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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Reason #1,657 not to trust AI

A screenshot of a claude chatbot prompt that has a greeting stating, "Happy Monday, Anton", a personal and insidious affront.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Then just imagine this beaut of a heavy weight cotton boat tote hanging next to your ‘Hail Lord Xenu’ vintage tote.

Picture of an AARP Premium Heavy Weight Cotton Boat Tote in classic white with red handles taken on a wooden deck set in a small verdant forest.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

ah, yes, the bear minimum formula from micro-economics class

a totally fabricated formula for bear minimum equal to the product of the nearest exits times fear squared. B(m) = (EF)2

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I saw Cronenberg’s Rabid when I was a kid and I can’t be convinced that this isn’t what rabies is

The original 1977 theatrical poster for the film Rabid, directed by David Cronenberg, with a close-up image of the lead actress, Marilyn Chambers, as the character of Rose.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Bluesky Crush? Tried, didn't like.

A picture of a can of Crush Back to the 80s Electric Blue Razz, an unnatural union of a blue raspberry soda, horrible marketing, and a color that looks like nuclear waste

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

The album cover for Strangeways, Here We Come, the fourth and final studio album by the English rock band the Smiths. The cover features a murky shot of actor Richard Davalos from the 1955 film East of Eden.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

screw this, I'm building my own AI

Irving Metzman as Richter standing next to the WOPR (War Operations Plan Response) in War Games (1983), a classic movie delivering an early lesson that to beat an AI at global thermonuclear war, you simply have to play tic-tac-toe (or not, but no spoilers!)

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Oldest selfie on your phone Oldest one I could find (and I still don't know how to take a selfie)

A selfie of a guy (me presumably) wearing a blue t-shirt facing backwards while trying to take a selfie with a phone camera, a mirror, and a poor understanding of physics

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

English so bad a prompt asks if you are trying to write in Arabic before you even start typing

A prompt in the Bluesky reply box asking "Are you writing in Arabic?"

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Already rallying the troops

Picture of a nude Frank the Tank (Will Ferrell) from Old School (2003) trying to rally the college to kids to go streaking through the quad. Words
we're going rioting!" overlaid on image.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I rather enjoyed your singing telegrams

Michael Jeter in drag with balloons delivering an in-office singing telegram from The Fisher King (1991)

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This was the first time I finally saw one up close. Very lucky to have captured it on my phone camera. Here’s another video as it moved to a pine tree for better camouflage and protection from the mobbing.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

This beautiful great horned owl is being mobbed by a murder of crows (some magpies and a northern flicker, as well) in our locust tree. A cacophony of screeching and swooping while the owl casually ignores their inanities. Oh wise one, take me with you, I whisper, as he flies away on silent wings.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Peetey waddles up to the bird feeder for another round. Winter was coming, after all.

a rather chunky bird sitting on a branch, its orange coloring on prominent display as its girth stretches the colored pattern out across its chest

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Rude, this guy just blocked me

Picture of lead singer Mike Score rocking the Flock of Seagulls haircut, made (in)famous by the band of the same name, features short, shaved sides and back, with long hair on top styled upwards and backward to resemble bird wings

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

why not? can I use a liver to filter out all the toxins preventing me from spreading my love (emoji request pending)

a cartoon image of an anatomical liver giving two thumbs up

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

If wheelbarrel is wrong, then how do you explain this Merriam-Webster

a line of barrels layed on their sides, each cut out with a seat and wheel, clearly constituting a wheelbarrel ride.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I’m from before the internet

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Using food to show where I grew up

A classic German dish of Schnitzel (a slice of meat, such as veal or chicken, typically pounded thin, then breaded and fried) and Spätzle (small egg noodle dumplings) with Bratensoße (a dark gravy made from roasted meats and vegetables).

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

here, we're going to need this

A woman in a blue dress is holding a large, bundled sage brush

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Superb! My inspiration will be Dr. Seuss' The Seven Lady Godivas. Who knew (but Horton) that Dr. Seuss could be so scandalous!

A page from the adult book from Dr. Seuss, The Seven Ladies Godiva, a Seussian spin on the legends of Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom. Pictured is Lord Godiva in armor, standing on an animal pelt in front of a great fireplace. Facing him, their naked backs facing toward the reader, are his seven daughters of various sizes and hair color/styles.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

close, but not quite, nutella

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Momma and all 5 of her kits were sleeping in our basement window well! This brought a tremendous amount of relief to us. Not because they were still with us, but because we feared she might have lost 2 or 3 of the kits before moving into our chimney. They were all accounted for. Good job, momma!

A momma raccoon protecting three of her kits. The other two kits were on the other side of the window well, doing their own thing, oblivious to any danger. They must have been male raccoons.

Picture of a momma raccoon at the window of a basement window well, imploring us to let her inside. She promises to be on her best behavior. The three or four little baby kits in the background, however, made no such promises.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

So comfortable were they, that momma even ventured out last weekend to get in on the grilling action. I had to shoo her away before she burned herself on the heated grill top. She waddled away dejected, but not deterred.

Picture of a momma raccoon staring at a grill. She would gladly help man the grill station, especially after smelling the burgers, corn on the cob, and grilled squash and zucchini.

Picture of a pouting momma raccoon, waddling away to a flower bed in search of other food items.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

what are you wearing to bsky prom

A male model at a fashion show wearing an outfit that consists of a traditional suit jacket with lapels, a matching vest, and tie, and a knee-high skirt, all colored pink, with grey colored patterned striping. He's wearing white knee-high tube socks, one of which has 3 red stripes. The most prominent feature of this ensemble is the pair of black and white ball shaped platform shoes shaped like basketballs.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

potty training…he’s 11

Picture of a toilet with multiple signs taped on it showing where and where not to pee. These signs would all be drenched at my house.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Is this working? Ok, good. I would like to speak to you about your extended warranty.

Inventor of the ear trumpet hearing aid, Frederick C. Rein, just wanted to ensure that his wife could properly hear his mansplaining.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Some days you're the forgotten, wilted lettuce in the back of the veggie bin, and some days you're the butter.

Scene from one of those Twilight movies with some pompous, aristocratic vampire looking down on less worthy (dinner) subjects. Text at top of image says, "Butter watching the rest of the food in the fridge from its penthouse tray".

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

That's what I keep yelling at it. It just flashes a notecard at me with some illegible writing on it.

An image with text read backwards as from a mirror. It says, "I'm your imposter syndrome"

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The meeting was adjourned and Barb asked Charlie to stay behind. He had made his last wisecrack during one of her meetings.

Two cats on an office chair, one with its paws seemingly around the neck of the other in a choking motion

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Heavy, slow, and hairy, the binturong (or bearcat) loves afternoon naps, and has scent glands that smell like popcorn. At long last, I have found my spirit animal.

My spirit animal, the binturong (or bearcat / bearweasel) is napping hard, draped over a tree branch like a hairy rug air drying

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Same ducks walking the streets this morning.

Two mallard ducks walking across a residential street. The female duck (brown-speckled) is in front and the male (green head) is hurriedly trying to keep up.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

She called around, however, and found a wildlife refuge that would take neonatal babies, and is currently in transit. If momma abandons the remaining two in our chimney, we will have to get them out and take them to the refuge tomorrow, as well.

A baby raccoon carefully cuddled in a woman's hands with gloves. The gloves are used to prevent the transfer of human scent to the kit.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Steve, however, had also brought another neonatal raccoon from a prior job site and said he would unfortunately have to euthanize it. My wife, her maternal instincts in high gear, said to leave it with her, and I thought for sure we were going to adopt a damn raccoon today.

A neonatal baby raccoon, its eyes not even open yet, needs what all babies need: snuggles and food. I need this, as well.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

They carefully bundled up the babies in a blanket and put them in a box to set outside for the mother to retrieve. She did and promptly headed to a new location she had previously scouted out: the chimney of our house.

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The state of affairs in the ‘hood: the rabbits are about to triple the population, the raccoons have moved* into our chimney, and the mallard ducks are roosting on the roofs. * more on this saga in a different post thread

Two mallard ducks loafing on the roof of a house, because why the heck not

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Even my science feed is talking about buttholes...

An article synopsis from a science feed.

"Your butthole had a very different role in the ancient past, new study suggests"

"We take our own anuses for granted. While they may not be able to fire out our guts as a defense like some animals we could mention, or disappear and reappear when needed, like the sea walnut, they are a pretty great solution that evolution has come up with for expelling waste. But they are not universal. Some animals, including this ancient beastie, can live well enough without one, if you call expelling your waste (poop) out of your mouth day after day ‘living’. … Scientists believe that the mouth and gut evolved before the anus, but it has been debated for over a century how the anus evolved and what from. In new research titled The xenacoelomorph gonopore is homologous to the bilaterian anus, scientists found evidence that it may have evolved from an orifice to release sperm. Your butthole may have been your spermhole.”

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anton @deranton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This chunky guy was out enjoying some morning rays today, while contemplating which of my new shoots and patches of grass to eat first.

A lightly brown, chunky rabbit sits in a garden bed wondering what to eat first

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