Architeuthis dux
@squidink3.bsky.social
Social media isn’t safe so this is mostly science, gardening and social commentary.
I garden for food and pleasure.
AI promotion/ use = nuclear block
Pretty sure ALT text is to feed machine learning. Training databases is valuable.
I garden for food and pleasure.
AI promotion/ use = nuclear block
Pretty sure ALT text is to feed machine learning. Training databases is valuable.
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Protest sign in Minnesota today...
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Protest sign in Minnesota today...
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ring cameras are bad actually
January 20, 2026 at 1:59 AM
ring cameras are bad actually
Talking about my germinating trees this morning, plowing 7” of snow next. Welcome to New England. ❄️❄️❄️
January 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Talking about my germinating trees this morning, plowing 7” of snow next. Welcome to New England. ❄️❄️❄️
A Tree Grows (came from) Brooklyn. 🌱📖🌳
I harvested seed pods from London Plane trees in the fall. They are a Middle East (ish) plane and American sycamore hybrid and have beautiful bark and shape.
Internet experts said they’re difficult to germinate.
They were wrong! 😑
Just soak and plant!
I harvested seed pods from London Plane trees in the fall. They are a Middle East (ish) plane and American sycamore hybrid and have beautiful bark and shape.
Internet experts said they’re difficult to germinate.
They were wrong! 😑
Just soak and plant!
January 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
A Tree Grows (came from) Brooklyn. 🌱📖🌳
I harvested seed pods from London Plane trees in the fall. They are a Middle East (ish) plane and American sycamore hybrid and have beautiful bark and shape.
Internet experts said they’re difficult to germinate.
They were wrong! 😑
Just soak and plant!
I harvested seed pods from London Plane trees in the fall. They are a Middle East (ish) plane and American sycamore hybrid and have beautiful bark and shape.
Internet experts said they’re difficult to germinate.
They were wrong! 😑
Just soak and plant!
Just saw a news article about another measles outbreak. I had what I think might be my 3rd MMR in November. (GenX here)
Injured my leg outside. Not trivially. Ultimately developed what I suspected was cellulitis.
Until I just saw an image of measles rash.
I had a rash from hairline to toes. 🤔
Injured my leg outside. Not trivially. Ultimately developed what I suspected was cellulitis.
Until I just saw an image of measles rash.
I had a rash from hairline to toes. 🤔
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Just saw a news article about another measles outbreak. I had what I think might be my 3rd MMR in November. (GenX here)
Injured my leg outside. Not trivially. Ultimately developed what I suspected was cellulitis.
Until I just saw an image of measles rash.
I had a rash from hairline to toes. 🤔
Injured my leg outside. Not trivially. Ultimately developed what I suspected was cellulitis.
Until I just saw an image of measles rash.
I had a rash from hairline to toes. 🤔
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Taiwan earthquake- felt in Fuzhou as well. M6.6
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Taiwan earthquake- felt in Fuzhou as well. M6.6
I will never forgive Apple for removing the home button. I may never buy another iOS device again
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I will never forgive Apple for removing the home button. I may never buy another iOS device again
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Per Craig Ferguson: When you're about to say something, ask yourself
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
I’ve been trying very hard to not be an asshole as I get older. Often, that just means keeping my mouth shut and nodding along.
December 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Per Craig Ferguson: When you're about to say something, ask yourself
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
I had a wonderful holiday.
Adults do a secret Santa only. Gifts for the kids.
Breakfast of beautiful duck egg GF popovers.
The late meat was just well prepared ham, mashed potatoes and green beans.
Beautiful handmade desserts all over.
Surprisingly, a great game of Cards Against Humanity!🍽️
Adults do a secret Santa only. Gifts for the kids.
Breakfast of beautiful duck egg GF popovers.
The late meat was just well prepared ham, mashed potatoes and green beans.
Beautiful handmade desserts all over.
Surprisingly, a great game of Cards Against Humanity!🍽️
December 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I had a wonderful holiday.
Adults do a secret Santa only. Gifts for the kids.
Breakfast of beautiful duck egg GF popovers.
The late meat was just well prepared ham, mashed potatoes and green beans.
Beautiful handmade desserts all over.
Surprisingly, a great game of Cards Against Humanity!🍽️
Adults do a secret Santa only. Gifts for the kids.
Breakfast of beautiful duck egg GF popovers.
The late meat was just well prepared ham, mashed potatoes and green beans.
Beautiful handmade desserts all over.
Surprisingly, a great game of Cards Against Humanity!🍽️
Merry Festivus! Please enjoy my holiday shrub.
No double entendres intended.
(But if you come up with a good one, I will take credit)
No double entendres intended.
(But if you come up with a good one, I will take credit)
December 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Merry Festivus! Please enjoy my holiday shrub.
No double entendres intended.
(But if you come up with a good one, I will take credit)
No double entendres intended.
(But if you come up with a good one, I will take credit)
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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
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You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
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If you are a teacher, I beg you with everything I have:
Do not inflict "A.i." on your students. Do not make them use this evil tech that could end up telling them to kill themselves. Do not make them use image generators that destroy their innate, human ability to create on their own.
Do not inflict "A.i." on your students. Do not make them use this evil tech that could end up telling them to kill themselves. Do not make them use image generators that destroy their innate, human ability to create on their own.
December 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If you are a teacher, I beg you with everything I have:
Do not inflict "A.i." on your students. Do not make them use this evil tech that could end up telling them to kill themselves. Do not make them use image generators that destroy their innate, human ability to create on their own.
Do not inflict "A.i." on your students. Do not make them use this evil tech that could end up telling them to kill themselves. Do not make them use image generators that destroy their innate, human ability to create on their own.
No ballistics, no motive. Questions remain.
But the FBI is 100% sure that a Portuguese national is the shooter, huh?
Convenient.
But the FBI is 100% sure that a Portuguese national is the shooter, huh?
Convenient.
December 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
No ballistics, no motive. Questions remain.
But the FBI is 100% sure that a Portuguese national is the shooter, huh?
Convenient.
But the FBI is 100% sure that a Portuguese national is the shooter, huh?
Convenient.
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Fun fact: copper is so easily reworked and recycled that there is a tiny tiny chance that some of Ea-Nasir's inferior ingots are in the device you used to write this skeet.
December 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Fun fact: copper is so easily reworked and recycled that there is a tiny tiny chance that some of Ea-Nasir's inferior ingots are in the device you used to write this skeet.
Dinner 🍲 🍽️
Leftover sweet potato 🍠 noodles with brisket. 🥩
Delicious 😋
Leftover sweet potato 🍠 noodles with brisket. 🥩
Delicious 😋
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Dinner 🍲 🍽️
Leftover sweet potato 🍠 noodles with brisket. 🥩
Delicious 😋
Leftover sweet potato 🍠 noodles with brisket. 🥩
Delicious 😋
🍽️🍝
As someone who worked in a Bourdain era restaurant, I found “The Bear” unwatchable. There’s all sorts of abuse and illegal behavior and psychological torture in that environment. But not like that.
As someone who worked in a Bourdain era restaurant, I found “The Bear” unwatchable. There’s all sorts of abuse and illegal behavior and psychological torture in that environment. But not like that.
December 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
🍽️🍝
As someone who worked in a Bourdain era restaurant, I found “The Bear” unwatchable. There’s all sorts of abuse and illegal behavior and psychological torture in that environment. But not like that.
As someone who worked in a Bourdain era restaurant, I found “The Bear” unwatchable. There’s all sorts of abuse and illegal behavior and psychological torture in that environment. But not like that.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Look, you have your culture, I have mine.
(Can I borrow yours, please? I hate mayonnaise and sherry)
(Can I borrow yours, please? I hate mayonnaise and sherry)
December 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Look, you have your culture, I have mine.
(Can I borrow yours, please? I hate mayonnaise and sherry)
(Can I borrow yours, please? I hate mayonnaise and sherry)
🍽️🌱🍝🐟🦐🦆🐣
Gluten free? Got allergies? Tired of eating the same boring food?
Drop by an Asian market.
Grab:
Freeze dried baby shrimp (1/2” 12mm)
Freeze dried scallops
Bitter pink celery
Dried bonito flakes
Sweet potato noodles (important!)
Make broth from cheap pork- make soups! Oatmeal!
Gluten free? Got allergies? Tired of eating the same boring food?
Drop by an Asian market.
Grab:
Freeze dried baby shrimp (1/2” 12mm)
Freeze dried scallops
Bitter pink celery
Dried bonito flakes
Sweet potato noodles (important!)
Make broth from cheap pork- make soups! Oatmeal!
December 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🍽️🌱🍝🐟🦐🦆🐣
Gluten free? Got allergies? Tired of eating the same boring food?
Drop by an Asian market.
Grab:
Freeze dried baby shrimp (1/2” 12mm)
Freeze dried scallops
Bitter pink celery
Dried bonito flakes
Sweet potato noodles (important!)
Make broth from cheap pork- make soups! Oatmeal!
Gluten free? Got allergies? Tired of eating the same boring food?
Drop by an Asian market.
Grab:
Freeze dried baby shrimp (1/2” 12mm)
Freeze dried scallops
Bitter pink celery
Dried bonito flakes
Sweet potato noodles (important!)
Make broth from cheap pork- make soups! Oatmeal!