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Richard Bullington-McGuire

@obscurerichard.bsky.social

Vegan cyclist. Proud father of 4. Technology versatilist. Author. YIMBY. Obscure.org founder. Sailor.

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Latest posts by obscurerichard.bsky.social on Bluesky

Ouch! I hope you have a speedy recovery.

29.06.2025 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dave Salovesh's ghost bike at 12th and Florida NE

Dave Salovesh's ghost bike at 12th and Florida NE

A very personal Family (Biking) Matters from our friends at
@hillfamilybiking.org
โค๏ธ thehillishome.com/2025/04/hill...

16.04.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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HEXED: Volume 1 A modern romantasy set at a college of magic, featuring a leading lady on the autism spectrum.

Hi! I'm a severely disabled comic creator drawing comics by mouth. My art is how I survive. You can get a PDF of my upcoming OGN for just $15, and print options are available, too.

PLEAE consider pledging, and if you can't, please re-skeet this post! www.kickstarter.com/projects/len...

08.04.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OSCON 2025 Regular Session Presentation Abstracts | The GW Open Source Program Office | The George Washington University Abstracts for our OSCON 2025 regular sessions Program

GW OSCON is happening next week in Washington DC, and our own @obscurerichard.bsky.social will be talking on Tuesday the 25th of March about DevOps in service of winter cycling ๐Ÿฅถ. Registration close super soon, so register now.

18.03.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Speaking about Freezing Saddles at GWU OSCONย 2025 On Tuesday, March 25th at 1:40 PM I'm speaking about Freezing Saddles, the DC winter cycling game I help organize and maintain, at George Washington University's first OSCON (Open Source convention). If you can, register now as registration closes at midnight on Thursday, March 20th. The abstract of the talk is on the conference site: You might consider folks who bicycle outdoors in the winter of being obsessive - but the DC area has a unique group of cold-weather cycling enthusiasts who rely on Open Source software to facilitate their Reindeer Games: the Freezing Saddles Winter Cycling competition.

Speaking about Freezing Saddles at GWU OSCONย 2025

On Tuesday, March 25th at 1:40 PM I'm speaking about Freezing Saddles, the DC winter cycling game I help organize and maintain, at George Washington University's first OSCON (Open Source convention). If you can, register now as registration closesโ€ฆ

18.03.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey, it's ok to be the odd one out.

12.03.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 124    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

The whole thing is amazing and absolutely worth watching until the end.

But @meredithmeredith.bsky.social gave the best pitch for @signal.org answering if there are any downsides of using it: "No-none! It's free, classy and we're not shoving and weird #AI shit into it." ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ‘

08.03.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 181    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
obscure.org turns 30 today Thirty years ago today I registered the domain name obscure.org. I was eager to run my own Internet services and what emerged is now The Obscure Organization, which is still going strong as a community non-profit. Iโ€™m planning on a year of renewal for the organization and reconnecting with both the people involved so far. and the impulses that inspired me to try to share what I learned with the world in a practical way. I have a lot more to say about this, but for now: Happy 30th birthday to obscure.org!

obscure.org turns 30 today

Thirty years ago today I registered the domain name obscure.org. I was eager to run my own Internet services and what emerged is now The Obscure Organization, which is still going strong as a community non-profit. Iโ€™m planning on a year of renewal for the organizationโ€ฆ

08.03.2025 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
INTERCAL on Interstates

The Doctor is no doubt an expert on using the COME FROM construct, see this in action here: www.intercaloninterstates.org/examples.html

07.03.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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INTERCAL - Wikipedia

Clearly it runs INTERCAL en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL

07.03.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‹ Bluesky. We're here. Say hello in the replies.

06.03.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Hello and welcome!

06.03.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
้›ป็ฃ็‚ญๅ‘็ฏ€ in NEO TOKYO ๐Ÿฎ
YouTube video by ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! ้›ป็ฃ็‚ญๅ‘็ฏ€ in NEO TOKYO ๐Ÿฎ

I see your 2NE1 and raise you ้›ป็ฃ็‚ญๅ‘็ฏ€ in NEO TOKYO ๐Ÿฎ youtu.be/a4HOE5EwU_0

28.02.2025 02:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Episode 4: A Brief History Of The American Sharrow | The Bicycle Story

This is from www.thebicyclestory.com/2016/03/epis...

23.02.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bought some used hardware on eBay. Factory reset didn't work. Wasn't able to get in with admin/admin.

So, I desoldered the flash chip, replaced it with a ZIF socket, dumped it, and pointed John the Ripper at /etc/shadow.

Password was "admin", but username was "agcfw".

Sometimes obscurity works!

16.02.2025 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1124    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
Internet Anagram Server : Anagrams for: Jacob Harris Discover the magic of anagrams with the Internet Anagram Server

Internet Anagram generator to the rescue!

new.wordsmith.org/anagram/anag...

My faves:

Rib Jar Chaos, LLC
Oar Jib Crash, LLC
Rico Bash Jar, LLC

15.02.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If anyone I know is a current IEEE Senior member, Life Senior member, Fellow, or Life Fellow, Iโ€™m looking for references for my Senior Member application there. Please PM me your member number.

15.02.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I donโ€™t even qualify for unemployment since Iโ€™ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated.

Seeking suggestions for anywhere thatโ€™s hiring!!

14.02.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11573    ๐Ÿ” 4093    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 671    ๐Ÿ“Œ 162
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Tracking federal expenditures in real time Track federal expenditures by department and program. Data are updated daily.

Thanks @planetmoney.bsky.social for the story on @laurenhlb.bsky.socialโ€˜s federal spending tracker from the Brookings Institutionโ€™s Hamilton project: www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...

Lauren, could you use any help? It can be challenging to deal with performance when things get popular.

15.02.2025 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence | First Monday

See also firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph... for just how deep this rabbit hole connecting transhumanist philosophies and eugenics goes.

14.02.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to block Elon Muskโ€™s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the private information of mil...

BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the โ€œgovernment efficiencyโ€ group.

11.02.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4967    ๐Ÿ” 1305    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67

New โ€” The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.

07.02.2025 03:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13404    ๐Ÿ” 5892    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 626    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1701

It is a very long podcast interview! I thought more of it would end up getting cut but I guess Bobby liked what he heard.

28.01.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve been listening to a lot of COBRAH lately so I have to say: this is a Real Good POSS!

28.01.2025 03:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Crushing it as usual!

28.01.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Interview with Bobby Tahir on his Technocratic podcast I recently gave an interview to Bobby Tahir for his Technocratic podcast. Check it out to learn more about my perspectives on software modernization, use of AI in software development, and why winning the software lottery can be terrible for your business in the long run.

Interview with Bobby Tahir on his Technocratic podcast

I recently gave an interview to Bobby Tahir for his Technocratic podcast. Check it out to learn more about my perspectives on software modernization, use of AI in software development, and why winning the software lottery can be terrible forโ€ฆ

24.01.2025 12:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Richard Bullington-McGuire Listen now | Author & Distinguished Engineer

@mattmorgan.cloud thought you should know I name-dropped you and said nice things about your essay On Figs and Apples (dev.to/elthrasher/o...) in Bobby Tahirโ€™s latest podcast: newsletter.technocratic.io/p/richard-bu...

24.01.2025 01:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Richard Bullington-McGuire Listen now | Author & Distinguished Engineer

Iโ€™m so pleased to have had a chance to do an interview with Bobby Tahir for his Technocratic podcast. Listen along for an exploration of why winning the software lottery can be disastrous for your organization, and much more.

newsletter.technocratic.io/p/richard-bu...

24.01.2025 01:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Signal. Discord. Plain old SMS.

21.01.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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