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John Winkelman
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Instructor for www.sifulee.com.
Blog at www.eccesignum.org.
In a wonderful relationship with a wonderful partner (gallafe.com).
Our cats run our lives.
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I expect this passage will be relevant to the USA in both the near and distant future, and all points in between. #cybernetics #DanDavies #StaffordBeer #Chile
Page 193 of Dan Davies' book The Unaccountability Machine. The chapter title is "Meanwhile, in Chile."
August 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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My morning at Gaia Cafe in Grand Rapids. A little light reading to start my day. #Baudrillard #SimulacraAndSimulation #GaiaCafe
A glass of water,a large cup of coffee in a white cup with gold spots, a knife and fork arranged on a napkin, and a copy of Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, all arranged on a dark wood table at Gaia Cafe.
July 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I made a new friend on the way home from work.
A male stag beetle perched on a man's left hand.
June 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Currently reading issue 1 of the new run of Metal Hurlant, and it is excellent! Even Pepper agrees. #amreading #BooksAndCats #MetalHurlant
Issue 1 of the magazine Metal Hurlant, resting on a fluffy orange cat, which is laying in a lap clothed in purple and blue plaid pajamas.
June 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Poe soaking up some rays.
An orange cat laying in a sun beam at the bottom of a set of stairs.
May 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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How am I expected to be productive when dealing with such nonsense?
An orange cat asleep on the lap of a man sitting in an office chair, from the point of view of the man in the chair.
May 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The Friday morning ritual, at Scorpion Hearts Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
A close-up of a cold brew coffee in a plastic to go cup, with a label stating "Scorpion Hearts Club: Coffee for bad ass dreamers"
April 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Poe hiding from the crew running a jackhammer in the basement. #catpaws
A pair of cat paws, resting on a pillow, peeking out from under a comforter.
April 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Happy Caturday! Poe says CHOMP!

#caturday #gingercats
A small orange cat laying in a man's lap, chomping on his arm.
March 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Breakfast is served! #AvocadoToast
Two pieces of avocado toast piled high with eggs, salmon, and vegetables, on a blue plate.
March 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Chomp
A fluffy ginger cat gnawing on the ear of a sleek ginger cat
February 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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How my afternoon is going. #caturday
A fluffy orange cat dozing on a lap, hugging a man's hand.
February 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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@file770.bsky.social One of the attendees at ConFusion 2025 ("Monumental ConFusion") just dropped off a box of fanzines, which included a stack of File 770 from the 1980s.
A collection of issues of the fanzine File 770, from the 1980s, arrayed on a table, partially overlapping.
January 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Emonae Korean Restaurant is open again, and their Budae Ramen is AMAZING!!!
#KoreanCuisine #GrandRapids

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A large bowl of Budae Ramen, a Korean dish.
January 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Poe wishes you all a good night.
An orange cat, laying on her side on a brown blanket.
January 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Screenshot of a 3D Langton's Ant explorer created in Javascript using Three.js. Update of an old Flash experiment. Follow link to play. View page source for source code.

www.eccesignum.org/labs/langton...

#genuary #GenArt #LangonsAnt #ThreeJS #CellularAutomaton
Screenshot of a three-dimensional version of the Langton's Ant Cellular Automaton.
January 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Procedurally generated height map with custom colors, from an interactive explorer I created in Javascript (originally Flash). Play with it at the link. View page source for source code.

www.eccesignum.org/labs/procedu...

#genuary5 #genuary #genuary2025 #isometric #proceduralart #simplexnoise
Isometric landscape created using Javascript and Simplex Noise, with brilliant colors coded to the "height" of the landscape Procedurally generated height map with custom black and white stripe gradient.
January 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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A #bookshelfie. My collection of poetry books, collected over the past forty or so years. #poetry #bookshelf
A wooden bookshelf with four shelves full of poetry books, arranged alphabetically by author. A cat bed is on the right side of the lowest shelf.
January 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Wild and crazy times here at the start of 2025. Ted Lasso on the telly.
Two orange cats asleep on a lap, from the point of view of the owner of said lap.
January 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Spending the weekend in the Upper Peninsula. This is the view last night from our hotel window. Gray and rainy. The same today.
The view from a hotel window, at night, in the town of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.
December 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Poe offers you her support.
A ginger cat hiding inside a pillow case
December 25, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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An orange cat licking a window, as seen from the other side of the window.
December 24, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

Day 20
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the book Dictionary of Untranslatables, edited by Barbara Cassin.
December 9, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

Day 19
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the paperback edition of the book _In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-wu_, translated by Red Pine.
December 8, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

Day 18
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of the book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.
December 7, 2024 at 12:48 PM