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Michael L Davenport

@valacosa

Works in tech. Lives in theatres and makerspaces. AuDHD and queer-ish. (He / Him)

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I’ve been singing this all day

10.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 123 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2

If someone breaks the law and nobody enforces it because of the offender’s power, then the law does not apply to the powerful, and the law, subordinated to power, is revealed as illegitimate in its helplessness and/or corruption.

09.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 1046 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5

Maybe we should be clearer. Jobs aren’t at risk from AI. They’re at risk from amoral shitbag short term spec capitalists using AI against a weakly unionised workforce and broken government.

08.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 429 πŸ” 125 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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"SHIT"
"FUCK"
"NO"
"FUCK"
"SHIT"
"FUCK"

06.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 5803 πŸ” 2007 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 100

you paid the dog tax πŸ₯Ή

06.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...that seems pretty specific πŸ˜›

Also AuDHD, I feel like I'm tuned to a different frequency than you, but still end up in plenty of "thank goodness I have both of these conditions and not just one" situations

06.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h β€’β€’β€’ My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

β€œI have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 20757 πŸ” 4419 πŸ’¬ 767 πŸ“Œ 1138

I've been copying the same Winamp 2.8 install from computer to computer to computer for the last 25 years.

It's perfect! Does everything I want it to, doesn't do anything I *don't* want it to.

...how's Trillian? I'm feeling the pain of using Slack and Discord and WhatsApp and Signal and SMS and

06.03.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 1615 πŸ” 309 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 46

Yeah, exactly. Rules-lawyering your relationship is a bad place to be.

05.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, it's definitely getting to me

04.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists: "Food gives you energy"

Me after eating:

01.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 4918 πŸ” 938 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 50
Cthulhu in foamed milk floating on a coffee cup

Cthulhu in foamed milk floating on a coffee cup

Having a writers coffee sesh and our coffee artist is knocking it out of the ball park (this was a request for Cthulhu):

28.02.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 649 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 13
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a cartoon cat wearing a red sweater stands in front of a desert cactus ALT: a cartoon cat wearing a red sweater stands in front of a desert cactus

A healthy film industry makes sleazy movies. Weird, borderline kink films are like coal mine canaries- they're offensive, often deeply personal, and a foil to the clean blandness of big budget propaganda. A lack of bizarre "not to everyone's taste" films is an indicator of a sickly studio ecosystem.

27.02.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 2575 πŸ” 740 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 18

@greenpartyhan.bsky.social

27.02.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 1318 πŸ” 240 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

I am awake, by accident, because I have some work-related insomnia.

My bet is Tim is awake, on Purpose, to watch a UK byelection in which Greens knocked Labour to THIRD place, for a seat (riding?) that Labour had won since the 1930s.

We Are Not The Same

(With love, @djdynamic.ca ! ❀️ )

27.02.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow the Brits I follow are posting very excitedly!

( Sees "Reposted by Tim Ellis" )

Geez dude, @djdynamic.ca , when DO you sleep?

27.02.2026 09:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am in Canada, not the UK. But we also have the problem of "the two entrenched parties feeling entitled to power". I hate it.

Reading that Labour got their ass handed to them by Greens in a byelection is life-giving!

It's 4:14am here; the news made being unable to sleep "worth it".

27.02.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If I had invented the retinal scanner I probably would've said something like "It's for checking Eye D lol" and then my investors would've drowned me in a toilet.

25.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Freaks fundamentally understand People Are Different, which puts them at least a step ahead of folks who think everyone else is the same as themselves.

26.02.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

YUP.

Weird weather (even cold weather) due to climate change is pillow-talk in my relationship, for reasons.

I was trying to affirm your point "wow it's awfully early to stoke the annual AC wars".

But I can see how my post could be read as a "the planet's not warning!" crank. (Sorry.)

26.02.2026 05:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't Time magazine headquartered in New York City City?

Didn't New York City have a historic blizzard just this week?

26.02.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes

because plenty of folks I've met who have lots of personality also have lots of self-doubt.

(you have lots of personality)

❀️

26.02.2026 05:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my gods.

I knew you had a way with words, but DAMN that thread was worth a read (your half, at least).

If someone roasted me like that I think I might put my phone down and go outside a bit.

26.02.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There should be a sport where they get two teams of a dozen capybaras each and they have extremely high energy announcers give a play by play analysis of what they are all doing.

Maybe toss in a few tortoises and cats, or some goats.

26.02.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

It looks like you had an all-star lineup!

(Says my chronically-online-poisoned brain)

Congratulations on the success! A model which could be repeated for future "alternative events", I hope!

25.02.2026 06:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"surge pricing" but instead of price gouging, it's "surge wages" when you need a lot of labour to handle an emergency

Looks like the result is great β€” you've got clear paths and people have money to spend

25.02.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Canada Goose Song
The Canada Goose Song YouTube video by Clever Girls

Some friends of mine made a folk song about a similar incident; maybe it'll resonate with you

youtu.be/J7ZIk4CUu_k?...

Yeah geese are terrifying

24.02.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conversation Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conversation

Haha, this one was written about 5 years before chatgpt launched. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/conver...

24.02.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 373 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 5

It's amazing how well government can work, when the people elected to office WANT government to work.

I try not to post about American politics too much but I think the principle is true up here, too!

24.02.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0