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Jack C

@enth.bsky.social
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interests include: food, cocktails, code, literature, installation-scale art, and just generally building interesting shit with interesting people. music nerd, though i don't play anything or dj any more. seattle for ages; grew up in kansas. he/him

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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
© Louis Lozowick. 'Seattle.' Oil on canvas, 1927. 76.5 × 56.2 cm.
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 14h
if you have ever wondered what it sounds like when you wind up all the snow globes at goodwill at once i have your answer right here
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A football player says "glad you're here in the USA for football season, Junji Ito. Let me show you how to throw a perfect spiral." The football plater throws the ball. Ito is mesmerized. Spirals appear in his eyes and he sweats profusely. We zoom in on his face in an extreme closeup as the intensity of his terror increases.
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i have been low-key looking around in my room for some sugru i know that i own for like a week. finally gave up an hour ago and made my own goddamn sugru. in turquoise!
clear plastic cup with a popsicle stick and maybe a tablespoon of turquoise goo
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
found this weird portent on the ground the other day. it is somehow simultaneously the joker and the ace of spades (?)
a beat up playing card advertising a custom card company. it says joker at the corner but also has a single big spade pip at top and inverted at bottom
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Michael 🎃. Levy @professorlevy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is who I picture when you all say “tommy tuberville”
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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Paul Verhoeven would be all “no, that’s too unbelievable.”
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
please observe this tag i found on my bear kigu whilst putting it away today. what could the final bullet point possibly intend??
a clothing tag reading: 

Warning of usage
• Do not bleach.
• Wash and dry separately from other materials to avoid colors fading and / on running.
• After washing, immediately dry to maintain the shape, do not mix the products with other wet materials.
• When using this product the hood may create temporary blind spots.
• Misuse of the products tail / ears might lead to injury.
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Coyote vs. LinkedIn @knabewolf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
September, but I lost my 45 adapter
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videosyncrasy @videosyncrasy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
People really haven’t changed that much at all in the last hundred years
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
sourdough boule with chocolate shavings and dried cherries folded in from this weekend. incredibly good toasted and buttered
slices of sourdough bread with cherries and chocolate dust dotted into the crumbboule of sourdough bread on a cooling rackuncooked, proofed sourdough boule sitting in a banneton
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“A self-described “anarcho-confectioner,” Mr. Godin led the International Patisserie Brigade, a gang of custard commandos who referred to their assaults as entartements. They deployed pies with soft crusts to ensure that their caloric projectiles would only injure pride.”🫡
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I love re-upping this: for decades the main library at UCLA had the generic name University Research Library because the person most responsible for getting it built was an English professor named Hugh G. Dick and the university refused to name it after him.
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
dubious achievement unlocked! figured out how to defeat the safety interlock on my blender with kitchen magnets
blender base with a lit figure indicating eight seconds of run time. a pac-man and a ghost magnet are sitting on the detached accessory base on top
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
a Mouse King. is there one under your desk??
drawing of a bunch of computer mice with their all cords tangled together
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Can Kissinger die again? That one was nice.
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TakuroSpirit @takurospirit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In case anyone needs this for any reasons
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
the Flock company has hidden a golden ticket inside a Flock camera somewhere in America, and if you find it they give you twenty million dollars
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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
They do NOT make prayer books like they used to
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Horrorcore Kool Moe Dee Simpson @luarvik.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
the words "Koyaanisqatsi: Free with ads" are really doing something in my head. nothing particularly good, I think. but it's happening
youtube thumbnail for Koyaanisqatsi with a "free with ads" label under it
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Rebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
i love seeing creative qr code designs, so i made this guide explaining what tricks you can (and can't!) do with qr codes while still keeping them very much readable have fun and make cool stuff!!
(ADVANCED) Guide to (not) fucking up qr codes
...while still making them look cool asf!
by Lyra Rebane

(1) Just have the QR code as-is, works the best!

(2) But leave some white padding, otherwise some scanners can't scan the code!

(3) Recolor the code using a light and dark color!

(4) But don't invert the colors, some scanners can't handle this.

Everything tested with: GrapheneOS, Samsung, iOS, Binary Eye

Page 1/4(1) Depending on the error correction you can cover up to 30% of the data in the QR code. This will make the QR harder to scan, but it should still work on all scanners.

(2) But this only applies to the data and ec (green). You can also cover one of the format info parts (yellow)

(3) Counter-intuitively, it also only applies to entire codewords (bytes) at once. Therefore you should make sure to never mess up over 30% of the codewords, even by a single pixel!

(4) For example, I added a sneaky one pixel thick worm onto this QR code, which makes it unscannable!

(5) But this QR code I added that chonky snake with a pride scarf onto remains perfectly readable!

Page 2/4(1) To scan QR codes, scanners will first find the three locators (blue) and then use the zebras (red) to create a grid over the code.

(2) This means that you can stretch, skew, or rotate your codes because the grid still stays intact!
Don't go too overboard with this, as some scanners can't handle extreme transformations.
Pretty much just make sure that straight lines can still be drawn!

(3) However, transformations that don't retain the grid - such as bends - can make the QR code unreadable. Keep this in mind when putting your QR codes on curved real world objects, such as posts and pipes.

(4) If you need to draw curved lines for a grid, the code cannot be scanned.

Note: the GrapheneOS stock Camera app might struggle with certain skews/rotations

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(1) QR code scanners use the grid to pinpoint the center parts of pixels, which means that the rest of the pixel does not matter!

(2) This means that you can shape your pixels however you want, provided that the middle stays unchanged.

(3) Or you can fill the rest of the QR code with a different image or even pure noise!
Note that a QR code like this could break after resizing or image compression, so use with caution!

(4) As with the other tricks, this reduces scannability, so make sure to test it with multiple devices, especially if you’re combining all of the tricks into one ultra QR code!

(5) This example still scans, but may not work properly or reliably everywhere!

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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
oh dang, i have been waiting for this one! some folks' reskeets just annoying as hell on here
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
not to be confused with quesadilla
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Quesadilla.
Ķ (k-cedilla) is the 17th letter of the Latvian alphabet.
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
oh good! looks like we have effectively invented "the drug that makes people do arsons" from parable of the sower. one of the few remaining missing pieces of the puzzle tbh
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
my buddy the co2 tank is all buckled in and safe 2 ride
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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Don’t make me tap the chart
The quay chart
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
oh man. as a member of the "hey, look at this fascinating device" nerd subtype, this one really hits home
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miah 🔜 blfc @sergals.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A parody of a safety/hazard sign that reads:

NOTICE

machine loves you so so so much it wants to be your best friend so hold its hand smile. its safe and fun
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I once asked a priest to bless a printer that I was in the middle of fighting with and he went "I only bless things when there's a chance it'll take" and then turned and walked out of the room.
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
just about to cook up this soyrizo. it is ... "intact". as they say
a package of soy chorizo named UNCUT
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
due to algeria's national team being so wholeheartedly welcomed by my adoptive hometown of lawrence, i am hereby formally rooting for them in the world cup. go algeria! bsky.app/profile/iamm...
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
a car took out a few of the fenceposts around the empty lot where a nearby burrito truck lives, so now the fence is being held up with barrels of toxic waste instead 👍
three barrels doing a poor job of holding up a fence in a parking lota label on one of the barrels reading NON-CLASSIFIED WASTE MATERIAL laboratory analysis in progress
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
farmers' market fucken rules this time of year
much produce on a kitchen counter. basil, chard, peas, courgettes, cherries, and strawbs
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Ben Bleything @bleything.net · 12/06/2026
we should start referring to public figures by uuid so it's easier to hide mentions of them
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 29/11/2025
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I hope this finds you
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 05/06/2026
there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
Old building with the sign bell telephone in brick with a door cut out of the l e and p in telephone
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller June 4,1940
P1- MRS. SPUTTER IS TALKING WITH MR.SPUTTER WHO IS CLEARLY AGGRAVATED ABOUT NANCY STAYING WITH THEM 
MRS.SPUTTER: NOW, DEAR--- PLEASE BE PLEASANT TO NANCY WHEN SHE COMES TO STAY WITH US TODAY!
MR. SPUTTER DON'T WORRY--I'LL CONCEAL MY FEELINGS

P2-MEANWHILE FRITZI IS GIVING NANCY A PEP TALK ABOUT STAYING WITH THE SPUTTERS 
FRITZI: OH, NANCY-I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE MR. SPUTTER BUT PLEASE TRY TO BE NICE WHEN YOU GO OVER THERE!
NANCY: LEAVE IT TO ME ---
I'LL PUT ON A GOOD ACT!

P3- LATER AT THE SPUTTERS RESIDENCE, MRS.SPUTTER WATCES AS NANCY AND HER HUSBAND GREET EACH OTHER, SO MUCH FOR PUTTING ON A GOOD FACE , THEY BOTH HAVE A VERY MALEVOLENT GRIN
NANCY:HELLO 
MR SPUTTER:HELLO
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Spooky Sara (Endless Halloween🔪🩸🪦) @pashion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I know loads of folks will claim listening to an album start to finish isn't a hobby or different from being on YouTube but I promise you it is. It's a more rewarding experience that enriches your brain and allows a range of emotion.
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Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
a screenshot of a discord post:

Freyja "Frieren" Valentine [MECH],  — 10:08 AM
I remember going to the imperial war museum in london and seeing a playstation in a clear plastic case and next to it was a little plaque explaining that conflict minerals are good because you get playstations
then I went upstairs to the "heroes" exhibit and the very first thing I heard was a looping video where the must upper class posh ass lady your imagination could conjure said "I think heroism is genetic. You can't become a hero this way without it being bred into you"
I went down into the ww1 trench recreation exhibit they had at the time (I am eternally sad they got rid of it, they had simulated gunpowder+piss smell sprays in there guaranteed accurate by real ww1 veterans) and I read the recruitment guidelines used by british officers that literally read, "if the uniform fits, ignore any misgiving you may have about the soldier's true age"
there is NOTHING that made me understand what Warhammer is more than that one day in that museum
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mimi 🩵💛 @knightlyaffair.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
this fucking sucks ( from the creator of the cupcake character, lorynbrantz instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DY2v_qXIoQt )
Lorynbrantz on instagram shares a post about their cupcake character being stolen for these new amazon ai shows. Reads as follows

I am horrified and disgusted by BuzzFeed taking my character, The Good Advice Cupcake, and giving it to an Al platform. My time at BuzzFeed was marked by continually being taken advantage of and lied to. They repeatedly assured me in good faith that they would never do anything with Cuppy without my input, yet offered me no legal options, insisting that I would never need them. The news that this character, who is based on my own personality and whom I created as a microphone to spread love and positivity, has been taken and turned into a soulless Al puppet feels like having my intestines pulled out of my body.

Somebody leaked the news to me early on that there were talks happening, and I pleaded with the CEO Jonah Peretti directly not to do it. Instead, he tried to talk me into signing an NDA. Obviously, I did not.

This is an assault on artists everywhere.

I encourage you to boycott BuzzFeed and any Al-produced or adjacent animation.
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💖 Birdhism Jen @birdhism.com · 15/05/2026
Striped cuckoo (Tapera naevia) chicks utilize specialized, cryptic plumage that mimics the texture and color of pinecones for camouflage. #birds
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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
found this guy on Tiktok who has discovered carpenter's speed squares make an insanely satisfying noise when you bounce them off tires or wood, called @lostcoastedc on there
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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"Things fall apart" in the style of the Burger King logo. "The falcon cannot hear the falconer" on a brown background. Image of a Burger King hamburger sandwich.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Edward Said on Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Damn.
Kurtz and Marlow acknowledge the darkness, the former as he is dying, the latter as he reflects retrospectively on the meaning of Kurtz's final words. They (and of course Conrad) are ahead of their time in understanding that what they call "the darkness" has an autonomy of its own, and can reinvade and reclaim what imperialism had taken for its own. But Marlow and Kurtz are also creatures of their time and cannot take the next step, which would be to recognize that what they saw, disablingly and disparagingly, as a non- European "darkness" was in fact a non-European world resisting imperialism so as one day to regain sovereignty and independence, and not, as Conrad reductively says, to reestablish the darkness. Conrad's tragic limitation is that even though he could see clearly that on one level imperialism was essentially pure dominance and land-grabbing, he could not then conclude that imperialism had to end so that "natives" could lead lives free from European domination. As a creature of his time, Conrad could not grant the natives their freedom, despite his severe critique of the imperialism that
enslaved them.
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
hey google calendar! what the fuck could this possibly mean. do you folks use your own products?
an error text where the message just trails off with an ellipsis. "Imported 0 out of 1 event. Could not upload your events because you do not have sufficie..."
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Jack C @enth.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
hahaha holy shit. this worked great on my up-to-date ubuntu 24 dev box 😬
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