Technology Connections
@techconnectify.bsky.social
I'm that YouTuber who taught you how dishwashers work. Guess I'm tryin' out the whole Bluesky thing now.
he/him
https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
he/him
https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
Pinned
I made my whole-home humidifier slightly less terrifying
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
I'm wishing to bring tidings of comfort and joy with this new video.
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
OK, I haven't considered that some of the arguments I find myself in these days are coming from people who still think solar energy and battery storage are expensive.
Already the LCOE from solar+storage is cheaper than anything else.
Seemed like the obvious outcome to me since the sun is free.
Already the LCOE from solar+storage is cheaper than anything else.
Seemed like the obvious outcome to me since the sun is free.
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
OK, I haven't considered that some of the arguments I find myself in these days are coming from people who still think solar energy and battery storage are expensive.
Already the LCOE from solar+storage is cheaper than anything else.
Seemed like the obvious outcome to me since the sun is free.
Already the LCOE from solar+storage is cheaper than anything else.
Seemed like the obvious outcome to me since the sun is free.
FYI, we're already doing this at scale for car parts like alternators and starters which only cost a couple hundred bucks.
We're already doing it with lead acid batteries (it's almost a closed-loop recycling system now!) so we're absolutely gonna do it with other battery chemistries, too.
We're already doing it with lead acid batteries (it's almost a closed-loop recycling system now!) so we're absolutely gonna do it with other battery chemistries, too.
Again, this is the kind of thing which is already happening in the background at scale which people may simply not be aware of.
A whole lot of aftermarket car parts are actually used car parts that got wear items like bearings or brushes replaced, cleaned up, and re-sold.
A whole lot of aftermarket car parts are actually used car parts that got wear items like bearings or brushes replaced, cleaned up, and re-sold.
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 PM
FYI, we're already doing this at scale for car parts like alternators and starters which only cost a couple hundred bucks.
We're already doing it with lead acid batteries (it's almost a closed-loop recycling system now!) so we're absolutely gonna do it with other battery chemistries, too.
We're already doing it with lead acid batteries (it's almost a closed-loop recycling system now!) so we're absolutely gonna do it with other battery chemistries, too.
Hey guys. When I limited replies, and I said I limited replies, I was really hoping y'all could follow through and not reply to the original post.
Two people already haven't understood the context of there being a joke above and have left angry comments, and people are thumbing them up.
Two people already haven't understood the context of there being a joke above and have left angry comments, and people are thumbing them up.
January 20, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Hey guys. When I limited replies, and I said I limited replies, I was really hoping y'all could follow through and not reply to the original post.
Two people already haven't understood the context of there being a joke above and have left angry comments, and people are thumbing them up.
Two people already haven't understood the context of there being a joke above and have left angry comments, and people are thumbing them up.
@seancasten.bsky.social I want you to know this is something your constituent (me) genuinely thinks the democratic party leadership would do, all the while deluding themselves into thinking we'll be thrilled about it.
This is where I'm at. I need you to start saying things to people.
This is where I'm at. I need you to start saying things to people.
Democrats could probably get a law passed saying that verified troops with at least 4 years service and a national guard commitment must have their constitutional rights respected, or at least could require any violators take a 6-week paid training course on Troop Respect.
January 20, 2026 at 5:14 AM
@seancasten.bsky.social I want you to know this is something your constituent (me) genuinely thinks the democratic party leadership would do, all the while deluding themselves into thinking we'll be thrilled about it.
This is where I'm at. I need you to start saying things to people.
This is where I'm at. I need you to start saying things to people.
Reposted by Technology Connections
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 18, 2026 at 2:39 AM
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
Tomorrow I got stuff to do and shouldn't be on here, so I'll be out of here for a day with this whole ~politics~ schtik
Keep on showing people stuff. Gotta break the trance
Keep on showing people stuff. Gotta break the trance
January 17, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Tomorrow I got stuff to do and shouldn't be on here, so I'll be out of here for a day with this whole ~politics~ schtik
Keep on showing people stuff. Gotta break the trance
Keep on showing people stuff. Gotta break the trance
I believe speaker Mike Johnson was quoted as saying that ice is doing what it is designed to do...
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I believe speaker Mike Johnson was quoted as saying that ice is doing what it is designed to do...
Reposted by Technology Connections
if you vote for another cent for this you are a collaborator. this is a litmus test for every politician for the rest of my life
Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 AM
if you vote for another cent for this you are a collaborator. this is a litmus test for every politician for the rest of my life
Reposted by Technology Connections
This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.
seems notable
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
seems notable
Who is making the "big government" argument has flipped and to some folks the slow realization of this fact is gonna be quite messy.
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Who is making the "big government" argument has flipped and to some folks the slow realization of this fact is gonna be quite messy.
Reposted by Technology Connections
am I really not supposed to be worried about that?
should I really not be reminding people about that?
should I really tolerate a politician waffling back and forth about that?
should I?
should I really not be reminding people about that?
should I really tolerate a politician waffling back and forth about that?
should I?
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
am I really not supposed to be worried about that?
should I really not be reminding people about that?
should I really tolerate a politician waffling back and forth about that?
should I?
should I really not be reminding people about that?
should I really tolerate a politician waffling back and forth about that?
should I?
in case you didn't understand why transphobic rhetoric worried us so much about this guy, well it's because it's a signal that shit like this is coming next.
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
in case you didn't understand why transphobic rhetoric worried us so much about this guy, well it's because it's a signal that shit like this is coming next.
Reposted by Technology Connections
nonviolence kinda fuckin vindicated here cause these mfs are going "mods.... MODDS... MODS I spiL My JICE"
Leavitt complains that protesters are pointing their middle fingers at ICE vehicles
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 AM
nonviolence kinda fuckin vindicated here cause these mfs are going "mods.... MODDS... MODS I spiL My JICE"
Reposted by Technology Connections
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
Reposted by Technology Connections
imagine letting these people run anything more consequential than a lemonade stand
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show
Video posted by top gamer shows what he says is X conversation in which billionaire admits ‘account boosting’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:59 AM
imagine letting these people run anything more consequential than a lemonade stand
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Technology Connections
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
Reposted by Technology Connections
That hostage video smile is really something.
January 16, 2026 at 3:05 AM
That hostage video smile is really something.
Reposted by Technology Connections
We’re in Chicago.
January 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
We’re in Chicago.
And again, on the topic of rhetoric. Let's just go with this hypothesis and assume it's true.
You make a contingency plan.
Here's mine: I am signed up for permanent mail ballots. I get notifications when it has been sent. If it doesn't arrive, I will let everyone know and will vote in person.
You make a contingency plan.
Here's mine: I am signed up for permanent mail ballots. I get notifications when it has been sent. If it doesn't arrive, I will let everyone know and will vote in person.
My hypothesis is that Trump will demand the Postmaster General to refuse delivering and collecting mail ballots, which would make free and fair elections practically impossible in the Western states
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
January 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
And again, on the topic of rhetoric. Let's just go with this hypothesis and assume it's true.
You make a contingency plan.
Here's mine: I am signed up for permanent mail ballots. I get notifications when it has been sent. If it doesn't arrive, I will let everyone know and will vote in person.
You make a contingency plan.
Here's mine: I am signed up for permanent mail ballots. I get notifications when it has been sent. If it doesn't arrive, I will let everyone know and will vote in person.
Okay folks, one thing you need to understand about social media is that in participating in it *you* are creating rhetoric.
My recent posts are trying to address that fact and maybe get you to think a little bit harder about what your rhetoric might encourage or discourage.
My recent posts are trying to address that fact and maybe get you to think a little bit harder about what your rhetoric might encourage or discourage.
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Okay folks, one thing you need to understand about social media is that in participating in it *you* are creating rhetoric.
My recent posts are trying to address that fact and maybe get you to think a little bit harder about what your rhetoric might encourage or discourage.
My recent posts are trying to address that fact and maybe get you to think a little bit harder about what your rhetoric might encourage or discourage.
It is important to remember this.
My ballots are printed and distributed by my *county* and the worse things get the more those folks at the county offices will become defiant.
Do not obey in advance!
My ballots are printed and distributed by my *county* and the worse things get the more those folks at the county offices will become defiant.
Do not obey in advance!
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
It is important to remember this.
My ballots are printed and distributed by my *county* and the worse things get the more those folks at the county offices will become defiant.
Do not obey in advance!
My ballots are printed and distributed by my *county* and the worse things get the more those folks at the county offices will become defiant.
Do not obey in advance!
Reposted by Technology Connections
It was such a pleasure to talk to you @techconnectify.bsky.social for the State of the Workflow series.
www.theenthusiast.net/technology-c...
www.theenthusiast.net/technology-c...
Technology Connections – State of the Workflow
New episode of Cortex!
Myke talks to Alec from Technology Connections about how he turns everyday tech into compelling videos, from topic selection and deep research to scripting, hands-on experiment...
www.theenthusiast.net
January 15, 2026 at 1:29 PM
It was such a pleasure to talk to you @techconnectify.bsky.social for the State of the Workflow series.
www.theenthusiast.net/technology-c...
www.theenthusiast.net/technology-c...
ooh I just wrote a banger of a line
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
ooh I just wrote a banger of a line
Are we tired of all this winning yet folks?
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Are we tired of all this winning yet folks?