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David Marshall

@funmandave.bsky.social
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When you discuss other people, you should emphasize that they are People, not that they are Other.

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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 5h
Hey @darthbluesky.bsky.social, can I get an INNOCENT! Because I have this pic of Holly and Linus after their acquittal*. *Not actually Holly and Linus, who after all were never charged.
This is actually Charlie (golden / lab / something mix) visiting his bestest friend Zoe (black lab, obvs).
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 15h
It’s time for my regular reminder that with enough solar panels you can stop paying for electricity ENTIRELY. (And yes, the loan payments on my system are less than my old utility bill AND they’ll have 10 years of warranty left after the loan is paid in full.)
Latest in a series of text alerts from Pacific Gas & Electric showing bills for zero dollars due:

PG&E: Bill ready for
Acct#******3821-7, $0.00 on 10/28/2026. Check bill to track toward Solar True-Up.
Txt STOP to cancel, HELP for help or call
i1-877-660-6789
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The gaping maw would like scritches, please. #dogsky
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is News I Can No Longer Use, Phillip.
Front corner of a minivan that’s been hit by a deer. The fender has been taped up to the fender because that keeps the wheel well plastic from dragging on the wheel. Closeup of damage to the driver’s door where the deer was apparently spun around and made a secondary impact.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The upside is Amazon just backed my argument that it’s not my fault we ran out of coffee.
Product Preferences 
Consistently maintains coffee supply
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The left demonstrates Charlie’s personality, but the left really captures his intelligence. My four favorite brain cells!
Charlie, tongue hanging out, happily climbing a rock formation toward the camera with the Pacific Ocean in the background. Charlie demonstrating his drinking problem.  (He’s still got his hind legs on a bench but is nonetheless drinking from a bowl of water on the ground.)
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Larry?!?
A (brown?) bear looking around from behind a tree trunk.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not impressed.
A gaping hole (maybe 10 by 14 inches) made by Charlie, our purebred doofus.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That squirrel’s name? Inigo Montoya.
CALIFORNIA POST
California squirrel's flying attack is finalist in national wildlife photo competition. 

A leaping squirrel, who looks rather too small to be attacking an owl of this size, is inches away from the owl’s face.  The owl looks even more startled than owls often look.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
wtf is oat MALK? Did we pass a law that says it can’t be called milk if it didn’t come from a mammal’s teat, and I didn’t notice?
A bottle of “oat MALK” in a fridge.  At least it’s oil free, organic, and original.  What are we doing here people?
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can’t even tell this is @tmb— oh wait.
Some nerdy glasses-wearing dude probably speaking Latin or singing something slightly discomfiting.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank god Ned liked this—I was pretty sure I’d pushed it too far. Here is a Charlie pic as penance.
Charlie, the golden / lab / something mutt, with his head in my lap.  He’s craning his neck to see me with a look that says, What’re you doing, Dad?  Are you crazy?
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pizza has snoot!
A snoot-forward pic of my goody dog, Charlie.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
<tries to one-up everyone by adding a dog>
Charlie, professional doofus, on the headlands.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Holy mother of God, Ned. If Darby ever looked at me like this, I would walk into the sea.
The disappointment.  I could never forgive myself.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Attending zoom meetings like
Child drinks from a glass with a crazy straw that loops around to form eyeglasses between cup and mouth.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The MLB app needs to show calls as overturned instead of just contradicting itself.
Two alerts on a phone screen, one showing Shohei Ohtani striking out, the other showing he walked.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Never thought I’d have occasion to use this picture, but today’s the day!
A claw machine game, only it’s filled with onions.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s hard for some of us to get our paws that high without rolling over, darth, but we’ll shake yours!
My goofy dog Charlie (r) and his Lego little brother (l) both raise paws to shake hands.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Somebody made a knockoff game but forgot to spam it with fake 5-star reviews before advertising it.
An App Store page for a game that has a single review, with an “average” of 1.0 stars.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This guy did that forty years ago. He was sentenced to travel like this for the rest of his days….
Elderly man in an airport wearing a full suit including contrasting waistcoat with matching tie and picket square, with leather briefcase and cane.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I do very much like being able to walk my dog and see the Milky Way.
A phone camera shot of a portion of the Milky Way with a few nearer stars and the silhouette of a tree.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That’s how it works. Once a President is elected, *everyone* gets him.
Trump dozing off, in what looks like a cabinet meeting, ~January, 2026.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Celebrating 2.5 years since the last time I paid PG&E a dime. Get solar, kids!
The end of a string of text messages from Pacific Gas & Electric, all showing no payment due.  The latest one reads: PG&E: Bill ready for
Acct#******3821-7, $0.00 on 09/30/2026. Solar Charges are included this month.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cover of The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🤷🏼‍♂️
Patrick Stewart wearing a hairpiece in a test shot for ST:TNG.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“You’re telling me people think LLMs are good?!?”
A blue fleece hanging off a cabinet knob forms a shocked/appalled face.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Son meets bear. They’re both chill.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Found art. #art #foundart
A rusty bicycle chain bent into an irregular shape and leaning against a white painted post.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
That’s an interesting theory, but that black is not a reflection of silver tape. Can’t buy that. Nope.
Closeup of the window.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Had my kid wear this under her gown to graduation last year. It’s twice as old as she is.
Closeup of a Cal gold T-shirt depicting The Play.  If you don’t know what that is, just search it on YouTube.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Is it this priest? I think it’s this one.
The future Leo XIV, looking like the Blues Brothers’ personal spiritual advisor, with clerical collar, hat, sunglasses, sideburns and dark trench coat.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A sidewalk just completely gives up and goes around a redwood tree.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Okay, but we’re staying until we unmask whoever’s at the bottom of this.
The Mystery Machine. (Real life version, not a cartoon illustration.)
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You should come home right now. That way you can look at the moon as you drive up Chestnut Street.
Read 8:48 PM
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The T Rex there is better.
A towering T Rex sculpture.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Diagram of “The Play”

