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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 15h

Great. Apparently rodents have been crawling up into thw engine bay of my car chewing on things. Luckily it's only the windshield washer hose this time. Ugh🐁🐁

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 17h

Me: I'm headed to the Subaru dealer to get the car serviced. My lesbian wife: Make sure youre wearing your wedding ring

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just watched 99 Luftballons. Where are all the good protest songs in pop music today? youtu.be/Fpu5a0Bl8eY?...

youtu.be

NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo]

YouTube video by NENA

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At various times in one's life there are inflection points which shape the rest of your life. On 2008, temporarily unemployed and without company phone, it was time to buy my own. I found myself in a phone store with an iPhone in one hand and a Samsung in the other. Inflection point. 1/2

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So I got a flyer in the mail from the campus bookstore advertising graduation apparel and such. I thought, cool, maybe I should gwt a class ring. Cheapest was $400. Top of the line $1K Uh, what? Jeebus. I'll just take the tassel, thanks

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I want to be able to play Doom on my car's infotainment screen. And BTW: what deluded ad person with a mose candy habit came up with the term "infotainment"? Dumbest word I ever heard.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have a '23 Subie. Got all the tech. The screen has fancy graphics telling about thw car Riddle me this: why do I have to take it to the dealer so they can plug in thw computer to get the diagnostic code. The damn thing out to be able to tell me the XYZ sensor needs to be replaced.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Always frustrates me when folks post videos of car crashes in which you know there is no possible way the occupants survived. Do people enjoy watching people die?

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That's the bitch about recovering from the flu. You wake up and start to feel good. Got energy. Don't feel like death warmed over. So you shower, dress and plan an active day. Then you just crash. You've just zapped all the energy you had for the day. THEN, you feel like death microwaved.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Get your flu shots now!! It's hitting early this year.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My fav part of social media is getting folks all riled up about foodstuffs. Like: microwave tea Or: cheese toasties vs grilled cheese sandwiches And Blood Pudding should be banned. Or: beans on toast???? Why

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have determined that Gape Nuts cereal is actually tiny pieces of granite.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TI-99 4a. With a cassette drive to save programs. I was a young adult by then. It had so much potential but y'know marketing and corporate decisions...

Photo of a TI-99 4a computer from the early 80s

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's time the companies that use gig workers pay them what they are worth.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ate a sandwich at hospital cafeteria. Should not ought to have done that.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Picking up some meds from the pharmacy. $95 after arguing over coverage with my Part D provider, the infamous Humana. Clerk was apologetic and shrugged "what are you gonna do". Contact your legislators, says I, make noise. Don't give up. Fight for change. Apathy is not the way.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Seeing a number of MAGAts online expressing buyers remorse 'cuz of the economy, war corruption etc Wonder if they're realizing the hatred and bigotry might have been a mistake too. Doubt it.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Whoa! Wasn't expecting a bathroom post to blow up like that. Maybe it had something to do with human kindness.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was in the restroom of a sandwich shop. Just finishing up and I hear the door open, a man's voice and a girl's voice. He saw me as was very apologetic. I said it was ok and told him to go help his daughter. He seemed relieved. I let the next woman know what was happening. All perfectly normal

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have a Mont Blanc pen. Got it as a work anniversary gift. Beutiful craftsmanship. Writes like a 50 cent ball point pen. Go figure.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Loading in for #VCFMW. Got some IBM heavy iron for sale. C'Mon down. We're at tables B101 and B102.

Bins and boxes of vintage computers in the back of my car.

Bins and boxes and computers stacked in thw back of her car

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today is day -1 (load-in) to VCF Midwest #VCFMW Amy and I will be there again this year with two tables, strategically placed near concessions and the Free Pile, tables B101 & 102. Come say hi and check out our wares. Other exhibitors come by today to say hi before it gets too crazy tomorrow.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I may need help. Of the professional kind. I've developed a taste for Ramen. Not the authentic type you get in a fine Ramen shop. Nay, the sort that comes as standard equipment of a college dorm room. In the little packet.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Go to VCF Midwest! See cool vintage computers. Buy cool vintage computers. Stop by and say hi! BTW we have cool vintage computers.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So i had to sign a new consent form that allows the doctor to use AI to transcribe notes. Nothing about preventing the AI sharing data.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Argh!!!! Recieved an automatic reminder about a doctor's visit. It asks me to click link to complete forms. Do so. It pops up with my deadname. 3rd party reminder provider data mined my deadname via my phone number. Im a little pissed.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today's walk was cut short 'cuz of rain. So I only met Marsha, a smaller mixed breed short hair . She wanted to say good morning but was just a little too shy. So we had sniffs only.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today on my morning walks I met: Stacey: a beautiful black and white chihuahua and Shepard mix. Very chill gal. Merle: A distinguished elderly gentleman who'd lost all his hair. Very happy to walk with his dad. Link: a mid sized poodle mix who first barked then demanded skritches.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Aha!! Finally figured out how to disable the enforced biometric (fingerprint) to unlock my iPad. Never worked right anyway.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I remember a time when we'd get notice of a software update. Usually distributed on a diskette. Excitment! What new cool stuff will we get. Nowadays I dread updates. What new nonsense will they force on us? What settings walked on? What nefarious new surveillance will be embedded?

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I met 5 furry friends on my walk. Demi, the old english I met the other day Frankie and his friend whom I can't remember her name. Brycie, a cute little pug. A young lady, didn't catch her name. She is a puppy and really excited to met me. And one tall gal who got upset so we kept out distance.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Listening to some political pundit over the weekend saying that the democrats needed to embrace the Trans issue. Trans issue? What Trans issue? I am not an issue. I am a person. The only "issue" is that there are bigoted people that want us to dissappear.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Something I don't understand: the trump vanity projects, ballroom, arc de tripe, etc, require architects, engineers, suppliers, and contractors. Where is that list? Why aren't they being shamed, boycotted and sued? Come on, he can't build them if no one will do it.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#VCFMW I've decided to go all in - I'll have more IBM systems available this Saturday and Sunday. The highlight being my tricked out IBM PC/AT 5170 3.8MB ram, 80MB XTIDE, 1.22 and 1.44MB floppy drives, Model M keyboard of course. MSDOS & Windows 3. Come to tables B101/B102 to see

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

On this morning's walk I met Uli again. She is a beautiful blond goldie wearing pink booties. She loves the attention. A real sweetie.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today on my "Furry Friends" walk I met: Kimi, an Old English Sheep dog with a dapper trim cut. Banjo, a Lhasa Apso who was shy. Sniffs only. Another fellow not named. Sniffs olnly. Archie and Suloo. Black and white small poodles who claimed they weren't getting enuf attention and needed more.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Feudal gesture: When yon peasent gives the Lord of the Manor the finger.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Anne & Amy VCF Midwest update! We are at tables B101/B102 which is directly across from the concessions and very near the Free Pile! If you're coming to #VCFMidwest this year, be sure you drop by our tables! Lots of stuff, friendly banter, a good time had by all. #VCFMW @captnamy.bsky.social

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For some reason I thought going to the farmers market in 97F / 36C weather was a good idea.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Living in florida I'd get unsolicited catalogs from LL Bean, Lands End and the like. Glancing thru, I dismissed them as winter clothes I'd never buy. Now in Chicago, I look forward to the next issues. Do they have that wool coat I've been lusting after on sale??? Oooooo lookit: wool socks! PLAID!

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today on my morning walk I met Bella, Popo, Penny and Kimi. I love to the furry friends in the neighborhood. I always ask their parents permission to say hi before I do. Politeness counts. I got lots of sniffs, nuzzles, and smiles. Kimi was a little shy but Bella leaned right in.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When I was in middle school coach told my mom I'd never do well in PE 'cuz I had poor "hand eye coordination". Wonderful thing to tell a kid. Well, I can ride a bike without falling over and I can row in Crew pretty damned good. So there, Coach.

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Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Do you make your bed every morning? Y'know,smooth out the sheets and comforter. Fluff the pillows. Arrange the stuffies properly. Why?

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