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bret barker

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manipulator of bits. hobby brewer, woodworker, iot, smoker of meats.

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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

05.02.2026 13:07 👍 9249 🔁 3614 💬 177 📌 725

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

28.01.2026 20:22 👍 8031 🔁 1108 💬 254 📌 170

I want to help make a government that isn’t evil and works so well that you don’t really think about it

04.01.2026 02:38 👍 8738 🔁 1031 💬 151 📌 41

Ah ok, no clue then :)

24.11.2025 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

or maybe you meant a diff font from the Town Line ones?

24.11.2025 15:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

this has been done - Zach on CA slack had us all crowdsourcing pics of the signs a bunch of yrs ago and then hired a designer to make the font. Not sure if it's available anywhere.

24.11.2025 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

evergreen

22.11.2025 17:20 👍 10510 🔁 3863 💬 30 📌 63
Calvin & Hobbes walking along a tree trunk laid across a river as a bridge.

Calvin & Hobbes walking along a tree trunk laid across a river as a bridge.

40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.

18.11.2025 06:37 👍 2447 🔁 796 💬 20 📌 79

Didn't Tuesday's election results show that it actually WAS working???

10.11.2025 02:58 👍 2901 🔁 468 💬 102 📌 14

This right here.

10.11.2025 01:23 👍 10470 🔁 2571 💬 281 📌 80
Screenshot reads, "A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep

This newly-discovered species is being called the “death-ball sponge” for its appendages, which end in orbs and are covered in micro-hooks meant to capture prey."

Screenshot reads, "A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep This newly-discovered species is being called the “death-ball sponge” for its appendages, which end in orbs and are covered in micro-hooks meant to capture prey."

Not now, carnivorous death ball

06.11.2025 20:42 👍 3385 🔁 1062 💬 72 📌 302
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

18.10.2025 23:22 👍 88992 🔁 28844 💬 2306 📌 1843
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18.10.2025 17:02 👍 24528 🔁 5150 💬 279 📌 276
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MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

18.10.2025 18:49 👍 36001 🔁 8024 💬 597 📌 496

Assuming there aren't other fees or splits I'm not aware of, I will be paid $7500 for my life's work being fed into The Machine, and also they won't be removing my work from The Machine

06.10.2025 22:10 👍 142 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 3
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GitHub - mccollam/PrometheusForPets: Examples of using Prometheus and Grafana to monitor pet behavior Examples of using Prometheus and Grafana to monitor pet behavior - mccollam/PrometheusForPets

github.com/mccollam/Pro...

02.10.2025 20:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

@shinesonline.com <<

02.10.2025 20:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I used to have a page-me script for this purpose that at various times through the ages sent an SMS, IRC, Telegram, Slack, etc

18.09.2025 20:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Computer Anonymous Portland has been meeting up for more than 12 years and it was still nice to see people tonight, people who have been coming the whole time and new faces

12.09.2025 01:27 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Snap, crackle, and pop

16.07.2025 19:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And now? same fuckers rounding up our neighbors with those same fucking masks - not because they suddenly believe in science, but because they are cowards & treasonous bastards that hopefully will be held to account for their actions.

14.07.2025 02:49 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m old enough to remember when these fuckers were telling us masks were emasculating, that you couldn’t breathe in them, and that laws needed to be passed to forbid wearing them for personal protection.

14.07.2025 02:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ooh Heads of State is on my shortlist, so … worth it?

14.07.2025 01:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It occurs to me that Geordi La Forge was the OG vibes coder.

01.07.2025 00:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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So You Want to Speak at the Monktoberfest When JJ Abrams asked the TED organizers what he should talk about, the entirety of their advice to him was "Be Profound." For would be speakers at the Monktoberfest, our advice is similarly straightfo...

speaking of @monktoberfest.com content, we've got a ton of incredible proposals as usual, but we're still looking for better diversity amongst our speakers.

if you're from a group under-represented in tech, and have thought about talking, do apply within.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

18.06.2025 18:22 👍 7 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 2

Closer to a Samsung A500 flip

28.04.2025 16:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Their service was amazing though. And their delivery crates, which I still have a few of.

15.04.2025 12:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.

10.04.2025 15:02 👍 23230 🔁 6398 💬 361 📌 396

][+ is where it’s at.

09.04.2025 02:21 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

07.04.2025 15:13 👍 917 🔁 289 💬 3 📌 5