Medicinal Carrot
@medicinalcarrot.bsky.social
I don't post much, and rarely reply. There's not much reason to follow me.
Texan lefty. Major Incident Manager. He/Him.
Texan lefty. Major Incident Manager. He/Him.
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Before today I would never have thought of a falafel quesadilla, but that was by far the tastiest thing I've eaten for months
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Before today I would never have thought of a falafel quesadilla, but that was by far the tastiest thing I've eaten for months
This reminds me of when I was on the help desk for a retail chain. The stores each ran on an old Unix server with 8 drives, 4 primary and 4 backups in pairs. They could be pulled out fairly easily for replacement or cleaning. If one as pulled and reconnected, it'd rebuild from its paired drive
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This is where @oggie.bsky.social and @kingfox.bsky.social gather in a dark corner of a virtual bar and reminisce about the time a guy unplugged the wrong thing to plug in a vacuum cleaner.
every time I see people whining about the internet and single points of failure and “remember when” I laugh and LAUGH. folks. did you know that at one point sufficient rain in northern Virginia could take half the internet down? the infrastructure is way more robust and resilient than it used to be.
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This reminds me of when I was on the help desk for a retail chain. The stores each ran on an old Unix server with 8 drives, 4 primary and 4 backups in pairs. They could be pulled out fairly easily for replacement or cleaning. If one as pulled and reconnected, it'd rebuild from its paired drive
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I've got a mind that can steer me to your house
And a heart that can bring you red flowers
My intentions are good and earnest and true
But under my hood is internal combustion power
And Satan is my motor
Hear my motor purr
And a heart that can bring you red flowers
My intentions are good and earnest and true
But under my hood is internal combustion power
And Satan is my motor
Hear my motor purr
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I've got a mind that can steer me to your house
And a heart that can bring you red flowers
My intentions are good and earnest and true
But under my hood is internal combustion power
And Satan is my motor
Hear my motor purr
And a heart that can bring you red flowers
My intentions are good and earnest and true
But under my hood is internal combustion power
And Satan is my motor
Hear my motor purr
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The double splitscreen shot from 1:13-1:42 is one of the most insane shots created during the photochemical era.
You’ve got a real woman fondling Maroon and Valiant at both ends of the shot, with the woman’s body hidden by splitscreens that run along the edges of the fluted columns in the BG…
You’ve got a real woman fondling Maroon and Valiant at both ends of the shot, with the woman’s body hidden by splitscreens that run along the edges of the fluted columns in the BG…
Jessica Rabbit (Amy Irving) performing "Why Don't Ya Do Right?" in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The double splitscreen shot from 1:13-1:42 is one of the most insane shots created during the photochemical era.
You’ve got a real woman fondling Maroon and Valiant at both ends of the shot, with the woman’s body hidden by splitscreens that run along the edges of the fluted columns in the BG…
You’ve got a real woman fondling Maroon and Valiant at both ends of the shot, with the woman’s body hidden by splitscreens that run along the edges of the fluted columns in the BG…
A few weeks. Doesn't hurt or anything, but I can feel where a chunk should be, and seems like an easy way to get a bad infection
No peanut butter, how about this?
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A few weeks. Doesn't hurt or anything, but I can feel where a chunk should be, and seems like an easy way to get a bad infection
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Tried to sneak a photo of a cute doggo and accidentally had long exposure on and I believe I have created man’s greatest expression of art
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tried to sneak a photo of a cute doggo and accidentally had long exposure on and I believe I have created man’s greatest expression of art
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Some assorted reminders as we enter the weekend:
1. Posting illegal content is a violation of §3.B of the Bluesky terms of service.
2. Violations of the TOS may be reported through the app. See TOS §6.A
3. The Hatch Act (5 USC §7321 et seq) is a law.
1. Posting illegal content is a violation of §3.B of the Bluesky terms of service.
2. Violations of the TOS may be reported through the app. See TOS §6.A
3. The Hatch Act (5 USC §7321 et seq) is a law.
October 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Some assorted reminders as we enter the weekend:
1. Posting illegal content is a violation of §3.B of the Bluesky terms of service.
2. Violations of the TOS may be reported through the app. See TOS §6.A
3. The Hatch Act (5 USC §7321 et seq) is a law.
1. Posting illegal content is a violation of §3.B of the Bluesky terms of service.
2. Violations of the TOS may be reported through the app. See TOS §6.A
3. The Hatch Act (5 USC §7321 et seq) is a law.
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the president is now on the bluesky app
are you a bad enough dude to block the president?
are you a bad enough dude to block the president?
October 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
the president is now on the bluesky app
are you a bad enough dude to block the president?
are you a bad enough dude to block the president?
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Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
Not a word, but a bit of a shibboleth from my home town. How it's listed on all maps and signs:
N County Rd W
Never heard a local call it anything other than West County, with "Road" tacked on the end when said on the radio
N County Rd W
Never heard a local call it anything other than West County, with "Road" tacked on the end when said on the radio
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Not a word, but a bit of a shibboleth from my home town. How it's listed on all maps and signs:
N County Rd W
Never heard a local call it anything other than West County, with "Road" tacked on the end when said on the radio
N County Rd W
Never heard a local call it anything other than West County, with "Road" tacked on the end when said on the radio
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I will never not repost this
(Sound on for maximum effect)
(Sound on for maximum effect)
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I will never not repost this
(Sound on for maximum effect)
(Sound on for maximum effect)
Seems like necromancers just can't catch a break these days
The Supreme Judicial Court says Harvard failed to adequately supervise its former morgue manager, Cedric Lodge, who admitted to stealing skin, brains and bones of bodies that had been donated to the medical school for students to learn from.
'Extraordinary failure': SJC says lawsuits against Harvard over morgue thefts can move forward
The Supreme Judicial Court says Harvard failed to adequately supervise its former morgue manager, Cedric Lodge, who admitted to stealing skin, brains and bones of bodies that had been donated to the m...
www.wbur.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Seems like necromancers just can't catch a break these days
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"I've tasted spicier, I'm Mexican."
Lol, you absolute beast.
Never stop.
Lol, you absolute beast.
Never stop.
Portland Frog updates about getting pepper sprayed in his fan intake 🐸🫡
October 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"I've tasted spicier, I'm Mexican."
Lol, you absolute beast.
Never stop.
Lol, you absolute beast.
Never stop.
Apparently posting this factual, public information and making a reasonable inference about what following a bigoted transphobe says about her own biases got Jay in enough of a tizzy to perma-ban someone on BlackSky (bringing into question the BlueSky team's commitment to decentralization). Great ..
October 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Apparently posting this factual, public information and making a reasonable inference about what following a bigoted transphobe says about her own biases got Jay in enough of a tizzy to perma-ban someone on BlackSky (bringing into question the BlueSky team's commitment to decentralization). Great ..
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When the Secretary of Defense is more dense and single minded than Walter fucking Sobchak
September 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
When the Secretary of Defense is more dense and single minded than Walter fucking Sobchak
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This is what I do when I think about the Confederacy's humiliation
Des Moines has you all beat
September 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is what I do when I think about the Confederacy's humiliation
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Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.
white cis men blocking people of color and other members of vulnerable communities because their risk factor is a lot different than ours is peak white nonsense.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.
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What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.
September 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.
This was a successful test flight. The data collected today will lead to great improvements on SpaceX's capabilities. Eventually this will allow people to get blitzed out of their minds on Mars.
Pilot dies after plane carrying nearly 200kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in remote Brazil
Pilot dies after plane carrying 180kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in Brazil
www.independent.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This was a successful test flight. The data collected today will lead to great improvements on SpaceX's capabilities. Eventually this will allow people to get blitzed out of their minds on Mars.
This tangentially brought back a few weird book memories. I read the novelization of Space Balls back in junior high, checked out from the school library. The Assholes were renamed to Idiots.
From there my brain took a sharp turn into a few books my parents got me when I was hitting puberty
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From there my brain took a sharp turn into a few books my parents got me when I was hitting puberty
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My favorite novelization fact is that they published novelizations of two James Bond movies: The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
Yes, those movies were (supposedly) based on novels by Ian Fleming. Then they hired someone to turn the movies into new novels that reflected their v different plots.
Yes, those movies were (supposedly) based on novels by Ian Fleming. Then they hired someone to turn the movies into new novels that reflected their v different plots.
September 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This tangentially brought back a few weird book memories. I read the novelization of Space Balls back in junior high, checked out from the school library. The Assholes were renamed to Idiots.
From there my brain took a sharp turn into a few books my parents got me when I was hitting puberty
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From there my brain took a sharp turn into a few books my parents got me when I was hitting puberty
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Five Dollar Footlong for Fighting
Make a band food:
Nine Inch Snails
Nine Inch Snails
Make a band food:
Katrina and The Wontons
Katrina and The Wontons
August 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Five Dollar Footlong for Fighting