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Jeff Nachtigall

@dirklancer.bsky.social

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Endurance performance artist. Poet. Beards. Words. Midlife Crisis. Thinks Edmonton should be know as the city with the most weather. Multiple award winner ADHD Dad Once I was owned by a tiny bakery. "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly." - Ernest Hemingway

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · Dec 29

Re-intro time:
Hi! I’m Jeff; an unconventional poet/Dad from the Canadian prairies. I have 2 adult kids, 2 rescue dogs, & have been madly in love w/ the same lowkey juggernaut since the 1900s.
I'm owned by a tiny bakery & I lived w/ ADHD 45yrs before discovering it. I'm probably bad at hide-&-seek.

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 1d

It's going well so far.
I'm a fan of this kind of October, that's for sure.

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 1d

if you know where the fire pit is, you're invited.
(DM me so I know you're coming)

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 1d

yes
yes it is a fire pit night

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 1d

I'm an older person
I don't ride a bike
I don't hate bike lanes

I DO hate @sshole drivers who don't shoulder check or signal to change lanes, every time

@sshole drivers who drive over the speed limit

@sshole drivers who don't obey the rules of the road

Want respect?
Follow the rules of the road

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 1d

yes
yes it is a fire pit night

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 1d

might be a fire pit night

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 1d

I solved today's Taproot Mini in 1:43! crosshare.org/crosswords/V...

The Taproot Mini - No. 66

Where you can get a bookshelf named Billy; Figure out a puzzle in an Escape City room; My favourite order from Nhon Hoa: Vegetarian \_\_\_ Chicken Sub; Home \_\_\_ (1990 movie); I had a "farm" of thes...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 1d

Just show me where to sign.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

WOW!

Alberta just got another approved referendum petition!

And this one calls for the practice of funding private schools with public money to be put to an end!

During the teachers strike!

Strap in Alberta, we’re going on a ride!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 2d

I solved today's Taproot Mini in 1:37! crosshare.org/crosswords/y...

The Taproot Mini - No. 65

Sword holster at Refuge LARP Edmonton; With 2-Down, a trail undergoing conversion to a freeway; $126,120/year, for our city councillors; YEG \_\_\_ Leagues (Woohoo, bullseye!); Texting format, for sho...

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 4d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 4d

such a spicy adventure

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 4d

My phone just autocorrected Galapagos to Jalapeños.

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 5d

DCU TV shows are kicking MCU TV shows ass right now.
I'm basing this on the Peacemaker intro alone.

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 5d

I solved Brandon Cathcart's puzzle "It's Just Business" in 12:01! crosshare.org/crosswords/9...

It's Just Business

That's a wrap!; \_\_\_ in the right direction; When is a clock most like a train? When it's \_\_\_ two!; Ed Sheeran and Rupert Grint, e.g.; *Tree?*; Ethiopian's neighbor; One who doesn't appreciate ic...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 5d

I solved today's Taproot Mini in 2:02! crosshare.org/crosswords/Z...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 5d

I solved Thursday's Taproot Mini in 1:13! crosshare.org/crosswords/o...

The Taproot Mini - No. 63 (CFR)

Bull distractor in rodeo; *Speaking Municipally* medium; Saddle \_\_\_ (CFR event); Did some tailoring; Certain cup sizes; Transport options if you're drinking at CFR; Enticed; Irish actor Chris of "T...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 5d

I solved Wednesday's Taproot Mini in a miserable 10:02! crosshare.org/crosswords/H...

The Taproot Mini - No. 62 (CFR)

With 1-Down, one of rodeo's most physically demanding events; "Save me \_\_\_!" (I'm running late!); Have a cow, man; Stricken by a move that's illegal in boxing but sometimes allowed in MMA; @@@; See...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 5d

When I'm reading Kilgore Trout, I'm just not picturing Albert Finney.
There I said it.
I just couldn't hold it in anymore.

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 8d

I solved today's CFR-themed Taproot Mini in 3:22! crosshare.org/crosswords/L...

The Taproot Mini - No. 61 (CFR)

Bull-riding time limit, in seconds; "Get \_\_\_ of this!"; Farrier's need; One who gives a hand: Abbr.; Wearable event merch; Really bother; Last-place barrel racer's statement; Silly animal (or nickn...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 8d

I solved yesterday's Taproot Mini in 1:05! crosshare.org/crosswords/F...

The Taproot Mini - No. 60 (CFR)

Put on your \_\_\_, it's 1-Down week!; "Howdy, \_\_\_" (Sup, my guy?); Take it easy; \_\_\_ dance (like the Boot Scootin' Boogie); Salty septet; Annual event for cowpokes happening this week: Abbr.; S...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 10d

to be clear, when I said "just finished" I did mean the whole series

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 10d

just finished.
(no spoilers)

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 12d

I solved Brandon Cathcart's puzzle "Shamless Plug" in 10:12! crosshare.org/crosswords/8...

Tile cutter's need; Casual "no"s; Electric \_\_\_ (and then we'll take it higher); What an Apple Rug would probably be called; Indicate or mean; Next in line; Computer storage option; Eastern prov. I ...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 12d

I solved today's Taproot Mini in 43s! crosshare.org/crosswords/l...

The Taproot Mini - No. 59

Meas. likely used at a Duchess Atelier baking class; Actress Hayek; "Yo, DJ, drop me \_\_\_" (freestyle rapper's request); Blow it at Suspended Studio; Rogen who plays "Jeff. From Edmonton, Alberta. I...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 12d

I solved yesterday's Taproot Mini in 1:03! crosshare.org/crosswords/C...

The Taproot Mini - No. 58

With 1-Down, what a Bonnie Doon dad started to promote safe, active transportation; "Procrastinators of the world, \_\_\_\_! ... Tomorrow"; Prepared to eat in bed; Sends a form to Vital Statistics for...

Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 14d

I solved today's Taproot Mini in 1:47! crosshare.org/crosswords/C...

The Taproot Mini - No. 57

\_\_\_foot (Treaty 6 nation); \_\_\_ rights (e.g. access to birth control and abortion); Climbing plants; Treaty 6 nation; Rowing machine, for short; One tossing a bouquet, traditionally; "Pull the \_...