Daniel

Daniel

@daniel.brincat.com

🌩️ Thunderstorm chaser 💻 IT geek 🏒 Beer League Hockey player 📡 Ham radio operator & home lab tinkerer 🚴‍♂️ Motorcyclist 🎶 music lover 🌮 Burrito/Taco consumer 🚗 Toyota/Lexus Enthusiast 🪐 Talks space & science, builds “stuff”,wallflower. Thinker 🤔 Brincat.com

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Banning guns feels righteous. But in a nation with 400 million firearms, it’s a fantasy that fuels backlash and gridlock. If Democrats want to win (a requirement if we want to save Democracy)—and save lives—we need to drop slogans and pick up strategy.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

open.substack.comRep. Melissa Hortman's Assassination: Outrage Is Not Strategy-Why Pushing Bans Turns Moderate Voters Off, and We Can't Afford to Do ThatThe Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #373

Somehow, in some messed up weird delusional way, Trump and Vance left that meeting with Zelenskyy feeling like they did a good thing. This is insane. Proud to be an American? No, absolutely not at this moment, under this administration.

The colors in the top corners of the TNT scoreboard for the 4 Nations game is correct for Canada (top left, red/white), but is using the Switzerland colors (top right, gold/blue) for Finland (white/blue). Or am I missing something here? #nhl #4nations #CANvsFIN #hockey #TNT #TNTSports

The show, The Good Place, is a really good, cute show. I was hesitant to give it a chance, but once I did and was open enough to give it a chance, I’ve come to really enjoy it. At a time like the present, it’s nice to have a positive escape.

I have become apathetic — whatever the future holds, this is what the voters wanted; at least I’d like to believe that is the case and not that the election was tampered with. But meh, whatever - see apathetic. 😑

International Space Station flyover for southern CA tomorrow night about 6:15pm! Should be a very good sighting assuming the weather cooperates. #temecula #murrieta #socal #iss #spacestation #internationalspacestation

It’s nearly 1am and I’m in bed “sleeping” (more like just relaxing, thinking), window is cracked open letting in the cool air. It’s finally raining for the first time in what seems like forever. It’s nice, peaceful pitter patter of the rain and a car went by on a few roads over.

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We’d be having a blast in the car, jamming out to our favorite songs - something like offspring, maybe tool, or something awesome, and we’d get so amped that sometimes we’d go honking like crazy, having fun. So hearing that tonight, in a long overdue, welcomed rain, it was nice to hear that again.

I hope whoever they are that they’re happy, having fun, blasting their favorite songs, with some amazing company and just loving life. Maybe it was their way to express thanks for the rain. Their /rain dance/ I suppose.

It’s nearly 1am and I’m in bed “sleeping” (more like just relaxing, thinking), window is cracked open letting in the cool air. It’s finally raining for the first time in what seems like forever. It’s nice, peaceful pitter patter of the rain and a car went by on a few roads over.

And they drive by and I hear their car horn honking in a random, but playful way. I smiled and thought back to the days when I was 16, maybe 17, and we’d drive around the town all night looking for something to do. And when it rained, it was extra special, so we made sure to go drive around.

Picking paint colors for the bedroom is such a weird thing to do that causes me to second-guess what I’m liking right now. I just hope that in a month from now I’m still happy with how I feel today.

For example, is doing an “accent wall” still a thing that people do? And if so, what wall? The one behind the bed? The one opposite of the window and slider? 😅

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Seeing this power plant from the air one time was some real sci fi shit. Obviously PV solar is just better, but I do appreciate the wildness of CSP.

Jesse D. Jenkins@jessedjenkins.com

Once the future of solar power, the landmark Ivanpah solar thermal power plant along I-15 near the Nevada-California border is past its prime, left in the desert dust by cheaper solar PV. Now, two of the three units are scheduled to go offline in 2026. www.8newsnow.com/news/local-n... 🔌💡

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This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance. Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

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SoCal showers now likely Sun-Mon! Decent soaking (0.5+ in.) possible mtns; lighter (0.2-0.5 in.) elsewhere. This will be a cold/convective system (w/showers + t-storms). Enough to tamp down but not end fire season; t-storm downpours may risk fire zone debris flows. #CAwx #CAfire

Successful day today playing with Docker getting all the containers organized and on the right networks. Backed up all the configs, put them on GitHub and started a new project.

It’s been an interesting last couple of days here in SoCal. Yesterday at 11:30a, the power went out due to high winds. The power came back on 11:20a today. Meanwhile, there are (at least) 4 major wildfires in LA, 1,000’s of homes leveled. So devastating. Really bizarre times. Stay safe everyone.

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Ducks have killed 3/4 Ottawa power plays tonight, with the one goal allowed on a 5-on-3 on 10 total shots. Anaheim has now killed off 18 of its last 19 power plays against. 2-2, 4:27 P2. @SportingTrib | #FlyTogether

I love thanksgiving, but turkey is not my favorite serving. I’m all about that mac & cheese, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs. Turkey is just meh, definitely not the star of the show. Maybe I’m just different, and that’s okay. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! 🦃 🍁 🍂

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WifeTXT: Windows frozen. Won’t open. HubbyTXT: Gently pour some lukewarm water over it and tap with a hammer. WifeTXT: Laptop is completely fucked now.

Driving out to the Southern California desert at night is always a pleasant surprise. The lack of light pollution and clear, dry skies make for some great photo opportunities. I took this photo with my modest little dslr 😊 #milkyway #nightphotography #longexposure #radiotowers #SoCal

A good reminder that pets are not good presents for the holidays unless you’re fully committed for the years of care they’ll need. 🐶 🐱

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