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Shawn Drape
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I made this account for my dog (also sometimes computers happens)
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Photo of all three starter decks currently available for Riftbound, the trading card game by Riot Games based on League of Legends
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The quoted post has a video of a meme where Squidward from SpongeBob is holding a note, and the message in the note is changing rapidly. This image is a screenshot taken from that video, with the message “Someone will buy Netflix for you soon”
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I’m excited a healthy amount.
Screenshot of a YouTube video queue showing exclusively Final Fantasy Tactics preview videos, presumably after the embargo from recent events ended.
September 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Double sleeved deck (Left) vs single sleeved deck, before and after an overnight book flattening.

Still looks/feels incredibly unwieldy 😰

This is going to take some getting used to.
Before image, showing a double sleeved deck with cards jutting out everywhere, unable to maintain a clear deck shape. It’s taller than the single sleeved deck by a ratio of about 5:3 After image, showing the double sleeved cards as much more organized and pressed down. Ratio of size is closer to 7:5.
September 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Fair well, Summer
Photo of a Nest thermostat currently set to Cool, about to be set to Heat / Cool mode.
August 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Me, to my wife: don’t worry about food before work. I saved leftovers and I’ll eat that.

The leftovers:
Picture of a half eaten blueberry chiffon cake, sitting in the fridge
August 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Well… that’s appropriate I guess.
A receipt showing an order number of 40. If you know, you know.
August 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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I want sticker packs for social media, for the same reason I want sticker packs in my group chats.

Bonus points:
* compatible with some open format (see signalstickers.org)
* remembers alt text, and reuses canonical url
* hosted as a well known route in my PDS for all apps to access???
“Sticker” image from iOS photos app of Argenti the mini Jindo standing with his mouth open and tongue sticking out. Exhausted and panting
August 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Second, swapping out the meaning of errors from std library functions is dead easy.

Third, the function capture syntax is a double edged sword, or would be without the type system and the fast, explicit tooling. Any other language, I'd be refactoring that last line for clarity.
A screenshot of Gleam code that reads: list.strict_zip(chunked1, chunked2) |> result.replace_error(InvalidDiagram("Rows different length")) |> result.map(list.map(_, fn(pair) {list.append(pair.0, pair.1)})) |> result.try(list.try_map(_, list.try_map(_, code_to_plant)))
August 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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My wife put this together 🤣
A picture of a sticker sheet with grumpy looking dogs modelled as loafs of bread, overlayed with a squinty eyed photo of Argenti looking similarly grumpy. The caption reads “Spot the difference??”
July 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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I’m in danger…
Screenshot of the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack playing
July 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Oh…

Oh no…

Today is not gonna be fun
Screenshot of a FitBit sleep report showing that only 2 hours and 12 minutes of sleep were recorded between 3:32 and 5:50 am
July 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Why did no one inform me about Mecha Kirby?!?!
A screenshot from the Nintendo Today quiz “Name the Kirby” revealing Mecha Kirby. Kirby has a tech suit on with robot arms, shoulder cannons, and a transparent visor over his eyes. The ability description reads “Zap, burn, and smash your foes, then fire your cannon to blast them away!”
July 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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This is the most random, and novel, way to deliver a banh mi.

I’m so excited to try it 🎉
A wrapped package for a build-your-own banh mi including bread, two spreads, pickled veggies, meat and cilantro.
June 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Without downloading any new pics where are you mentally
Photo of a birthday greeting card. The cover is a solid orange background with a small tombstone on it, drawn in a cartoonish style. The text at the top of the card reads “you’re still alive?”
June 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Too many days since dog photo. Must fix. Here’s one from last weekend where we took Argenti to a convention as part of socializing him to large crowds.

He, um… did okay. More practice needed. Everyone was a bark target 😅 #dogtraining
Shawn and Argenti (the dog) in a selfie while sitting on a curb. Argenti is staring left of the camera, out at the distance. Very distracted. Shawn looks serious to the degree of seeming upset (but isn’t, that’s just his face)
May 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Feelin’ bougie at the ‘bucks
A breakfast sandwich on a plate and a cortado in a mug, enjoyed on a Starbucks patio
May 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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I could have a million of the best treat in the world right now and I could not convince this dog to pay attention. #dogtraining
Photo of the dog Argenti sitting on a driveway facing away from the camera. He’s tethered to a long lead and paying close attention to the street
May 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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He tried…
May 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Two month anniversary of having Argenti join us 🎉🐕

It’s definitely been a challenging time as he’s still adjusting to us and our lifestyle, but in moments like this it’s easy for the stress to fade away leaving only the bliss
Argenti lying next to a desk on a bed that’s way too small for him Argenti playing tug of war with a rope that is as big as his face Argenti peeking at me around the corner from inside his crate, standing over an empty dinner bowl Argenti lying calmly on the bed, paws folded over and tongue out in a smile
May 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Me watching #cdnpoli election coverage all night
April 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Once again I am playing the “Sit for San-Check” game where I futility plead with the dog to sit even once so I can put on good leash and do the walk he wants to go on.

You can tell he’s doing well.
Picture of a dog packing the hallway, not looking up, and definitely not sitting
April 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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I went back to my toy example this morning to see if I could things up a bit (in particular introduce custom types for the errors), and it's looking a lot more pleasant. This change in particular is good, but it had me wondering if there was a better way to add the case check at the end. #gleamlang
Gleam code diff that shows an old version where the case statement is the start of the function with a pipeline of operators in it before the evaluation, and a new version with the same pipeline of operators ending with an anonymous function which handles the case statement.
April 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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If Ecobee plays its cards right it stands to get a lot of business from early Nest adopters unhappy with Google’s decision here. After the mea culpa discount, the Gen 4 Nest is $CAD220 (before tariffs). Just $30 off the price of their enhanced thermostat puts them at parity.
Screenshot of an Ecobee web cart showing a smart camera priced at $130 Canadian and a smart thermostat enhanced for $250 Canadian
April 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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I have been craving this for ages! 🥰

It’s so rare for me to get downtown these days, so I’ve got to savour it. Not featured are the two bags of freshly roasted beans that I’ll be emitting for the next month 😊
A blueberry latte (chilled in ice) and a blueberry scone from De Mello cafe
April 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM