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iko
@fe2o3al.com
· Jan 27
All lit up, before solder, and before foil.
Need to work out better ways to get the solder down, 0.5mm of slippage here or there adds up fast.
Need to work out better ways to get the solder down, 0.5mm of slippage here or there adds up fast.
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
When someone exhorts you to, "shut your pie hole," this is the worst case scenario.
i'm here for all these strong pie feelings
they made me get a pie
they made me get a pie
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
When someone exhorts you to, "shut your pie hole," this is the worst case scenario.
Oh, so we're expecting /that/ level of recession.
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Oh, so we're expecting /that/ level of recession.
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
The smallest hill I'm willing to die on:
"Out of pocket," refers to an expense that you incurred on behalf of another entity and paid for with your own money.
"Out of pocket," refers to an expense that you incurred on behalf of another entity and paid for with your own money.
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The smallest hill I'm willing to die on:
"Out of pocket," refers to an expense that you incurred on behalf of another entity and paid for with your own money.
"Out of pocket," refers to an expense that you incurred on behalf of another entity and paid for with your own money.
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Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon
Historically speaking, anytime an excellent folk singer emerges, shit's gotten real bad.
Still holds so far.
Still holds so far.
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Historically speaking, anytime an excellent folk singer emerges, shit's gotten real bad.
Still holds so far.
Still holds so far.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Great, our cyberpunk dystopia is also an urban fantasy where we confound the soulless Fae with poems and riddles.
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Great, our cyberpunk dystopia is also an urban fantasy where we confound the soulless Fae with poems and riddles.
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ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.
Your spoken word piece about bacterial viruses just doesn't flow ?
Problematic phage rap.
Problematic phage rap.
Your partner has standard ear piercings and you have giant plugs in your stretched lobes?
Problematic gauge gap.
Problematic gauge gap.
Your thanksgiving stuffing doesn’t taste right?
Problematic sage gap.
Problematic sage gap.
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Your spoken word piece about bacterial viruses just doesn't flow ?
Problematic phage rap.
Problematic phage rap.
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I put together a gofundme for my dad
If you can't donate, a share would still mean a lot
I appreciate all of you so much
gofund.me/db5eddacc
If you can't donate, a share would still mean a lot
I appreciate all of you so much
gofund.me/db5eddacc
Donate to Support for Dad's Spinal Injury Recovery, organized by Samantha Bako
My dad
He is my biggest supporter and best friend in the world
On th… Samantha Bako needs your support for Support for Dad's Spinal Injury Recovery
gofund.me
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I put together a gofundme for my dad
If you can't donate, a share would still mean a lot
I appreciate all of you so much
gofund.me/db5eddacc
If you can't donate, a share would still mean a lot
I appreciate all of you so much
gofund.me/db5eddacc
What a terrible day to have eyes.
Was she watching the McLaughlin Group in a constant state of arousal
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
What a terrible day to have eyes.
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The 120 Days of So Dumb
I do not care what any consenting adult of any gender configuration does sexually with other consenting adults, and also my God, could you sweaty freaks who tragically currently run the world be a little a more goddamned discreet about it?
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The 120 Days of So Dumb
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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"The only thing you need for a Winnie the Pooh costume is a red shirt and courage."
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"The only thing you need for a Winnie the Pooh costume is a red shirt and courage."
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
Today's physical therapy: Weeding a half dozen pebble bed steps in the garden while it's nice and sodden.
Hey, still counts as progress, couldn't've done that last week.
Hey, still counts as progress, couldn't've done that last week.
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Today's physical therapy: Weeding a half dozen pebble bed steps in the garden while it's nice and sodden.
Hey, still counts as progress, couldn't've done that last week.
Hey, still counts as progress, couldn't've done that last week.
This makes The Wizard (1989) look like an Ingmar Bergman flick.
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This makes The Wizard (1989) look like an Ingmar Bergman flick.
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As we speedrun toward a future that leaves food safety to chance, re-live the national crisis that was the cranberryless Thanksgiving of 1959.
Cranberry scare of 1959 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
As we speedrun toward a future that leaves food safety to chance, re-live the national crisis that was the cranberryless Thanksgiving of 1959.
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"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
It's like the eternal flame for the Olympics, only with Their Precious Essence.
actually if you read the constitution every incoming president has to blow at least one other former president to transfer the office
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
It's like the eternal flame for the Olympics, only with Their Precious Essence.
This is the fourth time this philodendron has bloomed in the past two years or so.
Never fails to surprise and delight me.
Never fails to surprise and delight me.
November 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is the fourth time this philodendron has bloomed in the past two years or so.
Never fails to surprise and delight me.
Never fails to surprise and delight me.
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There’s an age where “Mmm please step on me” becomes less about thirst and more about lower back pain
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There’s an age where “Mmm please step on me” becomes less about thirst and more about lower back pain