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Josh // Seattle // Queer, Disabled & Neurodivergent Designer, developer, librarian, writer and open-source tech slut

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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 23/09/2026
New level of hell: the property manager for our apartment building was the victim of a phishing attack and now everyone who has an apartment with them is in the process of being attacked.
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 23/07/2026
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 12/07/2026
EDS is wild because I just cut my hand open on an ice cube
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Wil Deny @wildeny.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A flyer with a high heeled shoe crushing a data center.
"HOT SLUTS HATE DATA CENTERS"
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 19/06/2026
How it feels uninstalling Microsoft Copilot
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Getting rid of the headphone jack is up there with legalized gambling, re: the dissolution of society
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center.
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saraaaaaaaa 💽 @sarascafe.lenowo.org · 03/06/2026
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 01/06/2026
"I can't code now that GitHub Copilot switched to a pay-per-use model." My dude, I'm not sure you ever could
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 31/05/2026
Submitted my Master's capstone project and immediately thought I should do a PhD. Weeee
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
DATA CENTERS - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKETETEN HOLDIN "DRAW 50 BOATS SHIPS TRUCKS AND TRAINS BY LEE J. AMES " A GREAT BOOK AND IT SAYS "THE ONLY DATA CENTERS WE NEED TO BUILD ARE FUCKEN LIBRARIES" - MODERN SOCIETY WORKS TO ELIMINATE FREE RESOURCES BECAUSE THEN YOU DONT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH IN THE MONEY GRINDER - A LACK OF RESOURCES OR A LOSS IN RESOURCES IS USED AS PUNISHMENT TO KEEP YOU WORKING FOR LESS THAN YOUR WORTH - HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER IS USED AS A DETERRENT FROM THOSE SEEKING TO ESCAPE THE CHAINS OF CAPITAL - AND THERE TIGHTNING THOSE SCREWS EVERY DAY - I WILL NEVER JUMP FOR A RICH MANS DOLLAR I WILL NEVER STOP HATING MONEY AND THOSE WHO SERVE IT - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Death to touchscreens
A display board showing samples of a couple dozen varieties of tactile/physical/material push-buttons and switches. Another board with varieties of toggle switches Rocker switches in different sizes, shapes, colors, and lighting options
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 20/05/2026
They're really out here trying to reinvent the librarian
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 07/05/2026
As someone who had struggled through a Master's program in Library Science since the pandemic: success is entirely about your family support structure.
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Maybe Miri @mirimiri9999.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 25/12/2025
Took this meme a little too seriously and I've been in the hospital with a septic infection for the last four days
Merry Crisis meme
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
started / going
TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com
Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by Al
29 Apr 2025 - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20% to 30% of code inside the company's repositories was "written by software" - meaning...

Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com
Microsoft admits almost all major
Windows 11 core features are broken
1 day ago - Except it's not totally terrible. What makes it terrible is the privacy invasions and the consent issues Microsoft has with its users, along ...
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Keith "Ghost Skeleton" Putnam @timetravel.camp · 20/10/2025
The AWS outage today is a good reminder that there is no "cloud", there's just somebody else's computer.
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domi @domi.zip · 25/09/2025
I finally cleaned up my messy cablework
2 skeletons, on left with veins, arteries, lymph nodes as they are in the body; on right with them being represented as straight cables like in the arranged neatly next to each other like in a server room
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
NO!!!!! - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKELITON LOOKS DOWN FROM HELL ON TO THERE OLD COMPUTER DISPLAYING "DA SHARE Z0NE" WEB PAGE , AND DA TEXT SAYS "I DONT WANT TO DISABLE MY AD BLOCKER, I DONT WANT TO ENTER MY EMAILL TO SEE MORE, I DONT WANT TO REACH THE END OF MY FREE ARTICLES, I WANT TO GO TO A WEB PAGE AND READ THE DAMB WEB PAGE " - THE PROMISE OF "GOING ON THE COMPUTER" HAS BECOME A PROCESS OF GETING BLASTED IN DA FACE WITH BULL SHIT WHILE YOUR TRYING TO LOOK STUFF UP, AND THEY DID IT ON PURPOSE SO THAT WE WOULDNT HAVE FUN FOR FREE, AND NOW THAT THEY RUINED ALL THE PUBLICATIONS AND WEB SITES, THERE TELLIN US "JUST ASK THE AI TO FIND SHIT FOR YOU" BUT WE ALREADY HAD AN APP THAT WOULD GIVE US INFOMATION THAT WE WANTED!!! IT WAS CALLED A FUCKEN WEB BROWSER!!!!! CAPTALISM MUST BE DESTROYED FOR THE USUAL REASONS BUT ALSO BECUASE IT RUINED THE COMPUTER FOR US!!! NO ONE LIKES THAT THEY BURNED THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA BUT WE HAD ANOTHER ONE 10 YEAR'S AGO AND INSTEAD OF 1 FIRE IT WAS 100000, PIECE BY PIECE, AND THEN THEY REPLACED THE DAMB CARD CATALOG WITH A COMPUTER THAT MAKES SHIT UP ,BUT IM STILL KICKEN A$$ AND IM GOING TO THE WOODS NOW AND THEY DONT HAVE ADS THERE YET SO GO THERE WHILE YOU STILL CAN - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Oh, The Freemanity!!! @freemanity.blacksky.app · 08/08/2025
The f*&%ing library.
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 01/08/2025
Have you ever accidentally found a fourth person in your polycule and it's been over a month but it's a lot to explain to everyone you've ever known - especially family?
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I would rather die than create an account to continue
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Mr. Antifascism @mrantifascism.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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lydelle BLEAAAH!ster @babyshoes4cash.com · 28/07/2025
they stored data on a bird
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 25/06/2025
My new ADHD meds causing both brain fog and grogginess is super helpful
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 23/06/2025
I love that starting new medications can either cause no problems with my diagnoses, or it can cause all sorts of problems, and I won't know until I have them.
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 19/06/2025
I feel like a Disney princess when hummingbirds come up to investigate me
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Walter Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” in the style of a war between sword and sorcery barbarians I think
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Wikipedia has a chance to be a free, universally recognized, and comprehensive counterpoint to slop, at a time when that is badly needed
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 11/06/2025
For my 35th birthday, my doctor is prescribing me a CPAP machine. Have I finally reached bear status?
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 11/06/2025
Apple was one of the few tech companies I marginally trusted with accessible design, so I ask what the fuck is this.
A crop of the new iOS redesign showing their 'liquid glass' layout
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 11/06/2025
The cuddliest goof even at 90 degrees
A tuxedo cat hugging and licking my arm
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 09/06/2025
What if we made a skeumorphic interface design but it was 🅵🆄🆃🆄🆁🅸🆂🆃🅸🅲
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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 08/06/2025
Strongly disagree
What gender do you identify with?

Strongly disagree
Somewhat disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Somewhat agree
Strongly agree
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 07/06/2025
I keep getting gray chest hair and I was not prepared
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 06/06/2025
A little kiss
A tuxedo cat on my chest licking my nose
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 01/06/2025
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Nam June Paik tee shirt showing a stack of television and computer monitors with each screen containing words from his quote 

I use technology in order to hate it more properly - Paik
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 31/05/2025
I used to be able to keysmash into Google and it would correctly guess what I was saying before providing accurate information. Now it doesn't even give accurate information if I correctly type what I'm looking for
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 31/05/2025
I hope Google is aware of the lengths I will go to make sure I do not sign into my account on an Android phone.
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 28/05/2025
Lydia loves a lap and a belly
Gray tuxedo cat lying in my lap with their paws on my belly
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 28/05/2025
I crafted cardboard boxes into a multilevel cat house
A cat house made out of three cardboard boxes strategically taped together with duct tapeThe same house from a different angle
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 28/05/2025
I want to buy a domain for the project I'm working on, but it's a $500 upfront cost. I need a job job.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 20/05/2025
ravioli with soli (@SoliSolstice) on twitter: "what blows my mind about everybody neglecting human experiences in favor of being on their phone 14 hours a day is that like 95% of you suck at being on the phone. can't post for shit, 100 unread wikipedia articles in your tabs, getting groomed on discord. you are not good at it"
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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
"Sorry, my Mum said no"
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Chris Plummer @chrisplummer.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”
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Father UrBlaine Grandier @whataboutblaine.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
All cities are walkable if you’re Godzilla.
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metaphorraccoon @metaphorraccoon.subspace.services · 23/05/2025
No thoughts. No boundaries.
Dunkin lying on my chest with his butt on my chin
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The Trump administration will come as close as possible to saying “we are going to kill you” and people are like don’t be ridiculous. Killing is illegal
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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A drawing of a snail standing among sparkly mushrooms. The caption reads, "you don't need to prove your worth all of the time"
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