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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.

scientificamerican.com

How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit

And how they might have helped save the future of American apples

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nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I made multiplayer Windows 98 Solitaire. It's called Solitaire Alone Together. You can play together, with the whole internet, but you can't chat or talk. solitairealonetogether.com

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TekknoNerd - Commissions open @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Voyager, walking on those tiny legs.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 15/09/2026

I recently rediscovered my love of Homestar Runner and have been going through the massive catalog of toons, shorts, and sbemails. This song in particular has been stuck in my head for days. youtu.be/UFef3HJNijA?...

youtu.be

Where U Goin' 2

YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 15/09/2026

I don't know why the 2011 Mediocrity came to mind recently, but I would unironically drive this car. Subaru's ad campaign for a bland, beige sedan was intended to be a parody, but you know what? I bet this thing is reliable as hell, and there's nothing to break. mattelhardt.com/clients/figh...

An unremarkable mid-size beige sedan, as basic and bland as you can possibly imagine. The word "MEDIOCRITY" is shown above it.

A side view of a beige sedan. Utterly unremarkable.

The dash of a poorly-appointed sedan from 2011. But there are real buttons galore! Not a touch screen to be found. The radio has a CD player (ooo la la!), the HVAC is as uncomplicated as can be, and what's that? Why, it's a digital clock! I haven't seen one of those in years!

The center console of a mid-size sedan is shown. Nothing fancy here.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 09/09/2026

An essential component of your server's security posture is an "AUTHORIZED ACCESS ONLY" motd. Intruders hate this one trick

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 09/09/2026

My employer just released Astra to us! Hell yeah. Time to see what it can do.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 09/09/2026

I love how it’s not just one, but multiple independent troupes throughout the city doing this!

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nate @zzstoatzz.io · 07/09/2026

dawg what am i even doing afterhours.waow.tech

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 06/09/2026

@nathandiffee.bsky.social I had to reach out and tell you that I really dig the poster you made for Varietopia! bsky.app/profile/pftompkins.bsky.so…

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cee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026

throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 03/09/2026

This is fantastic news for me and my fellow Missourians!

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 31/08/2026

At some point my backspace key was remapped from an Archive action to a Delete action in Outlook, and I just now realized it. Oops. Who needs old emails, anyway?

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 27/08/2026

I love the idea of Kagi as a search engine, but I can't help but feel that paid search would be less expensive if they didn't bundle genAI into all of the plans. I just need search.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 26/08/2026

I bought this plastic desk chair as a cheap, temporary chair to sit on 8+ hours per day until I decided to upgrade. Two years later, I am still using it. This thing is deceptively comfortable and surprisingly rugged considering I'm pretty much constantly switching sitting positions.

ikea.com

LOBERGET / MALSKÄR swivel chair, white

LOBERGET / MALSKÄR swivel chair, white Comfortable to sit on thanks to the bowl-shaped seat and rounded shape of the backrest. This swivel chair has functions that allow you to easily adapt the chair ...

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was truly an angel walking among us.

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 11/08/2026

I gotta get involved in more scandals man. I would love to step back to spend more time with my family

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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 27/03/2026

i got into journalism for the same reason most people do: i wanted more pictures of spider-man

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 18/08/2026

Love the new helmet! Everyone should wear one when biking. It doesn’t matter how experienced you are; it only takes one pothole to change your life forever.

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Hoover Street Rag @hooverstreetrag.org · 17/08/2026

I love how this accidentally sounds like the server requires parliamentary procedure.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 10/08/2026

I grew up in Brazoria County, Texas, where Buc-ee’s began its life. I watched it grow from a chain of small, clean convenience stores to the litigious monstrosity it is today. It’s sad to see the decline in its culture. My family won’t be stopping at Buc-ee’s on our road trips any longer.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 09/08/2026

A friendly cat would absolutely draw me to an axe murderer’s house.

A screenshot of a Google Maps listing for the Villisca Axe Murderer House. It has a blurb at the bottom, presumably automatically generated, that reads “know before you go: look for the friendly resident cat named Church roaming the property.”

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Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

if your government software looks like this, it will never break, never need replacement, and will work on every computer since we landed on the moon

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 04/08/2026

Alas, the magic smoke has left my Instant Pot mid-meal.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 01/08/2026

My latest hobby is running Gentoo on an old Compaq lappy with a Pentium III and a whopping 256MB of RAM. A simple `emerge --sync` takes about 30 minutes. It’s slow as hell and I love it.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 01/08/2026

As a non-drinker, my white whale is an alcohol-removed red wine that actually tastes like a red wine.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 01/08/2026

AT&T has really upped their game in the past few years. Not only do I get automatically credited when there’s an outage (eat your heart out, Xfinity), but today I managed to damage the fiber line outside my house and they sent a tech out within TWO HOURS. For FREE.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 30/07/2026

There is entirely too much to do at the Iowa State Fair. I have a 40 page (!) document listing every event occurring over the course of the 3 days my family will be there. That's 40 pages of TEXT.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 20/07/2026

There’s a dude in the replies of @cpsc.gov advocating against wearing helmets, which is a bit like heading to the replies of @neorsd.org and proclaiming that, actually, flushable wipes are fine.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 15/07/2026

@kanejamison.com Hey man, I really appreciate your scout-starter WordPress theme on GitHub! I've been using it to put together a proof-of-concept to show my troop committee, and the setup wizard made it easy to get it off the ground. Way nice.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 29/06/2026

I just got a pretty legit-looking phishing email purporting to be from Robinhood and originating from acp-usa.org, a reputable sender. The hotline sounded somewhat convincing, too. It absolutely is going to fool some people.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/05/2026

Results Age xkcd.com/3245/

Comic: Implications of the age of the posts you see when you Google an error message. [Grayed out error code with unreadable post. Post date of 3 years ago is enlarged with a text bubble. Table with three columns for age of post, what it means, and probability of a fix. 2 hours ago: There’s an infrastructure outage; very high–just wait. 5 days ago: A recent update broke something big; high, but you might have to wait for a patch. 3 months ago: A new product isn’t working for some users; decent chance of a solution in the replies. 2 years ago: You’ve run into an edge case; low, but maybe the replies can help with troubleshooting. 13 years ago: You’re the only person with this problem; very low–post is likely not relevant. 24 years ago: Oh god how is the internet this old; maybe whoever posted this message has kids who can help you.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 04/05/2026

Machaut was absolutely unreal. Imagine hearing this in the 14th century, the voices of the quartet echoing throughout the cathedral. You must’ve thought you were hearing the voice of God. classical.music.apple.com/us/album/212...

classical.music.apple.com

Machaut: Messe de Notre-Dame by Dominique Vellard - Apple Music Classical

Listen to Machaut: Messe de Notre-Dame by Dominique Vellard. 1990. 17 tracks. 57 minutes.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 02/05/2026

Spot the issue with Belton, Missouri’s Carry Nation Days festival.

Carry Nation Days - One of Belton's biggest weekends is almost here...and this year feels extra special Carry Nation Days returns May 29-30...come celebrate Belton Strong. There's live music, a drone show, Kids Pedal Pull, Miss Belton, 90+ vendors, food trucks, and a Beer Garden...all right on Main Street. And this year, keep your eyes on the sky: the drone formations carry a little extra meaning for a milestone year in American history. There's too much happening to list it all. You'll just have to show up.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

this post, about an entirely reasonable, optional, personal, non-generative use of AI *still* attracting weird hate is what people are talking about when they say some people are nuts about this stuff

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Still thinking about this note I found in the children’s section of the public library when I worked there back in 2018. This kid tried to warn us…

A picture of a library shelf with a small rolled up note on it. The note says “read this” in child’s handwriting.

A picture of the note unrolled. In the same child’s handwriting it reads “beware of the future!!”

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 05/04/2026

The real treasure was the friends they made along the way

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 29/03/2026

the archaeological record can't prove grown egyptian men WEREN'T taking their model horsies and engaging in turn-based tactical miniature wargames on the weekends

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 25/03/2026

My wonderful local zoo (@kansascityzoo.bsky.social) sells manure from their animals, and this fact will never cease to delight me. kansascityzoo.org/event/zoo-ma...

kansascityzoo.org

Zoo Manoo Sale | Kansas City Zoo

Support the Zoo by buying poo!

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 25/03/2026

My brand-new oven has WiFi capability. An oven. It is never getting connected.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 25/03/2026

Oof, I hate this sort of thing. All internet-connected devices require regular OTA updates to take security patches, but this comes with a greatly heightened risk of hours-long, expletive-filled troubleshooting sessions when patching fails. I prefer to keep my devices dumb as a box of rocks.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 24/03/2026

I like Aqara’s particular brand of vague change logs. “Resolved known issues.” Known to whom?

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 23/03/2026

I'm 3 episodes into Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and I positively love it! Holly Hunter is an excellent captain/chancellor and I love what she brings to the role.

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Chris Chancellor @chancellor.social · 21/03/2026

I’ve had a catch-all email domain for years now, and I just got my first spam email to a net-new address that I’ve never used. Neat!

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