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Bill Glover
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Writer/Coder | Fantasy litRPG on RoyalRoad.com | O'Reilly author (RFID Essentials)
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Happy Fallout Day from Bomb City!

For all who celebrate.

Also a good movie about life in my highschool days.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_City

www.dshs.texas.gov/texas-radiat...
Punk rocker with spiked Mohawk looking pensive in front of a stormy sky and "The Cadillac Ranch" art installation.
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Also the 80s, if you were in Austin, TX
(credit: www.vice.com/en/article/p...) And the article is sadly still very relevant 11 years after it was published.
Black and white photo of a tense standoff on a city street. A lone protester stands facing a line of uniformed police officers in riot gear and helmets. The officers form a tight formation blocking the street, while the man stands directly in front of them with his hands in his pockets, staring at one officer. The background shows stone buildings and an arched doorway.
August 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Sorry, had to be done.
Comic drawing of a blue gloved hand holding a reflective spoon. The distorted face of The Tick, a masked, smiling superhero is reflected in the spoon.
August 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
Small two-legged robot with a watering can turning to face the camera as it pulls away. A heartbreaking moment from the movie Silent Running.
July 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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It's weightless and cheap feeling, but it writes *very* smoothly for a fine point.
Zebra V 301 fountain pen lying on a notebook. Some orange inked text is above is written on the open page at the top, from another pen. It reads "I can keep it going." Black text below was written in black in an unsteady and cramped cursive hand. The message reads, "Guess what? Zebra makes a fountain pen!" The word "fountain" is barely legible.
May 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Looks like it fits a standard converter too.
Disassembled Zebra V 301 silver fountain pen with a standard converter. Pen barrel is next to a Zebra cartridge that came with the pen.
May 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Zebra V301 fountain pen $5. I had no idea such a thing existed.
Zebra V 301 fountain pen in drugstore pegboard package.
May 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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If you want to try an actual paper wallet, I fold one every month or two. This one is 2 months old and a little dingy. I use scrap paper.

Lots of variations on youtube.
A photo of a wallet folded from paper. The wallet is yellow, on a white metal background, with a brass fidget toy beside it. The wallet contains insurance cards and a driver's license, and multiple other cards.
May 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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What are you wearing to bsky prom?
photo of a man wearing a costume. He where's a headpiece that looks like a piece of toast, a chest piece that looks like the body of an electric toaster. the rest of his body is hidden by black clothing and he holds an electric cord with a European two prong plug as if it were his tail. he is smiling and has a mustache and short trimmed beard.
May 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Over 100 in Amarillo, TX

www.myhighplains.com/news/amarill...
**Alt Text:** A diverse group of protestors gathers outdoors holding handmade signs advocating for justice and civil rights. A person in a wheelchair wearing a bright pink vest holds a sign reading “HANDS OFF OUR CONSTITUTION.” A woman next to them holds a green sign that reads “BILLIONAIRES SHOULDN’T RUN OUR DEMOCRACY.” Another protestor smiles while holding a cardboard sign that says “NO KINGS.” Other visible signs include “DUE PROCESS FOR ALL,” “PRO LIFE A LIE,” and “JESUS WEPT.” The crowd appears engaged and passionate, with many dressed for cool weather.
April 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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That's so cool to imagine. I also loved the image in "The Selfish Gene" where Dawkins described us as "Survival Machines" for genes. I imagined something like the Arc II vehicle from 80s TV on a hostile, alien world.
March 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Also the ring should store an encryption key and provide magical access to caffeinated beverages.
March 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Another view, and this time I remembered the ALT text. *facepalm*
A retractable fountain pen in a pottery pen cup shaped like a funny face.
December 22, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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Filling my EDC fountain pen and realized I don't know what it is. It's retractable, but NOT a pilot. Nib is Moon Man EF.

No markings on the pen itself.
December 22, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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🦠 REINCARNATED AS A PARAMECIUM 🦠

A microfiction of unusual scope.

🚪 Isekai / LitRPG
🔬 0.05 mm MC
🌱 Slice of (microbial) Life

🦋 New episodes daily. Only on BlueSky 🦋

Image by: Barfooz CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
A paramecium microbe as seen through a microscope -- the microbe appears as a long ellipse with small globes inside. The entire body is covered with tiny, hair-like cilia. Most are in motion and too blurry to see.
December 1, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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This makes me want to create a startup that uses Scheme to build pyramids.
Scheme programming language code related to laying blocks to build a pyramid. Joke in comment "Disclaimer: Pharaoh has not approved O(n^2) complexity."
November 13, 2024 at 9:15 PM