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• New note by bobjonkman 8 November 2019
  Elois and Morlocks, from another work of fiction co-opted into a user manual for the 1%
• Favorite 8 November 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by inkslinger: The fan theory that the Jetsons and the Flintstones are actually contemporaneous to one another -- the Jetsons' sky cities being the land of the wealthy (or formerly wealthy, perhaps, since capitalist wage relations still exist, even in a world with literal robot servants) and the Flintstones being the descendants […]
• bobjonkman repeated a notice by inkslinger 8 November 2019
  RT @inkslinger The fan theory that the Jetsons and the Flintstones are actually contemporaneous to one another -- the Jetsons' sky cities being the land of the wealthy (or formerly wealthy, perhaps, since capitalist wage relations still exist, even in a world with literal robot servants) and the Flintstones being the descendants of the poor […]
• Favorite 1 November 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by ericxdu23: Hi. I'm still here.
• Favorite 1 November 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by hubert: ♲ @cryptpad@social.weho.st: Exactly 5 years ago at 16:42, was the first CryptPad commit by @cjdelisle, the start of a very ambitious project to restore privacy in collaboration tools. We believed in it 5 years ago and we thank the 200 supporters and 10000 weekly users from 150 countries that have […]
• New note by bobjonkman 24 October 2019
  Best thread in a long time! nEVILle Park's ( @nev ) #Arachtober: https://social.coop/@nev/102887815460533048
• Favorite 24 October 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by phooky: Borough Pluralization Chart:ManhattaBrooklynsBronxiiQuinoaStatins Island
• Favorite 20 October 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by banjofox: Middle Earth actually had a second set of well-known rings. Although not as powerful at the main set, these were certainly nothing to shake a finger at. Silver in color, they, like their gold counterparts were usable by anyone. Their only real power was the ability to provide near instant […]
• Favorite 14 October 2019
  bobjonkman favorited something by thj: Cool teardown video from Applied Science that reveals how analog era snapshot cameras printed the date on the film negative:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezME4_xMMnkWith the segmented digits, you'd think it's a tiny fluorescent display, but it's actually more interesting that that.
• New note by bobjonkman 6 October 2019
  And now I've discovered your website, and I'll be rabbitholing for the rest of the afternoon... @mattskala