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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

i used to consult for a company that was located in one of Acme's old factories in Chicago - i've blacked out their name to protect their privacy

a photo of the entrance to a building in Chicago labeled ACME INDUSTRIAL CO

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Offered as anodyne, just so people don't think all of Chicago is as ugly as that monstrosity: Lakeshore East Park, Chicago

spring garden featuring blooming trees with green buds and pink flowers and multiple beds of flowers including red and yellow tulips

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This feels a bit like winning the internet, at least for a brief moment

Screen shot of part of bluesky notification screen, showing George Takei liking my post :)

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This photo is from a panel at a con in 2012. I do not remember who the panelists were, but the hat on the left was borrowed from my wife so that all three panelists could be wearing hats in the photo

Three people, all wearing hats, at a SF con panel

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

This "pouch" from Balencia will set you back $2100 www.saksfifthavenue.com/product/bale...

A Balencia pouch (retailing for $2100) that looks just like a trash bag

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

It's a strip mall in Monroeville, PA (Suburban Pittsburgh) miraclemileshoppingcenter.com

Google Street image of the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Monroeville, PA

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Well, that was fun, but I need a drink.

A portion of a screenshot of the Steam client reading "DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine REGULAR UPDATE POSTED Mon, November 3 DFHack 53.01-r1 DFHack Stable Release"

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

this just popped up for me for no apparent reason horse on horse action

screenshot from skyrim showing one horse sitting sideways on top of another horse

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Also DC No Kings had infinitely more unicorns

Protester at DC No Kings rally in inflatable unicorn costume

source: the Indepedent

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Worth noting that trough demand at night is roughly 70% of peak demand during daylight hours:

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The CFD statement is garbage. There is no 39th Street in Chicago; what would be 39th Street is actually called Pershing Road. The only spot I can find where Pershing Road and 39th Street intersect is in Lyons, and this is a "fake" intersection: it's where Pershing Road _changes name_ to 39th Street.

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

A Keyboard. How quaint. (and, yes, i'm totally with you on this: i have no interest at all in talking to my computer.)

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The subject is clearly standing in an open courtyard lined on either side by flagpoles, in front of the stadium please kindly show me where on this aerial photo (sourced from Google, dated 2025) that courtyard is

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Not only does that image have these weird banners, I've just been looking at the Darrell K Royal stadium on Google Maps and i can't find any viewpoint near the stadium from which that "photograph" could possibly have been taken

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

bluebirds (sadly best picture i could get of it)

mountain bluebird perching on a trail post, Badlands NP, 2015

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

if you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh

denial: "i can't believe it's not butter"
anger: "what, not butter!"
bargaining: "could it be butter?"
depression: "this is not butter"
acceptance: "margarine"

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

halloween decoration at our house, october 2001

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

While admittedly this is cringe, see also:

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

not quite, but looking more and more like it will

WSR88D radar image from KLWX (DC/MD/VA) showing rain approaching DC

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

rainstorm has formed west of DC and is on target to hit DC within the next couple of hours cheering for team hydrometeor tonight

WSR88-D radar image from herndon VA showing a thunderstorm headed for washington DC

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

to be fair, the parade doesn't start for another three hours and it'll be pouring rain when it does, so the coverage should be a bit damp animation below is the simulated reflectivity for the three hours either side of the parade start time. it'll probably be raining in DC when the parade starts

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

this is the point forecast for DC as of right now. basically a significant risk of thunderstorms until around midnight, with TWO INCHES of rainfall expected. there's very little chance the parade goes off without at least rain, and probably with thunder

Date 06/14 06/15
Hour (EDT) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
Temperature (°F) 82 82 82 81 79 77 74 72 71 70 71 70 69 68 67 67 66 66 66 67 68 69 69 70
Dewpoint (°F) 70 71 71 71 71 71 70 70 69 69 68 69 68 67 66 67 65 66 66 66 66 65 65 66
Heat Index (°F) 86 86 86 85 79 77
Surface Wind (mph) 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Wind Dir NW N NE E E E E NE E E E E NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E
Gust
Sky Cover (%) 75 80 79 85 84 78 88 82 87 91 86 90 90 92 91 92 92 92 93 90 92 92 94 93
Precipitation Potential (%) 23 30 57 71 82 84 81 72 58 52 36 32 24 19 16 16 17 18 12 10 10 13 18 27
Relative Humidity (%) 67 69 69 72 77 82 87 93 93 97 90 97 97 97 97 100 97 100 100 97 93 87 87 87
Rain SChc Chc Lkly Lkly Ocnl Ocnl Ocnl Lkly Lkly Chc Chc Chc SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc -- -- -- -- SChc Chc
Thunder SChc Chc Chc Chc Lkly Lkly Chc Chc Chc SChc SChc SChc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Date 06/16
Hour (EDT) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
Temperature (°F) 70 71 72 72 72 71 70 69 68 68 67 67 66 66 65 65 65 65 65 66 67 68 69 70
Dewpoint (°F) 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 65 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 65 65 65
Heat Index (°F)
Surface Wind (mph) 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
Wind Dir E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE E E E E
Gust
Sky Cover (%) 90 96 88 88 90 89 98 85 88 91 92 92 93 92 92 91 92 93 94 92 90 88 87 86
Precipitation Potential (%) 32 38 50 48 44 59 57 57 57 57 57 57 50 50 50 50 50 50 47 47 47 47 47 47
Relative Humidity (%) 87 84 81 81 81 84 87 87 87 87 90 90 93 93 97 97 97 100 100 97 93 90 87 84
Rain Chc Chc Chc Chc Chc Lkly Lkly Lkly Lkly Lkly Lkly Lkly Chc Chc Chc Chc Chc Chc Chc Chc Chc Chc Chc Chc
Thunder SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc SChc -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

we all know that the real reason he got treated that way is because he failed the test:

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Stephen Colbert should sue for infringing on his trademark Colbert Eyebrow

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

it may amuse you to know that Google Gemini says you're already the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee:

The Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is Rep. Jasmine Crockett. She was elected as Vice Ranking Member in January 2025. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who was previously the Ranking Member, was elected to the top position on the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Gerry Connolly, who previously served as Ranking Member, stepped back from the role and was named Acting Ranking Member, but he later passed away. The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee voted to appoint Connolly, and he later announced he wouldn't seek re-election. Rep. Stephen Lynch is now serving as the Acting Ranking Member until a successor is chosen.

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

roughly 70% of the world's raw silicon is produced in China it's really hard to make anything high tech without silicon it'll take a decade to ramp up replacement production in the US, not to mention you need high-silica sand as a raw input which has to come from somewhere

Pie chart of silicon production in 2020: China 69%, US 4%, Norway 4%, Brazil 4%, France 2%, Malaysia 2%, other 9%

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Class 1 felony under Wisconsin election law as well

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

they're just following the handy guideline:

a hand holding a card that says okay next to three light skin tones and not okay next to three dark skin tones

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

lol just learned that msvc thinks `int;` is valid C++ code godbolt.org/z/xreedPWEo

a godbolt screenshot showing microsoft's C++ compiler blithely compiling complete nonsense

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Is she concerned, troubled, or disappointed?

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This is the first "computer" I ever used (although the model was actually released the year before I was born)

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

They're definitely going to apply it retroactively, to strip citizenship from any children they find in the custody of people they want to deport. The main determining factor that will be used to decide who it applies to is found below:

"ok/not okay" color chart from family guy

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

how this flag proposal didn't make the top 10 i do not know

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

irrelevant: 3 USC § 19(b) says that if the Speaker is ineligible, he or she is skipped and the next person (the President pro tem of the Senate) is tapped

(b)If, at the time when under subsection (a) of this section a Speaker is to begin the discharge of the powers and duties of the office of President, there is no Speaker, or the Speaker fails to qualify as Acting President, then the President pro tempore of the Senate shall, upon his resignation as President pro tempore and as Senator, act as President.

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Kelly Kinkade (rome of oxtrot) @ab9rf.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

10/10: There is nothing wrong with this design. 21 stars for the 21st state, yes, we get it. Uninspired but also not terrible. Fairly easy (if fiddly, because of all the stars) to draw. Overall: C

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