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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Went treasure hunting to 3 thrift shops today and came up *almost* empty handed, with the exception of this mid-century modern (?) enameled copper dish/tray. Something about the design and feel of it in my hand kept me coming back.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Share someone who looks stylish wearing PLAID.

A selfie of an unconventionally handsome man wearing a dark navy ballcap, navy-rimmed glasses, a full, wirey, salt and pepper (but mostly salt) beard, and and a fantastic orange plaid overshirt.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

See you next week, sketchy drop box?

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

When I started whatever this project was, there were places I could go to drop off medium format film where they would develop it on site. I finished exposing the roll on Sunday after 15 years in the camera.

A white Holga120 medium format plastic camera sits lens-down on a table top, the open back facing upwards. There is a piece of transparency film taped into the camera with white electrical tape, and the transparency film has a vintage bingo card photocopied into it.
The camera back sits on the table surface in the foreground. Taped to the camera back on the left side of the film counter window is a taped piece of paper with a sketch of the bingo card design, and to the right is a taped piece of paper with barely legible notes about the image potentially captured in each of the 12 frames.

An exposed roll of Medium format Kodak film is held by the thumb and forefinger of an unseen hand. The roll is tightly wound. The backing paper betrays it's age in vintage yellow with two red stripes.
In the background is the open mouth of a small green canvas bag, full of dark mystery.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Posting as I fall asleep to remind myself to share about this in the morning.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I've scored some fantastically ridiculous things while hunting at thrift shops over the years but this trucker cap I found yesterday feels like it's protecting me from something dangerous.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

for your safety please the sign on the planet said hold tight at all times #haiku #haikuonthebus #senryu

A blurry photo of the small sticker-signs in the bus on the wall above the yellow "request stop" pull cord. One sign in white text on dark blue says, "PULL CORD TO SIGNAL DRIVER TO STOP". The other shows two stylized stick men standing while riding a bus, one is holding on overhead loop, the other is holding a pole. The stickman holding the pole appears to be wearing a necktie, but no other clothing is illustrated, on either stickperson. The illustration is black on white, and the floor is grey. The illustration takes up approximately five-eights of the sticker, which is rectangular with a landscape orientation. The right portion of the rectangle - approximately three-eights of the sticker - is a yellow background with black text that says, "FOR YOUR SAFETY PLEASE HOKD TIGHT AT ALL TIMES". There is no punctuation on either of the stickers.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

pull cord to pull cord to signal pull cord to pull cord to signal pull cord to signal driver to stop #decodingpublicpoetry #zoomintofindthecode

A small sticker beside the window on the bus. The rectangular sticker is light navy blue with white lettering. The main message says pull cord to signal driver to stop in all capital letters. In my smaller letters in the bottom right corner are the numbers 353518, which I interpreted as a poetic code for how many syllables should be in each line of a short poem based on this sticker.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We don’t see each others headers usually so here’s mine. (it's from @innerdecay.bsky.social)

A screenshot of an embroidered patch. The background fabric is black. The embroidered letters and border are yellow. The patch is the shape of a medieval-style pennant - 4 inches wide and 1 inch high - the top and sides are straight, and the bottom is a zigzag or saw tooth pattern. The text says "We used to kill kings for less than this"

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Daily Olive (and partial Charlie)

Two dogs reclining across the room on a hardwood floor. The dog in the foreground is a grey sheepadoodle with white markings on her chest and front paws; she is causally looking at the viewer. The dog in the background is a black terrier-husky mix with white on his front legs and grey markings on his back legs. His head is outside the right of the photo.
The room is backlit by sunlight coming in from an out-of-frame window. The top third - the backdrop for the photo - is a large ottoman with a pattern made up of a grid of circles in different and varying shades of muted browns and blues. The upper left corner of the image is occupied by the lower portion of a light blue couch with a wooden peg-leg-style leg that appears to be covered with a fitted sheeted. The photo has a low resolution and appears to have been taken with an older cell phone camera, circa 2015.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

In case you're wondering how cool I was, this is the model I drove through an 800 year old Douglas fir forest to my isolated mountainside worksite to drive a 30 tonne excavator all day.

A 1980 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz in a showroom with a checkered floor.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I did an all greens wordle today. Things are lookin' up.

Screenshot from Wordle game that says "You solved with only greens! Create a free account to save this badge."

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It's just called Transit App. (I'm in 1st place on route 2 this month. This is very important)

Screenshot from app called "Transit App" showing icon of user "Hipster Rider" with a 1st place ribbon under the heading, "2" and sub-heading, "APR. 2026"

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I no longer have teenage children. Life comes at you fast. Happy birthday Viggo.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Bowl 3 is a classic combo: Sugar Crisp, Cap'n Crunch, & Honeycombs.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I wouldn't have dared to dream about this moment.

I screenshot of Instagram showing that the Balderson Cheese account apparently wants to follow me.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The dog we were fostering for 10 weeks has been adopted. Now it's a little quieter around here.

A straight-on portrait of a little black dog with white markings on a sheet-covered couch.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I think I'm getting the hang of the bus commute. 3yrs - carpool to work 4yrs - drive or walk to work 12yrs - walk to work 8yrs - drive with Amy to work 8mths - look for work 7days - bus to work

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I went w/ this pic & <50-word bio: "Jeff sees himself as an endurance/concept artist and poet. But most folks see him as a Dad from Edmonton with a decent beard and ADHD. He has two adult children, two rescue dogs, and has been madly in love with the same lowkey juggernaut since the late 1900s."

A close-up of an old-school colour-chemical photobooth strip with only one of the four photos fully in the frame. It's me, with a very full beard, looking straight ahead and adjusting my flat cap with my right hand.
The background is bright white, and my button-up shirt and cap are light colours that appear quite washed out.
It seems that I have moved much closer to the camera in the bottom photo on the strip, as even though only a quarter of it is in the frame, it appears to be my out-of-focus mouth, mustache and beard.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I limited myself to the nonfiction tables, as I was taking the bus.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Half of today's YEGWords deliveries...

Screenshot of Strava route showing GPS-tracked route superimposed on map of downtown Edmonton, starting on Jasper Avenue between 103 and 104 Streets, meandering to 107 St, north to 105 Avenue, and east to the MacEwan LRT station.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Need a new best friend? We've been fostering Inti since January 9. He's almost 4 months, super smart, and he's ready to be adopted! Find him at Alberta Homeward Hound: www.albertahomewardhound.com/ahhrbadoptab... (We'd keep him ourselves if we didn't already have two!)

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

There's a coyote wandering around on our front street, driving my dogs CRAZY.

The view out my front window in a residential neighbourhood. A coyote wanders down the middle of the street.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Frozen raspberries, brown sugar, a splash of vanilla, and a few drops of lemon juice. Cooked on the stove top until it looked jam-enough, then froze in jars. I took the first jar out yesterday, and I guess I guessed the cook time right on this batch; it's the exact right amount of jammy. #jamsession

Top view of a small, open jar of raspberry jam on a faux stone counter top. Beside the jar is a brassy-coloured lid with the words: RASP. DEC 17/25 written in black Sharpie.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

One of my least favourite chores is putting the duvet cover back on after laundry. Luckily, I had three helpers today. Many hands makes light work, but many paws does something slightly different, I think.

Three dogs casually reclining on a partially made bed.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

For reference, this is the regular supply run.

A screenshot from the Strava app showing my route through Costco a week and a half ago. This one displays only minimal busting through walls.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The GPS had some interesting ideas on my Costco drug run this morning.

Screen shot from the Strava app, showing my path through Costco. Because of a GPS loss-of-connection, it looks like > busted through the walls a couple of times.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I seem to have picked the most scenic bus route for today's adventure. 73 minutes on the bus instead 17 minutes in a car. Bonus: no transfers, 4 minutes walking, total.

Screenshot of Google maps route for bus #111 from Westmount to Concordia.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

We're fostering this little guy right now, and he's the sweetest thing. He'll be up for adoption through Alberta Homeward Hound in a few weeks if you know of a good home. (www.albertahomewardhound.com)

A young puppy - black with white markings - wearing an Edmonton Oilers dog collar, sleeps on its side on an olive-green couch. A man is sitting on the couch, but most of him is cropped out of the top-view photo. The puppy's nose almost touches the man's hip.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I might have gone completely unfiltered on a stranger's comment on another stranger's IG story. I'll lay awake tonight worried that they don't see it as an attempt at humour.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

"C'mon people, lower your standards already. You did it for Walmart when all your small appliances became short life plastic shit land fillers, why can't you do it for the show me the money fuck your standards tech bros?? Huh? Shut up and pay your subscription fees, you cowards."

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Leaving "/day" off of 4 & 5 is a crazy choice.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Yesterday's Costco trip fell into a GPS wormhole for a moment there.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using, without explanation.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

monthly timeline shows still only Canada for seventy-four months #haiku

A screenshot of my monthly timeline report from Google showing that I visited 1 country/region this month: Canada.

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

PLUR1BUS This show is head and shoulders above any other appointment television right now. This is no surprise to any Vince Gilligan fan, but there are single frames here that are such works of art that I find myself pausing and taking photos of my TV.

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