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Retired Linux/FOSS geek; survived four teenagers; still miss the sound of an ASR-33 typing …. 🚫 DMs, please

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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 16h
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 21/09/2026
I had the good fortune to be able to watch core memory being made at a Burroughs factory near San Diego ….
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Marisol 💙🗽 @spicycubangirl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Who else drinks coffee for breakfast and doesn’t eat until 12? ☕️☕️☕️
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One of modern civilisation’s great moments. THE SWEDISH CHEF RAPPER'S DELIGHT
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 18/09/2026
Obviously the thing to do is piss him off and buy more bananas. 🍌
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don't be fooled into thinking that a "free market" only exists when corporations get to "self-regulate" and do whatever they want. And don't be led to think that the government is "intruding" into the market when it crafts laws to protect the public. The real issue is power — and who has it.
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 14/09/2026
Mount I-Don’t-Have-Enough-Dynamite
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/09/2026
A few simple steps can drastically decrease the amount of personal information that’s available about you online. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 09/09/2026
OSM for the win
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 09/09/2026
A long, long time ago I used to think that the Orange Menace was just a disgrace to Americans. He has shown again and again that he’s an utter disgrace to humanity. Can I at least call myself a different species? I’m positive I’m not in the same one as that Yahoo.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 08/09/2026
Just wait until you show them assembly code …. I exploded one Java programmer’s head with that over a decade ago
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 05/09/2026
Someone asked me today about my plans for the Fall and it took me a moment to realize she meant my plans for the Autumn and not the collapse of civilization.
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 05/09/2026
Proton apps seem pretty good, if you decide to stay with commercial phone OSes
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 31/08/2026
Slowly but surely disentangling myself from the google-plex …. and finding ProtonMail so much more user friendly. It’s not mutt, but it’s not too bad.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I wonder if the dementia-ravaged president keeps calling things "America" because he can't remember the real names
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Disobedient Avocado 🥑 @disobedientavocado.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I am sick and tired of things being packaged in plastic. Give me my pasta and rice in a cardboard box. Give me my carrots loose! Cucumber does not need the stupid plastic wrap 😭
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 24/08/2026
My special pet peeve: US stores selling organic bananas wrapped in a plastic band with plastic stickers that the non-organic don’t have. Clearly a CWOT (Complete Waste of Time)
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
«Teachers who make physics boring are criminals» Original post
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 18/08/2026
The AI slop with Washington and the Orange Menace? Perfect polar opposites: Washington: I cannot tell a lie. Menace: I cannot tell the truth.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/08/2026
Did you know over 70% of EFF's funding goes directly toward ensuring EFF's lawyers, activists, and technologists can better push for your rights online? We take your support seriously and make the most out of your donation. eff.org/join
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Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and support the mission to defend civil liberties and human rights online.
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JewInACanoe.bsky.social 🎗️ @jewinacanoe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Someone tell NASA that we found a short cut.
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 16/08/2026
I’m thinking the squirrels may have learned how to make salsa. They really liked the hot pepper spiced bird seed that was supposed to keep them away from the feeders. Now they’re stealing my garden tomatoes and herbs.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I've been conducting a years-long study of the problems America is facing and have come to a conclusion: Too many idiots
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Jesus’ harshest words in the gospels wasn’t towards prostitutes, other religions, or undocumented immigrants. Jesus’ harshest words were towards the rich and religious who used God’s words to justify exploitation and oppression. Yet many want us to believe the opposite.
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War and Peas 🧿 @warandpeas.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 11/07/2026
AI commercial slogan: Keep Thinking. Oh, the irony just drips off that.
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 03/07/2026
I’ll stick with my high desert: not that hot, but it means I think 38% humidity is just brutal 😄
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 23/06/2026
I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo
Kurt Vonnegut's asshole drawingAnthropic's Claude logo
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 22/06/2026
So the same political party that threw a hissy fit over a possible US national ID wants to collect a database listing all known citizens. These people make my brain hurt.
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 15/06/2026
Awww, just like the orange menace’s hero, Andrew Jackson
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 12/06/2026
Unless inflation hits 1000%, there should be no such thing as a “trillionaire”.
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 10/06/2026
In “No Exit”, Sartre says Hell is Other People. If AI is the conglomeration of millions of other people, what does that make it? A whole brand new Circle of Hell, I reckon.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/06/2026
Terry Pratchett, one of England’s funniest writers, is in danger of being lost to history, Helen Lewis writes:
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I Am Begging You to Read Terry Pratchett
One of England’s funniest writers is in danger of being lost to history.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 07/06/2026
From creating your account to adjusting privacy options later on, protecting yourself on social networks takes a fair amount of management. ssd.eff.org/module/prot...
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Protecting Yourself on Social Networks
Social networks are among the most popular websites on the internet. Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram have over a billion users. Social networks were generally built on the idea of sharing posts, photographs, and personal information. They have also become forums for organizing and speech. Any of these activities can rely...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/06/2026
When police spy-tech company Flock Safety went after DeFlock.me in an attempt to silence critics, EFF stepped in. Surveillance tech companies will try everything to downplay criticism, but we'll be right there demanding accountability. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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We're Fighting Mass Surveillance Tech—and Winning
People around the world are pushing back against the mass surveillance that undermines privacy and free expression for everyone. You can help during EFF's spring membership drive.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
If only! #BookSky
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 02/06/2026
Doug the Dog looking very genteel. Not bad for an 11 year old
Doug the Dog looking very genteel on his sleeping pad
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
a taskforce is equivalent to a taskmass multiplied by a taskacceleration
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
My Go Big or Go Home thoughts for this Saturday: I make the case for why we should consider amending the Constitution to create a fourth branch open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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We Need a Fourth Branch
Why our most vital institutions should be placed in a constitutional vault - beyond the reach of any President.
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 29/05/2026
We need a constitutional amendment that would empower voters to directly impeach the president during midterm elections
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 30/05/2026
Given the number of TV ads for drugs, lawyers, politicians, and corporate propagandists, I think I shall build a permanent altar to worship the Inventor of the Mute Button on my remote.
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ahs3 @ahs3.net · 17/05/2026
Things I do not understand: there’s an American expression: “you get what you pay for”. Pay more, and you’ll get better quality. So why doesn’t this apply to the public good? We want children educated well but cut education funding. We want no potholes in the road but don’t want to pay a gas tax.
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Cartoon by @lartist.bsky.social
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Dave The Artist @coloradofaux.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Impeach Remove Convict
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Introducing - Occam's Kazoo. #ResistTrump
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 25/04/2026
🐧It’s #WorldPenguinDay! Here’s the Penguin Galaxy, a distorted spiral galaxy, and the compact elliptical galaxy at the left, the Egg, collectively known as Arp 142, as seen by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope 🧪🔭 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @stsci.edu @science.esa.int
Two interacting galaxies known as Arp 142. At left is NGC 2937, nicknamed the Egg for its appearance. At right is NGC 2936, nicknamed the Penguin for its appearance. The latter’s beak-like region points toward and above the Egg.
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Nadine Smith @nadinesmith.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
So, we didn’t just pay for the tariffs, we paid for the tariffs twice?
Who paid the tariffs? Consumers who gets the refund? Businesses who pays for the refund? Taxpayers this has all been so much fun. I’m so glad we all get to keep winning like this.
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