hoverbeaver
@hoverbeaver.pinball.horse
Hairy humanist. Proud progressive red seal sparky. Electrical educator. Pinball Lizard. Brewer. Radio. Traiiiiiins. Union by choice. He/him. Views are my own… of course.
finally finished fixing up Mata Hari. Ready for a new project!
Bally Mata Hari: finally finished! #pinball
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January 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
finally finished fixing up Mata Hari. Ready for a new project!
lacrosse selfie with @ehrenenglish.bsky.social @offhandremarks.bsky.social and @atomicnoggin.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
lacrosse selfie with @ehrenenglish.bsky.social @offhandremarks.bsky.social and @atomicnoggin.bsky.social
40x zoom in this thing actually impressive
January 10, 2026 at 12:38 AM
40x zoom in this thing actually impressive
when I was a kid, our phone had an actual rotating dial with our number in the middle, and that number started with “OXford 2”
Calling your friend from the landline, and not needing to dial the area code to do it.
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
when I was a kid, our phone had an actual rotating dial with our number in the middle, and that number started with “OXford 2”
let me feel your gays
Clio: "Eyes" (Italo Disco)
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January 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
let me feel your gays
so… did the repair work?
Did replacing the bad IC socket repair this pinball MPU?
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January 7, 2026 at 4:31 AM
so… did the repair work?
I'm live! Repairing a 1970s pinball motherboard while decoding weather fax on shortwave. youtube.com/live/0RKAAVY...
PCB Repair
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January 7, 2026 at 3:40 AM
I'm live! Repairing a 1970s pinball motherboard while decoding weather fax on shortwave. youtube.com/live/0RKAAVY...
at its heart, k-pop demon hunters is a story that couldn’t have happened unless the hero’s mom was a monster fucker
Yeah I'm bisexual I wanna fuck Bigfoots and draculas
January 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
at its heart, k-pop demon hunters is a story that couldn’t have happened unless the hero’s mom was a monster fucker
sorry, they did *what* to the cops, scot-free?
It's been 5 years since Donald Trump sent a violent mob to attack our nation's Capitol. Donald Trump has done everything he can to try to rewrite the history of that day, even letting the 1500 insurrectionists, including those who senselessly beat cops, off scot-free. (1/3)
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
sorry, they did *what* to the cops, scot-free?
i take old pinball machines from barns and disassemble them into components, and then meticulously remove rust, corrosion, and polish everything before reassembling them into a game that is nicer than it was new. this takes several hundred hours per game and has taken over my home
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 AM
i take old pinball machines from barns and disassemble them into components, and then meticulously remove rust, corrosion, and polish everything before reassembling them into a game that is nicer than it was new. this takes several hundred hours per game and has taken over my home
vdo.ninja for the win! I can stream HD video from my iPhone to OBS, and YouTube live from there. Mind you, for the time that took to figure out I could have fixed the board and gone to bed but I really want to share the exciting process of board rework with you. Tomorrow.
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 AM
vdo.ninja for the win! I can stream HD video from my iPhone to OBS, and YouTube live from there. Mind you, for the time that took to figure out I could have fixed the board and gone to bed but I really want to share the exciting process of board rework with you. Tomorrow.
I want desperately to stay up all night repairing this board with you, but it’s late and I need to pack a gym bag. maybe tomorrow evening I’ll stream it for you, if I can get OBS up and running quickly.
January 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I want desperately to stay up all night repairing this board with you, but it’s late and I need to pack a gym bag. maybe tomorrow evening I’ll stream it for you, if I can get OBS up and running quickly.
this crusty old single-wipe socket has an unreliable pin 40, which is the clock input for the display interrupt generator. jamming a logic probe in there allows the game to boot, but that’s not a sustainable option. tomorrow, the socket will be removed and given a dignified cremation
January 6, 2026 at 3:18 AM
this crusty old single-wipe socket has an unreliable pin 40, which is the clock input for the display interrupt generator. jamming a logic probe in there allows the game to boot, but that’s not a sustainable option. tomorrow, the socket will be removed and given a dignified cremation
of all the specialty tools in my workshop, this is the one that means the most serious shit is about to go down
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 AM
of all the specialty tools in my workshop, this is the one that means the most serious shit is about to go down
I’m unsure if I should feel respected or disrespected that they didn’t bother to manufacture consent
January 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I’m unsure if I should feel respected or disrespected that they didn’t bother to manufacture consent
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i have been domed by an elderly canadian man from across our northern border. i do deserve it as an american. the blood and brain splatter on the wall made a perfect maple leaf
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
i have been domed by an elderly canadian man from across our northern border. i do deserve it as an american. the blood and brain splatter on the wall made a perfect maple leaf
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![It is with great sadness that I must withdraw from the IFPA Pinball State Championship for Virginia. I cannot in good conscience participate in a competition featuring the Harry Potter game.
