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@graffias79.bsky.social
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Astronomy, electronic music, analog audio technology, 16-bit computer and classic video game lover. Skeptic secular humanist. Cisgender gay male. 🏳️‍🌈 he/him Black and trans lives matter! 📍Southern Wisconsin

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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 3h
Awesome time at the Green Bay Halloween themed @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social pop-up museum! Sadly, I didn't get as many photos as I thought. I took a couple of these from our reddit account. My display was the RCA TV and Studio II, the iBook G4, the SNES with Mario Paint, and the Sega Master System.
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Ken @kenfager.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you use a modern Apple computer its lineage can be traced back to this computer. I’ll have it set up for you to try this Saturday in Howard, just outside a Green Bay, WI.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Throwback Thursday picture of me in I think maybe 1981. I look about 2 there. Anyway I look either happy or constipated. 😅
Smiling child sitting on a Spiderman big wheel
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Underrated wacky neighbor.
Beverley Archer as Iola Boylin on Mama's Family
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 30/09/2026
I got this wonderful care package from some amazing folks in Wisconsin. Yes, these are honest to goodness ketchup chips actually sold in the US! I am shocked! Maybe these can make their way to Oregon stores? Hello "BIg-Chip" companies, are you listening? @graffias79.bsky.social
Four bags of Old Dutch brand ketchup potato chips.The Old Dutch Foods Incorporated is based in the USA.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Celine Dion calling the police
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
Old Laptop with Microsoft paint and a weird face
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Went out last night with my new Seestar S30 Pro. Got my feet wet trying out different targets and things. I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship 😍😁
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Putting this out there for a friend; We're looking for an IBM PC Jr power supply brick. Please DM me or reply to this if you have one to sell, please! 🙂
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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The WCC will be back on Saturday, October 3rd in Howard, right next door to Green Bay! As this is our last "big" show before Halloween, we'll have some spooky things in store for all who stop by! 🎃
A poster for the WCC's Pop Up Museum show at the Weyers-Hilliard library in Howard, Wisconsin on Saturday, October 3rd from 11AM-3PM.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19 Tough choice. Lots of albums from that year were important to me.
Cover of Ray of Light by Madonna
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here is tonight's moon through a telescope.
Full moon through a telescope
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tonight's just-barely-past-full moon casting a moondog onto some high clouds. You can see Saturn Hanging out to the lower left of the moon.
Moondog cast into some high clouds partially covering the full moon. Saturn appears as a dot to the lower left of the moon.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just watched the baking show. Nearly fell out of my chair when Alison said Gary brought something exciting to the lemon party. 😂🤣
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll "Night sight" image of the sky. I was trying to assess whether there were high clouds coming to screw up the view.
Image of the night sky with some high clouds and stars. Pine tree behind the open garage. Telescope peeking out from the lower left.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I wish I were as detail oriented as Jessica Fletcher.
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David Dickinson @astrodave.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy (Merry) September Equinox 2026, marking the start of astronomical Autumn in the northern hemisphere, and Spring in the southern. This marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator southward, which occurs tonight at 8:05 PM EDT/(00:05 UT on the 23rd). science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
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Embracing the Equinox - NASA Science
Depending on your locale, equinoxes can be seen as harbingers of longer nights and gloomy weather, or promising beacons of nicer temperatures and more
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Drinking Starry?
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
How would you describe your social media reach?
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Stone Cold Pack Of Weirdos Im So Proud
Alt: Maya Rudolph saying "This is such a stone-cold pack of weirdos and I'm so proud!"
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Let's bring some positivity! Quote post with 10 video games you love! 👾🎮✨ • Super Mario World • Sonic (all the 2D 16-bit games) • Ys Book I&II • Air Zonk • Streets of Rage (1 & 2) • Golden Axe • Super Metroid • Animal Crossing (any/all) • Lemmings • Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NASA mathematician, programmer & manager Dorothy Vaughan became the first Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA) in 1949. Her life & work, along with those of Katherine Johnson & Mary Jackson inspired the book/film Hidden Figures. She was born #OTD in 1910. #WomenInSTEM
This side-by-side composite image contrasts the real historical figure Dorothy Vaughan with the actress who portrayed her in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, celebrating her legacy as a pioneering NASA mathematician and its first Black female supervisor (1910–2008). On the left, a vintage, black-and-white portrait shows a young Dorothy Vaughan looking directly at the camera with a calm, serene, and dignified expression. She has dark hair pulled neatly back, wide eyes, and a slight, subtle smile. She wears a dark jacket or blouse. The background is completely plain and light, focusing all attention on her composed demeanor. On the right, a vibrant, color photograph of actress Octavia Spencer as Vaughan. She is positioned in a right-facing profile, turning her head back slightly to look toward the viewer with a knowing, confident, and warm expression. She has voluminous, shoulder-length dark hair and is wearing a textured gray blazer. The background is a softly blurred room filled with retro computing technology, including large reel-to-reel tape drives with prominent blue spools, symbolizing the transition to electronic data processing. The overall composition bridges history and modern media, creating an inspiring and respectful mood that honors Vaughan's immense historical significance in aerospace engineering and computer programming.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was cloudy here but I always love seeing moon photos!
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There is no basement, only Zuul!
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you see this, do it (in a way that doesn't expose PII) ✶ name: Jamie ✶ height: 70 freedom units ✶ star sign: Ursa Major ✶ nicknames: Never had one 🤷 ✶ siblings: 3 ✶ relationships: Lots ✶ crushing on: Lots ✶ fave season: Late spring ✶ pets: can't have 😢 ✶ fav color: Orange ✶ live: no, Memorex
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Happy international Observe the Moon night. My sky is thick with clouds and rain, with lots and lots of scud clouds. 🎉
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 19/09/2026
The Moon is showing off again🌕✨ It's International #ObserveTheMoon Night! 🌙 The Moon is dazzlingly bright — so bright that NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will never point at it. But there are many Solar System objects that are incredibly faint, and that’s where Rubin shines.🔭🧪☄️
Large full moon rising behind an observatory dome on a dark mountain ridge at night.Sequence of stacked images showing the moon setting diagonally from right to left above an observatory on a rocky mountain peak. Silhouette of a building against a vibrant red and orange sunset sky with a thin crescent moon. Large observatory building silhouetted against a twilight sky with a crescent moon visible above.
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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 19/09/2026
New Podcast Episode ! This time we explore Vintage Computer Festival Midwest! youtu.be/LamG412IQgA
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Kate & Veronica - E02 - VCF Midwest 2026 - The Largest Vintage Computer Festival!
YouTube video by Kate and Veronica Podcast
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Me neither
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Putting this out there for a friend; We're looking for an IBM PC Jr power supply brick. Please DM me or reply to this if you have one to sell, please! 🙂
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Mark Boslough @boslough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Can the media please stop using the word “skeptic” to describe cult members and science deniers?
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dystopian
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Practicing medicine by destroying viruses in a bottle with sketchy pharmaceuticals without a license.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@tayloramyshow.bsky.social Taylor, Amy, and Terry! I wonder if Terry is distantly related to Maccy?
Taylor and Amy posing behind a MITS Altair 680 kit computer.
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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We have a giant thread full of VCFMW photos and whatnot for those interested to see more! wisconsincomputerclub.com/index.php?th...
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VCFMW 2026 Mega Thread
September is coming. Hope to see you there! 🥳
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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Here's a brief video taste of VCF Midwest from this weekend! 😍 youtube.com/shorts/TTCJl...
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VCF Midwest 2026! 😍 #retro #retrocomputing #vcfmw
YouTube video by Mac84
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Someone super-glued a plastic WordPerfect sticker onto the Tandy 1000's keyboard. Normally I'd release it with acetone but that would destroy the keyboard shell, so I guess it stays. Keys getting a much needed ultrasonic bath while the rest gets a hand scrubbing with a tooth brush.
Right-hand side of the Tandy 1000's keyboard. You can see lots of dirt and grime on the keys. Someone has super-glued a piece of plastic onto the keyboard with WordPerfect information on it. Pulled keycaps in a plastic basket with metal wire handles for the ultrasonic cleaner. Ultrasonic cleaner set to run for 10 minutes.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
VCF Midwest was fantastic this year! The biggest item I picked up was this Tandy 1000 SX system. It's in great condition! It included the computer, monitor, and keyboard. I've pulled out the key caps and they had an ultrasonic bath. Pics later of the progress on that.
Tandy 1000 SX computer and matching monitor.
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Ken @kenfager.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I should really put together an advertising graphic or something for the #VCFMW socials for the GameBoy Camera talk I'm giving Sunday at 11am in Room 1.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hubble has been in space since I was 11 years old. I love that it's still in service. What a legacy!
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wow, what a shot!
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Jeff Geerling @jeffgeerling.com · 07/09/2026
Coming to VCF Midwest? If you're like me, it's hard trying to remember where everything is, especially with VCF taking up the ENTIRE expo hall this year. So I made this tool last night: geerlingguy.github.io/vcfmw21-map/ Now it's a lot easier to find exhibitors! #vcfmw
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VCF Midwest 21 — interactive table guide
Interactive floor plan for Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 21. Tap any table to see who is exhibiting there, what they are showing, and where to find them.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I love nice clear afternoons when you can see the moon popping up over scenery.
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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It’s-a me on @retronauts.bsky.social retronauts.com/article/2553...
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Retronauts Episode 792: Mario 101 Part 1
Pop Quiz, Plumbers!
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
No point in putting band-aids on my arm with all this fur. They're just going to stick to the fur and hover above the skin! Got my flu and covid boosters today!
Hairy arm with a generic band-aid hovering above the skin suspended by said hair.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Post a picture of you from another era 📸
Picture of 31 year old me standing in a field behind a building with a slight hill and some trees in the background.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
*marks himself safe from a RIFA smoke disaster*
RIFA capacitor sitting on top of an Apple IIe computer.
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Alan Dyer @amazingskyguy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is a composite illustrating the passage of the Full Moon from R to L through the northern portion of Earth's umbral shadow on August 27, 2026. This was not a total eclipse. At mid-eclipse at centre (at 10:15 pm MDT) about 96% of the Moon's disk was in the umbra. Details in the Alt Text.
Technical:
This is a composite of 5 sets of images, each set a blend of 7 exposures, in an auto-bracketed sequence at 1-stop intervals from short for the bright portion, to long for the umbra, with the exposure range varying throughout — for example the longest exposure in each set ranged from 1/4-second to 8 seconds. The stars come from the longest 8-second exposure in the mid-eclipse image set. 

All were with the Canon R5 at ISO 100, on the Askar APO120 refractor at its native f/7 for 840mm focal length. It was on my venerable "eclipse" mount, the Astro-Physics AP400 tracking at the lunar rate. The AP400 has been to many solar and lunar eclipses.

Exposures in each set were blended with Lights1 luminosity masks created with the Lumenzia extension panel in Photoshop, with adjustments to the masks' feathering to smooth the blends. The flanking images were masked to put them "behind" the central mid-eclipse image. 

Each set was shot with the Moon more or less centred in the frame. I placed each Moon manually using a background sky chart image from StarryNight software showing the shadow outlines and stars to aid accurate positioning.
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Jamie ready for 🍁🍂🎃 🚜🌗 🔭 @graffias79.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Asshole! Do you see my pussy now? Haul ass Wardell!
Leslie Jordan in Sordid Lives wearing a Tammy Wynette wig.
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