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David Barbrow
@dbarbrow.bsky.social
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Software engineer when I worked for a living. Now studying French, getting back to piano.

Languages are cool. Just trying to be kind.

Originally a yinzer, now Tucson, AZ and Ann Arbor, MI.

Also @dbarbrow@mastodon.social

Pronouns: he/him/il/le/lui
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On this college football Saturday, finally figured out a math puzzle. The Big “10” is simply using base 18!

As teams come and go, the conference just has to change radix. Brilliant move.
🎓🧠🏈
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
dbarbrow.bsky.social
The “Pour de France”
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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stuartdouglas.com
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works but don't use them to train Generative AI, FFS.
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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adamrothman.bsky.social
Someone should give the Pope a Chicago basketball uniform that says Papal Bulls.
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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I AM OZYMANDIAS, KING OF KINGS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Philip Larkin’s this be the verse mangled into Ozymandias, the text reads They Oz you up, your mandyias. They may not mean to, but they do. They give you vast and trunkless legs A sunken shattered visage too. But they were Ozzed up in their turn By Mandyias upon the sand Who half the time had wrinkled lips And half in sneering cold command. Oz hands on mandyias to man. Like mighty works atop a shelf Look on them early as you can Ye mighty and despair yourself
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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museum.of.emilyk.art
→ RIGHTEOUS FROG PRINT NOW IN THE SHOP ←

11x14 inches: $24
16x20 inches: $26.50

All shop orders over $40 get free shipping!

www.emilyk.art/product/tzef...
Tzefarde'a Tzedek - Frog of Righteousness - Emily K • Cartoonist & Illustrator
A calligraphic representation of the Rabbinical commentary on the Plague of Frogs, with Hebrew and English in the shape of the Portland Frog.
www.emilyk.art
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
dbarbrow.bsky.social
Well hidden, but useful!

There's also UX lesson in here, but I can't find it... :)
rosenz.bsky.social Gary Rosenzweig (MacMost) @rosenz.bsky.social · 23d
📆 Ever have something on your Mac Calendar where you would rather get an email instead of a simple notification alert?
➜ Get info for the event, change the alert to “Custom” and then select “Email.”
You can add multiple alerts, so you can have both a notification and an email.
#macOS
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
dbarbrow.bsky.social
A strange, interesting historical trip today. The U.S. maintained 54 Titan II missile silos on 24 hour readiness. One silo, underground launch room, and missile remains, open to the public as a museum, In Sahuarita, south of Tucson.

After a simulated launch, the guide asks "now how do you feel?"
A photograph of the outside of the Titan Missile Museum with a sign in the foreground reading "Watch for rattlesnakes". The museum is a blue metallic structure. A photo of a wooden sign inside the Titan Missile Museum showing a plaque of a Titan II missile being launched, with the slogan "Custodes Pacis" (in Latin) underneath. A photo of the launch room for a Titan missile. There are banks of early 1960's electronics under fluorescent lights. A photo of a deactivated Titan II missile, seen looking down from the ground-level opening from which it would have launched.
October 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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“Eventually consistent” Rapture

It did happen yesterday, but it’s not visible in every universe yet.
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Is the first day of fall "equinoxious"?
September 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Reposted by David Barbrow
sansculottid.es
Today is Primidi the 1st of Vendémiaire in the year 234.
Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
Today we celebrate grapes.#JacobinDay

More information on grapes
An old time-y illustration of a Grapes.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
dbarbrow.bsky.social
Road Trip from Michigan to Arizona: Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.

The “Louvre Effect” - when you’ve seen a few dozen masterpieces, you have to take a break so that the next dozen masterpieces don’t seem ho-hum.

The Colorado Plateau: plate tectonics+rain+time has the last word.
A photo of gray bulbous rock formations. Some pine trees are in the background. A photo of towering red rock formation rising out of a deep canyon under a blue sky studded with puffy white clouds. A photo of a circular hole in a red rock wall. A forest of pine trees appears through the hole in the canyon beyond. A photo of red rock towers under a blue sky streaked with clouds.
September 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Road Trip from Michigan to Arizona: Arches National Park, Utah.

