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John VanEnk
@sw17.ch
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Tacoma, WA. I work at Fastly to try and make the Internet a better place.
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Someone doesn't like the sound of a nail gun.
My dog under my desk resting her gray muzzle on my knee.
September 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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This is Boop. They had to do some yelling.
A white sheep biting a cage.
September 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Big pumpkin. John for scale.
A 1000lb pumpkin named "Big Dumper". An 800lb pumpkin. Me standing in front of the 800lb pumpkin.
September 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Who needs mint?

I love the Washington State Fair.
A large drum of mint oil with a sign indicating it's valued at $10,000.
September 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Marge Simpson holding a potato labeled RANKED CHOICE saying "i just think they're neat"
June 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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nice couch
me sitting on a couch that looks the same as the one i'm replying to
June 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Meme where Bobby Hill holds up a sign against a window, and Principal Moss says "if those kids could read, they'd be very upset", but it's been rephrased to say "if those rebels could tell left from right, they'd be very upset".
April 30, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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nyandor
A still shot of Diego Luna's face from his role as Cassian Andor. Also there's nyan cat rainbows trailing off the right.
April 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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The PNW throws up moss anywhere you can't quite reach.
A chain link fence limiting access to a concrete ledge on which grows thick pillowy moss.
March 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Just doing some reading about the design of cryptographic protocols.
A screenshot of the Wikipedia page for Alice and Bob, but with all occurrences of "Alice and Bob" replaced with "Hegseth and Waltz".
March 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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thanks for 16 years, bud. i'll miss you.
my cat on his back legs pushing his head into my open hand
February 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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@rincewind.run I was digging around for my favorite Pratchett quote today and thought of you after I found it. Basically this entire page, and the three lines on the following:

"Does what?"
"Make a sound. If it falls down when no one's there to hear it."
"Who cares?"
"More or less. If you spend your whole time thinking about the universe, you tend to forget the less important bits of it. Like your pants. And ninety-nine out of a hundred ideas they come up with are totally useless." "Why doesn't anyone lock them away safely, then? They don't sound much use to me," said Brutha. "Because the hundredth idea," said Om, "is generally a humdinger." "What?" "Look up at the highest tower on the rock." Brutha looked up. At the top of the tower, secured by metal bands, was a big disc that glittered in the morning light. "What is it?" he whispered. "The reason why Omnia hasn't got much of a fleet any more," said Om. "That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all Is Truth Beauty and Is Beauty Truth, and Does a Falling Tree in the Forest Make a Sound if There's No one There to Hear It, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, Incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles," he added. "Always coming up with amazing new ideas, the philosophers. The one before that was some intricate device that demonstrated the principles of leverage by incidentally hurling balls of burning sulphur two miles. Then before that, I think, there was some kind of an underwater thing that shot sharpened logs into the bottom of ships." Brutha stared at the disc again. He hadn't understood more than one-third of the words in the last statement. "Well," he said, "does it?" "Does what?" "Make a sound. If it falls down when no one's there to hear it." "Who cares?"
February 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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In 2014, a building collapsed next to the office I worked in crushing a bunch of cars parked next to it.

Google added snowflakes for fun. This is still very funny to me.
A scene with a building collapsed on several cars. Several people look at the scene. It's covered in snow. Google observed the snow and added a falling snow animation on top of the image.
February 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Cold!
The same view as the quoted post, but now the ground and roofs are covered in frost in the early morning.
January 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Lemme know if you find this guy
A galaxy drawn in the style of Matt Groening
January 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Ground Clouds
Early-1900s homes and out-buildings in early morning fog.
January 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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A white disposable cup on a low table in a coffee shop. It has curly writing on it reading "Ponytail John".
January 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The Minecraft server has been vandalized.
A minecraft sign reading "person who lives here loves c hates rust"
January 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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I have a better idea.
December 22, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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Outside has ground clouds.
A street full of fog and street lamps.
November 28, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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do you want an office to lease?
November 22, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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went outside, but differently
An aluminum can mostly obscured a vertical drainage pipe Fallen leaves between two curbs in a parking lot A security camera on a wall, but from behind.
November 20, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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went outside
mist in the mountains among trees mist in the mountains among trees the view over the edge of a tall, old bridge spanning a significant valley over a river a concrete pillar supporting a narrow concrete bridge. it's covered in graffiti of varying effort and skill level.
November 18, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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I found a rare thing just sitting on the shelf at a local place that specializes in mules, not whiskey.
Two near pours of Old Forester Birthday Bourbon in front of the bottle.
November 17, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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A barge being pushed by a tugboat in the bay.
November 17, 2024 at 2:20 AM