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Vince Needham

@plugh001.bsky.social
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Retired physicist and IT specialist with the Physics department of Kansas State University; now busy riding a bicycle. Pronouns are they/them, just to annoy the right.

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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) in LEGO
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Vince Needham @plugh001.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
OMG. The "Twilight Zone" and I are nearly the same age. Queue the music...
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 30/09/2026
Ban Kids From Social Media And They’ll Just Chat In Public Radio Podcast Comments Eleven months ago, I wrote about what I thought was a truly fascinating find: that some kids... www.techdirt.com/2026/09/30/ban-kid…
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Ban Kids From Social Media And They’ll Just Chat In Public Radio Podcast Comments
Eleven months ago, I wrote about what I thought was a truly fascinating find: that some kids appeared to be using some random old NPR podcasts on Spotify as a personal chat room to get around various restrictions. It was mentioned, somewhat in passing, on the "How to do Everything" podcast last October, where someone...
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Vince Needham @plugh001.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dark roasted espresso today. Medium roast pour-over yesterday. Tomorrow is another day! ☕
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 25/09/2026
Opinion by @ericthomasphoto.bsky.social: The cowardice of masked law enforcement — Recent Kansas immigration raids remind us why faces matter | #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/09/25/t...
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Opinion: The cowardice of masked law enforcement: Recent Kansas immigration raids remind us why faces matter • Kansas Reflector
Opinion by Eric Thomas: As unprecedented immigration enforcement continues this week in Kansas and nationwide, the masks worn by law enforcement create a looming, yet cowardly, specter.
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Diogenes of Santa Cruz @hoplit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".
A Curse Against Stealers Of Books
For him that
stealth a book from
this place, let it
change into a
serpent in his hand
and rend him.
Let him be struck with
palsy,
& all his members 
blasted.
Let him languish in 
pain crying aloud for
mercy, & let there be be no surcease to his 
agony till he sink to
dissolution.
Let bookworms gnaw
his entrails in token of 
the Worm that diets not,
& when at last he
goeth to his final
punishment, let the
flames of
hell consume him
forever & aye.
(Monastery Of San Pedro, Barcelona.)
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The worst part is how she's wearing a suit instead of an event t-shirt with holes in it. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/taken PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
1-panel SMBC comic update. A man at a desk slams down on it two big green bags with dollar signs on them. He addresses the woman standing in front of the desk, saying "sorry your work was taken over by machines. welcome to quantitative finance. Here’s your sacks of dollars." The caption below the comic reads "Pure mathematicians’ nightmares are different."
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 18/09/2026
GOP’s Ty Masterson bows out of two TV debates, Democrat Cindy Holscher accuses rival of ‘hiding’ | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
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GOP's Ty Masterson bows out of two TV debates, Democrat Cindy Holscher accuses rival of 'hiding' • Kansas Reflector
Republican Ty Masterson is unwilling to meet Democrat Cindy Holscher in a pair of televised gubernatorial debates ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 18/09/2026
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
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U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 18/09/2026
“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.” Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)
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Vince Needham @plugh001.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!"
Acme Labs super-mouse Brain explaining how to take over the world.
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Kris Wolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 16/09/2026
he won
"I hope gas goes up to eight bucks a gallon!"
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 17/09/2026
They fucking did it! www.instagram.com/p/DdMDijJxPb5/
$10.12 diesel on Catalina island, California, which has very few automobiles, mostly for emergency gas for boats.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@MohanadElshieky

Please stop saying the vaccine doesn't have severe side effects. I took my shots and now I'm alive and have to keep working
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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I wonder if the cost of chips has cut down on conspiracies. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gates-3 PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
1-panel SMBC comic update. A man with a beard sits in the left corner, agitated, stating "Bill Gates put microchips in me! Hundreds of ‘em!" A man wearing glasses swiftly turns towards him, asking "really? What year? Do they have onboard memory? Where are you sleeping tonight?" The caption below the comic reads "The RAM shortage takes a dark turn."
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
wtf kind of pets they got in there
SMOKING
BARE FOOT
PETS
PROHIBITED IN BUILDING
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 13/09/2026
Q: Why do Republican men cry during sex? A: The pepper spray.
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Vince Needham @plugh001.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Landa is an inspiration to all of us old men riding Basque bicycles! 🚴🏽‍♀️
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/09/2026
"CSI: Reflecting Pool - The Usual Suspect: Incompetence."
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 08/09/2026
Star Trek is 60.
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☠️ Trapper Sean, M.D(ceased). ☠️ @trapperseanmd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Drawing 789 / 2026 Artwork 87: Chief Engineer Wile E. Coyote is done with the Captain’s shit. #WileECoyote #CoyoteVsAcme #LooneyTunes #StarTrek #StarTrekArt
Chief Engineer Wile E. Coyote looks angrily at his off screen Captain with a sign that says, “I cannae change the laws of physics.”
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Vince Needham @plugh001.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At this point I welcome gigantic volcanic explosions. Can we get Yellowstone in on this, too? Maybe resurect Jimmy Buffet? 🌋
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Punctuation is life saving… #BookSky 🐊
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 03/09/2026
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Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners
The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026
Trade xkcd.com/3290/
Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs
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La Vuelta @lavuelta.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The future of cycling also took to the roads of Lorca today 🚴❤️ This is how we experienced another exciting day of La Vuelta Junior! 🌟 El futuro del ciclismo también ha rodado hoy por Lorca 🚴❤️ ¡Así hemos vivido una nueva jornada de La Vuelta Junior! 🌟 #LaVuelta26 #LaVuelEsMás #MásBiciEnTuVida
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Never forgiving Apple or Google for participating in this bullshit.
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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Another area.
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Notorious RBMK @comraderobot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
jesus christ I have straight up never seen anything like this
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/08/2026
What the fucking fuck 2026 could you just fucking stop this shit already people.com/tim-curry-de...
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Tim Curry, Famous for Roles in ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ ‘It’ and ‘Annie,’ Dies at 80, 14 Years After Paralyzing Stroke
Actor Tim Curry has died at the age of 80. He was best known for roles in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ ‘Clue’ and ‘Annie.’
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When there is a problem with our food, the first step is usually tracing the issue back to its cause. In most cases, this will be a particular farm or meatpacking plant. But this year’s many food problems can all be traced back to to *one* cause: A WHOLLY INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION.
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Whatever the colour of your political persuasion, if this ISN’T your view… you’re on the wrong side. Simple.
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
No. We will destroy your police state. Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/f...
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Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch
Flock Safety faces a growing public outcry over concerns that its surveillance technology could be misused.
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Mark Russell @manruss.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Moreover I contend that Charlie Brown is the patron saint of writers.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Now would probably be the best time to start eating the rich because everything else has salmonella, listeria, E. coli, or glass in it." Surrounding the text is a grid of six food photos, including cartons of eggs, fried chicken tenders, raw pet food, salsa with guacamole, Outshine fruit bars, sliced bacon, granola, and a deli pastrami sandwich.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Clip Art > Science > Failure > Cute My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.
Title:
Clip art > science > failure > cute 

Image: 
A series of science-related items (glassware, robots, fires, scientists) with smiley faces labelled this:

fire_small.jpg
graph_error.jpg
cracked_glassware.jpg
sad_at_desk.jpg
fire_medium.jpg
broken_robot.jpg 
disproved_theory.jpg
fire_huge.jpg
sad_on_floor
toxic_cloud.jpg
rejected_paper.jpg
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Earl Grey Screams Club @earlgreymemes.club · 13/08/2026
curated comic by known author using a scene from DS9 of Miles and Julian having a pint in Quark's; Julian: Ive been feeling like I dont belong. That I don't deserve being where I am and doing what I do; Miles: Ah. The old impostor syndrome. I've been there; Miles: The key is to remind yourself that everyone else is an impostor, too. And you damn well deserve your share in whatever scam they are all running! Julian: Did you... did you just fix impostor syndrome... with spite?! Miles: You wouldnt believe how many things I fix with spite; *Miles and Julian clink glasses*
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Tomb💀Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
in honor of the IBM PC's 45th anniversary today, here is the original prototype motherboard! which side is your favorite?
a large prototyping circuit board with a grid of holes. it is covered with chips and red bypass capacitors soldered diagonally across many of the chips. you can tell it is a PC because of the 5 ISA slots and the keyboard connector.the bottom of the board reveals a ratnest of yellow wires along with a few thicker blue and black wires, presumably for power and ground.
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Tomb💀Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
same facility, different beam line -- i once learned that you can crash an oscilloscope by placing it too close to the danger nozzle
a large-screen LCD oscilloscope with a Windows bluescreen on it. it's on an old cracked table with a concrete floor and a cinderblock wall in the background. near the right is a wooden shelf with a vise and a bunch of lead bricks.
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La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Katsuhiro Otomo
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Dan DeFreest @dandefreest.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Blanche was confirmed as AG. Just a reminder: The last time a president appointed an attorney he had personal ties to, was when Nixon appointed his law partner and campaign manager John Mitchell. Mitchell ended up disbarred and spent 2 yrs in prison for his role as AG protecting Nixon.
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