Drew Kirkman
@drewkirkman.com
Professional nerd and unapologetic elder millennial. he/him. Any opinion posted here is mine alone.
📍Cincitucky
Personal blog: https://kirkmanskorner.com
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📍Cincitucky
Personal blog: https://kirkmanskorner.com
PGP: F54E 7193 DC1F F127 2E64 DB1F E386 451C 0846 6D5C | https://kn9.foo/pgp
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Motto of Bluesky: "Posts you might like from people you might want to punch"
Fun handle experiment was a success; back to something a little more normal.
January 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Fun handle experiment was a success; back to something a little more normal.
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"Wherever you get your podcasts" is more than a statement, it's a standard
if i can't listen via an rss feed it's not a podcast
January 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
"Wherever you get your podcasts" is more than a statement, it's a standard
I pretty much lived in the ”#teens” channel on Undernet 2003-2005. Even served as a channel op for a hot second. I will forever remember that unlike most other bots, Temple commands started with the ` character (backtick, not apostrophe)
Okay, let's get nostalgic
What was the VERY FIRST online platform that you became addicted to posting on?????
What was the VERY FIRST online platform that you became addicted to posting on?????
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 AM
I pretty much lived in the ”#teens” channel on Undernet 2003-2005. Even served as a channel op for a hot second. I will forever remember that unlike most other bots, Temple commands started with the ` character (backtick, not apostrophe)
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if i can't listen via an rss feed it's not a podcast
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 AM
if i can't listen via an rss feed it's not a podcast
Just imagine this with like a funk instrumental or high-tempo rock music with gratuitous guitar distortion
In 2002 or 03 a Chicago public access cable channel aired this for at least a full half hour. No audio. I took a photo with a digital camera & that’s all the documentation I have. Anyone have any dirt?
January 16, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Just imagine this with like a funk instrumental or high-tempo rock music with gratuitous guitar distortion
Motto of Bluesky: "Posts you might like from people you might want to punch"
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Motto of Bluesky: "Posts you might like from people you might want to punch"
Going back to email sounds really appealing right about now
this close to abandoning society and writing an email client
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Going back to email sounds really appealing right about now
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I'm biased of course but I do think that journalists should be compensated for their work
Whenever I share gift links (and whenever it is possible I do, so usually all my links are gift links) there are WITHOUT FAIL comments in the replies complaining that it is no longer free for them, and honestly it’s exhausting.
January 14, 2026 at 11:01 AM
I'm biased of course but I do think that journalists should be compensated for their work
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Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
Apropos of nothing, I picked this bad boy out of my hockey skate bag tonight. The whistle needs some fresh tape on the end - it hasn't seen action in over ten years.
The Acme Thunderer lives up to its name.
The Acme Thunderer lives up to its name.
January 13, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Apropos of nothing, I picked this bad boy out of my hockey skate bag tonight. The whistle needs some fresh tape on the end - it hasn't seen action in over ten years.
The Acme Thunderer lives up to its name.
The Acme Thunderer lives up to its name.
Internet elders like me will invariably draw a mental connection from this to an old image captioned "HALT... HAMMERZEIT"
January 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Internet elders like me will invariably draw a mental connection from this to an old image captioned "HALT... HAMMERZEIT"
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Some people seem to find the notion that they share deep commitments to basic norms of liberal democratic government with their ideological foes to be somehow repulsive. I find it kind of thrilling. It gives me hope.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Some people seem to find the notion that they share deep commitments to basic norms of liberal democratic government with their ideological foes to be somehow repulsive. I find it kind of thrilling. It gives me hope.
Love the intent, but Kara could have been more transparent about the intent or provided context like “this is what it could look like if more of us don’t speak up”
January 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Love the intent, but Kara could have been more transparent about the intent or provided context like “this is what it could look like if more of us don’t speak up”
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we've started a new thing this year: open house hours every saturday morning for our friends
fresh baking, coffee, board games, people can come and go and hang out
we're the third space
fresh baking, coffee, board games, people can come and go and hang out
we're the third space
January 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
we've started a new thing this year: open house hours every saturday morning for our friends
fresh baking, coffee, board games, people can come and go and hang out
we're the third space
fresh baking, coffee, board games, people can come and go and hang out
we're the third space
Beautiful.
you ought to make a website. you ought to make it a canvas, a great irrigated field, a confessional booth. make it an amphitheatre, a private tea service with friends, a graveyard, a bedroom, the sunset light through shutters. you ought to make a personal website, make it carefully, make it home
January 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Beautiful.
