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One of my favorite tech YouTubers passed away…

Novaspirit Tech Novaspirit GitHub

RIParadise Don. I know you’re still hacking till it hertz in the nerdcave in the sky. Thank you for personally answering my questions over the years and helping me with my self hosting and coding journey.

…also, f🤬ck cancer.

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That playbook being published is the reason I’m not freaking out. Quit pretending like you don’t know what’s coming next and prepare yourself.

We are seeing Project 2025 unfold in real-time.

(The dystopian humor in having AI summarize and keep track of this all II at lost on me either. 🤖)

<img src=“https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/133960/2025/img-2117.png" width=“277” height=“600” alt=“A phone screen displays a message about dismantling government services and imposing tariffs, with a focus on a Project 2025 document discussing the “Administrative State.”">Text outlines key aspects of Project 2025, including dismantling government services, immigration crackdowns, tariff policies, and shutting down the Department of Education.

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Archiving a bunch of stuff on the NAS and came across the instructions for one of my many “smartphones-when-they-were-nerd-bricks” I used to lug around.

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Two social media comments discussing the official payment platform of the U.S. Treasury, with a sarcastic reply mentioning food stamps and prayers.

…and that’s the truth.

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It’s #caturday once again y’all

A floofball cat with a multi-colored coat is lying on a patterned white bedspread, wearing an orange polka-dotted bandana.
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DAPOTUS: “we still tariffing Canada & Mexico tomorrow” for no good reason.

Stonks: A stock market graph shows a sharp decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending at 44,628.97 with a decrease of 253.16 points.

1400 something more days of this 🐄 💩 😩

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Not Chinese at all, but with it being CNY and all… I want some mooncake so much right now. LOL

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Q: Did Starrwulfe watch the inauguration or any of the outlandish foolishness coming from it?

A: No, he chose not to give it any of his energy or time. We don’t watch bad sequels in my tribe. Also, this:

A person is smiling while holding a cigarette, with a background of chaos and text saying The Next 4 Years Gonna Be Like" and “I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO.”

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Finally hacking my EOL QNAP NAS…

  • backed up all the things to temp drive array
  • almost NixOS’d the bare metal… Almost.
  • decided to stick to mission and play with Proxmox.
  • I think I can have a NixOS VM in there… 🙏🏾

A home entertainment area is shown with a large monitor displaying the Proxmox VE installer, a laptop nearby, and various electronic devices and items on shelves.A computer setup with a monitor displaying the NixOS logo and a collection of peripherals on the table.

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I swear what Dylan has written here is on the minds of pretty much every expat in Japan.

Read: 📰 Tokyo drift: what happens when a city stops being the future?