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Michael Doo 屠宗华
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Data engineer. Mathematician. Quaker. Amateur radio operator. DCU & COYS. Currently Philadelphia, erstwhile Baltimorean.
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funcityventures.bsky.social
You (wise, fun, cool, etc): damn my favorite pdocast fun city... when are they going to release a new episode.

Us: Ha, to the wise one spoils do accrue! You'll find in your podcatcher a "surprise" from us, just for you.

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57: What Took You So Long | Fun City
The team goes past ground, and then under it – to meet Alacrity
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October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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@mlsist.bsky.social If Chivas USA was bad enough for the league to force out the owners, why are teams like DCU allowed to languish at the bottom without intervention? Wooden spoon winners, out of touch owners (recent Levien interview said a lot), perennially bad. Surely fans deserve better?
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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DUNERAKER
July 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Iffy Books is an insanely great resource for Philly and it'd be a shame to see them close
phillymesh.net PhillyMesh.net @phillymesh.net · Jun 18
An important message from Iffy Books for the #philly #hacker scene. If you have some cash to spare, please consider tossing some their way!
In 2021 we were pushing anti-blockchain arguments. In 2022 we were pushing solar-powered music and encrypted mesh chat. We've been against LLMs since before ChatGPT came along, and we hope we're around to dance on its grave. Iffy Books is the kind of place that feels like it shouldn't exist in the center of a big city like Philly. How have we kept it going for so long? • With lots of help from a community of volunteers, donors, and book-buying folks. • By skating on very thin ice money-wise. We've grown the shop slowly, avoiding big expenses and mostly relying on donated furniture and equipment. We've tried to stick to our DIY, anticapitalist ideals even when it doesn't make business sense. The hope has been that people will be into what we're doing and support us in the long term. Iffy Books has been open for four years, now, and helping make it happen has been very fun and satisfying. I'm proud that we've grown to serve as many people as we do, and folks really seem to appreciate that we're here. We're still breaking even financially, however. We make enough from books and kits to pay for rent and expenses at the shop, but that's it. Nobody's getting paid. The ice has been thin for a long time, and for me it's finally broken through. I've been living on former retirement money for the past year and a half, and I'm pretty much completely out of resources. I don't know if I'll have enough to cover rent for July at the apartment I share with my 6-year-old. It's painful to say it, but that's where I'm at. Also, our lease at Iffy Books ends in November. Which means we have until the end of August to decide whether or not to renew. If you appreciate what we're doing at Iffy Books and you want us to stick around, now is your moment to help. If you have the money to spare, you can make a recurring donation through Patreon (https://patreon.com/iffybooks). If you're already a Patreon supporter, consider jumping to the next tier. You can also make a one-time donation through Venmo (@iffybooks). If enough people are willing to chip in, it may be possible for the shop to continue in its current form. This is plan A. In this scenario, we'd use money from Patreon to pay me, Mattie, and other helpers an hourly wage so we can cover our personal bills. We'd need 200-300 Patreon supporters to make it work, which may or may not be possible. The next option is for me to take a part-time job to pay my own bills, and do my best to keep the shop running. We'd end up with shorter hours and fewer events, which may make it tough to cover rent at the shop. But volunteers can keep running their events, and we'll make the best of it. The third option is to close the shop when our lease ends in November. On the plus side, we can all remember Iffy Books as a beautiful thing that never got corrupted. And I can get a day job with benefits (which I really don't want to do, but stability has its appeal). The party would be over though. What do y'all want to do? Steve McLaughlin Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL https://iffybooks.net
June 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Hello BlueSky! We are PhillyMesh, a group of volunteer radio nerds building and expanding #Meshtastic and amateur #radio in #Philadelphia and SE Pennsylvania.
Check us out at PhillyMesh.net and join our Discord!
Philly Mesh
Playing with mesh networks and decentralized technology
PhillyMesh.net
June 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Oh it's absolutely time for a Thursday scream! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
May 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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@lauren-egan.bsky.social @lakshya.splitticket.org Wondering why there's so much ink spilled on how and why Democrats should moderate but when Republicans were in the minority post-2020, there was little (no?) such writing about the GOP. Is the GOP free from the need to moderate? Why?
May 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Already missing the Pajottenland and Zenne valley...
Bottles of Cantillon gueuze beer in a crate Bottles of various lambic beer on a picnic table. Taken at De Heeren van Liedekercke Bottles of various 3 Fontienen beers, including a giant magnum. Taken at 3 Fontienen's lambik-O-droom in Lot
May 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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One thing I've really enjoyed about Belgium is that the French speakers don't have the same haughtiness about language that I've experienced in France. Still haven't heard any Francophones switch to Flemish (but many Flemish speakers seem bilingual in French)
May 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Belgium food goal achieved: mitraillette!
On the left: a sandwich with a lot of French fries on top. Underneath are two meat patties. On the right: a big cone of fries
May 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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@janecoaston.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net Any recs for good tasting protein powder? To go along with the David bars and Celsius
March 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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@umactually.bsky.social @ifycomedy.com Um, actually: it's spelled Myst!
Screenshot of Um Actually with the closed caption incorrectly spelling the title of the game Myst
March 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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@samreich.bsky.social Any chance the extended @makesomenoiseshow.bsky.social outro music that played after the @dropouttv.bsky.social Improve live shows could be shared somewhere? So jazzy!
February 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Thank you @pronounced-ing.bsky.social! I'm so excited to read these!
A postcard and three books on a table. The postcard is red with a black illustration of the Boston skyline and the text "Porter Square Books" above and "Cambridge & Boston" below. The books are all by Celeste Ng: Little Fires Everywhere, Our Missing Hearts, and Everything I Never Told You. The title page to Our Missing Hearts. The book is signed by the author, with the inscription "For Michael - Thank you for reading!"
January 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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@mozzius.dev @samuel.bsky.team Does Graysky not prioritize self-replies so threads display correctly? Just had to wade through 10+ replies by users other than OP
December 27, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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Hey @cartilagefree.bsky.social, could we maybe NOT start the match down 1? Pretty please? As a late holiday gift to me??
December 26, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Can't wait to read these! Trying to make 2025 a year of reading more Asian authors. @xuetingni.bsky.social 非常感谢你🙇🏻‍♂️
Two books and four postcards on a table. The books are Sinopticon and Sinophagia, both edited by Xueting Ni
December 24, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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if you're off for the year and are looking for a new podcast to welcome into your life, may i suggest @funcityventures.bsky.social? it's an EDITED actual play tabletop show set in a far-future new york (and in shadowrun) — that i'm also on! check it out wherever you get your podcasts
The year is 2101… – Fun City Ventures
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December 23, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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Braving the cold on our morning walk!
A dog in a green sweater walking
December 23, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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@bokane.org Is there a good printing of the unabridged Moss Roberts Three Kingdoms translation? I have the mass market FLP printing which is not great (but was nice and cheap when I bought it in Shanghai 20 years ago!).
December 13, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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After watching @pronounced-ing.bsky.social's GBH Forum talk (youtube.com/watch?v=R_8r8zrY…), I've been thinking about looking for literature that I see myself reflected in. But it's complicated. 1/
December 10, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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It's disappointing to see someone wearing a MAGA hat and Trump shirt at @officialpax.bsky.social. If #PAX #PAXUnplugged is a safe space for LGBTQ people (and especially trans attendees), why should we welcome attendees who are explicitly anti-LGBTQ?
December 7, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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A friend got screwed over by PAX, looking for a #PAX #PAXUnplugged Saturday pass!
December 6, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
Let’s start a Baja Blast happy hour. First of every month - today can run through the 2nd.

Cocktail and mocktail recipes + photos welcome 🚀
offline.mountainherder.xyz Scoiattolo @offline.mountainherder.xyz · Dec 2
Inspired by @aoc.bsky.social’s Baja Blast Libre, I present the Baja Melon Sour. 1.5 oz vodka, 1 oz Midori, fill with Baja Blast.

It’s the sort of thing I would have ordered a pitcher of at Hemingway’s Cafe in PGH while I was in grad school and regretted the next morning.
A clear glass filled with a bright green, ice-filled beverage sits on a reflective surface. The background features bottles of various alcoholic beverages, including a bottle labeled “Monte Mare” with white and purple accents, a bottle of Casamigos Reposado tequila with a label indicating “100% Agave Azul,” and another bottle with Japanese kanji characters in black and white. The reflective surface enhances the vibrant colors of the drink and bottles.
December 2, 2024 at 5:24 AM
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@hanzhonglang.bsky.social I'm sure there's extensive discussion on it somewhere, but is Moss Roberts still the "best" unabridged English translation of Three Kingdoms?
December 1, 2024 at 2:59 PM