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Stephen Foskett

@stephen.fosketts.net
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Former sysadmin and storage consultant, present cat herder for Tech Field Day and Gestalt IT, future old man shouting “on-premises” at clouds @SFoskett@TechFieldDay.net

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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 4m
So rclone is a pretty amazing data sync tool…
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 28/09/2026
Deep Lock Quarry, Peninsula, #Ohio #SilentSunday
The sandstone quarry faceThe “deep lock”
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Republicans ignored rising prices until Jon Husted started trailing Sherrod Brown. Now, six weeks before Election Day, the Senate GOP suddenly wants to look like it cares about affordability. Too late. Vote blue…and make their panic permanent. #USDemocracy #RisingBlue
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Karen Lopez 🇨🇦 @datachick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In my seat on my way to #FABCON in Barcelona. Come talk to me about Microsoft Fabric, data security, data governance, patatas bravas, croquetas, and maybe cava, vermouth, and sangria, too.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 26/09/2026
“(Trump) blesses you and his people will turn out and vote for … that.”
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 26/09/2026
This is all fine! Real Americans can afford $6 gas and a 7.5% mortgage!
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
TRUTH. I very firmly believe that if you cannot pay every one of your employees a living wage, then you do not have a viable business model.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 25/09/2026
Do you have The Athletic app installed on your iPhone? Does it constantly sign you up for Live Activities (sports scores on the home screen) for teams you definitely don't follow? What's up with that!?
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 25/09/2026
I just noticed that the Meta #Muse team specifically is using the name "Meta Superintelligence Labs" now. Was this always the name or did they actually adopt Trump's stupid re-brand of Artificial Intelligence as Super Intelligence?! #AI
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 23/09/2026
How much longer do we have to pretend that this clown has a mandate to govern? #uspol
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 23/09/2026
That's right folks: #AI is now "SI"! "From this point forward, all of United States documents and hopefully the world's will be changed to use the much more accurate term 'super' as opposed to 'artificial,'" Mr. Trump said. "So it's super intelligence."
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 20/09/2026
Got my Happy Dog! #Cleveland
Vegan hotdog with vegan chili, cheese, onions, and Fritos
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 19/09/2026
Men: It is NOT OK to use your phone while standing at a urinal!
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 19/09/2026
“Despite a trifecta, the first year of the Congress saw the lowest number of House votes in a nonelection year since the 101st in 1990.”
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 19/09/2026
The 119th Congress has passed just FIVE pieces of legislation in 2026. FIVE.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 18/09/2026
OMG! It's Flo!!! #Cleveland #Guardians
Flo and Jamie from Progressive Insurance
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 18/09/2026
Imagine the president openly “banning the free press”!
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 18/09/2026
New cat just dropped! www.nbcnews.com/science/envir...
nbcnews.com
New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 17/09/2026
a lot of folks are asking how someone can do something so "stupid" as hard coding a secret token, and i'm telling you that you are holding software developers and companies on way too high a pedestal if you still think there's secure, quality code being sent out into the world
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 16/09/2026
This makes literally no sense at all. If we lived in a sane world crap like this would be disqualifying generally, not just for president! #uspol
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 16/09/2026
For fuck's sake if someone wants to be taken seriously take your work seriously!
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 16/09/2026
Not having grown up in #Ohio I only vaguely remember the ship in the Scioto River in Columbus. But I do remember it. Kind of crazy that the Santa Maria has been rotting in a field for over a decade! www.columbusnavigator.com/san...
columbusnavigator.com
What Happened To The Santa Maria Ship In Columbus, Ohio?
The Santa Maria replica sat on the Scioto River from 1991 to 2014. It's still in pieces on a city lot. Here's what happened, what a rebuild would cost, and the last thing the city said about it.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I want to see more video evidence to get a full picture but this is just not healthy.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 15/09/2026
I like the idea of Siri AI, and the way that Apple has walled-off personal data and compute. But so far it's not looking great in terms of usefulness and accuracy.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 15/09/2026
My first attempt at using Siri AI: I asked it to summarize my calendar today. It decided that I was recording a podcast with "Ben Shimmin" because the email was "bshimmin". Brad Shimmin is a co-worker. Siri refused to admit that it invented the name, Ben. It says it "assumed" that was his name.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 15/09/2026
Exact same vibe… #uspol
Mitch McConnell’s uncanny unmoving grinElizabeth Holmes’ uncanny unmoving grin
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 15/09/2026
Mitch is the second grinning motionless creep I've seen in the news this week…
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 15/09/2026
He's alive #uspol www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/us...
