Nathan L Smith
@nlsmith.com
Gardening, historic building maintenance, pet photos, infrastructure observability, JavaScript, graph theory, jokes. Fiscally anti-fascist, socially anti-fascist. Pacifist Gemini.
South Amana, Iowa
South Amana, Iowa
Canada goldenrod, Great St. John’s wort, Virgin’s bower 🌱
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Canada goldenrod, Great St. John’s wort, Virgin’s bower 🌱
Woodpecker in the maple tree 🌱
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Woodpecker in the maple tree 🌱
Ghost cat sneaks out of the house and thinks she can make my grapes her play house. 🌱
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Ghost cat sneaks out of the house and thinks she can make my grapes her play house. 🌱
Thanks to Coralville for building this huge Natatorium just for Nates to hang out at.
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thanks to Coralville for building this huge Natatorium just for Nates to hang out at.
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Code wikis are documentation theater as a service by @theletterf.bsky.social
passo.uno/ai-wikis-doc...
passo.uno/ai-wikis-doc...
Code wikis are documentation theater as a service
Code Wiki, a new AI tool by Google, claims to generate a complete set of docs, including diagrams, from code repos. The landing page goes as far as saying “Stop documenting. No more stale docs. Ever”,...
passo.uno
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Code wikis are documentation theater as a service by @theletterf.bsky.social
passo.uno/ai-wikis-doc...
passo.uno/ai-wikis-doc...
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. (11/18/2025)
f the nyt
f the nyt
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. (11/18/2025)
f the nyt
f the nyt
Found my teen’s alt creds on a sticky note and she goes by “Jackoff McGee”
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Found my teen’s alt creds on a sticky note and she goes by “Jackoff McGee”
Reposted by Nathan L Smith
And then… it all happened. Prince “posthumously” got the Award of Merit at the AMAs, performing an edit of this greatest-hits medley, as well as a medley of songs from the album that Warner wouldn’t let him release. And he thanked Dick Clark for “letting him put Prince to bed”. youtu.be/XUQPw7TAMz4
PRINCE-RARE-Hits Medley Live & Award-1995 AMAS (1/30/1995) 4K HD-Best Copy
YouTube video by Tom Key
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
And then… it all happened. Prince “posthumously” got the Award of Merit at the AMAs, performing an edit of this greatest-hits medley, as well as a medley of songs from the album that Warner wouldn’t let him release. And he thanked Dick Clark for “letting him put Prince to bed”. youtu.be/XUQPw7TAMz4
Slop is on the menu at The Vine
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Slop is on the menu at The Vine
Reposted by Nathan L Smith
Reposted by Nathan L Smith
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
Where I’m posting from
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Where I’m posting from
The most underrated thing from the '90s is C&C Music Factory. We need to seize the C&C means of production and bring this art back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTG...
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by CCMusicFactoryVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The most underrated thing from the '90s is C&C Music Factory. We need to seize the C&C means of production and bring this art back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTG...
Tonight in Atlanta I either saw:
(A) A rat steal a piece of bread from a homeless person
or
(B) A homeless person sharing a piece of bread with his rat friend
I did not slow down to ask clarifying questions to either of them.
(A) A rat steal a piece of bread from a homeless person
or
(B) A homeless person sharing a piece of bread with his rat friend
I did not slow down to ask clarifying questions to either of them.
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Tonight in Atlanta I either saw:
(A) A rat steal a piece of bread from a homeless person
or
(B) A homeless person sharing a piece of bread with his rat friend
I did not slow down to ask clarifying questions to either of them.
(A) A rat steal a piece of bread from a homeless person
or
(B) A homeless person sharing a piece of bread with his rat friend
I did not slow down to ask clarifying questions to either of them.
Goddammit I watched a YouTube video about polishing a cast iron pan and now all of my YouTube suggestions are videos about cast iron pans I really don't care.
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Goddammit I watched a YouTube video about polishing a cast iron pan and now all of my YouTube suggestions are videos about cast iron pans I really don't care.
Drinking at the airport: it’s not just a good idea. It’s the law!
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Drinking at the airport: it’s not just a good idea. It’s the law!
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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