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old. cranky. no spoons left, no fucks given. introvert. weirdo. enby (they). poly (not complicated). socialist. atheist. antifa. reading, 3D, gardening, woodworking, photography, languages, cats & dogs (not 4 eating), collecting other people's hobbies.
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piranha4D @piranha4d.bsky.social · Dec 22
Maybe it's time I talk about my follow-back policy. I want to actually read what people I follow have to say, I follow people who post stuff that interests me. And that's a wide variety. Just be a real person, post real stuff, and I'm probably interested; repost the same stuff everyone does, sorry.
piranha4d.bsky.social
So we're done moving everything that was "easy", now it's the heavy stuff. Ugh. It would help if we were buff, and it were cool, but... Which led to us sleeping at the new house for the first time cuz we were just exhausted and couldn't bear unloading the trailer last night.

It was very quiet. Mmh!
June 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
piranha4d.bsky.social
It's not that I don't feel schadenfreude when the worst people (Trump & Musk) are at each other's throat, and like so many I expected the break-up, but it's that so many people are invested in them working together that they all will do their utmost to get them to stop this dicksize contest. >>>
June 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
piranha4d.bsky.social
Hate surveillance. But clearly many humans can't be trusted while behind the wheel of a weapon of mass destruction. And if we must therefore be watched, I'd rather a bot does it than cops, and that all speeders get ticketed rather than a few unlucky ones. Maybe it'll train people to speed less? 1/2
willoremus.com Will Oremus @willoremus.com · May 28
The system clocked me at 81 in a 65, resulting in a $160 ticket.

It was night and traffic was light. I was in the left lane going roughly the same speed as the cars ahead and behind. Doesn't excuse the speeding! The difference is one of expectations. A human cop can't ticket all of us. A robot can.
May 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Here’s a great chance to let you know you can study with me online with recorded classes, live classes, community on discord, and more! 🧶🧶

YEARS worth of classes available for individual purchase or low subscription prices!

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May 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
Did a quick native berry inventory on the property last weekend:

Salmonberry
Red Huckleberry
Saskatoonberry
Thimbleberry
Osoberry
Salal
Trailing Blackberry
Nootka Rose (hips)

That's outstanding. There might be others in hiding, I just walked down the main "trail". I can propagate those!
May 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels x 2
No particular order, no explanation, just covers. Comments on the chosen book of the day welcome.
Day 49/50
David Gerrold, When HARLIE Was One
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Cover of David Gerrold, When HARLIE Was One, published by Ballantine Books (1975). The background is purple. The artwork covers the bottom two thirds of the cover, and shows a painting of the face and upper torso of a bald child with a partially human, partially mechanical appearance. The left side of the child’s face appears lifelike, while the right side transitions into a complex network of abstract circuit patterns that continues to the torso. At the top, bold yellow text reads: “HARLIE was merely a computer — but he thought he was human!” The title is displayed in large, blocky yellow letters with green drop shadows, stacked in a staggered layout, with the author’s name, in white inserted next to "WHEN".
May 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
For the first time ever my boots' uppers have come apart before the soles. Hm. Weird. And so I needed new boots, but since COVID I'm buying everything online that I can, yet boots seemed always a try-on kinda thing. Still, I risked it, and here they are. And they fit! I ordered the same brand >>>
May 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
I see "Trump Lawsuit" trending, and am thinking that this doesn't narrow it down. Do I want to know? Not today, Satan.
May 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
Yesterday we had the inaugural use of the washer and dryer, as well as mowing the lawn (way too much lawn, which will be remediated after grading). Still doesn't feel like home, but at least I no longer have a lingering undercurrent of being an intruder.
May 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
When a high school track runner is more mature than the entire Republican party. What a kid!
alexkirshner.com Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · May 16
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
May 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
My last 3 tests with ChatGPT have all resulted in misinformation -- it told me Mark Carney wasn't Prime Minister yet, that Chrystia Freeland was still Deputy Prime Minister, and that Bashar el-Assad was still in control in Syria. It is particularly untrustworthy when it comes to recent events. >>>
May 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels x 2
No particular order, no explanation, just covers. Comments on the chosen book of the day welcome.
Day 48/50
Karin Lowachee, Warchild
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Cover of Karin Lowachee, Warchild, published by Aspect (2002). The artwork shows a young man in black tactical gear stepping over the rim of a circular, metallic opening with a glowing yellow background behind him. He holds a large futuristic handgun. The setting suggests a spaceship or military installation, with detailed mechanical textures around the frame. The title appears in bold, serif red text across the top, with the author's name in gold beneath it. Text is lit in yellow from below
May 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels x 2
No particular order, no explanation, just covers. Comments on the chosen book of the day welcome.
Day 47/50
James Alan Gardner, All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault
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Cover of James Alan Gardner, All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault, published by Tor Books (2017). The artwork consists of a vibrant comic-style explosion radiating outward in from white to yellow to orange, with halftone shading and dynamic energy lines in red. A cartoonish gloved hand points toward a cloud-like bubble with jagged lines radiating outwards that reads, “Monsters are real. But so are heroes.” The title appears in large block letters, and the author's name, i displayed in bold white lettering at the bottom.
May 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
Robert Prevost wasn't on my radar as new pope, but since I am just a minimally informed lay person with no dog in this fight, that's not saying much. From everything I've read, this is NOT a step back from Francis, :relieved sigh:. Unusual, like w/ Francis, my instant first impression is positive.
May 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
I feel accomplished. Got my new phone set up before the deadline. Ok, so the deadline was extended, and I did not set it up before the original deadline -- close enough!

It was way more complicated than it should be. Mostly because my old phone was too old to talk to the new phone. >>>
May 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels x 2
No particular order, no explanation, just covers. Comments on the chosen book of the day welcome.
Day 46/50
Robert Charles Wilson, Blind Lake
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Cover of Robert Charles Wilson, Blind Lake, published by Tor Books (2003). The artwork shows a large, alien creature with bulbous eyes and textured, reddish-brown skin, and four articulated arms with finger-like appendages. Behind it is an alien landscape with stacked, temple-like structures in soft pink light under a starry sky. Above the image, the author’s name appears in light yellow green and an oblique font. The title appears in the same font, in large, pale yellow capital letters at the bottom of the cover.
May 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
piranha4d.bsky.social
I'm tempted to put a picture of Nancy Mace inside my toilet.
May 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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ralsadoon.bsky.social
Remember the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard? Well they are back and it's tracking measles outbreaks in the U.S. This is critical, especially with rampant disinformation and declining reporting standards. Data is our best weapon against disinformation. #PublicHealth #Measles #SciComm
Measles Outbreak Response | Center for Outbreak Response Innovation
cori.centerforhealthsecurity.org
May 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels x 2
No particular order, no explanation, just covers. Comments on the chosen book of the day welcome.
Day 45/50
Peter Watts, Blindsight
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Cover of Peter Watts, Blindsight, published by Tor Books, 1st edition (2008). The background is dark blue and black space with a bluish tone cast upon the terrain. A sleek, angular, insectoid, glowing white spacecraft with a long, narrow, screw-like fuselage, hovers above a dark alien landscape strewn with jagged, branch-like, black structures. The author’s name is shown in bright red at the bottom, in a modern, semi-serifed font. The title appears in bold red capital letters at the top, twice, with SIGHT in a ghostly, fading out red in the first instance, and BLIND the same in the second.
May 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
piranha4d.bsky.social
I think I'll start posting in a new category: "moronic things about the new house".

Today's entry is the dryer vent which is a hole in the floor that leads into the utility room. Not outside, ever, no. It just emits the moist, warn air into the basement. Which has already a surfeit of moisture.
May 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
piranha4d.bsky.social
I'm gonna have a democracy sausage for dinner in honour of Australia's elections.

globalnews.ca/news/1116149...
Democracy sausage: What to know about Australia’s tasty election tradition - National | Globalnews.ca
Enjoying a sausage – or ‘sag’ as it is known in Aussie slang – after casting your vote has become a beloved Australian election day tradition.
globalnews.ca
May 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
piranha4d.bsky.social
So Zuckerberg's "fewer than 3 friends" thing probably comes from the Pew study referenced in this article. And many people protest that but I don't see them defining "friend". Cause there are different kinds. I ran into that a lot when I first was in the US. 1/6

www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1...
How many friends do Americans have? A survey crunched the numbers
A study released this month from the Pew Research Center has delved into what friendship in the U.S. looks like, and just how much they mean to us.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
piranha4d.bsky.social
100 days of Trump & Co flinging poisonous shit into the zone. This is just an impression, not a full accounting. And yet, it overwhelms.
May 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
piranha4d.bsky.social
25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels x 2
No particular order, no explanation, just covers. Comments on the chosen book of the day welcome.
Day 44/50
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#Books
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#ScienceFiction
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Cover of Karl Schroeder, Lady of Mazes, published by Tor Books (2006). The artwork consists of a ring structure circling around a glowing disk, in front of a somewhat surreal, star-filled, yet cloudy sky. The title is shown in in bold magenta sans serif letters outlined in white, with the author's name in white outlined with black below it, both centred on the cover.
May 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
piranha4d.bsky.social
Is it just me, or did a Guardian graphic artist throw shade on Trump here? Link: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Graph depicting S&P 500 ups and downs, pink on maroon background. To the right of the graph is a lower arm and hand, dressed in a dark blue man's suit with a white cuff fastened by a cuff link with a seal surrounded by gold. The hand itself has an orange skintone, and is disproportionately small. It holds a Sharpie-like writing implement drawing the last upward stroke of the graph.
April 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM