Mark
@theabstractgeek.bsky.social
Opinions=mine, not my employer’s. Techie (observability and security), composer, and writer. Weather spotter.
DMs open for friends, inc. online ones. Signal available on request.
Twin Cities, MN
DMs open for friends, inc. online ones. Signal available on request.
Twin Cities, MN
One thing I have noticed…ever since Minnesota legalized weed, my personal spending in Vegas has decreased dramatically. 🤔
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
One thing I have noticed…ever since Minnesota legalized weed, my personal spending in Vegas has decreased dramatically. 🤔
Having my Vegas birthday meal!
Two day old Little Caesars and Diet Coke with Emergen-C mixed in.
Do I know how to party or what?
Two day old Little Caesars and Diet Coke with Emergen-C mixed in.
Do I know how to party or what?
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Having my Vegas birthday meal!
Two day old Little Caesars and Diet Coke with Emergen-C mixed in.
Do I know how to party or what?
Two day old Little Caesars and Diet Coke with Emergen-C mixed in.
Do I know how to party or what?
Because people barely making minimum wage are buying houses? Riiiiiiiight.
JD Vance: "Why did homes get so unaffordable? Because we had 20 million illegal aliens in this country taking homes that ought by right go to American citizens."
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Because people barely making minimum wage are buying houses? Riiiiiiiight.
Coooool. I mastered the art of picking my spot at the booth so I’m out of frame for almost every single marketing photo. 😏😁
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Coooool. I mastered the art of picking my spot at the booth so I’m out of frame for almost every single marketing photo. 😏😁
How exhausted am I?
I’m in Vegas with a corporate card…and I had DoorDash deliver Little Caesar’s to my hotel rather than go out.
That’s how exhausted I am.
Yet I know I can’t fall asleep yet. 🤦♂️
I’m in Vegas with a corporate card…and I had DoorDash deliver Little Caesar’s to my hotel rather than go out.
That’s how exhausted I am.
Yet I know I can’t fall asleep yet. 🤦♂️
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
How exhausted am I?
I’m in Vegas with a corporate card…and I had DoorDash deliver Little Caesar’s to my hotel rather than go out.
That’s how exhausted I am.
Yet I know I can’t fall asleep yet. 🤦♂️
I’m in Vegas with a corporate card…and I had DoorDash deliver Little Caesar’s to my hotel rather than go out.
That’s how exhausted I am.
Yet I know I can’t fall asleep yet. 🤦♂️
Saw a comment on a YouTube video tonight that just…yeah.
“Grief never really leaves. You just get distracted. Until you are not.”
“Grief never really leaves. You just get distracted. Until you are not.”
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Saw a comment on a YouTube video tonight that just…yeah.
“Grief never really leaves. You just get distracted. Until you are not.”
“Grief never really leaves. You just get distracted. Until you are not.”
I can think of more than a few folks on my feed who would put this to good use. 😏
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I can think of more than a few folks on my feed who would put this to good use. 😏
I think they like having snow again.
(Yes, focus is soft, it’s a 360° camera and I’m panning and zooming. Just enjoy the energy. 😉)
(Yes, focus is soft, it’s a 360° camera and I’m panning and zooming. Just enjoy the energy. 😉)
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I think they like having snow again.
(Yes, focus is soft, it’s a 360° camera and I’m panning and zooming. Just enjoy the energy. 😉)
(Yes, focus is soft, it’s a 360° camera and I’m panning and zooming. Just enjoy the energy. 😉)
WHAT A RACE.
Horrible strategic error from team McLaren.
Verstappen is a freaking machine.
Next weekend is going to be absolutely nuts.
Horrible strategic error from team McLaren.
Verstappen is a freaking machine.
Next weekend is going to be absolutely nuts.
November 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
WHAT A RACE.
Horrible strategic error from team McLaren.
Verstappen is a freaking machine.
Next weekend is going to be absolutely nuts.
Horrible strategic error from team McLaren.
Verstappen is a freaking machine.
Next weekend is going to be absolutely nuts.
@profanity.accountant this will go badly
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@profanity.accountant this will go badly
New snowblower works great.
Carhartt arctic series (“Yukon extremes” is the newer version) is still way too effing hot for snowblowing.
You’d think I’d remember each year to wear lighter weight clothing but nooooooo… 🥵
Carhartt arctic series (“Yukon extremes” is the newer version) is still way too effing hot for snowblowing.
You’d think I’d remember each year to wear lighter weight clothing but nooooooo… 🥵
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
New snowblower works great.
Carhartt arctic series (“Yukon extremes” is the newer version) is still way too effing hot for snowblowing.
You’d think I’d remember each year to wear lighter weight clothing but nooooooo… 🥵
Carhartt arctic series (“Yukon extremes” is the newer version) is still way too effing hot for snowblowing.
You’d think I’d remember each year to wear lighter weight clothing but nooooooo… 🥵
One of the movies that actually tweaked my terror bone when it came out was Event Horizon.
Naturally, when I heard there was a prequel comic series coming out, I made sure to read it.
I’m three issues in, and I have some thoughts. Spoilers in thread.
Naturally, when I heard there was a prequel comic series coming out, I made sure to read it.
I’m three issues in, and I have some thoughts. Spoilers in thread.
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
One of the movies that actually tweaked my terror bone when it came out was Event Horizon.
Naturally, when I heard there was a prequel comic series coming out, I made sure to read it.
I’m three issues in, and I have some thoughts. Spoilers in thread.
Naturally, when I heard there was a prequel comic series coming out, I made sure to read it.
I’m three issues in, and I have some thoughts. Spoilers in thread.
If you’ve got errands to run, be careful. It’s sketchy.
I went early, and saw this from a frontage road on the way back. That’s gonna ruin someone’s day.
I went early, and saw this from a frontage road on the way back. That’s gonna ruin someone’s day.
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
If you’ve got errands to run, be careful. It’s sketchy.
I went early, and saw this from a frontage road on the way back. That’s gonna ruin someone’s day.
I went early, and saw this from a frontage road on the way back. That’s gonna ruin someone’s day.
Either it’s war in which case the killing of injured survivors is a war crime, or it’s a criminal act in which case extrajudicial killings are murder.
Which one would you like to be tried for, Pete?
Which one would you like to be tried for, Pete?
This is a lot of words to say, “Yikes! That Washington Post story about us illegally killing survivors on the open seas was 100% correct!”
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Either it’s war in which case the killing of injured survivors is a war crime, or it’s a criminal act in which case extrajudicial killings are murder.
Which one would you like to be tried for, Pete?
Which one would you like to be tried for, Pete?
It’s been over twenty years since I last worked professionally in theater and I bet I could still give the weapons talk almost word for word, including the threat of immediate termination from the production for any violation.
The more I’ve thought about this today the harder I’ve facepalmed.
The more I’ve thought about this today the harder I’ve facepalmed.
As someone who worked and taught in a university theater department, I say this and mean every word.
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
What absolutely broken-brained muppet decided to allow real knives anywhere near a stage?
There are procedures for using weapons for a reason.
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
What absolutely broken-brained muppet decided to allow real knives anywhere near a stage?
There are procedures for using weapons for a reason.
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
It’s been over twenty years since I last worked professionally in theater and I bet I could still give the weapons talk almost word for word, including the threat of immediate termination from the production for any violation.
The more I’ve thought about this today the harder I’ve facepalmed.
The more I’ve thought about this today the harder I’ve facepalmed.
In case you thought the mass murder cabal being run by Trump and Hegseth actually had anything to do with drugs…
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President Donald Trump said he will grant a pardon to former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the U.S. after his conviction on drug trafficking an...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
In case you thought the mass murder cabal being run by Trump and Hegseth actually had anything to do with drugs…
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What happens when you try to play fetch with a husky. This was after about ten minutes of non-stop fetch with the Labrador…
Note the lack of a ball in her mouth.
“I tagged it! What’s the next game?”
This is why I barely tossed it. Love my “I saw that coming…” cackling. 😂
Note the lack of a ball in her mouth.
“I tagged it! What’s the next game?”
This is why I barely tossed it. Love my “I saw that coming…” cackling. 😂
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
What happens when you try to play fetch with a husky. This was after about ten minutes of non-stop fetch with the Labrador…
Note the lack of a ball in her mouth.
“I tagged it! What’s the next game?”
This is why I barely tossed it. Love my “I saw that coming…” cackling. 😂
Note the lack of a ball in her mouth.
“I tagged it! What’s the next game?”
