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iko
@fe2o3al.com
· Jan 27
All lit up, before solder, and before foil.
Need to work out better ways to get the solder down, 0.5mm of slippage here or there adds up fast.
Need to work out better ways to get the solder down, 0.5mm of slippage here or there adds up fast.
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i do not need the measuring swords
i do not need the measuring swords
i do not need the measuring swords
i do not need the measuring swords
i do not need the measuring swords
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i do not need the measuring swords
i do not need the measuring swords
i do not need the measuring swords
i do not need the measuring swords
i do not need the measuring swords
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Make a Bond film about eggs:
The World is Not un Œuf
The World is Not un Œuf
December 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Make a Bond film about eggs:
The World is Not un Œuf
The World is Not un Œuf
Glitter, Dammit (a Christmas Song)
YouTube video by Marian Call
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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who up forging they chains
How much are you going to pay doctors?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Half the amount that everyone currently pays could provide universal healthcare. Private health companies don’t need to exist. Eliminate them. And use your collective buying power and economies of scale to get it done. Every cent of their profit is healthcare denied.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
who up forging they chains
This year's wrapping theme is, "I have a ton of pink cellophane in the gift wrap box that needs using up." 😅
December 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This year's wrapping theme is, "I have a ton of pink cellophane in the gift wrap box that needs using up." 😅
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In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
One of many things the pro-AI crowd doesn't seem to understand is the very important distinction between academic scholarship and the production of papers. Of course they can be related but they're not necessarily the same thing
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
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the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
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All you really need to understand about water usage in the western United States is that every single use - even the ones that sound egregiously wasteful like AI data centers - rounds down to 0 compared to what irrigated agriculture uses
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
All you really need to understand about water usage in the western United States is that every single use - even the ones that sound egregiously wasteful like AI data centers - rounds down to 0 compared to what irrigated agriculture uses
From Partiful's "your year in review" stats.
I am simultaneously dubious and insistent that the rest of you need to do better.
I am simultaneously dubious and insistent that the rest of you need to do better.
December 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
From Partiful's "your year in review" stats.
I am simultaneously dubious and insistent that the rest of you need to do better.
I am simultaneously dubious and insistent that the rest of you need to do better.
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sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣
![Screenshot of an email:
Subject: [PIPEXP-1192] Login Access Request
To: me
Good morning Kimberly! =^uwu^=;;
I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble logging into Jellyfin! It looks like your SSO account was indeed deactivated on 2025 Dec 15.
According to our records,
1. On or about 2025 Nov 15, you were broken up with by ___, who noted this as a “final break” on vis event report sheet. I’m also seeing that Ve ticked the “Unilateral” box, meaning it isn’t contestable.
2. Our Salesforce shows you aren’t close to any other polycule members
Unfortunately, our solo-poly access policy doesn’t allow us to extend resources to unpartnered members after the 30 day grace period following your break. This includes entertainment resources (Jellyfin / *darr / nzbget / Pornhub for Enterprise™ seat), as well as O365™, Adobe CC™, and shell access on the Nix clusters. We’re so sorry for your loss, cutie!! 😭💜
If you have any questions, you can reply to this email to generate another ticket, or you can contact zzzoeee@ from our Partner Infra team (note: three Zs and three Es in their LDAP, we have a lot of Zoes here!)
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As a courtesy, a copy of this email has been sent to your manager listed in Workday™
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Include this line in your email to comment on the ticket: 250e084a-b937-47a6-948d-b519112ad35a](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rhtazgvloflondzburvubdft/bafkreids254lgwtdyd62paodq5ynb5tatkemp5l77ynw6udhshedj6pab4@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣
Adding references to Reagan is often illuminating, but it's rarely good.
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Adding references to Reagan is often illuminating, but it's rarely good.
The ceiling at the Fox remains a show into itself.
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The ceiling at the Fox remains a show into itself.
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I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.
December 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.
I particularly enjoyed* the clip of the interview with Bendetsen where he argued that it was unfair to compare him in any way to Adolf Eichmann because he was just following orders.
Surprise! Happy holidays!
The final two episodes of "Burn Order" were due to be posted this Monday, December 15th. But here they are, a little early.
This is the complete series -- a total of six episodes.
Free to listen at Apple podcasts or on any podcast app:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
The final two episodes of "Burn Order" were due to be posted this Monday, December 15th. But here they are, a little early.
This is the complete series -- a total of six episodes.
Free to listen at Apple podcasts or on any podcast app:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
History Podcast · Series ·
podcasts.apple.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I particularly enjoyed* the clip of the interview with Bendetsen where he argued that it was unfair to compare him in any way to Adolf Eichmann because he was just following orders.
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The Holy 'dile wishes you all a fantastic December and a glorious Holiday~.
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Holy 'dile wishes you all a fantastic December and a glorious Holiday~.
Two months of recovery and PT and patience down, four to go before I can return to activities that seriously load my sternum.
Lotta walkin'. But it's lovely to be able to start ramping up the heartrate and ramping down the bradycardia-inducing drugs.
Lotta walkin'. But it's lovely to be able to start ramping up the heartrate and ramping down the bradycardia-inducing drugs.
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Two months of recovery and PT and patience down, four to go before I can return to activities that seriously load my sternum.
Lotta walkin'. But it's lovely to be able to start ramping up the heartrate and ramping down the bradycardia-inducing drugs.
Lotta walkin'. But it's lovely to be able to start ramping up the heartrate and ramping down the bradycardia-inducing drugs.
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Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
“6-7” belongs in the dictionary, actually
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
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this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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"Found In Translation" 490 pcs., 15"x15"x1", 2 layers, D: 9.8/10 - this was the trickiest puzzle commission of the year, hands down. I am pretty good at cutting weird tiny shapes but doing 200+ hieroglyph drop-outs and keeping all the surrounding pieces nice and connected was a real challenge.
December 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"Found In Translation" 490 pcs., 15"x15"x1", 2 layers, D: 9.8/10 - this was the trickiest puzzle commission of the year, hands down. I am pretty good at cutting weird tiny shapes but doing 200+ hieroglyph drop-outs and keeping all the surrounding pieces nice and connected was a real challenge.
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I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why: