Ross Nelson
@libexec.net
he/him. I like hugs and high-fives. Half merman (the top part).
Photographer 📸, .NET developer 💻, lover of public libraries 📚
👷♂️ Looking for work!
📍 Omaha, NE, USA
🔗 https://rnelson.omg.lol
Photographer 📸, .NET developer 💻, lover of public libraries 📚
👷♂️ Looking for work!
📍 Omaha, NE, USA
🔗 https://rnelson.omg.lol
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Ross Nelson
@libexec.net
· Dec 6
Effective 2024-12-06, I and other .NET folks at my now-former employer are being laid off.
Anyone looking for some awesome remote senior .NET devs/solution architects?
Anyone looking for some awesome remote senior .NET devs/solution architects?
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Solo exploring a 100% pitch black lava tube for over a mile underground. I brought some portable lights to place and set up this shot.
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Solo exploring a 100% pitch black lava tube for over a mile underground. I brought some portable lights to place and set up this shot.
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Folks, it’s almost December.
USE. YOUR. BENEFITS.
Book a massage every day. Go to the dentist. Get your glasses. Talk to a therapist god knows you need to.
If you don’t use your benefits the capitalists are stealing from you.
USE YOUR BENEFITS.
USE. YOUR. BENEFITS.
Book a massage every day. Go to the dentist. Get your glasses. Talk to a therapist god knows you need to.
If you don’t use your benefits the capitalists are stealing from you.
USE YOUR BENEFITS.
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Folks, it’s almost December.
USE. YOUR. BENEFITS.
Book a massage every day. Go to the dentist. Get your glasses. Talk to a therapist god knows you need to.
If you don’t use your benefits the capitalists are stealing from you.
USE YOUR BENEFITS.
USE. YOUR. BENEFITS.
Book a massage every day. Go to the dentist. Get your glasses. Talk to a therapist god knows you need to.
If you don’t use your benefits the capitalists are stealing from you.
USE YOUR BENEFITS.
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It’s like a step back in time until the mist fades to blue sky …
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It’s like a step back in time until the mist fades to blue sky …
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lets watch the aurora!
August 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
lets watch the aurora!
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November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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not one, not two, but THREE galaxies from space!! what a beautiful sight 🌌
📸: don pettit
📸: don pettit
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
not one, not two, but THREE galaxies from space!! what a beautiful sight 🌌
📸: don pettit
📸: don pettit
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A male Eastern Bluebird heading out to join the rest of the flock.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A male Eastern Bluebird heading out to join the rest of the flock.
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'Dark, Marbled Waters' (2025) -- Androscoggin River, Topsham, ME
As the Season Slips Towards Winter, the Cold Hangs Beautifully in the Air, Supportive, Refreshing, With Promises of Renewal...
#Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #ClassicMono ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
As the Season Slips Towards Winter, the Cold Hangs Beautifully in the Air, Supportive, Refreshing, With Promises of Renewal...
#Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #ClassicMono ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
'Dark, Marbled Waters' (2025) -- Androscoggin River, Topsham, ME
As the Season Slips Towards Winter, the Cold Hangs Beautifully in the Air, Supportive, Refreshing, With Promises of Renewal...
#Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #ClassicMono ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
As the Season Slips Towards Winter, the Cold Hangs Beautifully in the Air, Supportive, Refreshing, With Promises of Renewal...
#Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #ClassicMono ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
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Sadly, only one of the trumpets survives. You can see it in @nmireland.bsky.social
Ancient Music Ireland has a video of two replicas being played by Simon O'Dwyer and John Kenny:
youtu.be/EDgv5O8i8RU?...
An elemental sound. I can imagine it resounding across the sacred landscape of Emain Macha!
Ancient Music Ireland has a video of two replicas being played by Simon O'Dwyer and John Kenny:
youtu.be/EDgv5O8i8RU?...
An elemental sound. I can imagine it resounding across the sacred landscape of Emain Macha!
'First time two Iron Iron Age Trumpets played together in over 2,000 years'!
YouTube video by Ancient Music Ireland
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Sadly, only one of the trumpets survives. You can see it in @nmireland.bsky.social
Ancient Music Ireland has a video of two replicas being played by Simon O'Dwyer and John Kenny:
youtu.be/EDgv5O8i8RU?...
An elemental sound. I can imagine it resounding across the sacred landscape of Emain Macha!
Ancient Music Ireland has a video of two replicas being played by Simon O'Dwyer and John Kenny:
youtu.be/EDgv5O8i8RU?...
