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sabbatical.bsky.social
former baby, future corpse • https://aking.ca
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merry christmas and happy new year to you all! i’m still around, just haven’t had much drive or time to post recently. how’s it going with you?

submitted 153 days ago • 1 comment

keeping warm while working in the reclined position via keyboard/trackpad electric warming bag and furry pal on my chest

submitted 220 days ago • 0 comments

i'm not mr. AI doomer, and i don't actually dislike a lot of the generative features being added, but can we make it less AI! AI! AI! in-your-face all the time?

submitted 220 days ago • 1 comment

why’d they call it “pinery” when the park is marked out by its unusual sand dune ecosystems, diverse forests, massive white sand and smooth pebble beach fronts, and rare oak savannah?

submitted 225 days ago • 1 comment

packed my kei truck and arrived at pinery after dark — camping with my kids and my sister and her kids this weekend. so far so good! cool, dry night and a forecast of sunny and 20C tomorrow!

submitted 230 days ago • 0 comments

The Story of the World's Littlest Skyscraper (and Texas-sized swindle): Wichita Falls, TX was at the center of an oil boom in 1912, and the sleepy town of 5K grew by 30K in a year. Housing & office space was at a premium (most were in open tents), so a petroleum land speculator, J.D. McMahon...

submitted 571 days ago • 2 comments

bach and business in the basement

submitted 237 days ago • 0 comments

Leonardo da Vinci (16th c), Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz, and Margaret Cavendish (17th c) all thought, independently I think, about hypothetical submarines and their potential military uses. Cavendish: "such Ships as could swim under water."

submitted 261 days ago • 0 comments

playlist to study like a medieval philosopher having the truth revealed by divine grace youtu.be/AawLM81gIHo?...

submitted 260 days ago • 0 comments

apparently it’s quicker to fly from new delhi to *tashkent* than new delhi to mumbai!? this bit of trivia (and more) gotten by listening to the “empire” episode on russian contest of central asia: pca.st/episode/d81e...

submitted 274 days ago • 0 comments

just got back from a family gathering at my bro-in-law’s farm. and he brought out some pear cider he’d just made. dang, it was good! i might have a new favourite non-alc beverage!

submitted 276 days ago • 0 comments

French wine only exists today because of Texas. Let's talk about the time that Texas rescued ALL of European wine production from oblivion. As sailing ships were replaced by steamships, the trans-Atlantic travel time was cut from a month to less than two weeks. Great for passengers! ...

submitted 303 days ago • 5 comments

back from a few days at long point on lake erie. crazy how one day it’ll have waves over your head, and the next it looks like this!

submitted 287 days ago • 0 comments

got a tour of the millworks in dundas, ontario the other day from a friend who has studio space there. so many interesting nooks and features in there!

submitted 291 days ago • 1 comment

finally got my copy of the sibley guide to trees! thanks to @tomkimmerer.bsky.social for the recommendation!

submitted 292 days ago • 0 comments

bringing a whole new meaning to "disney villain"

submitted 294 days ago • 1 comment