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On this day in 1983, the ARPANET network officially switched to using the TCP/IP protocol, effectively creating the Internet.

"January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other."

https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit07/internet07_02.phtml

#internet #technology #history #OnThisDay #OTD

In 2025 I'm going to just start calling ~all this~ World War III, it's time

ripcorp.biz/episodes/2024-corp just under the wire please enjoy the annual 2024 Year In Corporate Deaths episode with Tim Hwang

my 2024 highlights 

- some of my friends had babies
- I worked with some artists to bully an art nonprofit into giving away a total of $60K to Palestinian artists and organizers
- the movie I Saw The TV Glow
- saw @kissane and fam IRL for the first time in 5 years
- Luigi Mangione happening

Menustration complaint posting 

Perhaps this exhaustion is a result of massive blood loss, she realized after several hours of massive blood loss

youtu.be/jnyyuxPBPeg?si=do8uDa blown away that this was 13 years ago but as the year comes to a close and rousing anthems are needed here is one of my favorite performances of The Mountain Goats' "This Year", with guest vocals from Craig Finn. I was in the audience at this show, it was great.

It's a little weird to have a parent haunt you via current events

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my mom said that the radio (NPR I think?) coverage of Carter's death included a clip of my dad reporting on the Camp David Accords which was kind of a weird jolt while driving but neat

It takes a lot for me to post anything about AI. This really must be stopped:

"the [Biden] White House is drafting a plan to open up public lands for the construction of #AI #DataCenters along with power plants to fuel them. Environmental regulations would reportedly be eased to facilitate faster construction, and the power plants would be fueled by fossil gas"
https://truthout.org/articles/gas-exports-and-ai-boom-poised-to-spike-energy-prices-for-consumers-under-trump/

#Energy #FossilFuel #LNG

buttondown.com/perfectsentence this week in sentences: incomprehension, most sensual aunt, clarifying, regarding, nothing glamorous, so embarrassing, man-o’-war, avenue of research, proper amount

I know it's too soon to adopt another dog but I also have definitely been repeatedly checking an NYC rescue's social media for updates on a dog whose countenance reminds me a lot of Kitty

astrology nonsense 

@Red_Shirt_no2 that or everything that can go wrong will

astrology nonsense 

@fuzzface I just search it every year. Susan Miller has them charted into 2030

astrology nonsense 

aw man, i was doing my annual adding of mercury retrogrades to my 2025 calendar and one starts on my birthday

I think this joke format is already very dead but: Richard Kind Lookalike Contest

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