An elemental sound. I can imagine it resounding across the sacred landscape of Emain Macha!
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
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Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
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You can’t “walk back” a threat to murder your government officials.
“White House walks back Trump’s suggestion of executing Democrats who urge military to disobey illegal orders”
“Karoline Leavitt says Trump doesn’t want to execute Democrats after president’s earlier social post”
“White House walks back Trump’s suggestion of executing Democrats who urge military to disobey illegal orders”
“Karoline Leavitt says Trump doesn’t want to execute Democrats after president’s earlier social post”
White House walks back Trump’s suggestion of executing Democrats who urge military to disobey illegal orders – live
Karoline Leavitt says Trump doesn’t want to execute Democrats after president’s earlier social post suggesting their behavior is ‘punishable by DEATH’
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
You can’t “walk back” a threat to murder your government officials.
“White House walks back Trump’s suggestion of executing Democrats who urge military to disobey illegal orders”
“Karoline Leavitt says Trump doesn’t want to execute Democrats after president’s earlier social post”
“White House walks back Trump’s suggestion of executing Democrats who urge military to disobey illegal orders”
“Karoline Leavitt says Trump doesn’t want to execute Democrats after president’s earlier social post”
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Who are you calling ‘Piggy’, Why it is women leading the charge to bring Trump down
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big & they certainly aren’t clever it's time for old men like Trump to give it up
www.independent.co.uk/voices/donal...
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big & they certainly aren’t clever it's time for old men like Trump to give it up
www.independent.co.uk/voices/donal...
Who are you calling ‘piggy’, Mr President?
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big and they certainly aren’t clever, says Victoria Richards. Isn’t it time for old men like Trump to give it up ...
www.independent.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Who are you calling ‘Piggy’, Why it is women leading the charge to bring Trump down
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big & they certainly aren’t clever it's time for old men like Trump to give it up
www.independent.co.uk/voices/donal...
The US president’s ‘war on women’ continues – but these silly schoolboy insults aren’t big & they certainly aren’t clever it's time for old men like Trump to give it up
www.independent.co.uk/voices/donal...
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Remember when the Internet could go for weeks or even months without a major outage? That was cool.
It's almost like we've unlearned how to do this right. In the past couple weeks: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare… git at GitHub is currently down.
It's almost like we've unlearned how to do this right. In the past couple weeks: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare… git at GitHub is currently down.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Remember when the Internet could go for weeks or even months without a major outage? That was cool.
It's almost like we've unlearned how to do this right. In the past couple weeks: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare… git at GitHub is currently down.
It's almost like we've unlearned how to do this right. In the past couple weeks: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare… git at GitHub is currently down.
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Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
Paradox of automation
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The paradox of automation says that the more efficient the automated system, the more crucial the human contribution of the operators. Humans are less involved, but their involvement becomes more critical. Lisanne Bainbridge, a cognitive psychologist, identified these issues notably in her widely cited paper "Ironies of Automation."[49] If an automated system has an error, it will multiply that error until it is fixed or shut down. This is where human operators come in.[50] A fatal example of this was Air France Flight 447, where a failure of automation put the pilots into a manual situation they were not prepared for.[51]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:byjjq67p7iau6qufzjmizpbn/bafkreie4ootzzyowpylsxjg7gxsp63iujxh4qceuuxxhwm63yrm2qffa4e@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
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So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
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hey guys i was just playing with the lava lamps at Cloudflare, hope nothing bad happened
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
hey guys i was just playing with the lava lamps at Cloudflare, hope nothing bad happened
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Statement from ABA President Michelle A. Behnke: Judicial independence safeguards our democracy. https://bit.ly/4i8THH6
November 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Statement from ABA President Michelle A. Behnke: Judicial independence safeguards our democracy. https://bit.ly/4i8THH6
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Nintendo has shared a first look at Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Zelda and Link in the upcoming live-action Legend of Zelda adaptation 👀
The film will release in May 2027.
The film will release in May 2027.
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Nintendo has shared a first look at Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Zelda and Link in the upcoming live-action Legend of Zelda adaptation 👀
The film will release in May 2027.
The film will release in May 2027.
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I've seen organizers saying three short whistles when you see ICE and people need to be alert; long whistles when they're taking someone and a crowd needs to gather.
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I've seen organizers saying three short whistles when you see ICE and people need to be alert; long whistles when they're taking someone and a crowd needs to gather.