Don’t ask me to explain it. Just search for it in YouTube
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My God they’re HUGE!
Closeup showing an eggplant which absolutely dwarfs a human foot.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Wenzler Powers @WenzlerPowers
Dolly Parton writing "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" in the same day is mind blowing.
It'd be like if Da Vinci finished the Mona Lisa then turned around in the same day and wrote "Jolene"
8:29 AM - 5/6/20 • Twitter for iPhone
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It’s not even *that* long ago that the rebranding (not invention) happened.
Color photo of a municipal sign: Welcome to Tisdale / Land of Rape and Honey
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Weird dogs?
Hungover dog surrounded by empty beer cans.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Weird dogs?
My dog Charlie, drinking from a bowl on the ground despite leaving his hindquarters on the bench where he’d been sitting.  He’s defective, but I love him.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Weird dogs?
It’s really a capybara mom and pup.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Weird dogs?
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Not really seeing “open and operating” here.
A graph depicting the huge drop off of ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and the fact that it’s nowhere near prewar levels.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A) it does both. See screenshot. B) the point is, it’s poisonous: medlineplus.gov/ency/article...
the mouth. Research has shown that stannous fluoride-containing toothpaste inhibits extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) production in a multispecies biofilm greater than sodium fluoride-containing toothpaste.
(43] This is thought to contribute to a reduction in plaque and gingivitis when using stannous fluoride-containing toothpastes when compared to other toothpastes, and has been evidenced through numerous clinical trials. 1281[291
(30][31)[32) In addition to its antibacterial properties, stabilised stannous fluoride toothpastes have been shown to protect against dental erosion and dentine hypersensitivity, making it a multifunctional component in toothpaste formulations. 35]
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Gotta love a site that calls itself PopSci but confuses velocity and acceleration, doesn’t understand what they’re describing, and thus implies an inventor increased Earth’s gravity. Yikes.
popsci.com

Every standard trebuchet's potential force has the same limitation, and that is gravity itself. Even history's tallest trebuchets remained close enough to the ground that their weights wouldn't fall any faster than 32.15 feet per second squared. This means any further increase in a volley's speed needs to come from additional force multipliers like elastic bands or other tension sources.
While Stanton admires these alternative approaches, he remained dedicated to designing a trebuchet that reaches supersonic speed while still only relying on weight.
Accomplishing this feat required a modified version of the weapon that removed the direct coupling between the weight itself and the arm beam, while also employing a rope setup on a 3:1 pulley system. This ratio let Stanton dramatically increase the rate at which the weight falls.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
cabezon dinosaurs, interstate 10, cabezon, az, 2018
Three human kids, each standing on a green dinosaur toe.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
ostrich land, e highway 246, solvang, ca, 2025
Ostrich foot, looking extremely dinosaur-like, because it is.
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Also, Bigfoot is absolutely a Pacific Northwest cryptid and he will fight anyone who claims otherwise.
Bigfoot, duh, who despite a hunched posture is significantly taller than the woman next to him.
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