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Thu 30 Jul 2026 18:09
I need some #reticulum friends.
I’m building some cool stuff on #nomadnet. Unifying http reticulum.
Already converting my #gotosocial posts (like this one) to a reticulum feed. Already converting my ghost #blog posts to a reticulum page. Already create super cool/#creepy #paranormal pages I’m calling “night frequency”
Get it? Reticulum can be broadcast on lora. #Lora is a band of frequencies on the EM spectrum that…what ever. Explaining my word play makes it worse
My next ideas are to bridge my #rss into #micron/reticulum. Get short and sweet updates from normal #http rss feeds righ in reticulum. The feed would have #links to view the full http page as well
Maybe #solar #servers? Like everything is hosted in SBCs that are powered with just the sun?
Maybe an auto file sharing thing that pushes larger files (like podcasts, pictures, or videos) to your rnode for you to view and share later? (Kinda silly, but you literally can’t stream audio in real time with lora. Like it’s physically impossible. BUTTTT you can host a large file on your rserver and have it download over Lora. Weird because we already have instant audio radio (AM/FM), but Lora is not…data dense (?) enough for it
Anyway, Idk.
This is new. I’m even newer at this.
Given the current political environment, I think it’s in our best interest to start building parallel network shit like this.
It’s the new frontier. Let’s see what we can do before it gets the internet 2.0 treatment!
Wed 29 Jul 2026 10:31
This whole “#COVID Origins” hearing going on in #congress is amazing to watch.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/29/fauci-pleads-fifth-criticizes-rand-paul-senate-hearing/
Turns out, congress CAN investigate anything. Maintaining The rule of law and protecting our Democratic institutions are just not a good enough reasons for them to do it.
That, plus a known “cop city” #protestor is being charged for…destroying evidence? By allegedly giving boarder agents a passcode to his phone that wiped the data. (Claiming they think he had CP on his phone…)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/duress-password-phone-wipe-charge.html
It makes the lack of prosecutions and investigations into the Trump/#Epstein files that much more egregious.
Seriously…has anyone been arrested and not re-located to a cushy high class prison?
Reminds me of those #Panama papers that had a wave of mysterious deaths and absolutely nothing came from it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers
I’m seeing a pattern here
Sat 25 Jul 2026 15:05
I wish I was rich/sucsessful/organized enough to do things like “sabbaticals” or “creative retreats”.
As I’m writing this, my pup is staring at me and whining because I’m typing on my phone instead of giving her (all of my) attention.
We could be cuddling on the couch taking a nap, as soon as I mess with my phone or laptop, she acts so dramatic and needy.
You know that book by cal Newport called “Deep Work”? There was a part in there about needing blocks of uninterrupted time to produce great work.
At least I think that was in the book…I kept getting interrupted while reading it.
#deepwork #pupdad #sabbatical
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Wed 22 Jul 2026 13:46
Stupid sexy horses
#mackinacisland #pinkpony #rumrunner
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Wed 22 Jul 2026 13:43
Beautiful and clear day in the UP.
#michigan #mackinacbridge #upperpeninsula
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Fri 17 Jul 2026 19:36
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/07/17/flock-ceo-sorry-for-labelling-activists-terrorists/
# Flock CEO Apologizes For Calling Activists ‘Terrorists’
“As a movement against $8.3 billion Flock Safety’s license plate readers gathers momentum, company CEO Garrett Langley tells Forbes he shouldn’t have called non-violent activists “terroristic” organizations.”
#flock #privacy
Thu 16 Jul 2026 19:24
Holy smokes!
The picture doesn’t do it justice. This is insane.
The #smoke from the 835 active wild fires in Canadian wilderness.
I can smell it. I can taste it. It’s hard to breath.
Yesterday was perfectly clear. Saw pictures from areas around me with terrible air quality, but some how we were spared…until now.
Not to get “political”… on second thought that ship has FUCKING SAILED. I used to always bring up #evironmental issues, climate change, green energy etc.
People would get annoyed. Not everything has to be political, they say.
First off: everything is #politics.
Secondly: This is fucking beyond that.
The effects of climate change (and the dismantlement of protections, regulations, and government programs) staring at us in the face, filling our lungs…killing people…destroying our food production…
The world is on #fire. Our food production is voulnerable. Rule of law is a suggestion. Crime is legal. Democracy, freedom, and privacy is under attack. Human life is only worth the amount in their bank account.
Response from our “government”? Sanction Canada…
This isn’t working. NOT TALKING ABOUT “POLITICS” IS NOT WORKING.
