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coalshork.bsky.social
Coal
@coalshork.bsky.social
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Chiptune musician, shark, nerd, pixel artist (dm @coalshark on discord for music comms)
18m 18+ please
https://coalshark.carrd.co
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Most powerful aurora I've ever seen, stay tuned for pics later
Red and green aurora borealis
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Istg if @commodoreofficial.bsky.social goes the route of Nintendo, which it currently seems to be, I'm gonna be so disappointed. I was excited to hear they're doing stuff with the brand but reading up on their site it seems like they will be taking down fan projects...
From the nucommodore website: Imposters may copy, but they can't compute. We've reached out in goodwill to some of these fan-led efforts, encouraging collaboration and offering to help legitimise their efforts. But while we may admire such passion, make no mistake - unauthorised exploitation of a brand that Jack Tramiel worked so hard to build, has no connection to the original IP, to our many key members of the original Commodore team, and to our Founder's original spirit.
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Has it nearly been a year since I posted anything? I just finished a collaboration so that'll change things :)
Last video I made was 276 days and 13 hours ago
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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So sorry to the friend I wrote a whole wall text on the history of modems for
A discord message written by me: all Verizon 11:53 PM 0 0 40% vtsman > I hope one day to be an Ittle Bitt... So the modems most people think about, "fax" modems (the little beige boxes that run at 56kbps) are considered smart modems. They have computers in them and can fully control the phone network they're attached to. The first smart modem was from 1981 or so I wanna say, literally called the Hayes smartmodem. You could type commands to change bit rates and other settings. Before that, modems were considered "dumb." Most were 300 or 110 bps. You had to use a physical phone to dial the number you wanted to call, the modem had switches to tell if it's originating or answering (as long as two modems are set differently they'll talk.) and the most advanced feature of those types were that they held the line open, meaning you could put the phone back in the cradle without it hanging up the line. Even earlier were acoustic coupling modems, where you placed the phone handset on a pair of cups with a speaker and microphone, which the modem used to communicate with the phone line.
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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All hail the 1541 power tower
A 7-8 foot high tower of commodore 1541 disk drives... Who the hell has this many?
September 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Me when I have caffiene
September 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Hi have this mot
Moth but up close
August 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Even stinging wasps can be beautiful though! Most aren't aggressive, and only sting when provoked. Remember, they just want to protect their friends!
A steel blue cricket hunter wasp on a long pink flower
August 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Watch this little wasp clean itself! For anyone with a fear of being stung, the majority of wasp species go unnoticed by most people and are incapable of even stinging humans. Unfortunately, the 3 or 4 major stinging species get the spotlight, and people lump everything together...
August 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Think this is cute? Beautiful? Pretty?
You like wasps.
Stop wasp hate.
A small orange ichneumon wasp on a screen door. It has a long, slender orange body with dark tinted wings and big silly eyes.
August 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Lämp warrior
Mooth
August 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Every moth in the state is at my cabin's door
August 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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THE LÄMP
August 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Gaming boy
August 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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#macrophotography #bugsky #spider
A macro shot of a zebra jumping spider Macro shot of a cellar spider Macro shot of an orbweaver Macro shot of a grass spider
July 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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#bugsky #macrophotography
A tiny wasp The same tiny wasp A fly A spider in its web
July 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I hate that this specific flavor of Japanese SCSI is SO close to western scsi that a lot of people order the more common western scsi and it ends up not working
A Japanese SCSI cable
July 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The funny sex 2 machine
A pc9801uv computer
July 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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New addition
A sharp mz-100 laptop with LHX attack chopper on the screen
June 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Ordering a PC-9801!! Wish me luck that shipping is under 500 dollars.....
A PC-9801 setup
June 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Hello
Coal My completed bingo card
June 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Legit the cutest device I own
The airborne express world clock with a fixed display and a cleaned case
June 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Fixed this display for free with trash I had on hand
A restored sharp calculator with a very crisp LCD Close up of the LCD showing an "8"
June 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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386? There's a CPU called the 386 but it obviously isn't that lol. Wonder what the significance of that is?
Pocket monsters emerald 386
June 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Four horsemen
Sharp calculator Airborne express world clock Sharp hang a round calculator Casio power color graphics
June 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM