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@cruftbox.com

Evil Corporate Exec Former Metaverse Warlord Cycling/Beekeeping/Gaming Smoking Meats/Reading/Tinkering

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My own simple rub. 3 hours @ 225Β°F w/ hickory pellets. Pull & wrap in parchment paper w/ drizzle of honey. 2 more hours. Unwrap and light mop with BBQ sauce on top. Back in for ~45 minutes and then take them inside. First time w/ parchment paper instead of foil and it worked great.

11.03.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mechanical Keyboards | Drop Discover the best mechanical keyboards from the Mechanical Keyboards enthusiast community on Drop. New and innovative Mechanical Keyboards, Keycaps, Switches & more.

Check out the magical world of Drop keyboards:
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11.03.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Planet Money vs. the NBA’s tanking problem : Planet Money What do we want from sports? The very best athletes competing as hard as they know how, putting all their effort and training and natural ability to the test against their opponents. But this time of ...

A great @planetmoney.bsky.social Episode about tanking the season in the NBA and alternatives to the current player draft system.

www.npr.org/2026/03/06/n...

10.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Am I an AI Hypocrite? On Tinkering, Gorillaz, and the Hobbyist's Case for AI I spent a Saturday romanticizing the analog creativity of Gorillaz at House of Kong. The next morning I was deep in Claude. Here's why that's not a contradiction.

My friend @misterjt.bsky.social writes about using AI to 'scratch that itch' by making his life easier, doing the things he loves.

misterjt.com/2026/03/08/t...

10.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A middle-aged man with gray hair stands smiling in a kitchen, wearing a black t-shirt that reads "Ride the D" with a pink circular logo, with open shelving displaying glassware and kitchen items visible behind him.

A middle-aged man with gray hair stands smiling in a kitchen, wearing a black t-shirt that reads "Ride the D" with a pink circular logo, with open shelving displaying glassware and kitchen items visible behind him.

Got my new shirt celebrating the Metro @metrolosangeles.bsky.social

10.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two racks of barbecued ribs with a dark red glaze are displayed on a metal tray held by someone's hand outdoors.

Two racks of barbecued ribs with a dark red glaze are displayed on a metal tray held by someone's hand outdoors.

10.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Warhammer is also a valid choice.

10.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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10.03.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Twitter post from user "anime tim" (@PostinMonkey) stating "After turning 35, men must make a decision; to either get really into World War 2 history, or really into smoking various meats" posted at 1:21 AM on 2/6/21 via Twitter for iPhone.

A Twitter post from user "anime tim" (@PostinMonkey) stating "After turning 35, men must make a decision; to either get really into World War 2 history, or really into smoking various meats" posted at 1:21 AM on 2/6/21 via Twitter for iPhone.

10.03.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Meteorite damages homes in Koblenz, Germany after bright fireball A bright fireball crossed the sky over western Europe at 17:55 UTC (18:55 local time) on March 8, 2026, producing meteorites that struck residential buildings in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...

Video of a meteor entering the atmosphere over Germany.

It hit someone's house!

watchers.news/2026/03/09/m...

10.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence πŸ”₯

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If you're near Los Angeles, you're welcome to stop by and see some hives.

09.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Your salted caramel mocha latte is destroying society Edmund Burke would have had thoughts about the consumption of that vanilla sweet cream nitro cold brew.

This guy just hates other people. [Gift Link]

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09.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

07.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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NASA must delay deorbiting the ISS, U.S. lawmakers say U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station’s retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built

U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station’s retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built

06.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Getting a better answer by asking three AIs at once : llm-discussion AI tools don't always provide the correct answers, so I often find myself cross-referencing multiple models to get a wider range of perspectives. Manually copy-pasting the same prompt into Claude, Ch...

Tired of copy-pasting prompts into multiple AI tabs, I built a small local app that asks Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini the same question.

The AIs discuss each other’s answers and produce a consensus. They are inexplicably polite.

325 lines of Python. Code on GitHub.

cruftbox.com/2026/03/06/g...

06.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Psychology of Dogs That Sleep With You (What They're Telling You)
Psychology of Dogs That Sleep With You (What They're Telling You) YouTube video by Mindful Paws

Dogs ftw

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFQD...

06.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's Girl Scout Cookie season. Should be easy to get your fix.

06.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cannoli sings the song of her people.

06.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My daughter in West Hollywood says it’s so bad that power is out. Totally calm here in Pasadena though.

05.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A Kindle e-reader displaying a page of fiction, with one passage highlighted in gray: β€œIt’s a rare man who’s made better by a bit of power.” The surrounding text describes laborers waiting in queues for work assignments and a foreman at the door of Cadman’s Ales sitting under a small awning with a large ledger.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

A Kindle e-reader displaying a page of fiction, with one passage highlighted in gray: β€œIt’s a rare man who’s made better by a bit of power.” The surrounding text describes laborers waiting in queues for work assignments and a foreman at the door of Cadman’s Ales sitting under a small awning with a large ledger.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

04.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

- Charles de Gaulle

03.03.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazon Data Centers on Fire After Iranian Missile Strikes on Dubai Some AWS services are down in the Middle East. Recovery is unclear as it requires 'careful assessment to ensure the safety of our operators,' according to Amazon.

In all my time managing data centers, we never had a recovery plan for airstrikes.

www.404media.co/amazon-data-...

02.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't kill innocent people
Heal the sick and injured
Feed the hungry
Comfort the grieving

01.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The idea that you could observe the quantum state without changing it is mind boggling.

01.03.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This business will get out of control (Red October)
This business will get out of control (Red October) YouTube video by Michael Mauldin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNA...

28.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

28.02.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You soak it in a salt brine for a week or two. Hence, beef is corned.

If you cold smoke it after that, you get pastrami.

28.02.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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