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Mike Stip!
@stip.bsky.social
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"This is new music, so it's a new way of doing things. There is nothing to follow. There are no rules anymore." See also: http://wickedchicken.github.io and http://qrunk.com

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marc.merlins.org/linux/photos...
A man sits on the trunk of a white Mazda Miata in a sunny parking lot. The top of the Miata is down and there is a white motorcycle helmet next to the man. In the background there are green hills and a blue sky. The license plate says LINUX4U
October 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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me reviewing any engineering doc
a screenshot of SimCity 2000, with the popup of the traffic advisor. a gray popup over a pixel art city shows a black-and-white face of a scowling man. next to the man is black text stating "YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" except the word "funding" has been erased and replaced with "continuous integration" in the white impact meme font. "continuous integration" is smaller and split into two lines to fit the space of the original word "funding."
June 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
stip.bsky.social
a red outline drawing on a white background of a smiling Döner Chef with a chef's hat, moustache, and buttoned coat. the chef is holding a big knife slicing a Döner on a rotisserie spit, but the ridges of the Döner are the signals from the cover of the Joy Division Album Unknown Pleasures. underneath the picture is red text stating "UNKNOWN PLEASURES."
May 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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neon sky last night
a picture from a Berlin street pointed at the horizon at dusk. the clouds are orange and pink, and the Zionskirche is in the background. the sky is framed by trees lining the street, resulting in a V shape
May 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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a reminder that a better future is possible
a screenshot from a tweet from @linux on 7:39 AM Jul 27, 2022. the text is black on a white background, and the user's avatar is the Linux penguin. the text reads: "With this planned elimination of time zones and daylight savings - Linux is firmly taking directions from God about what time it is, not pronouncements from the vacillating kingdoms of Man."
March 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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5,95€ „Aufwendungspauschale“ für 1,64€ in Zollgebühren. danke FedEx...

(€5.95 in fees to process a €1.94 customs tax...)
Ein Screenshot von FedEx mit weißem Hintergrund und schwarzer Text über ein Paket: "Ihre Kosten* Steuer (USt.) 1,64€ Aufwendungspauschale 5,95€ FedEx Express hat die Zölle und Steuern in Ihrem Namen an die Behörden gezahlt, um sicherzustellen, dass Ihre Sendung schnellstmöglich zugestellt werden kann. Hierfür stellen wir einen Zuschlag für Zolldienstleistungen in Rechnung, der entweder auf einer Pauschale oder auf einem prozentualen Anteil des vorausgezahlten Gesamtbetrags basiert. Fällige Zahlung 7,59 €"
March 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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truly a sad day in Canadian-American relations
a bald eagle is poorly photoshopped over an American flag. the eagle is crying a single tear. on the bottom of the image, in a difficult to read white font, is the text "[sad american noise]"
January 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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a screenshot of the mech customization screen from the videogame videogame MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries. a blue mech on the left has its right torso selected (the mech is facing forward, so it's the left side on the screen). on the right are lists of various pieces of equipment that can be loaded into the slot. there are brown buttons on the top for missiles, energy weapons, projectiles, general equipment, and ammo. on the bottom are several brown interface buttons to pick the previous or next mech, remove and add the selected equipment, show stats or exit the page. on the bottom, the screen says "customization" in white letters.the overall background is black
January 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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a picture of a person dressed as AVR man at a conference, standing next to a Michael Jackson impersonator. AVR man wears a white and blue suit with orange shoulders and robotic arms. AVR Man is holding a sign that says "this is Atmel territory." the Michael Jackson impersonator is wearing a black shirt with white ruffles. there is a big red circular Digi-Key sign hanging over the conference area
November 17, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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I was always partial to AVR Man. there was also a whole comic commissioned, sadly I can't find it right now
a comic book drawing of "AVR Man," a superhero with a blue and white suit with the AVR logo on it and Atmel written around the collar. AVR Man has black hair, orange sunshades, orange robotic shoulders, and robot arms with buttons and displays on them
November 17, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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I feel called out
Eine Frage von der Einbürgerungstest: "Was bedeutet der Begriff „europäische Integration"?" und nur die erste Antwort ist sichtbar: "1. Damit sind amerikanische Einwanderer in Europa gemeint."
November 12, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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the most important setting on any mac
a cropped screenshot of the macOS Keyboard setting tool, showing that Caps Lock key is set to be Escape instead of caps lock
September 29, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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a screenshot of The Onion "Sickos" guy. a black and white cartoon sketch of a man smiling through a window with "Sickos" written on his shirt. a speech bubble over him says "yes... ha ha ha... yes." the final yes is bold and underlined
September 26, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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me: I have enough books, I should finish reading them before getting another

also me:

(cc/ @kateconger.bsky.social and @rmac.bsky.social)
The paperback book "Character Limit" sitting on a black background. The book cover is white with a title in large, sans-serif text and a blue cursor after the title. In smaller text, the subtitle "How Elon Musk destroyed Twitter" is written next to the authors, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, who are written in blue. The very bottom of the cover is a black and white cropped photo of Elon Musk awkwardly looking to the right.
September 26, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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@molly.wiki heads up, starting to see some impersonation accounts
a screenshot of the bluesky profile of an account impersonating @molly.wiki. everything nearly identical except for the account name, some tiny text changes, and the fact that the account had posted zero times
September 13, 2024 at 9:42 AM
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truly an incredible city. where else could you pull off wearing something like this?
a picture of a man wearing a black hoodie in the Berlin U-Bahn. the man is facing away, and the hoodie has on the back, in white letters, the text "vaccinated and ready to fuck."
July 4, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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uh
eine Karte von Deutschland von dem Nina App. es steht darauf: "Information zum Eintreten von Trümmerteilen in die Erdatmosphäre - Deutschland." ganz Deutschland ist betroffen
March 8, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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every time I see this I think "the people who measure TVs????"
a picture of an outdoor billboard with a job ad for the German Zoll (customs agency). a woman and man stand behind text that reads "Das beste aus lernen und Praxis: Ausbildung beim Zoll." in the background is a black and white sketch of an a Zollamt, airplane, bridge and car.
September 23, 2023 at 4:44 PM
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I love opening up the equalizers on rental cars. "we need more... sound. no I will not use the volume knob to accomplish this."
the onboard sound equalizer of a VW ID.3. the text is in German, but the bass and mid-range are set to +2 (out of 9), while the treble is set to +1.
September 12, 2023 at 10:46 AM
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YES YES YES YES @rusty.todayintabs.com
a screenshot of an article from the New York times about Naomi Klein. a twitter poem is circled in red: "if the Naomi be Klein, you're doing just fine. if the Naomi be Wolf, oh, buddy. Ooooof.". an arrow in red points to the NYTimes.com URL bar
August 30, 2023 at 6:09 PM