Curtis "Ovid" Poe
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Curtis "Ovid" Poe
@ovid.bsky.social
Well-known Perl developer. Space enthusiast. American living in France.
Do you want a revolt of the proletariat? Because this is how you get a revolt of the proletariat.

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July 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My personal journey.
April 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Well, that's the end of my multi-year run on Twitter.
January 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Via @cuteosphere.bsky.social

Can't find the link here, but the original was via Twitter and I'm not linking there.
January 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Needing to check some data for my insurance, but my insurance web site won't let me in unless I type in the six digit code they're emailing me.

Except their system is not sending any email. Technology sucks, but implementation of technology sucks even harder.
January 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Several years ago, my wife was in an accident and had to sleep downstairs, so our daughter wanted to sleep in "mama's place." I covered my daughter with stuffed animals as a joke.

Later, as I went upstairs, I found my daughter left a gift for me on my side of the bed. ❤️
January 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Having a lovely time in #Macedonia. Sad to leave so soon. Fascinating country.
November 29, 2024 at 11:04 AM
For once, the "scare quotes" are appropriate.
November 20, 2024 at 11:28 AM
From the opening of the book, “The Shadow Cabinet,” by Juno Dawson.
February 8, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Venus, as photographed in infrared by the Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter.

https://akatsuki.isas.jaxa.jp/en/

Venus is an amazing world and there are mysterious "dark absorbers" in the clouds that, as one scientist remarked, are difficult to explain without life (but probably aren't life).
July 4, 2023 at 7:45 AM
When my daughter was nine, she begged me to start teaching her pre-algebra because math was too easy in school. I started by teaching her simple things like "solving for x" in "3x+2 = 17".

She "paid" me for her lesson by teaching me how to draw a panda.
July 3, 2023 at 4:42 PM