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Schuyler

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Gonna start trying to bridge from Mastodon & go from there: https://mastodon.social/@schuyler Historian & Anthropologist of security technologies, once great lockpicker, now just a great dad. Impossible to overstate how much I think about locks...

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · Jan 2

Hi! I study the history & anthroplogy of security technologies, primarily locks, but have dabbled in door seals, encryption, etc.

Primary periods of focus are pre-history, 1700-1900 in the US/UK & modern era behavioral security in communities of affinity.

Formerly a competitive lockpicker.

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 4h

@alexisthenedd.bsky.social Literally just found you to say to someone who understands: I'm still sad about Selfie not getting the audience (and seasons) it deserved.

Thanks for writing beautifully about it 5 years ago :)

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 5h

OH SNAP! I'm going to be traveling for a new job all month starting at 6am tomorrow and totally forgot to get a pill container ready for that! Thanks!!

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 16h

A perfect typo

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 3d

This looks so fun and Sarah is a dope hang!

Sarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago! I'm leading a recipe comics workshop at the Logan Square Library this Saturday at 2:30 pm.

It's free! but they'd like you to register ahead of time. Come draw recipe comics with us!

#chicago #logansquare

chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/68c84...

Recipe Comics Workshop with Sarah Becan

Sarah Becan, the artist behind the Let's Make series (Let's Make Ramen!, Let's Make Dumplings!, Let's Make Bread! and the forthcoming Let's Make Cocktails) will talk about her books and her process fo...

chipublib.bibliocommons.com

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 3d

If the world weren't on fire and resources weren't an issue, what is the art you would be making and how would it be delivered?

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the original source:

Cheap Bots, Done Quick! share.google/pjkDuhrNBgbN...

Cheap Bots, Done Quick!

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 3d

Mmmmm! Being that I am a weird narrowly focused fellow, the only one I have ever made is this one: @imalock.bsky.social but it does some fun stuff with manipulating points in a random way but within constraints in an SVG if that is of interest to you.

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 3d

In what medium would you prefer to be entertained?

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 4d

Any math/coding geeks want to help me figure out a keyspace thing real (probably not actually) quick?

Medeco Biaxial locks have interesting internal limitations that are well documented but hard to calculate the effect of. Lmk if you have a minute to noodle & I'll send the very detailed details

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 4d

What a nightmare. ♡

For what it's worth, folks like you have given me both the confidence and language to comfortably and publicly rely on the assistive devices I need.

I'm still ambulatory without assistance more often than not, but I'm no longer ashamed and less afraid of the future. Thank you ♡

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 4d

I would add that the social pressure to perform ability is huge. My employees and boss all had visceral reactions to my use of a cane, it took a lot for me, just emotionally, to use it on days I needed it. Until I had more confidence I would often go without, exacerbating my issues.

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 5d

Well would you look at that...

Wish you were here, I suppose!

A large sign advertising a current production waiting for Godot, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 5d

Well would you look at that...

Wish you were here, I suppose!

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7d

Tonight of all nights I’m going to re-up my benediction for Chicago.

We are everything.

dansinker.com/posts/202…

No matter what happens in the coming weeks, we are Chicago. We rose from the ashes. We never quit.&10;&10;We are the lake in the morning, the sun rising over the water, its reflection drawing a line straight to our shores.&10;&10;We are the Haymarket Martyrs, the Pullman strikers, always demanding better than what we've got.&10;&10;We are the words of Sandburg and Algren and Brooks and Wright.&10;&10;We are the 90s Bulls, making the impossible possible.&10;&10;We are the dipped Italian Beef. Messy, sure, but incredible.&10;&10;We are the humidity in the summer, the frostbitten cheeks in the winter.&10;&10;We are smoke-kissed rib tips.&10;&10;We are elotes on the street. We are pierogis in a pot.&10;&10;We are Curtis singing Hush now child.

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 7d

Nothing too exciting on the horizon. Going into more retail, but with nicer, more local company, so maybe an opportunity to lateral into a job with a chair someday.

SBux has had no future for me for a while now.

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 7d

Goodbye forever, Starbucks. #209XXXX out!

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 9d

Probably worth reading a description of how it is typically staged so you have an idea...

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 9d

Have you read or seen Rhinoceros by Ionesco? That one is, I think, important to see performed, but Waiting for Godot translates well to audio.

The lead in the play in that recording actually points out that it was first performed on radio before it was ever staged.

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 9d

Of a streaming option available either. That said, there have been some nice radio Productions of it over the years. A particularly lovely one, given that he was an Irish writer, was from this production company in Dublin:

archive.org/details/beck...

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 9d

I've read the script through a few times, as I workshopped some scenes from it back when I was in theater school in new york. The New York Performing Arts Library has many versions of it, but unfortunately they are all on physical media.

I don't know that it needs to be live, but I don't know...

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 9d

The best one since San Francisco Housing Crisis

💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 9d

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 10d

My pleasure!

Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 10d

For music:
Orville Peck
Gong Gong Gong
Sleater Kinney
Dat Politics

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 10d

For podcasts, @gayestepisodeever.bsky.social is closing in on like 300 episodes and is the only Patreon subscription I haven't canceled as finances got hideously tight this last year.

Also @adcreeps.bsky.social is my all time fav and though on a maybe indefinite hiatus, the back catalog is perfect

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Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social · 10d

I don't watch a ton, just because of life, but I do love Dropout TV. Game Changer in particular, but all of it is very life affirming, as is their WHOLE DEAL and they are SUPER explicit about being cool with sharing passwords if you wanted to check it out w/out shelling out at the outset, just lmk.

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