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I setup up a mute list two years ago and forgot about it. You too can live in bliss!

A bluesky mute list with the terms, Democrats, Republicans, Orange Man, GOP, MAGA, Trump

Yeah step throughs are pretty much a requirement to have available.

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This is also utilitarian. No special parts, no unusual mechanics to figure out. Just a couple extra parts that don't get in the way. Wiring is simple and taking the rear wheel off is simple. As someone who commutes simplicity is a real need, you gotta be able to change tubes!

I think current E-Bike designs are whack. The peak E-Bike design was the time Rad Power threw a battery pack on a mountain bike and called it a day.

RadMission 1 bike by rad power. A white mountain bike with a battery pack slapped on it.

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's that Kurt Vonnegut letter. If you aren't farting around what even is the point?

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efficiency of a heat pump vs. resistive isn't even close, heat pumps win out by a mile. Plus heat pumps can reverse and cool.

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Instantly! I see that shit and immediately think, "This place is gonna give me the 'rhea." And it's not even an AI thing! If you can't instantly tell that that fake burger picture looks like it's got ladybugs on it, how are you gonna tell if the food you served me is safe?

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The AI food menu thing is so funny. Owners have got to know that every little thing that degrades trust hurts their business. Because people don't want to get sick or have a really shitty meal! A picture of food that doesn't resemble any known food immediately starts to break down that trust.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is.

Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.

Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.

an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol

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I personally think video games should look like videogame ass videogames and should all run at 1000 fps.

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How to give a desktop support tech an aneurysm.

Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Well at least this settles the GOAT debate once and for all, MJ would never have anything to do with any gambling. Not looking into this any further or reading replies at this time

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Okay the players cards are locations, but even then a lot of that doesn't work the same either. (and location cards aren't new risk etc)

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Got the Fate of the Fellowship board game, and I don't know if it should even have the pandemic system on the box? It's just an event deck that's similar, and even that is different (and kinda brilliant honestly).

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Reminder to self: People despair posting sans context on Sundays are probably sad about a fumble or something.

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

End of season disc golf bag. Lots of changes over the summer! My water discs turned into main discs as they survived the crucible. (Zero lost discs!?) Went from 170-> 195. (Udisc) Mostly from sticking to slower discs for most shots. Time to build the winter bag!

A picture of disc golf discs in a variety of speed and stabilities.
Putters: 3 envy's of varying stability
Mods: Zone, star roc3, DX roc3, buzzzss
Fairway: beefy champ third, straight champ third, flippy DX f2 tbird
Control: star firebird, opto musket, DX Thunderbird
Driver: blizzard wraith, flippy halo wraith, esp scorch

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The kids I coach won their last game today, pretty pumped for that. It was a great season. Crazy thing is I really want to start playing soccer again now. I quit cause I broke two fingers and dislocated my jaw. This time will be different! Right?

Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've given some thought to expanding the family, just not like this!

Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

it's funny that some folks reading that probably think I'm an idiot. It's an amazing drug for other reasons! None of them fun!

Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh good it's ivermectin time. What fun!

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Been thinking a lot about that developer who made one of the cooler games of the past decade. got fed up with whiny gamers. quit to write romantasy novels, and seems to be doing really well. Makes those quit-my-job day dreams when dealing with fires that much sweeter honestly.

Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Transitive is a math thing though

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I feel like I'm staring down a fork in the road on my IT journey RE security. "Whew this is a lot, we've got a lot of work to do!" And "FUCKING AIR GAP EVERYTHING>THE INTERNET WAS A MISTAKE>I'M ONE CVE AWAY FROM BUTLERIAN JIHAD"

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Looked up what actor they are referring to as unattractive (Deborah Ann Woll), and my god they are absolutely lost.

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My kids have access to hundreds of critically acclaimed video games. Some of the best games ever made. All they play is Goat Simulator. And you know what? They are right. Shitty games rule.

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't care what anyone says windy disc golf is the best disc golf. Your disc selection matters so much more. Your ability to observe and react is tested. Plus you get to see the discs do some truly crazy shit.

Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lot of cranky sysadmins out there today I suspect, be nice to them tomorrow morning.

Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My favorite name for something in tech is TWAIN drivers (used to connect to scanners). It doesn't stand for anything, it's from the following line of a Kipling poem "And never the twain shall meet". Apparently imaging has been a PITA since the very beginning.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note.

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Is this a thing? Do I get to write a fancy work out book? I'll call it, "the email classes guide for pretending to do manual labor"

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Like even when I started it felt like I was not exerting myself at all. Was super easy, zero recovery time and I've blown passed my max rep. Wild.

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It turns out doing 3 perfect pullups, 10 times (with like an hour or whatever inbetween), everyday is super duper effective?

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lotr, Star Trek, or Star Wars. For a help desk position.

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God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I usually don't care for "runs" of disc golf discs. But man this Rainers Baldois duo Tee-bird is soooooo sweet. Like a perfectly broke in champ.

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These will be this generations Circle -> Two Circles -> Two Lines -> Fully rendered Cat meme

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've been learning how to draw and it's so funny watching a youtube video and they are just like "...and there we go, almost done! now just smudge and nudge with Photoshop until the proportions look right."

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The OG XCOM is probably my favorite game of all time. But I really have to be a in a solid mental space to play it. I'm at the point where the only time I want to play games is when I'm out of gas. Which just doesn't fit with the difficulty of those games.

Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I really like Zero Company. It has a decent story and really fills that void of "I want to play a squad tactics game but I don't want to suffer."

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Get hyped for a Blue Wave? Not this time Satan.

Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

To anyone worried about costs An Old Computer + A couple 8+ TB platters drives (still cheap!) + some dead ass simple OS like unraid can get you really far for cheap.

Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Its still pretty funny to me that the easiest way to move data is to load a truck up with big drives and haul its ass to the data enter.

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Troy Karkula @troykarkula.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've wasted precious moments of my time on this earth reading something you didn't even write? The purpose of writing is to get ideas from your head into my head. Our civilization is founded on the passing of ideas. It's really important! Why would you do this willingly to another person!