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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You ever do stuff just to amuse yourself?

Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I just happened to be going through some old photos this morning, and came across a shot of one of his old buildings on the Princeton campus.

A Minoru Yamasaki-designed building on the Princeton University campus.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here are a few photos from my first day back to work in NYC after September 11. I chose to walk from Penn Station to the financial district where I worked. NYC was a pretty amazing place in those days. It really brought out the best in people.

People in Union Square looking at posters of people still missing in the days after 9/11.

Positive messages written in chalk on a monument in Union Square. Some posters of missing people are stuck to it, as well.

Candles and messages all over the ground in Union Square.

A few infantry stand by a Hum V not far from the bull statue by Bowling Green park.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This thing just barked ”this is a restricted area, and the authorities have been notified”, in a very Robocop manner, at me from maybe 150ft away. I am on a public path. Can we maybe tone down the dystopia? #monroecountyny #brightonny

A portable bank of cameras at the edge of a parking lot of an abandoned building

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A few snaps from Iceland over the last couple weeks. #photography #iceland #nikonz6iii #ísland

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

In this case, they're about to show a clip from the 38th minute of the game. So it should be a prime symbol ( ′ ). Seems like someone is overcorrecting changing dumb quotes to real quotation marks.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#typography nerds: Is this supposed to be a prime symbol, or is this a single quote/apostrophe? Should I be enraged by this? #WorldCup

A screenshot from the World Cup US Broadcast showing the number 38 with what looks like an apostrophe where a prime character is meant to be.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.

DVD Cover for the complete series of Otherworldly. A family stands among some pillars with hieroglyphics on them.The ground is covered in fog.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thanks for the heads-up. Not having a CD player, I didn't go nuts. But still…

List of three CDs:
This Is Lorelei - Holo Boy $8
Good Morning - Barnyard $4
Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita $5

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

There was an Escher exhibit at @magrochester.bsky.social a bunch of years ago. I was much more blown away than I expected to be. This was one of my favorites:

A highly detail mezzotint of a dewdrop sitting on a leaf’s surface.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The (short) line I always quote.

Homer Simpson asking Frank Grimes “You've never been?" in reference to going to outer space. Grimes is very displeased.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I don't know how they manage to do this every year for Imagine RIT.

A graph showing 100% chance of rain for almost the entire day.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Did somebody already do this one? I apologize, regardless.

Screenshot of CNBC Make It post “This 3-word phrase will stop people from interrupting you, says public speaking expert” with an image of a woman showing the palm of her hand with the words “Not Penny’s Boat” written on it.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

It's so nice to see this, especially after the awful January we had. I think I only generated enough to charge the car once, 0-100%.

Control Panel screen for a solar system, showing current generation at 3,389 W and Today’s generation at 23.46kWh at 2:38pm.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Shot my first roll of 120 film. Pretty easy to accidentally do double exposures. Happy accidents! #filmphotography #doubleexposure 📷 Yashica D 🎞️ Kodak Porta 400 🏛️ Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

A double exposure of skylights and a view of a glass ceiling with a mobile hanging in the foreground.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Kenji is more of a cigar guy. He says you’ve fallen behind on your payments.

A black and tan Shiba Inu puppy with a rawhide sticking out of his mouth, looking like a cigar.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Not loving the color scheme on the @nytimes.com snowfall map.

Map of the continental US with a brown streak from Kansas to New England.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I Googled “Toyota RAV4 GR” and naturally the AI result was in Greek. Great jorb, Google.

Search results for Toyota RAV4 GR with Greek text.

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Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I keep seeing this promotional pic of Noah Wyle for The Pitt. A couple of times, before it registered, I thought it was Tony Hale. That would a be a different show. Would watch.