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@tek@freeradical.zone · 2d ago

Took the family to see Nine Inch Nails in Sacramento last night.

If we’re going through the time, hassle, and expense to see a show, I want good seats.

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Mar 11, 2026

‘Titanic’ statue of Trump and Epstein on the Mall draws praise, scorn - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/03/10/trump-epstein-statue-titanic-mall-washington/

> At the base of the nearly 12-foot-tall installation are plaques that read: “The tragic love story between Jack and Rose was built on luxurious travel, raucous parties, and secret nude sketches. This monument honors the bond between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, a friendship seemingly built on luxurious travel, raucous parties and secret nude sketches.”

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Mar 07, 2026

Whoa. UTF-8 is older now than ASCII was when UTF-8 was invented.

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Mar 05, 2026

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

"Privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media."

This is a definition of “privacy-focused” with which I am not ... https://honeypot.net/2026/03/05/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask.html

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 27, 2026

The warrants included a search through all of her photos, videos, emails, text messages, and location data over a two-month period, as well as a time-unlimited search for 26 keywords, including words as broad as “bike,” “assault,” “celebration,” and “right,” that allowed police to comb through years of Armendariz’s private and sensitive data—all supposedly to look for evidence related to the alleged simple assault.

The lower court needs to be impeached. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/victory-tenth-circuit-finds-fourth-amendment-doesnt-support-broad-search-0

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 27, 2026

"Hey AI, draw my spirit animal."

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 18, 2026

We’re having an honest-to-god thunderstorm in San Francisco! I’ve missed this so much.

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 18, 2026

Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit (Remastered)" from the album "Nevermind (30th Anniversary Super Deluxe)": https://song.link/us/i/1586410661 #NowPlaying #FediPlay

Unless you lived through it, you probably wouldn’t believe how much culture change this one song washed over the country. It’s like someone flipped a switch and everything changed.

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 17, 2026

Happy Ramadan to my friends who observe it!

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 17, 2026

Last week:

Me: Hey Droid, rewrite yourself in Rust. 😂

Today:

Me: 😲

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 17, 2026

I saw a Cybertruck driving in the rain. When did the Incel Camino get a waterproofing option? And how much is that subscription?

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 17, 2026

'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260121-the-mysterious-mushroom-that-makes-you-see-tiny-people

The story repeats itself.

Local: These mushrooms make you trip hard.

Westerners scientist: Not that we can tell.

Local: Wanna try some?

Sci: Nah, they don’t have the right chemical.

Local: Here’s a guy wrestling Smurfs, right here.

Sci: If only some day!

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 17, 2026

“There’s a good chance I might have committed some light treason.”

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 17, 2026

I’ve gotten tired of struggling against Entware on my Synology NAS (and darned if I’m using its Chinese mirrors), so today I’m using synology-nix-installer to switch to Nix. This has been a learning experience. https://github.com/adam-gaia/synology-nix-installer

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Feb 12, 2026

Reddit post:

My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"

I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party @tek@freeradical.zone I will note that to British taste buds, American peanut butter tastes *sweet*.

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@cstross@wandering.shop @tek@freeradical.zone Got it. So for a proper experiment, I need to find less sugar content peanut butter. My spouse likely knows where that can be purchased. Might also be an

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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party @tek@freeradical.zone It's more that ALL foods marketed in the USA have high fructose corn syrup added to bulk them up. Even processed meat. (The only way to avoid it is to

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Dec 30, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop @NuclearOatmeal@beige.party Even with unprocessed meat. We fatten cows on corn only because we haven't figured out how to gorge them on sugar cane yet.

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@tek@freeradical.zone Hint: try layering it on your sandwich with (a) peanut butter, OR (b) really strong mature cheddar.

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@cstross@wandering.shop People keep telling me to try it with peanut butter! Now I must, For Science™. I'm intrigued by the cheddar idea, and I'll give it a go.

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@tek@freeradical.zone Just bear in mind Marmite is *strong*—treat it like a condiment, not a primary ingredient. (If you slather your food in it like jam or peanut butter you will regret it.)

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Dec 30, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop I had previously been advised to try it in, quote, "homeopathic portions". I smeared a very thin layer on my trial cracker and believe that was a good starting dose.

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@tek@freeradical.zone Hint: try layering it on your sandwich with (a) peanut butter, OR (b) really strong mature cheddar.

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Dec 30, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop People keep telling me to try it with peanut butter! Now I must, For Science™. I'm intrigued by the cheddar idea, and I'll give it a go.

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@tek@freeradical.zone · Nov 17, 2025

I saw a news story about an $8000 “digital detox camp” for kids. And here we were taking kids on Scouting campouts for free, like suckers.

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