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Tom 😶

@npc-tom.fr
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Local dummy and an NPC, just hanging around, talking about stuff :) Posts in English and Polish. Contrary to "popular" belief, not French lol (pfp by me; original character belongs to @mryes.bsky.social)

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 10/09/2026
A load of Portal 2 betas and Project Dream both leaking in the big 2026 was not on my bingo card
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 05/09/2026
we have strayed so far from god's light
an image of an RCA cassette to 3.5mm jack audio adapter
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Microwaveable plastic @squigglymips.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
⚠️ Emergency warning

:3
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The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 01/09/2026
It's good to be back :D tcrf.net/The_Cutting_...
The Cutting Room Floor wiki's homepage, featuring the rainbow pride logo
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Misuzu @misuzumeow.com · 13/06/2026
🎀Reichi x Cinammoroll 💎 Commission for @reichisan.bsky.social #cinammoroll #sanrio
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 31/08/2026
larping as a human person, ama
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Theglitched0wl @theglitched0wl.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Regal presence #blazethecat #sonicthehedgehog
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Dead Man's Online @spadetheskeleton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Heads up windows 11 users, microsoft now has this setting enabled by default. Be sure to disable it :]
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Xe @xeiaso.net · 29/08/2026
Anubis is a layer 7 firewall. It does not protect against layer 3 attacks.
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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026
in my usual fashion i have created a diagram explaining why something like anubis or other server-level firewalls would not help our situation. for normal *crawler* spam traffic (what i typically talk about), it would, but this is a different circumstance
ms paint diagram labeled "would anubis or something help? unfortunately, no" showing traffic from the dos machine + internet reaching linode's network, which is null routing (stopping) all traffic before it reaches our server. our server is where anubis would be, and since there's nothing actually reaching it, it can't help here.
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 30/08/2026
Valve getting 12TB of their own games and third-party stuff leaked in the big 2026 was not on my bingo card
Valve IT people when they saw someone is downloading 12 terabytes of data from old Steam2 endpoint: "I mean, it's alright."
Image shows a man in visor sunglasses holding a bitten sandwich with the caption "i mean its alright"
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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026
you're fucking killing me linode, we spent all fucking day sitting here thinking this was almost over. screaming internally
Because connectivity had not resumed after our Support team observed messages indicating a removal of the block, we then requested additional investigation from our internal teams. Further investigation with those teams has now confirmed that the block has remained in place for the duration, and has not actually been lifted.

They have also now confirmed that the DDoS attack traffic targeting your Linode IP has not returned to safe levels since its initial onset, which occurred about an hour prior (August 27 around 10:35pm ET) to you opening this ticket.

Since the volume of the traffic is still high at this time, the DDoS mitigation block remains in place and will be removed automatically once the traffic to the IP returns to acceptable levels.
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The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 30/08/2026
Linode has informed us that the attack is still ongoing against both our primary and backup server, so now we have a backup-backup server. Hopefully things resolve for good soon! tcrf.net/The_Cutting_...
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Last update: 2026-08-29 04:30 PM Pacific
Latest news

Hello from Fastly! Linode has informed us that the DDoS against both our main server and our backup server is still ongoing.

So, now we have a backup backup server. :^)

While we can't directly mitigate the current attack — that's Linode's job (tugging collar) — we're doing what we can to work around it.

    They have also now confirmed that the DDoS attack traffic targeting your Linode IP has not returned to safe levels since its initial onset, which occurred about an hour prior (August 27 around 10:35pm ET) to you opening this ticket.

    Since the volume of the traffic is still high at this time, the DDoS mitigation block remains in place and will be removed automatically once the traffic to the IP returns to acceptable levels.
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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026
the back and forth with Linode continues ... from what I understand the attack has subsided, but now there's some other network fault at play that we're troubleshooting
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Ed Balls @officialedballs.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Ed Balls
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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026
i think they put in the newspaper that he was mad
Kotaku reached out to both Stoner and TCRF for comment before publishing. Stoner did not reply, but he did ask Grok for legal advice in a post on X: “Hey Grok,” he wrote. “What’s the proper legal response for possible defamation of a falsely accused DDOS posted on a github gist and live website?”
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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 28/08/2026
welp. it spreads
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 29/08/2026
(Bi)monthly Bluesky post. Today we learn not to host things with Linode without a reverse proxy, since their DDoS mitigation strategy seems to be "trust me mate, they'll get bored of it. go away bad guys!" I will be bitter about this for a while, yes lmao
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 02/07/2026
Guess who remembered Bluesky is a thing again? :D
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+TEK @plustek.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Super fun remixing this absolute banger from @ramonbraumuller.eurosky.social Took the Amiga version as the main reference but sprinkled in some sound design and references to tracks from the PC version. Two loop version on YouTube: youtu.be/df89bO1CGiQ
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The Skeleton Cow COMMS OPEN @the-cow.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
lunk from an unreleased gigaleak game
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GlitterBerri @glitterberri.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Earlier versions of the Boss Remains icons. Gyorg's icon might be a staff caricature. Twinmold's makes sense when you think about the dragon puppets at Chinese festivals. You can see the final versions here: zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Items_i... #Zelda #TheLegendofZelda #MajorasMask #Nintendo
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GlitterBerri @glitterberri.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
At last, the elusive Adult Link Mask has been discovered... along with a few other things. It was probably called the Hero's Mask, if internal names are any indication. tcrf.net/Prerelease:T... #MajorasMask #Zelda #TheLegendofZelda #Nintendo
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 17/01/2026
BREAKING: Local dumbass becomes older. "wuh"
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 27/12/2025
Edited image showing two mad individuals: one is labeled "Artists", the other is labeled with the Gemini and ChatGPT logos. "Artists" shout "I FUCKING HATE YOU AND AI", while the Gemini and ChatGPT user shouts back "I FUCKING HATE YOU"
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 26/12/2025
Optical media bad. USB bad. Computer bad. Grass good. Touch grass :)
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Reonu @reonu.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 17/08/2025
Guess who remembered the password to their Bluesky after a kjillion years?
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🦊Dziru The Silent Fox | #Vtuber🦊 @dziruthesilentfox.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Kawiarnia została otwarta uwu My Commissions are open on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/dzirufox/com... #vtuber #plvtuber #kofi #pixelart #commission #draw
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Tony @mryes.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 18/06/2025
A paintbrush, a chisel, a hammer and an anvil. They're tools. So is AI. You can easily kill someone with a chisel, smash someone with a hammer, drop an anvil onto someone or forcibly stab someone with a paintbrush. Likewise, you can use AI for bad. Should you? Of course not.
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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 05/06/2025
here's a framebuffer graphics demo (this has no practical purpose and I can't prove I'm not just like, playing a youtube video or something)
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 01/06/2025
Happy gay month! :D
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 22/05/2025
I forgot this exists. Hi!
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 07/05/2025
o/
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ThomasGameDocs @thomasgamedocs.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Here's what Waluigi Pinball looks from the perspective of someone actually playing pinball
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🔞Szycrotic🏳️‍⚧️ @szycrotic.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Dysphoria is hard to deal with but what even is it? And how can you deal with it? --> FULL VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW6j... #vtuber / #trans / #transeducation / #transgender
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Kier Kozyra_AWOL 🦇💜 @kierkozyra.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
What you have there? Snacks? Can I have one? Or two? Or ten?
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 13/03/2025
Programming. It's a blessing and a curse, especially when you're hellbent on using your brain and not AI so that you actually understand and know what you're doing :) A programmer should know how to solve a problem *and* how to "explain" how to solve it to a chunk of silicon... or a couple of them.
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 08/03/2025
Battery-operated power tools. Great invention, it's just that the batteries are crap oftentimes :D
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 28/02/2025
I did not forget that Bluesky exists. I'm just lazy :)
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 23/02/2025
Drink water :)
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Kier Kozyra_AWOL 🦇💜 @kierkozyra.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
🫵
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Kier Kozyra_AWOL 🦇💜 @kierkozyra.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 23/02/2025
Funny how garbage tends to take itself out or label itself as such in some cases :)
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 20/02/2025
"Sorry to interrupt your scrolling, but you might be using mobile data instead of wi-fi. Make sure you're connected to your home network."
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 18/02/2025
Drink water. Now. ...or really soon. Remember to stay hydrated :D
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Mark Hughes @thesketchsector.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Surprise!! I wanted people to hopefully feel the sense of glee I get from this game. It was also a big honour working with both Nishino-san and Uekawa-san this time around! 💫 🌅 #Ristar | #SEGA | #art
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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 17/02/2025
I don't usually write threads like this, but maybe you'll learn something from it, too, so… Being hung up on the past and berating yourself for who you were won't really get you far. Healthy criticism, sure. Living in the past and silently wishing the worst upon your past self though... not great.
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