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Joel VanderWerf

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<p>Mathematician. Applying semigroup theory to distributed computing, convergent replication.</p><p>Bay Area and SF content: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@joelvanderwerf" class="u-url mention">@<span>joelvanderwerf</span></a></span></p>

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    Forgot that I had picked this up in a recent #BandcampFriday and was pleasantly surprised on re-listening. Good to hear that San Francisco still makes some good things. https://thetelephonenumbers.bandcamp.com/album/scarecrow-ii #TheTelephoneNumbers

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    I don&#39;t get it -- is this a wrestling metaphor? When you squeeze somebody do they roll over? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/world/canada/trump-carney-trade-tariffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zVA.vA3T.9qmkykQ78_Za&amp;smid=url-share #MixedMetaphor

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@luckytran/116863488282016628 That&#39;s the boat Pete and Toshi Seeger used in their successful campaign to clean up the Hudson River and organize people to work for environmental justice. Everybody out on that water is benefiting in immediate and quantifiable ways from the &quot;left-wing&quot; &quot;politics&quot; of the Seegers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_Sloop_Clearwater #PeteSeeger #Clearwater

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    @lcamtuf@infosec.exchange akshully each of the three B&#39;s in his name stands for Benoit B. Mandelbrot (but written in a slightly smaller font)

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    The Scarlet Muffuletta #HoagieABook #HashTagGames

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    The Bun Also Rises #HoagieABook #HashTagGames

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    RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116531444044667965 Buckaroo Banzai eats a Pimento Mac and Cheese... across the 8th Dimension

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    Angine De Poitrine is a polka-dot&amp;#39;s way of making more polka-dots. #AngineDePoitrine

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    A new documentary on the Manis Mastodon is now available to watch: https://vimeo.com/1152386250 The discovery of the mastodon bones and an embedded spear point meant that humans were living and hunting in the Olympic Peninsula earlier than had been thought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manis_Mastodon_site #PNW #Archaeology #Mastodon #LiterallyMastodon

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    @phooky #Encrabification is the new #enshittification

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    @ChanceyFleet sometimes, a word is worth a thousand pictures

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    We knew. George Booth told us. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/08/japan/cats-meals-unfinished/ #Cat #Science #Cartoon

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    Steve Ballmer prancing around the stage yelling &amp;quot;Devslopelers! Devslopelers! Devslopelers! Devslopelers! Devslopelers!&amp;quot; #Microsoft #Microslop #Devslopelers