Posts by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
(DIR) Post #AzgI3Ub0jmNmVcOxea by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-10-28T22:01:01Z
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@futurebird Are you sure about that? I mean REALLY sure? Because I'm not seeing a downside to having a giant, high quality ant.
(DIR) Post #AzvdLZcVoCM7iDxviy by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-11-04T20:58:48Z
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People masquerading as ICE agents since they never properly identify themselves? Whoever could've seen that coming. 🙄 https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-warns-of-criminals-posing-as-ice-urges-agents-to-id-themselves/
(DIR) Post #B0G1UcPnDGT4U5w7do by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-11-15T03:45:02Z
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@futurebird I'd never heard of those before! That is so cool!
(DIR) Post #B0J7jaHYbiUJPdU2O8 by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-11-16T15:39:04Z
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@futurebird Absolutely. The sound of a kickball bouncing off the wall or someone's foot is unique!
(DIR) Post #B0VEwDgjavMduGbvpg by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-11-22T11:56:21Z
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@futurebird Most of our furniture was bought new 25-30 years ago and I *think* the places that manufactured them have all since gone out of business. I also do have a few pieces that I did not make myself, but I commissioned a carpenter to make to my specs.
(DIR) Post #B0e9kYVKudcDjcPoSu by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-11-26T19:10:36Z
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@futurebird Oh, I've got a Magic 8-Ball! Can I be a prophet too? 😁
(DIR) Post #B0qR1NsPi3N0oWL4xE by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-12-02T17:20:41Z
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@futurebird This is a fantastic insight, certainly not something I'd considered before!
(DIR) Post #B12mWFGyB7Oe2ZtvG4 by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-12-08T15:51:49Z
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ICE is awful and they need to be told that at every opportunity. If you see an ICE agent regardless of the context, tell them in no uncertain terms that they are awful. Not "what you're doing is wrong" or "the person you're taking away did nothing wrong." Tell them, "You are a horrible person!"Because they are.They're not going to listen to you about what what you think is/isn't legal or what is/isn't justified. But they are going to hear you when you directly challenge their own self-image.They are horrible people. Tell them. Repeatedly.
(DIR) Post #B19CQ5hQccWOMvlKUK by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-12-10T20:01:41Z
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"America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill & trust among its allies, our American moderator was told… America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.Because 'we will never fucking trust you again.'The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement."Anyone startled by that pronouncement is insanely optimistic or incredibly naive. The damage DJT did during his first term would take decades to fix; the damage he's done since is absolutely irreparable. And while you might think that's awful or unjust, they only need to 'never' trust us again for maybe five years. Because there won't be a United States of America beyond that. DJT is running the country like any business that's been bought & is being sold for parts.https://www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-we-will-never-fucking
(DIR) Post #B1DUmbFwYDzyPzd3b6 by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-12-13T20:21:12Z
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@futurebird You neglected the ever-popular pronunciation: ambumblance 😆 https://archive.org/details/kids-in-the-hall-ambumblance
(DIR) Post #B1DeemJqXCJjxEMbei by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-12-13T22:11:52Z
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@futurebird We didn't have many things that got divvied like that, but it definitely did happen. Egg nog was caused the most fights. Mom eventually resorted to buying a carton for each of us each year and put our names on them. Once the one with your name on it was gone, that was it until next year.And of course we had to mark the sides of the cartons with the level of egg nog so they couldn't pour some of yours into their container.
(DIR) Post #B1Gvy3sljwv4cgMJjU by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-12-15T12:09:55Z
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@futurebird I have a coworker named Mitch who is going to love this! 😆
(DIR) Post #B1TT4YJDQKqlZxhp68 by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-12-21T13:17:25Z
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@futurebird Somewhat counter argument: pirates are bad, but not nearly as bad as the people who make piracy a viable/appealing prospect in the first place
(DIR) Post #B1mDsnVRHw7TvbbBOy by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-12-30T14:26:44Z
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@futurebird I usually work until I feel like I need a break. Usually because I catch myself in some kind of mental loop, where I can't work past/through some issue. I know myself well enough to know I'll do better in the long run if I step back from things for a bit to reset.
(DIR) Post #B1rKpcax4ONCglPS0e by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2026-01-02T01:38:09Z
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@futurebird I plead the fifth!
(DIR) Post #B2GO4VhsnWD5XJkz6u by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2026-01-14T03:20:15Z
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RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115890496404880499My first book sold maybe 2-3 dozen copies. It's been out fifteen years and I technically still haven't broken even on it. But one of the greatest compliments I got as a writer was when a cousin quoted it back to me with a "I read somewhere..." and then remembered a few seconds later, "Wait, that was in YOUR book!" 😁
(DIR) Post #B2JAs8Rwj1DY07x25g by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2026-01-15T11:58:27Z
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@futurebird Where's the fun in that? The whole point of hard tack is that both feels and tastes like eating cement! 😆
(DIR) Post #B2Vx9lOg1TO19KxlFQ by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2026-01-21T15:56:01Z
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@futurebird I seem to recall hearing a few years ago -- not sure if this still valid -- that a cracked, busted-up looking phone was in fact considered cool among the teenage set. It still had to be a newer phone, though; not just an old, janky one.
(DIR) Post #B2Y3jOxVudgI1cYQG8 by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2026-01-22T12:08:32Z
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We have mandatory Copilot training at work later today. One of my direct reports expressed some... hesitation about attending, so I told her, "I get it. I'm only interested in going so I can learn how to turn it off."
(DIR) Post #B2Y3kzwXtIjN1HrXzk by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-10-08T14:03:34Z
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