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Adam @furbism.com · 11/09/2026

I grew up in the Mizzou area, I have the most distinct memory of a whole crowd of Mizzou kids showing up to a football game with t-shirts that said "Scoreboard" and under it was, I believe, this very image of the Lawrence Massacre

An image of a black and white print from Harper’s Weekly in 1863 showing Quantril’s Raiders burning Lawrence during the Lawrence Massacre, quoth Wikipedia: “Print shows Rebel troops killing the citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, and setting fire to the buildings.”

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Adam @furbism.com · 19/02/2026

Forgot to do this yesterday, you’re a real one Morty

A payment receipt from Venmo for a donation to Pretti Good Neighbor for one hundred USD with the note field saying “Service to the community”, which applies on multiple levels thanks to Morty’s heroic commitment to aesthetic enhancement of the skyline and the resultant morale improvement.

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Adam @furbism.com · 29/01/2026

Jerry replied to my post once!

A cropped screenshot of one time when Jerry replied to my post

Jerry Chen
@jcsalterego.bsky.social
Reply to @tashasev.bsky.social
sniff he's INNOCENT

Adam
@furbism.com
Reply to @jcsalterego.bsky.social
thanked by darth july 20, 2023
blamed by darth april 24 2025

Jerry Chen
@jcsalterego.bsky.social
real
18:08 • April 24, 2025

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Adam @furbism.com · 22/08/2025

Hatin' Index going vertical

The Jim Cramer Mad Money meme, top line says "accountability is out" bottom line says "invest in hating" and Jim Cramer's head has been replaced with Katie's pfp.

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Adam @furbism.com · 16/08/2025

Post your earliest Steam license/purchase history and let Bluesky judge you I’m not posting any more than this (I think they use it for account recovery in some cases) but GAZE YOUTHES upon the beginning of time, LOOK UPON the foundations of the world, BEHOLD! Dec 11, 2003 Half-Life Platinum Pack

A small crop of a screenshot my Steam license history showing what I believe to be the first game license you could possibly have added to Steam at _almost_ the earliest time you could have added it:

Dec 11, 2003 Half-Life Platinum Pack

If you’re reading this and you have something earlier, no you don’t you filthy liar.

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Adam @furbism.com · 09/07/2025

Ha, well, wouldn’t want to steal valor from Phoenix residents, Tucson is comparatively temperate

A screenshot of the Carrot Weather app on iOS showing the daily and weekly temperature forecast for Tucson, today is 97-111F, highs for the week decreasing a couple degrees each day into next week where it will be merely 100F

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Adam @furbism.com · 24/06/2025

*starts chanting* Orbit OrBit ORBIT

The order summary email from U-Turn Audio from when I ordered my Orbit in 2017 (built-in preamp, basic platter, Ortofon 2M Red)

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Adam @furbism.com · 31/05/2025

Meanwhile, in Arizona

A bar chart of relative humidity over the day for Friday, May 30th in sunny, scenic Tucson, Arizona, where it ranged from 7% to 27%, which is why we’re always saying it’s a dry heat

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Adam @furbism.com · 28/01/2025

A fun protip: if you mismatch your phone default language and the Siri dictation language, the option to turn Apple Intelligence on does not even exist, you see this message instead. Added bonus, your driving directions can have a pleasant Irish lilt, as in my case.

A cropped screenshot from the Settings app on an iPhone showing the settings screen for Apple Intelligence and Siri with a message where the on/off toggle should be that reads:
Apple Intelligence requires that iPhone and Siri are set to the same language. Currently your iPhone is set to English (United States) and Siri is set to English (Ireland). View supported languages...

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Adam @furbism.com · 31/12/2024

I was walking by the office today anyway, pulled these out in case you ever wondered what the insides of a Xeon Phi 5110P looked like

Two Xeon Phi 5110P accelerators circa 2013 arranged on a table. One is fully assembled and still comically features a plastic cover stating clearly “WARNING REMOVE ALL PROTECTIVE COVERS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION INTO SYSTEM” (gg IBM, well played indeed) and the other is disassembled into five component parts, the accelerator board itself, the primary copper heatsink for the chip, the secondary aluminum heatsink/frame for memory and power components, the aluminum backplate which transferred backside heat into the primary cooling mass, and the lovely blue cover plate that says “intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor”

A closeup shot of the Intel Phi 5100-series processor where you can just barely see the text which says:
INTEL® XEON PHI™ 5100
SR07H 1.05GHZ/60
COSTA RICA

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Adam @furbism.com · 17/12/2024

Well, bombed out early, so maybe I'm too weird for this already. :D Should a custom domain handle work or does this require you have a standard bsky handle?

A cropped screen shot of terminal output of an attempt to use the bluesky-account-migrator command line tool showing an error of "Must be a valid handle" that I'm not sure what to do about

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Adam @furbism.com · 22/10/2024

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

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Adam @furbism.com · 11/10/2024

Cool short pressing vinyl _and_ a Certificate of achievement?! @alliegoertz.bsky.social I don’t think you really use Bluesky but for someday when you log in again: you da best

A photo of a vinyl record and an official certificate issued to me by Allie Goertz on a wooden table.

The vinyl record is “Peeled Back: A Tribute to Nine Inch Nails”, a NIN tribute album recorded by Allie Goertz that 773 people crowdfunded because Allie Goertz is awesome and we all wanted it to exist. If you’re not jealous yet, the cover of the album is signed in silver marker “xoxo Allie Goertz” which is super fuckin cool and I’m definitely being extremely normal about it.

The certificate says: “I helped Allie Goertz make her Nine Inch Nails cover album ‘Peeled Back’ which I own on limited edition vinyl.”

Which is true, I did do that and I do own it, which you can believe because the vinyl is also in the picture.

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Adam @furbism.com · 21/09/2024

Factually correct. Resentment alone. Cowboy Blues, just superb. I’m obviously totally objective here. I definitely did not get this pop up from Spotify in Feb 2020 after I listened to High Road non-stop for a month.

A message sent to my phone by Spotify in Feb 2020 that says the following:

You're one of Kesha's top fans worldwide

You're one of their top 1% fans. Hit Play on their radio and we'll provide an endless stream of their music.

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Adam @furbism.com · 17/09/2024

“The City” then, is it

A short gif of comedienne Eddie Izzard performing her special “Dress to Kill”, which was filmed in San Francisco. It’s from an early riff about names for the city of San Francisco that locals do not appreciate, including “San Fran” and “Frisco”, which she finishes by saying “So you call it ‘The City’” and then makes a sort of mocking noise implying pretension.

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Adam @furbism.com · 17/09/2024

Bluesky Elder Certified (tm). I look forward to receiving my poster's madness any day now.

The bluesky user number notification they sent out showing my user number as #52917 and calling me "bluesky elder certified first 1%"

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Adam @furbism.com · 16/09/2024

Doing my civic duty on this most sacred of days, Hackers release day

A photo of a cluttered entertainment center beset by stacks of vinyl records, speakers, too many electronic gizmos, some art I cannot ever seem to get hung and a television showing a title card that says “directed by Iain Softley” from the film Hackers (1995), released on this day (Sept 15) in 1995. Next to the TV mounted on the wall are the Hackers LaserDisc (for which I do not have a player) and the Hackers soundtrack on vinyl.

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Adam @furbism.com · 09/09/2024

I mean, get busy livin’ or get busy dyin’ github.com/tjmnmk/gadget_cdrom Here’s the one I built myself last year, absolutely indispensable. It’s good for GUI computers obvi but also for basically anything that boots from a USB drive, switches/routers, appliances, whatever.

Top-down view of raspberry pi zero 2-based usb storage emulator in a resin-printed green enclosure. There is a small OLED screen with a four way track point-style joystick on the left and three buttons in a column on the right.

Side-on view of raspberry pi zero 2-based usb storage emulator in a resin-printed green enclosure. There are three port cut-outs to allow the ports from the Pi to be accessed. Left to right is a micro HDMI and two micro USB ports.

Short-side view of raspberry pi zero 2-based usb storage emulator in a resin-printed green enclosure showing the thickness of about an inch

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Adam @furbism.com · 04/09/2024

Don’t know if you’re reading Bluesky @verite.bsky.social, but number 20 is home. Love a signed record, especially from a real one.

A hand holding a vinyl record, the album is “Love You Forever” by VÉRITÉ, deluxe edition, signed and numbered 020/500

A wall display of vinyl records in a 3x3 grid. From top left to bottom right:
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (Midnight Edition)
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism (Deluxe Edition)
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (The Manuscript)
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (The Bolter)
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (The Black Dog)
Charly Bliss - Forever
The Marías - Submarine (water cover)
VÉRITÉ - Love You Forever (Deluxe Edition, signed and numbered)

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Adam @furbism.com · 19/07/2024

I don't remember now if this is a pain to set up. Here's a screenshot of directions they provided in the email, SHiFT site is: shift.gearboxsoftware.com/home I'm like 85% certain you can skip the 2K account, but you have to link it to your gaming platform account so they can add to your inventory.

A screenshot of directions required to redeem a SHiFT code for the Borderlands franchise to get golden keys which give you free loot in game. The exact words are as follows:

To redeem this SHiFT code, you'll need to do the following:
1. Create a SHiFT Account or log in to your existing
SHiFT Account using the button below!
2. Link your 2K Account to your SHiFT Account via the Gaming Platforms tab on the SHiFT website after logging in. If you do not have a 2K Account, you can create a 2K Account using the button below.
3. Redeem the SHiFT code via the Rewards tab on the SHiFT website (you can also redeem SHiFT codes in-game).
4. Log in with your SHiFT Account in-game.
5. Claim your reward in-game! SHiFT rewards are claimed differently depending on which Borderlands game you're playing; visit https://borderlands.2k.com/fag/
for more details and per-game guidance.

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Adam @furbism.com · 17/07/2024

Screenshot of what this looks like also, thanks for pointing this out

A screenshot of the iOS settings app showing the Messages > Notifications > Customize Notifications screen with the control “Unknown Senders” toggled off

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Adam @furbism.com · 17/07/2024

If you’re on an iPhone, this setting will at least stop them from alerting you and keep them in the Unknown Senders list. It’s not the ballgame but it helps manage the deluge a bit.

A screenshot of the iOS Settings app showing the Messages settings with the control for “Filter Unknown Senders” turned on

A screenshot of the iOS Messages app showing the top level filtered groupings “All Messages” “Known Senders” “Unknown Senders” “Unread Messages” and “Recently Deleted”

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Adam @furbism.com · 07/07/2024

Somehow I have no photos of _me_ on the rig or of the cockpit cause cell phone photos in 2006 reasons I guess but we got to like _look in one_, it was extremely cool. Pima Air & Space is so good, cannot recommend it enough if you’re in the burning desert anyway.

A photo of several hundred pixels at least showing one of my friends up on a platform looking down into the cockpit of an SR-71 at Pima Air & Space Museum in ~2006

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Adam @furbism.com · 07/07/2024

They’ve had a couple different static SR-71s at Pima Air & Space Museum, among my very favorite planes also. They had a big todo when they set up a display, a panel of pilots that flew them talked about how wild it was. Excuse the quality of the photo from ~2006 taken with a slider phone potato cam.

A terrible cell phone photo circa ~2006 I think taken at the Pima Air & Space museum showing a panel of SR-71 pilots that talked about how bananas flying it was.

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Adam @furbism.com · 05/07/2024

I was so sure there must be a good game buried in there somewhere. I played so many hours looking for it. If I could just level up a few more skills or build out a slightly better ship or find the marginally better weapon. Chasing mirages for hours and hours.

A screenshot from my Steam library showing my Play Time of 265.4 hours for the game Starfield which is notable in this instance because I would not recommend this game to anyone in particular as 50-75% of that time was the most dull grinding imaginable leveling up just trying to make this game fun. Spoiler: it did not work.

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Adam @furbism.com · 24/06/2024

Katie, I know we’re on opposite sides of this brewing Kiki/Bouba conflict, but please don’t raze Kim Possible to the ground. I will be so sad.

A screenshot of my iPhone settings screen showing the sound assigned to “Text Tone” is “Kimmunicator-iPhone”, a reference to the communication gadget carried by titular character Kim in Disney’s Kim Possible franchise and rest assured it makes the correct noise.

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Adam @furbism.com · 22/06/2024

Literally just started pouring out, monsoon season startin’ early this year

A screenshot of Carrot Weather showing the current weather in Tucson, AZ where it is 91F and raining

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Adam @furbism.com · 21/04/2024

@filmgirl.bsky.social Welp, Taylor Swift wins this round. I didn’t want three of these but I like the way they look together so I guess this is me trying…not to go buy more of them.

A wall display of vinyl records in a three by three grid pattern. From top left to bottom right:

Tate McRae - Think Later
Madi Diaz - Weird Faith
Maggie Rogers - Don’t Forget Me
Taylor Swift - Tortured Poets Department (The Manuscript Edition)
Taylor Swift - Tortured Poets Department (The Bolter Edition)
Taylor Swift - Tortured Poets Department (The Black Dog Edition)
Katie Pruitt - Mantras
Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers - Revelations

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Adam @furbism.com · 01/04/2024

Riddles in the dark.

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Adam @furbism.com · 23/02/2024

show me a game that came out when you were 12 Lotta hours in assorted Imperial fighters. Dat TIE Defender tho

Box art for Star Wars: TIE Fighter, produced by LucasArts, "The Sequel to X-Wing", by Lawrence Holland & Edward Kilham

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Adam @furbism.com · 17/02/2024

@filmgirl.bsky.social Christina she’s at it again, it’s not enough that she got a Super Bowl, she’s gotta get me to order multiple copies of another LP. Where is The Hague in all this, why aren’t they doing something about her?

A screenshot of a series of pending orders of vinyl records from many artists including Sierra Ferrell, Maggie Rogers, Tate McRae and not one but TWO for Taylor Swift’s upcoming album because I am weak and foolish and she is a monster, as aforesaid, on a hill of vinyl records.

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Adam @furbism.com · 08/02/2024

Countdown until Jay takes back this like starts now

A cropped screenshot of two likes, one is Jay liking a post using /honk as a Bluesky nostalgia reference, the other is a few likes on a post I made fully supporting the skeet-terminology agenda, to which Jay is historically strongly opposed

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Adam @furbism.com · 01/01/2024

I think it’s meant to be an homage to this kind of thing, pitching that gang of misfits vibe by evoking the imagery. Not saying it’s a great choice, but I think that’s what’s happening.

A promotional still from the 1984 movie Red Dawn featuring the cast posing in various “80s cool” ways

A promotional still from the movie The Breakfast Club showing the cast leaning against a chalkboard in various poses meant to highlight their character idioms.

A promotional still from the film The Outsiders showing an assortment of 80s male teen stars doing various “we’re tough” poses

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Adam @furbism.com · 08/12/2023

I was only in Budapest for a day, Memento Park was the highlight for me for sure, but I took a jillion photos, it was very photogenic.

A photo I took of one of the many turrets at Fisherman's Bastion

A photo I took of the Hungarian Parliment building lit up at night as seen from the Fisherman's Bastion across the river

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Adam @furbism.com · 08/12/2023

Unequivocally, if you're into stuff like this, Memento Park. They gathered up all their communist-era monuments and statues and whatnot and put them in one place and it's amazing.

A photograph I took at Memento Park in Budapest of a very large communist statue in the characteristic brutalist style of a sailor charging forward with a raised fist clutching a piece of fabric of some kind

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Adam @furbism.com · 04/12/2023

I CHIME IN WITH A "HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF CLOSING THE GODDAMN DOOR?!" NO, IT'S MUCH BETTER TO FACE THESE KINDS OF THINGS WITH A SENSE OF POISE AND RATIONALITY

George Santos, surrounded by reporters with cameras and phones, there's a microphone pointed towards him. He's in the center, wearing a black sweater and a red sports coat. He has glasses on and his mouth is open wide, as if yelling (or in song).

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Adam @furbism.com · 13/11/2023

Is Starfield bad, like. Yes. But also is it good sometimes? Sorta. Sometimes you hang out with your bff Amelia Earhart who says shit like "What's buzzin' cousin?". Sometimes you take your workaholic friend to the beach for a break. Sometimes your special lady hops up on a wall for no obvious reason.

A photomode screenshot from the game Starfield in a frame that looks like a magazine or brochure cover that says "Into The Starfield" featuring a blank-faced Amelia Earhart NPC with a foreground player character doing big arms.

A photomode screenshot from the game Starfield showing two women in swimsuits on a beach in beach chairs under a triangular umbrella hanging out with a large resort hotel in the background. One of them is the companion character Andreja and she is inexplicably holding a sandwich which I can attest she was, in fact, eating, at the time.

A photomode screenshot from the game Starfield with a strong old-timey filter and photo frame showing the companion character Andreja sitting on a wall outside The Rock in Akila City in a very specific pose that I will attempt to describe. Her left leg is hanging off, while her right is bent and sitting perpendicular to the wall with the foot planted flat. Her right arm is bent over the raised knee of her right leg and her left arm is supporting her on the wall. She is facing directly into the camera. I have no idea why she did this, I just looked over and there she was, doing this.

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Adam @furbism.com · 07/11/2023

FINALLY. I cannot wait to join the early conversation, I hope there are cool people there.

An email from Bluesky telling me I can finally join the early conversation on the Bluesky app with my very own invite code. <Etta James begins singing "At Last">

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Adam @furbism.com · 03/11/2023

@solexposure.bsky.social does so many arts, love her work, I'm drawn to the expired/wonky film photos like this, but there are all kinds of photos and paintings and drawings and photo books, so much arting www.sol-exposure.com/product/gobl...

A small thumbnail of a Polaroid print of a photo taken at Goblin Valley State Park in Utah by @solexposure.bsky.social for sale at https://www.sol-exposure.com/product/goblin-valley/

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Adam @furbism.com · 20/10/2023

*a single tear rolls down my cheek* Become *sniffle* unauditable

A cropped screenshot of the "Delete my account..." button in the Bluesky UI

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Adam @furbism.com · 19/10/2023

haha Phoenix, look how much better we have it in Tucson, that’s what the altitude gets you *stares in currently on fire*

A weekly weather high temperature forecast for Tucson, AZ showing temperatures which are ironically roughly equivalent to the ones shown in the original post from Phoenix

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Adam @furbism.com · 13/09/2023

Taylor Allison Swift that is _ENOUGH_. You cannot put a bonus track on a retailer-exclusive edition, that is simply uncalled for behavior. Now you stop releasing editions of this vinyl record _this instant_.

Another email from master of retail psychology Taylor Swift announcing yet another colorway of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) vinyl, this time exclusive to retail chain Target that includes a bonus track not on the other editions. This act constitutes, I believe, a war crime, under the Geneva Conventions, and I look forward to seeing her face justice at The Hague.

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Adam @furbism.com · 06/09/2023

I don’t know if she’s on a hill, but Taylor Swift is definitely a monster. Thankfully “Sunrise Boulevard” is still head-and-shoulders my favorite colorway/cover combo so far, but so help me if a better one comes out I am gonna order it. I’ll do it, I’m out there where that stuff is done.

A screenshot of yet another email with yet another time-limited colorway of 1989 (Taylor's Version) which is undeniably a personal attack against me perpetrated by Taylor Swift

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