Kyle Rankin
@kyle@mastodon.kylerank.in
Linux security & infrastructure professional, FOSS advocate, public speaker, author of How To Write A Tech Book, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist, weaver.
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Kyle Rankin
@kyle@mastodon.kylerank.in
Linux security & infrastructure professional, FOSS advocate, public speaker, author of How To Write A Tech Book, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist, weaver.
mastodon.kylerank.in
@kyle@mastodon.kylerank.in
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1d ago
Today’s thrift store find: an antique Bennett portable typewriter! Like many modern ultraportable laptops, they had to make some compromises in the key layout to fit in such a small space. This isn’t necessarily a typewriter for touch typists. #antique #typewriter
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PugJesus
@PugJesus@piefed.social
History Major. Cripple. Vaguely Left-Wing. In pain and constantly irritable.
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2d ago
Steyr Pistol of Emperor Franz Joseph I, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1909 AD
https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/selbstladepistole-system-steyr-kleines-modell-374742-1
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PugJesus
@PugJesus@piefed.social
History Major. Cripple. Vaguely Left-Wing. In pain and constantly irritable.
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@PugJesus@piefed.social
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historyartifacts
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3d ago
Souvenir model of the Great Pyramid, limestone, Egypt, 1854 AD
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PugJesus
@PugJesus@piefed.social
History Major. Cripple. Vaguely Left-Wing. In pain and constantly irritable.
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historyartifacts
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5d ago
Walking stick of Emperor Franz I with a hidden stiletto, Austria, ~1815 AD
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Clayton Hove
@adtothebone__dup_34292@universeodon.com
Creative Services Director. Curator. Commentator. Conundrum. Opinions are mine, unless also yours.
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Clayton Hove
@adtothebone__dup_34292@universeodon.com
Creative Services Director. Curator. Commentator. Conundrum. Opinions are mine, unless also yours.
universeodon.com
@adtothebone__dup_34292@universeodon.com
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Feb 28, 2026
It was a rather harsh week but something quite nice was waiting for me in my mailbox tonight — a 1907 issue of Collier’s with a hitherto elusive Coca-Cola ad inside.
#antique #vintage #cocacola #coke #history
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Gary Ismay
@goodbinary@mastodonapp.uk
Indie and freelance App developer based in the North West of England. On here as I have no friends in the real world.
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Gary Ismay
@goodbinary@mastodonapp.uk
Indie and freelance App developer based in the North West of England. On here as I have no friends in the real world.
mastodonapp.uk
@goodbinary@mastodonapp.uk
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Feb 11, 2026
Was thumbing through an old computer mag (42 years old) and came across this Microsoft add.
“Capacity for up to 63 columns and 255 rows”.
Simpler times.
#antique #microsoft #greenscreen
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Clayton Hove
@adtothebone__dup_34292@universeodon.com
Creative Services Director. Curator. Commentator. Conundrum. Opinions are mine, unless also yours.
universeodon.com
Clayton Hove
@adtothebone__dup_34292@universeodon.com
Creative Services Director. Curator. Commentator. Conundrum. Opinions are mine, unless also yours.
universeodon.com
@adtothebone__dup_34292@universeodon.com
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Jan 31, 2026
“And to drink?”
(seen at tonight’s North Star Auction preview)
#vintage #antique #bottles #auctions #cans
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