Jonathan E Cowperthwait
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Jonathan E Cowperthwait
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as formerly on the bird site (@cowperthwait) and the elephant site (@[email protected]). Slow runner, fast talker, good writer.
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[Batman transition]
Hours later…
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Anyway, so until I resume and finish this project, currently the only way to heat my home involves picking up a telephone extension and yelling “Siri, turn on the FIRE.” Which is asinine, but I did this to myself.
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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All fun and games ’til you come home and it’s 61° inside and you’re frantically trying to remember why you wrote an automation the way you did a year in the past, and didn’t document it anywhere, stupid stupid stupid.
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Last winter, I got carried away with Apple Home and devised too-clever ways to control the baseboard heaters and fireplace—China will sell you some extremely dodgy PLCs, cheap! But then I had an attack of sanity, concluded I didn’t want “IOT” and “open flame” appearing in the same paragraph, and […]
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November 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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With houseplants, almost every problem stands exactly 50–50 probability that it’s being
• underwatered
• overwatered

It seems to be similar with running injuries, where the two possible remedies are
• stop running immediately or you’ll hurt yourself
• run on it—active recovery, bro!

Choose wisely!
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Give me liberty, or give it to me, daddy.
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Also, show me the backstory of Patrick Henry’s portraitist. Like, did they bang before his sitting or after?, or both?
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Like, it’s not even poorshaming to mock Android. Android phones are just as expensive as Apple phones! They’re just … also shitty!
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Touring my new book, “Running Is Like Owning A Tesla”
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM