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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I used to watch a lot of sports but the annoying worship of military patriotism and extreme jingoism has ruined it for me.. It's mostly the NFL..

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So interviewing etiquette is: Iced Coffee: No 2 Cans of Red Bull: Yes?

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This beautiful lady is always the best!

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Man-made machines to control the days Now machines control while the man obeys A second generation, a generation lost While machines prepare for the holocaust - A Flock of Seagulls

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

First day of school for my little guys and I always get sentimental. They always give me a hug. Wish time could slow a little bit for these next few years

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 29/08/2026

Ten years ago this month, eight Cambodian-Minnesotans were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Their families rallied around them. And an organization named Minnesota8 formed around efforts to release these men and bring them home.

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Ten years on, Minnesota8's fight is far from over

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Started coding as a teen in the 90s but I've totally lost interest in coding for fun. AI has made it less interesting. It's true, software engineers gravitate toward woodworking.. I got the itch and my woodworking tools inventory is growing!

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

GitHub is down again. Can't review PRs and can't use copilot to create slop PRs *evil laugh*

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Describe your music taste with only three artists. no genres allowed. 1. M83 2. The Last Dinner Party 3. Crystal Lake (Ryo era)

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I'm at a big tech co and we have 1 super lazy senior dev. Since copilot has taken over, his output is nuts. The problem, I have to review this man's code and holy shit! There are local config files this man checked in without any actual configs to run anything locally.. Which means...

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

When the pathetic orange menace bites the dust, I'm gonna step outside, scream "wooooahh" at the top of my lungs and listen to the celebratory cheers and fireworks. I hope I don't hear silence in my neighborhood..

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

These two are so freaking interesting! Am obsessed. The talent, the eccentricty, the music! The kids.. indeed, are alright! JD Beck and DOMi youtube.com/shorts/20Vs6...

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DOMi and JD Beck play “Out Of Sync” #drums #keyboard #shorts

YouTube video by Rick Beato

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I know am late tot he party but this band is sick! #Turnstile. SF showing up. This is such a throwback to the 90s and early 2000s concert vibe youtube.com/shorts/papsN...

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Turnstile “Birds” San Francisco 10/5/25

YouTube video by Chicago Decker Dude

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I did a silly "heh heh heh" to myself when seeing SPCX down 9% this morning..

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Song Seven - Interpol My favorite interpol song. Really takes me back.. This should have been a big release and hit the radio! youtu.be/FKxJQDGfNnU?...

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Song Seven

YouTube video by Interpol - Topic

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It's 2038. After the 5th hour of the world cup final and a spectacular 2hr half time show, the Americans have taken the match to a draw. It's down to kicks! But right after this Budweiser commercial for a blast of refreshing red neck water..

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

One of the many reasons that the Republicans in congress are such shit bags is that they are making so much money off of Donald Trump. So much personal gain and corruption.. They will never let their cash cow go away

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

MAGA and Republicans. They are the same supporters. By saying MAGA, we're giving the Republicans a pass next time.

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So birthright citizenship upheld by the supreme court in a 6-3 decision.. 6-3! This should have been a slam dunk 9-0. Fuck Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch. Matter of fact, fuck Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett too. This should not have gotten this far..

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Testing out my latent death note super power. Entry 1: June 27th, 2026 @3:35pm EDT. Donald J. Trump will have a massive stroke at Mar a Lago while eating KFC. He will be pronounced dead at 4

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Finally got to watch Obama's speech. Damn someone cutting them onions again.. Especially when he mentioned the twin cities. Damn I miss this man

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

So the Dialog Society is not a group of UX/UI folks espousing the virtues of Dialog Boxes?

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'm addicted to this track and also reminded - Happy Pride month! 🌈 youtu.be/mV76WmC5I4s?... #TheLastDinnerParty

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The Last Dinner Party - My Lady of Mercy

YouTube video by TLDPVEVO

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Somehow I've avoided any news about what's going on at the Mandingo white house fights! Now I wonder if it got cancelled..

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Better late than never. Just discovered this British band and every song I've listened to is great. The Last Dinner Party. Getting a Kate Bush and Dolores O'Riordan vibe. youtu.be/15ostVmpgCE?...

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The Last Dinner Party - On Your Side (Apple Music London Sessions)

YouTube video by TLDPVEVO

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Yeah, this is blatant fucking war crimes you American govt. pieces of shit!

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

As a kid, when I saw the American flag, I used to think it was cool and it meant something great. Like on our Olympians. Of course, I was just a kid.. It's lost a lot of luster over the years.. It has been turned into a faux patriotic symbol of hate. Man, I really want it to mean something good.

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

What a trip to read old emails from 20+ years ago. Some of the people are no longer alive. I wish I still had my old yahoo! mail box, that would go to 1997.

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This band is touring Europe and is about to tour the North America. Please come back to Minneapolis! That Bass+Drum intro they played in Berlin is so damn sexy youtu.be/DOCHSlnZrUI?... #BandMaid

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BERLIN Toi et moi Lock and Load June 3, 2026 BAND-MAID

YouTube video by jim morrison

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Started to focus on some work upstairs. Heard my wife come in the house after walking my son to the bus stop. It's eerily quite here sometimes. All of a sudden I hear a loud *thrrrruuuop* and then a loud sigh from her. I had to stop and laugh for a minute. Haha. love her.

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Today is one of those damn days where I feel like a fucking misanthrope. Like cynical beyond help. Gawd, humans can be so fucking awful sometimes. Even the seemingly good, nice, and normal ones can really fuck up your day if they have some amount of power over you.. ugh. /end-generic-rant

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Hayley Williams y'all. Her voice hits my brain just right! Also that Brian Robert Jones solo is chef's kiss. "Kill me" short vid youtube.com/shorts/mE8DI...

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Hayley Williams performing "Kill Me" at Ego Death In Kilby Block Party

YouTube video by Review

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

There are good people in the world. They exist. Find them. They are out there. They are complex humans with seemingly strange contradictory emotions. Just want to enjoy this existence together and make the best of a short life. I'm probably not this person most of the time but I really want to be.

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Ugh. 3M is currently being sued my Minnesota for still leaking PFAS into our water supply. But yeah, let these companies self-regulate.. Dumb Americans..

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Getting ready for the day when we tag everything that is important as pre-AI. Even physical media and books. Things that we deem "pure" human creations. Excited for the future...

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Watched Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones with the kids. Sorry fans, still a cringe fest but the kids loved them. And the Darth Maul fight is still amazing. Watching Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of th Crystal Skull tonight. All the B-movies 😂

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Today is one of those days. Just missing someone that has passed away. Tired of looking at old photos and videos.. Need them here to make new photos. Need more conversations. There are emotions and feelings that only they can elicit. That feeling is gone, never to be activated again.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I am working night and day to fight for free and fair elections in court while keeping you informed about what is happening to our democracy. If you want to help out, subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. That is all! Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

President Obama is 64 years old! I kept thinking he's like 55. Time flies. A bit rose colored but some of the happiest times of my life were during his presidency. Sigh

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

All these years of hiking and I've never seen Canada Goose nest in person. Finally...

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Switched to Opus 4.7 today and just spent 10% of my copilot quota to clean up, find issues, and refactor a small existing UI component. Good start to May

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In addition to books, the library has great DVDs! Checked out the orig. Star Wars and Indiana Jones DVDs from the library. Watched them over a few weekends. Kept playing the John Williams soundtracks in the car. Kids are humming the songs while they play. My fav: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v7A...

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - End Credits

YouTube video by oscarpsb

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself. Support pro-democracy media that doesn't have its head stuck up Donald Trump's ass. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Today's song to wake up the kids. This masterpiece: youtu.be/ZBYT4K0JNQw?... #Failure #Daylight Good thing they don't understand the metaphors yet..

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Daylight

YouTube video by Failure - Topic

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The president of the United States of America says he wants to end a civilization.. We've reached science fiction villainous proportions y'all.. Can the director yell "Cut" already? Tired of being a stand-in..

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John Lakes @angkor2025.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Argh! Articles written on April Fools day as jokes still appearing as legit articles today are the worst!!

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