TIL about biocrusts, a mix of fungi, lichens, cyanobacteria and algae that live in the upper few millimeters of the ground in dry places (Moab!) that stabilize soil, capture water & fix nitrogen.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologi...
A photo of one of the "Window Arches" in Arches National Park. This is an eye-shaped hole in rock. A brilliant blue sky appears looking through the eye-shaped hole. Very tiny people appear in the photo giving a sense of scale to the arch - about 20 times the height of an adult. A photo of "Balanced Rock" in Arches National Park. This is a huge boulder resting on top of a column of slender rock and appears to be not very stable, although it has been standing for a very long time. Rays of light from the noonday sun illuminate the tower of rock. A photo of "Delicate Arch" in Arches National Park. This is a fragile-looking arch of stone. The photo is taken from about half a mile away, so the arch appears small, even though it is large in real life. A photo of a rock formation known as "The Three Gossips" in Arches. This is a towering rock structure with three boulders resting on top. The three boulders appear to be three heads (very roughly human) as if they are talking to each other. Other mesas appear to the right and left of the rock structure, under a cloudless blue sky.
September 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Road Trip from Michigan to Arizona: Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah. We live on an interesting planet.
A photo of a massive canyon under a bright blue sky in Canyonlands National Park A photo of a woman next to a small desert bush, with a deep canyon and large butte in the background. A picture of a man in a wide brimmed hat kneeling in front of Mesa Arch, a rock formation that looks like a squished donut. A photo of some towers of rocks rising out of a deep canyon, taken from above.
September 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Road Trip from Michigan to Arizona. Third Stop: Kansas City for BBQ, baseball and Truman Library.

#1 - Arthur Bryant’s BBQ
#2, 3- Royals vs Angels
#4 - The Truman Museum and Library does a good job showing the ugly with the good.
How would history be different if FDR had kept Henry Wallace as VP?
A photo of Arthur Bryant’s BBQ storefront in Kansas City. A photo of the Kansas City baseball stadium a few minutes before the first pitch. A photo of the Kansas City Royals mascot, a person dressed up as a silly lion wearing a crown. A photo of a quotation from the Truman Museum and Library in Independence, Missouri. The quotation says that not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.
September 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Road Trip from Michigan to Arizona…

Second stop, Hannibal Missouri: A literary stop to visit the childhood home of Samuel Clemens.

Yes, the picket fence next to Twain’s house is whitewashed 🙂
A photo of a small wood house with a white fence to the right.
September 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Road Trip from Michigan to Arizona… First stop - Springfield, Illinois, the key site in the life of The Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln. In my opinion, the greatest to ever hold the office.

Images: The Lincoln home, his work desk, the Old State House, and Representatives’ Chamber.
A photo of the home where Abraham Lincoln and his family lives for the 17 years before he became President. Lincoln’s writing desk in his home in Springfield. The Old Illinois State House, where Lincoln served as a legislator. A photo of the Representatives’ Chamber in the Old State House. Lincoln gave his famous “House Divided” speech in this room.
September 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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"Hero Sandwich Leading the People"
An image of a painting by Eugene Delacroix, depicting Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic, leading the people in the 1830 revolution. In her hand is the tricolor French flag and a large submarine sandwich.
August 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reposted by David Barbrow
catvalente.bsky.social
The 6 year old: “Hey Mum did you hear me? I said there’s really no such thing as future tenses. All future tenses are conditional tenses, really, because just because you say something is going to happen or you’ll do something doesn’t ACTUALLY mean it’s going to happen.”

Me: *blink blink*
August 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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swilua.bsky.social
just found out the official state sport of Maryland is JOUSTING and I’m sorry my state is cooler than yours will ever be, but you can do fun things too I believe in you
August 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
dbarbrow.bsky.social
"Safe for water temperatures up to 500°F/260°C"

You just have to keep the air pressure in your kitchen at 45 atmospheres for water to be liquid at that temperature.(*)

Protective suit not included with purchase.

(*) www.engineeringtoolbox.com/boiling-poin...
A photo of a silicone water stopper for sale in a hardware store. The label on the stopper says "Fun and colorful silicone drain stopper create a strong water-tight seal for kitchen and utility sinks. Safe for water temperatures up to 500°F or 260°C."
August 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Road Trip! Stop #6: Topiary Garden, begun in 1989 by the Columbus (Ohio) Parks and Recreation Department, is a recreation of Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Ile de la Grande Jatte”.

The topiary project was conceived, designed, and executed by Columbus sculptor James T. Mason.
A photo of a topiary garden. A small pond is in the foreground. Sculpted bushes are on the far side of the pond, A photo of topiary, with bushes cut to resemble two human figures side by side. A photo of two bushes cut to resemble two people side by side. A topiary garden that contains two standing and one sitting figure.
August 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM