richardawhitaker.bsky.social
Sucker for charismatic fauna, sf/f and food. Probably on a trail or in the water trying to ignore politics
Pics by me using iPhone unless otherwise credited
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Today I learned a theory of the names origin: thole pins on row boats aka “dildos” this led to the discovery of these thole pins from the Titanic’s lifeboat #9
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Photo credit: Liverpool’s Maritime Museum
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Closest I’ve gotten in the wild…
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“Not fair” you say? Shocking, I know
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Ouch
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Sorry to be off topic (pets are the best) but Feedly hasn’t picked up your rss since 12/2 at least for me
I’m sure that’s a “them” problem but you might want to give them a shout if I’m not the only one
Love your work
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It’s becoming a semi-secret art form
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Second the motion
Also -awesome alt text
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Adorable- a word that’s been ruined by condescending asses, but it’s my actual reaction 🤷♂️
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Done and I’m looking forward to reading it
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I’m way too lazy to actually do macros and key bindings, but that’s a pretty convincing use case
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32, army brat as a kid bc- would be higher but have been mostly avoiding Texas and the uppermost Midwest (different reasons 😂)
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That’s as close to certain as a fact can get, even if at 66 I’m assiduously fighting a holding action
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“The body you’ll decay into by 60…”
Ouch!
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Window shade malfunction?
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Nice to see you here
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Sending good vibes
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I feel like I can speak for a sizable crowd - just thrilled you did it and happy you are able to stress about trivia (seems like progress!)
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Terrible news to report from age 65…
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Hiccups are an excellent spectator sport.
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Miss him!
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17 and I just qualified for Medicare
Didn’t have a clue about 1 or the headliners and fell off hard in the small print though
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You aren’t wrong but “entirely” is doing some heavy lifting
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Seems fair