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Scott Sweeny
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Software engineer from #Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Opinions are my own, not those of my spouse, employer, child, or pets. In fact there are few areas in which we agree.
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I've done all but MySpace and Columbia House, but I'm a Geriatric Millennial thank you very much.
You Might Be GeN-X if 1 Point For Everything You've Done • Used A Rotary Phone • Sent or Received A Fax • Used A Floppy Disk • Had A MySpace Account • Used A Typewriter • Ordered From Columbia House • Taken Pics With A Film Camera • Had an AOL Address • Listened To Music On A CD • Access The Internet Via Dial Up • Made A Mixed Tape • Used An Encyclopedia • Owned A Walkman • Used A Phone Book • Listened To Music On A Boombox • Sent A Postcard • Watched A Movie On VHS • Used A Paper Map • Rented A Movie From Blockbuster • Owned A Dictionary • Learned Cursive • Written A Cheque • Played An Atari • Uncurled A Telephone Cord
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Mine showed up at the door just as I read this!
A copy of a card game called "One Billion Users" sits on a butcher block table.
August 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Not gonna lie, given everything that's going on I need something to feel good about. And I feel pretty good about this.
A cropped screenshot from the Storygraph app showing a 100 day reading streak.
July 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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That's a more reasonable soccer score #Pittsburgh #Riveters
The scoreboard at Highmark Stadium showing the Riveters 2 and Steel City 1
June 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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What a game. #Pittsburgh #Riveters
The scoreboard at Highmark Stadium showing Riveters Win and the score 7-0
June 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Love to see #Strava boiling a small duck pond just to give me a little pep talk after a stroll through my neighborhood.
A screenshot from the Strava app. There are some stats from my walk and in the middle a box labeled "Athlete Intelligence" with the text: Rainy evening walk kept the consistency streak alive, matching your typical distance while logging a solid 3,130 steps.
May 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Biked over to PNC Park for the Pirates game today. Couldn't ask for a more beautiful day for it.

Also the trails were packed. You love to see it.

#Pittsburgh
A view of the field at PNC Park from the nosebleed seats. The Pittsburgh skyline is visible in the background. The sky is bright blue with some clouds.
May 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Oddly very similar for me! A generation later I guess...

Honestly I'm not sure I'm ready to understand what this says about me.
Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Batman Returns.
May 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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On a related note, I think I found my costume for the office Halloween party this year...
How to even describe this? It's a promotional image for the film Zardoz. The title of the movie is stylized in the lower left corner. In the background is a giant flying head making a sort of open-mouthed grimacing face. In the foreground Sean Connery is sporting a dark handlebar mustache and his hair is in a braid down past his shoulder. He is wearing what I'm told is a "tankini(?)" which looks like a banana hammock held up with crossed bandolier-style suspenders and thigh-high black boots. He's holding a revolver in his hand pointed down and to the side.
April 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Nice to see the #WaPo slowly getting more desperate since I cancelled my subscription.
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March 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I'm back on my BS again!

I love this recipe because:
1. It has always turned out amazing for me.
2. It calls for two cans of beer: one for the chili and one to drink while it simmers.
Buffalo chicken chili simmers in a steel pot on a stove. It is very red.
December 1, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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At the O'Reilly Theater for a production of "The Hobbit" staged as a D&D game. Find your joy.
A theater stage set up to look like a basement or den with a couch and gaming table. I'm the background is a "stone" fireplace with taxidermied deer, shield and sword and other accoutrements.
November 9, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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I was right about no one getting it.
A man in a suit is pretending to run. A small toy plane is suspended by a wire behind him. His tie is swept to the side.
October 31, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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I did the thing!
A selfie of a jacket with an "I VOTED" sticker on it.
October 26, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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Quote post with a bridge
A shot from the Helix Bridge in Singapore. Rather than a straight suspension bridge the supports curve over the deck reminiscent of strands of DNA. The parts where the stands meet are lit in different colors. There is a crowd of people walking away along the deck. In the background a giant Ferris wheel is lit up against the night sky.
October 23, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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I'm gonna go ahead and call it. Buffalo Chicken Chili Season has arrived in Pittsburgh.
A pot of chili simmering in a metal pan on a stove. It is very red. There is a wooden spoon resting on the chili.
October 8, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #902,419!

First million, but not by much.
Postcard-like image from Bluesky that says "Celebrating 10M users" under which is the number 902,419. At the bottom is my name and handle and my join date of Sep 7, 2023.
September 17, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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A perfect album that came out when I was 21
The cover of Green Day's album "American Idiot". It has a picture of a white hand holding a heart-shaped grenade with a blood-like drip down toward the wrist. At the bottom-right is a "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" lablel.
September 16, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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Carrie Furnace looking as pretty as ever.
A rusty, abandoned steel mill looms behind white festival tents
September 7, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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Frame from a non musical movie with a great soundtrack
Val Kilmer as Batman smiling in Batman Forever
July 30, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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Yeah I noticed when I was biking to work this morning. Looked at my weather app when I got in and... yep.
July 29, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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The #FlamingLips putting on a hell of a show tonight. #Pittsburgh
Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips standing on stage surrounded by large pink inflatable robots
July 21, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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This week I had the opportunity to visit The Roundhouse, a coworking space in Hazelwood, for an event. The space is pretty cool and the folks who run it seemed to be on the ball. I do have some questions about the decor though...
A framed painting on a wall that seems to depict Steve Jobs in what my ignorant brain can only describe as a Napoleonic uniform.
July 20, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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quote post with one of your fav films that isn't a hit
The poster for the 1985 Ridley Scott film "Legend"
June 21, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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Today's blue sky is fronted by enshittification pioneers my #Pittsburgh #Pirates
PNC Park with a background of blue sky with clouds
June 9, 2024 at 5:38 PM