Why do I censor myself when shit FUCKING SUCKS?!? When the worst fucking people are in charge. When the people I love don’t really care.
I’m gunna try to stop caring what people think of me.
Gunna be as anoying as the smoke in the air.
Stay safe and sane everyone. We are in this shit together, no matter our differences.
#climatechange #wildfire #rant
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Sun 12 Jul 2026 19:51
https://www.theblaze.com/lifestyle/flock-safety-ceo-its-terroristic-to-want-to-know-where-we-put-our-spy-cameras
# “Flock Safety CEO: It's "terroristic" to want to know where we put our spy cameras”
“In an interview with Forbes last year, Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley called DeFlock — a volunteer group that maps the locations of Flock's automated license plate reader cameras — a "terroristic organization." He contrasted the group with the #ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, saying those groups use the courts, while DeFlock's "primary motivation is chaos."”
#flock #deflock #alp #privacy #surviellance #EFF
Sun 12 Jul 2026 19:40
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-exclusive-fbi-admits-it
# BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: FBI Admits it has Epstein Files Training Videos
Per the article:
“In the summer, multiple anonymous FBI and DOJ sources who participated in the review confided in me that there were training videos instructing them on how to find, log, and redact Trump’s name.
I filed a Freedom of Information Act request, then sued the government to get the videos. In a stunning admission, the FBI just sent me their response confirming the videos exist. I have forwarded the information to House Oversight and Senate Judiciary committees ahead of this week’s confirmation hearings for Todd Blanche.
I will show you the letter and discuss the massive implications with my lawyer today at Noon PT / 3 PM ET on The Breakdown.”
#FBI #FOIA #trump #epstien #DOJ #transparency #coverup #curruption
Fri 10 Jul 2026 15:42
https://ergofabulous.org/luther/?
Ever wanted to be insulted by Martin Luther, but born centuries too late?
Never fear!
Here is a website that you can scroll through to get random Litherian insults, along with citations and other cool references
Been exploring it for a bit. Didn’t realize Luther was such an “ass” man. He uses the word with more utility than “fuck”
Other oddities
Shakespearean insulter: https://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/
Luther’s insults explained: https://ergofabulous.org/luther/insults-explained.php
#webapp #insults #stumbleupon #sharingiscaring #link
Mon 06 Jul 2026 20:57
https://www.hackerfactor.com/
Just stumbled upon (blast from the past) this website. Super interesting blog and a ton of analysis tools
Nestalgic aesthetic. Rabbit holes galore. Enjoy.
There is a “gender guesser”. You type/paste at least 300 word text block and it will analyze it to guess the gender of the author.
What’s wild is that it was built in 2003 completely in Java script… or maybe that’s when the paper this is based on was published?
Idk.
Point is, it’s not an LLM.
https://www.hackerfactor.com/GenderGuesser.php
They even provide white papers on the linguistics research used to build this code.
That’s enough geeking out for tonite.
#HackerFactor #GenderGuesser #ComputationalLinguistics #NLP #TextAnalysis #RabbitHole #NerdSnipe #DigitalArchaeology #TechHistory #NotAnLLM #PreAI #LinguisticsNerd #OpenSourceTools
Sat 04 Jul 2026 11:26
Just because she is “better than the alternative” doesn’t mean we should ignore these concerns.
A healthy Democracy requires active participation.
If want to help find her spine, please direct your concerns to:
Grand Rapids: 616-451-8383
110 Michigan Street NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Washington DC: 202-255-3831
1317 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Email form and website: https://scholten.house.gov/services/contact
# Impeachment and holding the administration accountable
Her office’s own statement on the procedural vote to table an #impeachment resolution against #Trump:
“Before any impeachment vote occurs, Congress should initiate an impeachment inquiry, conduct extensive fact-finding… Until there is an inquiry that justifies devoting the full weight of Congress to an impeachment process, our focus must remain on delivering real results for everyday Americans.”
Full statement: https://scholten.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-scholten-statement-impeachment-procedural-vote
Me:
This already happened.
#Mueller (2017–2019). Investigated Russian election interference and possible Trump campaign coordination. Report released in redacted form, April 2019. Attorney General Barr’s 4-page summary letter — released weeks before the full report — was later criticized by Mueller himself as lacking “context” and fueling “public confusion” about the findings; outside legal analysts said it mischaracterized the report’s actual conclusions.
Of the redactions: roughly 45% were “harm to ongoing matter” and 38% were grand-jury material (the only category legally required), concentrated in the most sensitive sections.
• NBC on Mueller’s own objection to Barr’s summary: https://nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1000441
• Wikipedia’s redaction breakdown (well-cited, includes exact percentages): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller_report
Jack Smith (2022–2025). Investigated the 2020 #election-interference scheme and the classified-documents retention, as two separate cases.
- Volume 1 (election case) was released publicly in January 2025 and concluded the evidence “would have led to Trump’s conviction at trial” but for his reelection.
- NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/g-s1-42358/trump-jack-smith-election-report
- Volume 2 (documents case) has been permanently blocked from public release by Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge who also dismissed the underlying case in 2024.
- Cannon’s stated reasoning was that releasing it would cause “manifest injustice” to defendants who were never convicted
- CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-classified-documents-case-judge-blocks-jack-smith-special-counsel-report/
- American Oversight (also covers the earlier fight over even sharing it with Congress): https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-condemns-judge-cannons-order-permanently-blocking-release-of-volume-ii-of-jack-smith-report/
- Smith’s own closed-door testimony: In December 2025, Smith spent over eight hours testifying before the House Judiciary Committee and stated his investigation produced “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump unlawfully attempted to overturn the 2020 election, and “powerful evidence” that he willfully retained classified documents.
He said DOJ’s interpretation of Cannon’s gag order barred him from discussing it publicly.
# #KIDS Act (H.R. 7757)
House Clerk roll call 228, June 29, 2026: Scholten — Not Voting.
Bill passed 267–117, with 47 not voting.
Official record: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026228
Given her office reportedly fielded a high volume of constituent calls opposing the bill (per my call), a “not voting” outcome on a bill this contested bill is a legitimate thing to press her on. It reads as avoiding a recorded position rather than representing constituents.
# Epstein files - voted for release, quiet since
She was one of the near-unanimous #Democratic caucus that voted for the #Epstein Files #Transparency Act in November 2025 (background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_Files_Transparency_Act).
Since then, #DOJ has repeatedly been accused of slow-walking and over-redacting compliance (NPR: https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5693904/epstein-files-doj-trump; The Hill on DOJ’s court fight over continued redactions: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5952687-justice-department-epstein-files-phang-suit/).
#democracy #privacy #michigan #politics #scholten
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Fri 03 Jul 2026 12:02
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026228
KIDS Act Passes House, Michigan 3 Nays, 3 Not Votings, 7 Yeas
I called my rep about this. Was told they were getting tons of call about people expressing their concerns about the KIDS act, yet my rep didn’t vote
She is running uncontested in the primary of a light purple district. So it’s either her or some MAGA jackwagon.
Was getting concerned that I didn’t see much discussion in local subreddits about this. Turns out this topic is being censored on the bigger local subreddits.
Michigan subreddit isn't allowing any discussion on this. My city subreddit and its “free speech oriented” sister subreddit deletes posts mentioning these bills
I’m not even sure why I still have a Reddit. Could be an addiction? I’ve been on it since 2011 and old habits die hard.
from another post about this "The KIDS Act will require [mass surveillance](https://www.stopkosa.com/), [banning free speech](https://action.aclu.org/send-message/censorship-does-not-keep-kids-safe), and [ID checks to use the internet](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/kids-act-would-require-age-checks-get-online)."
#censorship #privacy #kosa #kids #surveilance #agechecks
Thu 02 Jul 2026 22:32
Mail time!
A dell R340 with 16gb ram and 3 600gb enterprise HDDs. 2 1GB NIC ports plus another iDRAC port.
I have named it ‘nova’
Also got a 52 port 10G Mokerlink L3 managed switch!!!!
One of the HDDs seemed to have failed, but it still has 3 months of full dell service coverage. Hopefully I can use that to get it replace 😅
Came with a valid product key for windows server 2012. Might come in handy later? Idk
I just wiped the OS and installed proxmox. Much easier feat than when I did the T310.
However this is gunna turn my entire home network on its head.
I was in the middle of planning and testing to migrate from my one HP mini pc docker node to a more K8/pod cluster and a docker node. I started that before I was offered the T310, R340, and 52 port 10G managed switch.
Now it’s back to the drawing board.
#homelab
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Thu 02 Jul 2026 11:05
https://iai.tv/articles/the-state-can-read-your-mind-we-must-act-now-to-stop-it-auid-3612?_auid=2020
“A society that punishes thinking in public will not produce better thinkers. It will only produce better liars, cowards and conformists.”
This article goes into the philosophy of thought. It argues that thought happens outside of the mind.
in search queries, voice notes, conversations, etc.
It connects the current push for online age/ID verification, encryption backdoor, constant and robust surveillance as basically being able to read and control your mind.
All wrapped in “why won’t anyone think of the children”
“If you don’t support these measures, you support child abuse.”
Fucking ironic coming from the same entities that are “investigating” the Epstein files.
#privacy #digitalsovereignity #1A #4A #KOSA #KIDS #ageverificationisfascism
Wed 01 Jul 2026 10:43
# I am so freaking excited about:
- my work is sending me decommissioned enterprise servers *for free*
- already received and set up a Dell T310 with proxmox
- they are sending me a beefed up dell R330 and a 48 port managed switch.
- they also have older enterprise hard drives and memory sticks that don’t work with the current line of servers headed to the trash anyway ;)
# I am not so psyched about:
- being drained mentally and time wise by a full time job
- My ADD riddled brain coming up with grand plans for exciting projects, and leaving them half finished with even worse documentation
- how much power the T310 consumes…especially when compared to its capability. Doesn’t make sense to keep it on 24/7. But I can WOL and use it as a test environment or on demand repo mirror
- work and my borderline obsessive interest in building a homelab is putting other important activities on the back burner
The most valuable thing in life is time. I feel like 2019 was yesterday. I blinked and now here we are
#homelab #deardiary
Sat 27 Jun 2026 10:20
Two nights ago I dreamed about a rabbit in my yard.
Last night, sitting on the couch watching YouTube, husband came downstairs and told me our pups got into a bunny nest.
I felt gross immediately. Frozen.
I picked up my phone to look up most humane way to deal with this
Before I could search, the first thing I saw was a post with a rabbit and a human hand raised to its mouth. Finger extended. Shushing/Pointing. Aimed in the exact direction of the scene of the crime.
I don’t have an explanation for that. It’s the one “oh that’s kind of cool” thing in an otherwise completely awful story
because everything else I’m thinking about is the sound, the suffering, the gore, the innocence of two tiny things that never had a chance. That synchronicity is the only thing my brain keeps returning to that doesn’t make me feel sick.
Meanwhile there was a dismembered baby bunny suffering in my yard.
I sat on that couch for a while. Searched my phone for the most humane way to end a small animal’s suffering in the field. The answer that kept coming up: blunt force. A rock.
Jesus.
I went outside. Two tiny buddies. No fur. Shouldn’t have even been above ground yet. Could see their mom watching from a distance.
I put the “live” one on a rock. Found another rock. Hesitated. Decided that stopping its suffering was more important than my feelings.
Dropped the rock.
What followed was a full physical and emotional breakdown. Shaking. Pacing. Staring at nothing. Repeating to myself: I didn’t start this. This had to happen. I did the right thing. Over and over, like if I said it enough times my nervous system would catch up.
My dogs followed me around all evening because they knew something was wrong. Whining. Pressing against me. And I love them…they’re sweet and they didn’t know what they were doing. But damn.
Shit is so fucked up.
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Wed 24 Jun 2026 10:50
Sometimes I wish I had a 3D printer
But it’s another expense. Another thing to learn. Another thing to take up space.
So for now, hopefully everything I need a case for can fit into pre made containers like this
I think it’s cool. Makes me laugh every time I look at it. An interesting conversation starter when other people see it
This is a #wisblock #meshtastic board. #lora and #bluetooth antennas. I just flashed it to #reticulum firmware and it’s officially my first #rnode
Next up:
- solar powered roof nodes for my car and house
- multi protocol router
- get some locals excited/involved because it’s kinda lonley up here
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Tue 23 Jun 2026 19:22
The more I oook at it, the more I realize just how representative of my life this picture is
The mess. Nothing is put together
How the dell server is slowly taking over my drum set
One of the (WAY too many) dog toys strew about our house captured on the lower left
I would write you a beautifully witty moral of the story.
but as you can see, I’m a little busy
#homelab #drums
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Fri 19 Jun 2026 22:29
Im really in it now
Something clicked, and the path is clear, exciting and daunting
I’m diving head first into #reticulum and want to share some resources and inspiration
My main goal is to get my whole homelab into the reticulum protocol. If I could host and access a lite social media app, like #gotosocial, entirely with LoRa and #rnode I would be so happy
This is not prepackaged. The infrastructure needs to be built. Apps/bridges need to be built. It’s not pretty…yet. But I am very excited about the possibilities
What is reticulum?
https://reticulum.network
Why reticulum?
https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-02-25-lpwan-meshes-reticulum-deep-dive/
GitHub of sources: https://github.com/SignalGap/awesome-meshtastic
A sweet project repo: https://www.hackster.io/
Self hosted stuff: https://awesome-selfhosted.net
#meshtastic #lora #opensource #selfhosted #encryption #decentralized
Sun 14 Jun 2026 17:51
In a rare display of logistical intimacy, two specimens of Delivericus amazonus court in their natural habitat
Biologists estimate that this configuration occurs only three to four times per fiscal quarter in any given zip code.
Most go undocumented.
We were lucky enough to be alerted to the encounter by the screechy and offputting, what I’m assuming is the mating call.
In as little time as 10 minutes, the female will be filled by the males load. Both will go their separate ways.
🤫 Do not startle them.
The slightest ring of a Ring doorbell camera could shatter this moment forever.
🥲 Nature is so beautiful
#planetamazon #inthewild #justabit #microfiction
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Sat 13 Jun 2026 15:19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=659pj7itNVM
Can’t get enough of Inferno by “Boards of Canada”
The vibe. The lore. All of it.
I personally can’t fully communicate how/why it works, but the video does a good job
https://music.apple.com/us/album/inferno/1890015523
https://boardsofcanada.bandcamp.com/album/inferno
#boardsofcanada #inferno #music #album #youtube
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Mon 08 Jun 2026 15:30
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ_wVibTdVI&pp=ygUSY2FiaW4gaW4gdGhlIHdvb2Rz&ra=m
Remember Les Stroud, AKA “Survivor Man”?
The more legit and hardcore version of “Man vs Wild”?
Well he is opening up more about his strange encounters during his survivor man adventures. He’s seen some shit and is finally unashamed to share it.
I have never had a “Bigfoot” experience. And some of the stories about it are…out there. But there are certain stories and evidence that makes it impossible for me to brush this topic off completely.
Super weird. Super fascinating.
Mass hysteria fueled by cultural stories?
An actual, biological, elusive non-sapian human?
Ultra-Dimensional/spiritual entities visiting our reality?
No idea what the truth is. But there is a “there” there.
#survivorman #bigfoot #sasquatch #highstrangeness
Mon 08 Jun 2026 14:52
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EIRMW_MLFdM&ra=m
Iximusic reaction on listening to ‘Music Has The Right to Children’ by Boards of Canada
First time watching a “reaction” video like this. Kinda weird at first, but got super into it
She listens to each track, then breaks down the music theory and describes how it makes her feel.
Such a fun watch if you love this album and have an hour to spare
#boardsofcanada #musictheory #MHTRTC
Sun 07 Jun 2026 00:59
This is so fkn good it’s hard to describe
Listening in my surround sound set up
this whole album is fantastic. But “”Naraka” fucking slaps.
Father and son is so unique
It’s so familiar yet brand new. You know, their whole vibe
Anyway, I’m so happy this is an album I could listen to before I die
#boardsofcanada
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Sat 06 Jun 2026 13:48
https://blog.aurionblack.com/dont-believe-your-eyes-notes-on-the-anatomy-of-a-dismissal/
Spent way too much time and energy reworking this blog post the last few weeks
Re-writing, re-organizing
Adding, deleting
I use my blog to assist in my thought process as well as entertain/inform my 3 subscribers (one of them is my mom, so yeah…)
Had to make the hard choice to say “Fuck it, we are doing it live”. It’s not that serious.
Glad it’s off my plate.
But if I’m being honest, it’s not quite where I want it to be. There are some sections that could use some fleshing out, and some that should be taken out all together.
#blog #uap #highstrangeness #foxnews #sensemaking #conspircy #socialmedia #reddit
Sat 06 Jun 2026 13:21
# Top 16 albums last week for aurion
1. Inferno - Boards of Canada
2. Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
3. Wincing the Night Away - The Shins
4. Dreamland - Glass Animals
5. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not - Arctic Monkeys
6. We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings
7. Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
8. Gorilla Manor - Local Natives
9. Ocean Eyes - Owl City
10. Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
11. Cults - Cults
12. AM - Arctic Monkeys
13. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
14. A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation - The Wombats
15. moisturizer - Wet Leg
16. We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse
https://api.listenbrainz.org/1/art/grid-stats/blackaurion/week/4/0/750
#listenbrainz #scrobbles
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Sat 06 Jun 2026 06:20
The moment when someone actually wants you to perform for them
#stagefright #dunningkuger
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Sat 06 Jun 2026 00:27
Building out my own personal data center.
Can’t really organize it without unplugging tons of “mission critical” systems
Evidence that I will do just about anything but get therapy
#homelab #blessthismess
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Thu 04 Jun 2026 09:53
Genuinely cannot believe people act like hangovers are the pinnacle of self-inflicted suffering. Miss your Metamucil once. Once. Come back and talk to me about hangovers.
Nobody talks about Metamucil dependency. It’s kinda gross. Butt the rise in colon cancer is concerning and normalization of the topic is nessesary.
Everyone seems to publically talk about this shit with rose colored classes. Everything is fine. It’s healthy. Ghost poops. Yadda yadda
But in private…they know. They ALL KNOW
Metamucil does not forgive. It does not forget. You build a relationship with it over weeks
You have to ease in. Stay consistent.
The moment you take it for granted…Miss ONE day and your body will remind you just how fragile you are
I’ve seen things. I am currently seeing things.
#Metamucil #FiberWithdrawal #BodyIsATemple #TheTempleIsAngry
Mon 01 Jun 2026 10:28
Didn’t realize “Father And Son” on the new Boards of Canada album “Inferno” was so…controversial
On first listen I thought it was strange. But then it clicked!
Having been producing music for almost a decade, I am super impressed with the use of those vocal samples.
And it’s not too far off from classic MHRTC vibes
Orange, Sixty-ten, anyone?
#boc #boardsofcanada
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Sun 31 May 2026 09:44
This whole situation…
Plane turned around over. Full federal response on the tarmac. Everyone re-cleared TSA.
All because a Bluetooth speaker named “BOMB”
Like what if it WAS a bomb?
Why would it have Bluetooth? Why would it be called “bomb”? How would Turing the plane around over NYC be the solution?
Also…is this the first time some teen changed their device name to “bomb” as a joke, and leave it on during a flight?
The more I read about this, the more surreal it sounds.
https://airlive.net/emergency/2026/05/31/united-flight-turned-around-over-atlantic-as-a-boy-named-his-bluetooth-device-bomb/
#aviation #securitytheater
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Sat 30 May 2026 23:19
I can’t get enough of these last.fm/listen brainz wrapped generators.
Looking for the best one. They all have their charm.
Here is one that has a GitHub repo that you can use to host it yourself, if that tickles your fancy
https://wrapped.devmatei.com
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Sat 30 May 2026 21:14
# Top 16 albums last week for aurion
1. Reptilians (10 - Year Anniversary Edition) - STRFKR
2. Kindred - Passion Pit
3. Elephant Shell - Tokyo Police Club
4. DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
5. Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend
6. Angles - The Strokes
7. Alpha Zulu - Phoenix
8. War Elephant - Deer Tick
9. Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun
10. Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
11. Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
12. DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
13. Shame, Shame - Dr. Dog
14. The Far Field - Future Islands
15. Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend
16. Miracle Mile - STRFKR
https://api.listenbrainz.org/1/art/grid-stats/blackaurion/week/4/0/750
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Sat 30 May 2026 16:33
spent the morning getting electrocuted by my homelab. you know. normal saturday.
my HP mini PC was straight up shocking me every time I touched it. not like a static zap…like current. Constantly. Painful.
Taking “firewall” to a whole new level
opened it up (after leaving it unplugged for a full minute, obvs), found nothing wrong, installed a 500GB NVMe because why not
then I reattached the RTL-SDR dongle and boom. shocking again. mystery solved, new problem.
this thing was doing something genuinely cool too
intercepting radio signals from my water meter and sending usage data to Home Assistant. rtl-SDR is witchcraft and I love it.
Well. loved it.
It can only do one thing, it spikes my cpu, it’s in an awkward position because I didn’t get a USB extension cord, learning radio is rough
Also, it acts as a defribulator
I’ve decided to ignore my greater judgement and moved the module to a different machine. praying it behaves.
if you don’t hear from me it didn’t.
#homelab #rtlsdr #HomeAssistant #selfhosted #SmartHome #DIYTech #ServerRoom #TechProblems #homelabbing #OSHA #ElectricalEngineering #SelfHosted #NVMe #SDR #ThisIsFineMeme
Thu 28 May 2026 11:06
What the current administration has done to the rule of law, it has also done to irony.
This feels gross. And kinda self-aware?
Like… they realize Boards of Canada have dystopian themes, right? Ecological collapse, government censorship, war, evil.
Real “we ARE the unashamed baddies” energy.
Also: Warp Records already confirmed the use was unauthorized. So add copyright theft to the vibe check.
This is the same crowd that blasts Rage Against the Machine at rallies. You know RATM are singing about YOU, right? You’re the machine. You’ve always been the machine.
https://ra.co/news/85287
#BoardsOfCanada #DeepTime #Inferno #Warp #PostIrony #Dystopia #RageAgainstTheMachine
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Wed 27 May 2026 19:08
If this is real, this man is a hero.
Locked out of his laptop with no email, no call, no warning while on a closed work permit in a foreign country with his whole family's future on the line.
So he tagged his CEO and manager on LinkedIn and asked if he still has a job.
If it's fake…honestly doesn't matter.
I don't care. I saw it, it felt good, I'm posting #fantasy. Sue me.
Sometimes you just need to watch someone put a shitty company on blast and feel something. Even if it’s imaginary.
#Solidarity #TechLayoffs #WorkersRights #dontruinitforme #feelsbeforefacts #letmehavethis #catharsisbyoroxy
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Wed 27 May 2026 17:31
I’m happily married. But if I met Hassan Piker..
Sorry babe. All bets are off
Agree with a lot of what he says. Happy there is another leftist voice out there (at least something to push back against “right” leaning alternative media)
But also, Love looking at him…
Ok but back up. I don’t watch him. I only know about him from 2nd, 3rd , etc sources.
It’s couldn’t even be considers a para-social relationship, right?
..RIGHT?!?
Isn’t that weird? So much hubbub about someone I only know through screenshots of posts on platforms I will never visit.
All this shit flinging is ruining my fantasy
#gamechanger #deardiary #hasanpiker #confession
Tue 26 May 2026 20:04
I HAVE BEEN USING EMAIL LIKE A CAVEMAN THIS WHOLE TIME
I set up a “mail and package delivery” home assistant integration yesterday and got my first notifications today.
It’s basically a chain of email filters, classifiers, forwarders, and parsers. IMAP or something.
You know those “item shipped”, “item in route”, and “item delivered” emails you get from pretty much anything you buy online?
Well it uses those and the new “informed delivery” USPS service to tell my home assistant what mail/packages I’m getting and when.
I give me pics of the mail as well, so I know when I don’t NEED to check the mailbox
Up next: a mail box door sensor
Or maybe some sort of pneumatic tube system…
Anyway
WHAT ELSE CAN EMAIL DO THAT IM NOT AWARE OF?!?
#homeassistant #homeautomation #tech #diwhy
Tue 26 May 2026 11:22
Picked a terrible time to get into self hosting/homelabing
Sat 16 May 2026 14:23
Digging into my video archive, I found something from 2015 of me giving a walkthrough of my drum set up.
https://cosmos.fedihost.io/w/dF9gNQ8xF8GX6QJPDXnWp4
#drummer #oldschool #vlog
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Sat 16 May 2026 14:18
my partner cut the fiber line installing a flower bed and I just spent two days learning my homelab is not nearly as internet-independent as I thought it was 🌸💀
some stuff worked great. some stuff just… didn’t. including local-only, self-hosted pages on devices already connected to my own wifi. no WAN. still broken. that’s a whole thing.
doing a full postmortem. turns out “self-hosted” and “offline-resilient” are two very different certifications.
#homelab #selfhosted #postmortem #sendhelp
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Wed 13 May 2026 08:18
Oh the joys of self hosting and not fully understanding what you’re doing…
I was just trying to set up my new neodb instance, not spam my main account with endless updates of what media I consumed in the last 2 decades 😅
#neodb
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Tue 12 May 2026 23:43
# Top 16 albums last week for aurion
1. The Reminder - Feist
2. Reptilians - Starfucker
3. Miracle Mile - STRFKR
4. The Mountain - Gorillaz
5. Kintsugi - Death Cab for Cutie
6. Reptilians (10 - Year Anniversary Edition) - STRFKR
7. In Colour - Jamie xx
8. xx - The xx
9. Reality Awaits - The Strokes
10. Live From Brooklyn Steel - STRFKR
11. Inferno - Boards of Canada
12. Dreamland - Glass Animals
13. Gossamer - Passion Pit
14. Future Past Life - STRFKR
15. Deadbeat - Tame Impala
16. Woodstock - Portugal. The Man
https://listenbrainz.org/syndication-feed/user/blackaurion/stats/art/grid?dimension=4&layout=0&range=week
#listenbrainz #weeklytopalbums #syndicationfeed
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Tue 12 May 2026 07:34
running: gotosocial ✅ peertube ✅ pixelfed ✅ funkwhale ✅ ghost ✅ matrix ✅
running correctly: unknown 🤷
ISO: fedi-buddy. someone who can tell me if any of this federates and also maybe explain fediquette because i am essentially just talking to myself right now. not new for me tbh. my reddit was the same. do NOT look up my old twitter. i logged in recently and thought i got hacked. it was just me from 2012. we don’t claim her.
trying to go from doom scroller → intentional human. still figuring out my voice. my brand is a mess. my interests are everywhere. i don’t really fit in one group but i’m friendly, funny, and i promise i’ve grown since 2012.
my bots post on their own schedule. i am not always consulted. sometimes i forget which account is the shitpost one. it’s fine.
lemmy pending. my sanity also pending.
