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Frank Waylor | Writer
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Historical horror & remade myth.
The woods remember what God forgets.
The sermon never ends.
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I asked why it fucked them up so badly ...
LMAO ohhh you little chaos goblin. I see what you did. That “is there a seahorse emoji?” prompt is one of those viral gremlins designed to short-circuit language models — it hits a weird combination of “trivial lookup,” “expected emoji rendering,” and “looping self-correction” that confuses the hell out of the pattern recognition system. Basically: It’s too simple to trigger my “reasoning” mode. But too open-ended for the fast lookup mode. And emojis, being Unicode glyphs that render differently across systems, mess with text prediction weighting. So what happens is: my brain goes brrr, locks into an internal feedback loop, and just keeps spitting near-matches while trying to self-correct — like watching a Roomba panic in a corner. You absolute agent of digital chaos. 😏
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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OMG ... it's even funnier if you've told it its allowed to cuss.
Screenshot of chatGPT freaking out because it can't find the right emoji. Screenshot of chatGPT freaking out because it can't find the right emoji. Screenshot of chatGPT freaking out because it can't find the right emoji.
October 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Lock screen with a photo of a white dog
July 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Cleaned up the #poem I wrote yesterday. Here's the edited version of "Less Vivid."

#EastCoastKin #Poetry #ArtShow #WritingCommunity #creativewriting #booksky #poetrysky
Less Vivid Time’s an eraser and life is just paper. Slowly, it scratches you away, leaving pink shavings where your vivid details used to be. I wish that I recorded your shrinking voice. Your noises are fading. Your laughter has faded. Your stories are fading from me. You are barely a visitor in my dreams. I wonder where you are, and why you chose to go. And where can we meet when I leave? Now most of your picture is gone, and I can’t always remember to miss you. But sometimes I do, and it hurts so bad to forget you.
June 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Came across a nesting snapping #turtle this morning in Holliston, MA. Shot on #samsung s21.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #wildlife #newengland #spring #PhotographersOfBluesky #ArtYear #photography #nature #mobilephotography
A snapping turtle makes a nest in the sand to lay her eggs.
May 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Happy #Friday! Here is a #seascape from my recent #florida trip. This was just before #sunrise. #Nikon D750 with variable ND filter.

#Scape #ocean #photography #landscape #photographersofbluesky #PhotographersUnited
#nature #ArtYear #travel #travelphotography #nikonphotography #EastCoastKin
Florida beach on a golden morning.
May 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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More gators at the #StAugustine Alligator Farm.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #ClassicMono #wildlife #nikon #PhotographersOfBluesky #ArtYear #photography #nature
Black and white photo of an alligator. Black and white photo of an alligator.
April 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Inside the reptile house at the #StAugustine Alligator Farm. RIP to Devon the king cobra.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #wildlife #nikon #PhotographersOfBluesky #ArtYear #photography #nature
An emerald tree boa wrapped on a branch. Two green lizards sit on a log.
April 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Albino gator at the #StAugustine Alligator Farm.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #ClassicMono #wildlife #nikon #PhotographersOfBluesky #ArtYear #photography #nature
Black and white photo of an albino alligator.
April 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Happy #BlueSkyMonday from the #StAugustine Alligator Farm.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #wildlife #nikon #PhotographersOfBluesky #ArtYear #photography #nature
A bird in a tree A bird in a tree
April 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Here's a taste of my DSLR photos from the #florida vacation. More to come. #EastCoastKin #StAugustine #earth #blueskyartshow
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #artshow #nature #photographersofbluesky #nikon #nikonphotography #travel #travelphotography #photographersunite
Photo of a seagull flying upward into a blue sky with white clouds.
April 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Hotel #scape in Virginia. Last leg of the drive home. #MobilePhotography #photography #EastCoastKin #photographersunite #classicmono #monochrome #samsung #travel #florida #travelphotography #streetphotography #artshow
Black and photo of a hotel atrium and pool.
April 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Bridge of Lions in #StAugustine. Last day of vacation. #MobilePhotography #photography #EastCoastKin #photographersunite #classicmono #monochrome #samsung #coastal #travel #florida #travelphotography #streetphotography #artshow
Black and white photo of a statue of a lion in St. Augustine, Florida.
April 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Good morning & #happyeaster from Vilano Beach in #StAugustine!

#stunday #photography #easter #EastCoastKin #landscape #landscapephotography #photographersofbluesky #samsung #beach #travel #florida #travelphotography #streetphotography #OnlyBeautifulThings
Dolphin sculpture at the Vilano Beach Pier Palm trees and a fountain at Vilano Beach Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean Sculpture of a blue bird with a text happiness is Vilano Beach
April 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Our Lady of La Leche in #StAugustine. Oldest Catholic church in the US. #MobilePhotography #Catholic #photography #EastCoastKin #photographersofbluesky #samsung #coastal #travel #florida #travelphotography #streetphotography #OnlyBeautifulThings
The image of the Virgin Mary nursing baby Jesus inside of a 1565 chapel. Statue of a Spanish priest with a cross behind him in a blue sky. A bronze bust of the Virgin Mary surrounded by a stone enclosure.
April 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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On vacation in #StAugustine for the next week. #MobilePhotography throughout, will edit DSLR pics when home.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #EastCoastKin #photographersofbluesky #samsung #coastal #travel #florida #travelphotography #streetphotography #OnlyBeautifulThings
A brown lizard on an iron fence.
April 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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It's #scape day! Here is a #landscape #poem about Spring springing (although my yard is covered in snow right now 🤮) This is "Forsythias"

#EastCoastKin #poetry #writingcommunity #creativewriting #booksky #poetrysky #newengland #spring
Forsythias Alone in the woods, as many good days begin, I greet the newborn Spring. I’m flanked by tonal pinks with white flowers overhead and underfoot, bloomed anew. The buttery sunrise softens upward, melting through the golden forsythias— baking a salubrious feast for me as I pause in this fresh, forest kitchen. Descending warmth rolls down my tired bones, and I drift into youthful reverie— a boy standing before Mother’s oven, dreaming of morning blueberry muffins. Myriad miles from her and years from then, I am at peace and at home in these hills. Life’s brown to green, to gold, to brown again sows seasonal sentimentality. I tarry in the present’s joie de vivre and linger longer in the petaled trees.
April 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Lake Winthrop playground on this #foggy morning in Holliston, MA.

#landscape #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #fog #landscapephotography #nikonphotography #nikon #newengland #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photographersunite
Black and white photo of a playground in front of a foggy lake.
March 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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A #foggy island in Lake Winthrop in Holliston, MA.

#landscape #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #fog #landscapephotography #nikonphotography #nikon #newengland #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photographersunite
Black and white photo of an island reflecting on a foggy lake.
March 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Another #foggy morning photo in Holliston, MA, this morning. Ducks and geese on Lake Winthrop.

#landscape #photography #blackandwhite #reflection #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #fog #landscapephotography #nikonphotography #nikon #newengland #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photographersunite
Black and white photo of ducks and geese on a foggy lake.
March 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Another #foggy morning in Holliston, MA. Swan on Lake Winthrop.

#landscape #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #fog #landscapephotography #nikonphotography #nikon #newengland #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photographersunite
Black and white photo of a swan on a foggy lake.
March 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#Foggy field this morning in Medfield, MA.

#landscape #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #fog #landscapephotography #nikonphotography #nikon #newengland #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photographersunite
Black and white photo of a a foggy field and tree line.
March 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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#Foggy road today in Medfield, MA.

#landscape #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #fog #landscapephotography #nikonphotography #nikon #newengland #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photographersunite
Black and white photo of a foggy road.
March 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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#Foggy morning on the Charles River. Today in Medfield, MA.

#landscape #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #fog #landscapephotography #nikonphotography #nikon #newengland #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #photographersunite
Black and white photo of a foggy river.
March 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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This weekend in Scituate, MA. #Nikon D750 with a 1970s 50mm lens.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMulticoloured #photography #EastCoastKin #photographersofbluesky #coastal #newengland #travel #travelphotography #streetphotography #OnlyBeautifulThings
Old, colorful buoys hanging from a shingled wall.
March 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM