Justin Presley
@thats-no-moon.com
Anti Fascist & Anti Racist | Network engineer | Data Privacy & Right to Repair | FreeBSD fanboy | Emacs convert
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Justin Presley
@thats-no-moon.com
· Dec 13
Where all the network engineers at 👀
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“Chinga la migra, which for the non-Spanish speakers in the audience, means ‘we find ICE’s activities to be problematic’”
Congratulations to @lookitup.baby for being the first person I've heard say "chinga la migra" on stage at a tech conference 🔥🔥🔥
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September 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
“Chinga la migra, which for the non-Spanish speakers in the audience, means ‘we find ICE’s activities to be problematic’”
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For reasons known only to myself, I have created a single web page with links to privately hosted copies of a whole bunch of documents related to police oversight and reform in Somerville.
dwan.org/index.php/po...
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dwan.org/index.php/po...
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September 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
For reasons known only to myself, I have created a single web page with links to privately hosted copies of a whole bunch of documents related to police oversight and reform in Somerville.
dwan.org/index.php/po...
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dwan.org/index.php/po...
1/?
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It is frustrating trying to be an honest, considerate, hardworking person, when many signs indicate it is much more lucrative right now to be a liar and a grifter with no moral core or ethical framework for daily life. I just hope these people eventually get what they deserve.
August 24, 2026 at 5:04 PM
It is frustrating trying to be an honest, considerate, hardworking person, when many signs indicate it is much more lucrative right now to be a liar and a grifter with no moral core or ethical framework for daily life. I just hope these people eventually get what they deserve.
Kinda love being a night owl
August 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Kinda love being a night owl
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That sound you hear is Minnesota loudly saying FUCK ICE
August 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
That sound you hear is Minnesota loudly saying FUCK ICE
Hello from a ~12yr old Macbook Pro, though it's not running MacOS. Still does everything I need - 6hrs of battery, browser apps, development, screen recording at 1080 without dropped frames.
You don't need new hardware every 1-5 years. You are lazy and purchasing things makes you feel good. Why?
You don't need new hardware every 1-5 years. You are lazy and purchasing things makes you feel good. Why?
July 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Hello from a ~12yr old Macbook Pro, though it's not running MacOS. Still does everything I need - 6hrs of battery, browser apps, development, screen recording at 1080 without dropped frames.
You don't need new hardware every 1-5 years. You are lazy and purchasing things makes you feel good. Why?
You don't need new hardware every 1-5 years. You are lazy and purchasing things makes you feel good. Why?
Here's how to deal with incompetent AI chatbots; a live example, taken from my recent chat with Ally's bot:
Bot: "I got my wires crossed. Can you try asking me in a different way?"
Me: "No"
Bot: "I'll pass the chat to a human associate who can help you."
This is the way.
Bot: "I got my wires crossed. Can you try asking me in a different way?"
Me: "No"
Bot: "I'll pass the chat to a human associate who can help you."
This is the way.
July 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here's how to deal with incompetent AI chatbots; a live example, taken from my recent chat with Ally's bot:
Bot: "I got my wires crossed. Can you try asking me in a different way?"
Me: "No"
Bot: "I'll pass the chat to a human associate who can help you."
This is the way.
Bot: "I got my wires crossed. Can you try asking me in a different way?"
Me: "No"
Bot: "I'll pass the chat to a human associate who can help you."
This is the way.
When's the last time you left your phone at home? Went on a relaxed walk? Or just like, sat under a tree for a while?
Go do that
Go do that
May 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM
When's the last time you left your phone at home? Went on a relaxed walk? Or just like, sat under a tree for a while?
Go do that
Go do that
Threw openSUSE back on the desktop
Man, KDE is so pretty
Man, KDE is so pretty
April 26, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Threw openSUSE back on the desktop
Man, KDE is so pretty
Man, KDE is so pretty
Quite happily running #FreeBSD 15.0 on my 2015 Macbook Pro
Don't get me wrong, Discord in Firefox definitely feels like I'm on a decade+ old machine. Audio from Pandora never skips though, and Bluesky feels smooth to me most of the time. DWM and Kitty run more than well enough with picom.
Don't get me wrong, Discord in Firefox definitely feels like I'm on a decade+ old machine. Audio from Pandora never skips though, and Bluesky feels smooth to me most of the time. DWM and Kitty run more than well enough with picom.
March 19, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Quite happily running #FreeBSD 15.0 on my 2015 Macbook Pro
Don't get me wrong, Discord in Firefox definitely feels like I'm on a decade+ old machine. Audio from Pandora never skips though, and Bluesky feels smooth to me most of the time. DWM and Kitty run more than well enough with picom.
Don't get me wrong, Discord in Firefox definitely feels like I'm on a decade+ old machine. Audio from Pandora never skips though, and Bluesky feels smooth to me most of the time. DWM and Kitty run more than well enough with picom.
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may I offer you a loaf in this trying time (one week until Election Day)
March 10, 2026 at 2:19 AM
may I offer you a loaf in this trying time (one week until Election Day)
All this OS age verification nonsense is helping ensure I remain on FreeBSD for a very long time
March 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
All this OS age verification nonsense is helping ensure I remain on FreeBSD for a very long time
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“Imminent.” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
March 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“Imminent.” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Don't let anyone scare you from running your own email server.
Is it work to set up and maintain? Yes.
It's nowhere near the doom and gloom hassle I've heard others purport though. Most of the effort is front loaded.
If you feel motivated to do it, and you understand the upkeep needed, go for it.
Is it work to set up and maintain? Yes.
It's nowhere near the doom and gloom hassle I've heard others purport though. Most of the effort is front loaded.
If you feel motivated to do it, and you understand the upkeep needed, go for it.
March 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Don't let anyone scare you from running your own email server.
Is it work to set up and maintain? Yes.
It's nowhere near the doom and gloom hassle I've heard others purport though. Most of the effort is front loaded.
If you feel motivated to do it, and you understand the upkeep needed, go for it.
Is it work to set up and maintain? Yes.
It's nowhere near the doom and gloom hassle I've heard others purport though. Most of the effort is front loaded.
If you feel motivated to do it, and you understand the upkeep needed, go for it.
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Slop is the perfect word to describe the low-quality, high-volume, AI-generated content being thrown around.
If you don't have time to write it, I don't have time to read it.
If you don't have time to write it, I don't have time to read it.
February 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Slop is the perfect word to describe the low-quality, high-volume, AI-generated content being thrown around.
If you don't have time to write it, I don't have time to read it.
If you don't have time to write it, I don't have time to read it.
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"Bad thing existed before I made it easier to do bad thing" isn't the argument you think it is.
February 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
"Bad thing existed before I made it easier to do bad thing" isn't the argument you think it is.
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Important heads up: The feds have -publicly- subpoenaed Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta for information (names, phone numbers, email addresses) associated with accounts that are either critical of ICE or that are tracking ICE activities.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Important heads up: The feds have -publicly- subpoenaed Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta for information (names, phone numbers, email addresses) associated with accounts that are either critical of ICE or that are tracking ICE activities.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Re-posting this because I saw a headline today where some tech oligarch was bloviating about whether the chatbots are conscious or not.
Wrong question. The correct question is ‘why do we need tech oligarchs?’
Wrong question. The correct question is ‘why do we need tech oligarchs?’
We will be told, and very soon, that somebody has created General AI - a superhuman intelligence.
Whoever made the thing will also say some version of:
(a) It's a very secret sort of god
(b) They're the only ones that god will talk to.
(b) God says to let them fuck us. Seriously.
Don't.
Whoever made the thing will also say some version of:
(a) It's a very secret sort of god
(b) They're the only ones that god will talk to.
(b) God says to let them fuck us. Seriously.
Don't.
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Re-posting this because I saw a headline today where some tech oligarch was bloviating about whether the chatbots are conscious or not.
Wrong question. The correct question is ‘why do we need tech oligarchs?’
Wrong question. The correct question is ‘why do we need tech oligarchs?’
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🎯
I feel like a lot of automations folks are doing with agents can probably be done mostly by shell scripts in a more deterministic fashion. Maybe just use a LLM for some categorization, instead of to do the whole thing.
February 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
🎯
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I'm still writing code the hard way. I'm slow. I like to think critically about every line of code and fiddle with variable names until everything looks right. I treat code as a liability and try to ship only what's necessary.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
February 1, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I'm still writing code the hard way. I'm slow. I like to think critically about every line of code and fiddle with variable names until everything looks right. I treat code as a liability and try to ship only what's necessary.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.
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I know this is the wrong crowd for this but, I have an important test that I apply to new technologies that people think are going to fix everything. I ask "how does this help with the housing crisis?"
Invariably (so far) it does not.
Invariably (so far) it does not.
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I know this is the wrong crowd for this but, I have an important test that I apply to new technologies that people think are going to fix everything. I ask "how does this help with the housing crisis?"
Invariably (so far) it does not.
Invariably (so far) it does not.
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CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
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Our industry loves to create problems in the name of innovation only to turn around and sell you a solution to the problem we just created.
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Our industry loves to create problems in the name of innovation only to turn around and sell you a solution to the problem we just created.