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John Hayden ❌👑🌊
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John Hayden. So many hobbies, so little time. Smite incandescent metal; make music, art, and beautiful things. Boston Grampa; retired IC designer.
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Did you see the wee penguins coming ashore there?
We were just there!
Oct 21, 30m after sundown:
Penguins: enhance A small blot on the sandy beach that turns out to be penguins A view of the 12 Apostles sea stacks near port campbell Australia, at dusk
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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I love my state
@markey.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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They will rise. @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Whereas, in the limiting case of a baseball thrown, at relativistic speeds,

( Xkcd - what-if.xkcd.com/1/)
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Spookytimes!
A deer skull lying in the undergrowth
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Spread the word
October 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Ok then check out this little round guy we just saw
A koala peacefully slumped in a tree
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Gun2Gardens MA is on WCVB Boston Ch 5’s Chronicle tonite.

If you live in Worcester County MA and have unwanted firearms in your home, Worcester has a buyback coming up Sat Dec 13. Let us help transform undesired firearms into garden tools for your community.

WCVB: www.youtube.com/channel/UChr...
October 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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So where it says "he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed", it's only unless the vibes are off

(Us Const. Art II sec 3)
Text if the US Constitution, art 2 sec 3: "Section. 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States." The phrase "he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed," is highlighted
September 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Basically a cellular 'Among us' defense strategy
September 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The feedback form is actually a bit tricky to find (at least on mobile) so here’s what you do
1. go to abc.com
2. Scroll WAY to the bottom boilerplate and find Contact Us
3. At ‘support’, you can now find the ‘submit programming feedback’ button
4. Here’s the form; you know what to do

[ios/chrome]
A screenshot of the bottom of the abc.com page, with the ‘contact us’ link circled in yellow A screenshot of the contact-us page at abc.com, with the ‘submit programming feedback’ link circled in yellow A screenshot of the programming feedback form at abc.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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X marks the spot
A beautiful blue sky with little puffy clouds, and two white curtains making an x
September 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Here’s a little guy i made that one time
A derpy dragon forged in iron with googly eyes and a santa hat
September 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Seriously, go get the Chalkbot and paint it all up Pennsylvania Avenue

Nike Chalkbot | Communication Arts share.google/HujmCZqXk6BL...
September 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Great article! It finds that rodents’ thumbs with nails (not claws) is pivotal to their origin, evolving in concert with plants developing hard nuts and seeds. High-force gnawing with incisors is best with a good grip!
Curiously, only rodents have a mix of nails (thumbs) and claws (fingers)
A squirrel, gnawing a nut, holding it in its ‘thumbs’ A close up of a rodent forepaw showing its thumbnail (D1=thumb, unguis={nail,claw,or absence} ) Family tree of mammalian orders showing nail vs claw on thumb (D1) vs fingers (D2-5); only rodents are mixed
September 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Yeah it’s telling you what you can’t take /out/ of your body is where they draw the line
Or, as the states surgeon general put it when he eliminated all vaccine mandates yesterday: "Who am I as a government or anyone else, who am I as a man standing here now, to tell you what you should put in your body? Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body? I don't have that right."
September 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Oh noes
A beloved cultural institution grinds to a halt
Dave Barry’s notice that he has to shut down his blog as its platform is closing
September 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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A ~1973 HP3000 time-sharing mainframe at UW-laCrosse connected by a 110-baud telephone line to a teletype terminal with roll paper and punched paper tape for removable storage, located at a middle school and accessed by 30-min slots via a signup clipboard on a string
A boxy 1970s computer cabinet with a magnetic reel tape drive and blinking lights and switches A mechanical teletype with roll paper and a punched paper tape drive
August 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Great River Folk Festival in La Crosse WI! Festing now!
August 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Omg this sunset #boston #bostonWX
A view of an amazing sunset-lit yellow thundercloud against a baby blue sky, seen out the front windshield of a car on a highway. I didnt die
August 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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It's always at requirements definition where the mission is won or lost: shuttle commander
August 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Another in an occasional series: A Stroll, this time through the Garden District
The St Charles streetcar, running along a grassy median An abstract bronze of a child-like playing figure in the front yard of a 19th c home A view into Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 A remnant of a woody vine grappling ornamental ironwork in a shaded front yard
August 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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If just Wisconsin alone wasn't gerrymandered (+2 R) right now, the GOP would only have a single seat advantage in the US house
gerrymander.princeton.edu/reforms/WI
The gerrymandering analysis for Wisconsin showing that fair districting would give 2 more Democratic seats A map of Wisconsin gerrymandered districts The report card for Wisconsins US house districts, giving a grade of F
August 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Timeline bingo here
August 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Oh YEAH

(neighborhood ice cream boutique debuts Xtabentún COFFEE ice cream, here served with yogurt cups and *pause* salty peanut sauce)

(*dies*)

#JPLICKS #BOSTON
A close up of a dish of fatal coffee ice cream in peanut sauce) A sidewalk sign board advertising new Latin ice cream flavors which proved compelling Close up of sign board: "Xtabentún COFFEE ice cream, homemade anise and honey liqueur"
July 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM