Holy Canoly, I never knew this was a thing. On my work laptop the desktop wallpaper changes according to NASA's APOD RSS Feed. So apparently upward lightning strikes is a thing. I for sure want to witness that in person some day!

APOD: 2025 September 9 – Up from the Earth: Gigantic Jet Lightning

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

Do you guys want me to make a updated logo for Texas Linux Fest? I'm always open to do graphics for you guys again.

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The Launch 🚀 • 34: Blame it on AI • Listen on Fountain

From Taco Bell bots to doomsday headlines, we laugh at the hype and panic, while probably exaggerating a bit ourselves. CALL 1-774-462-5667 BOOST...

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This wasn't me, but my brother left his really expensive razor gaming phone on the roof of his car and drove off and the poor thing flew a good 10-15 feet and completely shattered both sides of the phone. It was also safe to assume someone ran over it too. To put simply, he was really pissed at himself because those damn phones are expensive. Not to say I either had my fair share of broken phones, but... I don't spend a ton on them. Though, even at my price range(motos), replacing three phones in a single year and now four phones? Yeah, that adds up very quickly. Kids are expensive.

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The Launch 🚀 • 33: Time Appropriate Eatings • Listen on Fountain

Modern cars are crammed with sensors, even for things any idiot could figure out. Mine broke, so instead of replacing it, I hacked my car to shut i...

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I just finished watching a good classic called "Hook". Gosh... They don't make then like they used to. Plus watching it as an adult really puts things into perspective. Anyways watch it if you have the time where ever you get your movies. 😉

@Chris Fisher might be good to look into.

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There's always that one person...

I will riot if Costco ups the price on the $1.50 hotdogs.

Okay sending a boost cause I didn't realize my wallet ran out of sats. DERP moment. With regard with the last episode with crush it really resonated with me cause I'm currently using Warp Terminal and Claude to go through all my markdown notes and clean them up. Plus it help me learn how to research and tech it to use ddgr and lynx to breakdown information and give me summaries. It took me about a week though to get the rules tune cause it like trying to guide a toddler. Anyways I'm warming up to the idea of using llms as a tool to solve problems and document work process that I can reference later. Anyways love U guys! 🙃

LINUX Unplugged • 628: Don't Call it a Christro • Listen on Fountain

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@Fountain what happened to the tracklist? I noticed it disappeared with the latest beta? That was the one thing I loved about the app. 🫤

Love pixel art! Original post:

Oomfie ☆ City!!

Anubi (@anubiarts@oomfie.city)

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Sad but true for the most part... Original post:

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Inspirational Skeletor💀 (@skeletor@mas.to)

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Today's internet install view out on the Lake. It may be warm on the roof but I could never get tired of this.

Woot for Ollie!

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This Week in Bitcoin • 69: Never Trust the Narrative • Listen on Fountain

Why the latest Ethereum bull run could threaten Bitcoin adoption, a takedown of the “no cash flow” myth, Monero’s 51% attack, and more. Affil...

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Went to a small Comic Con over in Pasco, WA. It felt like LFNW. It was big enough, but low key enough to actually talk to the Artist and Vendors. I had a budget and got plenty of stickers, posters and a few Books non the less. Definitely worth going to next year. https://www.tricitiespowerhousecomiccon.com/

Awesome! Nextcloud displays README files at the root of their folders. This led me to have Warp Terminal create an index of the folder's contents, allowing me to have a summery of what's inside. This will definitely improve my file organization.

I'm starting warming up to using LLMs for admin tasks. For instance, Warp Terminal can help me plan, run searches, and reference docs I provide. It even organizes my work into notes for future use. Pretty cool if I say so. Idk, what does everyone else in the admin/dev world think about this?

My ended up watching K-pop Demon Hunters and now I understand why that movie is so popular. Why are K-pop songs so catchy?

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Okay I ended up setting up a blusky account. It will probably just mirror my Mastodon account and Nostr since I'm using Openvibe to post. For those curious on blusky, you can also follow me on Mastodon @odysseywestra@linuxrocks.online and on Nostr my NIP is odysseywestra@getalby.com