How I make my blog posts more resilient

I imported a bunch of old posts from 2012-2019 and here are some lessons learned about post resilience.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

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Why I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi for browsing

Mozilla finally did it. They pissed me off enough that I've made the switch.

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Smarter Thermostat with Home Assistant

I set up Home Assistant to automatically switch my thermostat between heating, cooling, or both based on weather forecasts, so it stops trying to heat the house on summer mornings or cool it on winter evenings.

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In the Blink of an Eye

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER • Two detectives: one human, one AI. And a case that will test them both. “Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling, this is the kind of fresh and fearless debut I just adore.”—Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick Winner of the Crime Writers’ Association’s John Creasy New Blood Dagger Award and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother,...

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Lonesome Dove

A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.

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Relationship advice I'd give to my younger self

Here are some of my own hard-won lessons about relationships.

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Malpractice

Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim, Edith Owusu. Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr Leo Harris, Edith’s grieving father Sir Anthony Owusu, demands an enquiry into Lucinda’s actions on the fateful night.

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Mary Beth Barone: Galaxy Brain

Is an ex-best friend the worst ex? Can dating apps save democracy? What's with NYPD merch? Mary Beth Barone has all the answers in this witty special.

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Backrooms

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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How did the Canadian wildfires show up in Home Assistant here in VA?

I've got AirGradient sensors scattered around, so when the smoke rolled through I got to watch it in real time.

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Malpractice

Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim, Edith Owusu. Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr Leo Harris, Edith’s grieving father Sir Anthony Owusu, demands an enquiry into Lucinda’s actions on the fateful night.

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Zooz 800 Series Z-Wave Long Range Motion Dimmer ZEN12 800LR

Smarter Lighting Starts Here  BETA RELEASE: You may need to update the firmware on the device. It may not be fully supported by your hub at the time of purchase.  Meet the switch that does the work of three smart devices. The Zooz Motion Dimmer ZEN12 800LR combines a full-featured Z-Wave dimmer, built-in motion sensor,

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Murder 101

Part teen drama, part masterclass, and part edge-of-your-seat crime investigation, follow a high school sociology class in rural Tennessee who help revive a decades-old case into a present-day hunt for a killer.

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Gifted

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

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Met police break their own record for seizing illegal e-bikes

London’s Metropolitan Police have already confiscated more illegal e-bikes and e-scooters in 2026 than during the entirety of last year,...

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A Toxic Love Story

A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.

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Re: Who would ever read this?

Michael spent years chasing external validation, so public writing still feels performative to him, even though he knows Robert's right that it sharpens the thinking.

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The Odyssey

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

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OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face

This is day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents," Hugging Face CEO says.

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Porkbun vs GoDaddy: Setting the Record Straight - Porkbun.com

We're setting the Porkbun vs GoDaddy record straight. Their article had many inaccuracies, so get the facts and decide for yourself.

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How I self-host my ebooks and audiobooks

Here's a dang overview of how I self-host my ebooks and audiobooks! Check it out if that's your jam.

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AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making — Ludicity

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I guess I prefer Possessions, Hauntings, Exorcisms, and Scary Nuns - svbck.blog

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