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@darthbender.bsky.social
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A broken record of inanity #RRMS #unemployed #exmo

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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
FUCK YOU The web is truly dead
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Fuck off weather
Weather forecast showing 100+ degree Fahrenheit days for the next week in West Jordan, Utah
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I can’t find the page that they used to have that described them but on my last order it’s listed as this:
Prescription
Prescription type
Progressives (No Line)
Progressive type
Near-Range
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This Jamie Lynn Sigler/Christian Applegate podcast about MS was the newest episode in my overcast feed while I’m crashing out:
Screenshot: MESSY WITH CHRISTINA APPLEGATE & JAMIE
LYNN SIGLER
It's Okay Not to Be Okay with Amy Kurtz
JUL 23, 2026 • 42:14 LEFT
On the first episode of Living With It, Jamie sits down with Amy Kurtz, a patient advocate and author. They discuss the grief of chronic illness, learning to trust yourself again, and why healing is about so much more than getting better
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Without saying your age (💀💀💀) what is your favorite movie released the year you turned 18? 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky
The Hunt for Red October movie poster.

Sean Connery stares at you.
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
everyone has their first
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger album cover
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
107 degrees Fahrenheit or 41.6 degrees Celsius
Screenshot of Apple Watch showing 107 degrees Fahrenheit
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This Duke says keep napping.
A dog named Duke sleeps on a couch
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Too hot when does winter come back
Screenshot of a watch showing a temperature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Good news, I qualified for a “death consolidation loan”!
Image reads: Transcript
Please press two. Hi, my name is Antonio, and I'm giving you a call about your death consolidation loan application. Good news. You've been preapproved for up to
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
There are two guitars inside of you…
Two guitars(a Gibson Les Paul and a Fender Stratocaster) sit on guitar stands in front of a poster that reads "THE VERY BEST OF THE STONE ROSES"
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Bird people of blue sky, what kind of bird is this?
A bird stands on grass
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Ridiculous cat? Never. Miss you, Bird.
Cat, sitting like a human
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Was seeing the posts about the wildfire smoke and thought, how bad can it be? Pretty fucking Mordor-ish from my driveway.
The sky is brown
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I’m one generation removed from full-time farmers and I’m trying to grow tomatoes from seeds and it’s actually working.
Tomato seedlings sprouting in pots
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What the fuck? Let's take mental health advice from an economist.
Article text: Americans routinely say they relish the ability to work from home or remotely rather than commute to an office. Yet new research suggests that untethering yourself can come at a cost.
New research from Federal Reserve Bank of New York economist Natalia Emanuel published in Science found that remote work, while often boosting productivity, also often leaves employees feeling socially isolated and leads to mental health issues.
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Duck Duck Go was mildly better:
 "Strawberry" contains two letters "d"? None - there are O letters "d" in the word "strawberry."
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
So I thought I would try it:
Google AI telling me that there are 3 'd's in "strawberry. It then corrects itself to say there is only 1 'd' in "strawberry"
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Name your first celebrity crush Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
"WE NEED SOME SHORE LEAVE
IT SMELLS IN HERE"
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Found an immortal woman at the Cemetary today while we were putting out flags. Margaret Egbert never died.
Tombstone listing:
EGBER
SAMUEL
Born Mar. 24, 1814
Died Dec. 13, 1888
Margaret
Born Dec. 19, 1823
Died blank
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Share a magazine cover you love
Magazine cover of Thrasher Magazine July 1985

Chris Miller skates a pool
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Citation fucking needed
Governor Spencer Cox statement on data center water usage: 
"That's where the biggest cutbacks will always be, always have been. I get pretty fired up about that one because it's a lie and it's wrong and anybody who says that either doesn't know what they're talking about or do know what they're talking about and they're intentionally trying to lie about it," he replied. "As far as the data center? Again, this data center is going to use less water than its original use.
So this data center is going to return water to the lake. Again, there are issues that people should be concerned about, for sure. Water is not one of them in that particular case."
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A different shot from last night. #moon
The moon
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The setup
Telescope pointed at the sky. You can see a crescent moon above the scope
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The Moon tonight
The moon
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Sun today
The sun
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Venus and a crescent moon with my Nikon
Venus and a crescent moon
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Here's one that was 32 x 60 second exposures. I use a piece of software called PixInsight for processing all the exposures. The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
From a reddit thread about someone finding a kitten in their walls:
Comic panels:
First section with four panels titled "ADOPTING A DOG":
Show small human going to pet store and picking out a dog.
Second section with two panels titled "ADOPTING A CAT":
Shows small human sitting in bed reading while a cat falls through the ceiling.
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Test of a 4 minute time lapse. The movement of the sun show that my tripod is slightly out of alignment
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Sunspot 4436
The sun today with a sunspot designated 4436 visible just left of center and slightly down from center
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Sadly underused
Telescope with dog tongue in background
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Of all the photos I've taken I'm most proud of this one. Eagle Nebula, June 23, 2017 And it was an accident, I was testing the guiding and tracking on my telescope and pointed it at this and was shocked when it turned out so well.
Eagle Nebula, June 23, 2017
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Venus transit across the sun June 5 2012 with trees as the sun set
Venus transit across the sun June 5 2012 with trees as the sun set
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy taken July 10, 2012 in Soapstone, Utah.
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy taken July 10, 2012 in Soapstone, Utah.
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Saturn with visible Cassini Division May 29, 2017
Saturn with visible Cassini Division May 29, 2017
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Comet PanSTARRS and a crescent moon. Taken March 12, 2013 from Daybreak, Utah Nikon D300 200mm lens at f5.6
Comet PanSTARRS and a crescent moon.

Taken March 12, 2013 from Daybreak, Utah

Nikon D300 200mm lens at f5.6
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
If you see this, post something orange.
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
first light through the new camera.
The sun through a solar telescope
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A problem or a blessing?
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Enough doom for the day. 9 years ago I took this photo from the backyard with my 8" telescope. Not long afterwards my planetary camera broke. I need to replace it and start taking planetary photos again.
Shot of Jupiter with the Great Red Spot prominent
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Got added to another AI-haters list:
Bluesky list title "Wrong about AI/Bitcoin/VR probably other thing"
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I don't even live in California.
Unsolicited text message from GOP assholes.
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Finally got to use the snow shovel this year.
Snow shovel full of weeds
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A blue background; a man stares down towards the ground with his hands clasped in front on him. Below, on the blue background is the text, "HOW SOON IS NOW?"
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Analog Photoshop In 1988 in high school I took a photography class. (Tri-X film was the most fun!) My teacher gave the class an assignment to do double negative prints and see what cool stuff we could come up with. This was mine.
A photo in a wooden frame of the members of the band U2 appearing as if painted on asphalt with leaves scattered about
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Who's your birthday twin?
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Ryan @darthbender.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Big Boy No. 4014 steaming down rail track in Ogden Utah, away from the camera.
Big Boy No. 4014 is the world’s largest operating steam locomotive. Of the eight remaining Big Boys in existence today, No. 4014 is the only one still in operation.
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