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John Walter
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An always-already cyborg waiting for the Singularity | Digital rhetoric | Technical Communication | Digital Curation | Media Ecology | Medieval Studies | TTRPG gamer |
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Happy Halloween!
A large Jack-o-lantern with flames coming out of the top.
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Need some cuteness in your day? Here’s the Meeper. Now just about 6 years old, we found her one bitterly cold night when she was about six weeks old. She’s deaf, has a mild case of wobbly cat syndrome, and believes if anything is worth doing, it’s worth doing 211%.
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Back in Maryland after a trip back home in the mountains of western Colorado. Had this lovely sunset on my birthday.
Orange-red sunset with silhouettes of pine trees in the near ground and mountains off in the distance.
August 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Summer 2021 at the Old Creamery Co-Op in Cummington, Massachusetts. We have a lifetime membership. Their blueberry pies are phenomenal.
Long-haired man in yellow shirt sitting at a picnic table under an umbrella. Flower pots and a road are in the background.
June 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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A few images of around 17th St., NW and I St., NW (often spelled “Eye Street” in Washington, DC. The White House complex is two blocks south, the White House itself two blocks south and one block west.

Note the “No Kings” sign partially covered by the notice of tomorrow’s imperial parade.
Sign reading “No Kings since 1776” posted at 17th and I (Eye) St., NW, roughly 2 blocks north of the White House complex, Washington, DC. A view of I (Eye) St., NW looking toward 18th Street. Various plants, flowers, and trees alongside the street. Part of the I (Eye) St, NW parklet a few blocks northwest of the White House. Flower bed with decorative rocks and flowering plants. View of Farragut Square park — grass, threes, benches, light pole, and stacked lawn chairs — with office buildings in the distance. Looking south-southwest toward the White House. Executive buildings just out of view.
June 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I’ve been living in Washington, DC for 14 years and just learned that George Washington University holds graduation on the National Mall.
Picture of one of the entrance gates for the George Washington University graduation held on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
May 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Farragut Square, Washington, DC, a couple of blocks from the White House.
Statue on large pedestal on a circle of grass. Low iron fence around it, with cafe tables alongside the fence. Office buildings in the background and an early morning sky with a few clouds. White and black tulips near the end of their bloom. Grass in the foreground. Walkway with cafe tables in the background.
April 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Meeper’s philosophy: If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing 211%. When it comes to afternoon naps, that means napping like a human.
Russian Blue cat sleeping, snuggled under the top blanket on a bed. Her head is up next to a gray pillow. Her body, right below her forearms, are under the white blanket.
January 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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It’s Saturday. A day of not bothering helps us bother later. The champion of not bothering says so herself.
A Russian Blue cat tucked under a white blanket next to pillows on a bed. The cat’s head and forearms are visible outside the blanket. The cat is asleep.
January 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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One of District of Columbia’s great hole in the wall eateries. Off 19th Street NW between M and N Streets.

#dc
A sign indicating that the Well Dressed Burrito entrance is located in the alley.
January 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Hobbes (right) and Meeper (left) under the tree. Christmas gifts opened. Waiting to be opened here are some of the Hanukkah gifts and birthday gifts for my niece and son (27th and 30th respectively).
December 26, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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He had the FBI bade replica and seal added after retirement in 1996, and bought the case to make the display for me in 2008.

I need to have the barrel filled with led so it will be a true display piece. I’ll pass it on to my niece or nephew.
Dad’s Model 19 with the FBI seal inlaid in the handle. The gun is in great condition but shows signs of wear from regular use. Dad’s Model 19 with a replica of an FBI badge inlaid in the handle. The gun is in great condition but shows signs of wear from regular use.
December 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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Took possession yesterday of my dad’s Smith & Wesson Model 19 (a .357 magnum). He carried it for 22 of his 29 years in the FBI. It’s the first gun I ever shot.

He was on call 24/7, even on vacation, so he was required to always have his gun. He wore it on planes. Everywhere.

Dad died in May.
A S&W Model 19 revolver inside a display case. Inlaid in the handle is a replica of a FBI badge. With the gun are a FBI badge that includes the word “retired” and my dad’s last credentials, his FBI ID that includes his information, a photo, and a summary of powers he had as a Special Agent. The glass of the display case reads “100th anniversary,” FBI, and “1908 - 2008.”
December 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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Got downtown an hour too early, today so Inthought I’d go take a picture of the White House wreath, which is visible from. Lafayette Square /16th St. NW.

Forgot it’s Dec. in an election year. Construction zone for Inauguration bleachers and stage are well underway. White House barely visible.
White House in the center distance, blocked by construction of Inauguration bleachers and stage. Construction porta potties, fencing and other construction buildings in foreground along with some grass and benches of Lafayette Square.
December 10, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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A blurry, foggy morning just about 7:00 AM in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC.
December 10, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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Did I ever share these photos of me in a hand-made birch bark canoe from this summer? Because here is me in a hand-made birch bark canoe a family friend let us take out on the lake next to their New England cabin on the lake. Also a close up of the canoe.
Me and spouse on a hand-made birch bark canoe. I’m in back maneuvering is to the dock. Photo is taken from a higher vantage point so you can see the cream-cored ribs if the inside of the canoe. Close up of the canoe. You can see the cream-colored interior of the canoe with its ribs and the lattice-work seat. You can also see the outside of the canoe, burnt Orange in color and black tar to hold the birch bark pieces in place.
November 28, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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Early morning sun, looking south from Farragut Square toward the White House. Taken about 25 minutes after sunrise.
Sun-illuminated yellow-orange clouds seen between two 10-ish story glass office buildings. In the foreground is a statue on plinth and a walk way through the narrow block Farragut Square park. A Google map view of a few blocks of Washington, DC. Farragut Square is marked by a evergreen tree in a red circle icon. The White House complex fills up most of the image.
November 28, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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Some light reading a few blocks from the White House this day before Thanksgiving. The thing about being game studies adjacent is the periodic thought about doing game studies.

I’m really happy to see @darkerhue.bsky.social’s Harlem Unbound get a couple page spread plus this full-page image.
Cover of Horvath’s book “Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground: A Guide to Roleplaying Games from AD&D to another ship.” Image is an alien, a fantasy warrior, and a modern person with a map standing outside a dungeon entrance. Full-page image showing the cover of “Harlem Unbound,” a Call of Cthulhu and Trail of Cthulhu sourcebook with adventures set in 1920s Harlem. Black, white, and red artwork. Two men and a woman in the foreground with a theater in the background. The marquee reads “Darker Hue Studios” and in larger text “Harlem Unbound.” Text from the book. In the upper right corner is an image of the MÖRK BORG TTRPG cover. Yellow, black, and white artwork with the title of the game and it’s mascot. A skeletal figure holding a sword and shield.
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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A delightfully cool morning strolling through Farragut Square two blocks north of the White House.

#DistrictofColumbia #DC
Walkway through the park. Office building a block away. Wrought iron fence. Walkway through back. Benches along the walkway. Lots of leaves on the ground. Office buildings in the distance.
November 21, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Picked up the Paranoia Shiny New Edition TTRPG book, and I've sketched out scenario Operation R.A.T. Set in Sector RAT, the mission briefing officer will likely be dressed as a big-eared mouse with red shorts and yellow gloves and shoes.

Remember, Citizen, reading this message is treason!
Text reads "Friend Computer is watching you!" 1980s style computer monitor displaying an eye Black background, red text, black and white image
November 17, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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New followers, you’ll periodically see photos of Farragut Square and the surrounding District of Columbia environs, all a few blocks north of the White House because I’m regularly done in Farragut Square.
Statue of David Farragut, first Admiral of the U.S. Navy. Tan paving stone paths. Grassy areas, some with short black wrought iron fence around the statue. Office buildings in the distance around the square. Gray, overcast sky.
November 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Farragut Square this Election Day morning. The west side of the White House complex is about two blocks south of the park.
November 5, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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U.S. Capitol Building taken from North Capitol Street, N.W. about 10:00 pm tonight.
November 5, 2024 at 4:27 AM
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Early October morning photo of Farragut Square, looking toward the western part of the White House complex (just beyond those office buildings).
An urban park scene with grass, still green, a walk way with benches, a statue in a raised plinth, and office buildings in the background.
October 24, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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@paulbaldowski.bsky.social’s All Rolled Up revised print run of Gavriel Quiroga’s Warpland has made it across the pond.
Cover to the revised printing of Gavriel Quiroga’s Warpland. Image includes a pile of bones and weapons with a red canyon wall in the background. Page of stylized black and white text and page. Some is black lettering on a white background and some white text on a black background. A two color spread introducing the “Skilled Riders.” Images of stereotypical tribal culture (white people) riding large flightless birds.
October 15, 2024 at 8:14 PM