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Kelson
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Techie, software developer, hobbyist photographer, sci-fi/fantasy and comics fan in the Los Angeles area. He/him. More often at @notes.kvibber.com or my website https://kvibber.com
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Kelson @kvibber.com · Nov 6
I drop in here from time to time, but usually if I'm on social media it's in the Fediverse, where I'm @[email protected]

Thanks to Bridgy Fed, though, you can see (most of) my Fediverse posts here in Bluesky at @notes.kvibber.com
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pixequil.com
maintenance mode
Panel 1: Exec: "Ok guys ok ok we won't kill Adobe Animate." Crowd: "Phew" "thank fuck" "That's better" "I'm still switching to something else." "No yeah you really should" Panel 2: Exec: "Unfortunately we will also stop adding new features to it." Crowd: "WOO!!!" "It's a dream come true!" "Yeah!" "Finally!" Exec: "... um. Why are they cheering"
February 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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nicolefoy.bsky.social
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters

and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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theonion.com
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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elmcitytree.blacksky.app
These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 6d
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent

lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember

www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
kvibber.com
Finished my second play-through of Heaven's Vault. An archaeologist sailing a habitable nebula, exploring ruins, interacting with townspeople, and translating ancient inscriptions. Your choices make enough difference that it's very replayable. 5★

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#Games #HeavensVault
Heaven's Vault - Review
You play as an archaeologist, sailing among the moons of a habitable nebula linked by rivers, exploring ruins, interacting with townspeople, and translating ancient inscriptions. What starts as a…
hyperborea.org
January 26, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
The Republican position on guns is and always was that guns can only be used by lone wolves to murder schoolchildren or by Republicans to murder whoever they want.
January 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Useful information for today (and tomorrow, and the day after that, and...)

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How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…
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January 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
kvibber.com
New book review on my website!

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne (F.P. Walter Translation)
★★★★☆

hyperborea.org/reviews/book...

Even though marine science and geology have passed it by, it's still a gripping episodic adventure through a strange, hidden world of marvels.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Review
Even though marine science and geology have passed it by, it's still a gripping episodic adventure through a strange, hidden world of marvels.
hyperborea.org
January 18, 2026 at 8:51 AM
kvibber.com
I finally replaced my aging Boox Poke3 with the Go 7. I really liked the older tablet, and used it as my main eBook reader for years, but it was struggling with newer (and updated) apps. The new one's a dramatic improvement.

Review: hyperborea.org/reviews/prod...

#ereaders #boox
Onyx BOOX Go 7 Color (Gen II) - Review
After five years, I replaced the Poke3 with the Go 7 Color. It's a lot faster and more responsive, brings back physical page turning buttons, and adds (pastel) color. Like its predecessor it has a sha...
hyperborea.org
January 10, 2026 at 4:19 AM
kvibber.com
Until I picked it up yesterday, it had been ages since I last read A Christmas Carol.

Dickens' original story holds up well. The emphasis on kindness and charity makes it timeless, beyond the specifics of England during the Industrial Revolution.

#AChristmasCarol

hyperborea.org/reviews/book...
December 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
kvibber.com
Finally read The Old Iron Dream, which traces the strand of military authoritarianism and white male supremacy in science-fiction from John Campbell through Heinlein, Pournelle and other major names up through ~2013.

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The Old Iron Dream - Review
An extended essay tracing the strand of military authoritarianism and white male supremacy in science-fiction, from John Campbell through Heinlein, Pournelle and other major names up through the then-...
hyperborea.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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The Tombs of Atuan is still my favorite of the Earthsea books. There's something fascinating about a labyrinth that you *must* traverse in total darkness, keeping a map and counting turns in your head.

Ursula K. Le Guin ★★★★★
hyperborea.org/reviews/book...

#books #earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan - Review
Still my favorite of the Earthsea books. There's something fascinating about a labyrinth that you *must* traverse in total darkness, keeping a map and counting turns in your head.
hyperborea.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
kvibber.com
I finally read the first two stories set in Earthsea, before Ursula K. Le Guin started on the novels. They're interesting on their own, as well as in seeing what the series grew from.
★★★★☆
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#Earthsea #UrsulaKLeGuin
The Word of Unbinding and The Rule of Names - Review
The original two stories set in Earthsea, before Le Guin wrote the novels. Each stand-alone, each interesting both in itself and in seeing what the series and its themes grew from.
hyperborea.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
kvibber.com
New ★★★★★ comic review on my website!

I recently re-read the original iZombie graphic novels for the first time since watching the TV series.

hyperborea.org/reviews/comi...
iZombie (graphic novels) - Review
A horror/comedy that ranges from Scooby Doo to Lovecraft by way of Moorcock, featuring thinking zombies, vampires who run paintball, ghosts, secret societies, and a were-terrier. Off the wall concepts...
hyperborea.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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New book review on my website!

Vaster Than Empires And More Slow, Ursula K. Le Guin

hyperborea.org/reviews/book...

An intriguing story of a dysfunctional crew dealing with each other and a planet that, at first glance, appears to have no sentient life, only plants.
Vaster Than Empires And More Slow - Review
An intriguing story of a dysfunctional crew dealing with each other and a planet that, at first glance, appears to have no sentient life, only plants.
hyperborea.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
kvibber.com
Weird: Sometime in the last few days, my profile images and bio just disappeared. I'm still logged in, I can still read and post, my post history is still visible. Just... reset to a default profile.

Fortunately I'm a digital packrat so I can just re-upload the images.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
kvibber.com
I drop in here from time to time, but usually if I'm on social media it's in the Fediverse, where I'm @[email protected]

Thanks to Bridgy Fed, though, you can see (most of) my Fediverse posts here in Bluesky at @notes.kvibber.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
kvibber.com
New post on my site: Recommended Web Browsers.

Vivaldi, Orion, Waterfox and Zen are my current favorites. LibreWolf & IronFox are good for everyday privacy, Tor for advanced scenarios. Falkon & Dillo are good for slow hardware.

https://hyperborea.org/reviews/software/web-browsers/
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
kvibber.com
New book review on my website!

The Birding Dictionary, Rosemary Mosco
★★★★★

hyperborea.org/reviews/book...

A delightful collection of comedic 'definitions' of various terms one might encounter while watching birds (or interacting with people who do), filled with the style of h…
The Birding Dictionary - Review
A delightful collection of comedic 'definitions' of various terms one might encounter while watching birds (or interacting with people who do), filled with the style of humor and illustration the author...
hyperborea.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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alenxa.bsky.social
Tsubasa: DELTARune CHRoNiCLE!

Syaokris & Doriimaa-kun, Sakurelle (with Mokonace Spadeoki), Ralfai, and Susiegane. Hopefully you can tell which is which even if they get shuffled wrong.

Also at www.tumblr.com/alenxa/79913...

Happy belated Halloween!
Two versions of Kris, the human protagonist from the game Deltarune. On the left, they have light blue skin and midnight-blue spiky hair that shows only their left red-hued eye. They are standing holding their pink-toned sword point-down, pointing with the other hand at the other version of themself, wearing a chestplate, gauntlets, pauldrons, and boots in shades of light gray-blue, midnight-blue pants with a henna-like hot pink design on the right leg, and a scarf striped in hot pink and gray-blue. On the right, they have golden-yellow skin and dark brown spiky hair that shows only their right red-hued eye. They are standing looking down at a banana suspended in front of them between their hands, and wearing a sleeveless lime green turtleneck with a yellow stripe around the middle of the body, a pair of tan protective goggles hanging around their neck, and baggy brown pants tucked into tan boots. Each is drawn in the style of the character Syaoran from the anime/manga Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP. Noelle from the game Deltarune, a humanoid reindeer with brown fur/skin and yellow-blonde hair, blue eyes, short antlers, small semicircular ears at the sides of her head, and black cloven hooves, drawn in the style of the character Sakura from the anime/manga Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP. She is standing with one arm extended, wearing a pale blue under-layer of a sleeveless blouse and baggy pants, and a cream-colored short-sleeved overdress fastened at the collar with a light blue snowflake brooch. The overdress is decorated with a stairstep border striped diagonally in red and green, with narrow bands of red and green around each sleeve, and small Christmas-light bulbs in red, yellow, green and blue hanging from the edges of the sleeves. She also wears a wrapped belt of two strands of the same Christmas lights, beneath the overdress. In the top right corner, the small long-eared magical rabbit character Mokona Modoki, also from Tsubasa, is drawn with the colors and decorations of Lancer from Deltarune, including blue ears, mouth, and paw tips, a black card-suit spade panel on the forehead, a blue spade design on the belly, and a tiny spade earring on the right ear. Ralsei from the game Deltarune, a fluffy white-furred humanoid rabbit/goat with purple eyes, long floppy ears, and short pink forehead horns, sitting down and waving with one hand, wearing a tailored light green short-sleeved overcoat, dark green short pants, a hot-pink bulky scarf, and glasses, drawn in a style resembling the character Fai D. Fluorite from the anime/manga Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP. Susie from the game Deltarune, a pink-skinned humanoid-reptilian monster with shaggy deep magenta hair, standing up and holding a halberd that glints blue, wearing purple splint armor, a purple-trimmed black sleeveless vest, baggy magenta pants, gold-spiked black armbands, and black boots, drawn in a style resembling the character Kurogane from the manga/anime Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP.
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
kvibber.com
I reviewed Fred Fordham's graphic novel adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea.
★★★★★

Fordham's watercolor-style art is absolutely gorgeous. The adaptation plays to the medium's strengths, allowing the visuals to tell the story...
hyperborea.org/reviews/comi...

#Earthsea #comics
A Wizard of Earthsea (Graphic Novel) - Review
Fordham's watercolor-style art is absolutely gorgeous. The adaptation plays to the medium's strengths, allowing the visuals to tell the story when possible, keeping Le Guin's prose when needed. Wide seascapes,...
hyperborea.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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notes.kvibber.com
An actual human-drawn version of the HOP design as a T-Shirt? Sign me up!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2019846827/hop-shirt

#hop #nokings
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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notes.kvibber.com
Some people just didn't get the memo that the narrator of "The Future Soon" isn't the good guy.

https://www.theverge.com/transportation/805247/tesla-q3-earnings-elon-musk-robot-army-pay-package
Elon Musk says he needs $1 trillion to control Tesla’s ‘robot army’
Do we even want this guy to have a robot army?
www.theverge.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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gwillow.me
On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
kvibber.com
New book review on my website!

Usurpation, Sue Burke
★★★★☆

hyperborea.org/reviews/book...

A different sort of book than Semiosis and Interference, taking place entirely on Earth long after the second Pax expedition returns. Can the bamboo keep humans' chaotic conflicts in chec…
Usurpation - Review
A different sort of book than Semiosis and Interference, taking place entirely on Earth long after the second Pax expedition returns. Can the bamboo keep humans' chaotic conflicts in check? Where do the...
hyperborea.org
October 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM