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Sam Jones
@samguyjones.bsky.social
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Father, software developer, writer, cat servant
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"Boy in the Bubble" and "Graceland" are the soundtrack for this year in my memory.
Paul Simon Graceland cover Talking Heads True Stories Cover
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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U-lock held in place by a bracket which shows elegance of design even if it looks vaguely like a toilet.
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Turducken of bougie hobbies -- painted ceramic label for garden herbs for cooking.
Ceramic label for chives in a pot of chives
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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I was at @birdhousebooks.bsky.social talking about #LessonsInMagicAndDisaster. They asked me to write a blurb for it, which I was really happy to do. @charliejane.bsky.social
Book with blurb: Showing witchcraft, family and academic research with passion and curiosity, this book is warm and comforting most of the time -- authentic and heartbreaking in moments.
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Saw this bumper sticker while I was out walking. It occurred to me that maybe I'd found @weinberg.social 's car.
Bumper sticker reading, "Honk if you'd rather be watching the 1999 cinematic masterpiece "The Mummy" starring Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz."
September 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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I feel bad posting this, but I already had it from discovering a fourth variation of potato pancakes. For the record, I love them all.

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Three panels in the first, a teenager says, "I found a new recipe." A woman asks, "New or another word for latkas". In the last panel, the teenager says, "Another word for latkas."
September 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Christmas in August!
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The three books Hemlock & Silver, Lessons in Magic and Disaster, and Last Soul Among Wolves, all released August 19.
August 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Rabbitalism!
A grainy picture of a rabbit hiding behind some bushes.
August 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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August 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I pulled off home made mayonnaise on the third try. The immersion blender saves the day again.
Tupperware container of home made mayonnaise (egg, oil, salt, pepper and mustard)
June 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Pottery piece I painted last week.
A painting in ceramic glaze of a grey tabby cat lounging in a blue green basket in front of an orange circle with the word "Tigerlilly" following the edge of the circle.
May 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Grackle and monk parakeet sharing lunch
May 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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In @bluefiddleguy.bsky.social tradition, I'm going for the obscure joke. It's basically explained in the alt text
Two hands clasping. One is labeled "Pope Urban VI of Avignon" (the pope from the great schism who almost immediately started a war with his cardinals) and the other is labeled "Pope Leo XIV of Chicago" (reportedly a White Socks fan). Where the two hands are joined, it's labeled "the Cardinals suck".
May 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The book nook current state. It needs a back wall, which won't take long, and better joins, which might take a while.
April 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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My kid said they're taking a class called Intro to Marine Mammals, and I drew this panel right away.
Man standing next to manager in a tank saying, "This is Barbara, she's a manatee." Off panel, a chorus of people say, "Hi, Barbara." The panel is captioned "Introduction to marine mammals."
April 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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I made this wall whose detail is crashing Blender on my computer. I compromised and made it twice as detailed on the left, which is near the opening as on the right, which will be much harder for someone to see. #blender #booknook #3dprinting
A rendered medieval wall that's more finely detailed on the left and kind of pixelly on the right
April 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Today at the Hands Off protest at the Texas Capitol. #handsoffprotest #austin
Crowd of protestors with signs.
April 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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My system for marking hard boiled eggs.
April 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I was planning on doing the two walls of this building as a unit, but the combined structure seems too complicated to build, so I'm planning out dovetail joins for walls. #3dprinting #blender
March 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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I'm this old
Apple II Plus computer, which my family got around 1980.
March 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I've been putting off finishing this part of the Book Nook, apparently for excellent reason. It's almost ready, but the process of turning this building into something that lives in the physical world is making various pieces of software erupt in fury.
March 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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When I started doing this, I realized I've been reorganizing my book nook to put it off for months now. Here are all the windows on the left side set up. I've got a gable window and textures to go and the buildings will all be ready. #3Dprinting #booknook
A 3D model of a building showing a set of six windows on one side of the building.
March 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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I'm late linking to this, but I'm done with my crazy diet. I kept saving stuff until later and ended up overdoing it and being too hungry for too long.

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Box with an egg, some sugar, rice, chickpeas, frozen green chile and several frozen containers of soup.
March 4, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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I got new glass mounts working. I've gotten a textured version of the wall, and I've got an Arduino mounted behind the wall. When I fix the grills on the windows, this wall will be ready for a final print. #3Dprinting #booknook
February 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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I'm starting the last week of my shipwreck diet of eating only things cooked from a cache of ingredients I got at the start of the month. I'm sure I'm not going to starve at this point:
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Food for the last week piled into a box. It's mostly soup, with some butter, nutritional yeast, rice, eggs, tofu and frozen blueberries.
February 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM