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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

The other night one of the kids noticed an owl sitting on the roof of our neighbors house. This is the first time that I have seen an owl in the wild (to the best of my memory). We hear owls all the time in the woods but they've always remained elusive. (This […] [Original post on toot.community]

A large owl on the peak of a roof at dusk. A tree and leaves are visible in the foreground.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Wild weather today. Temperature swings in very short time frames. Orange is temp and blue is chance of rain. #ilwx #weather #storms #heatdome #summer #rain

A plot of temperature and precipitation for a local area in Northern Illinois. The temperature swings down and then rapidly up again in a short period of time on Monday.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

We have a lot of milkweed plants but haven't seen too many monarch caterpillars. Yesterday though, I spotted a good sized one! #monarch #caterpillar #photography #summer #closeup #milkweed

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

I was camping this past weekend in northwest Illinois and, with the last bit of pink and orange sunset lighting the area, found these dinner plate-sized mushrooms nearby. #photography #camping #mushrooms #summer

Two clusters of very large mushrooms growing from a stump that is flush with the ground. Grasses are seen around the mushrooms.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

When you're traveling, it is important to try the local fare to really get into the culture. The local fare: #nothanks #mustard #soda #pop #travel #northernvirginia #herndon

Hand holding a glass bottle of yellow liquid with a yellow label and a white circle with black text that says "mustard flavored soda" and a tag line under that "Y'all get yer fixins". In the upper right corner of the label is the phrase "100% natural" and in the upper left corner there's a person's face. Behind the bottle is the floor, a red basket with other bottles and some shelves and people's legs/feet (out of focus).

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

The end of the school year is upon us. 2 kids already done, one has (for reasons that nobody can explain) 1 hour and 30 minutes of school on Tuesday after memorial day. WTH? The Scout troop did a campout in April & one just last weekend, so I'm glad for that […] [Original post on toot.community]

Black and white photo of a cat (named Ginkgo) sitting in a box that is on its side. The cat is too large for the box (he is a big boy) but he is not deterred. The box is sitting on a table and there's a blanket sitting on the back of a couch on the right side of the frame.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

Right outside our front door, a sudden burst of mushrooms! #mushroom #fungi #spring #growth #decay

A large cluster of brown-ish capped mushrooms next to a sidewalk and with some green plant leaves behind

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

My sister in Rockton IL sent this photo of hail from earlier this evening. #ilwx #storm #hail #spring #severweather

Large hailstone in a persons hand with green grass behind

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026

Today, for many reasons, was a good day. Best of all was that I saw a blue-tailed skink in the wild and managed to photograph it before it ran off. Shawnee National Forest, Illinois. #southernillinois #lizard #skink #illinois #photography #nature

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

I'm at O'Hare airport today and I spotted this scene down the way a bit from my gate. There's a lot going on here. 😆 #travel #chicago #airport #spirit #funny #serendipity

A sign for Spirit airlines in which a woman is sitting in a beach chair. Someone has placed a single googly eye on the sign. Her legs are at the edge of the sign. Someone sitting behind the sign has extended their legs out and is resting them on their suitcase. It looks like the woman from the advertisement has a complete set of legs.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

Fediverse! Recently someone on Mastadon was looking for a copy of James Doohan's book "Beam Me Up Scotty" for a podcas(?) and I cannot find the post. Can anyone point me in the right direction? #startrek #scotty #jamesdoohan

Screenshot of the book cover titled Beam me up Scotty. Picture of actor James Doohann in a red Star Trek shirt.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026

"Sheriff says suspicious object that prompted bomb squad response, road closures, was snow" The object in question had been sitting on the corner for several days. The police could not have missed it as they drove their routes. It was covered in a mylar […] [Original post on toot.community]

A police remotely controlled vehicle removes a mylar blanket from a pile of snow. Police tape is seen in the foreground, a fence to the left, and trees in the background.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

Here's the broken gear next to a T10 sized torx screwdriver.

Torx bit T10 next to a dirty printer gear.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

Trying to fix our HP printer. Recently a gear broke and I found a third party seller for a replacement gear. We've had this multi-function printer for a while now and, as far as printing/scanning is concerned, it's been fine. But HP as a company is pretty bad […] [Original post on toot.community]

Inside detail of an HP inkjet printer with the location of where the new gear needs to go.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2025

Our minivan reached 170000 miles tonight. It's starting to show its age on the outside but seems to be running well. Hopefully we'll get at least another 30k. #endurance #honda #mileage #odometer

Speedometer and odometer of the dashboard on a Honda Odyssey minivan. The odometer has reached 170000

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 11/11/2025

Yeah right, OneDrive. Like that will ever be true. #work #onedrive #doom

Screen shot of the Microsoft OneDrive web interface with the text: "Progress There are no operations which require your attention"

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

A big fuck you to both Google and the Washington Post for this bullshit. #politics #absurd #news

Screenshot from Google News showing "Picks For You" and the first item being an article from the washington post with the headline "MAGA singles are looking for love in Washington. It's a challenge" A photo of a Nazi trying to creep on a woman is seen next to the headline.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2025

Northern Illinois Verizon outage this morning. Their website claims service to be restored at 5:45 PM CDT?! #verizon #outage #why #becauseitswednesday

Screenshot of Verizon outage times. Beginning at 5:35 am and ending at 5:45pm

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2025

Happy Equinox! Happy Autumn! #fall #equinox #autumn #change #seasons #photography #chicago (photo taken Nov 11 2011, Chicago's Millennium Park)

Photo of trees with dark trunks during autumn on the left side of the image. Red, orange, and yellow leaves are covering the ground and still in the trees at the top half of the frame. A person with a yellow jacket and black pants is seen in the distance on the right side. You cannot see their feet because the sidewalk is below the grade of the trees. The long zoom lens used compresses the scene so the trees look more closely adjacent to one another than they really are.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2025

UPS really doesn't want me to get a hold of a customer service agent. #UPS #shipping #internationalshipping #orangeturd

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2025

In southern Wisconsin helping a friend harvest concord grapes for pressing and eventually a grape mead. #autumn #harvest #mead #wisconsin

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2025

My wife texted me this photo of a sewing machine she saw today and my first thought was "well @ai6yr needs to know about this right away" 😂

Sewing machine made up of a wooden base, a skull, femur (?), spine, and foot on a shelf of a store. Tags are seen hanging from the middle with 2 bobbins on the top.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025

Great job Verizon. Real bang up job on the 'ole website. #verizon #coding #fail

$Screen shot of portion of a web page that has the header: "You have ${displayAsTopBannerOnMe_DiscountAmount} in discounts expiring soon"$

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2025

Mural in downtown Tacoma. "Blue City Green Destiny" (2022) Artist: Colin Andersen #art #mural #street #tacoma #pnw #trains #blue #photography

Large mural in an urban area. The mural contains many elements from the Tacoma area including a steam train and a modern inter-city/mass transit train, lumber, water, Mt. Rainer, mushrooms, the moon, claws from a crab, a native bird, and more. The mural sits slightly behind a low brick wall with the artist plaque in the upper-right corner of the brick wall A brick building to the right of it in the frame and a shorter building with siding is on the left of the frame.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2025

A couple weeks ago I was in downtown. Tacoma. One morning I went for a walk up the hill to a local coffee place. Very high level smoke from wildfires in Canada made it look like I imagine sunrises on Dune would look. #wildfires #tacoma #pnw #sunrise #photography

Sunrise over the city of Tacoma. The sun is a bright red and the clouds pink and orange. A building is on the left side of the image and the Port of Tacoma is seen on the bottom of the image.

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cetan @cetan.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2025

Spent the last week in Tacoma WA for work. Hot at the beginning but air quality was clear which was a good change of pace from northern Illinois. Had good local coffee and was able to visit the Port of Tacoma. 61 deg F and raining when I left which was on […] [Original post on toot.community]

Mt Rainier (active stratovolcano in Washington State) at sunset. Trees in the foreground and high clouds above the mountain.

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