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Writer, computer-wrangler, musician, purveyor of mirth and silliness, lover of dad-jokes and board games. He/him. ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฉต kurtpankau.com unclefluffy.band

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Reflections on Big Tech TL;DR: Big Tech isnโ€™t inherently evil, but weโ€™ve ceded too much control. Itโ€™s time to take it back.

Big mood right now

10.10.2025 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ

08.10.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Been some big backlashes this week. New Cracker Barrel logo. Taylor Swift's engagement photos.

It's wild how much people think their opinions should matter about this type of thing.

27.08.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I read TLDR for tech news and I laughed out loud at one of today's mailers.

Topics included:
- AI for orchestration
- AI for conference planning
- AI for observability
- Hey, what if Terraform had a GUI?

25.08.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

fantastic lede from sam, and the rest of it ainโ€™t too shabby either

23.08.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4821    ๐Ÿ” 1230    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

My youngest childโ€”who is not a gracious loserโ€”has decided to start playing CUPHEAD.

Pray for us.

17.08.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Robert Reich has a new memoir called "Coming Up Short"

That's not even a joke

05.08.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Never trust anyone whose favorite president is Andrew Jackson

30.07.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy National Whistleblower Day!

Does anyone have any thoughts or feelings they'd like to share?

30.07.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fault Blind Satellite ยท Single ยท 2025 ยท 1 songs

Decades ago I started a band with some friends and we wrote a bunch of songs that we never got good recordings of. Today we're going back and revisiting them, now that we're older and wiser and actually know a thing or two about music production. Here's the first one we've finished.

23.07.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ha!

23.07.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I keep seeing artistic renderings of Ozzy in Heaven and I feel like maybe you misunderstood his whole aesthetic.

23.07.2025 04:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

omg

20.07.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was minding my business and suddenly JKR funded campaigns to end my existence.

18.07.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1120    ๐Ÿ” 289    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Kids in the next room: "They're onions. And onions don't go to Hell."

o_0

20.07.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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First Impressions: Vantage ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธย I Can See For Miles and Miles... A message from an entity known as "The Traveler" has lured you to an uncharted planet. While orbiting, ...

There's a new game from Stonemeier called VANTAGE, and I've played it! Here are my initial thoughts

www.kurtpankau.com/2025/07/firs...

14.07.2025 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Superman is fun. #supershit

12.07.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OMG this. Unexpected face-turn in a story about how he becomes a crime lord. What the actual

12.07.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

IT REALLY IS!!!!

09.07.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Y'all. Y'ALL!!!

KPOP Demon Hunters

Y'all!!!

I just. So good.... Aaaaaugh!

09.07.2025 02:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unpopular opinion: I don't like dark mode. I can't tell any of my windows apart.

03.07.2025 02:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oil, that is. Un-Black Gold. Texas Decaf Tea.

30.06.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arnold is having a ball, and I do like Uma Thurman's Katherine Hepburn impression

23.06.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Woman in a clothing ad wearing a shirt that says "White, straight, Republican, male. How else can I piss you off today?"

Woman in a clothing ad wearing a shirt that says "White, straight, Republican, male. How else can I piss you off today?"

I have questions

19.06.2025 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sidebar of a website with the heading "Following" and the subhead "You're currently not following anything"

Sidebar of a website with the heading "Following" and the subhead "You're currently not following anything"

Shit, y'all. They're onto me.

11.06.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Modest Mouse" implies the exists of a tit-mouse.

29.05.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stray Thoughts: Thunderbolts* and Depression โ›ˆ๏ธ Are You Telling This Story or Am I... [SPOILER ALERT] Over the holiday weekend we took the kids to see Thunderbolts* ย at the theater. It ...

Hey y'all. I really liked THUNDERBOLTS*. It's a super-hero movie about depression! Yay!

27.05.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Add a letter, ruin a movie:

Steven

27.05.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you โ€œnoโ€

24.05.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15070    ๐Ÿ” 4509    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 148    ๐Ÿ“Œ 243

I'm getting ads for Lyft Silver now, which I guess is the AARP mailer for my generation.

21.05.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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