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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nice night for some high school football

A nighttime scene of high school football on a football field with lights

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taxgirl @taxgirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The IRS is looking for VITA/TCE volunteers for filing season. Last year, I said yes—and ended up preparing tax returns in rural Alaska, traveling by single-engine plane and snowmobile. ❄️ You don’t need tax experience to volunteer. Here’s more: www.taxgirl.com/2026/10/01/i...

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The IRS is seeking VITA volunteers for the upcoming filing season. Here’s what I learned preparing tax returns for free in rural Alaska.

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

24 hours in San Diego. First time I’ve seen sunshine since last Thursday (because Nor’easter) ☀️

The San Diego downtown skyline in the background with Harbour Island and boat slips in the foreground

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

IMO we should probably call AI agents AI minions, because the agents evidently do activities on par with the level of Minions

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reached Escape Nublar on Jurassic Park pinball again, but yet again was a few shots short of completing the final mode. You have to make ALL the Rescue targets. 😅 409M Visitor Center champ, 8 DNA combos, 8 fossils found.

Bill taking a selfie in front of a Jurassic Park pinball machine with a high score #1 of 4,474,456,170 and the name BILLW

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yard is saturated and the retention pond is overflowing. But my basement sump wells are still bone dry. I wonder how long that will last before the water table rises 🫣

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Goodbye Subaru, you were a fun car to own. 🥲

A 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX wagon in Platinum Silver Metallic loaded on a vehicle transport ready for shipping. A VW is also parked on the transport trailer, towed by a red diesel truck. Trees are visible behind the trailer and a two lane road is in the foreground

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Now I am not a conspiracist, buuuuutttt if AI were to go rogue and try to go after humans, disabling their food storage seems like a pretty clever way to starve them… 🙃

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Seems bad to go outside this weekend 🌧️

A weather forecast for Friday 9/25 through Tuesday 9/29 that shows significant rain and high sustained winds for the Boston metro region

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I didn’t forget to do the dishes last night, it’s just that I went rogue and hacked in* to my pinball machine in the basement *turned on the power button and pressed Start

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Belief in AI extinction is pretty much adapting Pascal’s Wager to the 21st century 🤷‍♂️

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s pinball night in New England! I forgot to post from the first week of league play last week, but here’s a photo from week two.

Bill taking a selfie standing in front of a row of pinball machines at Hometown Arcade in Norwood, Massachusetts

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tokenmaxxing: When you get three pinball games for eight tokens instead of just one game for four tokens. 🧠

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Love to see speed enforcement 🚔

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New GC on Jurassic Park. Failed stage 4 of Escape Nublar 😫 581M visitor center bonus, 321M visitor center victory, 318M secure control room victory, 48 rescues, 4 trifectas achieved. Big game!! 😮‍💨

Bill taking a selfie in front of a Jurassic Park Pro pinball machine with a Grand Champion score of 4,698,754,650 and the initials BILLW

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Teaching my son to drive, and I routinely comment how to keep to the right on two-lane roads, as some oncoming cars can drift over the center yellow line. This morning: frontal offset collision on the two-lane road by our house. One car drifted over the painted center line & collided with the other

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Nest thermostats are still dumb, because they never tell me when it’s nice enough outside to open the windows and turn off the A/C. Instead it just mindlessly follows its daily programming 🤷‍♂️

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Finally reached Escape Nublar for the first time, one shot away from completing 😫. 841M Escape Nublar. Maybe 250M Museum Mayhem completed. No King of the Island or Invalid? in this game. 480M Visitor Center bonus. 2 EBs. Home game

A Jurassic Park pro pinball machine backglass with a score display that says GRAND CHAMPION
BILLW
3,477,154,280

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bud Fox: Hey chat, where is Sir Lawrence Wildman going? Chat: Sure Bud! He’s headed to Erie, PA, the headquarters of Anacott Steel. I looked into Wildman’s phone location pings that shows he’s at a private airport. I crossed referenced real-time FAA flight plans, revealing the obvious destination!

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

2010: What new cool, useful app did you download to your phone today? 2026: What soul sucking, attention hijacking app did you delete from your phone today?

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m starting to get concerned at the number of times my web browser accuses me of not being a human. 😬

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’m selling my original-owner 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX sport wagon on @bringatrailer.bsky.social. Here’s a blobeye wagon in really good shape that I’ve carefully maintained for 22 years that’s ready for another owner. bringatrailer.com/listing/2004...

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Finally got to the Visitor Center mode in Jurassic Park pinball and successfully completed it, and then stacked on some additional victory points with several targets hit. JP is just a complete game: code, shots, risk/reward. 👌

A Jurassic Park pinball machine display with a score of 2,104,609,180 and the name BILLW

A Jurassic park pinball machine display with Visitor Center Champion of BILLW with a score of 289,668,100

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’ve gotten so accustomed to tap-to-pay now, that two trips in a row to the pet store, where I have a gift card in my wallet with funds to pay, I used my phone to pay and totally forgot to spend down my gift card! 🤦‍♂️

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

“Satisfaction is churn. Misery is recurring revenue.” Fairly gut-check type of read. I do loathe today’s “internet” more than I love it.

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

That sunrise keeps getting later and later. Let’s go ride bikes with friends! 🚲

A sunrise with mostly clear skies over the gazebo at Milton Townhall in Milton, Massachusetts

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

1.3 billion is pretty good, except I completely bricked in the Visitor’s Center mode 🤦‍♂️

A Jurassic Park Pro pinball machine Gamr Over screen with a score of 1,378,471,300 by player BILLW

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thanks to the Boston helicopter alarm clock, I am up early and ready to go ride bikes with friends!

An overcast sky behind the gazebo at Milton town hall in Massachusetts

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ok Boston what’s with the low-flying helicopters at 5:30 and 5:45 am?? 😫

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Dead pool” was trending this week 😈

A Deadpool Pro pinball machine with a score of 14,508,767,440 and the name BILLW

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

On today’s (backup) bike ride, my bottom bracket started to make some pretty loud clicking noises. Not my backup bike, too! 😫 Turns out it was dirt and grime accumulated between the left crank arm and outer bracket face. Cleaned that all up and now the drivetrain is smooth and quiet again. Whew! 😅

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Bill Winterberg @billwinterberg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It’s absolutely pouring down rain south of Cleveland, so we won’t be headed to New York all that early today. Looks like it’ll be a late night check in outside Syracuse.

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