Jeff Abraham
@jeffabraham.bsky.social
Husband, dad to two kids. Curious, and trying to learn more. Living in Seattle, but still a Canucks fan. Skiing at Baker. Working at MSFT. My opinions are my own.
What an excellent use of wealth; to truly love thy neighbor. As my partner said this morning, the next time we travel to a new place, we're buying whatever Rick Steves is selling.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an excellent use of wealth; to truly love thy neighbor. As my partner said this morning, the next time we travel to a new place, we're buying whatever Rick Steves is selling.
Crepe batter in the blender achieved almost perfect laminar flow this morning. Cooking is a great nerd activity.
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Crepe batter in the blender achieved almost perfect laminar flow this morning. Cooking is a great nerd activity.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ugh. One of my sisters had her garage flood and some water made it into the rest of the basement. This is going to be a giant mess for so many people.
“B.C. facing ‘unprecedented’ home flooding, says restoration company” cheknews.ca/b-c-facing-u... - @cheknews.ca
#AtmosphericRiver #BCFlood #YYJ
#AtmosphericRiver #BCFlood #YYJ
B.C. facing 'unprecedented' home flooding, says restoration company
PureClean Victoria's owner says this storm is being considered a catastrophic event in the restoration industry.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Ugh. One of my sisters had her garage flood and some water made it into the rest of the basement. This is going to be a giant mess for so many people.
"Wake up, babe. New kind of passive-aggressive cat just dropped."
My cat has invented a new game, which involves trying to lie down across my keyboard *while I am using it* without me noticing
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Wake up, babe. New kind of passive-aggressive cat just dropped."
Pulitzer. We'll figure out the category later.
U.S. plan to inspect Canadians’ social media overwhelmed by Peter Mansbridge thirst traps
U.S. plan to inspect Canadians’ social media overwhelmed by Peter Mansbridge thirst traps
NIAGARA FALLS - A recently U.S. proposal to demand 5 years of social media history from travellers has hit a snag, as American customs agents were wholly overwhelmed by the sheer volume of Peter Mansb...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Pulitzer. We'll figure out the category later.
One of the joys my wife and I had recently was overcoming the resistance of our children to any movie more than five years old, and introducing them to The Princess Bride. They loved it. "Anybody want a peanut?" echoed through our house for weeks afterwards. Rest in peace.
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
One of the joys my wife and I had recently was overcoming the resistance of our children to any movie more than five years old, and introducing them to The Princess Bride. They loved it. "Anybody want a peanut?" echoed through our house for weeks afterwards. Rest in peace.
@cviibyz.bsky.social this is an extremely random question, and I'm not expecting you to know, but if you were looking for sources for pictures of ancient Egyptian dwellings where would you start? My middle schooler has a project and wants to draw homes for nobles/middle class/poor Egyptians.
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
@cviibyz.bsky.social this is an extremely random question, and I'm not expecting you to know, but if you were looking for sources for pictures of ancient Egyptian dwellings where would you start? My middle schooler has a project and wants to draw homes for nobles/middle class/poor Egyptians.
Chuck, I love you, but, other than the rock-hard nature of the apple, this entire review could have been:
Move fish,
Get out the flav,
Get out the flav, fish
Get out the flav.
Move fish,
Get out the flav,
Get out the flav, fish
Get out the flav.
My review of this very ludicrous apple, the Ludacrisp.
(Also yes, Virginia, there IS a "Honeycrisp 2" coming, wtf.)
(Also yes, Virginia, there IS a "Honeycrisp 2" coming, wtf.)
Apple Review #38: Ludacrisp (Also, There’s A Honeycrisp Part Two??)
This is not a review of the work or the life of actor and rapper Ludacris, aka Christopher Brian Bridges. It is also not a review of the apple called Ludicrisp, which is a different (and better, an…
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December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Chuck, I love you, but, other than the rock-hard nature of the apple, this entire review could have been:
Move fish,
Get out the flav,
Get out the flav, fish
Get out the flav.
Move fish,
Get out the flav,
Get out the flav, fish
Get out the flav.
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This is a fine thing to want and there's no reason to believe it will work even ignoring the emergency room context everyone is coming up with.
Also $1T/yr is roughly the size of the Medicare budget.
Also $1T/yr is roughly the size of the Medicare budget.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This is a fine thing to want and there's no reason to believe it will work even ignoring the emergency room context everyone is coming up with.
Also $1T/yr is roughly the size of the Medicare budget.
Also $1T/yr is roughly the size of the Medicare budget.
As a parent of a kid on the spectrum, bless these spaces. All info dumping, all the time.
A mom just came in SO EXCITED to find a map store bc her son would LOVE it.
She tries to be coy. "My son is... Really into maps. Real special kid."
I'm like, ma'am, this is a map store. Half my customers are on the spectrum. I have a trains and transit section. You're among friends.
She tries to be coy. "My son is... Really into maps. Real special kid."
I'm like, ma'am, this is a map store. Half my customers are on the spectrum. I have a trains and transit section. You're among friends.
December 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
As a parent of a kid on the spectrum, bless these spaces. All info dumping, all the time.
This is @hockeyviz.com's ideal quilt.
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This is @hockeyviz.com's ideal quilt.
The Name Everything Darren Aronofsky Has Directed Challenge.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Name Everything Darren Aronofsky Has Directed Challenge.
I think I might be on Team Tank now (tail spinna for McKenna?). The Canucks out played the Wings pretty handily, and got goalied. This is a cursed franchise until the Aquilinis sell.
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I think I might be on Team Tank now (tail spinna for McKenna?). The Canucks out played the Wings pretty handily, and got goalied. This is a cursed franchise until the Aquilinis sell.
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Let me just say: I have run more than a dozen marathons and an ultramarathon and I have worked 13-hour days in a cornfield in the scorching-ass sun, and none of those things broke me like breastfeeding.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Let me just say: I have run more than a dozen marathons and an ultramarathon and I have worked 13-hour days in a cornfield in the scorching-ass sun, and none of those things broke me like breastfeeding.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
It’s not a question of will. I am a determined person. Sometimes your body just WONT DO IT.
Using this as the start of having "The Talk" with my kids about being Canucks fans.
It's not about being happy as a Canucks fan; it's about finding new reasons and ways to be sad.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Using this as the start of having "The Talk" with my kids about being Canucks fans.
All they have is hate. And hate cannot build anything that lasts.
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
All they have is hate. And hate cannot build anything that lasts.
My only nit with this is that Excel is probably also the most successful specialist programming language in history.
Microsoft Excel is the most successful nonspecialist programming language in history
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My only nit with this is that Excel is probably also the most successful specialist programming language in history.
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This is the "statement" just put out by the BC Conservatives. Yes, it really does look like that.
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Canada gets Freeze, which... yeah.
Today I learned in the Microsoft taxonomy for threat actors, which uses weather to name countries the name for a U.K. group would be “fog” 😐
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How Microsoft names threat actors - Unified security operations
Learn how Microsoft names threat actors and how to use the naming convention to identify associated intelligence.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Canada gets Freeze, which... yeah.
¿Por qué no los dos?
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
¿Por qué no los dos?
Seagull With Diarrhea Barely Makes It To Crowded Beach In Time
This is the one I think about the most lol
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Seagull With Diarrhea Barely Makes It To Crowded Beach In Time
This is how it's done.
Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This is how it's done.
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PSSST...Wanna see a portal to a beautiful place that has nothing but art made by real humans.
Left click or press & hold this > #ArtAdventCalendar and choose "See #ArtAdventCalendar posts"
The biggest art event on Bluesky. Last year we had 1500 participants from 25 countries posting +20,000 images
Left click or press & hold this > #ArtAdventCalendar and choose "See #ArtAdventCalendar posts"
The biggest art event on Bluesky. Last year we had 1500 participants from 25 countries posting +20,000 images
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
PSSST...Wanna see a portal to a beautiful place that has nothing but art made by real humans.
Left click or press & hold this > #ArtAdventCalendar and choose "See #ArtAdventCalendar posts"
The biggest art event on Bluesky. Last year we had 1500 participants from 25 countries posting +20,000 images
Left click or press & hold this > #ArtAdventCalendar and choose "See #ArtAdventCalendar posts"
The biggest art event on Bluesky. Last year we had 1500 participants from 25 countries posting +20,000 images
Goddammit people, the metric system is right there.
This article reads like the author very recently wrote an article about a small species of rhino and couldn't believe their luck.
This article reads like the author very recently wrote an article about a small species of rhino and couldn't believe their luck.
Good news for anyone planning on taking their rare breed of rhino on a site seeing tour of Colchester
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Glass walkway for Roman mosaic could hold the weight of 'under threat' breed of rhino
A GLASS walkway set to be built to show-off an underground Roman mosaic in Colchester will be able take the equivalent weight of a rare breed of…
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December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Goddammit people, the metric system is right there.
This article reads like the author very recently wrote an article about a small species of rhino and couldn't believe their luck.
This article reads like the author very recently wrote an article about a small species of rhino and couldn't believe their luck.