Jason Thorpe
@thorpej.bsky.social
Nerd. Aspiring Unix grey-beard. Bicycle nut. E46 enthusiast. Obsolete technology aficionado. Proud lib snowflake. I like to make stuff, especially Manhattans. he/him.
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#GVerse Rob Reiner spent decades defending democracy and fighting for equality - even when it wasn’t easy or popular. At a moment when silence is safer, his willingness to speak out is a reminder that protecting democracy requires courage.
#Repost to honor Reiner's legacy of justice ♥️
#Repost to honor Reiner's legacy of justice ♥️
December 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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Started / Going
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Started / Going
Notice: this is a tasty beverage.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Notice: this is a tasty beverage.
I mean, I love Monsters, Inc., but isn’t it like 25 years old now?
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I mean, I love Monsters, Inc., but isn’t it like 25 years old now?
Can someone please explain to me why Monsters, Inc. is the theme of this football game? (Disclaimer: I’m at a bar, I did not select the programming…)
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Can someone please explain to me why Monsters, Inc. is the theme of this football game? (Disclaimer: I’m at a bar, I did not select the programming…)
The current US Presidency seems like a classic case of elder abuse, but I can’t think of a more deserving victim.
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The current US Presidency seems like a classic case of elder abuse, but I can’t think of a more deserving victim.
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RETVRN
Mounds Ice Cream Bar (2012-circa 2016): An attempt to recreate a Mounds bar as a frozen treat, these confections consisted of a brick of light coconut ice cream loaded with shredded coconut, covered in dark chocolate.
December 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
RETVRN
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there is now at least one event which requires understanding where this image came from to explain
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
there is now at least one event which requires understanding where this image came from to explain
Guys, pour one out for Claude. 🐊
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Guys, pour one out for Claude. 🐊
Welcome to Vince Guaraldi season.
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Welcome to Vince Guaraldi season.
Happy Pie For Breakfast Day to all who celebrate.
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Happy Pie For Breakfast Day to all who celebrate.
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what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
Some light reading.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Some light reading.
Related: Hoping the weather forecast holds for tomorrow. My pal @chris.toshokelectric.com and I are going on a flour run, and I'm dead set on driving to Petaluma with the top down.
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Related: Hoping the weather forecast holds for tomorrow. My pal @chris.toshokelectric.com and I are going on a flour run, and I'm dead set on driving to Petaluma with the top down.
I was forced to transition from leaf lard to suet for pie crusts this year (due to product availability at the butcher), and so I'm psyching myself up for THE SHREDDING.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I was forced to transition from leaf lard to suet for pie crusts this year (due to product availability at the butcher), and so I'm psyching myself up for THE SHREDDING.
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I’ve been calling it “artificial knowledge”, which I think better captures its stupidity
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’ve been calling it “artificial knowledge”, which I think better captures its stupidity
It's not artificial intelligence, it's real stupidity.
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It's not artificial intelligence, it's real stupidity.
Shit, I'm going to have to remember how this addressing mode works, aren't I...
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Shit, I'm going to have to remember how this addressing mode works, aren't I...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Vogon poetry now the fourth worst in the universe.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Vogon poetry now the fourth worst in the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
As a train nerd, I am extremely jealous of my wife who is Eurostar’ing to London today while I’m at work in Paris.
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
As a train nerd, I am extremely jealous of my wife who is Eurostar’ing to London today while I’m at work in Paris.
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whos in the social media bubble now you gooncel freaks
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
whos in the social media bubble now you gooncel freaks