 5d

I am not a fan of the so-called "Jupyter notebook," and I'm brave enough to say it.

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 5d

Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Unalive"

Rufus jones @rufeydoof.bsky.social · 6d

Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think you’re a wanker.

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 6d

Bart Simpson saying "What an odd thing to say"

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 6d

Kodachro-o-ome
You give us those niiiiiice bright colors
Give us the greeeeens of summer

404 Media @404media.co · 7d

Kodak is officially selling their own film again for the first time in many years and will be selling directly to photography stores now.

🔗 www.404media.co/kodak-is-sel...

Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade

Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.

www.404media.co

David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 7d

Opened up Facebook, and they hit me with a thing asking me to unfriend people.

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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 7d

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David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 7d

We do that!

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David Mayo 🦜 @dcmayo.bsky.social · 7d

It sure is pretty here this time of year.