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David Pollak

@dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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Twin dad, Spice Labs, @liftweb founder, @ricnews & @bu_law alum, learned to be kinder from @archer_dog tweets are my own LLAP 319 ppm the law cannot protect anyone […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@dpp, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
First fire of the season… with logs cut from a tree in my backyard
Logs burning in a fireplace
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
#SilentSunday
A maple tree turning fall colors
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
My college graduation picture and my son’s graduation picture
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Stacked a bunch of wood to dry.
A pop up bike shed filled with stacks of wood
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
22 years ago almost to the minute
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
At dinner in Narragansett last night
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
Very good and terrifying presentation by @joshcorman at the Rhode Island College Cybersecurity meetup last night. Our water systems are at risk and we must take action!
Doug Alexander, Josh Corman, Congressman Jim Langevin, and David Pollak
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
Was out at dinner with my friend Luke. A year ago, he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer with a prognosis that he would die in October. Through the miracle of modern medicine, he is close to remission. We got these fortune cookies
Two old dudes smiling for the camera Fortune cookies 

Your health will improve in
October 

An unexpected visit from a friend will bring joy
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
RE: troet.cafe/@krille/1169252503970876… Kids these days and their keyboards… back in my day, we had toggle switches
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
RE: color.goodstuff.im/@daily/116923179… Briefly named magenta…
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
@skinnylatte @irene @dan @catsalad My bed this AM including @thurgood and @mick #CatsOfMastodon #Cats
Black cat closeupGray and white tabby cat sitting on a bedBlue and white tuxedo cat perched on a blanket Brown and white tabby cat sitting on a bed
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026
@0xabad1dea @catsalad Artemis’s bestie is Nessie When we get to the park and I say, “where’s Nessie?” Artemis races around looking for her
A yellow lab and a blue heeler playing on a green field
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026
@aronow Artemis and I are enjoying al fresco dining… later I pick up my son from the airport
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026
Great chat today with Da BOM Bomb, @allanfriedman and other folks about CBOMs today.
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026
Sigh
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
Great morning for coffee on the deck… although it’s going to be a challenging day… I have to capture @floof and take him to the vet. He’s very good at evading capture..
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026
@aronow welcome back!
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
Yep
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
Quietly reading theonion.com/peta-billboard-falsely… with a lap full of cats (who I have no intention of eating)
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026
My grandfather’s sporting goods store in Vienna (stolen by the nazis in 1938)
Black and white photo of a storefront with the title Sport Pollak
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026
A tree limb broke off yesterday. Discussing with my neighbors “do you think the meteor caused this?”
Large limb broken off a healthy old maple tree
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026
RE: social.treehouse.systems/@fanf42/11… A shout out to @frmrm for driving this and keeping Lift alive even after 19 years
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026
Morning ducklings
A mother duck swimming with her ducklings on a calm river
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
Chicken piccata over Tuscan garlic kale with white wine. Dining on the patio
Chicken piccata over Tuscan garlic kale with white wine. Dining on the patio
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026
Happy Saturday. Happy “the goslings are growing up” day
A family of Canadian geese… two adults and many goslings on the grass with a river in the background
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026
This hit home It out front of a church founded in 1638. The first Baptist church in America The church was founded by the author, Roger Williams, of the words that were integrated into the first amendment 150 years after he defined the right to freedom of religion
Christian nationalism threatens our faith and nation
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
My moron son neglected to mention he’s graduating cum laude
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
Relaxing before a big day My kids are graduating college today Sophia is graduating from University of Rochester and giving the class speech for her department Daniel is graduating from Boston University (my Alma Mater) I am so impressed by how hard each […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
The Rhode Island statehouse in the background and a BU flag and a cat in the foreground
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026
@quinn @asymco
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026
First gosling siting of the year
Two adult geese with two little goslings
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026
#SilentSunday
A swan on a calm reflective pond
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
@jerry
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026
Yay! It’s hanging on the deck weather
A view of the Rhode Island statehouse
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026
RE: newsie.social/@estherschindler/1163…
Gray tabby cat dappled in sunlight
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026
In the “this is going to be a painful upcoming decade” department paulkrugman.substack.com/p/when-hyp…
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026
Black cat for @monkchips #monkigras
A black cat peeking out of his carrier
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026
Interesting way of understanding how to program. How can AI fit into this model. /cc @shriramk
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026
Went looking for Slow Horse and found the Slaughtered Lamb
Man standing on a corner in London Man standing in front of The Slaughtered Lamb pub
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026
St Patrick’s day and the beginning of the US COVID lockdown are intertwined for me. Doing St Patrick’s day a bit early this year
Corned beef, boiled cabbage, Irish whiskey, a glass of Guinness, and some condiments
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026
Fantasy and reality… same thing
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
Lots of snow #blizzard
Snow covered patio
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026
Artemis is a bed hog!
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026
Bunny paws prints in the snow
Bunny paws prints in the snow
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026
It’s #tacotuesday
Plate of tacos
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026
@judell I walk Artemis
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026
#SilentSunday
A canal frozen over
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026
It’s a winter wonderland… the snow is too deep for Artemis to walk through… and she only poops and pees on grass. She is having a less than great snowstorm
18 inches of snow covering a patio and patio furniture
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026
#SilentSunday winter is here edition
An intrepid floofy tabby exploring snow falling on a patio
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026
#SilentSunday calm before the storm edition
Clouds of steam billowing from smokestacks into a gray sky
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David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026
#SilentSunday
Blue heeler dog standing in the snow bathed in purple light
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