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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 12/08/2026

Partial solar eclipse from Cambridge.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 10/08/2026

Not quite the same, but someone in Wholefoods once asked if I was the author of boomerang.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 08/08/2026

Broke a whole bunch of SVG charts by accidentally changing the namespace URL from http to https. The SVG element was no longer recognized as an SVG element and had no accessible style attribute.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 20/07/2026

Found the weirdest thing when we stopped for ice cream after a waterfall hike. Apparently it's the "first confirmed UFO experience" in MA (not independently verified by me).

A plaque signed by then Gov of MA, Charlie Baker acknowledging the off world experience of Thomas Reed: "ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, I AM PLEASED TO CONFER UPON YOU THIS GOVERNOR'S CITATION IN RECOGNITION OF THE OFF-WORLD INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1969, WHICH ENGAGED THE REED FAMILY, WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE INCIDENT WAS FACTUALLY UPHELD, FOUNDED, AND DEEMED HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND TRUE BY MEANS OF MASSACHUSETTS HISTORIANS. THE RECORDS HIGHLIGHTING THE HISTORIC EVENT ARE NOW OFFICIALLY PART OF THE GREAT BARRINGTON, MA HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION AND YOUR RECENT INDUCTION INTO MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY.

THIS THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR 2015"

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 02/07/2026

Well @duolingoverde.bsky.social still can't do math. Finish 2 daily quests but they only count 1.

A screenshot of the Duolingo quest page. The completion bar at the top shows 1/50 quests while the bottom section shows two completed quests.

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Kellan @kellanem.com · 01/05/2026

A member of the generation that can remember migrating all your code from cgi-lib.pl to CGI.pm

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Most people think Sherlock Holmes began at 221B Baker Street. But Holmes began somewhere far stranger: in a Victorian hospital ward in Edinburgh, where surgeon Joe Bell taught students to read a body like a crime scene.🧵 Here's the US 🇺🇸 trailer for SLEUTH-HOUND. Preorder: linktr.ee/drlindseyfit...

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 14/06/2026

This was my entry. I used Einkorn which is a typically very hard grain to work with, but tastes amazing. I used pepitas and black & white sesame for my seeds. I didn't rack in the top 3, but am looking forward to feedback from the judges sometime in the next week.

A loaf of sandwich bread on a metal cooling rack with a vase of flowers just above it. Both are on a wooden table. The flower vase has mostly green leaves of different types and a small bunch of small white flowers of a type unknown to me.
The sandwich bread is arranged horizontally with a wavy pattern of black and white sesame seeds running across the loaf on the lower half of the top face. The pattern ends at a score line running the length of the loaf. The loaf is a rich brown color with a slightly darker shade along the lip of the score line.

A side on view of a loaf of sandwich bread with a white and black sesame seed pattern of stripes on the right side and a pronounced lip along the score line on top.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 14/06/2026

Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain starts in East Cambridge in just over an hour from now. I dropped off my seeded sandwich loaf earlier this morning. #bread #sourdough #ecba #elmendorf #cambridgema eastcambridgeba.com/le-grand-pri... img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/6a...

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 11/06/2026

The Peacock app on Xfinity uses a QWERTY keyboard on a TV screen that you can only navigate using the cursor keys on your remote. For some reason bsky won't let me attach a photo of this screen.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 01/06/2026

Someone used my phone number to book a restaurant reservation for this weekend. What should I do with it? So far I've entered the "Anything else we should know" field for the booking to say that whoever made the reservation used my phone number and I hope they have some other contact info.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 01/06/2026

Seeded sourdough Einkorn sandwich bread.

A loaf of sandwich bread placed horizontally on a wire rack. The loaf has alternating diagonal stripes of black and white sesame about 2 inches each along the top surface.

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RealClearScience @rcscience.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The Pythagorean Theorem is older than Pythagoras: "Ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Indians, and Chinese mathematicians were using the right-triangle rule long before Pythagoras was born." via @zmescience.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/05/14/p...

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 27/04/2026

Watching Evelyn Hammonds in conversation with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@chanda.blacksky.app) at Harvard University about Chanda's new book The Edge of Space-Time.

Evelyn Hammonds in conversation with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein at Harvard University.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 23/04/2026

First attempt at seeded rye sourdough.

A face on view of three slices of seeded rye bread on a bamboo cutting board. Some of the seeds visible are pumpkin and sunflower.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 17/04/2026

It's April 2026. Perhaps it's time to migrate my .cvsignore files to .gitignore. WDYT?

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 09/04/2026

Grape Hyacinths and Forsythias in bloom. #spring #newengland #boston

Several stalks of light blue grape hyacinths with white tipped petals in full bloom.

A close-up of bright yellow forsythia flowers in full bloom. The dark brown stalk and light green leaves and sepals offer a stark contrast.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 02/04/2026

Spiced whole-wheat sourdough fruit buns.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 18/03/2026

Is Marriott not interested in letting people book online? I don't think they're on bsky.

A screenshot of the marriott.com website showing a "401 Authorization Required" generic nginx error page.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 03/03/2026

Halloumi is really squeaky when eaten

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 12/12/2025

Today in “Dudes Rock”: A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 06/01/2026

Apparently Google will not let you block X from your discovery feed. You can only block individual accounts. Support forums are full of folks asking how to block all of X from showing up in Discovery. Time to turn off discovery completely.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year to those who have a new year starting today. Bonne année.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 27/12/2025

Is this a thing now where the Korean text is just the English transliterated into Hangul?

A box of Douce Romance Butter Waffles with the Korean text 버터 와플 and the English text Premium Dessert written in English. A picture of 3 people having tea is on the left and a close up of 3 waffles on the right.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 25/12/2025

Someone needs to tell Google Weather that snowflakes have 6 branches, not 4.

Screen capture of the snowflake icon in Google weather showing a snowflake with 4 branches.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 22/12/2025

Tried to make Panettone but ended up with Volcanotonne. Apart from the shape, it came out well. 50% whole wheat and used my own strain of yeast extracted from the skin of a mango. The overflow was due to excessively deep scoring.

Photo of a loaf of Panettone in an aluminum tin on a wire rack. The Panettone has spilled over on one side of the pan.

Photo of the inside of the Panettone with the crumb and dried fruits visible.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 18/12/2025

This week's sandwich loaf.

A loaf of whole wheat sandwich bread on a wire rack. The loaf is arranged horizontally and is covered with black sesame, white sesame, and flax seeds. There is a horizontal tear across the middle where the loaf was scored.

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PyData Global @pydata.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

IT’S HERE!! Welcome to PyData Boston 2025! Experience 40+ engaging, exciting, and forward-thinking talks, tutorials, and keynote sessions over three data-filled days in Boston’s thriving tech hub. We hope you all enjoy!

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 02/12/2025

I'd posted this in response to someone else, but I think it deserves a post of its own. 2007 paper on the "Relationship between Funding Source and Conclusion among Nutrition-Related Scientific Articles": pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 02/12/2025

PyData Boston 2025 (@pydata.bsky.social) -- Happening Dec. 8-10 at the Microsoft NERD Center. Details here: py- data.org/boston2025/ #PyDataBoston25 #PyData #NumFOCUS

View of Memorial Drive, the Charles river, and the Boston Skyline from a tall building in Cambridge. The Hancock building and the Prudential tower are visible.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 26/11/2025

Nobody told these tomatoes that the growing season is over. Just harvested and there are more on the plants.

8 tomatoes of 3 different varieties in the palm of a hand.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 20/11/2025

My fingers smell of olives. I'm making whole wheat (70% Glenn/30% Spelt) Olive & Sun-dried Tomato sourdough bread.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 16/11/2025

Currently reading "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. It talks about the issues with food industrialization and de-localization. I know many of you will enjoy it and learn from it.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 13/11/2025

@infrequently.org I can't seem to reply to your post, but yes it does, but my remote is also private like yours.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 12/11/2025

The only problem I have with Google's personal information in search results alerts is that the majority of my alerts are for my email address showing up in man pages and source code comments in every major linux distro over the last 20 years. It's a good service otherwise.

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Joseph Wynn @joseph.likesdogs.nz · 07/11/2025

6 years ago I started a side project to build a web accessibility tool that prioritises simple reporting and quick feedback loops so that teams can fix a11y regressions before they affect users. I am so proud to say that side project is now finished, and A11y Pulse is live. www.a11ypulse.com

a11ypulse.com

A11y Pulse

A11y Pulse: Automated accessibility testing for your website. Improve your site's accessibility and compliance with ease.

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 05/11/2025

Duolingo keeps getting worse. They've now made it impossible to get out of the ads. You're forced to actually download something from an ad or you have to force quit duolingo and lose any progress.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

✨ Real User Monitoring (#RUM) & The Modern Browser ✨ @bluesmoon.info shares his thoughts on the browser's evolution and its impact on building BOOMERANG. In ~100 seconds, you can listen to his answer, taken from our complete ✨ SPDY STREAM 014 ✨ episode. Link below. 🎥 youtu.be/yoazDXRhlJU

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 29/10/2025

Sara doesn't just tell you when something isn't done right, she also shows you how to fix it.

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Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 29/10/2025

The alternative, if you don't want to keep the same images in both light and dark mode, can be to use feature queries in the <picture> element and render the image suitable for each mode. codepen.io/SaraSoueidan... A video demonstrating the img in the Codepen change when I switch modes on macOS:

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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 27/10/2025

The anomaly detection algorithm on my site has been lighting up today with the abnormally high traffic @henrihelvetica.bsky.social's post has generated.

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