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Tim Shaw
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Experience design / CX, / UX / Service Design. Data visualization. Traditional & wooden boats and boating. Environment & earth science. Incessant, unapologetic punster. ALX VA. He/His. Trying to be a light to drive out darkness.
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When I was a kid I fell in love with a song. 24 years ago today, I made a pilgrimage for the song. Cruddy pictures of pictures, but this is Whitefish Pt., MI, home of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and closed point in the US to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago today. 🔔*29
Two blurry photos of a cobbly lakeshore. One includes a lighthouse, and the other two freighters.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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I am not going to wade in on Geoff's thought here, but have we talked about how, per Arlington's OWN LOGO, we get Shirlington, S. Arlington Ridge, Crystal City, AND Pentagon City?
Logo of Arlington Co., VA, which shows the county rightfully ceding territory to Alexandria City.
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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@dbelsjr.bsky.social things are helles on wheels here at Halloween
Can of Sam Adams Harvest Helles beer balanced on a wheelchair wheel
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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"My First Brand System Color Guideline"
Man in a blue Crayola crayon costume. A sign pinned to the chest says: "Primary Brand Colors" / #1f75fe 'Bwoo'". A sign pinned at the waist says: "Use: Water. Houses and cars if not near water. [Three crayon drawings with different color uses, two with green check marks and one with a red x] Do not use for sky due to insufficient contrast with water. [Two crayon drawings with different blues for the sky] For sky use #75a4ef, 'Wite 'Bwoo'."
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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I haven't had any good Halloween costume ideas for some time, so let's kick it back to one that was made for ALXSkeets.
Man inside a paper costume in the shape of a manta ray. The ray's body has Dell Computer logos all over it. Man inside a paper costume in the shape of a manta ray. The ray's body has Dell Computer logos all over it.
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Fascism protested
Five people at a No Kings rally. They have two American flags and three signs: "Higher Healthcare / Fire Trump" "No kings / No Con Men / Protect Democracy" "Matt. 40:25 / ...that which you do to the least of... mine, you do to me / #JesusIsWoke"
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Apparently wearing green is ok
Woman in front costume holding a sign that says "WHERE LAW ENDS, TYRANNY BEGINS"
October 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I am suffering from a plague of locust
A single grasshopper crawls on a brick step
October 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Nature is magical, Vol. 936,837,962
Ripple patterns up in beach sand with swirls of black mixed in to grays and tans
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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I recently rediscovered a bunch of my work from years past and thought I'd delight you good Bluesky folk. This happened when I found an empty whiteboard in the work kitchen, fall, 2015.
Two scowling jack-o'-lanterns. One is talking into the bottom of a shoe and sports a watch with a gadget in it. The other is wearing formal attire and is using a listening device against a wall. The caption reads "Pumpkin Spies" Unhappy looking jack-o'-lantern with a thermometer in its mouth, some welts, and an old-fashioned cold-pack on its head. The caption reads: "Pumpkin Ail".
September 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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I'm just glad the majestic Assateague Gorge is finally getting its due
Screenshot of a Google mobile news preview. Picture shows a deep mountain gorge with a river at the bottom. The headline says "Annapolis, Assateague, and Crisfield, Nine Booming Fall Travel Spots in Maryland You Need to See..."
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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25 years ago this afternoon Lisa and I did a thing. It's been a lot of Life™ since then, but here we are.
Pair of framed wedding pictures. In the first, a bride and groom kiss each other, with a minister in the background. The bride has a white dress and a garland of flowers in her hair. In the second, the couple smiles together under a large, white tent with a lawn visible beyond.
September 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I dig this up from my garden today. Am I cursed now? If so, can anyone recommend a good local shaman?
Torso and head of a very old plastic action figure
September 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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After living up in the ALX for almost 23 years we finally went to a Titans football game (had seen many of son's X-C and track events). The game wasn't as close as the final score would suggest. #MightyMightyTitans
Football scoreboard showing the home team, Alexandria City HS, up 71 to 0 with 12.4 seconds left
September 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Never mind the content, I just don't like that this picture makes Schumer look like Warden Norton from Shawshank.
Picture of Senator Chuck Schumer scowling
September 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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[Me, last night] OK, let's see what local beers they have here ... Ummm
Beer list. A beer from Aslin in Alexandria, VA, where I live, is first.
September 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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45 minutes to cross the border. Open some more @#&/$ lanes with all that budget, CBP!
Long line of cars waiting at a US border crossing
September 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Can I keep him?
Me doing a selfie with a stone Chinese lion
September 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Nous aimons Les Laurentides!
Low mountains beyond a placid, blue lake. The tallest, farthest mountain has ski slopes cut into it (the Mt. Tremblant resort) Low mountains descend on either side to a placid, blue lake. The valley continues beyond the lake right of center. Left of center, on the far shore, is a light-grey church. Shallow wetland pond reflecting blue sky and a couple puffy clouds as well as the wooded hillside beyond. Placid, blue lake beyond some small birch trees and a maple with leaves already turning
September 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Stay at the Westin! You get to sleep in a canopy bed! Then you'll need CPR!
Road sign for Le Westin Tremblant. The icon is a square diagonally divided. The top left has a person in bed with a short caret above it. The bottom right shows one person lying down and another next to them with straight arms leading to the first person's torso.
September 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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These multi-unit row houses with outside stairs are pretty bomb. Four-plex and three-plex with lots of charm. Not winning any accessibility prizes, but lots more units to go around. Cc @alexgoyette.bsky.social
Three-level row house with a front porch and two balconies. An outside staircase leads to three separate entrances on the second balcony. The balconies are charming and inviting. Three-level row house with a front porch and two balconies. An outside staircase leads to two separate entrances on the second balcony. There is pretty brick-work on the facade.
September 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I can't understand all the love of Vermont. The place is a total dump. I mean, just look at this scenery they pass off as majestic.
Stunning view from a wooden porch of a partially wooden meadow, a valley beyond, and mountains in the distance. Stormy looking bay on Lake Champlain, with sun-dappled foothills beyond, and the Green Mountains in the clouds beyond. Stormy-looking Lake Champlain with rain on the Adirondacks beyond. Field and barn through a car window, with the Green Mountains beyond.
September 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Back-to-school picture for my college senior
Screen shot of a text message: "Did my credit card come in the mail by any chance?"
August 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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NoVA's hottest Sunday morning scene* is the area of marsh plants along the shore at Mason Neck SP

* If one is a butterfly
Dark-colored swallowtail butterfly on a purple water plant Yellow swallowtail butterfly on a purple water plant with the stem head of a wooden canoe in the right foreground Yellow swallowtail butterfly on a purple water plant Milkweed at waters edge with two monarch butterflies and a yellow swallowtail butterfly
August 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Say your prayers, little one
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone
I tuck you in, warm within
Keep you free from sin...
Man with a mask uses a random orbital sander on the edge of deck planking
August 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM