Maritime Canadian in Italy. Politics, IT Security, music, bicycling, not necessarily in that order. Who am I kidding, this will just be a bunch of dad jokeshttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3mksxgugeo22wTIL Italy is a communist country [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksxgugeo22whttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3mjpe4gftyc2hWhile they were eating, Jesus took the Royale With Cheese, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat motherfuckers; this is my goddamn body.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpe4gftyc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3mihigwlz5c2bWhat if the Artemis II mission is just an incredibly elaborate long-play prank by NASA? "April Fools everyone! We ain't going to the moon you dumbasses our funding has been slashed so hard we could barely even afford this Astrovan! And a DEI crew as well?! Lololol!" Well played, NASA.01 Apr 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihigwlz5c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3mih7nhvroc2xUtterly embarrassing admission by Anthropic that they don't understand that human error is STILL A SECURITY BREACH https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/claude-code-tleaked-via-npm-packaging.html?m=101 Apr 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mih7nhvroc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3meccbz6azk2uOctopus: You know, you call them tentacles, but there's only eight of them. And that's my dad joke of the week I will see myself out now07 Feb 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3meccbz6azk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3mdvn4iykis23Fun fact, in Canada the chimpanzee is pronounced "chimpan-zed"02 Feb 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvn4iykis23https://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3mdsxsoempk2jIf your first instinct upon hearing about Epstein's island is to fear that you're missing out and beg for a trip then there musk be something seriously wrong with you01 Feb 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdsxsoempk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3mbjzja35622o"At least nobody's talking about the Epstein files now!" - Trump and his pedo cronies I assume03 Jan 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbjzja35622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3map7jj27ok2sOne of these days I'm going to make good on my plan of doing a very Radiohead Christmas album. Lead track will obviously be "How To Christmas Cheer Completely"24 Dec 2025 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3map7jj27ok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3m4llfjery22tI gave up on baseball--and by extension the Jays--around the time Jesse Barfield and/or Tony Fernández retired so in that respect I really don't give a shit who wins the series, but on the other hand the Dodgers and by extension all of the USA can go suck it so OK Blue Jays let's kick ass01 Nov 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4llfjery22thttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3m3xnnok4bc2xFun fact: the English phrase "Greatest Of All Time" or GOAT for short translates to Italian as "Che Articolo Piu Riconosciuto Alto" or CAPRA for short. Don't bother fact checking me just accept this as a cross-linguistic truth24 Oct 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xnnok4bc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3m3ikxiouqc26More than 23 years after my first visit to Firenze, when I showed up to the Uffizi first thing in the morning & saw a mile long line and decided "Nope", I finally paid a visit. Breathtaking all around, but my favorite work hanging on the wall was this statement of everyone's current mood18 Oct 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ikxiouqc26https://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lzoidzueec2oI'm very much antifascist but I haven't actually officially joined antifa. Does that still make me a terrorist in the eyes of US law, and if so should I just make it official and pay the annual antifa membership dues?25 Sep 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzoidzueec2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lt5mjfram32jHappy International Flag Burning Day to all those who celebrate04 Jul 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5mjfram32jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lrgi4tt5v72fYesterday morning Little Honda randomly popped into my head, hours before I heard the news about Brian Wilson. I'm not a particularly spiritual person, nor is it my fav Beach Boys song, but I choose to believe that Brian picked it as his theme to ride off into the sunset, cool as ever12 Jun 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrgi4tt5v72fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lrec5xc3np2mFolks at work are gently ribbing me about the smoke settling over Europe from the Canadian wildfires, and I gotta know, which South Park move reference do I make? Blame Canada? Asses of Fire? (What Would Brian Orser do is definitely an outlier, sorry bud11 Jun 2025 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrec5xc3np2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lqv4ujvijz2mNeither Trump nor Musk are capable of 4D chess. Trump is playing Hungry Hippos (pure greed & instinct), Musk is paying someone else to play Diablo 4 (power hungry & no inate talent) But Putin might be playing 4D chess and he controls both of them. What is Putin getting out of this whole drama scene?05 Jun 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqv4ujvijz2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3ln6xbjadih2bMe describing Aerosmith after seeing a picture of of them in the 80s: There's one guy who thinks he's sexy, one guy who is actually sexy, and three guys who are just happy to be there. J: you just described every band19 Apr 2025 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln6xbjadih2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lm5v4vqt7a2gDoes anyone else get the feeling that on the one day Trump didn't cut class in university they happened to be talking about tariffs and from that point forward he concluded that "economics" = "tariffs"06 Apr 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5v4vqt7a2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3llymi2sbkc24Dow Jones? More like the DOWN Jones, amirite?! I'll see myself out now.04 Apr 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3llymi2sbkc24https://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3llkatpxprq2nAmber (and me, and literally everyone else who knows this is absolute bullshit) says "Whaaaat?!?!" [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkatpxprq2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lla7dwyqe32rThe entire US intelligence community owes a debt of gratitude towards Goldberg. He exposed a massive security breach, held off publishing until safe to do so, and redacted details he knew to be too sensitive. In short, a model of ethical journalism. So of course Trump calls him names [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2025 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lla7dwyqe32rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3ll5bwyukmf2kNobody can ever complain about Hillary's emails ever ever again. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/24 Mar 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5bwyukmf2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lkgcxcxhza2xOne of the worst things about the USA right now is how pro-gun rah rah 2nd Amendment they have been for years, abusing the original intent of the law until it's almost unrecognizable. And now, in the face of *actual tyranny* they're too chickenshit to do literally anything about it15 Mar 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkgcxcxhza2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lk7hgn6h3u2xokay, hear me out, a lord of the rings remake but with these two taking the One Ring to mordor: [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Mar 2025 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7hgn6h3u2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3lk4vlzp3ga2j"Well gee if this rich guy on TV can afford an electric vehicle I guess I don't have to worry about the price of food that I can't afford anymore."11 Mar 2025 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4vlzp3ga2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3ljsmshpzhr2tWhen life gives you lemons, say yes please, fill the whole damn sink I got plans and they involve a fuckton (30 lb actually) of lemons07 Mar 2025 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsmshpzhr2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3ljnnzw2xgv2mItaly has a lot of fantastic cheeses, but sometimes you just want a nice sharp cheddar--as basic as that may be--which is not typically a thing around here. So when the local IperCoop not only starts carrying a decent cheddar but then puts it on sale? You know I'm all in.05 Mar 2025 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnnzw2xgv2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3ljdj4uaend2iListening to Badmotorfinger for the first time in decades and okay still a legendary album but was it always this slow? Whenever a song from it pops into my mental dialog it's borderline speedmetal frantic and not the slow menacing march that it apparently is. Not sure which version I prefer01 Mar 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdj4uaend2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rodaf.bsky.social/post/3ljbb2svibf2rLook at it this way: this person is facing persecution, intolerance, and backlash from within for who they are and they *still* want to serve? That's who I want fighting next to me every time [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:v4yvsxgsrb6fig5rvup4bba4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljbb2svibf2r