@kfieldho.bsky.social
Computer Scientist. I work in computer vision and AI systems. Recent MA in military history. I enjoy genre fiction (SF, Fantasy, Mysteries). Husband to an amazing woman and father of two more. Maker, modeler, woodworker, HAM.
bookshop.org/p/books/shar... Finished Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Trafalgar. My third or fourth fictional Trafalgar. These are a bit formulaic but enjoyable reads. Evocative of the period. I'm reading in internal chronological order, so Sharpe isn't quite _Sharpe_ yet. #booksky
Sharpe's Trafalgar: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October, 1805
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October, 1805
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October 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
bookshop.org/p/books/shar... Finished Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Trafalgar. My third or fourth fictional Trafalgar. These are a bit formulaic but enjoyable reads. Evocative of the period. I'm reading in internal chronological order, so Sharpe isn't quite _Sharpe_ yet. #booksky
bookshop.org/p/books/a-se.... Finished Craig Johnson's "A Serpent's Tooth. A perfectly Longmire Longmire book. Good if you like these, and I do. The stakes and consequences in this one are heavier than usual. #booksky
A Serpent's Tooth: A Longmire Mystery
A Longmire Mystery
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October 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
bookshop.org/p/books/a-se.... Finished Craig Johnson's "A Serpent's Tooth. A perfectly Longmire Longmire book. Good if you like these, and I do. The stakes and consequences in this one are heavier than usual. #booksky
“I just asked ChatGPT”
“Let me explain, Officer.”
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
The drives were clicking.
The drives were clicking.
October 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“I just asked ChatGPT”
Post a movie you like with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score www.rottentomatoes.com/m/titan_ae
September 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Post a movie you like with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score www.rottentomatoes.com/m/titan_ae
Watching “Sneakers.” As one does. Even the supporting cast is stacked. #robertredford #sundance
September 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Watching “Sneakers.” As one does. Even the supporting cast is stacked. #robertredford #sundance
Battle doomscrolling by posting five small pleasures on life:
A cat who insists on a lap
An excellent mystery novel
The sound of a wooden screen door slamming on a summer evening
The call of a loon
Receiving a texted ❤️ from a distant loved one
A cat who insists on a lap
An excellent mystery novel
The sound of a wooden screen door slamming on a summer evening
The call of a loon
Receiving a texted ❤️ from a distant loved one
Battle doomscolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
Waking up to birdsong
My cat curling up against my stomach after lights out
Sitting on a bench by the lake watching the water
The first bite of chocolate cake
Catching an evening primrose blossom unfolding at sunset
Waking up to birdsong
My cat curling up against my stomach after lights out
Sitting on a bench by the lake watching the water
The first bite of chocolate cake
Catching an evening primrose blossom unfolding at sunset
Battle doomscolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
The first 4 measures of the Bach Goldberg Aria
A perfectly sweet-tart bite of apple
Pink tinged clouds at dawn
When your dog leans against you when you're scratching his ears
The way butter melts on a slice of bread you've just baked
The first 4 measures of the Bach Goldberg Aria
A perfectly sweet-tart bite of apple
Pink tinged clouds at dawn
When your dog leans against you when you're scratching his ears
The way butter melts on a slice of bread you've just baked
September 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Battle doomscrolling by posting five small pleasures on life:
A cat who insists on a lap
An excellent mystery novel
The sound of a wooden screen door slamming on a summer evening
The call of a loon
Receiving a texted ❤️ from a distant loved one
A cat who insists on a lap
An excellent mystery novel
The sound of a wooden screen door slamming on a summer evening
The call of a loon
Receiving a texted ❤️ from a distant loved one
bookshop.org/p/books/scen... Finished "Scent of Evil" third in Archer Mayor's long line of Vermont police procedurals featuring Joe Gunther. This one really got at what its like when everyone has been in town forever and the entanglements run deep. #Booksky
Scent of Evil
Check out Scent of Evil - When the body of a fast-living young stockbroker is found in a shallow grave, suspicion first falls on a cuckolded policeman. Lt. Joe Gunther investigates the increasingly bi...
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September 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
bookshop.org/p/books/scen... Finished "Scent of Evil" third in Archer Mayor's long line of Vermont police procedurals featuring Joe Gunther. This one really got at what its like when everyone has been in town forever and the entanglements run deep. #Booksky
I took a terrific box turning class at the wondrous Adirondack Folk School yesterday. What a pleasure. #woodturning #woodworking #making
September 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I took a terrific box turning class at the wondrous Adirondack Folk School yesterday. What a pleasure. #woodturning #woodworking #making
Favorite TV Themes
Rockford Files
Hill Street Blues
Perry Mason
Ellery Queen
Deep Space Nine
M*A*S*H
Hogan’s Heroes
Jonny Quest
Greatest American Hero
Peter Gunn
Barney Miller
WKRP
Rockford Files
Hill Street Blues
Perry Mason
Ellery Queen
Deep Space Nine
M*A*S*H
Hogan’s Heroes
Jonny Quest
Greatest American Hero
Peter Gunn
Barney Miller
WKRP
Favorite TV theme songs
Airwolf
The Greatest American Hero
MASH
BoJack Horseman
Game of Thrones
Star Trek (tos)
Centaurworld
Scooby-Doo Where Are You
Mission: Impossible
Miami Vice
Airwolf
The Greatest American Hero
MASH
BoJack Horseman
Game of Thrones
Star Trek (tos)
Centaurworld
Scooby-Doo Where Are You
Mission: Impossible
Miami Vice
Favorite TV theme songs...
War of the Worlds (2nd season)
Airwolf
Thundercats
Silverhawks
Twin Peaks
The Sopranos
Secret Army
(Gerry Anderson's) UFO
Doctor Who (classic series 12-17, classic 24-26, new series 5)
Taxi
Hill Street Blues
aaaaand
Mystery Science Theater 3000
War of the Worlds (2nd season)
Airwolf
Thundercats
Silverhawks
Twin Peaks
The Sopranos
Secret Army
(Gerry Anderson's) UFO
Doctor Who (classic series 12-17, classic 24-26, new series 5)
Taxi
Hill Street Blues
aaaaand
Mystery Science Theater 3000
September 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Favorite TV Themes
Rockford Files
Hill Street Blues
Perry Mason
Ellery Queen
Deep Space Nine
M*A*S*H
Hogan’s Heroes
Jonny Quest
Greatest American Hero
Peter Gunn
Barney Miller
WKRP
Rockford Files
Hill Street Blues
Perry Mason
Ellery Queen
Deep Space Nine
M*A*S*H
Hogan’s Heroes
Jonny Quest
Greatest American Hero
Peter Gunn
Barney Miller
WKRP
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Bottom line, there are a lot of horrors abroad in the world, but if you’re cis and you don’t grasp that the defense of trans people has to be one of _everybody’s_ top priorities, you’re asking to live in a world run by the worst born-to-be-a-hall-monitor garbage people you can possibly imagine.
August 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Bottom line, there are a lot of horrors abroad in the world, but if you’re cis and you don’t grasp that the defense of trans people has to be one of _everybody’s_ top priorities, you’re asking to live in a world run by the worst born-to-be-a-hall-monitor garbage people you can possibly imagine.
bookshop.org/p/books/kydd.... Finished "Kydd" by Julian Stockwin. Naval adventure in the Age of Sail. Kydd starts as a pressed man in this, the first of the series. All of the pleasure expected -- these sorts of books are comfort reads for me.
#booksky
#booksky
Kydd
Check out Kydd - When Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized and taken across the country to be part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William, he must learn t...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
bookshop.org/p/books/kydd.... Finished "Kydd" by Julian Stockwin. Naval adventure in the Age of Sail. Kydd starts as a pressed man in this, the first of the series. All of the pleasure expected -- these sorts of books are comfort reads for me.
#booksky
#booksky
Good god with the heat of a 1000 suns. For heaven's sake, have enough of an inner life, humor, and basic decency to make your eyes twinkle, and you're 3/4 there. That, and be genuinely interested in other human beings, including the one you're talking to. Patience. Done.
i wanna try something. quote this post if you’re a man who hates the manosphere
August 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Good god with the heat of a 1000 suns. For heaven's sake, have enough of an inner life, humor, and basic decency to make your eyes twinkle, and you're 3/4 there. That, and be genuinely interested in other human beings, including the one you're talking to. Patience. Done.
bookshop.org/p/books/jade.... Finished "Jade Legacy," the conclusion of @fondalee.bsky.social e.bsky.social 's glorious Green Bone Saga. The organic, believable growth of characters and society over the course of the books is extraordinary#bookskyky
Jade Legacy
Check out Jade Legacy - <P><B>WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVEL, 2022 <BR /><BR /> "Lee's series will stand as a pillar of epic fantasy and family drama." </B>—...
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July 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
bookshop.org/p/books/jade.... Finished "Jade Legacy," the conclusion of @fondalee.bsky.social e.bsky.social 's glorious Green Bone Saga. The organic, believable growth of characters and society over the course of the books is extraordinary#bookskyky
bookshop.org/p/books/a-te.... Finished “A Test Wills” by @charlestodauthor.bsky.social An English country mystery with all the expected pleasures. Excellent depiction of a post WWI traumatized country #booksky
A Test of Wills: The First Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery
The First Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery
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July 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
bookshop.org/p/books/a-te.... Finished “A Test Wills” by @charlestodauthor.bsky.social An English country mystery with all the expected pleasures. Excellent depiction of a post WWI traumatized country #booksky
This just looks like fun. Looking forward to reading it
We now need $4825 to publish the first all Black women fantasy graphic novel anthology from @burningphoenixpr.bsky.social We are almost there! Please less than 5k now with 13 hours left #sdcc #comicbooks #Blackbooksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...
Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W
A comic anthology featuring ten fantasy stories from Black women creators.
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July 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This just looks like fun. Looking forward to reading it
Rereading early Astro City by @kurtbusiek.bsky.social Boy howdy do they hold up well
June 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Rereading early Astro City by @kurtbusiek.bsky.social Boy howdy do they hold up well
Sometimes you just have to answer he question “If Indiana Jones had a computer monitor, what would it look like? Presuming Dr. Jones had as involved with #hamradio of course.
June 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Sometimes you just have to answer he question “If Indiana Jones had a computer monitor, what would it look like? Presuming Dr. Jones had as involved with #hamradio of course.
Speaking as someone at the tail end of a satisfying computer science career, this is important. Also, something I've seen time and again: throwing yourself at a career that isn't suitable, especially coding or engineering, damages the relationship with learning things in general
"Learn to code" was always bad advice, unless you actually like to code. College students have the best chance of professional success if they major in topics that interest them. Today in @startribune.com. Please tell high school students and parents.
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Opinion: College students, go ahead and major in what you love
"The lesson here is simple: Major in what you love, not what you think will get you a job," David M. Perry writes.
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June 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Speaking as someone at the tail end of a satisfying computer science career, this is important. Also, something I've seen time and again: throwing yourself at a career that isn't suitable, especially coding or engineering, damages the relationship with learning things in general
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
- William Shakespeare, As You Like It
- William Shakespeare, As You Like It
June 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
- William Shakespeare, As You Like It
- William Shakespeare, As You Like It
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Please help me spread the word about this rally in support of the National Park Service, which will take place at the Eternal Light Peace Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park on June 16 from 4-6:30PM. Thank you. #NationalParks #PublicHistory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Rally in Gettysburg to Save the National Park Service
I wanted to share one final reminder about the upcoming rally in support of the National Park Service that will take place this coming Monday from 4-6:30PM at the Eternal Light Peace Memorial at Getty...
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June 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Please help me spread the word about this rally in support of the National Park Service, which will take place at the Eternal Light Peace Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park on June 16 from 4-6:30PM. Thank you. #NationalParks #PublicHistory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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"...there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” - The Wind in the Willows. Starting to assemble the frame of Dave Gentry's PH13 solo canoe. #woodworking (gentrycustomboats.com/PH13page.html)
June 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"...there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” - The Wind in the Willows. Starting to assemble the frame of Dave Gentry's PH13 solo canoe. #woodworking (gentrycustomboats.com/PH13page.html)
My daughter teaches fourth grade and wanted pens her kids could earn the use of so I turned these for her. They name their classes after colleges.
June 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My daughter teaches fourth grade and wanted pens her kids could earn the use of so I turned these for her. They name their classes after colleges.
The problem with having hobbies and interests is having places to store the “stuff.” These are my solution. This one will be a seat/ottoman in my study.
June 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The problem with having hobbies and interests is having places to store the “stuff.” These are my solution. This one will be a seat/ottoman in my study.