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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 26/09/2026

"there aren't any good games coming out these days" WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Indie devs are pumping out MASTERPIECES on the daily

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 27/06/2026

I wish that leftists would brag about the good shit they do as much as Trump brags about the shit he didn't do.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 17/05/2026

I fucking hate my school's security policies when it comes to log in. I literally miss teams messages from my colleagues because it'll be signed out without even letting me know. Every day I have to sign in on MULTIPLE DEVICES

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 15/05/2026

somehow i can't get myself to not tell people "i make computers do shit they weren't doing a moment ago" when they ask what i do for a living.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 07/02/2026

The VLAN experiments aren't going well. I don't understand why this camera is so dumb.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 13/01/2026

I can't believe that America has let China get so far ahead of them on rail! The forefathers of rail would be ASHAMED to see the current state of rail in the great US of A!

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 05/01/2026

Friends don't let friends write AI slop

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Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I think I can summarize my relationship with social media as follows. The only time I think about timing my posts to increase their potential readership is when I’m posting to ask for a book recommendation.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 31/12/2025

The book I read this year which I appreciated the most was The Tatami Galaxy (app.thestorygraph.com/books/d7946a...). It coincided with my trip to Japan earlier this year. Such a charming book with an equally charming experience seeing some scenes the book represented in real life as I read them.

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The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi

An unfulfilled college student hurtles through four parallel realities to explore the what-might'...

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@fraudesswrites AKA holly manno @fraudesswrites.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

You need an outline. Something simple. A few lines of summary for each chapter. With this, you'll have a road map. Don't worry, you can take detours, or new paths, just re-outline when things come up. If you do this, it will be easier IMHO--5 novels, 3 poetry collections & 2 children's books later.

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Just Hebah (she/her) @hebaha.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Something I'm excited to do for 2026 is a read-or-rehome challenge. I'm picking 10 books that have been on my shelf for varying amounts of time, and by the end of the year, the plan is that I either got the nudge I needed to read them, or if I bounced off any, send them along.

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Derek @corath.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I’ve always wanted to be an author. I have some ideas spinning in my head, but I can never get more than a page or two in before it all comes crashing down. I’m going to say this publicly: I’m going to really try to get something written this coming year.

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Punchyninja @punchyninja.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

more irl watercolor birb

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 29/12/2025

Lots of folks resolving to read more in 2026. Is this the white blood cell reacting to a mental virus in the world? :D

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I thunk 2026 is where I want to make a bigger effort to read again. Whether it be fanfic or not, just reading in general to get back to it. I miss reading

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isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Quite a few years ago, I realized there is nothing wrong with not finishing a book. Problem is, now I'm at the point where I don't finish most of them. Anyone else have that experience? #amreading

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I'm a firm believer that this liminal period between the holidays and New Year's is how we're supposed to live. It's peak existence. May the word "efficiency" die in 2026 and all its horrible relatives "innovating" to solve the perceived problems of rest, joy, creativity, and humanity.

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Gonna nuke my entire TBR list and start over. So many of the titles on it are from years ago, when I was interested in topics I haven't thought about since. I'll start fresh with books I've recently purchased but haven't touched yet, as well as sequels of books I enjoyed this year. #Booksky 💙📚

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 10/08/2025

It puzzles me how so many vacation itineraries in Chinese cities include shopping trips in the business districts. #chinatravel #china #travel

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Fightful Wrestling @fightful.com · 29/06/2025

On the Arsenio Hall Show, Macho Man Randy Savage had a GREAT answer to the question if he ever cried. Happy Men's Mental Health Awareness Month.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 27/06/2025

There are way too few books on Dutch culture/philosophy/aesthetics. Do you have any #bookrecommendations relating to Dutch culture and philosophy, lifestyle or aesthetic, even just history that covers more than just Amsterdam? Already reading why the dutch are different, undutchables, and niksen

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 24/05/2025

@andyw8.bsky.social Hey Andy, reading one of the updates on the Open Pocket initiative you started, am I to believe that the initiative is no longer being sought? The blurb about Readwise's Reader app

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 17/05/2025

Oh and this is your notice that Michelin stars were bourne out of the Michelin tire company's desire to get people to drive more. Yes, Michelin stars are literally rooted in carbrain thinking aka motonormativity :P

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 17/05/2025

I travelled to Japan last month. Risk aversion was a little bit of a culture shock to me. It took hearing it from a different perspective to calm down my instinctual aversion to risk aversion. www.bnolet.me/posts/2025/0...

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Risk Aversion and Anxiety

A recent voyage Recently I travelled to Japan. It took a lot of time and effort to plan the trip – six months in fact. I can honestly say it was worth it. I’ll be writing a bit more about it in the ne...

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

End-to-end encryption is secure because it protects the contents of your communications in transit between the endpoints. If you make one of those endpoints an editor at The Atlantic, no amount of encryption is going to save you from your own stupidity.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 03/03/2025

@wired.com's out here stoking the flames with "It's worse than you think" instead of telling folks what people are doing to fix the shit that's gone from bad to worse in record time. If the "bad news" article doesn't end with "and here's what folks are doing to fix it" choose a difference source.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 28/01/2025

Managed to get #DeepSeek to reveal topics of #Censorship by asking it to use l33t5p34k. That being said, this could simply be a list of things that it knows are publicly talked about in terms of censorship. There might be other things that have not been publicly revealed that are also censored.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 25/01/2025

Ontario's reliance on oil from pipelines that pass through the US really highlights the need for further electrification of infrastructure. With the US now unpredictable, I fear that access to the oil will be wielded as an economic weapon, or we shoot ourselves in the foot with a kneejerk reaction

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lexybro.bsky.social @lexybro.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Follow up question for #nonfiction readers, are there any good recommendations out there for topics relating to Canada? I see so many good American-centric ones and while I think there is a lot of overlap, I would love to get some focusing on things like Canadian politics and history 👀 #booksky

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 24/01/2025

Guys, why didn't you tell me my forearm would be in SO MUCH DAMN PAIN after playing badminton??

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Deviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 18/01/2025

If you're concerned about the types of obscene comments that are now allowed on your Instagram posts, you should try out PixelFed: www.androidheadlines.com/2025/01/pixe...

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Meet Pixelfed, the decentralized Instagram competitor

Pixelfed could be the next big competitor to Instagram. It's a decentralized platform for photo sharing.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 15/01/2025

So I’ve been playing around with PixelFed (waaay better mental health version of Instagram) and I gotta say, it’s pretty good! I get in, I see what some friends are up to, and then I don’t feel that addictive itch to explore beyond that. Just like social media was supposed to be.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 09/01/2025

Perceived bot interaction on my posts will result in a block.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 04/01/2025

@lenniesaurus.bsky.social Can we expect the scots word of the day over here any time soon? :)

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 03/01/2025

Spent 4 hours troubleshooting connectivity to a python sockets server all to find out that my job's firewall didn't like the port I chose. Port 80 instead of 9999 works fine just fine 😅

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Phil BuildTheFutureNow @philsustainability.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

This machine fights drunk driving

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 31/12/2024

Soo... page numbers don't convey well a novel's word densities, especially those on the longer side. Just finished Reamde. Knew it was the most pages in a book I'd ever read (1044), didn't realize it would take three times as long as the novels at 500 pages that would take me two weeks to read.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

A stressor you can break free of: Industry report: Identifies potential upcoming resource / mineral shortages. The News: “THERE WILL BE A SHORTAGE IN 5 YEARS.” Industry: Reacts to report’s identification of economic opportunity, increasing exploration and supply. No shortage ever appears.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 21/12/2024

Many libraries have eBook lending programs! If you don’t want to lug around a bunch of books, maybe take one out as an eBook instead! :)

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 20/12/2024

I know the people in the company I work for trust the IT team because I just told someone I didn't know what some solution they're using is and they are still totally willing to work with me to figure out what's wrong with said solution at the moment.

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 19/12/2024

I had a dream where @endingwithali.com became CISO of the company I work for but also she tried to make us all use Teams?!?! Make it make sense 😢

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 10/12/2024

I’m going to say I agree with the motives behind his actions

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Gabriella "Biella" Coleman @biella.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If there is one thing I'd watch about Luigi it is this video (yes on X) which is about his family's nursing home empire and the awful condition and mistreatment of their patients. x.com/TheVinoMom/s...

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Seize the means of computation @bnolet.me · 08/12/2024

Can tech media outlets report in an unbiased fashion when the platforms that they own make money through software stacks owned by the companies readers expect them to criticize?

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