i feel like this is how a lot of history happens
every now and again a powerful idea threads the needle to success, mostly through sheer luck
and only in retrospect does it seem obvious and natural that it worked out
not to discount hard work, but hard work is no guarantee
quick paul break on through! break on through! break on thr-
lore: some music was still played on "carts" which were little plastic boxes with magnetic tape that a special machine could play
fact: you can't put music on magnets, you idiot. they're different things
lore: the edges of CDs were so sharp that over 7 million people went to the hospital every year just for listening to music
fact: it was closer to 12 million
i was a 90s college radio dj ama
20 year olds thinking 60s stuff was retro cool in the 90s was Very Good
20 year olds thinking 90s stuff is retro cool in the 2020s is an abomination, unthinkable, a personal affront to all that is decent
true, but it would be more fun to skip all the steam business and shoot the batteries directly into the turbine blades
it was a smart design choice to fire them out the back for extra propulsion, despite what the drivers behind may say
Total open ticket time: 11 minutes
@unraid.net support rocks!
The most appealing aspects of Bluesky's origins
A. Enabling Blacksky build
B. chased off Dorsey
C. The brief but glorious period when site was mostly just shitposters shitposting for the love of the game
might fuck around and get interested in baseball this year
it's on my list to try this weekend
this is a good reminder to watch (or rewatch) The Good Place
ah man we can't have anything nice
congrats, welcome, and we're so sorry
and tower GLJ responding to a TCAS alert for the building cloud
i once again made the mistake of reading the replies
too many people here were raised by wolves
this state has broken my heart too many times to get my hopes up but i’m looking forward to voting for him in the fall
Ned Brower, aka Jesse Van Horn on HBO series The Pitt
whoa, this guy on The Pitt was the drummer for Rooney back in the naughties 🤯
thinking about purity spirals again and how the anti-AI bsky battalion is in a deep one
The boys having a 'nam flashback
AP headline: "Live updates" Trump says Iran operations likely to last 4 to 5 weeks, but he's prepared 'to go far longer'"
ref
A photo of Donald Rumsfeld alongside his famous quote "I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that." The war went on to last 8 years.
what's old is new again
the bass drops at :04
2026 is the year of the atproto desktop
showing boba hole on main
bring back brain melting bass lines
if you or a loved one have been exposed to Mumford and Sons you may be entitled to compensation
