John M. Gamble
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John M. Gamble
@jmgamble.bsky.social
Lives in Chicago.
Programs obscure algorithms.

My primary posting site is and will remain at Mastodon. The account is bridged here:

@jgamble.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
The Icicle Thief.

In my opinion, Pleasantville took its inspiration from it.
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Allegro Non Tropo.
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"You may be wondering how I got to this position."

#uspol
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It is not widely known that David Gerard, Eugine Nier, Émile Torres, and Ziz once sat for a portrait.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I move to call this "smile" the Fox Rictus. Anyone second this motion?
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I was going to reply with every twelfth Miles Davis album, but Kind of Blue is number 27 in Wikipedia's list, and skipping that one is just wrong.
October 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This guy gets blocked a lot, I guess.

Also his posting history is full of frankly correct complaints about the Democrats's leadership, but say any negative about Newsom? How dare you, you're being divisive.
August 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hm. I thought that was a little late for "N-rays" to still be referenced, but Wikipedia says no.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-ray
August 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I wonder if his source is Wikipedia.

It's nearly 4am here, so I'm not tracking down when this got edited in.
July 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A little detail about myself: I really like Winslow Homer.
July 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Huzzah!
December 3, 2024 at 5:11 PM
I think they're "researchers" in the same manner as the Tobacco Institute "scientists".
November 28, 2024 at 12:22 AM
I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I replied.
November 26, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I followed back what I thought was an artist's account. And maybe it is and I'm just overly suspicious. But they DM'd me (an unusual thing to begin with) with this message
November 26, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Got it done. Also voted for the school board candidate that the Republicans seem to be reeeeally upset with.

Here's the Michigan sticker which is much more pretty than what we've got in Illinois.
November 5, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I... have a kind of a habit when it comes to numbers.
September 17, 2024 at 4:57 PM
This is a concerning detail.
August 17, 2024 at 4:21 PM
If you have candy shops or ice cream/bakery parlors in your area, see if they carry indie sodas like this:
August 6, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Shaun, someone decided they should have checked your work, "diversity expert".
July 14, 2024 at 8:11 PM
The cults of screwdriver heads flies mostly under the radar, but they are very real.
July 12, 2024 at 2:27 PM
There is a large graveyard filled with my enemies. i do not wish to add to it, but will given no choice. Those who pick fights with me do so at their own peril, but maybe this is their lucky day
May 28, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Oh we're way past that point.
April 27, 2024 at 1:05 PM