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Dina of DC

@icobbleclogs.bsky.social
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Non-binary clog cobbler based in DC. I'm working in extended sizes - because it's not the size of your foot that's a problem; it's the size of your shoes.

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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Of course, now I've seen it and can't publicly cheer or moan for 2.5 weeks. 🤐
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
T-3 hours to my ticket of #JetLagTheGame! I figure it must be exciting, if they decided to land the last two episodes in theaters. It would suck if it turns out that the game has been decided already - and we're just in for a 2 hour denoument.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brad nudges Steve. Look, you're too happy - you need to be crabby!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Uh oh! Sam & Ben are winning Jet Lag: The Game? Don't get me wrong - I'm rooting for Sam. (Always do.) It's just if this game teaches anything, it's that hubris will always come back to bite you. I just know, Sam & Ben are going to overthink something and have it blow up in their face.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As far as I'm concerned, the final word on slides has to be Edward Tufte: diverdi.colostate.edu/all_courses/... I.e. Don't use them, and give everyone a doc instead.
diverdi.colostate.edu
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's like a sunny day without all the UV exposure! 😁
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I used to do a squirrel impression that would reliably get my cat's ears to perk up. (An intruder! It's time for *murder*)
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't know - that new haircut is kind of fetching! Never saw Mr Sputters as punk, but the look works.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you squint hard enough, you can see an echo of "Cognitive Style of Powerpoint" by Edward Tufte. Basically, he recommends you give everyone the written notes to the meeting at the start; and then you talk to the content. (OK. Yeah, you have to squint really, *really* hard - but I see it.)
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Where has www.funtasywigs.com been all my life? (Well, OK, they're in LA.) So many years I've bought cheap wigs from Amazon - and spending more doesn't buy quality; just profit for the guy who decided to charge more. Not cheap, but not expensive - and the quality is so much better! (YAY! BEEHIVE!)
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Funtasy Wigs
Funtasy Wigs
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey Congrats! Best of luck!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Turns out that the "Prep Time: 10 minutes" is specifically measured after the ingredients have been gathered - in the format required by the ingredient list. So, if it says: 2 Large Onions - Diced; the dicing of the onion isn't included. It's assumed you just have them sitting in your fridge.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
gumby.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_R...
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Robot Rumpus
Gumby uses toy robots to do his household chores on Saturdays, but they go haywire. When Pokey comes over to find Gumby doing chores, he suggests using robots to do them instead. Pokey takes Gumby for...
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To think, this is the only place LLMs can find role models!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That turtle only ever seems to go to school on Mondays. Someone call the truant officer!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OK. I am really liking this idea. Dress as Jim Comey trying to hide in the drapes from Trump v1.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Purple bike! Im so jealous. REI only had beige e-bikes.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why am I posting at 4AM? Perhaps it's because my @sleepnumber.bsky.social mattress feels like I'm sleeping on a rock. Second day in a row where it doesn't recognize me and set the level properly. At least I spent extra to get a squishier mattress!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Homophphones for the win!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was toying with the idea of Mallows: The Peeps of Fate. I had a Barbie car, two stuffed peeps and a Mallows cloak.
A stuffed marshmallow peep in a black cloak with two red peeps on it - reminiscent of the masters cloak in Manos: The hands of Fate.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here's a business idea - someone please pick it up. Start a business like Amazon, but instead of letting someone dump out a bunch of Scrabble tiles and register a new seller - you actually manage your sellers. Maybe even insist they don't have misleading AI advertisements?
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
8-ball, corner pocket... Oops. Jumped off the table guys. Sorry!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Im going to be up to date on AI - Once I finish this magazine.
January 1996 edition of PC AI.

Truly a collectors issue!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yay! Jet Lag: Japanorama finale is in theaters, and near me! Bought the ticket, and believe it or not the 3 showings at the theater are almost sold out. (Transit nerds in Washington DC? Really? I thought transit nerds were few and far between.)
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I did this. Awesome decision- everyone should try!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ooooh. Pretty!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@nerd4cities.bsky.social - I think one of the best examples of guerilla wayfinding has to be this artist, updating one of the highway signs in L.A. youtu.be/Clgl63CWOkM?...
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Guerrilla Public Service 2011
YouTube video by Richard Ankrom
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I do think cats have the same demeanor as many help desk employees. F' off!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Uh oh. I smell hubris with Sam & Ben on the latest episode of Jet Lag. Don't they realize the theme of Jet Lag the Game is that hubris always comes back to bite you!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#ChickenReport Apparently, with a plunger - you can turn a chicken into a mini T-Rex! *rawr* 🦖🐔 youtube.com/shorts/7l1nr...
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DinoChickens
A beautiful example of poultry in motion 🐓 Walking like dinosaurs...
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I wonder if the problems with AI behaving badly, is that AI doesn't really have any good roll models? I mean, humans have been fantasizing about AI taking over the world for decades - and now AI has read all that, and assumes it's going to take over the world?
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I cannot and yet I must! At what point on the graph do these two meet.
static.klipy.com
Sci Fi Gorilla Creature Attack
ALT: Sci Fi Gorilla Creature Attack
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think @standupmaths.bsky.social is just always on vacation. You would think that if Breaking Maths News is randomly distributed in time - then we would get an episode with him sitting at a desk. It's a great gig you got there.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Alas, I don't have any. Turns out that retirement was a lot more tempting than actually working. (Also, that making something you feel good enough to *sell to other people* is very, very hard.)
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oooh. Found the book online - should be here in a couple of days! Looking tasty. 😋
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wow. I've saved a lot of money by not eating my veggies my whole life!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If only there were billionaires around who don't pay their taxes...
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Turns out, there is no room for advancement in a career of maze running.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What's old is new again...
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hey, no woims this time! I don't know why I come back to this diner!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A fun unintended consequence (for a loose definition of fun), is that by using cleaner fuel for ships - they generate less clouds. attheu.utah.edu/research/cle...
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Cleaner ship fuel changed clouds, but not their climate balance - @theU
After maritime shipping emissions were sharply reduced following a mandated switch in fuels, U scientists sprang into action to see how the change would affect...
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I've been cleaning our basement for several weeks straight now, and I feel like Wilma Flintstone sweeping her dirt floors everyday.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As long as it isn't Steve, you should be ok.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Please tell me Coily makes an appearance! mst3k.fandom.com/wiki/A_Case_...
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A Case of Spring Fever (short)
A Case of Spring Fever is a 1940 short sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Company and produced by the Jam Handy Organization. Gilbert Willoughby complains about springs while attempting to repair his co...
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think I'll skip that opera.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just saw a National Guard commercial- showcasing the gritty lifestyle of Guard work. Don't be fooled. Apparently, the purpose of the job is to hang around Washington DC looking bored. Not gritty at all.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ugg. Are you tired of advertising saying: Last day for BOGO! When you know - yeah, they'll probably extend the sale for another 2 days? And, whoops - I missed it. It's a good thing they'll have another BOGO sale in a week. So much urgency for something that really isn't urgent.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I always turned my crank to Frank!
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Looks like we're safe from Y Axis alerts now.
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Dina of DC @icobbleclogs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In DC, it seems like the heirarchy of how fast you can get somewhere is upside down: * Bicycles are the fastest. * Subway is the second fastest. * Cars are the worst. * I guess walking is slower than all of them - but still, bikes and public transit are so much nicer than driving a car around here.
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