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Curtis Himel

@curtishimel.bsky.social

Software engineer looking to make a positive difference in a tech world that does things just because they can.

41 Followers  |  35 Following  |  33 Posts  |  Joined: 24.08.2023
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Idea: All account creation forms have a "generate a passphrase for me" option that, if selected, bypasses all annoying uppercase/lowercase/special character/hieroglyph requirements.

19.02.2026 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to think it was unrealistic in JRPGs when the Big Evil Guy was destroying the world with no believable motivations or backstory- just evil for no good reason. But the party *still* makes time to play minigames and go on dates.

Anyway, the new Mario movie trailer looks cool.

25.01.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you keep giving your heart to someone "special" and then getting dumped the very next day literally every Christmas for decades, at some point you have to consider that the problem might be you.

21.12.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hymn for the 81%
YouTube video by Daniel Deitrich Hymn for the 81%

This prayer has only become more relevant over the past several years. I cannot listen to this without crying. The loss is *agonizing.* MAGA kills both body and spirit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GT-...

13.10.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi. It is me.

09.10.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, that was probably me! Thanks for the wishlist. We are working hard to get it done and get it good!

09.10.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit! He's got an AOC +3? They don't give that kind of loot out to just any Communist...

25.06.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist The Trump administration’s β€œMake America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.

"ChatGPT, generate me a report scientifically explaining why seed oils cause autism. Accept as a fact that meat is manly and vegetables are gay. Also, whatever you output will be made actual law, so do good, ok? No woke stuff."
www.notus.org/health-scien...

29.05.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Google AI refuses to advise me on whether or not I can ride a bear.

23.05.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pope Leo 14 is a vocal MAGA critic *and* American. With the US epicenter of modern fasc-ified Catholcism, this shows a desire to tackle the moment head-on

There's latent potential energy in the US Church if it acts like Jesus instead of... a weird Gentleman's Club for the Sophisticated Fascist.

08.05.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can someone explain to me how this CEO is as productive as ~250 devs?

29.04.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I bet Pierre Poilievre didn't get much sleep last night. You could say that, for a brief moment, he was... woke.

29.04.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Shows Kids Collectible Card With Photo Of Him Being Shot | Defector Monday was the White House Easter Egg Roll, an annual event in which children gather on the lawn and get to meet the president, first lady, and Easter Bunny. Then they all roll eggs down the lawn, I g...

This is an article about Donald J Trump showing trading cards of himself to children at the White House Easter event:

defector.com/trump-shows-...

23.04.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The "fig leaf" is Trump hurting people for their entertainment.

01.04.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mom of child dead from measles: β€œDon’t do the shots,” my other 4 kids were fine The interview downplayed the disease, maligned vaccines…

The sin of pride makes you so vengeful and stupid that some people would rather kill or die than admit they were wrong and repent. Some would rather kill their own children.

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

20.03.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Inclusion and Exclusion - Word on Fire It's precisely the tension between inclusion and exclusion that's often overlooked in sometimes overly enthusiastic language of β€œwelcome.”

Increasingly-MAGA Bp Robert Barron explains his Holy Exclusion Principle:

"All are welcome in the Church, but on Christ’s terms, not their own."

Remember the Gospel story where Jesus ate with sinners after they agreed to the terms-and-conditions? So powerful...

www.wordonfire.org/articles/bar...

10.03.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump tweet: "To the Great Farmers of the United States: Get ready to start making a lot of agricultural product to be sold INSIDE of the United States. Tariffs will go on external product on April 2nd. Have fun!"

Trump tweet: "To the Great Farmers of the United States: Get ready to start making a lot of agricultural product to be sold INSIDE of the United States. Tariffs will go on external product on April 2nd. Have fun!"

Seeing Canadian eggs for ~$2.5 / dozen, I checked on why. Turns out we have smaller / less centralized farms. (Viruses hate this!)

Rather than taking notes, Trump's telling farmers to work double shifts so more food grows.

Well, gg America. Too bad for those tariffs or you could import some e's.

03.03.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Heartbreaking: You finally get around to that game you've been meaning to play for years just in time for a remaster announcement.

26.02.2025 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post-Costco freezer tetris: A rare case where eating ice cream can solve problems.

17.02.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Transgender references removed from Stonewall National Monument website The monument honors the Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969, in New York City's Greenwich Village.

So I guess they only care about "preserving history" when it's celebrating white supremacists...

abcnews.go.com/US/transgend...

15.02.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fear of what? If you're a spineless worm rubber-stamping oligarchy, seems like the big fear would not being part of the "in-group", right?

10.02.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you think such Republicans (with enough backbone to do anything) actually exist?

10.02.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

People don't miss manufacturing jobs, they miss unions.

10.02.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The best hard-boiled detectives are on it.

10.02.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone has stolen 100,000 eggs from a Pennsylvania company. Police say they're worth $40K Around 100,000 eggs were stolen from Pete & Gerry's Organics in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, state police said.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

"Pennsylvania police are still π‘ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘šπ‘π‘™π‘–π‘›π‘” to figure out who stole the eggs"

Hmm... seems like we've found the guilty parties.

07.02.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seems legit.

04.02.2025 05:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like a lot of liberals see legislating as some kind of skill contest. Like if you were brave / pure / righteous enough then progressive magic stuff would happen.

So they bristle at the idea of actually using math and strategy.

01.02.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket A Costa Rican supermarket has claimed victory against Nintendo in a trademark battle over its name: Super Mario.

Nintendo has lost its brave struggle against a small family-owned grocery store in Costa Rica. How will consumers now know if they're buying an authentic Nintendo Seal of Quality(TM) 2D platformer or succulent plantains?
www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-los...

01.02.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Boomer: "Eat everything on your plate because children in China are starving."

Millennial: "Doomscroll forever because children in America are targeted by fascists."

Stay informed, but don't burn all your mental health on social media- someone needs your help in coming years. We need you healthy.

31.01.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May the people who voted for this evil or passively watched others do so one day have the wisdom and humility to beg their children and grandchildren for forgiveness and may they in turn have the grace to grant it.

21.01.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0