jnmandal
@jnmandal.bsky.social
International relations nerd turned programmer. Being a peasant is cool, actually
agrarianism, politics, distributed computing, chestnut trees
agrarianism, politics, distributed computing, chestnut trees
Would you believe this is (technically) a photo of the Chicago skyline
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Would you believe this is (technically) a photo of the Chicago skyline
Love it. I have one with some art on it but it's decidedly less practical
October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Love it. I have one with some art on it but it's decidedly less practical
There's been no rain in my area for several weeks but this year I was growing a landrace tomato that is supposedly selected for semi-arid conditions. So I have just continued to prosper -- huge yields now. Getting about 1-2 of these baskets per week still
October 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
There's been no rain in my area for several weeks but this year I was growing a landrace tomato that is supposedly selected for semi-arid conditions. So I have just continued to prosper -- huge yields now. Getting about 1-2 of these baskets per week still
Absolutely absurd headline to wake up to
May 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Absolutely absurd headline to wake up to
Update: the state of the homestead is strong
April 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Update: the state of the homestead is strong
the correct answer is `v` by the way. `_` is also special in that it cannot ever be used in the way the LLM is describing
March 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
the correct answer is `v` by the way. `_` is also special in that it cannot ever be used in the way the LLM is describing
Funny hallucination from chatGPT.
It has no idea how `_` is supposed to work in elixir/erlang. Add another to the massive list of why generative AI can't really replace human comprehension for most things
It has no idea how `_` is supposed to work in elixir/erlang. Add another to the massive list of why generative AI can't really replace human comprehension for most things
March 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Funny hallucination from chatGPT.
It has no idea how `_` is supposed to work in elixir/erlang. Add another to the massive list of why generative AI can't really replace human comprehension for most things
It has no idea how `_` is supposed to work in elixir/erlang. Add another to the massive list of why generative AI can't really replace human comprehension for most things
Anyways that's a wrap for micromanaged chicken keeping. Now I have confidence in myself as a chicken tender. I will stop reading comments in backyard chicken Facebook groups
March 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Anyways that's a wrap for micromanaged chicken keeping. Now I have confidence in myself as a chicken tender. I will stop reading comments in backyard chicken Facebook groups
First egg of the season!
March 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
First egg of the season!
Tough day cooped up yesterday, but greeted with a great surprise this afternoon...
March 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tough day cooped up yesterday, but greeted with a great surprise this afternoon...
This tray of wheat grass micro greens would probably retail for $25 in a health food store but no, this is to prod my poultry into production -- the backyard chicken's equivalent of a corporate pizza party
March 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This tray of wheat grass micro greens would probably retail for $25 in a health food store but no, this is to prod my poultry into production -- the backyard chicken's equivalent of a corporate pizza party
Today we basked in the sun. Lots of dust baths. Still no eggs. Tomorrow forecast says high of 81°. We will range and bask more. It's even a full moon... poultry pampering must manifest eggs
March 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Today we basked in the sun. Lots of dust baths. Still no eggs. Tomorrow forecast says high of 81°. We will range and bask more. It's even a full moon... poultry pampering must manifest eggs
You know you have found your tribe when you get a text like "yo you home rn?" and the context is that they want to drop off some homemade kombucha for you to try
March 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
You know you have found your tribe when you get a text like "yo you home rn?" and the context is that they want to drop off some homemade kombucha for you to try
Update: I've given them a xylophone, this is accelerating fast
March 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Update: I've given them a xylophone, this is accelerating fast
Motivated to pack seeds now, no hangjiao for this year though!
March 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Motivated to pack seeds now, no hangjiao for this year though!
Poll taken from before Zelensky meting at the WH. Looks like its basically a dead-tie when accounting for margin of error. Interested to see how this changes after the fact
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...
March 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Poll taken from before Zelensky meting at the WH. Looks like its basically a dead-tie when accounting for margin of error. Interested to see how this changes after the fact
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e...
The ephemeral late winter compost stalagmite (exceedingly rare occurrence!)
March 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The ephemeral late winter compost stalagmite (exceedingly rare occurrence!)
Man the right wing media obsession with suits, their colors, designs, quality, etc fascinates me. This has been going on for as long as I can remember despite the fact that they rarely have well fitting suits (???)
Nice to see someone give it back to them
Nice to see someone give it back to them
March 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Man the right wing media obsession with suits, their colors, designs, quality, etc fascinates me. This has been going on for as long as I can remember despite the fact that they rarely have well fitting suits (???)
Nice to see someone give it back to them
Nice to see someone give it back to them