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Custone
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My name is Mark Lane Vines. Languages, nature, fiction, and musical interval systems fascinate me.
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Cayli dahun of Puer sen fermentado ji fe xaya laogido ji xafe to suhe presyondo. Norma sen na tarutagi termoday sui per sama dahun fe bannumer mara. Unyum taruta sol jagegi dahun ji sen awjetido. Moy xali taruta per sama dahun sen cel glune ji xa fale cay har alo xeto, kolorje, ji kafeinali balaje.
Unwrapped, a dry pressed Pu’er tea leaf disk of Tiger with Double Wings. The dark green and brown disk is indented at back center so the corners of its wrapper can be folded (or stuffed) back into place. An unusually small chunk of dark green and brown Pu’er tea leaves from the disk sits in the perforated blue bottom of a cup-fitting device for soaking tea. The same Pu’er tea is now soaking in its very first pour, necessary for “waking” and cleansing the tea leaves, which is usually fit only for being thrown out. Those who try it anyway sometimes describe its flavor as muddy or fishy. I always try it; you shouldn’t. This one tasted muddy and fishy. Yuck! This delicious, dark brown, and very strong Pu’er tea was produced by the first drinkable pour (after the waking pour that got thrown out). Its flavor was delightful. It soothed my throat and stomach, leaving me tranquil and alert. I soaked the tea leaves longer than is ideal for an early pour but the oversoak did no harm. It’s shown in a porcelain cup with red interior, yellow exterior, and a purple handle.
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Cay of Puer in Cungwoli estato Yunnan sen misu preferido cay. Fe jaledin mi le visita dukan Zhi Cay fe dukanlari Umumi Mambaloka in donguli Austin in Teksas. Denloka mi le kari cayli disko fal firma Ca Nong Hao, cay hu name Babur har Duaple Fleytul. Fe hin soba mi le jaribi to.

#Globasa
Springdale General shopping venue in east Austin. The venue has a large yellow entrance frame over its entry and exit lanes for vehicles. Exterior doorway to the shop Zhi Tea. Its logo is a branded green teapot superimposed on a mostly yellow and white mandala reminiscent of lotus petals. Small folding chalkboards advertise current products near a sitting area. A wrapped disk of a Pu’er tea called Tiger with Double Wings. Its reddish-orange wrapper features yellow Chinese calligraphy at left and the face of a tiger at right whose fur has orange, black, and white stripes.
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Back from today’s No Kings protest in downtown Round Rock, Texas. Though I took no photos at the event (these were taken earlier), it was well attended, festive, replete with thoughtful and creative signs: a good time!

These are policy goals I hope broad coalitions of voters would support.
One side of the sign I carried today at the No Kings protest in Round Rock, Texas. The other side of the sign I carried today at the No Kings protest in Round Rock, Texas.
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Fe hataya ki niponsali lexi “kombuca” ible u mena dahunkanuli cay, englisali jumlemon “hard kombuca” u mena probioenteli alkoholli caypul gluxey, xugwanpul har jiwane mikrobioli canfen. #FePetiAmSahigiMisuMalxey #Globasa
This is a can of June Shine Hard Kombucha. Hinto sen banka de alkoholli caypul gluxey fal Sisayum Mesili Brila.
October 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Daybeze fe pinku flura. #Globasa #Bugsky
Bumblebee at pink flower.
October 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Is U.S. House #SpeakerMikeJohnson really so afraid of election winners? Or just afraid Grijalva will vote for the House to subpoena the #EpsteinFiles?
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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My app’s threadlining and Notifications (shown in photo) characterized this comment of yours as a reply to me. I’m curious to know if it really was, as the app might be glitching. In any case I intended no complaint or criticism toward you afaik and wish you a fine day. All the best!
A portion of a BlueSky comment in my Notifications showing that the app treated it as a reply to me.
July 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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#DogWalkPhotos Williamson County, Texas, USA.
Texas River Cooter, a kind of turtle, mostly submerged, Fern Bluff Greenbelt. A smaller Texas River Cooter, Fern Bluff Greenbelt. Mule Deer doe, Fern Bluff Greenbelt. Mule Deer buck behind a tree trunk, Fern Bluff Greenbelt.
June 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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No Kings in Pflugerville today.

A sign seen but not pictured: “Make Orwell & Atwood Fiction Again!” A T-shirt seen but not pictured: “Gulf of Mexico … since 1550!”
Protestors today along Kelly Lane, Pflugerville, Texas. My wife and I at the No Kings protest in Pflugerville today. No Kings protest, the 14th of June 2025, Kelly Lane, Pflugerville, Texas, USA.
June 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Happy Easter!
White blossoms on a tree branch, attended by a few honeybees, along the Brushy Creek Hike & Bike Trail, Williamson County, Texas.
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Vultures on a light pole under a partly cloudy daytime sky.
April 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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No cheating, post the last photo of your pet!
Gracie doesn’t notice a doll without clothes, left by an unknown person on a big rock alongside the main walkway of the Fern Bluff greenbelt.
March 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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#DogWalkPhotos
Gracie the dog, not noticing the white shorebird wading in the pond. A white shorebird wading in a pond.
February 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Lately I’m into ripe pu’er tea. Though it does have health benefits, due to statins and probiotic fermentation, I’m into the gourmet flavor, or should I say the flavor range … ideally the same leaves are steeped several times, yielding a somewhat different aroma each time.
A wrapped cake of ripe pu’er tea.
February 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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50501 protest, State capitol of Texas, Austin, 17th of February 2025.
Sign at protest: “If your Spidey senses aren’t tingling you’re not paying attention.” Texas state capitol with scaffolding in background. Signs at protest: “Fork off Elon Musk” and “CONGRESS Where Are You Guys You Took an Oath DEFEND our CONSTITUTION” … protestors’ hats in foreground. Sign at protest: “Supreme Court is corrupt. Congress is a rubber stamp & the President is LAWLESS … What’s NEXT?” Texas state capitol in background. Engaved on exterior wall: “All political power is inherent in the people and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their benefit. First Constitution, State of Texas, 1845.”
February 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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#DogWalk
Gracie sniffing the grassy ground near where a concrete ramp meets a concrete sidewalk. Trees, mostly bare, between grassy ground and blue sky. Trees with white bark on a warm, clear winter day.
February 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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I’ve only just learned that, on the 9th of February, Tom Robbins died. #RestInPeace #BookSky
Author Tom Robbins, from the back cover of *skinny legs and all*.
February 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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“You can’t go anywhere for professional help, can you? Somebody’s twigged that you doubled, and a lot of pros died, out there. So you’re hiring shitheads with funny haircuts. The pros have all heard you’ve got Hosaka after your ass, haven’t they, Connie? And they all know what you did.” — William Gibson, *Count Zero*
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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All the Sinophobia has gotten way out of hand. I live in Austin. If you think of any way a local can be helpful, feel free to say so.
WeChat QR code for adding me as a friend on that platform. I’m Custone on BlueSky. My name is Mark L. Vines.
February 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Happy Wood Snake Year!
January 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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My latest #DieRoll turned up 50 … a round number … at least it’s round in base 2, 5, 10, 25, or 50!
Dice Labs d120.
January 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I’m deep into this tragically historic and powerful anthology of speculative fiction. #BookSky
The Last Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, prepared for publication by J. Michael Straczynski.
January 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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52 turned up on today’s #DieRoll.
A d120 from Dice Labs.
January 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Today’s #DieRoll turned up 117.
120-sided die from DiceLabs.
January 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Snow fell while I slept.
A thin layer of snow covers my front yard in the predawn darkness. Snow on my front walk in the yellow-orange illumination of my front porch light.
January 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM