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@threddyrex.org
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tech • art • pnw • swe @ msft 💾 : github.com/threddyrex 🔗 : threddyrex.org this account is hosted on my PDS implementation, rustproto

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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 7h
Happy Fall 🍂
City park with autumn trees, skyline in background, few clouds
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 30/09/2026
work in progress: I’m making backgrounds for upcoming comics
A city park. A lamppost, some trees, cement, grass, and a skyline in background
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The Hot Drop @thehotdrop.live · 29/09/2026
FBI breached via ShinyHunters zero-day sextortion? Meanwhile, Citrix NetScaler zero-days patched after weeks of silent exploitation. Is your legacy infrastructure already compromised? youtu.be/AdQ_hRdL8D8?...
youtu.be
The Hot Drop - sept 29 2026
YouTube video by The Daily Hot Drop
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 29/09/2026
oooh my PDS is finally back. took a couple of server reboots (rebooted via a web console from my phone at work lol)
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 28/09/2026
Firehose support in c# is working Here it is monitoring what moderation service labels are being applied in real time.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 28/09/2026
New GitHub Copilot scenario unlocked. I'm feeding it my old comics, and it's generating alt text for all of the images. I had done this manually for some of the comics but not all. It's filling in the gaps. So far it’s doing a pretty good job.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 27/09/2026
my outlook on mobile has a notification that won’t clear this is my villain origin story
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Mat Savage @mat-savage.xyz · 26/09/2026
I was so punk in college
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 25/09/2026
ooooh it's windy season
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 23/09/2026
apropos of nothing in particular
[PANEL 1 - Sam and Freddy chatting]

Sam: I'm meeting with the writers about the new documentation project.

Freddy: Why do we need writers? Can't AI do that?


[PANEL 2 - Closeup on Sam, and they are scowling]

Sam: Where do you think AI gets its writing from?
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 24/09/2026
I'm starting to catalog the old Threddy comics. In the early days I would use photo backgrounds from campus. I just noticed that many of the photo backgrounds are from a building that I currently work in. 😆 Which is interesting because I've worked in a like a dozen buildings.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 23/09/2026
there’s always at least one person who accidentally stays on the call after the meeting ends and makes the recording like 4 hours long
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 23/09/2026
apropos of nothing in particular
[PANEL 1 - Sam and Freddy chatting]

Sam: I'm meeting with the writers about the new documentation project.

Freddy: Why do we need writers? Can't AI do that?


[PANEL 2 - Closeup on Sam, and they are scowling]

Sam: Where do you think AI gets its writing from?
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 23/09/2026
angrily making a comic tonight
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 22/09/2026
this might have happened to me

Threddy: I spent the entire day learning about the brand new Blepster AI agent.

Freddy: What did you learn?

Threddy: That it's being deprecated next week.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 21/09/2026
I opened my TODO app intending to add an item, and forgot the item by the time the app was open 😆
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 21/09/2026
oooohhhh it’s fresh hop season
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 20/09/2026
nearly spit out my drink when I saw my order number in the cafe this week
receipt that says "Food Hall 6 - Order 066"
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 18/09/2026
New Dashboard
Freddy: Can you make a new dashboard.

Threddy: You didn't use the last dashboard I Created.

Freddy: That's ok, I don't plan on using this one either.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 16/09/2026
ooooh I have a few domains expiring and it's testing my resolve to minimize domain footprint
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Kevin Jones @vcsjones.dev · 15/09/2026
The annual .NET Performance blog post is out for .NET 11 now! devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/perfo...
devblogs.microsoft.com
Performance Improvements in .NET 11 - .NET Blog
Take a tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 11.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 14/09/2026
this reminds me of the old threddy reaction gifs. but just static. new reaction format just dropped.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 14/09/2026
Tech Predictions

[PANEL 1 - Freddy and Binny chatting in the office.]

Freddy: Binny, what are your tech predictions for 2027.

Binny: I predict robots will take over all tech jobs.

Freddy: Ha! That must be one of your a.i. hallucinations.

[PANEL 2 - closeup on Binny, with stern face.]

Binny: Yeah. Must be.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 14/09/2026
realizing that each character needs their own character sheet, so that there’s room for a bunch of expressions
Screenshot of affinity designer showing different projects for each character
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 14/09/2026
Tech Predictions

[PANEL 1 - Freddy and Binny chatting in the office.]

Freddy: Binny, what are your tech predictions for 2027.

Binny: I predict robots will take over all tech jobs.

Freddy: Ha! That must be one of your a.i. hallucinations.

