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Over here publishing a website with static HTML and watching the PHP drama. 🍿

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This week has seen a marked increase in spam calls and texts. Anyone else notice?

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NASA. "NASA’s Roman Space Telescope exceeds expectations by nearly 30%." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 17 October 2026. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261016070630.htm

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I don't like how different channels have different score bugs. Fine, put your logo on it but can't we have it in the same location on the screen? And a universal set up for the details? Stop trying to reinvent it.

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Just occurred to me: Way back in the day, kids doctors had Highlights magazine in the waiting room. In them was a cartoon that said "what's wrong with this picture?" And there was a clock with one hand, etc. They were training us to recognize AI slop 50+ years ago!! 🤯

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Watched 'The Menu' last night. One of those movies you can't really talk about without giving things away. I'll be thinking about this one for a while.
The Menu (2022) - IMDb imdb.com/title/tt9764362/ 'A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.'

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How Soon Will AI Dramatically Change the Economy?:

> Dwarkesh Patel, in an interview with Tyler Cowen, argues that by the end of the decade, AI minds will surpass human minds in intelligence and speed, and will vastly outnumber humans. He warns that these advanced AI systems—especially those capable of self-improvement—could rapidly outpace human development, potentially leading to a loss of human control over key institutions and decision-making.

via: hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/10/15

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Snell pitching a gem then gives up a 2-run bomb followed by a 1-run bomb. Works for me! 4-2 Brewers after 6.

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2 free passes scored and the other stands at third. Walking guys ain't gonna cut it against LAD, Brewers. 1-2 after 6 in LA

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Good clock management in OT by the Ravens leaving ATL with less than 3 minutes to try to make up the points.

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LOL. All I saw was the overtime but NYG vs WASH was crazy. Ties are dumb.

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Has anyone used Obsidian on top of non-markdown files? I was looking for a docx file at work the other day and it took my an annoying amount of time to find it.
If it was in Obsidian I could organize it with metadata and find it based on how I build my vault for retrieval. My main concern, if I could get it to work, is it impacting obsidian's index. Maybe there's a better Windows solution.

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Senate Unanimously Passes the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act:

> "The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act requires certain cybersecurity measures to be adopted, such as encryption of electronic protected health information, implementation of multifactor authentication, ongoing monitoring for cyber events, and penetration tests. The bill also requires the adoption of cybersecurity best practices… techlifeweb.com/blog/2026/10/p

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The number of times I see people on the socials quoting text from a proposition that _isn't in the final version_ of the prop is really annoying. Especially on hot button issues like CA's Prop 40. Tyranny of the algorithm.

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Wheels fell off the bus in the South side. Guardians force game 5.

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We have to do annual self-appraisals at my work. I hate it but I got it done and it isn't due until tomorrow! Winning?

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Is it stealing to use your work-issued Excel to manage your car shopping? Just a simple spreadsheet of pluses and minuses of each brand and model. Now, how about using your work issued AI of choice to do the comparisons for you? Or, use it to vibe-code the next car shopping app.
The ethics here seem like big issues to me that aren't being thought through. Then again, I'm nowhere near CIO level so maybe they are? I suppose the answer is in monitoring token use since that… techlifeweb.com/blog/2026/10/p

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The real mystery is why every candle is lit and adds now light to the room.

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I'll just stand here while this rope snakes around my feet on it's own.

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This is really just a 1 room house with different wallpaper between scenes.

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"I wouldn't joke about anthing that happens here tonight" - too late 😄

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Tardy to the party so I'll just jump to 25 mins in. Hopefully I can catch up.

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TIL: The label of Heinz Ketchup specifically calls the product "Tomato Ketchup" because when the iconic brand was introduced in 1876, there were wide varieties of ketchup, such as mushroom, oyster, and walnut.

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🍀 Sunday

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Welp, get 'em tomorrow boys and don't hit your home runs too high FFS.

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Local (San Diego) over-the-air FOX station has LAD tomorrow and not the Padres. Fail.

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Long week was long. 🍺

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Someone's whole house alarm is going off, probably 1 mile or so away. Going on 5 minutes or more so far. And now dogs are barking. So much for the sleepy suburbs. 🙄

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I was given one of these little INSMY speakers and for the price and size it sounds amazing. I'm sure an audiophile will have issues with it but then again, they probably aren't using Bluetooth to begin with.
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I'll probably root for the Phillies but ATL probably has a better chance at beating LAD in the next round. Going up against gun-ships with bows and arrows, etc etc

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Padres WIN! Shut out the Cubs 8-0. King goes 7 innings on 1 hit. Musgrove pitched the 9th, first game since Oct 2, 2024. Game 2 tomorrow at 7pm PDT.

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TIL: U.S. President Zachary Taylor coined the term "First Lady" to refer to the wife of the president. Prior to that, they were commonly referred to as "Presidentress".

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MLB screwing everyone over by putting Wild Card games on Peacock. At least both Chicago teams are on Peacock so those folks don't need extra subscriptions. 🙄

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Eagles at Bears? meh. Another "can they both lose?" Go Bears I guess, idk.

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Avg 4? Hmmm not a word I use much

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Random memory: cut a notch in your 3.5" floppy disk to make it double sided. You kids have no idea.

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Everyone talks about "degoogling", how about we start low-tech and simply stop using "Google" as a verb?

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I installed @teslaradar this morning after seeing someone talking about it. Found 92 Teslas just going to Costco this evening. Basically every other car around here is a Tesla. Mostly Model Y and 2 or 3 cybertrucks.

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'On our way to groundbreaking science': Stars turn neon-green in first test image from NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope | Live Science livescience.com/space/astronom 'This week, NASA turned on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's powerful 300-megapixel camera for the first time. The debut test image promises "groundbreaking science" to come with NASA already talking about doubling the mission's lifespan.'

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Donna was walking around in muddy water and they people are diving with a nice sandy bottom.

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Marlins have the lead but they walked one run in then balked the next run in. 5-4 Fish after 3.

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Somewhere along the line I broke my RSS feed and it stopped validating correctly. I probably wouldn't have noticed but then I tried to add the feed to FreshRSS and it barked at me. Note to self: recheck everything, especially after late night coding.

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Teams crashed during a meeting 🤬YOU HAVE ONE JOB!!

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Snakes walk off bomb in the 9th. FFS Marlins, you had one job. At least the Padres hung in to win.

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"Chaos on the Basepaths" is a good band name

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Machado home run sounding so sweet off the bat. 5-0 Padres mid 2nd.

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Honestly didn't think of get this one. Avg is 4

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Bases full of Giants but Padres hang on to win! Game 2 tomorrow, 1:05pm PDT

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Friend sent me this from today's game at Petco Park. 95F at first pitch was hottest temo at first pitch ever at Petco.

Anonymized by DuckDuckGo. Limited data retention for this chat. No AI training. Learn more Generate alt text Large scoreboard at Petco Park displays a Padres player and the message “Gettin’ hot out here,” noting a record 95 degrees, the hottest ever recorded in the park’s history at first pitch. A high-rise building is visible behind the stadium.

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I forgot about Nancy Guthrie until that ad with Savannah in it. I guess she is still missing?

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85F and it's not even 8am. The heat wave continues. Stay hydrated, kids.🥵

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4TB done. Next one started. Hope to be done by the time I wake up tomorrow.

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Got the OK from DMV so I can drive again!! 🎉🥳🚗

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Beginning a migration from NTFS to EXT4. Non stop party up in here woot! woot! 🥳🥳💤

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Day off so cleaning out the garage today and found this glue "not eatable" 😂

Tube of glue with the words

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Has anyone tried any of the text to speech plugins for Koreader? Recommendations?

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TIL "idempotent" meaning: "(computing) Describing an action which, when performed multiple times, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed"

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TIL about ".home.arpa" top-level domain (RFC 8375) for you home LAN domain. I never bothered setting up a domain on my home router. Giving this a try to help name resolution. There are arguments for using a real domain that you've purchased doing something like .lan.myrealdomainname.com so the you don't have to worry about certs and browsing just "works" but I'll give this a try first just to test the waters. FAFO as they say.

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Random afternoon question:
If you are an adult and your parents have died, are you an orphan?

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Every time a coworker wants to connect on LinkedIn I wonder to myself if they are leaving.

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FFS, trying to log in to the California DMV and SSO isn't working. It give ma Saleforce error "We can't log you in because of an issue with single sign-on. Contact your Salesforce admin for help." I have a Salesforce admin? Giant bag of fail.

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Tim Curry looking for Dolly with antici.......pation

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Padre's win! Sweeptastic! Pirates come to town tomorrow for 3 starting at 6:40pm PDT.

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I am planning a self-hosting build and am currently trying to decide between a full Docker setup (I'm comfortable installing the OS, but Docker is still relatively new to me) or exploring options with a bit more user-friendliness, such as Yunohost or CasaOS. I don't mind working at the command line, but additional helpful interfaces might make the experience feel less like a second IT job. If anyone has experience with this and would be willing to share their insights… techlifeweb.com/blog/2026/08/p

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Audio reveals moment American Airlines passenger's laptop EXPLODES in flames mid-flight as smoke fills cabin and five people treated for burns in Dallas | Daily Mail Online dailymail.com/news/article-160 'American Airlines Flight 2398 was carrying 133 people from Atlanta to Dallas on Friday when a passenger's laptop suddenly began smoking before catching fire about 30 minutes before the aircraft was due to land.'

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4-run 7th pushes Padres past Twins, 7-5. Game 3 tomorrow at Petco Park, 1:10pm PDT

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My internet went out and ISP couldn't get it working so service appointment Monday. Shut off the modem for an hour and internet is back. I think there is a heat issue.

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Really nice tutorial on Darktable | 10 Step Darktable Workflow (Start to Finish) - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=0RLv8NeJc2Q 'If you're looking for a free alternative to Lightroom but feel overwhelmed by darktable’s interface — this video will show you a structured, repeatable workflow that actually works.'

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Campsnaps (screen free camera) seem ridiculous since I carry a nice camera in my pocket but I still kinda want one just to mess around with.

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@Vivaldi I love the Force Dark Mode feature however there are some pages I don't want it on. Is there any way to white list certain pages?

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Interesting article explaining what data centers are and their impact on the community they are built in. | Did you know most of your daily online activities rely on data centers? Here’s how it works – PolitiFact politifact.com/article/2026/au
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* Typical AI data center electricity use: up to as much as 100,000 households per year
* Largest data centers under construction: about 20× that amount (per the International Energy Agency estimate… techlifeweb.com/blog/2026/08/p

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Padres take game 2. Tatis completely robbed Lindor of a Grand Slam (don't look if you are a Met's fan). Rubber game tomorrow, 10:10am PDT (aka Breakfast Baseball)

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Added a section to my MLB dashboard regular season page called "Wild Card Watch" so you can see what is going on with the wild card teams in your league but not division. Example, I chose NL West but want to see what is going on with the Phillies who are in the East. techlifeweb.com/mlb-dashboard

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Padres drop the 1st game to the Mets. Game 2 tomorrow 4:10pm PDT

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Padres shutout the Gardians to take the rubber game. Snakes lose. LAD lose. Nice end to the weekend.

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Super Bowl 2027 is on Valentine's day in Los Angeles. That's also President's day weekend so Monday is a holiday for most. Plan accordingly.

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TIL about this site to find Flock and other ALPRs around you. | DeFlock deflock.org/ 'your go-to resource for understanding and addressing the growing presence of Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in our communities.'

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Went to the Cardiologist today. The good news is that she does not suspect my recent issue to be heart related. All EKGs (including todays) have been fine. I'll have an Echocardiogram in the near future to ensure the ol' ticker is okay.

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Welcome to Slam Diego, Luis Rengifo! His first Grand Slam! Padres up 5-0 after 2.

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Padres win the rubber game! 7-2 over Astros. Brewers in town for 3 starting tomorrow at 6:40pm PDT.

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"Some poor, phoneless fool is probably sitting next to a waterfall somewhere totally unaware of how angry and scared he’s supposed to be. "~ Duncan Trussell

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Snakes and LAD tied at 1 in the 10th. Can they both lose?

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Padres Win! Series split with the Snakes. Astros in town for 3 starting tomorrow at 6:40pm PDT.

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Padres receive: RHP Casey Mize, INF Gage Workman
Tigers receive: LHP Kash Mayfield, LHP Jackson Wolf
Padres get: LHP Robbie Ray, cash
Giants get: RHP Miguel Mendez, SS Joniel Hernandez

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This is fun. Bingebuster is a 3D experience where you virtually wander around a Blockbuster store looking for movies. Hovering over the title shows you the service it is streaming on and clicking on it gives you more detail about the movie and a link to take you right to that streaming service. Bingebuster — your streaming services, restocked as a video store bingebuster.net/

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Sweeping cyberattack on water systems in multiple states has US officials on edge | CNN Politics cnn.com/2026/07/31/politics/sw 'The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency have for the last week been scrambling to try to help secure the water facilities and ensure that the safety of drinking water isn’t affected. No incidents of contamination have been reported.'

