@swithdrawn.bsky.social
Recovering VFX artist. Located in Tucson. Loves strong coffee and Star Trek 🖖. Current ADHD hyperfixations: vintage hifi, model kits (scifi). He/him.
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My son put it best when he was a young kid: "Cats are great because you get happy every time you encounter them. You turn a corner, and there's a cat there, and it's like there's a cat, and that's great."
I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.
I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.
January 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
My son put it best when he was a young kid: "Cats are great because you get happy every time you encounter them. You turn a corner, and there's a cat there, and it's like there's a cat, and that's great."
I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.
I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.
Really happy to have stumbled on Andrew Jervis' new show on Worldwide FM. No disrespect to current Bandcamp DJ's.. it just isn't the same. www.worldwidefm.net/episode/the-...
Worldwide FM
A global music radio platform founded by Gilles Peterson, connecting people through music that transcends borders and cultures.
www.worldwidefm.net
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Really happy to have stumbled on Andrew Jervis' new show on Worldwide FM. No disrespect to current Bandcamp DJ's.. it just isn't the same. www.worldwidefm.net/episode/the-...
I had kept NYT email newsletters active for breaking news, but since they're not even doing that anymore, I just replaced it with Al Jazeera: www.aljazeera.com/newsletters
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I had kept NYT email newsletters active for breaking news, but since they're not even doing that anymore, I just replaced it with Al Jazeera: www.aljazeera.com/newsletters
Desk Shelf V2 complete. Happy the Macbook and thunderbolt dock have a home, though the laptop sticks out the back a bit. Total cost around $80 for the wood (just the legs), stain, and supplies.
January 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Desk Shelf V2 complete. Happy the Macbook and thunderbolt dock have a home, though the laptop sticks out the back a bit. Total cost around $80 for the wood (just the legs), stain, and supplies.
Working on another Desk Shelf, this time for my wife. Trying to match the stain of the red oak legs with the veneer of the repurposed floating shelf and actually got pretty close on the first attempt (stain prep + light coat of “gunstock”stain).
January 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Working on another Desk Shelf, this time for my wife. Trying to match the stain of the red oak legs with the veneer of the repurposed floating shelf and actually got pretty close on the first attempt (stain prep + light coat of “gunstock”stain).
Spending a huge portion of my evening installing Windows 11 (which had been banished from our household) just so I can install the MSI app just so I can update my MSI OLED's firmware because it's gone insane and tries to run a pixel refresh process every 10 minutes.
January 2, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Spending a huge portion of my evening installing Windows 11 (which had been banished from our household) just so I can install the MSI app just so I can update my MSI OLED's firmware because it's gone insane and tries to run a pixel refresh process every 10 minutes.
Still slaps
December 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Still slaps
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Man with cold watches an unhealthy amount of miniature painting videos.
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Man with cold watches an unhealthy amount of miniature painting videos.
If you, like me, have decided your latest hyperfixation is cleaning up the 60k+ emails in your gmail inbox, you can instantly knock out thousands by searching "in:inbox trump"
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
If you, like me, have decided your latest hyperfixation is cleaning up the 60k+ emails in your gmail inbox, you can instantly knock out thousands by searching "in:inbox trump"
Caturday Christmas Burrito
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Caturday Christmas Burrito
In this house, we stretch
(first shots from new Fuji X-T30III)
(first shots from new Fuji X-T30III)
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In this house, we stretch
(first shots from new Fuji X-T30III)
(first shots from new Fuji X-T30III)
Just got iMessage (and text!) working on Linux/Fedora with BlueBubbles, using a (seemingly indestructible) 2013 Macbook Pro on a shelf in the basement as the server. I attempted this about a year ago and gave up; the setup process now is trivial.
December 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just got iMessage (and text!) working on Linux/Fedora with BlueBubbles, using a (seemingly indestructible) 2013 Macbook Pro on a shelf in the basement as the server. I attempted this about a year ago and gave up; the setup process now is trivial.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
I know it's passé to dunk on Outlook search, but my god it's so bad. Search for Firstname Lastname = no results. Search for exact email address ([email protected]) = 1 result in Sent. I've started having to meticulously archive emails in folders like it's 1999.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I know it's passé to dunk on Outlook search, but my god it's so bad. Search for Firstname Lastname = no results. Search for exact email address ([email protected]) = 1 result in Sent. I've started having to meticulously archive emails in folders like it's 1999.
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When someone tries to tell me who Olivia Nuzzi is my eyes roll back and my mouth emits a 56k baud dial-up modem signal continuously until they go away.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
When someone tries to tell me who Olivia Nuzzi is my eyes roll back and my mouth emits a 56k baud dial-up modem signal continuously until they go away.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
It’s a good evening.
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It’s a good evening.
I achieved synchronized animal chilling between the Void and the pup this AM. Please clap.
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I achieved synchronized animal chilling between the Void and the pup this AM. Please clap.
Legacy corporate new & media continues its slide into irrelevance.
Teen Vogue has shown that you can do courageous, accountability political journalism *and* get huge engagement while doing so. And they've just decided to throw that all away. This is an unbelievably grim day for journalism.
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Legacy corporate new & media continues its slide into irrelevance.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
Does anyone know why Microsoft's spellcheck in Outlook has started sucking so badly? This is mostly a rhetorical question, I think I know the answer.
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Does anyone know why Microsoft's spellcheck in Outlook has started sucking so badly? This is mostly a rhetorical question, I think I know the answer.
Looking for a Target alternative to get some pillows and lo and behold, shoutout to “Buy Woke Free” for providing this helpful information on where to send my patronage.
October 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Looking for a Target alternative to get some pillows and lo and behold, shoutout to “Buy Woke Free” for providing this helpful information on where to send my patronage.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
I'm not a fan of added tech/complexity in newer appliances but I just learned our dryer has a flow sensor to alert me of a (dangerously) blocked dryer vent. Nifty! Also - reminder to clean your dryer vent.
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm not a fan of added tech/complexity in newer appliances but I just learned our dryer has a flow sensor to alert me of a (dangerously) blocked dryer vent. Nifty! Also - reminder to clean your dryer vent.
I failed multiple dexterity checks trying to bend & glue the photoetch shuttlebay part for my 1/537 #Reliant Miranda Class ship build, so I gave up and modeled a much more accurate part. I think I can make little clear inserts for the light strips as well. #Miniatures
October 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I failed multiple dexterity checks trying to bend & glue the photoetch shuttlebay part for my 1/537 #Reliant Miranda Class ship build, so I gave up and modeled a much more accurate part. I think I can make little clear inserts for the light strips as well. #Miniatures