Rob Fahrni
@fahrni.me
Husband, father, grandfather, iOS developer.
Website: https://fahrni.me
Blog: https://rob.crabapples.net
Mastodon: https://curmudgeon.cafe/@fahrni
Check out Stream: https://stream.hayseed.co
Website: https://fahrni.me
Blog: https://rob.crabapples.net
Mastodon: https://curmudgeon.cafe/@fahrni
Check out Stream: https://stream.hayseed.co
Another cold morning. This is the lowest I’ve seen the temperature since we move to Virginia in 2019.
Earlier in the week we were expecting negative temperatures. This is a bit better.
Of course Gracie loves it outside and it’s hard to get her back in the house. 🥶
Earlier in the week we were expecting negative temperatures. This is a bit better.
Of course Gracie loves it outside and it’s hard to get her back in the house. 🥶
January 30, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Another cold morning. This is the lowest I’ve seen the temperature since we move to Virginia in 2019.
Earlier in the week we were expecting negative temperatures. This is a bit better.
Of course Gracie loves it outside and it’s hard to get her back in the house. 🥶
Earlier in the week we were expecting negative temperatures. This is a bit better.
Of course Gracie loves it outside and it’s hard to get her back in the house. 🥶
Punxsutawney Phil is definitely going back into his hole for another six weeks.
January 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Punxsutawney Phil is definitely going back into his hole for another six weeks.
Where the hell do they find these guys like "The SCIF?"
BIG Q energy there.
And Trump is a malignant narcissist. He'll support whatever makes him look correct. He's a complete nut job.
BIG Q energy there.
And Trump is a malignant narcissist. He'll support whatever makes him look correct. He's a complete nut job.
Donald Trump is mad. And I don’t mean angry. For a president to boost this is alarming. As in 25th Amendment alarming.
January 29, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Where the hell do they find these guys like "The SCIF?"
BIG Q energy there.
And Trump is a malignant narcissist. He'll support whatever makes him look correct. He's a complete nut job.
BIG Q energy there.
And Trump is a malignant narcissist. He'll support whatever makes him look correct. He's a complete nut job.
Apple should build React Native / TypeScript into Xcode as a supported target complete with all the tooling necessary to make it a first class citizen.
What does it matter if it's not Swift or SwiftUI? It's extremely popular and you might as well have the absolute best version of it.
What does it matter if it's not Swift or SwiftUI? It's extremely popular and you might as well have the absolute best version of it.
January 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Apple should build React Native / TypeScript into Xcode as a supported target complete with all the tooling necessary to make it a first class citizen.
What does it matter if it's not Swift or SwiftUI? It's extremely popular and you might as well have the absolute best version of it.
What does it matter if it's not Swift or SwiftUI? It's extremely popular and you might as well have the absolute best version of it.
President Biden, thank you for being the President America needs at this very dark time. 🙏🏼
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
President Biden, thank you for being the President America needs at this very dark time. 🙏🏼
I’ll probably be sharing these over the next few days because it’s cold. 🥶🤣
January 28, 2026 at 12:16 PM
I’ll probably be sharing these over the next few days because it’s cold. 🥶🤣
ICE is full of murdering thugs: https://rob.crabapples.net/2026/01/27/ice-is-full-of-murdering.html
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
ICE is full of murdering thugs: https://rob.crabapples.net/2026/01/27/ice-is-full-of-murdering.html
Reposted by Rob Fahrni
It is inconceivable to me that any Democrat would vote for a DHS funding bill that fails to include a mandate that requires these federal goons to take their masks off.
No more Secret Police in America!
No more Secret Police in America!
January 27, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It is inconceivable to me that any Democrat would vote for a DHS funding bill that fails to include a mandate that requires these federal goons to take their masks off.
No more Secret Police in America!
No more Secret Police in America!
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@jimray.bsky.team Hey, Jim! I just discovered your new blog, Applied Meteorology, and wanted to subscribe using Stream (my feed reader) and it wasn’t able to locate a “link rel” for the RSS feed. Is that something you could add?
I’m subscribed and looking forward to reading more!
I’m subscribed and looking forward to reading more!
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 PM
@jimray.bsky.team Hey, Jim! I just discovered your new blog, Applied Meteorology, and wanted to subscribe using Stream (my feed reader) and it wasn’t able to locate a “link rel” for the RSS feed. Is that something you could add?
I’m subscribed and looking forward to reading more!
I’m subscribed and looking forward to reading more!
If you want to get a feel for what a modern Civil War may look like, watch the movie Civil War.
It's a bunch of skirmishes, mostly in big cities.
The film was definitely made as a warning to Marmalade Messiah.
At least that's how I see it.
callsheetapp.com/movie/929590
It's a bunch of skirmishes, mostly in big cities.
The film was definitely made as a warning to Marmalade Messiah.
At least that's how I see it.
callsheetapp.com/movie/929590
Civil War
Welcome to the frontline.
callsheetapp.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
If you want to get a feel for what a modern Civil War may look like, watch the movie Civil War.
It's a bunch of skirmishes, mostly in big cities.
The film was definitely made as a warning to Marmalade Messiah.
At least that's how I see it.
callsheetapp.com/movie/929590
It's a bunch of skirmishes, mostly in big cities.
The film was definitely made as a warning to Marmalade Messiah.
At least that's how I see it.
callsheetapp.com/movie/929590
We've been getting sleet all morning. It started that way last night so the couple inches on the ground is more than likely all sleet. It makes me think we're not going to get any snow and hopefully no freezing rain. 🤞🏼
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
We've been getting sleet all morning. It started that way last night so the couple inches on the ground is more than likely all sleet. It makes me think we're not going to get any snow and hopefully no freezing rain. 🤞🏼
Saturday Morning Coffee: https://rob.crabapples.net/2026/01/25/saturday-morning-coffee.html
January 25, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Saturday Morning Coffee: https://rob.crabapples.net/2026/01/25/saturday-morning-coffee.html
Murderers and Thugs: https://rob.crabapples.net/2026/01/25/murderers-and-thugs.html
January 25, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Murderers and Thugs: https://rob.crabapples.net/2026/01/25/murderers-and-thugs.html
It’s pretty darned cold this morning and the wind definitely doesn’t help.
12F with a feels like of 4F and you can feel every bit of it. 🥶
12F with a feels like of 4F and you can feel every bit of it. 🥶
January 24, 2026 at 11:37 AM
It’s pretty darned cold this morning and the wind definitely doesn’t help.
12F with a feels like of 4F and you can feel every bit of it. 🥶
12F with a feels like of 4F and you can feel every bit of it. 🥶
Reposted by Rob Fahrni
shame on Apple and Google for allowing that app on their stores
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:40 PM
shame on Apple and Google for allowing that app on their stores
What an asshat.
JD Vance: "I'm headed to Minneapolis where we're gonna talk with ICE agents and local officials about how we turn down the chaos. My simple piece of advice to them is going to be if you want to turn down the chaos in Minneapolis, stop fighting immigration enforcement."
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
What an asshat.
The man is so clueless.
Nice work MAGA. See what you did to us?
Nice work MAGA. See what you did to us?
The draft dodger downplays the bloop spilled for us by our allies, and ignores that they only time article 5 of NATO was ever invoked was for us after 9/11
Ugly stuff
Ugly stuff
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The man is so clueless.
Nice work MAGA. See what you did to us?
Nice work MAGA. See what you did to us?
I like the Oscars. We've watched them every year since the early 90's as a family and I still love watching.
This year I'm mostly excited for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar because I believe Jacob Eldori, who played Frankenstein's Monster, should absolutely win it!
This year I'm mostly excited for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar because I believe Jacob Eldori, who played Frankenstein's Monster, should absolutely win it!
January 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I like the Oscars. We've watched them every year since the early 90's as a family and I still love watching.
This year I'm mostly excited for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar because I believe Jacob Eldori, who played Frankenstein's Monster, should absolutely win it!
This year I'm mostly excited for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar because I believe Jacob Eldori, who played Frankenstein's Monster, should absolutely win it!
Homeboy is old and dying.
When I asked Dr. Jonathan Reiner about Trump's chronic hand bruising he said the White House's claim that it was the result of aspirin therapy and hand shaking "is not a plausible explanation. (Particularly if he also has bruises on his left hand).”
Welp, here are visible bruises on his left hand:
Welp, here are visible bruises on his left hand:
Trump's *left* hand -- not the one that is usually disfigured -- now has a large bruise and is discolored
These pictures are from today in Davos and are via Chip Somodevilla (Getty) and Fabrice Coffrini (AFP)
These pictures are from today in Davos and are via Chip Somodevilla (Getty) and Fabrice Coffrini (AFP)
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Homeboy is old and dying.
Hey baby it’s cold outside!
We’re getting ready for snowmageddon here in Charlottesville, or what folks in Toronto call Tuesday. 🥶
We’re getting ready for snowmageddon here in Charlottesville, or what folks in Toronto call Tuesday. 🥶
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Hey baby it’s cold outside!
We’re getting ready for snowmageddon here in Charlottesville, or what folks in Toronto call Tuesday. 🥶
We’re getting ready for snowmageddon here in Charlottesville, or what folks in Toronto call Tuesday. 🥶
Reposted by Rob Fahrni
Leak the unredacted Epstein Files.
If it means the destruction of nations’ leadership and companies, they don’t deserve to exist if they abused children.
Enough.
If it means the destruction of nations’ leadership and companies, they don’t deserve to exist if they abused children.
Enough.
January 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Leak the unredacted Epstein Files.
If it means the destruction of nations’ leadership and companies, they don’t deserve to exist if they abused children.
Enough.
If it means the destruction of nations’ leadership and companies, they don’t deserve to exist if they abused children.
Enough.
Reposted by Rob Fahrni
Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.