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Martin Baker

@mnemonick

IT/AV guy who predates the internet and grew up with technology (for better *and* worse, lol). Fair warning: I post *extremely* infrequently because I am a curmudgeon (love that word), an atheist & certified Internet Hermit! Also, I swear. Like, a lot.

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...says who? As long as you clean and dry it you'll be fine! 🀣

15.01.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Weed dealers; not even once! 🀣

15.01.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Been there, too! In college no less. I learned a valuable lesson: if your roommate's a known weed dealer with a nasty coke habit, you can *probably* expect a visit from someone with a gun.
It was oddly hysterical because the guy was like a 300 pound lineman and the pistol was a *tiny* 32 revolver!

15.01.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

lol, he was fuckin' spot-on about the FN Five-seveN. Even the name is cringe-worthy!

15.01.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ronin was feckin' brilliant so I will take this to heart!

15.01.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm. Searched YT using the name, but the results are confusing at best. Was he mostly a 4chan guy?

15.01.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dude, I'd have moved there YEARS ago if it weren't for the winter weather. It's bad enough for me here in upstate NY!

15.01.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I will!
It's all a work in progress; if I've missed your posts it's just that The ALGORITHM hadn't surfaced them on my feed. Still, it reminds me that I should be doing more topic searching...

15.01.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lol, somebody needs reread the chapter on conservation of momentum in their physics textbook 🀣

15.01.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hickok45 is good dude, as are the Garand Thumb guys and Forgotten Weapons dudes.
But let's be honest, they pale in comparison to "Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum" πŸ˜†

15.01.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
portrait photo of a small female tabby cat

portrait photo of a small female tabby cat

And this little lady is Maggie; she's less than half Tyger's size but feisty as heck:

15.01.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
portrait of a large male tabby cat

portrait of a large male tabby cat

The striped kitten (top) grew to become this handsome gentleman who I named Tyger because I'm *terrible* at names:

15.01.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
photo of two very young, small kittens

photo of two very young, small kittens

Two months later she blessed us with these two:

15.01.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
portrait photo of a female tabby cat looking directly into the camera (and possibly your soul)

portrait photo of a female tabby cat looking directly into the camera (and possibly your soul)

I've belatedly realized that I'm always liking or reposting cat pictures, yet no one here has seen MY cats! Let's fix that.

Here's Bella (full name Arabella F. Wigglebotham - we just call her "Mrs. W"), provided to us by the CDS when she showed up at our back door, pregnant and ravenous:

15.01.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus H. Christ, why can't these people just get a hobby or join a gym?

15.01.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I did not, but now I do! Sounds like an awesome thing to do. ☺️

15.01.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I came here for the cats, and I only stay here because of them, the cool science people and the sci-fi folks

15.01.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

TRY HARDER, Chuck. I'm not going to vote for you again if you can't effectively DO anything.
Instead, I'll be looking for a Mamdani-like challenger to primary you.

15.01.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, but LOL πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ€£

15.01.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Min-maxing Comes to Long Term Storage," read now on @wired.com

(not a real article of course 😁)

15.01.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be doing the same; this intolerant asshole is welcome to take their shitty behavior to X, where (I'm sure) they'll find sympathy from the Edgelord himself

15.01.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I think it literally happened *while I was posting,* lol!

15.01.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Done. It's piss-easy if you have their handle, so here:

@allaboutthemissd.bsky.social
a/k/a
Pussie Le'Quer

15.01.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Been comfortably atheist for 50 years and I can *still* quote that shit verbatim.

15.01.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Awww! 🐱😸😻😽

14.01.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously! I have no desire to wallow in that cesspit, even vicariously.

14.01.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Omfg, I *just* quit on New Year's day. #triggered, lol! 🚬

14.01.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks very much for this! I'll be messaging the BSky team asap.

14.01.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wax slightly confused before remembering that I use the website 99% of the time πŸ˜†

14.01.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They may be Luddites but they're not entirely wrong. I know *exactly* how LLMs work and I have no use for them.

14.01.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0