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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · 1d

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · 1d

Portland's downtown Pioneer Square at 4pm. It's a living hell. Most lunchtime food carts closed. Starbucks out of breakfast croissants. Musician playing ambient techno won't take requests.

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · 21d

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · Jun 10

It’s full of scare.

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · Jun 9

I wonder who makes money on his inadequacies.

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · May 28

Here is the Reverberant Acoustic Test Facility at NASA. Acoustically induced metal fatigue is a problem it investigates.
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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · May 28

There are 33 small rocket engines with complex plumbing in the Space X booster that failed 9 times in a row. Here is Werner von Braun standing next to the 5 large rocket engines in the Saturn 5 that launched men to the moon in 1969.

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · May 11

For a few dollars, automated bot services will give your account thousands of likes.

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · May 3

Droppings: The Fir Boats: Produced by Brian Eno: Warp: 2024

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · May 3

A 2017 poll found that 4 percent of Americans thought Elvis was still alive. A 2014 poll found that 9 percent of Americans thought the Earth is flat.

shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · Apr 29

The psychology of hoarders applies.

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · Apr 26

Empathy blind. It’s a birth defect. I saw it growing up in Santa Monica.

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · Mar 2

A distraction for Mr. Trump's anonymous, multi-billion dollar Bitcoin offerings that are likely to continue. On a positive note, Mr. Trump no longer has to pretend to be a real billionaire. This might allow him to be less of a c#nt.

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · Jan 22

My view from my old NYC apartment on Broadway, south of Canal.

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shawkin.bsky.social @shawkin.bsky.social · Jan 22

It's like living on an end of the dock houseboat. It sounds great until you have to haul your groceries / furniture / parcels / mail / your sickly ass a long way in the rain.