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The co-host with the co-most. Your +1 and only. I do computer vision, electronics, old gear and vintage media. Founder RetroStrange.com & SetSideB.com biz: hello@extrafuture.com SF, CA

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The US led a coalition of navies trying to protect commercial ships through the Red Sea in 2024. It didn't work, fighting continued into 2025 and only diplomacy stopped it. This just happened!!!!

I am going to keep saying this because they're memory holing it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

13.03.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection The Doctor's assistant Peter Purves was invited to a screening of the episodes in Leicester.

You never know what some collectors have stashed in the corners…

13.03.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell Jury The case is a major test of the Trump administration's push to label "antifa" protesters as terrorists.

The federal government is explicitly arguing that "wearing black clothes" at a noise demonstration is "enough to convict the eight defendants accused of material support" for terrorism. The outcome of this trial cold be catastrophic.

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Someone in NYC should do interviews with middle-school kids who take the subway to and from school every day, to see if they have any advice for Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy who can't seem to go a single day without pissing himself in fear over them.

12.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 8060 πŸ” 1369 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 50
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When Bobby Walker made his serious return to WCW TV in '96 you saw the arrival of someone truly special. Could not complete a single match, whether it was two minutes or five, without completely dicking something right up. He wrestled like he'd only had wrestling described to him. Incredible.

12.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 221 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 3
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Was the Serious Version of You Holding You Back? with Ben Collins Podcast Episode Β· Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle Β· March 11 Β· 1h 6m

Today on the podcast @bencollins.bsky.social talks with @anamariecox.bsky.social and @mike-eagle.bsky.social about what happens when you stop trying to fit into a box, and accidentally end up running one of the biggest newspapers in America.

Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

11.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Full Queer Presents: PI HARD The math is mathing at Full Queer's first LGBTQ wrestling showcase of 2026.

Who wants to go to a big gay wrasslin' show this weekend in San Francisco? www.eventbrite.com/e/full-queer...

12.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

*tips cap*

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being electrocuted hurts because your body cannot process machine blood

12.03.2026 05:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

if you haven’t electrocuted yourself a little bit you haven’t done the job right I always say

12.03.2026 05:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

a hit dog yips as they say

12.03.2026 05:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Trump regime has no idea what it’s doing hour to hour, just in case you thought there was some grand strategy in Iran

12.03.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 1732 πŸ” 531 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 32

there was also a Stanford study that found that a surge in AI slop by lazy people actually created significantly more work for others who had to decipher and correct it

this "I'm being efficient" (but not really) vibes well with the American obsession with artifice and appearing productive

11.03.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 2088 πŸ” 664 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 42
A panel titled "Preservation is Profit: How Retro Games Unlock Long-Term Revenue."

A panel titled "Preservation is Profit: How Retro Games Unlock Long-Term Revenue."

Next up is a panel about the business of retro game re-releases, feat. representatives from Nightdive, PlayStation, and GOG #GDC2026

11.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

freezing cold citrus and caffeine

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*This hacker dude lamenting on the YouTube video is suffering from "The Deep Blues," which is an AI-aligned frame-of-mind that I didn't list with the other terms-of-art here.

*In the "Deep Blues," you're in mourning for the sudden loss of your self-defining professional skills from the pre-AI era

11.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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CONTINUE: A Defiant, New Videogames Magazine Bringing together journalists, devs and artists, CONTINUE celebrates and interrogates videogame culture, creativity and community

I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on.

A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture.

We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?"

www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

10.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 520 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 69
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Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users A couple of 20-year-old developers make $500,000 a month promising to help men to stop watching porn, but exposed their private porn watching habits.

A couple of young, viral developers are making $500,000 a month with β€˜Quittr’; an app to help people with porn addiction. Insane money, living in a mansion, etc. We found they exposed the masturbation habits of 100,000s of users, then lied about fixing it www.404media.co/viral-quittr...

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*I don't like to fingerpoint at Andrej Karpathy as a major source of "Stanfordketamine," but Andrej does have a doctorate from Stanford

*Also most Stanfordketamine people just screech and handwave while Andrey releases code

10.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Our fearless volunteers standing behind a promo table at Oracle Park.

Our fearless volunteers standing behind a promo table at Oracle Park.

We're at the opening night party at Oracle Park! Try our library demo and learn about history n stuff! #GDC2026

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Photo of a small packet labeled LaserParts with a grid pattern printed all over the packet

Photo of a small packet labeled LaserParts with a grid pattern printed all over the packet

Relax it’s just a belt

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Sounds cool

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Tell me about it

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Nirvanna The Band the Show?

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Noted

08.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I need media suggestions, stat.

08.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...

I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.

08.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 3260 πŸ” 1439 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 76

whoa

08.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

FWIW the fictional governing body of the show lore, the House, was formed because rampant betting and interference/cheating by the rich accidentally caused WW I. hah haaah but that would never happen.

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