[PANEL 2 - closeup on Binny, with stern face.]

Binny: Yeah. Must be.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 13/09/2026
omg I had forgotten about Binny the robot
Screenshot of affinity designer, showing Binny added to the cast of characters
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 12/09/2026
cel shading for Sam
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 12/09/2026
Turkish coffee? yes please
Closeup of Turkish coffee with Dubai chocolate 
Zoomed out a bit
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Libby Brown @trubludevil.social · 11/09/2026
My dad survived the Pentagon attack on 9/11. Before he died in Dec 2020, he wrote his military career biography - seriously, it’s a whole edited, bound production, this man loved his career in military public health. The following is his brief remembrance of the day.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 11/09/2026
is there a Bluesky iPad app
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 11/09/2026
I wrote a thing about 9/11: www.linkedin.com/posts/robtou...
linkedin.com
It's been 25 years. In September of 2001 I was working as a Software Engineer at Cantor Fitzgerald. My office was on the 104th floor of Tower One of the World Trade Center. On the morning of 9/1...
It's been 25 years. In September of 2001 I was working as a Software Engineer at Cantor Fitzgerald. My office was on the 104th floor of Tower One of the World Trade Center. On the morning of 9/11 I ...
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fifteen years ago I wrote about my work on the algorithm that helped to place the names on the 9/11 memorial. "In the days and months that I worked on the arrangement algorithm and the placement tool, I found myself frequently speaking these names out loud." blprnt.medium.com/all-the-name...
blprnt.medium.com
All The Names: Algorithmic Design and the 9/11 Memorial
This post was originally published on June 10, 2011 on my blog. Since that link is pretty hard to find, I’m re-publishing it here.
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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 10/09/2026
🧵 Big onstage announcements from @microsoft.com at @rustconf.com: - Rust is now a tier-1 language for internal development at Microsoft - rustc_codegen_utc: a prod-ready compiler backend that brings Rust onto the same Windows-native code generation platform as MSVC 🎉
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 10/09/2026
look at these cute guys I’m excited to get them back into the comics rotation
Screenshot of affinity designer showing the three main characters - threddy Freddy and Sam
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 10/09/2026
"sorry I missed your call, I folded my iPhone in half and it broke"
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 09/09/2026
I don’t follow the Apple announcement schedule, so when I walked into the Apple Store yesterday to pick up my new iPad, and the staff member said "our event is tomorrow!" I thought "WHAT THE F" but then after some searching realized that thankfully they weren’t announcing iPads.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 09/09/2026
glow-up in progress for Sam
Screenshot of affinity designer with Sam the cat smiling
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 09/09/2026
is it a rule that if you buy a Jeep you need to put rubber ducks in the windshield
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 08/09/2026
there is a client with the user agent "bluesky-ai-conflict-research" pinging my PDS, which in itself I don't mind, but the one request it is doing over and over again is for a URL that doesn't exist to the researcher: sorry, I don't have anything at /did.json
screenshot of log
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 08/09/2026
hardest working feature on bluesky must be "muted words and tags"
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 06/09/2026
status reports
[PANEL 1 - Threddy and Freddy standing in the office. The wall behind them is purple.]

Threddy: If I'm using AI to write my status reports, and you're using AI to read my status reports, can we just skip the status reports?

Freddy: No, it needs to look like we are doing something.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 05/09/2026
working out, and adding shading to an upcoming comic in between sets. a relaxing Saturday.
close up of Threddy with a shaded area selected
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 05/09/2026
I go to bookstores for the smells
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 05/09/2026
Over the years I’ve mostly avoided posting on LinkedIn. I would post the gifs and comics elsewhere. But the comics satirize office life, and tbh LI feels like the *perfect* place for that. Tear it all down.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 04/09/2026
I'm 4 questions in and I'm feeling attacked
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fig (aka:[phil]) @bad-example.com · 03/09/2026
oof, a lot of atproto rust ecosystem handle resolution uses hickory, psa
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 02/09/2026
Blepster Timeline
[PANEL 1 - Sam and Freddy chatting in the office.]

Sam: Half of my Blepster timeline is folks announcing they've been promoted.

Freddy: What's the other half?

Sam: Folks announcing they've been fired.
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 02/09/2026
What GIF pops up when you type in your name? (lucked out on this one - I had published gifs with my name).
static.klipy.com
Threddy Threddyrex
Alt: Threddy Threddyrex in a popcorn bucket
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 02/09/2026
the dogpiling here sucks
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threddy 🦖 @threddyrex.org · 31/08/2026
every time I write "cargo" I imagine what the car is going
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