Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

I figure in 10 years when LTO-9 becomes affordable on the secondhand market I can consolidate my tapes down 7:1.

My data hoarding has reached unprecedented new levels. 100TB of LTO-6 tapes (native) ought to help expand and protect my collection. At $4/TB, I'll never delete a file again in my life.

Just fell to temptation and quoted a Democratic Strategist for Obama and Biden who was doing a misinformation about corporate responsibility while giving a multibillion dollar corporation free PR for a thing they never did.

That post, like everything I post there, will end up deleted as I convince myself again that I want no participation on #BlueSky.

The only time I ever want to post on #BlueSky is to respond to misinformation, and BlueSky has no shortage of that.

I just want to say, the Mastodon community doesn't have this issue. You folks stay grounded for the most part and while I may not post as much as I used to, this might be the only place I can tolerate anymore.

I just try to remember: Bluesky is filled with people who thought Mastodon was too hard, and who mostly didn't leave Twitter until years after the Musk takeover.

I powered up a Windows 10 laptop yesterday for the first time in a while. Updated it and rebooted it first for good measure.

Started a huge file transfer overnight, and what did I find in the morning? That's right, a freshly rebooted computer that interrupted my file transfer to install more updates.

I have no idea how anyone tolerates Windows anymore. This is unheard of for a Mac or Linux user.

I only have three requests of the Democratic Party moving forward:

1. Acknowledge the gravity of the situation without apology. Call Trump a Fascist, call Republicans Nazis. Their promises alone warrant it.

2. Mobilize now to energize voters to vote for you again in the Midterms and beyond, but with something other than Neoliberalism or just "not being Nazis".

3. If you can't do 1 or 2, get out of the way. Not being Trump clearly wasn't enough to for Hillary or Kamala, so put up or shut up.

So Tears for Fears recently released a new album. The album cover is pure AI slop.

I am... disappointed.

Actually, no, this looks like a real effort to come back online. I think I'm just getting different responses from different endpoints on their CDN right now.

Fingers crossed that the collections are coming back today. I have really missed the Archive!

Er, that was short lived. Getting the error page again. At least it's clear that they're trying!

@internetarchive looks like it's bringing its collections back online!