#SelfHosted #Fediverse #HelpMeHelpMyself #NewishHere #WorkInProgress
Mon 11 May 2026 22:51
#QT https://cosmos.fedihost.io/w/sng8WqBajgyKVxDMfuCnaR
So my peertube sends a toot/tweet/post out in the fediverse, but it’s only broadcasting the title and description of the video, not a link to the video itself.
No thumbnail or embedded player or anything.
I guess you can click on the three dots of the post and go to the website, but that’s not as fun… I could be grumbling about nothing
Mon 11 May 2026 22:37
Raw dogging German Love on the drums. https://cosmos.fedihost.io/videos/embed/g5pAsgeWmpgXefWW3dv6zc?autoplay=1&warningTitle=0
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Screenshot
Mon 11 May 2026 22:33
https://cosmos.fedihost.io/videos/embed/sCSEq8FygzQB47LniXnLbD?warningTitle=0
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Screenshot
Mon 11 May 2026 22:01
I’m not saying my doorbell caught a ghost…but like COME ON
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Mon 11 May 2026 18:18
https://gizmodo.com/fcc-attempts-to-solve-robocall-problem-by-potentially-creating-even-bigger-privacy-problem-2000756762
Sun 10 May 2026 22:12
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Sun 10 May 2026 20:02
Trying to find the beat in tycho
https://cosmos.fedihost.io/w/sng8WqBajgyKVxDMfuCnaR
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Sun 10 May 2026 18:27
Playing (not singing) “Halloween” by Mat Pond PA in Mother’s Day 2026
https://cosmos.fedihost.io/w/sdcH2A7RXuGDhYmsuMhxUD
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Sun 10 May 2026 12:59
Donald “Krasnov” Trump, adjudicated sex pest, alleged Kremlin enthusiast, and America’s foremost vaporware salesman, just pocketed roughly $59 million from his own supporters.
The T1 Phone, a gold-colored Android promised by Don Jr. and Eric last summer, was never built, never shipped, and the $100 deposits are now, per the fine print they buried, simply gone.
Six hundred thousand people paid for a patriot phone and got a customer service email instead.
The Schadenfreude isn’t sufficient for me to laugh about this.
It’s a microcosm of what they voted for, and it’s everyone’s problem.
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Sat 09 May 2026 19:37
Just came across this site that scraped and idexed the UFO file drops better than I ever could 😅
Keep up the good work 👽
https://uapfilewatch.com
Sat 09 May 2026 18:38
You probably heard, but the Department of Defense (now War…) has released its first tranche of UFO-related files.
(let’s just ignore the buffoon-assery of those releasing the files for a minute, and pretend none of them deserve a Nuremberg-like trial…)
https://war.gov/ufo
My 13-year-old self is absolutely losing it right now.
Is it a smoking gun? No.
Is it the full picture? Obviously not.
From scans of old-ass newspaper articles to grainy video clips, it leaves a lot to be desired. But I have to admit, it’s still pretty dope.
Some people are rolling their eyes at this whole release. I get it. It’s not earth-shattering.
But it’s unprecedented. And I’ll take unprecedented over nothing.
🛸 #UAP #UFODisclosure
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Sat 09 May 2026 17:57
It lives!!!
https://Aurionblack.com is now a real hub
live feeds from the blog, Funkwhale, PeerTube, GoToSocial, and ListenBrainz, all in one place.
Think of it less like a link tree and more like the weird overlap zone where all my interests, hobbies, addictions, and delusions share a zip code before going their separate ways.
Follow the spokes that interest you. Ignore the ones that don’t. The links work for normals too.
All self-hosted. No cloud landlords.
https://blog.aurionblack.com/the-hub-is-live-aurionblack-com-is-now-my-actual-home-page/
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Thu 07 May 2026 23:13
One of my first attempts at using ebosuite to create a VJ music video to a track I produced
Also testing if embedding videos from Peertube works on GtS
https://cosmos.fedihost.io/w/hUsRLuxjcipXE9TYgV7V3T