Cal Young 🦖
@callie99.bsky.social
DC Area. Engineer. Nerd. I like numbers, critters, and ice cream.
@ghobubo.bsky.social
I picked the wrong one.
Phrazle 3: 4/6
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November 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Rabbit locomotion — Brehms Tierleben, 1914
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rabbit locomotion — Brehms Tierleben, 1914
Look at the twirly-dance after the second water spray. 😂
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Look at the twirly-dance after the second water spray. 😂
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Happy Origami Day!
折り紙の日おめでとう!
折り紙の日おめでとう!
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Happy Origami Day!
折り紙の日おめでとう!
折り紙の日おめでとう!
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Long-tailed ducks piling up on the south end of Lake Michigan.
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Long-tailed ducks piling up on the south end of Lake Michigan.
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One of the wool cloth making processes is "felting" where heat, friction and chemicals are used to open up the wool fibre. It used to be called "matting", and the chemical used was human urine.
The urine was provided by the locals, which earned them the nickname "Kruikenzeiker", jug pissers.
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The urine was provided by the locals, which earned them the nickname "Kruikenzeiker", jug pissers.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
One of the wool cloth making processes is "felting" where heat, friction and chemicals are used to open up the wool fibre. It used to be called "matting", and the chemical used was human urine.
The urine was provided by the locals, which earned them the nickname "Kruikenzeiker", jug pissers.
3/4
The urine was provided by the locals, which earned them the nickname "Kruikenzeiker", jug pissers.
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Here it is, my da Vinci machine in action
Blender 3D da Vinci Perpetual Motion Machine
YouTube video by del3d
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November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here it is, my da Vinci machine in action
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The Merganser Dance - It's what we do in the Hoody.
#BirdOfTheDay alternate theme, #blurry
#RidgefieldNWR
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#BirdOfTheDay alternate theme, #blurry
#RidgefieldNWR
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Merganser Dance - It's what we do in the Hoody.
#BirdOfTheDay alternate theme, #blurry
#RidgefieldNWR
📷🪶🕺🙂🙃🙂
#BirdOfTheDay alternate theme, #blurry
#RidgefieldNWR
📷🪶🕺🙂🙃🙂
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As tensions increase between the United States and Canada, some Trump staffers worry that new travel restrictions may make it more difficult for them to visit their girlfriends.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
As tensions increase between the United States and Canada, some Trump staffers worry that new travel restrictions may make it more difficult for them to visit their girlfriends.
omg. chonky freeloader.
Just been back through the footage of the cat cam because either Mog got suddenly very hungry or she had a visitor. Look at this chonky floof (being casually overseen by Mog). 1/5
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
omg. chonky freeloader.
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1000 words for misuse of "effecting"
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
1000 words for misuse of "effecting"
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There actually is a drool emoji, but it's kinda gross.
Couldn’t resist setting up a bit of a bistro scene chez moi for the Mustard Pork Chops that are #RecipeOfTheDay! And I serve gnocchi with them in place of potatoes, not just for speed and ease: they’re wonderful with the pork’s mustard and cider cream sauce. www.nigella.com/recipes/must...
Mustard Pork Chops
This is possibly the easiest route to a proper, filling and yet strangely delicate dinner. The pork is cooked just enough time to take away any pinkness but ensure tenderness within, and is gloriously...
www.nigella.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There actually is a drool emoji, but it's kinda gross.
So I guess the light finally clicked on for Sundar.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So I guess the light finally clicked on for Sundar.
While I'm wading through the huge complicated thing I'm working on, I will share a simple tool I keep next to me for these types of adventures. It's a modified Boston matrix. The quadrants are right/relevant, right/irrelevant, wrong/relevant and wrong/irrelevant.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
While I'm wading through the huge complicated thing I'm working on, I will share a simple tool I keep next to me for these types of adventures. It's a modified Boston matrix. The quadrants are right/relevant, right/irrelevant, wrong/relevant and wrong/irrelevant.
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This isn't just any fox ... it's a fox created out of the remains of a Cornish Red rhododendron tree.
Standing 6 metres tall in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, it is made up of 600 pieces of wood, all from a tree that predated WW1 and was blown down during a recent winter storm.
Standing 6 metres tall in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, it is made up of 600 pieces of wood, all from a tree that predated WW1 and was blown down during a recent winter storm.
September 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This isn't just any fox ... it's a fox created out of the remains of a Cornish Red rhododendron tree.
Standing 6 metres tall in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, it is made up of 600 pieces of wood, all from a tree that predated WW1 and was blown down during a recent winter storm.
Standing 6 metres tall in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, it is made up of 600 pieces of wood, all from a tree that predated WW1 and was blown down during a recent winter storm.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
omg. another brilliant cartoon from Ann Telnaes.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
omg. another brilliant cartoon from Ann Telnaes.
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New Borneo Photos:
I was happy to get closer—albeit brief—views of the silvered leaf monkey (langur) when a small troop hopped through the trees during one of our river floats. As a bonus, we got to see the less common "red morph" of the species as well!
I was happy to get closer—albeit brief—views of the silvered leaf monkey (langur) when a small troop hopped through the trees during one of our river floats. As a bonus, we got to see the less common "red morph" of the species as well!
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New Borneo Photos:
I was happy to get closer—albeit brief—views of the silvered leaf monkey (langur) when a small troop hopped through the trees during one of our river floats. As a bonus, we got to see the less common "red morph" of the species as well!
I was happy to get closer—albeit brief—views of the silvered leaf monkey (langur) when a small troop hopped through the trees during one of our river floats. As a bonus, we got to see the less common "red morph" of the species as well!
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chatgpt is down, post handmade em dashes
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
chatgpt is down, post handmade em dashes
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I got to cap off a fantastic polar bear season with the treat of driving one of the tundra buggies for a while. This stretch of trail is quite smooth, but they did let me take it down off of the ridge into rougher terrain.
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I got to cap off a fantastic polar bear season with the treat of driving one of the tundra buggies for a while. This stretch of trail is quite smooth, but they did let me take it down off of the ridge into rougher terrain.
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we are subject to a plague of TRASHY people who absolutely REVEL in wallowing like fatted hogs in their gilded-gold trash-heaps, and by God, I am sick and tired of it
this tawdry Olivia Nuzzi stuff highlights why I’m turning into a small-c conservative with regards to “it is unseemly and shameful for people in positions of power and influence to subject the public to their messy-ass sex nonsense on a constant basis”
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
we are subject to a plague of TRASHY people who absolutely REVEL in wallowing like fatted hogs in their gilded-gold trash-heaps, and by God, I am sick and tired of it
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This is Fendi. He is seen here demonstrating the internationally acknowledged sign language for politely requesting uppies. 13/10 would pick him up immediately (TT: isthat_jojo)
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is Fendi. He is seen here demonstrating the internationally acknowledged sign language for politely requesting uppies. 13/10 would pick him up immediately (TT: isthat_jojo)