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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 15/04/2026

Toyed with registering aibirds.com only to find it’s ben registered since 2003.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 15/04/2026

Looking for recommendations for old–school non–Bluetooth headsets. Loved etymotic HF3s for years, current set cabling is worn through. etymotic no longer sells headsets (just headphones). Can’t use various earbuds (e.g. Airpods) due to manufacturing defects in the shape of my ears.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 13/04/2026

You know, Robert Francis Prevost, being an American citizen over the age of 35, who has resided in the US for at least fourteen years and has not served as President of the United States, has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever in 2028.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 13/04/2026

You know, as a Florida resident he can be Baker Acted. I’m just saying…

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 13/04/2026

Lovely start to the week with a power outage sponsored by Central Hudson…the power company that loses power in clear weather.

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 10/04/2026

> Would you like to use our AI? > We have a free starter pack. > Just use our AI. > We need you to use our AI. > Please use our AI. Yeah, no, I just need to add three numbers. > Oh, excellent, they add up to 32,767. But, I didn't give you the numbers. They're all under 100. You just made that up.

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 10/04/2026

I’m not going to shame the brand, because I don’t work for free (learned that lesson) but there’s a home supply brand that has hoovered up a bunch of competitors including their web sites, but hasn’t cleaned up the web sites to refer to current product SKUs.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 10/04/2026

Dear Google Gmail Product Managers: PLEASE DEAR GOD GIVE ME AN OPTION TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE DISPLAY FONT IN EMAIL. And no, zooming in the browser isn't useful since it warps the layout of the app. —signed, ’been staring at display screens since the 1970s.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 09/04/2026

I regret buying Rimowa “smart tag“ luggage in 2018. Apparently the app and backing server have been discontinued.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 08/04/2026

The net result of Trump’s “excursion” seems to be that we burned billions of dollars, lost a bunch of aircraft, dozens of servicemen, killed thousands of Iranian civilians, replaced the ayatollah with the designated heir, his son,…

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Boricuabc2 @boricuabc2.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Putin - destroys Russia cause of his ego BIBI - Destroys Israel cause of his ego Trump - Destroys US cause of his ego, ARE YOU SEEING THE FUCKING PATTERN

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

BREAKING: Trump announces two week window for Congress to remove him from office

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Many organizations finding out the hard way that their cyber insurance policies don’t cover acts of war. And retaliation by a country we decided to attack, regardless of how the President labels it, is most definitely an act of war, not terrorism.

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Hey kids, if you didn’t watch The Day After in prime time in 1983, feel free to do so this afternoon if you’re wondering why the Gen–X people in your life are spiraling today. It’s a charming movie set in the “real America” city of Lawrence, Kansas featuring all American dad Jason Robards.

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Sorry, we had to turn the entire Middle East to molten glass because some Americans were afraid of trans people and pronouns and brown people and immigrants and because Kamala failed to say the magic words.

Y’all didn’t have to take the “empires only last 250 years” thing this seriously, did you? I know, I know, Kamala failed to utter the magic words and now we get the thermonuclear holocaust.

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Also, global thermonuclear war will do wonders for Evangelical Christianity’s worldwide branding. Wonders.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 06/04/2026

If Trump orders the use of nuclear weapons on Iran tonight he will send us all into Hell, and we will deserve it.

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Debating adding “reclaiming Canadian citizenship by descent” to this year’s challenges (“reclaiming Luxembourg citizenship by descent” already in progress). As I understand it it’s a stretch though, great–great grandparent born in Ottawa circa 1870.

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 06/04/2026

I’d like to meet the guys, and I’m sure it’s guys, behind the pop–up screen takeover ”ads” served by Google of course, warning of securityvirusmalwareclickherenow warnings to my sole senior citizen tech support client. Just me, the guys, and a baseball bat.

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 06/04/2026

I refer to my previous tweet: “Ever have the foreboding that things, all the things, could get much, much worse very quickly? That’s me today.” — x.com/epc/status/1...

Ever have the foreboding that things, all the things, could get much, much worse very quickly? That’s me today. — tweet from January 27, 2020

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 05/04/2026

You know, if I had a worldwide business presence and branding tied to my surname, I, personally, would avoid publicly advocating war crimes.

Laurie B @lauriebidaho.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

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Well, well… If the 14th amendment was not meant for modern immigrants, then the 2nd amendment was not meant for modern arms. #truth

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 03/04/2026

I'm not sure about you, but I think the collapse of US hegemony, a global price spike and recession, and a new ground war in the Middle East are far worse than drag queens reading books at the library.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 04/04/2026

Hold on, new Voight-Kampff test to deal with filter-enhanced fake job applicants:

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 03/04/2026

The US is going to be a vastly poorer country by the end of the Trump Administration, permanently. $1.5 trillion for “defense” when the only major military action going on is self–inflicted.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 03/04/2026

#tfw it’s April 3rd and you’re still missing K–1s from multiple investments that promised them by the end of March.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 01/04/2026

Youths, may I recommend you look up how the subprime mortgage crisis happened? Just, you know, for science

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 01/04/2026

The most un–self aware man in the world is going to unilaterally declare an end to the war he started impetuously tonight at 9:00 Eastern, and then almost immediately command US troops to attack Iran, again. April fools, indeed.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 31/03/2026

Happy Ron Swanson March 31st appreciation day to all who celebrate.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 30/03/2026

Seeing an allergist for the first time in 513,900 hours later this week and was told to avoid loratadine/nasal sprays/benedryl for the five days before the appointment and my head is begging me to ignore these orders.

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 27/03/2026

Random early 2000s memory: I miss the french onion soup dumplings from Stanton Social.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 27/03/2026

Going to run for President next year on the simple platform of jailing all Trump Administration political officials at ADX Florence. And, perhaps, all his billionaire enablers as well.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 26/03/2026

@melodyofnyc.com and @riverofnyc.com monitoring the squirrel population of Rhinebeck.

Two golden retrievers on dog beds peering over the lower railing of a deck balustrade at a yard.

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 26/03/2026

Highly recommend the long walk down Manhattan. I did this down Broadway on a grey day in March 1998 and moved from “eh, this is where I live” to “I love living here”.

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 26/03/2026

Would hate to be in outbound marketing right now. I’m receiving 100s of inbound, clearly AI generated, sales pitches for AI tools and all are being caught and rejected by the Google Compliance filter I set up. They don’t even make it to my spam folder.

Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 25/03/2026

So, I've spent three weeks dealing with LG’s various service and so–called “Presidential Escalation Teams” and the experience has convinced me to avoid buying any more LG products. Zero proactive communications from LG, and any calls I make are politely deflected to the Presidential Escalation Team.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 25/03/2026

Apparently it’s a thing amongst the Arlington High School students at the Lagrange McDonald’s to shout “enjoy your flip” at perceived olds when they pick up food. Kid, I haven’t had a flip phone since before your parents’ regrettable mistake.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 24/03/2026

Prepping a 2020 MacBookPro16 to either use as a travel laptop or give to someone and am remembering I hated the keyboard on this so much I stopped using it. Six years later and it’s struggling just to rsync files off.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 23/03/2026

#tfw you know from previous experience that the company managing COBRA coverage is utterly incompetent at managing payments for such coverage and take matters into your own hands.

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Openly Gay Animals 🌈 @openlygayanimals.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The laziest fight you’ll ever see 😂

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 22/03/2026

My single greatest takeaway after five days in London this week is that “Plan B” Op.Amerexit needs to shift into high gear, for many reasons.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 21/03/2026

I guess on the bright side of a double flash, all of us godless heathens, liberals, and “urban folk” will get vaporized and raptured while the Evangelical Christian Real Americans ™ get to live in a post-nuclear war hellscape.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 20/03/2026

I have a note from yesterday’s Monki Gras day one that’s just “iatrogenic agents & AI” and I can’t figure out what it was in reference to.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 19/03/2026

Can someone explain to me why the Republican Administration so poorly thought out this illegal and unconstitutional war that it’s taxing the American economy an additional half a billion dollars a day for no apparent benefit to us?

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 18/03/2026

Random thought while walking around Shoreditch, London: Trump’s illegal and unconstitutional war on Iran will be the United States' Chernobyl.

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Ed Costello @epcostello.com · 18/03/2026

New form of nightmare appearing: Morris style worm powered by LLMs with access to hacked personal email accounts which can help the worm writer personalized “no, really, click or install this!” messages. Triggered by watching this viral invite email virus spreading vis Gmail accounts.