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 14/09/2026
It's worth remembering that the WOPR in WarGames had a lot of other options besides Global Thermonuclear War…
CHESS POKER
FIGHTER COMBAT
GUERRILLA ENGAGEMENT
DESERT WARFARE
AIR-TO-GROUND ACTIONS
THEATERWIDE TACTICAL WARFARE
THEATERWIDE BIOTOXIC AND CHEMICAL WARFARE
GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 14/09/2026
I made noodles for lunch but they're the temperature of the sun. This is agony!!
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 13/09/2026
Worth reading (though I suspect most people here would disagree with Murphy) #uspol www.theatlantic.com/politics/...
theatlantic.com
What Chris Murphy Learned From the New Right
The standard-issue Northeast progressive wants to take the Democratic Party down a populist path.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 10/09/2026
Wait… Ratmur Timashev? That’s the founder of Veeam Software!
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 09/09/2026
Now this one is serious. The #phishing campaign against #Trezor sent a legitimate email from their SendInBlue account. It's not a forgery. It passes DKIM. Looks like Trezor's mailing list account was hacked.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 09/09/2026
Given that the global Gross World Product is $180 trillion, I’d say the “AI will take over the world” crowd is vastly underestimating the TAM of their product. But the rest of us know this is all “supervillain marketing.”
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Graph shows far right support higher where the number of foreign nationals is lowest
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 09/09/2026
Trump does not care at all about the party, of course, and this Trumpaganza will harm any republicans stupid enough to attend #uspol wapo.st/4qZtak5
wapo.st
Analysis | How much does Trump care about the GOP?
The president’s own public comments and actions have called his commitment into question.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 09/09/2026
Here's a tasty article comparing Norman Rockwell to David Lynch! www.theatlantic.com/culture/2...
theatlantic.com
Misunder­standing Norman Rockwell
His paintings evoked an American innocence that didn’t exist—and that the nation couldn’t live up to.
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
NEVER FORGET: On 9/11, Donald Trump bragged his building was now the tallest in NYC. Listen for yourself...
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James Sanders @jamesaltonsanders.com · 07/09/2026
silk the rich
Three varieties of body wash, branded “silk the rich”.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/09/2026
payton tolle is the most charming man in baseball, exhibit 374
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Payton Tolle is an absolute gem 😭
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Trump’s 9/11 comment that he went down to the scene to help has been a lie he’s repeated for 25 years. It’s his own version of stolen valor. He did nothing except go on TV & brag that he now owned the tallest building in Manhattan after the towers went down. Which was also a lie.
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 07/09/2026
The people who should be able to relax on #LaborDay are the same "essential workers" who have to come in to work, supporting the rest of us
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 06/09/2026
Meanwhile in #Ohio
A plant with eyes that looks like a muppet
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 05/09/2026
So it has come to this: The spearphishing against me continues, now in the physical realm! It started with email, then text messages, then phone calls. Now these scammers are sending paper mail. The breach was real but the QR leads to a #phishing site. Not like I'm gong to fall for it, but wow!
A phishing attempt delivered by USPS mail
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Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net · 05/09/2026
I agree with Marco: "I can’t help but feel that maybe we were better off before we knew everyone’s hot takes on everything. The town coffee shop was just a coffee shop. We weren’t publicly shamed for going there because one of the owners was an ass." marco.org/2026/09/04/b...
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Bob and Van – Marco.org
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026
this, more than anything, is why the elite have continued to back him even as he plunges into historical levels of unpopularity “we can be complete assholes without consequence” is the best thing that ever happened to them and they will fight to the death to protect that right
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