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Shawn Wheatley
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Husband to @lbingo3.bsky.social, eater of foods, maker of jokes
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Shawn Wheatley @swheatley.bsky.social · Nov 11
I didn’t post much on The Other Place. I’ll try to change that here.

Hi!

I’m a 40-something left-leaning white guy, married with two daughters and a son, and just want to raise my kids in a world that sucks less.
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spavel.bsky.social
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
sarahjeong.bsky.social sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 4d
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"

bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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jules.su
this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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polpo.org
Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com
A beige computer front with a PicoIDE (also in beige) in the 3.5" drive bay. The PicoIDE has a OLED screen showing the PicoIDE logo, a full progress bar, and the text "Ready!" There is a LED showing a cyan color, up/down/cancel/ok buttons, a microSD slot, and a 3.5" headphone jack.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
swheatley.bsky.social
What do these NASA workers know about the race to be “Sexiest Man Alive” that we don’t know?
CNN clickbait article “‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ iconic race, worried NASA workers. Catch up on the day’s stories”
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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pinknovahtx.bsky.social
A pumpkin carved with a human shaped opening, and then the guy from The Enigma of Amigara Fault by Junji Ito has been cut out with a text bubble saying “it was made for me!” And attacked to the pumpkin so it recreates the scene from the manga where the guy is climbing into the human shaped hole in a cliff side except now it’s a human shaped hole in a pumpkin.
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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ganborzoi.bsky.social
口から花のビームを出します。がんぼるぞい。

translation:
It shoots a flower beam from its mouth.
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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danifroom.bsky.social
Great job, everyone, we did it again
"WEEN HALLOWED" with small skeletons dancing around.
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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dennisbhooper.bsky.social
I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone
Abcnews graphic: surreal moment as coyote drinks water from skylight window on top of Los Angeles hair salon (Image of exactly that, except the framing is canted and as a result it looks like a coyote imprisoned in a glass square a la the phantom zone from Superman)
October 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
swheatley.bsky.social
I went to my first #mtg convention today. SCG-Con in Baltimore. It was a fun time!
October 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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davejorgenson.bsky.social
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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britculpsapp.bsky.social
for those unfamiliar with the nazi bar:
Michael B. Tager has left the... • 7/8/20 I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out." Michael B. Tager has left the... • 7/8/20 g And the dude next to me says, "hey i'm not doing anything, i'm a paying customer." and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, "out. now." and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed Michael B. Tager has left the... • 7/8/20 g ... Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, "you didn't see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them." And i was like, ohok and he continues. Michael B. Tager has left the...• 7/8/20 9 ••• "you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too. Michael B. Tager has left the...• 7/8/20 S ... And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it's too late because they're entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down. Michael B. Tager has left the Naz... X.com @IamRageSparkle And i was like, 'oh damn.' and he said "yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people." And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven't forgotten that at all.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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mikejmika.bsky.social
Commodore 128 spotted in Spinal Tap II.
October 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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doublefine.com
Ever wish you woke up as a sentient lighthouse imbued with a mysterious sense of purpose, that befriends a green seabird named Twig? We've got just game for you!

Keeper — A Heartening Journey of Unlikely Companionship. Wishlist Today on @Xbox.com and @Steampowered.com!

doublefine.com/games/keeper
October 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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esper.bsky.social
you guys gotta start hanging out at forums.insertcredit.com or you're gonna miss stuff like this
by Kiki, 19 minutes ago: Ripping CDs wasn’t introduced with the 360, it was a thing ever since the first Xbox. I have a funny story about that one, actually. So back when the original Xbox was current, my dad’s workplace bought one and offered it as some sort of weekend rental thing. My dad, having video game loving kids, jumped on this opportunity and signed up first for the rental. So we got to play an Xbox for a weekend. However, the only game that came with the console was Rally Sport Challenge, a pretty ordinary car game that quickly got quite boring for us kids, especially since there only was one controller which meant no multiplayer. This meant that we quickly started exploring the options on the console, discovering the CD ripping feature and subsequently that the tracks on the drive would playback in the game. We intently tried to make the silliest music choice and loaded up an album of children’s music on the console, named it “[dad’s name]'s Bathtub Favorites” and laughed our asses off at the tonal clash. The highlight being the jolly tune “vi ska gå till Skansen!”, meaning “we’re going to Skansen!”, framing the racing as some form of bizarre frantic roadtrip to the Stockholm zoo Skansen. Fast-forward a bit and the rental Xbox has now been hopping around several people’s homes over the weekends. All of a sudden my dad’s coworker from England tells him about a strange experience on the rental Xbox, recounting how the music in the included racing game seemingly did not fit the tone at all. In fact, it did sound vaguely like Swedish, but since he didn’t know the language well he wasn’t sure. His only assumption being something like “we ska go till Skansen?”. I like to believe our little prank made Rally Sport Challenge a whole lot more enjoyable and amusing for everyone involved.
October 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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jessitron.bsky.social
More information, more summaries, more information, more summaries, and more entropy at every crank of the handle. It’s a singularity, yes, but a singularity of busywork.

- Duncan Brown

mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/team-dy...
Team dynamics after AI
Small giants and real giants
mechanicalsurvival.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
why did Apple engineer the AirPods case so that if you drop it, the AirPods both *blast* out of there like consumer-electronics cluster munitions and immediately lodge themselves in the most inaccessible, dusty place under your couch or bed
October 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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bombsfall.bsky.social
If the US can ever vomit this stupid era out we're gonna need widespread all-ages education on basic facts like when you'd see old billboards or MST3k shorts advertising the concept of hand washing or being good. Stop Using Gasoline To Wash Clothes. Springs Are Ubiquitous & Essential To Modern Life
October 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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arkhangel79.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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skepchick.org
coming to terms with the fact that the "Tank Man" photo of our time is going to be a shaky TikTok of an out-of-shape ICE goon shooting a furry in the face
October 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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sarapartridge.bsky.social
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social
sherman, for the love of god!
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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julie.radiantarray.io
Vivi is busted because he's an izzet spellslinger, an archetype that is often disgusting. and he's cute, which means you want to make him kick ass. look at him. look at that guy. give him a good ability. you know you wanna.
October 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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io9.com
'The Toxic Avenger' Has Helped Eliminate Over $15 Million in Medical Debt
'The Toxic Avenger' Has Helped Eliminate Over $15 Million in Medical Debt
The ooey-gooey, proudly raunchy horror comedy launched a fundraiser ahead of its theatrical release—and it's still going along with its arrival at home.
gizmodo.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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pantspants.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM