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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

My wife is still feeding the orange stray. She calls him Chad. The turkeys, however, do not like him. #CatsOfMastodon #turkeys

An orange tomcat stands with its back arched. Two female turkeys close in on him, feathers puffed out.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

OMG I just discovered Kakuro puzzles, and I'm obsessed! #kakuro #puzzle

A 4 by 4 kakuro puzzle. Rows and columns of numbers. Each row and column shows a number total. Each cell in the row has a number or a hint in it. In the completed rows and columns the numbers in the cells add up to the total.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

My daughter had her final marching band performance last night, and one of the color guard was spinning this plastic thing (picture attached) and my mind immediately went: Is that supposed to be a bat'leth? That's bad ass! 😅 No, it's meant to represent a […] [Original post on mograph.social]

A long, curved plastic 'Air blade guard prop'. It's wider on one side, and comes to a point on the other. It has 4 large holes to keep the center mostly open.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Starter relay replaced, and the fridge is humming again.

The open back of a fridge, showing the compressor and starter relay.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

The painters did a great job fixing the apartment walls. There's a few small things I need to take care of, then it's time to look for a new tenant.

An open plan living room and kitchen, with a hallway leading further into an apartment. There is a photo inset of a before picture showing black spray paint covering the walls.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

This caturday Peep is singing operetta, and giving it her all. #caturday

Closeup of an orange cat with its mouth wide open and it's tongue twisted.
We see fallen leaves on the ground, and trees in the background.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Went to watch my daughter perform in a marching band competition. I also volunteered, directing traffic. I was mad with power.

A high school marching band and color guard performing.

Me wearing a hat shading me from the bright sun, holding up a volunteer badge for the West Liberty Comet Classic Marching Band Competition.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

I came across some parking meters requiring a new app. It was a shitshow right from the start. The app wasn't supported on my phone (a flagship from 2 years ago). Their webapp looked more like 1998 than 2026. I created an account, and it didn't work. It wasn't […] [Original post on mograph.social]

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Playing with tools, making random weird shit. (Houdini Copernicus) #houdini

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

I've been looking for my headphones for over 2 weeks. I was finally coming to terms with never seeing them again, when I spotted them in the basement today. I must have put them there when I was dealing with the flooding. Not a spot I'd normally use to store my headphones 😹.

Over the ear headphones clamped over a fire extinguisher which is hanging in front of stairs in a basement.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Oh god, it smells awful outside. Like a really pervasive smell of manure. So I drove into town to spend some time walking the track. Having a #SilentSunday and avoiding a #SilentButDeadlySunday

A track around a high school football field. There's only one other person walking it further down the track. Across the street trees are turning the colors of fall.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Oh look, a pile of blankets, sweaters, and cat! I'm gonna go get in on that action. #CatsOfMastodon

Sweaters and blankets are loosely piled up on a floor. A diluted calico cat is nestled on top.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

We've been getting more rain, so we have water coming into the basement again. So far it's all draining away, but I'll have to keep a close eye on it. We're expecting 1-3 more inches of rain today.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Just a tortoise, eating little green hearts. #tortoise

A Herman's tortoise in an enclosure, mouth wide open, about to take a bite of heart shaped clover.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Any time I wake up and nobody else is home.

The kid from Home Alone looking frazzled, saying: I made my family disappear.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Watching it rain in the distance as the sun rises. #SilentSunday

The sun is rising beneath a cloudy sky. In the distance, over fields of soy plants, strands of cloud pull down to the ground, indicating rain.
In the foreground there is grass, solar panels, and a young apple tree.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Decided to buy myself some temporary happiness.

Gummy bears and vanilla sandwich creme cookies.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Sooooooo. Our tenant is back in jail. The police walked through the apartment with me because the windows were wide open and there's more rain coming tonight. So I got a better look at the damage. It's bad. Along with a ton of other stuff, he spray painted […] [Original post on mograph.social]

A time line is drawn on a wall in black spray paint. On the left it says 9-17-26 90% and on the right 9-31-26 100%. Under the line, in the center, it reads CCPC

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Lest I only post about the bad things happening this week, here's a picture of a smirking cat. I don't know what's she's thinking about, but she's up to something. #CatsOfMastodon

A calico cat sitting in front of a door next to some shoes. She looks like she has a smirk on her face.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Second coat is on, looking a lot better. The attorney told me not to move his grill, and instead to post a notice and give him time to move it. So, that's what I did. 🤷

A building hallway. A wall has fresh primer on it. At the end of the hall is a small grill.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

First coat of primer is on, but it's clearly going to need several layers. Contacting an attorney now to help with the eviction. What a week.

A building hallway. Fresh paint covers a wall, but you can still see black spray paint underneath the fresh coat.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

FML. So the renter in our one apartment is apparently having some kind of mental issues, and seems to be having a full psychotic breakdown. He was spray painting in the hallway that's shared with another building (it's a weird setup where an old building was […] [Original post on mograph.social]

A building hallway. A long wall has black spray paint on it. Not all of it is legible, but some of it reads: the office of the t. i o o t o o t o , and a lot more o's, then p. s. a t, then some scratched out letters, then POTUS

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Sigh, I guess no more easy bypass of the NY Times subscription crap.

A browser pointed at www.nytimes.com

The page contents are just: Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

I had to dig a trench to get the water out of the chicken shed, and it took 3 people to heep the water flowing until most of it was finally out. That was rough.

A narrow trench cuts through a chicken run, leading from the gate to a shed. Water flows from the shed to the gate. The ground is soaked and gross.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

My wife and I are a few hours into Solasta II now, and I have... feelings. It's still early access, and we're having fun, but it doesn't feel as good as Solasta 1 yet. The UI in Solasta 1 was just about perfect. Finding spells, abilities, etc. was very […] [Original post on mograph.social]

Solasta 2 Main menu. 4 heroes stand in a crumbling and overgrown temple. Two are halflings, two are elves.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Lawnmower blades replaced, and we're back in business!

I'm laying next to a John Deere riding lawnmower in our driveway, fiddling with the blades under it.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Got my flu and covid vaccinations. I got screwed last year when the pharmacy I usually go to only had the flu shot, and then I took too long to find another place and got covid for the first time. Not this year. I made sure I found a place that had both (which wasn't hard to find).

A bandaid on my upper arm, and me, smirking.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

We got some much needed rain last night. And I managed to slip in the mud in the chicken run, so I've already had a change of trousers. Anyway, good morning 🌞

A rain gauge showing just over 2 inches, 5 cm of rain.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Another Solasta playthrough complete. We have defeated the Soraks, and the demons, once more. #Solasta

A shirtless demon with ethereal red wings stands between two pillars, pointing forward.
Sessroth the Archreaver: Kill them!

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

This caturday Peep is telling Meg and Rain a story. #caturday

A woman is sitting cross legged on a lawn, with a Grey silkie chicken in her lap. Next to her an orange cat sits and looks up at the woman, her mouth partially open, as if she's talking.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

I went geode hunting today, which is apparently a thing you can do in Iowa. #iowa

A hand holding a cracked open geode, showing white crystal.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

It's icky out. I sprayed the ground with cold water to let them cool their feet at least. #chickens #turkeys

Some chickens and 2 turkeys standing in a puddle in a chicken run.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Our lemon sunflower stalk was knocked over in a storm, but decided to grow flowers anyway. I love their color. #BloomScrolling

A small sunflower with pale yellow leaves is surrounded by long blades of grass.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

My wife and I are just about done with out most recent play through of Solasta. I've been looking for new co-op games for us to try, and was deciding between Grim Dawn and the recent re-release of LOTR War in the North. Got this notification today, so that made the decision easy! #gaming

Grim Dawn
-85% $3.74, normally $24.99
Add to Cart

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

My first successful fermented slaw! I can't wait for lunch. Thank you to whoever it was that sent me the recipe! #fermenting

A cabbage slaw with carrots and jalapeño in a glass jar.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

An ambush bug caught a fly on one of our raspberries.

An ambush bug, green with a black cross on its back, holds a fly, which is as big as itself, in its pincers, while holding on to the side of a raspberry.

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Jens Zalzala @anakin78z.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

I'm trying to make a fermented slaw, and the instructions say that there should be enough water from the cabbage to cover the slaw when added to the crock, but right now there's very little water. Do I just have to wait a lot longer for it to seep out, or is […] [Original post on mograph.social]

A slaw of cabbage, carrot, onion and jalapeño, mixed in a bowl.

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