I worked hard all year and finished as the #5 seed in the state, earning a first-round bye. Though not on the same level yet as a few of the top contenders, I believe I had a non-zero chance of winning this year. Qualifying and competing well there was my overarching pinball goal for all of 2025. I say this not to brag, but to hopefully convey that this event was important to me.
JK Rowling fully owns the Harry Potter IP, wields total creative control over its content, and earns massive royalties from every licensed product. She has also made it her very public life's work on a daily basis to to spread bigotry, and attack and materially harm an extremely vulnerable class of people.
I don't want to play a game that directly funds the amplification of the harm she funnels her billions into perpetuating. So I'm not gonna.
I know some people will find the above statement baffling or humorous, and some will gleefully mock or ridicule me for this decision. They will say I'm being hypocritical, since I do play games designed by [Known Bad Person], or with a backglass featuring [Actor Who Also Sucks]. And then in the next breath, they'll accuse me of unfairly seeking total perfect purity, insisting on unrealistic, impossible standards (without realizing that the first point logically negates the second).
I hope it's obvious to most, but I don't demand purity. I do indeed participate in society -- you are very smart. But that doesn't mean standards shouldn't exist. For myself, I have to set the bar somewhere. And here it is. It's not even a high bar. It's a very, very low bar -- to not want to spent my leisure time having fun in a world (under glass) created by one of the most high-profile bigots on the planet right now.
This is not a decision I took lightly. When I…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kvrpewagkacd5x5nrpabbhiw/bafkreiav42t6pmgg6k7uzqofumg3upgulkdzvsrvm6tglgfxgyhaazjq2a@jpeg)
who says spreadsheets can’t be fun?
i’m proud of this one. for a perfect aruba ariba cocktail it calculates how much of each ingredient is needed to fill the kind of large plastic bottles we’re likely to find in the island’s main grocery store
i’m proud of this one. for a perfect aruba ariba cocktail it calculates how much of each ingredient is needed to fill the kind of large plastic bottles we’re likely to find in the island’s main grocery store
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
who says spreadsheets can’t be fun?
i’m proud of this one. for a perfect aruba ariba cocktail it calculates how much of each ingredient is needed to fill the kind of large plastic bottles we’re likely to find in the island’s main grocery store
i’m proud of this one. for a perfect aruba ariba cocktail it calculates how much of each ingredient is needed to fill the kind of large plastic bottles we’re likely to find in the island’s main grocery store
narcostate
petrostate
let’s join hands and build an ectostate
petrostate
let’s join hands and build an ectostate
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
narcostate
petrostate
let’s join hands and build an ectostate
petrostate
let’s join hands and build an ectostate
It's a war, it's a war
They're fighting
It's a war, it's a war
For nothing
It's a war, it's a war
They're fighting
It's a war, it's a war
For nothing
Gonna change
They're fighting
It's a war, it's a war
For nothing
It's a war, it's a war
They're fighting
It's a war, it's a war
For nothing
Gonna change
Kano - It's A War (1980)
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January 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
It's a war, it's a war
They're fighting
It's a war, it's a war
For nothing
It's a war, it's a war
They're fighting
It's a war, it's a war
For nothing
Gonna change
They're fighting
It's a war, it's a war
For nothing
It's a war, it's a war
They're fighting
It's a war, it's a war
For nothing
Gonna change
I’m not sure how it’s possible but on the first day that Doug ford took over responsibility for our recycling the contractor smashed our bins
January 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I’m not sure how it’s possible but on the first day that Doug ford took over responsibility for our recycling the contractor smashed our bins
what does this sign mean? wrong answers only
January 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
what does this sign mean? wrong answers only
when people who love ai say that it will make us so much proficient/efficient/faster at the tedious parts of jobs like writing emails, planning lessons, coding, etc… oftentimes those are the parts of a person’s work that they truly enjoy and find value in
January 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
when people who love ai say that it will make us so much proficient/efficient/faster at the tedious parts of jobs like writing emails, planning lessons, coding, etc… oftentimes those are the parts of a person’s work that they truly enjoy and find value in
