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Tom Dougherty
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PhD in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi. Looking for non-academic work.
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Gotta love Maryland weather. It got up to 100.4 °F (38.0 °C) today with a peak heat index of around 129.7 °F (54.3 °C), and more of the same tomorrow. #wx
June 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Always neat to see these guys up close. These crows had taken some food on top of the car for some rooftop dining. They refuse to go near my house (I'm guessing) because of the red tailed hawk family that nests nearby.
A photograph of a pair of crows enjoying some rooftop dining on top of a car.
April 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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In DC today. Dad's about to retire from the Department of Transportation, so they're sending him off.
A picture of the United States Capitol dome from Washington Union Station.
March 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Currently surrounded by hundreds of starlings. Pray for my windshield.
A photograph looking out the windshield of a car in a parking lot. In front of the car are dozens of common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) just waiting for their turn to relieve themselves on the car.
March 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Who needs groundhogs to tell you if it's Spring yet when you have (appropriately chaperoned indoor) cats?
A picture of two cats and a dog in a backyard. One cat is on the railing of a deck looking down into the yard. The dog is on the deck looking at nothing considering if it should bark at the nothing. The other car is in front of the shed eating grass.
February 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Very silly proof of being bald: I went to get a haircut and my mom went to get a milkshake next door. I was done before she was back...
February 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Watching hockey and I'm going to stand by my claim that hockey is the sport with the best sounds. Baseball is a distant second, and then maybe basketball third.
February 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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What a week. Telling that the least crazy thing was my uncle's cross-country delivery of racing shells getting stranded for three days at my folks' place because of truck issues.
Photograph of a pickup truck and trailer loaded with racing shells.
February 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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I'm the only one at my house who isn't currently sick.
a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat
Alt: A meme gif of Ralph from the Simpsons sitting alone on the school bus chuckling and saying, "I'm in danger."
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February 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM