Jim Thompson
@gonzopancho.bsky.social
Co-owner: Netgate (TNSR, pfSense)
Tech: VPP, FreeBSD
Owner: BumpIT Offroad, TriMeki
Tech stack: LandCruisers, Miller Welders, CNC, SolidWorks
Love: my wife, our son
Pastimes: coffee, beer, wine, books, snowboarding, weightlifting
Long ago: Fringeware
Tech: VPP, FreeBSD
Owner: BumpIT Offroad, TriMeki
Tech stack: LandCruisers, Miller Welders, CNC, SolidWorks
Love: my wife, our son
Pastimes: coffee, beer, wine, books, snowboarding, weightlifting
Long ago: Fringeware
Talk about your Veridian “Dead Media”
*What if it ALREADY took all the agency in the forest, and we're in the Dead Internet and the "forest" is already deader than an Australian barrier-reef
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Talk about your Veridian “Dead Media”
Condoms don’t work if you don’t wear them.
Ok this is important. A big myths
out there is that studies show masks don’t work. When you look at what the studies measured, what they actually show is masks don’t work *if you don’t wear them.* They didn’t measure the tool, they measured the wearers behavior. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
out there is that studies show masks don’t work. When you look at what the studies measured, what they actually show is masks don’t work *if you don’t wear them.* They didn’t measure the tool, they measured the wearers behavior. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Condoms don’t work if you don’t wear them.
So there's this mushroom that makes you hallucinate tiny people marching across your dinner table.
No, I'm not talking about psilocybin mushrooms.
Pizza night is gonna be lit!
mushies.co.uk/blogs/news/t...
No, I'm not talking about psilocybin mushrooms.
Pizza night is gonna be lit!
mushies.co.uk/blogs/news/t...
This Mushroom Reliably Makes You See Tiny People, And Scientists Have
So there's this mushroom that makes you hallucinate tiny people marching across your dinner table. And no, I'm not talking about psilocybin mushrooms. This is something completely different and way we...
mushies.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
So there's this mushroom that makes you hallucinate tiny people marching across your dinner table.
No, I'm not talking about psilocybin mushrooms.
Pizza night is gonna be lit!
mushies.co.uk/blogs/news/t...
No, I'm not talking about psilocybin mushrooms.
Pizza night is gonna be lit!
mushies.co.uk/blogs/news/t...
Vlad is Donnie’s top.
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Vlad is Donnie’s top.
“All politics is local.”
A lot of people are wondering where and when the resistance to Trump will happen.
When I dug in, I realized it is all around us.
Regular people are fighting back to defend their communities. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
When I dug in, I realized it is all around us.
Regular people are fighting back to defend their communities. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
Life Inside the Undocumented Underground
During President Donald Trump’s second term, dramatic raids staged by the Immigration...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“All politics is local.”
A transparent gift to the petroleum industry. Next expect all the emissions standards to be waived.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A transparent gift to the petroleum industry. Next expect all the emissions standards to be waived.
AI is basically a hyperactive monkey that's been handed a machine gun: wildly spraying answers in every direction, occasionally nailing the target, but mostly just making a chaotic mess while grinning like it meant to do that.
At least this monkey cites its sources... sometimes.
At least this monkey cites its sources... sometimes.
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
AI is basically a hyperactive monkey that's been handed a machine gun: wildly spraying answers in every direction, occasionally nailing the target, but mostly just making a chaotic mess while grinning like it meant to do that.
At least this monkey cites its sources... sometimes.
At least this monkey cites its sources... sometimes.
Remembering the time in 1997 when they slaughtered Barney on live TV
www.instagram.com/reel/DRiM9Xg...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRiM9Xg...
blowingfact on Instagram: "The 1997 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade gave Barney one of the most infamous moments in parade history, when powerful winds slammed the giant purple dinosaur balloon into a ...
Learn about the infamous 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving parade incident where Barney's balloon crashed to the ground, causing chaos and shock to the crowd. Discover the unexpected turn of events and the mea...
www.instagram.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Remembering the time in 1997 when they slaughtered Barney on live TV
www.instagram.com/reel/DRiM9Xg...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRiM9Xg...
Boomers:
We drank from the hose, we shot each other with BB guns, we had lawn darts, and wood hammers for croquet.
We didn’t have car seats, seat belts or SPF 30 sunscreen.
The TV stations ran a commercial after the nightly news reminding our parents that they had children.
We drank from the hose, we shot each other with BB guns, we had lawn darts, and wood hammers for croquet.
We didn’t have car seats, seat belts or SPF 30 sunscreen.
The TV stations ran a commercial after the nightly news reminding our parents that they had children.
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Boomers:
We drank from the hose, we shot each other with BB guns, we had lawn darts, and wood hammers for croquet.
We didn’t have car seats, seat belts or SPF 30 sunscreen.
The TV stations ran a commercial after the nightly news reminding our parents that they had children.
We drank from the hose, we shot each other with BB guns, we had lawn darts, and wood hammers for croquet.
We didn’t have car seats, seat belts or SPF 30 sunscreen.
The TV stations ran a commercial after the nightly news reminding our parents that they had children.
Boomers: We drank from the hose, we shot each other with BB guns, we had lawn darts, and the TV stations ran a commercial after the evening news reminding our parents that they had children.
“It’s 10pm, do you know where your children are?”
“It’s 10pm, do you know where your children are?”
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Boomers: We drank from the hose, we shot each other with BB guns, we had lawn darts, and the TV stations ran a commercial after the evening news reminding our parents that they had children.
“It’s 10pm, do you know where your children are?”
“It’s 10pm, do you know where your children are?”
Queens of the Stone Age, “Live from the Catacombs” at @acltv.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Queens of the Stone Age, “Live from the Catacombs” at @acltv.bsky.social
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While 213 Republicans and all the Democrats too
Voted “Aye, let the people see what the devils do,”
“Nay!” Clay peeped, his voice small and afraid,
“These files stay sealed forever—or at least till I’m paid!
While 213 Republicans and all the Democrats too
Voted “Aye, let the people see what the devils do,”
“Nay!” Clay peeped, his voice small and afraid,
“These files stay sealed forever—or at least till I’m paid!
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
427-1
While 213 Republicans and all the Democrats too
Voted “Aye, let the people see what the devils do,”
“Nay!” Clay peeped, his voice small and afraid,
“These files stay sealed forever—or at least till I’m paid!
While 213 Republicans and all the Democrats too
Voted “Aye, let the people see what the devils do,”
“Nay!” Clay peeped, his voice small and afraid,
“These files stay sealed forever—or at least till I’m paid!
The Gun Boat Diplomacy to Bone-Saw Diplomacy pipeline.
Brunch in the Oval Office.
They toasted with Diet Coke and the finest of dates.
Melania brought finger sandwiches.
Brunch in the Oval Office.
They toasted with Diet Coke and the finest of dates.
Melania brought finger sandwiches.
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Gun Boat Diplomacy to Bone-Saw Diplomacy pipeline.
Brunch in the Oval Office.
They toasted with Diet Coke and the finest of dates.
Melania brought finger sandwiches.
Brunch in the Oval Office.
They toasted with Diet Coke and the finest of dates.
Melania brought finger sandwiches.
Reposted by Jim Thompson
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
PSA: Cloudflare is taking a large dump at the moment, so lots of things on the web are also not having a good time.
Also if you use Cloudflare DNS it's flaky.
Also if you use Cloudflare DNS it's flaky.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
PSA: Cloudflare is taking a large dump at the moment, so lots of things on the web are also not having a good time.
Also if you use Cloudflare DNS it's flaky.
Also if you use Cloudflare DNS it's flaky.
This is basically how LLMs (your “AI”) work.
Dreamed that the word “literally” was a shortening of the phrase “literary trickery” and its further shortening to “Lit’ry” was an example of—and I said this so confidently in the dream—something called “linguistic back frogging”
As far as I know literally all of this is nonsense
TY brain
As far as I know literally all of this is nonsense
TY brain
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is basically how LLMs (your “AI”) work.
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin’ that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone’s tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don’t matter what you did
Face full of black soot
Talkin’ that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone’s tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don’t matter what you did
She’s lying, of course, but it is noteworthy that the feels like she has to lie and say these things. She’s a weathervane and this is a sign of the way the wind is blowing.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin’ that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone’s tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don’t matter what you did
Face full of black soot
Talkin’ that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone’s tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don’t matter what you did