David Brower
@browernet.us
Husband, dad, database bit head, occasional blogger, ex-sound engineer, lapsing cyclist.
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Huh! @swiftonsecurity.com nuked this banger:
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Huh! @swiftonsecurity.com nuked this banger:
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Old-school rotary phone dials into online meetings, hangs up when you slam it down
Old-school rotary phone dials into online meetings, hangs up when you slam it down
Stavros Korokithakis really wanted to slam the receiver on meetings, so he built his own device to do just that
We've all been there: A meeting goes sideways and you really wish you could physically slam the phone down and walk away. Maker Stavros Korokithakis knows that feeling well, so he took an old rotary phone and turned it into a device that can dial into - and hang up on - video calls in a decidedly retro fashion. …
dlvr.it
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Old-school rotary phone dials into online meetings, hangs up when you slam it down
Let’s see the magician get out of this one!
(ducks)
(ducks)
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Let’s see the magician get out of this one!
(ducks)
(ducks)
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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During my tween/early-teen magic phase, I went to see a Penn and Teller show and chatted with them after. I asked their advice about being a magician.
Teller gave me a long, thoughtful answer about study and perseverance.
Penn said if I was interested in girls, quit magic and learn guitar.
Teller gave me a long, thoughtful answer about study and perseverance.
Penn said if I was interested in girls, quit magic and learn guitar.
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
During my tween/early-teen magic phase, I went to see a Penn and Teller show and chatted with them after. I asked their advice about being a magician.
Teller gave me a long, thoughtful answer about study and perseverance.
Penn said if I was interested in girls, quit magic and learn guitar.
Teller gave me a long, thoughtful answer about study and perseverance.
Penn said if I was interested in girls, quit magic and learn guitar.
Maybe, at least compared to growing rice, cotton and almonds in California.
Is the promise of jobs worth all the water and chemicals it takes to manufacture chips in the Arizona desert?
Read more from @justcalma.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/features/825...
Read more from @justcalma.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/features/825...
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Maybe, at least compared to growing rice, cotton and almonds in California.
If Brooks was in the House, he’d be the second ‘No’ vote.
Leave it to David Fucking Brooks to bothsides the Epstein Files. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If Brooks was in the House, he’d be the second ‘No’ vote.
Who asked for this?
Reclassification targeting what are largely female-dominated fields
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Who asked for this?
Apparently spending the evening weeding my browser windows and tabs.
Yes, evergreen.
Yes, evergreen.
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Apparently spending the evening weeding my browser windows and tabs.
Yes, evergreen.
Yes, evergreen.
Too on the nose, Dept:
BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Too on the nose, Dept:
Also evergreen.
What the fuck?
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Also evergreen.
Evergreen
Omg everything is so stupid.
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Evergreen
The French Laundry is overrated.
(escalating quickly)
(escalating quickly)
Steak-and-Shake is overrated.
In-N-Out is overrated
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The French Laundry is overrated.
(escalating quickly)
(escalating quickly)
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a movie so sharp and funny that it basically killed the musical biopic for a decade
Coming soon to 4K UHD
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) 4K UHD
MORE INFO TBA
#WalkHard #walkhardthedeweycoxstory #JohnCReilly #JakeKasdan #Bluray #physicalmedia
#FilmCommunity #Bluray #4K #4KBluray #4KUltraHD
#DVD #VHS #physicalmedia #physicalmediaforever #bluraycollector #FilmSky
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) 4K UHD
MORE INFO TBA
#WalkHard #walkhardthedeweycoxstory #JohnCReilly #JakeKasdan #Bluray #physicalmedia
#FilmCommunity #Bluray #4K #4KBluray #4KUltraHD
#DVD #VHS #physicalmedia #physicalmediaforever #bluraycollector #FilmSky
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
a movie so sharp and funny that it basically killed the musical biopic for a decade
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Depending on who you ask, "how long" until #Qualcomm began enforcing patent litigation around #Arduino was exactly six weeks down to the day: www.arduino.cc/en/terms-con...
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Depending on who you ask, "how long" until #Qualcomm began enforcing patent litigation around #Arduino was exactly six weeks down to the day: www.arduino.cc/en/terms-con...
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Ponied up for a month of newspapers.com, went right to the New York Daily News and quickly found this gem from Feb 16, 1936.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ponied up for a month of newspapers.com, went right to the New York Daily News and quickly found this gem from Feb 16, 1936.
New history to me too!
yep
me, supposedly educated person, never heard of Bacon’s Rebellion Laws til digging round trying to figure out why so many voted 4 donny: white status
@isabelwilkerson.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DB1rjF9yyl...
“Measuring White Solidarity”
@jardina.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXq_...
me, supposedly educated person, never heard of Bacon’s Rebellion Laws til digging round trying to figure out why so many voted 4 donny: white status
@isabelwilkerson.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DB1rjF9yyl...
“Measuring White Solidarity”
@jardina.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXq_...
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
New history to me too!
So the pickets and boycotts should extend to Target as well?
The drink is called Stop Yelling At Us
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So the pickets and boycotts should extend to Target as well?
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Fam, not to worry…
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fam, not to worry…
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
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What's the biggest example of the domino meme in my life? I'm gonna have to go with "I got bored on the sleepy overnight shift at the data center -> Russia invaded Ukraine".
Struggled to think of something that fit... most of the cause/effect stuff in my life has been pretty straightforward.
I think: AOL Chat Room -> owning a champion schipperke.
I think: AOL Chat Room -> owning a champion schipperke.
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Minimum wage: $1.17/hr
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Minimum wage: $1.17/hr
Cornballs!
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Cornballs!
That is audiophile esoterica!
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
That is audiophile esoterica!