Jèf Uphoff
@juphoff.bsky.social
Principal Systems Engineer at @ctrliq.bsky.social. Lapsed astro/physics guy. Ex C’ville & RVA, now Roanoke. Tours @ AWS, Red Hat, SUSE, rPath, NRAO, Transmeta, kernel.org, among others. Veteran x2. NAPS/USNA/VT/UVa alum. Pilot. Crazy cat gentleman. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Me: "What's the difference between a duck?" AI: "It looks like your question was cut off! To give you an accurate answer, I need to know what you are comparing a duck to (for example, 'What is the difference between a duck and a goose?' or 'between a duck and a swan?'). No rizz. Pfft.
I traveled to Uruguay in 2013 and fell in love with the place. This image gave me a big, happy laugh. :)
Your cut out and keep guide to how Trump is doing in Central and South America. (Credit on image.)
this was not on my bingo card this year (spoiler: it's in northern virginia)
Virginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue fever
Bari Weiss--the Dark Side or the Far Side? Why not both!
Who wore it better?
The youth claim to hate capitalism yet they purchase goods and services in order to survive ahaha and I am very Fortune Magazine
How did you tempt fate today? I flew myself to Michigan and ate Taco Bell.
Second City or Second Shitty? (That’s my best Sean Connery impression!)
Air to Ground Message: WOW CANT YOU DO SMTHNG ABOUT CHICAGO. THATS A MESS. ITS LIKE NEWARK OPENED A NEW FRANCHISE. Area: Valparaiso, IN, USA Type: Embraer 170 A: #a37ea6d63da F: #fa49e2809e3
Congratulations to our Democratic nominee in CD-05, Congressman Tom Perriello! Congressman Perriello has a proven record of protecting affordable health care access, expanding economic power for Virginians, and supporting working people. He is the champion we need representing CD-05.
August 4, 2026 is the day of American nuclear apocalypse in the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
Brushing up on my understated subtleties for a whirlwind tour of Britain. This seems important.
I think about this at least once a week
This is the play in every single industry at the moment. A massive bailout for mediocre white underachievers .
After a middling WNBA career, blonde haired, blue eyed Sophie Cunningham has positioned herself for post-basketball success and riches as a conservative mouthpiece. This is the pattern that always works because conservatives are very very dumb and will latch onto anyone who promotes hate.
Doors hitting asses on the way out and all that…
"I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker ... if he becomes a force in the Democratic Party, I am out of here," James Carville says on Fox this morning. Reminder: The Left Insurgency airs tonight on CNN at 8p ET.
Recipe for iced coffee. 1 Make strong coffee with hot water & sweetening to taste. 2 Become distracted. 3 Hours later, rediscover now cold, untouched coffee. 4 Add ice cube.
I'm old enough to remember when words had actual meanings.
and GOD IS EMPTY JUST LIKE ME
To help relieve work stress, don't answer emails on the weekend. Also on weekdays after 5 PM turn off your email. On Mondays, don't log into your email until after noon. Before logging in on Tuesday burn your computer and erase your identity. By Wednesday morning gather supplies and escape into the
Wildberries must surely be the world's most digital company. Everything's in the cloud now.
A view of the burning Wildberries logistics hub in Novosemeykino, Samara region.
If they EVER get past being called “the diarrhea lettuce company,” it’ll be too soon.
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The war started because the US President is an easily-led imbecile and nobody in the chain of command is brave enough to tell him: No. The war cannot end because the US President is an easily-led imbecile and nobody in the chain of command is brave enough to tell him: No.
This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.
A BAKER’S dozen? In THIS economy? That’s a lot of dough!
TWELVE angry men? In THIS actually no wait apparently those are still pretty cheap.
I don’t want a written constitution. If it’s not written by philosophers and creatives it’ll be shit - five hundred pages of turgid nonsense Frankensteined by bureaucrats.
Devolution plans strengthen case for written UK constitution, says Burnham
PM argues for codified model of decentralisation that would fundamentally change centuries-old workings of state
theguardian.com