This is genius. If balanced lines are like RAID 1, balanced lines distributed over multiple twisted pairs are like RAID 10.
Heh, for a while at some point I was using Cat 5, as had plenty of excess from a reel, with all the solids bonded together for one polarity and stripes for the other 🤣
January 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
This is genius. If balanced lines are like RAID 1, balanced lines distributed over multiple twisted pairs are like RAID 10.
You know, if more white people would have said “Black Lives Matter” in 2020 (…or 2013), I wouldn’t have to feel so uncomfortable saying this:
Now probably would have been a more appropriate time to say “all lives matter”.
Now probably would have been a more appropriate time to say “all lives matter”.
January 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM
You know, if more white people would have said “Black Lives Matter” in 2020 (…or 2013), I wouldn’t have to feel so uncomfortable saying this:
Now probably would have been a more appropriate time to say “all lives matter”.
Now probably would have been a more appropriate time to say “all lives matter”.
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FYI you yelling YOU MUST WATCH to any form of murder video or any violence to total strangers is a sign of your mental health deteriorating. We do not have to subject ourselves to trauma porn. Watching innocent people die on repeat will give you PTSD. Log off and call your therapist.
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
FYI you yelling YOU MUST WATCH to any form of murder video or any violence to total strangers is a sign of your mental health deteriorating. We do not have to subject ourselves to trauma porn. Watching innocent people die on repeat will give you PTSD. Log off and call your therapist.
If y'all don't start self-labeling graphic video content as "graphic content", instead of tapping the sign, I'll make the sign tap you
Apropos of nothing, playing Tetris within six hours of experiencing a traumatic event has been shown to reduce the impact of PTSD. www.scientificamerican.com/article/tetr...
Tetris Shown to Lessen PTSD and Flashbacks
The visual-spatial demands of playing Tetris disrupt the formation of the mental imagery involved in flashbacks
www.scientificamerican.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
If y'all don't start self-labeling graphic video content as "graphic content", instead of tapping the sign, I'll make the sign tap you
I love FMPH! The Idaho flatbread is my favorite appetizer
NKY on Tap: Discover the German tradition of stammtisch and how a group of locals keep the custom alive every Friday night at Fort Mitchell Public House, a cozy spot for beer, community and conversation.
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NKY on Tap: Friday night Stammtisch at Fort Mitchell Public House
Explore the German tradition of stammtisch and why Fort Mitchell Public House is a perfect winter gathering spot in Northern Kentucky.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I love FMPH! The Idaho flatbread is my favorite appetizer
Welcome to the first day of spri—oh wait, it’s January
January 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Welcome to the first day of spri—oh wait, it’s January
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This is actually the perfect time for that conversation
“Do we have the inherent right to disagree with the government?” is a question almost every patriotic American can answer reflexively and yet we never have a conversation about how Trump’s answer to that question depends on whether he is in power.
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 AM
This is actually the perfect time for that conversation
I believe those of us who truly believe in freedom and dignity for all will soon have some allies (temporary or otherwise) that would have appalled a past version of us.
In this time, it's more important to take the W now and we can sort out what differences remain between us later.
In this time, it's more important to take the W now and we can sort out what differences remain between us later.
January 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I believe those of us who truly believe in freedom and dignity for all will soon have some allies (temporary or otherwise) that would have appalled a past version of us.
In this time, it's more important to take the W now and we can sort out what differences remain between us later.
In this time, it's more important to take the W now and we can sort out what differences remain between us later.
MilkDrop was the GOAT. I was so thrilled when I finally had a computer that could pull 60fps in full screen mode.
download the milkdrop visualizer plugin
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
MilkDrop was the GOAT. I was so thrilled when I finally had a computer that could pull 60fps in full screen mode.