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I went out west, and came back. Sometimes a CTO, Developer, SysAdmin, Founder, Teacher, Coach. Tech itself is the least interesting thing to me. Dig stories, wood, metal […]

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Remember when talk shows used to ask the serious questions that mattered in politics? UHF (1989)

#movies #uhf #politics #furniture #talkshows #news

From UHF (1989) George is standing in the audience in a suit, day time talk show style, Phil Donahue, etc. He is asking the audience "Sex with furniture, what do you think?"

January 17, 2026 at 11:43 PM

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Life means nothing without you!

Valentines is coming up quickly. Make sure you prepare to show her that you are slightly unhinged and desperate for her love. UHF (1989)

#uhf #movies #valentines #february

From UHF (1989). Teri, the love of Georges life, has just entered the apartment which is overwhelmingly full of valentines balloons, posters and giant hearts. There is a very large heart on the lower left that says George & Teri, and a sign in the upper right that says "Life means nothing without you"

January 17, 2026 at 11:29 PM

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I think I found @lowqualityfacts animal facts source 😀

UFH (1989)

#movies #Turtles #nature #uhf

From UHF (1989). The host of the animal facts segment in his apartment about to lick the turtle and throw it to the ceiling says "But the turtle is also nature's suction cup."

January 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM

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All of us down at the bar listening to the latest Trump speech trying to understand what the fuck is going on.

UHF (1989)

#uhf #movies #mops #politics

From UFH (1989). Weird Al and his friend Bob are in the bar with the crowd watching the janitor host his first children's show. He is rambling on about mops and the crowd is confused, bemused, something.

January 17, 2026 at 11:19 PM

Jeff Horton :canada:

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I miss old children's entertainment when it was honest.

UFH (1989)

#80s #90s #movies #kids #xennials

UHF (1989). Weird Al in the childrens show segment saying "And how we'ere all gonna grow old and die someday". He is in a colorful jacket, with a bowtie and brown hat

January 17, 2026 at 11:14 PM

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UHF remains awesome.

"Just call me Mr. Butterfingers."

#woodworking #uhf #movies

From UHF (1989). The guest has just demonstrated a table saw and cut off his thumb and is waving it around, Weird Al on the left, guest on the right in a blue shirt and white overalls. Both of them are being sprayed with blood from the severed thumb.

January 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM

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Found on reddit

Peak loser energy. He couldn't win one, so he accepted a donation.

Also, if I had a nickel for every time a fascist leader was re-gifted a Nobel prize, I'd have 2 nickels. It's not a lot, but it is strange that it has happened twice.

For reference, Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels in 1943.

January 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM

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Parts of my LinkedIn have lit up again talking about Eh, the Canadian social network. I see no indication that it is part of any federation thinking so yet another closed off place that by definition will try and become a single closed destination. Canadian or not […]

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A mobile screenshot of the Eh! social networking app.

January 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM

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CHAD ALERT. CHAD ALERT!!

Wargames (1983). A screenshot of strategies. Middle East Heavy, Mexican Takeover, Chad alert, Saudi maneuver.

January 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM

Jeff Horton :canada:

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He we see all of us embodied in David, yelling at our computers. The only reason it works here is because this is a fictional movie 😂

"Come on. Learn, God damn it."

Wargames (1983) McKittrick on the left, David center, Jennifer on the right. David has started the WOPR playing tic tac toe against itself. He is saying "Come on. Learn, God damn it."

January 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM

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Back when listening to the machine was considered idiotic.

Wargames (1983) Falken on the right, is saying to the general, "General, you are listening to a machine."

January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM

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It's just stupid!

Jennifer on the left, a lamp center and David on the right in a dark living room of Falken. David is saying "If we're extinguished, it's not natural. It's just stupid!"

January 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM

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We're pretty sure the kid has outside help and is dangerous. Also, lets leave him alone in the office with this terminal while we talk it out...

Wargames (1983). David is left alone in the NORAD office and is leaning over to use a green screen terminal.

January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM

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From wargames (1983) McKittrick on the lower left sitting at his desk with a window showing wall mounted screens behind him says to David on the right, "David, machines don't call people."

January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM

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Screenshot from wargames (1983). The list is bluish text on a black screen. The games listed are checkers, chess, poker, fighter combat, guerrilla engagement, desert warfare, air-to-ground actions, theaterwide tactical warefare, theatrewide biotoxic and chemical warfar, global thermonuclear war

January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM

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Proud papa moment. My daughter did an art work about food insecurity and fund raising for food banks. While showing at the local museum/gallery she also got this months cover on the local arts/entertainment zine.

#reddeer #Alberta #FoodSecurity #art

Screenshot of a web browser showing the url reddeerscene.com, centered on the page is the magazine cover with an art piece featuring a hand drawn tomato sauce glass bottle with the text 1 in 5 Albertans are considered food insecure.

January 7, 2026 at 5:14 PM

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Cat towers x 5 NO
Cat beds x lost count NO
Beds, Chairs NO
Scratchy carpet in dusty ceiling area next to cold intake vent YES

#cats #catsofmastodon

A 6 month old Tortoiseshell cat sits on a high shelf on top of a long old rolled up carpet. She is a few inches from the ceiling on the back scratchy side of the carpet roll. On the right a cold air intake vent (during winter).

January 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM

Jeff Horton :canada:

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My wife has always been convinced the cats understand more than they let on.

Mere hours after telling Lily here that she would be staying she decided that my wife's chair (and knocking things off the desk) was now acceptable when they had been absolutely avoided for months.

#cats #catsofmastodon

A stripey orange female cat sits on a grey blanket covered office chair. On the right the front of a green desk.

January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM

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Ep 20 "And the one remained"

For the final update on our fostering adventure. After spending so much time here I've decided to keep our orange friend too. I can't have her stay with us this long and then send her away.

#catsofmastodon

An orange and white cat looking at the phone while I'm taking a photo. Her chest is white and her back is orange/striped.

January 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM

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Looks pretty wild

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/maps/radar?lat=52.279&lng=-113.791

A screenshot from the weather network dot com. Showing a blue snow patch on the left, a green rain line from the great lakes down towards dallas and a red ice section over southern ontario.

December 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM

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As one does, I did buy more socks at this time of year.

Fascinated by these Tommy socks from Costco that have a slightly different weave on the section between shoes/pants so that they appear much more fancy than their true crew sock style.

#socks #shoes #pants #fashion