Jon Gabler
@jgabler.com
forgettable local man streams old video games, programs dev tools and hobbyist things, occasionally hockeys. upstate ny.
Public transit is good, @transit.app is good (especially when agency-provided tracking goes down as frequently as it seems to). Looking forward to next year's Metro North extension, and hopefully also more frequency on the buses up here.
December 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Public transit is good, @transit.app is good (especially when agency-provided tracking goes down as frequently as it seems to). Looking forward to next year's Metro North extension, and hopefully also more frequency on the buses up here.
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Repair Cafés around New York are helping communities save items from the landfill, share skills and build connections.
Fixing, sharing and building community at the Repair Café
Repair Cafés around New York are helping communities save items from the landfill, share skills and build connections.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Repair Cafés around New York are helping communities save items from the landfill, share skills and build connections.
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Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
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November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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New podcast coming soon from @jess-on-ice.com & @timesunion.com.
Fun fact: This was the real-world case that inspired the story of Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks. (And I'm told you'll learn exactly *how* it inspired the show in the podcast.)
First episode arrives Tuesday!
Fun fact: This was the real-world case that inspired the story of Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks. (And I'm told you'll learn exactly *how* it inspired the show in the podcast.)
First episode arrives Tuesday!
Hazel Drew was mysteriously murdered in 1908, her body discovered in a pond in upstate New York.
Was she killed by a spurned lover? Leading a double life outside of her station as a governess?
Join our investigation into the life and death of the girl in the pond. Trailer link in comments.
Was she killed by a spurned lover? Leading a double life outside of her station as a governess?
Join our investigation into the life and death of the girl in the pond. Trailer link in comments.
August 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New podcast coming soon from @jess-on-ice.com & @timesunion.com.
Fun fact: This was the real-world case that inspired the story of Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks. (And I'm told you'll learn exactly *how* it inspired the show in the podcast.)
First episode arrives Tuesday!
Fun fact: This was the real-world case that inspired the story of Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks. (And I'm told you'll learn exactly *how* it inspired the show in the podcast.)
First episode arrives Tuesday!
Happy 10th @nysmesonet.org - glad that some places in the country are still dedicated to public weather science, and even more so that one of them is my home state.
Ten years ago Saturday, the University at Albany built the first weather station of what is now the largest early-warning system weather network in the country.
Happy 10th birthday to the Mesonet, UAlbany's early-warning weather system now used by the whole state
Ten years ago Saturday, the University at Albany built the first weather station of what is now the largest early-warning system weather network in the country.
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August 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy 10th @nysmesonet.org - glad that some places in the country are still dedicated to public weather science, and even more so that one of them is my home state.
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A panel of federal judges on Monday announced they had declined to permanently appoint interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III to the position.
Federal judges decline to appoint Sarcone as U.S. attorney
A panel of federal judges on Monday announced they had declined to permanently appoint interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III to the position.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A panel of federal judges on Monday announced they had declined to permanently appoint interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III to the position.
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John A. Sarcone III, the top federal prosecutor in New York's Northern District, told WNYT that a panel of federal judges has extended his status beyond the 120-day deadline. The panel denies it.
U.S. Attorney says a panel voted to extend his tenure; the panel says otherwise
John A. Sarcone III, the top federal prosecutor in New York's Northern District, told WNYT that a panel of federal judges has extended his status beyond the 120-day deadline. The panel denies it.
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July 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
John A. Sarcone III, the top federal prosecutor in New York's Northern District, told WNYT that a panel of federal judges has extended his status beyond the 120-day deadline. The panel denies it.
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The Times Union published a story last month about interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III listing a boarded-up residence in Albany as his address.
Interim U.S. attorney orders Times Union removed from media list
The Times Union published a story last month about interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III listing a boarded-up residence in Albany as his address.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Times Union published a story last month about interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III listing a boarded-up residence in Albany as his address.
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The American system of democracy has crashed
Some patriotic reflections on Independence Day
Look at me. I’m the originalist, now.
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July 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The American system of democracy has crashed
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Interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III is required under a federal statute to reside in New York’s Northern District. A row house in Albany's Sheridan Hollow he listed as his address is boarded...
U.S. attorney lists boarded-up Albany building as his residence
Interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III is required under a federal statute to reside in New York’s Northern District. A row house in Albany's Sheridan Hollow he listed as his address is boarded...
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June 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III is required under a federal statute to reside in New York’s Northern District. A row house in Albany's Sheridan Hollow he listed as his address is boarded...