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Dave Durant

@davedurant.bsky.social
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Just this guy. Computer nerd for work. 3D printing. Making cheese and pickles (not at the same time). Sci-fi. Anime. Astronomy. US-based. DMing me out of the blue to ask for money (wth?) will likely result in blocking instead of a reply, let alone money.

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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don't think I've seen these before around here, MA USA, which is weird because I grew up around here. Is this a gray hawk? Sorry for the potato-quality pix; it's really hard to get them to hold still. Size of a big crow(ish). The internet says this is quite out of their normal area. #birds
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Coaster of the day! Literally LOL'ed at the graphic..
Picture of a cardboard coaster with the label "Mssshole light lager." The graphic shows a seagull flying with a piece of pizza in its mouth.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've been trying to resist reposting memes but this is just too good..
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nothing like some Clickspring guilloché to detox your timeline! It's hard to judge scale if you are not familiar with stuff like this. He's making a wristwatch face here - pretty small.
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Cutting Guilloche On The Straight-Line Engine - Relaxing Ribbons of Sterling Silver
YouTube video by Clickspring Clips
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is great! CC: @in-otter-news.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/somethingi...
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From the somethingimade community on Reddit: I made an otter with interchangeable hats
Explore this post and more from the somethingimade community
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ha!
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Society has lost the ability to name pets..
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Proper drinks menu! www.thefixburgerbar.com
Pic of a drinks menu from a  restaurant, listing milkshakes and sodas with several alcoholic mix-ins available. Yum.
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💥Richard with an💥R @rbwaltonthereal.com · 21/08/2026
The Earth is made up of 70% water, and it’s uncarbonated... So, technically it's flat.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Another fork vanished today, without a trace. There are now only 6 left. Huddling in fear in the drawer.. Wondering which will be next.. Unrelated: I need to stop getting takeout lunch then just eating out of the bag/box at my desk.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026
Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/
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How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Sous vide gochujang chicken for dinner last night. Sorta improvised recipe but holy crap, that was good. 74c for 3ish hours. Probs do 75.5 next time. Also, move the oven rack down 1 and go a bit longer. Bit more in alt. Looks funky but soooo tasty!
Pic of a 1/4 chicken I had at dinner last night. Sous vide then broiled quickly.

Eyed ~3tbsps of gochujang, 3-4 smashed garlic cloves, 3 glugs low-sodium soy, small shake of red pepper flakes & a few small grinds of szechuan peppercorns.

Wisked up, slathered very thoroughly, into the SV bag. Once done, patted dry, rubbed some leftover sauce on the top and into the broiler..
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Good news, everyone! variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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‘Futurama’ to Release Three New Supersized Specials, Including a Christmas Episode, Starting Next Year on Hulu
'Futurama' announced at Comic-Con that it will release three new supersized specials, including a Christmas episode, starting next year on Hulu.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If you have not already, you must google Jimothy. Yes, you probably know who he is but do it anyway then come back and thank me.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sometimes you don't realize that you're clueless until you see the answer. This is one of my favorite flavors but until just now, I had zero idea what it looked like. And never thought to find out.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Very nice out today!
Pic looking down at a lake, about 1/4 mile from the path I'm walking. Sorta-cloudy blue sky, lots of green.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Unless McConnell comes out and publicly rebukes this on camera, I'm going to assume it's true.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This deserves repeating and, IMO, qualifies as a timeline clense: mango & ginger white Stilton.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Hi, world. Most of us here in the US would like to win but fairly, when we earned it. We're also pissed that not everyone gets it.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Sing it!
Drawing of a bench at a bus stop with, from the left, 4x grandma types and Batman. Some call grammy "nana", you know.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Haha.. Not to encourage violence, really & truly, but imagine this happening to those "Patriot" Front nazis in DC this weekend with them having to dive into the reflecting pool instead. Fuck those fucking (Illinois) nazi fucks.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
If we all turn on the AC at once, do data centers start crashing? Asking for a few hundred million friends.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just back from a 2.5 mile walk. Not that far at all but I'm feeling a little regret ATM..
Crop of a weather channel page showing that it feels like 105f outside right now. The picture includes a guy appreciating a beach view but he isn't all sweaty, so I suspect it's not real.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Hey, Netflix, remember how you used to send me 1 notification like once/month, then decided to maybe send multiple per day? Now, you send none. CC: every other business that knows how to spam me. If somebody is telling you to start spamming you customers, FIRE THEM! (not the customers)
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Ha!! This PROVES that cats are the best.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Yes!
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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Dear Santa, This year for Prime Day I want the breakup of Amazon as a corporate conglomerate monopoly, with Kindle and Audible being nationalized into a sort of publicly owned internet library funded by a progressive tax on the hyper-rich and an annual stipend for authors.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
LOL @ "Sealent Team Six"
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
So, so glad today that I got the turbo, which wants the good stuff.. :/
Picture of gas prices today.. 4.69, 5.29 and 5.79 per gallon.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
It needs to be said.. The more times we click on the video where trump loses his cool because a reporter asked him a good question, the more likely we are to see more good questions..
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Once you see it, it cannot be unseen..
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Mitch Wagner @mitchwagner.com · 02/06/2026
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Take a break from the news. Enjoy this heron I just saw.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Crappy weather at the wildlife sanctuary = fewer humans & wildlife closer to the path than usual. This beauty surprised me! Right there, maybe 15ft off the path. It then flew maybe 40ft away and stopped, so I took this picture..
Great blue heron, ankle deep in water, as it looks around for lunch.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Confused by the absurd number of terms when checking out chix at the market?? (US markets, anyway..) AB turns out a weirdly awesome, as always, summary of what some of these terms mean and what to do with said chix, once you understand and commit.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SquS...
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Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 25: Grillus Gallus Domesticus
YouTube video by Alton Brown
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Hey, you like Futurama, right? Of course you do. Do you also like opera? Might I suggest en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turanga...
en.wikipedia.org
Turangalîla-Symphonie - Wikipedia
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The nearby wildlife sanctuary used to be a US Army base annex and has a bunch of these big, concrete bunkers slowly being retaken by nature.. Actually saw one with an open door today - a first!! NGL, was too chicken to look around inside. Standing right in front of the door was a good 10F cooler..
Creepy open door of a big, old ammo bunker. Never seen one without a big lock on it before.

Very noticeably colder standing right in front of the door and 10 feet back than just a few feet over. 10x creepy.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This looks promising! Agena is definitely one of my top-3 places to start when I'm eyeing new gear.. youtu.be/gKh6WJOLfw8
youtu.be
Meet the New Agena Astro YouTube Channel
YouTube video by Agena Astro
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Bird day at the wildlife sanctuary today.. I predict the gosling sitting on its parents back will get cuteness of the week award.
3 very large turkeys walking down the trail.Great blue heron, hanging out its nest.  Another flew in about a minutes after this, impressive, but i missed the picture.Pair of geese sitting just a few feet from the path. They have 4-5 little ones, including one sitting on the back of one of the adults.2 headless geese with 2 headless swans!!1 or maybe their heads are underwater because they are feeding.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
How nice of a day is it? I'm giving it a solid 14 turtles.
14 or so turtles on an old log in a lake.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Sharing is caring and I care that Palantir gets sued.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Soooo many posts on bsky being a bit toast today. Number of quality songs about this? ZERO. Until now. You'rewelcome. youtu.be/JwZwkk7q25I
youtu.be
Strong Bad Email #45 - Techno
YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Wow!
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Spotted on a walk down the local rail trail today. Tempted to go back at night and see if it lights up..
Weathered garden gnome statuette holding a flashlight. It's eyes have been replaced with reflector lightbulbs.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Can someone please explain the correct way to shout "fuck, yeah!!" in Turkish?
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
NASA FTW! It was a treat to see the US do something big that wasn't rooted in greed or cruelty.
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Dave Durant @davedurant.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
All these posts that call for a general strike/work-stop WITHOUT saying that you should keep supporting local, non-fascist companies, to me, just sound stupid. The "enemy" is not "all businesses." You'd be far, FAR better off just making an effort to find things locally instead of going to amazon.
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