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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

The winds around here were pretty epic today, and I had killer #kitesurfing session! It was also ~70F degrees in the Midwest. Tonight, it will drop to 16F, not including wind chill. While I had fun, it also boggles the mind to think that people still refuse to see that the #climate it changing.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

All of these are great, but if I may be so bold:

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The VA has no business being the regime's propaganda arm in their emails. This shit is an embarrassment, in a long line of catastrophically embarrassing shit. @vetsat.bsky.social @democrats-veterans.house.gov

An official email from the Department of Veterans affairs that praises Trump, and blames Democrats for the government shutdown.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

After almost 8 months, my refinished #guitar is complete, and it is so beautiful! I bought this guitar in 2003, and I’ve toured with it, and met my wife because of it. It was sentimental, but I never wanted to pick it up. Now it’s incredibly inspiring to look at and play! Specs in the alt text.

A fully refinished ‘76 (‘92 Reissue) Gibson Explorer. Repainted from black to chameleon green/purple. All chrome hardware. Fishman Fluence Modern HB6’s w/pull-push split coil. Piezo pickup in the bridge. Custom black Abalone pickguard and truss rod cover. Input jack rerouted to the top back corner of the body for more ergonomic placement.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Listen, I can only think of one time that someone demanded my gratefulness for something they were offering, and that something actually turned out to be a good thing. So the moral of the story is: if it ain't Grumgully telling you to be grateful, it's probably fascist sycophancy.

Card Name:
Grumgully, the Generous
Mana Cost:
1RedGreen
Mana Value:
3
Types:
Legendary Creature — Goblin Shaman
Card Text:
Each other non-Human creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Flavor Text:
"Does it matter what it is? Take it and be grateful!"
P/T:
3 / 3
Expansion:
Throne of Eldraine (Uncommon) Throne of Eldraine
Rarity:
Uncommon
All Sets:
Throne of Eldraine (Uncommon)
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Commander (Uncommon)
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Uncommon)
Bloomburrow Commander (Uncommon)
Card Number:
192
Artist:
Milivoj Ćeran

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I’m 183cm tall, and with my wetsuit, harness, camelbak, etc. probably 98kg. So when the wind is strong enough for me to get 6.4m jumps on a 9m kite…that’s how you go into a weekend.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

See also, this over decade old classic Air Force meme:

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I mean... this guy literally says "I am immortal..." in his ostensibly serious tagline. So there's that. Clearly, us pea-brained leftists just wouldn't understand. Too emotional and whatnot.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I really needed this vacation. I could use more of this in my life tbh. #aruba #snorkeling

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

@geobrad.bsky.social was kind enough to take some sweet #kitesurfing pics of me catching some air in #aruba! Every muscle in my body is sore, but in the best way.

Tropical beach with a kitesurfer walking out to ride.

A kitesurfing riding in tropical waters.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

This is just magic for the soul. Extra shout out to @geobrad.bsky.social for coming to pick me up after I drifted down wind a ways. #kitesurf #aruba

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Listen, I know that the world is burning, but in my very small slice of personal experience to help me cope, I am having a genuinely wonderful time kitesurfing in Aruba. Do try to still enjoy things now and then.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

A lot of the year end up wrap ups from certain apps don’t do much for me anymore, but surprisingly I was really proud of my Strava wrap up.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

@washingtonpost.com seems to be really struggling with this conundrum. I know it’s cryptic, but this is just a guess: What if…and stay with me here…the people worried about the #economy, and the people benefiting from stock gains…. are 2 different groups, in *different socioeconomic classes*.

Headline from the Washington Post, ostensibly without any irony, that blames Americans in general for worrying about the economy while the stock market grew.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Pretty similar thematically. Of note, I played TW3 on PlayStation, otherwise it would’ve been in my top 3 easily behind NMS. I’m still early in Cyberpunk, but doing my first play-through now.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I see a lot of comfort #videogames out there, many of which I can totally understand. For me, it doesn’t get any better than Hello Games’ masterpiece: “No Man’s Sky” Even if I take long breaks, whenever I come back to it, I *still* get lost in that beautiful sense of wonder. #nms #nomanssky

A traveler in a spacesuit explores an exotic world at night.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hella niche nerd content: So...somehow SMB is actually faster than iSCSI on my Synology. I'm going to assume I've got something misconfigured, but that's...not what I was expecting. Maybe it's the initiator I'm using? Also time for 10Gbe upgrades #synology #nas #networkstorage #softwaredev #MacOS

I/O metrics from Blackmagic's Disk Speed Test utility, showing iSCSI being slower than SMB.

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