Rob Carlson
vees@jawns.club
<p>Coder, pest of local gov'ts, mason & tech nerd. In the third outer rung of "From Philly" where there's 1,000 people per square mile: Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. I love flashlights, social justice, mechanical keyboards and public schools. Forged in the fires of the Internet of the 1990s.</p>
Posts
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Post #4385075
#Pennsylvania #Election2026
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Post #4380710
Feeling a distinct lack of effort in today's younger email scammers
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Post #4380085
Me starting my public comment at town meetings: "Long time listener, first time caller, love the show." "I love that you have these open mic nights." "Hello, it's me, the public."
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Post #4366933
On a first read, the proposed and advertised data center ordinance in Lower Salford Township (2026-07) seems pretty good actually https://www.lowersalfordtownship.org/media/3076/packetaug4_5.pdf #LowerSalford #DataCenter #Pennsylvania
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Post #4359553
Hey #indieweb reply with the page(s) you're most proud of from your personal site and if I think its awesome too I'll link it up either on my link blog or in the context where it fits in my pages about software, civics, local interest, and purpose.
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Post #4358465
Hello #Pennsylvania #Democrats If you've been looking to get more involved in canvassing and helping voters understand the 2026 election, but didn't feel like you had enough experience to help, here are four low-pressure opportunities to train up in August! Sign up through Mobilize: Effective Conversations with Voters https://www.mobilize.us/pacoordinated2026/event/994176/ Personal Stories https://www.mobilize.us/pacoordinated2026/event/994170/ Volunteer Leadership 101 ht...
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Post #4256429
Like a stopped clock, Fetterman thinks Republicans were being too mean to Fauci.
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Post #4256428
Someone is sending a dozen tracked packages out of Los Angeles in a way that&#39;s being associated with my Informed Delivery so they all show as having postage generated in my town and then being dropped off at a local LAX post office. I have an inquiry out with USPS but haven&#39;t heard anything back yet. Want to get ahead of this in case those packages are something unsavory.
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Post #4256427
Figured out a fun style to show that a page content on my site is signed without scaring the muggles with details of GPG.
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Post #4244342
If some insider at Anthropic posted a torrent of the raw images/OCR of every book they scanned before feeding them into models, it would be a bigger contribution to distributed human knowledge and progress than anything the weighted model will ever bring.
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Post #4205232
#Meshtastic #Philadelphia #MontCoPa Frequency and Mode Testing Test 1: Aug 1st at 10pm to Aug 8th at 10pm we will be testing MediumSlow 22 Test 2: Aug 8th at 10pm to Aug 14th at 10pm we will be testing LongTurbo 12 https://phillymesh.net/freq-test/
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Post #4180033
If you still have Facebook and want to help feed the algorithm great Democrats, please follow Margaret Burke for PA House 147 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584455714544
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Post #4067994
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org A previous employer offered a generous stipend on cell phone service as one of the benefits. I never took it because I knew what was coming. One day global IT rolls out app-based authentication and I declined to put it on my phone. They said "well you take the stipend you need to install it" and I was almost gleeful in telling them that I did not and they would need to provide a device or come up with a secondary method. Suddenly TOTP access from a app of my choice w...
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Post #4049146
Gross podcast ad for Monday.com in my feed about how their ad was made with AI after they laid off 20% of staff.
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Post #3963955
Ever have a household task that was so much simpler and more rewarding than you expected and now you want to do a bunch more? Mine is window rescreening. The supplies were dirt cheap, the tool is fun to use, and the result looks amazing for a few minutes effort. I want to knock on my neighbors doors and see if they need their patio doors done for a beer or two.
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Post #3897603
Okay, this is amazing: https://www.youraislopbores.me/
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Post #3843131
Only 100 days left until the mid--term general election here. If you're in the United States make sure you have a plan to vote, know where you're voting, and check your voter registration online for validity. If you have questions about WHO to vote for, reach out to your local party of choice or turn on the news for thirty seconds or so.
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Post #3836746
The Montgomery County Planning Commission is updating the county's on-road bicycle plan, Bike Montco, and is inviting residents to participate in a public survey through July 30. Community feedback will help inform the Bike Montco 1.5 update and guide future bicycle planning and improvements throughout Montgomery County. https://engage.montgomerycountypa.gov/en/projects/bike-montco #MontCoPa #Bicycle #Transportation #Pennsylvania
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Post #3763602
The marketing priorities of the Republican State Leadership Committee based on their ads page: 1. Democrats are scary tax raisers 2. PLEASE don't be afraid to vote by mail Conclusion: GOP got shellacked by the sheer quantity of mail-in ballots from Democrats in the primary election around here. They know this misinformation from Trump admin (among other things) is actively hurting their local chances. https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR12183047847502938113?region=US
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Post #3724563
Philadelphia Fire Fighters and Paramedics Union posted a Facebook message addressed to MLB all-star game visitors to avoid the "colored areas" on the map of Philly if they wanted to stay alive. What they posted below it was a context-free map of non-fatal shootings and homicides with red and yellow dots. Most comments below were genuinely confused, but the folks who heard the dog whistle knew exactly what they were saying.
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Post #3677164
Advice needed: Added an international eSIM to my phone last week and now my iPhone can't get it back in its head to let me input numbers as default US (NANP) format without the +1. No obvious settings in Phone, Contacts, or Region that appear to change this. Anyone know how to fix?
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Post #3630288
My sons cardboard #cosplay is arguably more frightening than the original
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Post #3339038
The neighborhood cats are in a triangle on their respective porches and windows keeping track of each other.
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Post #3272086
Me: What's the rewards? Bank of America: Deez nuts
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Post #2442177
Not spelling inspestors, tho. #Slop #AI
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Post #2436524
Revised county code and these paper signs stapled to park entrances are what we call a good start.
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Post #2353485
🛠️ Note: Enough folks say use an air duster or nothing at all, or that you will ruin your USB-C ports. Only do repairs and maintenance to your own comfort or qualifications! 🚨 This is your annual reminder that the charger port on your phone collects all the pocket lint into a super compressed layer at the back and eventually makes your cables just loose enough to be annoying but not enough to not charge. Five minutes with a thin toothpick will disgust you and make it feel like new.
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Post #2188550
Canvas cyberattack https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/05/millions-of-students-personal-data-stolen-in-major-education-cyberattack
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Post #1963045
Someone printed a stack of The Constitutional Courant on newsprint and left it in the fliers rack at the local supermarket. I can’t fathom why they did but I am enjoying reading a little piece of 1765 history on my back porch right now.
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Post #1963044
Can type an approximation of ligature ct in Stamp Ac͡t with U+0361 COMBINING DOUBLE INVERTED BREVE, but its a hack. Meanwhile st is a recognized ligature and so is ſt.