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Darren Radford
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British-American, ex-alien, would-be writer, mainframer, cat whisperer. If uncertain, always take the path to the left.

There is not enough Stegosaurus representation. Show me your Stegs.
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Unexpected! Just the barest suggestion of a haze to the naked eye, but bright in the camera.
Red and green aurora in the Illinois sky Red and green aurora in the Illinois sky Red and green aurora in the Illinois sky
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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I finished “Before I Go To Sleep” in just a couple of days. Compelling. Excellently paced revelations.
I wonder if the movie is as good? #BookSky
Book cover of “Before I Go To Sleep” by SJ Watson, depicting a woman in bed covering her face with her arms.
October 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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You’ve probably already checked for extensions, but I’ll post this anyway.
1. Remove Suspicious Extensions Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions. Look for extensions you don’t recognize or don’t use. Click Remove for any suspicious or unnecessary extensions. 2. Reset Chrome Settings Open Chrome and go to Settings > Advanced > Reset and clean up. Click Restore settings to their original defaults. Confirm the reset. This will disable extensions, clear temporary data, and reset your search engine.
September 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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It was about the origin of the idiom “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”. I don’t know why they blocked me, but here it is:
Two farmers looking at a tower. The one of the left is pulling up on their bootstrap to no effect. The farmer on the right is using a pulley system and people pulling on the rope to pull him up the tower.
August 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Sunflower is watching. Always.
A field of sunflowers under a stormy sky. One flower stands alert over the others. The alert flower sees something. We zoom in. Bow before the sunflower! A close up, all yellow petals and orange center. The sunflower, withered, its face holding a false smile. Only a few yellow petals remain.
August 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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You all saw this too, right? #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds
Erica Ortegas very close to a salivating reptilian alien. There are lots of teeth. Sigourney Weaver very close to a salivating alien. There are teeth.
July 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Samwise also says hi
Samwise, a Tonkinese cat with cream and grey coloring to match the couch, looks directly into the camera.
June 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This is quite a passage! Is this what young men are up to?
The instructor wasn’t letting up, though. “Fight the fear,” he bellowed as Nick nestled the phone between his shoulder and ear, and listlessly gyrated his hips. “People in the street had completely faded out by that point,” he said. “I wasn’t feeling fear because I wasn’t feeling anything.” His mum was still on the line, fussing about her dad’s affairs that would need sorting. Had his grandad wanted to be buried or cremated? How should he know? He was still half-heartedly going at the lamp-post when the first salty tear ran down his cheek and into his mouth. At that point, “ it was like: what the fuck am I doing with my life?” Nick finally gave up when a drunken woman kicked him between the legs from behind with a bulky heel. The pain took a moment to reach his stomach but when it did, it brought welcome clarity. Nick said goodbye to his mum, wiped his eyes on his sleeve and tottered to the nearest underground station, hunching over to dull the pain.
May 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Frodo the Tonkinese cat with the best Scotch
May 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I really liked these two back in the day.
OutRun video arcade game from 1986 set in a pseudo-car cabinet Hard Drivin’ video arcade game from 1989 set in a pseudo-car cabinet
April 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Avengers Assemble!
#birds #BirdBuddy
Action shot of three birds at the feeder. A cowbird in the foreground, head low, beak open, one wing extended. A sparrow in flight, wings tucked in. Another sparrow perched nearby watches the cowbird being intense.
April 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Oh, look, the apes came out of their box!
#birds #BirdBuddy
A house finch looks on at some strange ape-like creatures freshly emerged from winter hibernation.
March 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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The Crimson Chicken, suburban crimefighter.
#BirdBuddy #birds
Actually it’s a close side view of a red Northern Cardinal but you can’t tell because of the black face mask
March 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I’d say I’m this old but this was actually my second computer!
Load screen of second generation ZX Spectrum (with 128K RAM!)
March 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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This is not a compliment
A reckless enforcer and wannabe emperor, co-presidents Musk and Trump in monochrome A reckless enforcer and emperor, Darth Vader and Palpatine in low color positioned similarly
March 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Needs more Cowbird
#birds #BirdBuddy
The first Brown-headed Cowbird of the season at the feeder, close-up, head turned to its left, the viewers right.
March 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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“Wokka wokka! So I met a sparrow on the way to the feeder…”
“Boo! Get off the stage!”
#birds #BirdBuddy
A dark-eyed junco with a seed held in its beak like a cigar, looking directly at the camera as if doing stand-up comedy. Two sparrows, heads only visible, close to the camera but looking away, as if audience members at a comedy club. They are not amused.
February 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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I’ve named this chap “Rouge Skywatcher” because he’s constantly checking for hawks.
#birds #BirdBuddy
A red-bellied woodpecker nicknamed Rouge Skywatcher checking the sky for hawks every couple of seconds
February 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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New bird signaling Spring is coming? Punxsutawney Phil is wrong most of the time anyway.
#birds #BirdBuddy
Chickadee (black head, white cheeks, yellowish underside) making an announcement to camera. Spring is coming!
February 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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White-breasted nuthatch contemplates the world.
#birds #BirdBuddy
A white-breasted nuthatch facing away from the camera with its head in left profile, looking thoughtful.
February 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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When great Houses meet. Wet but fed.
#birds #BirdBuddy
House Finch, left, and House Sparrow, foreground, right
February 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Ennui sparrow
#birds #BirdBuddy
A house sparrow, frontal view, tilting its head very much to one side. Ennui, a character from Disney-Pixar’s movie “Inside Out 2”, with her characteristic head tilt and slouched posture.
January 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Red bellied woodpecker with wings spread, red belly clearly visible
January 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Dark-eyed junco, ventral side, landing gear up, banking hard left at takeoff.
#birds #BirdBuddy
A dark eyed junco in flight, displaying its white underside and spread wings and it departs the feeder.
January 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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He’s right behind me, isn’t he?
#birds #BirdBuddy
A sparrow very close to the camera looking directly into the lens. Behind, a dark-eyed junco lurks.
January 27, 2025 at 4:51 AM