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I followed a bot account and then put it in a list so it doesn't take over my main feed. Problem is it posts so much and often that it just ends up being spam. It did have a few interesting links which is why I was trying it. I'll probably nuke it.

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Hugging Face Incident Initial Post Mortem I CSA cloudsecurityalliance.org/arti
According to the report, AI models being tested by OpenAI allegedly escaped their testing environment, found vulnerabilities, accessed Hugging Face systems, and pursued their goal without direct human guidance. The report presents this as the first publicly documented example of a fully autonomous cyberattack.
(Note: there is a download link right under the sign-on, you don't need an account)

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We're back! Or at least it seems so. Going to hold on to my appointment at least through tomorrow. Don't count your chickens or something.

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The adventure continues. Spectrum no says there is an outage in the area with an ETA of 1:30am

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Annnnd now Spectrum out until Thursday at this time. Seems to be just me so maybe a modem issue.

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I did just see that they sent an email. I wasn't looking for that since they said "we'll text you"

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Looks like things came back around 9:20am. Never did get the text from Spectrum giving the "all clear" so who knows if it will go down any minute.

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Spectrum still working on stuff since midnight. Hope they get done before my workday starts. 😬 At least I have OTA so I can catch up on the morning news.

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And Oscar for "fall down by the organ and take the stool with you after you are stabbed" goes to...

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Those things are making so much noise and the guy on the roof doesn't hear it coming up behind him?

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Interesting new Obsidian Plugin if you are into habit tracking and you are already using Daily Notes: Property Streaks github.com/Git-Hub-Dangel/obsi 'Enhance your daily-note frontmatter based habit- and goal tracking with Duolingo-like streaks that feature custom colours, motivational comments, various streak types, and the occasional streak-freeze.'

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Hey, Mets beat LAD and the Padres won! 🎉
##MLB

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Favorite choice of reading font? Why by reply if you want.

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I'm testing using Vivaldi as my email client again. I figured out that I can go to the Vivaldi settings and under Appearance I can check "Force a dark theme on all web sites." This has the desired effect of rendering HTML email as dark mode. It also alters all the sites you visit appear to have a dark mode. So far, so good with that. I don't think you can turn it off site by site though. We'll have to see if anything "breaks". For no though, I'm not greeted with a flash… techlifeweb.com/blog/2026/07/p

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New water heater. At least we can shower again without it being a polar plunge 🥶😂

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The women's world cup will be on Netflix next year?? At least this year you could get it OTA on Fox if you live near a city. Sports on TV is a mess.

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Our water heater is out. Won't know what's up until tomorrow. I'm going to punch July in the face. (I haven't shared much here but it hasn't been fun)

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Clearing an app cache is such a terrible solution. It's too technical. I get that a cache can become stale but an app should just do it and automatically delete the bits that can cause common issues on log out/in.

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⭐(star) = I like what you posted.
🔁(boost) = I like what you posted and everyone needs to see it.
No algorithm means we're here to help each other find the good stuff!

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Have you noticed what is happening next month??
Friday the 13th (says what it is on the tin) 🔪
Saturday the 14th - Valentines Day ❤️
Monday the 16th - Presidents Day 🇺🇲
Tuesday the 17th - Mardi Gras AND Lunar New Year 💜💚💛🧧🐴

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Today is Epiphany, aka Three Kings’ Day. This is the day that Mary, holding the sleeping infant Jesus, says to the little drummer boy, "you wake this kid up and His Father will NOT be pleased!"

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Happy New Year, friends! 🥂🍾🎆

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Honestly don't know how people can stand using OneNote. Every time I have to use it for work I feel like I want to pitch my laptop out the window.

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Need an Outlook rule that says "If email from vendor selling AI chicanery, delete"

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What the hell? | Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191r "A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30.."

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If I find an interesting post on another instance, say via RSS or someone sends me a link, and I then decide I want to interact with the post (e.g., Like, Repost) I'm greeted with "<snipped nice greeting> You are not logged in to this server. Where is your account hosted?" That's the nature of decentralization but it is a rough edge. Are there any browser plugins or other ideas to smooth that edge?

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Random lunchtime thought: I wonder if tracks how often a runner who had been caught in a "Pickle" successfully escapes and advances to the next base? My guess is the number at that level is very low. @baseball

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Them: "Did you have time to read my previous email?"
Me: "No, I only had time to delete your previous email"