This is why I barely tossed it. Love my “I saw that coming…” cackling. 😂
Actual war crime. On video.
Hamas or not, when they surrender YOU TAKE THEM INTO CUSTODY.
No quarter is not fucking allowed in modern times. It has been illegal for over a century.
Hamas or not, when they surrender YOU TAKE THEM INTO CUSTODY.
No quarter is not fucking allowed in modern times. It has been illegal for over a century.
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Actual war crime. On video.
Hamas or not, when they surrender YOU TAKE THEM INTO CUSTODY.
No quarter is not fucking allowed in modern times. It has been illegal for over a century.
Hamas or not, when they surrender YOU TAKE THEM INTO CUSTODY.
No quarter is not fucking allowed in modern times. It has been illegal for over a century.
GoPro picked up, pair of jeans returned via UPS Store, car gassed up, broken microwave and container of motor oil (from when I was doing my own oil changes) dropped off at Hennepin Recycling Center.
That’s enough Black Friday for me.
That’s enough Black Friday for me.
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
GoPro picked up, pair of jeans returned via UPS Store, car gassed up, broken microwave and container of motor oil (from when I was doing my own oil changes) dropped off at Hennepin Recycling Center.
That’s enough Black Friday for me.
That’s enough Black Friday for me.
Snagged the new GoPro 360° camera.
All I want from an action cam is to document the doggos. I want to think I’ll have forever with them, but then there’s reality. 🥺
With any luck I’ll have years with them yet. I look forward to them all. But I like having some recorded memories, you know?
All I want from an action cam is to document the doggos. I want to think I’ll have forever with them, but then there’s reality. 🥺
With any luck I’ll have years with them yet. I look forward to them all. But I like having some recorded memories, you know?
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Snagged the new GoPro 360° camera.
All I want from an action cam is to document the doggos. I want to think I’ll have forever with them, but then there’s reality. 🥺
With any luck I’ll have years with them yet. I look forward to them all. But I like having some recorded memories, you know?
All I want from an action cam is to document the doggos. I want to think I’ll have forever with them, but then there’s reality. 🥺
With any luck I’ll have years with them yet. I look forward to them all. But I like having some recorded memories, you know?
Today’s moment of pride…
This year I remembered to get the whole house humidifier going BEFORE I ended up giving the dogs static boops on their noses.
This year I remembered to get the whole house humidifier going BEFORE I ended up giving the dogs static boops on their noses.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Today’s moment of pride…
This year I remembered to get the whole house humidifier going BEFORE I ended up giving the dogs static boops on their noses.
This year I remembered to get the whole house humidifier going BEFORE I ended up giving the dogs static boops on their noses.
Ok, that’s it. I’m done with Insta360.
Bought an X3 from them a couple of years ago to film adventures with the dogs. It’s never really worked right even after a replacement.
Took it out for a game of fetch with Mikko. New card, fresh battery, recorded 9 seconds and locked up.
Back to GoPro.
Bought an X3 from them a couple of years ago to film adventures with the dogs. It’s never really worked right even after a replacement.
Took it out for a game of fetch with Mikko. New card, fresh battery, recorded 9 seconds and locked up.
Back to GoPro.
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ok, that’s it. I’m done with Insta360.
Bought an X3 from them a couple of years ago to film adventures with the dogs. It’s never really worked right even after a replacement.
Took it out for a game of fetch with Mikko. New card, fresh battery, recorded 9 seconds and locked up.
Back to GoPro.
Bought an X3 from them a couple of years ago to film adventures with the dogs. It’s never really worked right even after a replacement.
Took it out for a game of fetch with Mikko. New card, fresh battery, recorded 9 seconds and locked up.
Back to GoPro.
MOTION INTERPOLATION ON YOUR TV IS NOT AI. 🤦♂️
I’m usually not a jerk of a techie, but some people have brains running Dunning-Kruger as their default mode and it’s getting old.
I’m usually not a jerk of a techie, but some people have brains running Dunning-Kruger as their default mode and it’s getting old.
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
MOTION INTERPOLATION ON YOUR TV IS NOT AI. 🤦♂️
I’m usually not a jerk of a techie, but some people have brains running Dunning-Kruger as their default mode and it’s getting old.
I’m usually not a jerk of a techie, but some people have brains running Dunning-Kruger as their default mode and it’s getting old.