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Rick Preston

@canadianbrewer.com
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Long-time software developer. A pleasant curmudgeon.

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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 19/08/2026
No honor among thieves? From the Lakeville Police blotter: An unknown suspect opened an unsecured loan for more than $16,000 in the victim’s name last year. The investigation is ongoing but strangely enough, the suspect has been making on-time payments and helping the victim’s credit along the way.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 03/08/2026
This LEGO set brought back a lot of childhood memories. I loved all the Tintin stories, read them all multiple times.
A completed LEGO set depicting the rocket ship used in the Tintin stories "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon".
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 27/07/2026
I got a new suit and a monogram inside the jacket was part of it. "Most people put their initials" the salesman said. Nah.
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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. ~ Blade Runner, Tears in Rain monologue by Roy Batty / Rutger Hauer
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 23/01/2025
@early80saholeguy.bsky.social
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a police officer says " let 's be careful out there "
ALT: a police officer says " let 's be careful out there "
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 15/01/2025
Our poodles seem to have inherited the "I'm judging you" gene.
A ginger and a black poodle look judgingly at the camera.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 08/01/2025
Jeff Atwood steps up to be a thing that’s sorely needed in tech right now: a leader. He actually *gives* half of his current net worth (not a pledge — he already cut checks) to 8 organizations helping the most vulnerable. blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-am... An inspiring move, when it most matters.
blog.codinghorror.com
Stay Gold, America
We are at an unprecedented point in American history.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 26/12/2024
Tell me you're in Canada without telling me you're in Canada. #canada #kraftdinner #kd
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 24/12/2024
Minnesota disappoints me. Those things are an abomination. But Florida? That just confuses me. For the record, my Christmas baking favorites are (in no particular order): #shortbread #nanaimobars #buttertarts
Google's 2024 map of most searched Christmas cookie recipes by state.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 06/12/2024
I would like an AI trained on nothing but Letterkenny and Shorsey. I'd use it to write those emails where you *really* want to get your point across without devolving to corporate jargon.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 27/11/2024
Listening to the Time Machine Weekend on 89.3 The Current is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving - every hour, music from a different year, spanning many genres. I tuned in and the first thing I heard was Bobcaygeon by the Tragically Hip. Off to a good start.
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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
I posted this on fb to friends, thought I would say something more generally. JD Vance was in Minneapolis this week, speaking outside the burned-out 3rd precinct police station and talking about the city as a lawless, frightening place 1/n www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesot...
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JD Vance claimed Minneapolis residents are giving up on the city. But is that true?
Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance claimed in a visit earlier this week​ that Minneapolis is so overrun by crime that residents are fleeing the city, but is that claim true?
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 24/02/2024
Well this takes me back a bit.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 17/01/2024
"I don't like sci-fi, but this is @scalzi.com and I like it." My wife on listening to "Old Man's War" on a car trip. I set the hook with "Kaiju Preservation Society" and "Starter Villain" and now she's a convert.
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Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · 23/11/2023
git branches: intuition & reality jvns.ca/blog/2023/11...
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 10/11/2023
So back in the 50s, when chickens weren't the mainstream protein they are now, someone got a Cornell professor to create a recipe to get more people to eat chicken. A simple oil-and-vinegar marinade with some poultry seasoning for a few hours, then grilled. It's marvelous.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 07/11/2023
Just another day in urban Victoria. A buck that has been wandering the neighborhood decided to visit my parents' yard this morning.
A buck that has been wandering the neighborhood decided to visit my parent's yard.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 26/09/2023
"Place meat between 2 sheets of parchment and pins to 1/4" thick" is SO messy. The parchment disintegrates. Meat bits fly everywhere. But, if you have those silicone liners that you line baking sheets with, those things take a beating with zero damage. Plus they're easy to wash.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 03/08/2023
Credit to Programmer Memes over on that other platform identified by the letter between W and Y.
A comparison of while- and do-loops using the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote.
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Rachel A. Rosen 📚💙🪐 @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social · 02/08/2023
I co-wrote a cookbook for depressed people and other folks with zero spoons, only knives. It's not meant to be gourmet cooking so much as a survival guide for late stage capitalism. And you can get it for free!
traumbooks.itch.io
The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books
by Rachel A. Rosen and Zilla Novikov || Food you can make so you don't die.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 01/08/2023
Just a pic of Kepler to end the day on a high note.
A stunningly handsome dog gazes out the window.
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