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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Well, I'm just gonna change topics and note that my expensive new ASUS router is bathing my house in so much WiFi that I just got a tan and the cat is losing her fur

sep 1, 2025, 6:17 pm • 672 18

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amsterdamia.bsky.social @amsterdamia.bsky.social

sep 1, 2025, 6:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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tufteacher.bsky.social @tufteacher.bsky.social

Hahahaha

sep 1, 2025, 7:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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Cathi B @grammacappy.bsky.social

Always good when the wifi works when you work from home.

sep 1, 2025, 8:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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IsleInTheStorm @isleinthestorm.bsky.social

😂😂😂😂😂

sep 1, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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Matthew Brice @matthewbriceak.bsky.social

Meh - you were probably done having kids. Human ones anyways.

sep 1, 2025, 6:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social

Sure, blame the router when it’s obviously coming from your Covid vax!

sep 1, 2025, 7:00 pm • 2 0 • view
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phillyfrog.bsky.social @phillyfrog.bsky.social

Tom: If you'll share your Wifi password I'd love to test it. [By the way, my home router is named 'TellMyWifiLoveHer'. I don't get any love for that.]

sep 1, 2025, 6:42 pm • 4 0 • view
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Pete Hegseth’s Liver @thehatter.bsky.social

The enhanced WiFi reception that comes with the Covid vaccine more than offsets the inconvenience of that occasional swelling of that third testicle.

sep 1, 2025, 6:36 pm • 7 0 • view
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Dee Mack @carly911.bsky.social

😂

sep 1, 2025, 6:19 pm • 2 0 • view
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laura bishop @lbblaura.bsky.social

Pink salt baths will protect you.

sep 1, 2025, 6:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bruce Coffman @brucecoffman.bsky.social

😂 Awesome!

sep 1, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Effing Grim @effinggrim.bsky.social

Network name suggestion: “3.6RoentgenNotGreatNotTerrible”

sep 1, 2025, 6:47 pm • 5 0 • view
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📎 🌮 Hertz Toopee 🇨🇦 Will Not Obey In Advance @duncandixoncoffee.me

ROFL

sep 1, 2025, 6:50 pm • 2 0 • view
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Tickles La Rue @tickleslarue.bsky.social

Is she happy about that?

sep 1, 2025, 6:34 pm • 1 0 • view
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mprclntrlst 🏴‍☠️ @mprclntrlst.bsky.social

Now you don’t need to shave your back!

sep 1, 2025, 6:18 pm • 10 0 • view
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cwoods9328.bsky.social @cwoods9328.bsky.social

😄

sep 1, 2025, 6:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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pkafer.bsky.social @pkafer.bsky.social

It’s the garlic powder!

sep 1, 2025, 9:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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ccorleyjd.bsky.social @ccorleyjd.bsky.social

😁

sep 1, 2025, 6:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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LizB @elizab1776.bsky.social

We always knew when Pave Paws cycled.

sep 1, 2025, 6:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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demodisping.bsky.social @demodisping.bsky.social

Be sure to check that the latest firmware from the maker is installed. They often include security updates.

sep 1, 2025, 6:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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demodisping.bsky.social @demodisping.bsky.social

Your neighbors are probably wondering who the new kid on the wi-fi block is too.

sep 1, 2025, 6:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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pieist.xenoplasm.com @pieist.xenoplasm.com

This is why my SSID is "USDA Poutry Inspector"

sep 1, 2025, 6:22 pm • 4 0 • view
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Kim Murphy @kimmurphy100.bsky.social

RFK, Jr. told Joe Rogan that WiFi causes brain damage. Rogan said, “We’re in a podcast studio, dude.”

sep 1, 2025, 6:51 pm • 3 1 • view
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Roch Ripley @rjripley.bsky.social

Your dental fillings are acting as wifi hotspots

sep 1, 2025, 6:50 pm • 3 0 • view
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SeabeeGator46 @seabeegator46.bsky.social

sep 1, 2025, 7:15 pm • 1 0 • view
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Justin Shaw @justodude.bsky.social

Changing topics is wonderful! What you and yours up to? You guys grilling? Hoping to spend the evening with friends at a park. Let’s all of us have a wonderful Labor Day weekend

sep 1, 2025, 6:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Cloudy and cool here. No grilling. :( But we had a lovely cookout/ graduation party Saturday

sep 1, 2025, 6:51 pm • 1 0 • view
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Logc @july2022.bsky.social

Anything Tucker Carlson would be interested in?

sep 1, 2025, 6:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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laurili.bsky.social @laurili.bsky.social

Oh no. Run Lily run!

sep 1, 2025, 7:31 pm • 2 0 • view
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Ann E. Bodie @annie-bodi.bsky.social

Chinese killer RF waves!

sep 1, 2025, 7:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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pack65.bsky.social @pack65.bsky.social

Funny guy Tom And have Black cat Loo that agrees

sep 1, 2025, 7:10 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jenai Huff @jenaihuff.bsky.social

😂😂

sep 1, 2025, 6:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social

Bragger

sep 1, 2025, 6:34 pm • 2 0 • view
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youknowme55.bsky.social @youknowme55.bsky.social

Mesh routers are your friends

sep 1, 2025, 8:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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liammcreanan.bsky.social @liammcreanan.bsky.social

Better warn any visitors with a pacemaker...

sep 1, 2025, 6:26 pm • 4 0 • view
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Stickypeanut @stickypeanut.bsky.social

I picked up the Zen Wifi XT9 and I've enjoyed the performance so far. Which one did you get?

sep 1, 2025, 6:39 pm • 0 0 • view
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FuzzyBunny3rd @katswhiskey.bsky.social

But can it zap insects?

sep 1, 2025, 6:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mare @maread.bsky.social

Mine gave me a sunburn.

sep 1, 2025, 6:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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terrifiedstill2024.bsky.social @terrifiedstill2024.bsky.social

😂😂😂😂

sep 1, 2025, 6:37 pm • 1 0 • view
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oldladylloyd.bsky.social @oldladylloyd.bsky.social

At least it works.

sep 1, 2025, 8:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Damn Vanguard @damnvanguard.bsky.social

sep 1, 2025, 6:20 pm • 3 0 • view
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mrbush.bsky.social @mrbush.bsky.social

sep 1, 2025, 6:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ted Hoffman's Actuarials @tedhoffman.bsky.social

You know that works better on an Apple product, right? (Runs away)

sep 1, 2025, 6:23 pm • 7 0 • view
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social

you fargin' bastiche

sep 1, 2025, 6:24 pm • 6 0 • view
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Cindy K @cinwitch.bsky.social

Save Lily at all costs!

sep 1, 2025, 7:12 pm • 2 0 • view
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madfeline @madfeline.bsky.social

Yesterday it was New router 1 Tom 0 Remedy?

sep 1, 2025, 6:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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June Astford @june29.bsky.social

😂 Get Lily a little halter, just for when you sit on patio.

sep 1, 2025, 7:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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edietiker.bsky.social @edietiker.bsky.social

Even in the room where most of the reading takes place? I want that! 🤓

sep 1, 2025, 7:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Derek @dypics.bsky.social

Did RFK Jr warn us of that?

sep 1, 2025, 7:02 pm • 0 0 • view
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crowley123.bsky.social @crowley123.bsky.social

😂😂

sep 1, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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wantshoes7.bsky.social @wantshoes7.bsky.social

I heard the signal is boosted by the microchip in your CoVid vaccine.

sep 1, 2025, 6:26 pm • 19 0 • view
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Tetsu Kaba 🇺🇦 @tetsukaba.bsky.social

I wish that were true. I could have used it last year in rural Costa Rica.

sep 1, 2025, 8:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Danni N. Boyer🇨🇦🇩🇰🇺🇦 @nboyer.bsky.social

Quite the endorsement 😂

sep 1, 2025, 6:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lauren @grobielauren.bsky.social

Can it zap all of the mosquitoes?

sep 1, 2025, 6:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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bgadk.bsky.social @bgadk.bsky.social

It mutates them....

sep 1, 2025, 5:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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claghorn.bsky.social @claghorn.bsky.social

Good Luck. My expensive router frequently forgets how to route data between one wireless device and another one. Fixing it requires power cycling the router as well as the wireless devices that won't talk.

sep 1, 2025, 8:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Chris Harvey @chrisharvey.bsky.social

Are you sure Vault-Tec wasn’t the manufacturer?

sep 1, 2025, 6:17 pm • 5 0 • view
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Yes, I'm su- uh oh

sep 1, 2025, 6:25 pm • 3 0 • view
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Paul Becker @beckerpa.bsky.social

The router is definitely why you are able to multitask today.

sep 1, 2025, 6:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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Futuremonkey @futuremonkey.bsky.social

Embedded in the firmware of every ASUS router is a copy of Led Zeppelin IV.

sep 1, 2025, 6:31 pm • 7 0 • view
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Gordon M. Bloem @gordonbloem.bsky.social

RFK Jr. is likely to shut you down claiming you’re causing an autism outbreak in your neighborhood.

sep 1, 2025, 6:31 pm • 3 0 • view
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Leah-Bug @leah-bug.bsky.social

Until you crank up your microwave oven that can distupt wifi signals. 🤪✌🏻

sep 1, 2025, 8:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Harvey @topladave.bsky.social

Hahaha!

sep 1, 2025, 6:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Julie Jones @juliejones.bsky.social

Lily is gonna be pretty ticked off. Better sleep with one eye open. 😎

sep 1, 2025, 6:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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RDNZL @siciliano.bsky.social

That means it’s working as expected.

sep 1, 2025, 9:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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waddell12.bsky.social @waddell12.bsky.social

Protect Lily's luxurious fur coat at all costs!

sep 1, 2025, 8:45 pm • 1 0 • view
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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social

Gotta look into this.

sep 1, 2025, 6:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social

I'm gonna have to look into the ASUS. Heard nothing but praise about its performance. Thank you, sir. ✅

sep 1, 2025, 6:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social

I am longtime user of ASUS stuff, and never had a bad experience

sep 1, 2025, 6:25 pm • 4 0 • view
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compliancedivision.bsky.social @compliancedivision.bsky.social

Best warranty in the biz for PCs at least

sep 1, 2025, 6:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social

Appreciate it, sir. 🙏🏽

sep 1, 2025, 6:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jerry Newmark @jerryn13.bsky.social

Call it Joey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0MC...

sep 1, 2025, 6:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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❤️OccupyOneLove❤️ @occupyonelove.bsky.social

You can always write a song about it. Inspiration below Enjoy🐈‍⬛

sep 1, 2025, 9:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ike N Reid @ikenreid.bsky.social

Now THIS is a far better topic...Thank you.

sep 1, 2025, 6:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Alagai 🇺🇲🇺🇦 @alagai.bsky.social

I recall when I got my ASUS router's firmware updated, by connecting by laptop to the modem directly through a LAN cable, downloading the file, unzipping it, and placing the .exe in the correct path. It felt like:

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sep 1, 2025, 8:29 pm • 2 0 • view