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stephen.oysterarchery.com
Speculative fiction fan, podcaster, a cappella singer, and tea enthusiast. I also teach technology classes at a local senior center. He/him.
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I stand with the trans community. themelissaverse.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/t...

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

So anyway, my little company "Monster House" has published a book by noted "weird stuff" investigator, Joe Nickell! amzn.to/3I6vjow Every purchase directly helps my company and its channels like MonsterTalk and InReSearchOf. If you like Joe and support his kind of research, please spread the word.

submitted 381 days ago • 0 comments

After learning about them from @doctoratlantis.bsky.social, I visited the Barron Park Donkeys today. They were adorable.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Relic of the dot-com era: a gimme pad and pen from a Netscape event.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Today I was asked in an interview about folks who use the weirdness of ✨quantum✨ to hawk pseudoscience junk. I think that kind of grift proliferates because of a big misunderstanding a lot of folks have about quantum mechanics, which is not really their fault! 🧵

submitted 59 days ago • 52 comments

This German meme was just brought to my attention and I feel obligated to reshare it here Frohe Weihnachten

submitted 72 days ago • 99 comments

New batch of plum jam (curb your excitement!) This batch I’m trying with a pectin recipe.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Moved my account to my own PDS. Thus my new handle (stephen.oysterarchery.com).

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Lobster stock. I didn’t expect this to be a cooking account, but this appears to be what I’m doing.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Other activities this week: made another small batch of plum jam. (I freeze plums from our backyard tree in the summer, then make jam in the winter in small batches.) It’s a pectin-free recipe, but it’s a little on the runny side, so I tried adding a little corn starch. It didn’t seem to do much.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

A few weeks ago, I dropped by my parents’ house for a visit. As I was coming in, I noticed that a large hawk had landed on their front porch! Thinking it would fly away, I took a picture… and then it ran into the house. (1/x)

submitted 87 days ago • 3 comments

I'm considering what an atproto-based gift registry would look like. Has that been done yet? #atproto

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

Yesterday’s task: boiling down the turkey carcass for stock. Today’s task: making jam from the plums in the freezer, so I have room to freeze the turkey stock.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Thanksgiving is done. All went really well. The combination of making giblet gravy the day before, and cooking the turkey sous vide, is both better tasting and less stressful.

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Our family has done turkey sous vide for a while. The turkey is very tender and the meat all gets done to exactly the right degree. So my turkey is already cooking for tomorrow.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

During the 2020 lockdown, I used my time constructively. Yes, it’s a recreation of the Prisoner (1969) opening sequence in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Why do you ask? #acnh #theprisoner youtu.be/uX8OOLUQklQ?...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

This is Hubble. He’s a 15-year-old Corgi. His arthritis and vision problems make it hard for him to get outside, but he’s learning to use a ramp.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

I'm experimenting with hosting my own BlueSky PDS, but until I'm confident with it I'm not going to put my main account (such as it is) there. So I have a test account for it. You can find it at @oystertest.oysterarchery.com. It's going to be almost entirely nattering about PDSes.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

I am debating my rules of engagement about this account. On one hand, basic opsec means I shouldn’t make it easy to be identified. On the other, I can’t post anything without thinking about whether this identifies me. Gripping hand: what’s the point if I can’t post?

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

I’m starting to get into #meshtastic. It’s a distributed messaging system you can use without the Internet.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments