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John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

johnlogic@sfba.social

<p>Silicon Valley native Dutch-American, computer nerd w degrees (BSCS, BBA, 5 AAs), pilot, HAM radio operator (+W6WX trustee), IEEE Senior &amp; CAP member</p><p>Past: Atari, IBM ARC, Sony, game dev (mostly NES-PS3), adjunct prof, robots, railway equipment, and rockets; online since 1985, Unix/Linux user since ~1990, Texan 1993-2009</p><p>Likes science, music, social dancing, cats, privacy rights, people (E Pluribus Unum), democracy, equality, &quot;good trouble&quot;; dislikes religious hypocrisy and hate</p>

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    I just yielded to an ambulance with its lights flashing. Next to me, a driver ignored the red signal and ambulance to turn left in front of it. Asshole

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils/117262976552771408 #uspol

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    Crooks and Liars asks &amp;quot;Is Smelly Trump Back?&amp;quot; Answer: &amp;quot;Depends&amp;quot; https://crooksandliars.com/2026/09/smelly-trump-back

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    &amp;quot;The High Crime of &amp;#39;LMAO&amp;#39;: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke&amp;quot; By Rindala Alajaji and Dave Maass September 14, 2026 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/high-crime-lmao-how-cops-are-treating-mass-surveillance-joke

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    @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org Thirty years ago, I worked for a manager named Bill Bradbury. After learning that he was from Long Beach, CA and reading in an interview with Ray Bradbury also lived there, I asked my boss if they were related. They were second cousins, and had met some while earlier. (My boss also shared a birthday with James Lick.)

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    &amp;quot;He Drove Cross-Country in a &amp;#39;Giant Purple Van&amp;#39; to Interview Inspiring Americans: Watch Footage From the Project&amp;quot; by Rebekah Brandes 26 July 2026 https://nicenews.com/humanity/curiosity-mobile-cross-country-inspiring-americans/

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@pallenberg/116997801045521824 Translated from German (linked story in English): &amp;quot;At a rough guess, I’d say that about 5–10% of people in #Taiwan—especially older ones—are currently walking around wearing masks again. The week before last, we had nearly 5,000 #COVID19 cases, meaning we’ve reached epidemic levels. Five Taiwanese people have died!&amp;quot;

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    RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116966005320576394 This is evil

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    What would you see if you held a mirror up to Mitch McConnell?

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    RE: https://beige.party/@NewMike/116909878313256268 I hope that Lindsey Graham will be buried in a traditional plot, so others will be given the opportunity to show the level of respect he earned in life, by dancing on it.

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    Trump 2.0 is MAGA my Only the &amp;quot;nt&amp;quot; goes in the middle: MAntGA Make America nineteen-thirties German Aryans

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@jonesmurphy/116920848431620153 Where was California&amp;#39;s senator Padilla?

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    This week I learned about this $300 portable spectrum analyzer from Seesii They have models that are even cheaper, and vector network analyzers also https://www.seesiius.com/products/seesii-tinysa-ultra-zs407-spectrum-analyzer

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    &quot;Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands, Study Finds Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that&#39;s twice the industry average, according to a new report.&quot; By Joe Kucinski Nov 15, 2024 11:11 AM EST https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/ #ElonMusk is a killer

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    @evacide@hachyderm.io In the pages linked article at https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr-chrysalis-backdoor-dive-into-lotus-blossoms-toolkit/ the mention of &quot;undocumented system calls&quot; in Microsoft Windows should serve as a warning not to use Windows at all, as it clearly can&#39;t be trusted. The cited name of one of those calls (&quot;NtQuerySystemInformation&quot;) amused me by evoking memories of using Windows NT circa 1996. Apparently Microsoft hasn&#39;t been adequately compel...

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    @evacide@hachyderm.io I learned a new term of art: &quot;indicator of compromise&quot; (IoC). (Computer forensics is outside my area of expertise.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indicator_of_compromise

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    @geekysteven@beige.party &quot;Yes, I&#39;m old. Old enough to remember the MCP when he was just a chess program!&quot; - Tron (1982) #ArtificialIntelligence

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@RunRichRun/116412264015969425 Opus Dei&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;US members would become crucial in eroding reproductive rights, funding the Washington march that led to January 6, and heavily influencing Project 2025, according to Gore’s reporting.&amp;quot; #uspol

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    There should be an annual sewing convention, and it should be held this month so it could be called May Hem.

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    &amp;quot;Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content&amp;quot; by Eric Holthaus Wed 11 Jun 2025 06.00 EDT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/climate-website-shut-down-noaa #uspol #TrumpAdministration #NOAA #ClimateDotGov #ClimateScience #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeDenial #AntiScience

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    Apparently I can no longer lift heavy objects above my head without thinking of Seinfeld&amp;#39;s Festivus episode and exclaiming &amp;quot;feats of strength!&amp;quot; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus

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    RE: https://journa.host/@Chrisblue/116485041054621011 Remember that there is no statute of limitations on murder.

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    &amp;quot;Nine Phone Settings to Change Before Attending a Protest Lock down your device to protect your privacy.&amp;quot; by Emily Long January 30, 2026 https://lifehacker.com/tech/phone-security-before-attending-protest

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    40 years ago today... &amp;quot;Chernobyl pops&amp;quot;, as Max Headroom later said (in the not too distant future) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

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    &amp;quot;The ‘wizards’ behind the online version of Magic: the Gathering are unionizing Developers at the studio Wizards of the Coast cited AI and layoff protections as some issues driving unionization effort&amp;quot; by Michael Sainato Mon 27 Apr 2026 10.00 EDT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/27/magic-the-gathering-online-unionization #VideoGameIndustry

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    RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/116477338967429848 The things that flight crews need to deal with... Requesting law enforcement to intervene suggests to me that this is not just sexual harassment but sexual assault. What the heck is wrong with people?

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    @alternativeto If a web site is too difficult to use, whether it complains about my software blocking its advertising and/or trackers, a paywall, a tracking wall, questionable terms of service, etc., I&#39;m not shy about pulling up (and sharing) a link to an archived copy. archive.ph has been a good service

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    &amp;quot;Live updates: Trump uninjured after security incident at White House correspondents dinner; no injuries reported Incident at White House Correspondents Dinner prompts security response&amp;quot; Edited By CURTIS YEE Updated 6:42 PM PDT, April 25, 2026 https://apnews.com/live/trump-shooting-correspondents-dinner

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    &amp;quot;&amp;#39;Something sinister could be happening&amp;#39;: FBI looks into dead or missing nuclear and space defense scientists tied to NASA, Blue Origin, and SpaceX&amp;quot; By Catherina Gioino, News Editor April 21, 2026, 2:51 PM ET Link past paywall to Fortune: https://archive.ph/chvyN

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    @sundogplanets At first I had read the company&#39;s name as Rectal Orbit.