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None#coronacut number 3 #selfie #eyecontact

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Reminder of how to add image titles in #markdown: https://dev.to/stephencweiss/markdown-image-titles-and-alt-text-5fi1

[](https://twitter.com/WernerTwertzog/status/549927842075930624 #coffee

Looking for LED lights like Adam Savage (@donttrythis) used on his work light build, but Amazon is out with no timeframe on re-stock. Anyone found a good alternative?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KZLM3QC #diy #shoplife

$1 a week I might finally subscribe to the NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/subscription

TFW your home-rolled blog application hit the 80/20 mark, well, but you need a feature in the missing 20 #goldfrog

@idangazit - you were right! Foundryside was amazing! A short review is here

http://monkinetic.blog/2020/05/10/read-foundryside

Wow, thanks to Idan Gazit for recommending Robert Jackson Bennett's #scifi #fantasy novel Foundryside.

Every think programming is magic? IT IS. Ever wonder complain that your code is doing what you said instead of what you meant? BEWARE. Magic and technology, mystical hacking, sentient objects and the ancient and tormented souls that drive them...

You're going to love it. Thanks Idan.

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Sort of Frankenstein mixed with Lovecraft... interesting but not a happy tale.

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Jason Kottke found this great set of videos matching techno tracks to POV videos of trains traveling in Europe.

Trains Speed Through the Swiss Countryside to Techno Beats

The YouTube channel

Dammit @scalzi, The Last Emperox is brilliant so far

Gotta say passing variable-length values to SQL's "in" syntax in #golang is UUUUUGLY

None#Heroes for today https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/06/banksy-artwork-superhero-nurse-nhs-coronavirus-covid-19-southampton-general-hospital #banksy #socialart

I'm compiling the books I've read just since April 9th - I'm up to 12, with 2 in-progress, one of which is Scalzi's Last Emperox #covid19 #reading

Python mocking for postgres https://technology.cloverhealth.com/better-postgresql-testing-with-python-announcing-pytest-pgsql-and-pgmock-d0c569d0602a #bookmark

Nearly 100% mask coverage at Costco today - except for those 4 idiots with the mask pulled down under their chin #howstuffworks

Mission: Impossible #cat style

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"I've never been to a will-reading."

"You'd think it's be like a game show, but instead it's like a community-theater production of a tax return #knivesout

I guess I'm glad it's not Monday yet?

Been hitting the oldies today, especially this track from Jam & Spoon from 1995: Jam & Spoon's* Hands On Yello ‎– You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess #trancetechno #music #electronica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_G0Z6Aqgw