aetherspoon
@aetherspoon.com
He/him(ish), owned by a pair of adorable 14-year-old kittens, tech-head, gamer (video), gamer (board), gamer (roleplaying), and gamer (PC). Oh yeah, and also a software developer / former sysadmin for 20+ years.
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aetherspoon
@aetherspoon.com
· May 31
Time for a re-introduction because change.
Hi, I'm aetherspoon (he/him/any), an American in exile living in Aarhus, Denmark. I'm owned by two cats and my partner @kriatyrr.bsky.social. Self-hoster/homelabber, techie, been living on the Internet for a long time, and BBSes before that.
#introduction
Hi, I'm aetherspoon (he/him/any), an American in exile living in Aarhus, Denmark. I'm owned by two cats and my partner @kriatyrr.bsky.social. Self-hoster/homelabber, techie, been living on the Internet for a long time, and BBSes before that.
#introduction
I have a new phone - the Honor Magic V5. Foldable, so this is all a new experience to me.
Any suggestions on apps that really work well with this form factor?
Any suggestions on apps that really work well with this form factor?
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I have a new phone - the Honor Magic V5. Foldable, so this is all a new experience to me.
Any suggestions on apps that really work well with this form factor?
Any suggestions on apps that really work well with this form factor?
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There is going to be a general strike on January 23. Make sure you don't cross the picket line.
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 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
There is going to be a general strike on January 23. Make sure you don't cross the picket line.
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Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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It’s cute when non-Americans think we can just leave the country and move somewhere else to escape all this, as if their governments haven’t also made their immigration processes just as cruel and slow.
January 7, 2026 at 1:42 PM
It’s cute when non-Americans think we can just leave the country and move somewhere else to escape all this, as if their governments haven’t also made their immigration processes just as cruel and slow.
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Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
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Wait. It's real? I assumed it was satire. I ASSUMED IT WAS SATIRE! Is life... satire now?
Today, Trump declared that the nation will host the first-ever “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” featuring high school athletes, one boy and one girl, from each state and territory.
If you think this sounds like The Hunger Games, you're not alone.
If you think this sounds like The Hunger Games, you're not alone.
Trump just announced his own Hunger Games
In case you needed a reminder that we're living in a fascist hellscape.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Wait. It's real? I assumed it was satire. I ASSUMED IT WAS SATIRE! Is life... satire now?
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
Eh, why not ask here.
Are foldable phones worth it as both a phone and a tablet replacement?
My phone is beyond end-of-support (which is important to me) and my tablet is starting to have hardware issues. They both need replacing soon and I didn't know if a foldable is a viable option.
#android
Are foldable phones worth it as both a phone and a tablet replacement?
My phone is beyond end-of-support (which is important to me) and my tablet is starting to have hardware issues. They both need replacing soon and I didn't know if a foldable is a viable option.
#android
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Eh, why not ask here.
Are foldable phones worth it as both a phone and a tablet replacement?
My phone is beyond end-of-support (which is important to me) and my tablet is starting to have hardware issues. They both need replacing soon and I didn't know if a foldable is a viable option.
#android
Are foldable phones worth it as both a phone and a tablet replacement?
My phone is beyond end-of-support (which is important to me) and my tablet is starting to have hardware issues. They both need replacing soon and I didn't know if a foldable is a viable option.
#android
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
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HERE FOR THIS QUEEN
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
HERE FOR THIS QUEEN
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Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
1. Started with a summer job as a QA engineer
2. Went to school for CS
3. Economy sucked, stayed an extra year for a math degree
4. Became more interested in sysadmin work than CS, stayed in that career for another 16 years
5. Job hunt for a remote position led to a dev offer
6. Am developer now
2. Went to school for CS
3. Economy sucked, stayed an extra year for a math degree
4. Became more interested in sysadmin work than CS, stayed in that career for another 16 years
5. Job hunt for a remote position led to a dev offer
6. Am developer now
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
1. Started with a summer job as a QA engineer
2. Went to school for CS
3. Economy sucked, stayed an extra year for a math degree
4. Became more interested in sysadmin work than CS, stayed in that career for another 16 years
5. Job hunt for a remote position led to a dev offer
6. Am developer now
2. Went to school for CS
3. Economy sucked, stayed an extra year for a math degree
4. Became more interested in sysadmin work than CS, stayed in that career for another 16 years
5. Job hunt for a remote position led to a dev offer
6. Am developer now
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Perusing the new eXoWin9x project! 660+ PC games from 1994-96 for Windows 9x, all set up and ready to play straight away using preconfigured versions of DOSBox-X, 86Box, and LaunchBox.
youtu.be/FazeobVWdmM
This went off the rails and unintentionally became the funniest video I've done in a while 😄
youtu.be/FazeobVWdmM
This went off the rails and unintentionally became the funniest video I've done in a while 😄
LGR Plays - eXoWin9x Vol. 1: 1994-1996!
YouTube video by LGR Blerbs
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Perusing the new eXoWin9x project! 660+ PC games from 1994-96 for Windows 9x, all set up and ready to play straight away using preconfigured versions of DOSBox-X, 86Box, and LaunchBox.
youtu.be/FazeobVWdmM
This went off the rails and unintentionally became the funniest video I've done in a while 😄
youtu.be/FazeobVWdmM
This went off the rails and unintentionally became the funniest video I've done in a while 😄
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A city of 10 million people now has to move. It won't be the last.
As impossible as it seems, everything happening now will be a footnote to the climate crisis.
As impossible as it seems, everything happening now will be a footnote to the climate crisis.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A city of 10 million people now has to move. It won't be the last.
As impossible as it seems, everything happening now will be a footnote to the climate crisis.
As impossible as it seems, everything happening now will be a footnote to the climate crisis.
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"social democracy is the moderate wing of fascism" factoid actually just statistical error. average social democrat commits 0 atrocities every year. Danish Socialdemokratiet, which hates immigrants and steals 1000 refugee jewelry items every year, is an outlier and should not have been counted
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"social democracy is the moderate wing of fascism" factoid actually just statistical error. average social democrat commits 0 atrocities every year. Danish Socialdemokratiet, which hates immigrants and steals 1000 refugee jewelry items every year, is an outlier and should not have been counted
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Zoan has his radiation therapy confirmed for Thanksgiving Day. I mean, I know he looks like a roasted turkey and all, but you're not supposed to nuke the turkey; why am I nuking my kitty?
More seriously, I'm terrified out of my mind that my Zoan Kitty will suffer all alone. #cats
More seriously, I'm terrified out of my mind that my Zoan Kitty will suffer all alone. #cats
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Zoan has his radiation therapy confirmed for Thanksgiving Day. I mean, I know he looks like a roasted turkey and all, but you're not supposed to nuke the turkey; why am I nuking my kitty?
More seriously, I'm terrified out of my mind that my Zoan Kitty will suffer all alone. #cats
More seriously, I'm terrified out of my mind that my Zoan Kitty will suffer all alone. #cats
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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My new album "FINAL FANTASY VIII Harp Collections, Vol. 1" is up on streaming platforms! 🎵
Full version on YT: youtu.be/kbT7ijzN6gI
Full version on YT: youtu.be/kbT7ijzN6gI
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My new album "FINAL FANTASY VIII Harp Collections, Vol. 1" is up on streaming platforms! 🎵
Full version on YT: youtu.be/kbT7ijzN6gI
Full version on YT: youtu.be/kbT7ijzN6gI
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It is actually bokers to me that this setting was just automatically and silently applied. Whole site immediately felt less dead once I switched it off
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It is actually bokers to me that this setting was just automatically and silently applied. Whole site immediately felt less dead once I switched it off
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Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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American's insurance budgets are utterly cooked without the ACA subsidies the GOP wants to let expire.
Idaho started ACA open enrollment. Here's a preview for the rest of us.
When your rates rise and you can't afford coverage, remember that it's the GOP who made it happen.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
When your rates rise and you can't afford coverage, remember that it's the GOP who made it happen.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
American's insurance budgets are utterly cooked without the ACA subsidies the GOP wants to let expire.