Hank Spears
@hankspears.bsky.social
Failed musician. Plays bass in @rrrapidkool.bsky.social and makes unlistenable electronica at https://simplecarpenter.bandcamp.com.
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you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
Yet another reminder that if you like a piece of software, you should pay for it.
www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/i...
www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/i...
Users scramble as critical open source project left to die
Opinion: Paying Ingress NGINX maintainers for their work might have avoided this outcome
www.theregister.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Yet another reminder that if you like a piece of software, you should pay for it.
www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/i...
www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/i...
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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Several Canadians have mentioning Spocking the Canadian five dollar bill, something I’ve never heard of. And I suggest you Google it like I did because it is a delight.
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I can make it worse
We can be a very silly country sometimes
At one point, we were told to stop spocking the fives
We were colouring them in and turning them into Mr. Spock from Star Trek
I can make it worse
We can be a very silly country sometimes
At one point, we were told to stop spocking the fives
We were colouring them in and turning them into Mr. Spock from Star Trek
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Several Canadians have mentioning Spocking the Canadian five dollar bill, something I’ve never heard of. And I suggest you Google it like I did because it is a delight.
Everyone should be off Spotify by now, but if you're hanging on for the end of year stats, look! Deezer does them too.
December 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Everyone should be off Spotify by now, but if you're hanging on for the end of year stats, look! Deezer does them too.
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I want to see the next picture in this series.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I want to see the next picture in this series.
Having a fantastic time at Boundaries Festival in Sunderland. See Instagram for more details!
www.instagram.com/reel/DRXzm3e...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRXzm3e...
@s1mplecarpenter on Instagram: "I hadn't seen Sly and the Family Drone before and wow, I'm speechless. So much energy and what a build! Loved it."
0 likes, 0 comments - s1mplecarpenter on November 22, 2025: "I hadn't seen Sly and the Family Drone before and wow, I'm speechless. So much energy and what a build! Loved it.".
www.instagram.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Having a fantastic time at Boundaries Festival in Sunderland. See Instagram for more details!
www.instagram.com/reel/DRXzm3e...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRXzm3e...
One for the sample nerds: this episode is a great dive into late-20th century library music. Real people playing real instruments and it sounds amazing!
Twenty Thousand Hertz+: The Secret Soundtracks of Movies & TV
Episode webpage: www.20k.org/episodes/pro...
Twenty Thousand Hertz+: The Secret Soundtracks of Movies & TV
Episode webpage: www.20k.org/episodes/pro...
www.20k.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One for the sample nerds: this episode is a great dive into late-20th century library music. Real people playing real instruments and it sounds amazing!
Twenty Thousand Hertz+: The Secret Soundtracks of Movies & TV
Episode webpage: www.20k.org/episodes/pro...
Twenty Thousand Hertz+: The Secret Soundtracks of Movies & TV
Episode webpage: www.20k.org/episodes/pro...
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Three Barrels.
Free weekly comic from our archive. If you’d like to see a daily comic along with two brand new comics every week, please consider subscribing to our Patreon. It costs very little and helps us to keep creating things.
patreon.com/lifeofsharks
Free weekly comic from our archive. If you’d like to see a daily comic along with two brand new comics every week, please consider subscribing to our Patreon. It costs very little and helps us to keep creating things.
patreon.com/lifeofsharks
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Three Barrels.
Free weekly comic from our archive. If you’d like to see a daily comic along with two brand new comics every week, please consider subscribing to our Patreon. It costs very little and helps us to keep creating things.
patreon.com/lifeofsharks
Free weekly comic from our archive. If you’d like to see a daily comic along with two brand new comics every week, please consider subscribing to our Patreon. It costs very little and helps us to keep creating things.
patreon.com/lifeofsharks
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gonna always pronounce AI like ayyyyyyyyyy now
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
gonna always pronounce AI like ayyyyyyyyyy now
Timeline cleanse: who doesn't want to see a horse with a golf course on his head?
Okebamba-kun, a laid-back horse with a golf course on his head, is the PR ambassador for Oketo Town, Hokkaido.
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Timeline cleanse: who doesn't want to see a horse with a golf course on his head?
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Listening to this CD now - it's brilliant, go and buy it!
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! This month’s Electronic Sound explores the strange and unsettling world of COLD WAR ELECTRONICA and we have a superb 35-track double CD to accompany the mag. Tension! Anxiety! Paranoia! Doom! Gloom! It’s all here! Get your copy at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Listening to this CD now - it's brilliant, go and buy it!
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Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.
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Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
This 💯 nails most companies approach to AI. What wonderful times we live in.
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This 💯 nails most companies approach to AI. What wonderful times we live in.
Woah, after 2147 days, I have finally completed the Duolingo Dutch course. Don't feel like I'm anywhere near fluent though.
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Woah, after 2147 days, I have finally completed the Duolingo Dutch course. Don't feel like I'm anywhere near fluent though.
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Haha, they are so deluded. I voted Green last time and I'll vote Green again next time.
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Haha, they are so deluded. I voted Green last time and I'll vote Green again next time.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign