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Goreville Shriek 😱 @amcnal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm so glad that we get to claim Weirdest Guy In Baseball (Complimentary)

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biftechnoir @kenmegalopsuxos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This bit just now with Kornacki getting word Wisconsin election officials fucked up was pure cinema.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 12/08/2026

Why did the product manager like to close the gap in the boxing ring? Because they were constrained by Weighted Shortest Jab First. Ok you can block me now.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 11/08/2026

Happy Zero Cool day. Hope everyone is getting their watches in. It feels good on VHS.

The title screen of the 1995 film Hackers, displayed on an old wooden cabinet TV.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 02/07/2026

I found some more shots of those folks who climbed the empire state building yesterday

A still from the 1995 film Hackers, in which Crash Override (Jonny Lee Miller as Dade Murphy a.k.a. Zero Cool), The Phantom Phreak (Renoly Santiago as Ramόn Sánchez), Lord Nikon (Laurence Mason as Paul Cook), and Acid Burn (Angelina Jolie as Kate Libby) are on a service platform on the Empire State Building. Phreak holds a laptop while Acid Burn uses it and the other two look on.

A still from the 1995 film Hackers, in which Cereal Killer (Matthew Lillard as Emmanuel Goldstein) is on top of the Empire State Building yelling in the foreground with the cityscape in the background.

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Ted Ryan @wxmanted.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Since we've decided as a country not to support PBS anymore, I do want to make a plug for PBS Passport the online streaming version of PBS. It's $5 a month and we've had it for 8 years now. Nova, Frontline, nature, Ken Burns, local shows, old house, masterpiece, and more are faves in this household.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 03/05/2025

Jolyon's whinging is the worst part of watching F1. Perhaps F1TV will start offering a subscription tier that mutes him?

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 24/09/2023

I took a picture of my newly rearranged desk of vintage computers and shared it on my BBS so I could view it on my vintage computers.

A Princeton Graphics CGA monitor displaying (in only four colors) a picture of a desk with a Mac SE/30, an IBM 5160, and two Princeton Graphics monitors

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 22/09/2023

What nincompoop at Slack was like "You know what's better than TWO sidebars? THREE SIDEBARS! And let's make it so the new one that nobody wanted is the only one you can't hide!"

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/09/2023

Know Your Northern Cardinals. My newsletter: tinyletter.com/rosemarymosco

A four-panel cartoon titled Know Your Northern Cardinals. Panel 1 shows a young cardinal and is labeled Juvenile. Panel 2 shows a bright-colored male cardinal and is labeled Adult Male. Panel 3 shows a terrifying molting cardinal with an entirely bare head of grey skin and a few scraggly crest feathers, and is labeled Bloodcheep, Frightful Molt-Demon of the Cursed Abyss. Panel 4 shows a greenish female cardinal and is labeled Adult Female.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 03/09/2023

Here's another one! This post coming to you from a Mac SE/30 via bsky.tel

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 03/09/2023

Hello from a n IBM 5160 via bsky.tel - great work @cara.city

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 30/08/2023

I hope I never tire of typing on a Model F. It scratches my brain in the best possible way.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 27/08/2023

Had some fun with hardware today.

An IBM Personal Computer XT (5160) with a model F keyboard and a Princeton amber monochrome monitor.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 25/08/2023

Hey uh so this is awkward but if I'm following any creepy men who have been outed as creepy men, it's not because I endorse them, it's because I forget social media exists for weeks at a time.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 20/08/2023

I know none of you will read this, but if you follow tens of thousands of accounts and follow me, I'm probably just gonna block you. I'm already so sick of "spam-follow to get followers" accounts.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 10/08/2023

Happy Zero Cool day!

A desk with several copies of Hackers (1995) in VHS, UMD, and laserdisc format, stacked on top of vintage (and new) home computer equipment.

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I Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

Happy Zero Cool day to those who celebrate it.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 07/08/2023

The AI spelling bee is gonna be great. Step aside, battlebots

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 05/08/2023

This is by far the coolest thing I found in the pile of stuff my parents brought down a few weeks ago. My brother and I wrote notes in here for our first plays through the first three games.

A paper journal with the title "The Journal of MYST" on it.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 02/08/2023

Today I dialed in to a BBS (not mine - no dialup access to it yet) and posted on it. It had been so long since I had heard the sweet modem tones in person.

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Dialup BBS on my SE/30

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A Friendly Slacker @slackerpal.bsky.social · 29/07/2023

One thing the 90s got right was how horrific it is to answer email

ad or article from the 90s with guy at desk having a real one with electronic mail trying to kill him

in white letters it says "what the heck is Electronic Mail?"

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 22/07/2023

Who wants to join my homemade BBS? We talk about old (mostly apple) hardware there, but not very much yet because most of my other friends with old hardware are too busy. So I guess, in reality, we (mostly I) talk about the BBS on the BBS.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 22/07/2023

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 20/07/2023

RIP Kevin Mitnick. Recently, I've been rewatching all of the Hackers(1995)-adjacent films in my collection, and after Hackers I usually move on to Takedown (aka Track Down, or sometimes Hackers 2). It's pure camp and not a good representation of Kevin's life, but it still makes me think about him.

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 18/07/2023

I heard there was a secret cord

at a hardware store, picture of a handmade sign put up that says:

"Male to Male Cord "Suicide Cord""

Then it shows an image of a male to male extension cord (prongs on both ends) vs a regular one with "NO!" and "YES!"

The text continues:
"At this time of year, there are often requests for an electrical cord with two male ends. Using a cord like this is very dangerous, can start fires or electrocute someone. These are not available for purchase and should not be made at home."

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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 18/07/2023

Saw a cybertuck in person at the Peterson Auto Museum and… wow - “slapped together” is being generous

Closeup of shoddy build detail on the tesla cybertruck

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Andy Richter @andyrichter.co · 16/07/2023

My taste in music? Well let’s just say if a song hasn’t been used as background music on How It’s Made then I don’t want to hear it

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 16/07/2023

You had your chance, Paul

friendship ended with mudasir meme but it's

"Friendship ended with PAUL now BRYAN is my best friend"

Paul Frazee's pfp is crossed out at the bottom

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 13/07/2023

Never, in one billion years, would this have been a game I'd guess someone would make a nude hack for.

A screenshot of an old macintosh window containing an icon for "Shufflepuck Café (nude hack)"

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 13/07/2023

It is a good day. This lucky find of an Macintosh SE/30 is running beautifully.

A picture of a Macintosh SE/30 with the "About This Macintosh" window showing. It is running System 7.1, has 8 MB of memory, and a 40 MB internal drive. There is a red 3.5 inch floppy disk sticking out of the disk drive.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 12/07/2023

Make make ma-ma-ma-ma-make it so. Make it so.

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Chinchillazilla @handle.invalid · 12/07/2023

ok sorry but i am changing my position. add gifs now

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 11/07/2023

Dangit, @tyrel.dev. Now I want to play with old Apple hardware. I wonder if I can borrow some of my father's gear. I was thinking it could be fun to see how old of a computer I could host my blog with, for instance.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 10/07/2023

Howdy, Mondayfolk. Here's our chicken swing in its longest documented use so far. I hope the chicks get more practice with it! I'm still not sure if I should move it lower (or add more swings). www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnbZwgi4YTw

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Chicken Swing

A short video of our chickens trying out the swing

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Soren Iverson @soren.bsky.social · 10/07/2023

iMessage shows if someone hasn't clicked a link

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cass, runner shell ✨ @starsetbyte.lol · 10/07/2023

before going to bed go turn this toggle on so you are made to put alt text on your images pls

an accessibility toggle reading require alt text on images

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 10/07/2023

A busy Sunday marks the end of my week-long staycation. I didn't get out in the boat as often as I wanted (it was way too hot), but I did get a ton of work done on my assorted side projects. I also spent a good amount of time actually enjoying (???) social media. I appreciate y'all greatly.

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Adam Cerious @adamcerious.bsky.social · 09/07/2023

that weird smell in the fridge when you finally pinpoint it:

a korok from the legend of zelda series saying "yahahs! you found me!"

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Adam Cerious @adamcerious.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

it came to me in a dream

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 08/07/2023

All the cool kids have acid reflux, and I'm the COOLEST kid

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