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This is the pattern I have used (Acronis for local image to an external drive, paired w/ Backblaze for off-site repository) for several years & it has worked flawlessly each time I've needed to rebuild a physical drive from scratch or get onesy-twosy files back. The Backblaze web interface is solid.

Microcenter is like Babylon 5 - our last, best hope for nerds.

Thank you, fantastic Onyx. ❤️

Happy Purrday to a fantastic parlor panther!

So much beauty in my home state.

Happy Purrday, beautiful bright-eyed kitty!

Underappreciated Bsky comment of the day right here.

Goodem night, Gizmo. We loves you.

A bowl of chili with shredded cheese on top, with a metal spoon resting inside it.

Chili is ready.

I am indeed having trouble sleeping, why do you ask?

It gets even worse when we factor in the equipment was a wheelbarrow.

The vibe of this (and the style) carries hope that I didn't know I could still feel.

Thank you.

Wool is astonishing.

They are each fantastic!

My BF used this phrase once or twice and it has lodged in my brain, particularly because my appreciation of Tabasco on peanut butter toast is a great example of something other people might wrinkle their nose at. He taught me to be a little bit better, which is exactly how relationships should work.

This was the lone realization that drove my negotiation when I was being lured from my last job to my current one. They were surprised I didn't ask for a hiring bonus, or a higher salary, or larger annual performance bonus. What I focused on was maximum PTO. I want time with my family & loved ones.

What a wonderful restoration. Thank you for sharing this! A little piece of my childhood is associated with a reel-to-reel like this (not quite the same model) and it makes my heart glad. Also, what a perfect and epic choice for the song!

We are glad you did not.

They are cowards and bullies, emboldened by their leadership and the felon in charge. They made their faces because they know they are in the wrong, but more damningly, act in their master's behest anyway.

We had trials at Nuremberg over this exact behavior, and the free world will do so again.

This is an absolutely gorgeous portrait of Freddie, and the inspiration is clear. Beautiful art of a fantastic kitty!

Well, all of ICE Barbie's accusations are inevitably going to be projections. I am proud of my home state for being one of the first to highlight that these brownshirts are a front and will face the judicial experience they have deprived from so many of their "captures."

A boom on a wooden table. The dust jacket/cover proclaims the title as "Dragonsdawn" by author Anne McCaffrey. The illustration by Michael Whelan portrays a woman in a yellow jumpsuit emerging from a rocky shoe's cave onto a beach where waves are landing. She has both arms extended up to shoulder length and winged lizards like miniature dragons are perched on each forearm or flying around her.

Not to be a punster, but the atmosphere of this piece is other-worldly and beautiful.

This must feel like such a relief but at the same time a whole new door to worries, problems and sleepless nights.

We are glad you are sharing your journey, both the highs and lows, with us. And even more glad to see this significant milestone.

Where are the cries about RESPECT THE FLAG now?

It's a classic plot, keep changing the narrative & moving the goalposts so the opposition has no talking points except "but last week you said." Their base either doesn't notice or doesn't care because it's their team so everything is okay, no matter how much they howled for it during the election.

Right up there with Bob Dylan, amirite? 🤪

Uncle Shakey has been there, done that. He has dabbled in almost every genre and has the catalog to draw on at any time, any place. I have only been lucky enough to see him a handful of times across the last 30 years, but I've always been astounded by the experience.

He can work magic.

Every time I see a blue check on a screenshot from Xitter I automatically assume it is a terrible hot take from a racist, a bigot, or a Hitler-hugger.

I am only rarely proven wrong.

We are a deeply unserious society when this is how our elected government communicates.