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@markpopham.bsky.social
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"the Pepsi of Austrian writing." do not be weird at me online. buy bumper stickers, from me, at https://mplwdnoveltycistern.etsy.com/
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oh thank god Gemini Live was here to help me with this!!!
Photograph of an ad for a Google Pixel 10 Pro showing a phone using "Gemini Live" - there is an image of a large teddy bear. There is a prompt reading "Hi Google Gemini, what's the best way to wrap this giant bear neatly?" The response is "Here is a simple way to wrap it. No box needed."
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Oh haha I was literally writing out a post about how, luckily, I already have this pattern!
Photograph of a woman and small child wearing cardigans with the same tan color and geometric patterning, from the linked pattern
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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so my youngest asked me if I could knit her a her-sized version of my sweater.

this is the sweater
Photograph of a man wearing a tan sweater with geometric patterns knit into it Photograph of Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski from the Big Lebowski, wearing the same sweater
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Sovay Sovay all on a day She dressed herself in man's array With a brace of pistols all at her side To meet her true love, to meet her true love, away she ride As she was galloping on the plain She met her sweetheart and bid him stand: “Stand and deliver, young man,” she said “If and you do not, if and you do not, I'll shoot you dead.” He delivered up his golden store And still she craved for one thing more: “That diamond ring that I see you wear Oh hand it over, oh hand it over, and your life I'll spare.” “From me diamond ring I wouldn't part For it's a token from me sweetheart Shoot and be damned, you rogue,” said he “And you'll be hanged, and you'll be hanged for murdering me.” She being soft-hearted much like a dove She turned her horse and she rode away from her true love Next morning in the garden green Young Sophie and her love were seen; He spied his watch hanging by her clothes Which made him blush, lads, which made him blush like any rose “Why do you blush you foolish thing I thought to have that diamond ring 'Twas I who robbed you all on the plain And here's your gold, love, and here's your gold and your watch and chain.” “I only did it for to know Whether you were a man or no; If you had given me that ring,” she said “I'd have pulled the trigger, I'd pulled the trigger and shot you dead.”
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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the huge surprise was just Fujifilm 400 on a Minolta freedom 50n that I got with three other cameras for $12
Dramatic photograph of the silhouette of a house and a tree with a plane vapor trail coming off of it Startling photograph of buildings in Manhattan, the colors are really good Photograph of a suburban street with lots of trees changing color and a beautiful sky Photograph of two men standing on the horizon line in Manhattan, surrounded by a canyon of buildings
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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got some rolls of film back, these are expired Lomo Metropolis film on the Minox...
Photograph of a small town skyline bisected by a pillar Photograph of a cherry blossom tree on front of a derelict building covered in ivy Photograph of a sunlit tree bisected by a electrical wire photograph of a street on Manhattan, with buildings reflecting other buildings and a light leak on the corner
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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the damn sleepytime bear
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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it goes pretty hard and I legitimately think hearing it is why I started going to church again?
All the streets are filled with laughter and light And the music of the season And the merchants windows are all bright With the faces of the children And the families hurrying to their homes As the sky darkens and freezes Will be gathering around the hearths and tables Giving thanks for God's graces And the birth of the rebel Jesus Well they call Him by the prince of peace And they call Him by the Savior And they pray to Him upon the seas And in every bold endeavor And they fill His churches with their pride and gold As their faith in Him increases But they've turned the nature that I worship in From a temple to a robber's den In the words of the rebel Jesus We guard our world with locks and guns And we guard our fine possessions And once a year when Christmas comes We give to our relations And perhaps we give a little to the poor If the generosity should seize us But if any one of us should interfere In the business of why there are poor They get the same as the rebel Jesus But pardon me if I have seemed To take the tone of judgment For I've no wish to come between This day and your enjoyment In a life of hardship and of earthly toil There is a need for anything that frees us So I bid you pleasure and I bid you cheer From a heathen and a pagan On the side of the rebel Jesus
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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one of the point and shoot cameras I bought had (very expired) film in it, and I guess it had already been shot on and was double exposed. Not really any way to find out who these people were, I suppose
Double exposed photograph that has also been exposed incorrectly - there is a very intact section on the right with a blond child wearing jeans and a harley davidson t-shirt; on the left there is a photograph of the wall street "brave girl" statue superimposed on a photograph of two children on a motorcycle; there is a large light leak on the left of the photo superimposed photograph of part of a barn, kids on a motorcycle with a building superimposed over them and another light leak photograph of a man standing by the motorcycle with a building superimposed sideways across him photograph of a group of children in a driveway with bikes and the motorcycle, with a string of white windows superimposed on top of them
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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doctor proctor
you could have saved her
i gave you all the farts
Photograph of the cover of Doctor Proctor 's Fart Powder: Who Cut the Cheese? a book with an illustration of a child on skis on the front. It's by Jo Nesbø
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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another free score from the beer store
Hand holding a package of Flahavan's Real Fruit Porridge
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Thinking about that Krugman soundbite about how only 2% of Americans have ever done anything with crypto and it feels like the enormous crypto marketing blitz I see constantly in New York and New Jersey is less to attract customers and more to make people believe there's an industry there
Photograph of an ad on a NJ Transit train reading Convert USD to a stablecoin before you find a seat
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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ever heard of the grass alien Scully
Screenshot of a music player playing Vikingur Ólafsson Opus 109 album - the cover photograph is the artist, looking a little like David duchovny, lying on his side in the grass looking up at you
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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cannot imagine you would ever be in Maplewood NJ but if you ever are there's a place here that does garlic knots that are, like, gigantic popovers
Photograph of a giant muffin sized garlic knot
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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she just tore ass into our room and said "THERE'S TOO MUC DESTRUCTION ON THIS PODCAST! THEY BURNED DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!!" and we had to explain how long ago 1812 was. she was supposed to be asleep an hour and twenty minutes ago
Photograph of a man lying down with a child's head resting on his chest
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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one of these things is not like the other! one of these things doesn't belong!
JUL-12. Viking Poop: Smelling the Past 16:52 JUN-28. The Siege of Leningrad 15:46 JUN-14. Howard Hughes and the Flying Boat 17:36 MAY-31. The Ballad of Mulan 15:53 MAY-17. Balloonomania 17:47 MAY-03. Vietnam's Tasty Sandwich 18:52 APR-19. Lighting Up the World: Nikola Tesla 17:55 APR-05. Queen of Egypt 19:08 MAR-22. Fast Food in Pompeii 16:41
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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look a lot stuff about computers sucks but... there are lots of people out there making neat tools, to make the computers do cool stuff, and it can be kind of a pain in the ass to get them working but when they do, oh baby, that's the good stuff.
photograph of a terminal window showing the TUI (terminal user interface) for immich-go, showing three windows labeled "Input analysis," "Uploading" and "Server's jobs" above a big windo labeled "Log" with a lot of information about uploading files on it
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Tobias from arrested development in a "pirate costume" with a crude word bubble drawn in
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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hate when this shit happens!!!
Close up of a where's Waldo illustration showing a guy crawling through a tunnel and coming face to face with a snake
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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publicity photo of gloria swanson and william holden from sunset boulevard, where william holden is looking kind of disgruntled and off to the side and gloria swanson is showing her front teeth and looking at his ear. a crude speech bubble has been drawn in under swanson
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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well this is not necessarily information I wanted to know about who profits from the sales of my wife's favorite cardboard pizza
Second World War During the 1930s and 1940s, Rudolf-August Oetker was an active member of the Waffen-SS of the Third Reich. The company supported the war effort by providing pudding mixes and munitions to German troops. The business used slave labour in some of its facilities. A bronze bust of Richard Kaselowsky still sits within the company headquarters in Bielefeld. Kaselowsky was killed during an air raid on Bielefeld in 1944.[2] The Oetker family is among those that have profited most from their close relations to the Nazi regime. United States In August 2014, McCain Foods announced the sale of its North American frozen pizza business, including Ellio's Pizza, to Dr. Oetker.[25] In 2018, Dr. Oetker acquired the cake decorating and baking company Wilton.[26] Wilton was founded in 1929 and was acquired by TowerBrook Capital Partners in 2009.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Photograph of Rodney Dangerfield with crude speech bubble drawn in
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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@502eire.lol If this interests you, it's pretty good
Harney & Sons Gingerbread Festival tea
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Flag at half mast
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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jury duty is incredible. I've read a bunch of my book. I had the best pastrami of my life for lunch. theyre paying me $5
Photograph of a man's head next to a neon sign that says HOBBYS. I look like I've been crying in this, I was not crying. It's windy out Photograph of a metal bowl filled with pickles and pickled tomatoes on a wood veneer table with a plastic card reading 27 on it. The wall is the same wood veneer Photograph of a pastrami sandwich
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM