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ajpetix.bsky.social
Tech lover, Michigan outdoorsman, gamer, car enthusiast, and riichi mahjong addict.
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This is absolutely insane.

There are even a couple Playdate titles in this collection! Will be buying tomorrow morning at my computer.

For sickos, by sickos. store.theonion.com/c...

First topless Miata of 2025 spotted in Ann Arbor.

I am once again here to remind you: Do a 5-minute mobility warmup BEFORE your next existential meltdown. This way you don’t pull a hamstring dropping into the fetal position. Melt down SMARTER, not HARDER 👍

Why does good hardware often come with terrible software? I recently got a few Dell accessories and downloaded Dell Display & Peripheral Manager to try and control things light display brightness, webcam white balance, etc. and it's just... so bad. Both Windows and MacOS are equally awful.

It’s telling that I’m getting old when some younger Windows users don’t know what I mean when I say “the Start button.” Windows Vista eliminating the word Start really made it tough for a new generation.

I will definitely say I've been envious I couldn't go snowboarding more this winter. Even now there's still fresh powder hitting my favorite lower peninsula ski resorts like Caberfae and Boyne Mountain.

Corook's debut album has me feeling a lot of things this morning. Thanks @hicorook.bsky.social for breaking me down to tears by sharing your best and most genuine self. We're lucky to receive this much of you. album.link/i/1776149520

The weather forecasting in the US is about to get a lot worse.

Just finished The Last of Us Part I. I am super impressed my 4070 could play it at 1440p ultra wide at basically full ultra settings and maintain a good 40-60fps. It is seriously beautiful both as a story and as a visual.

Pic for your eyeballs.

Who’da thunk that just hanging the guitars on the wall in my office would make me finally pick one up and do a little strumming again after a decade of just not playing? But dang I need to order new strings.

I’m crying laughing halfway through From Ally to Zacky on Dropout. I love good improv.

One of these days I’m going to sleep until my alarm goes off.

Oh!!!! youtu.be/hHDwjH6fOog?...

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

To the homie blasting "Fight for your Right" by Beastie Boys on your Amazon delivery route: good for you bud. Do what you can to grin & bear it.

The “healthy food” section of the new Food menu in iOS 18.4’s news app is like reading the list of subjects in an episode of Dr. Oz.

...what if I went to Portland, OR in July? Wouldn't that just be crazy?

I love spending hours of my day remotely talking someone else through wiping laptops, reinstalling Windows, and setting them up without a Microsoft account, then manually configuring the rest of the PC with our company image. Great use of my time.

This is so. So. SO important. Thank you @techconnectify.bsky.social youtu.be/QEJpZjg8GuA?...

Played Spanish Sahara by Foals once on Friday and it's been stuck in my head on & off ever since. Guess I know how this morning is starting.

My sister spoiled my wife’s birthday present at dinner last night so now I can share it with the world. She still cried when she opened it because she wasn’t expecting that I would go through this much effort to spray paint the filter on top and hand-apply stickers.

Paying for the consequences of my actions (eating boneless wings with my favorite sauce from a local restaurant, called Hell sauce) by being stuck on the toilet at 6am. Worth it.

Facebook is now deactivated and I have deleted my Reddit account.

I am terrified of the idea that this might happen in the US now too.

I have thought about emigrating from the US every day for the last week now. I don't know if I'll act on these thoughts, but they are certainly lingering.

If you are a cis person *please* take 2 minutes to do this. Trans people with non-updated gender markers, historical gender marker changes, and X markers are terrified to travel right now; rolling back this policy would mean a lot.

If for some stupid reason the federal government distributes money to me it is going directly to a non-profit that supports the efforts of government orgs my taxes should have supported in the first place. Any other use of that money would be sacrilege in my mind.

Please. We need it now more than ever.

With every new RTX 50-series GPU review I read or watch, I gain a bit more pride that I upgraded from my 1070 when I did. The generational improvement here just isn't that huge and DLSS4 seems to be the only reason to upgrade. And with how expensive/difficult they are, I couldn't if I wanted to!

TIL the BIOS on Dell laptops is a kernel created by Amazon called FreeRTOS.

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

Oh shit new Don’t Nod game came out today! Time to play Lost Records Bloom & Rage! twitch.tv/plumandpeach We’ll be live from 6-9 ET tonight checking it out.

@beccafarsace.bsky.social not sure if you're already reviewing/interested, but the new DJI Osmo Mobile 7P looks like a really interesting gimbal setup and I was wondering if you'd be reviewing it. Especially since DJI hasn't made it clear how long the extension rod is. I wanna know more!

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Unfortunate discovery of the week: the sodastream official Pepsi syrup contains sucralose, despite regular Pepsi not containing it. But because of the sucralose the Pepsi syrup tastes like Diet Pepsi in a can, except it still has sugar in it so it’s not even diet.😡

I had plans to visit Isle Royale in 2026 and now… now I’m not sure I can. 😢

I can't wait to delete my Reddit account after I'm done clearing my Meta addiction.

Thanks to an absolutely wild chain of events, I have just finished my first fiction novel in over a decade. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch was fantastic. I hear there's a movie and I'm excited to watch that next. Speeed Book Club is great and I'm excited to contribute to the conversation.

I picked up my iPhone 13 Mini just now and tried to lock the screen by pressing on the top of the phone instead of the side. I really wish I could get this with an A18 and ProMotion display.

I hope everyone has already filed their federal tax returns. If you haven’t, it might take a while.