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Jim Menard

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Gray-haired coder. Musician. Husband and father. Liberal. That about sums it up.

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Geert Bevin @gbevin.uwyn.com · 28/09/2026
Glinster is an MPE MIDI controller and instrument that learns your hand. On iPad and iPhone, place your hand anywhere and the notes appear under your fingers. Glinster measures the shape of your hand and follows as you play. Beta testers welcome before release: uwyn.com/glinster/ #MPE #MIDI #iPad
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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 13/09/2026
David Mitchell will return as James Bond in Dr No, Honestly, That’s Ridiculous - You Can’t Just Call Yourself Doctor, That’s Not Medicine And It’s Certainly No Way To Run A Secret Island.
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 24/09/2026
Our two cats were Squeak Squeakerton and Sadie Mauradie Tortiseshell Cat.
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 24/09/2026
Sign the petition to keep the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philly open to the public actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
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Petition to Keep the Academy of Natural Sciences Open to the Public
The scientific community in Philadelphia and concerned neighbors are calling on Drexel University to keep the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia’s public-facing museum open beyond their impos...
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
row row row your boat c c c o o o l l l u u u m m m n n n y o u r b o a t
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
During these awful times it’s always great when something amazing like this pops up on the timeline to give you hope for better days ahead
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12/08/2026
syzygy | noun | the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (such as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.
A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 13/08/2026
They don't look great but they are mighty useful. Suggestion: put grooves for the pins in the shelves so they don't sit on top of the pins. Hope that makes sense
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Adam Wallenta @adamwallenta.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If you attended @terrificon.bsky.social on Friday and found a sketch book of art, my son lost his book and we would be very grateful if it was returned. Please share if you know anyone e who attended. My son is 11 and this was very important to him.
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 09/10/2025
Higgledy piggledy Timothée Chalamet Has a name meriting Endless design Much like his forerunner Benedict Cumberbatch: Hexasyllabically, Easy to rhyme
tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wrote lyke two thousande polished wordes about the Julian calendar onlye to be tolde it was not "that kynde of datinge profile."
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Camille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 17/07/2026
When I realized that it was telling me "but you are underestimating the overhead of building this you shouldn't do it" the sheer fury. Bitch who put that in your training data me and people like me that's who
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 16/07/2026
Whenever you write something, by definition it's right. It's everything else's job to fit around it.
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 10/07/2026
Thank you, I didn't know that
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chris-the-cynic.bsky.social @chris-the-cynic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Icelandic word for computer gets translated as "number prophetess" but it's more properly rendered "number völva". A völva is a female-only type of seer named after the distaffs they carried with them as their magic wands. Odin's time as a völva is part of how we know Odin was genderfluid.
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 08/07/2026
King Crimson's ”In the Court of the Crimson King" album cover
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 08/07/2026
I fit in a couple of those categories, so I went ahead and pre-ordered your book. Looking forward to it!
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Jonathan Banks reprises him Mike Ehrmantraut character from Breaking Bad for a message for America’s 250th "There is right vs. left. And there is right vs. wrong"
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Keith Decent @keithdecent.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
It was brought to my attention that Oakley headquarters is fucking BONKERS. Let’s get right to the photos (Further context in the ALT)
The main entrance lookin like some dune shit The reception desk got everyone feelin like they’re in line for Brazil: The RideI don’t even know but it’s a room with a giant fan that looks like it was lifted from Dark City and lit by buzzy fluorescents The lobby waiting area chairs are fighter jet ejector seats. You just don’t see this type of curated douchebaggery anymore I love it
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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
KID: hey mister can i pet your dog? ME: sure kid KID: what kind is he? ME: that there's a pure beef vienna son careful don't get mustard on your shirt
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 03/07/2026
Probably my midilib Ruby gem
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mean things I say to myself @meantomyself.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Old enough to recognize this as a data center
Lockable floppy disk holder from the late 20th century
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 28/06/2026
Titan ... o ... saur ... What the? ... Who?? ... Oh. :-) New place, new name
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/06/2026
The Supreme Court just launched one of the largest attacks on immigrants in modern American history. Thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.

This decision will cause enormous pain across the five boroughs. Here in New York, it falls hardest on our Haitian community, one of the largest in the country, alongside Syrian families.

I joined labor leaders with 1199SEIU, elected officials, and advocates to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs will share additional information and resources soon. If you have questions about your status or need legal assistance, call our Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 800-354-0365.
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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 21/06/2026
i have spent so much time in trans spaces online I read "FTL drive" and brain went.... "female to.... lightspeed?"
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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
There are many, many funny things in every issue of @theonion.com, but man do I love the hit song titles
TOP SONGS
MAY 2026
The Onion shares the 20 most popular tracks of May.
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IDO NOT GIVE YOU CONSENT TO LISTEN TO THIS CHAPPELL ROAN
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WE SAW THE FACE OF DEATH
BTS
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PULLING THE PLUG ON MY BRAIN-DEAD BOYFRIEND
SABRINA CARPENTER
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HATS
BOB DYLAN
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TOWARDS A SYNCRETIC
MONOTHEISM
JELLY ROLL
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PIVOTING TO A NEW FICTIONAL ALIEN RACE CALLED GRÄNTHYRNYN
ARIANA GRANDE
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STREAM THIS OR I'LL MAKE
ANOTHER TV SHOW
THE WEEKND
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THINKIN' 'BOUT CHANGIN' MY LAST
NAME TO SMITH
TUCKER WETMORE
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MUSIC SONG
KATSEYE
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THE GREAT BIG PARADE THROUGH
POLISHTOWN (REMASTERED)
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
L MAKE
ANOTHER TV SHOW

THE WEEKND

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THINKIN'BOUT CHANGIN' MY LAST
NAME TO SMITH
TUCKER WETMORE

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MUSIC SONG
KATSEYE

THE GREAT BIG PARADE THROUGH
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POLISHTOWN (REMASTERED)
SHIRLEY TEMPLE

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THEME FOR DR. PIMPLE POPPER' TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS

GO AHEAD AND USE THIS ONE FOR
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FREE, CHEEZ-ITS DUA LIPA

I HAD THAT DREAM WHERE MY PENIS
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FALLS OFF AGAIN
JUSTIN BIEBER

LISTENING TO THIS WILL NOT MAKE
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IT 2011 AGAIN
ROBYN

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PIANO MAN 2
BILLY JOEL

I'M ALIVE AND I NEED MONEY FOR
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SURGERY
ELVIS PRESLEY

WHEN THE MINIONS SHOW THEIR
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BUTTS (I LAUGH AND LAUGH)
POST MALONE

TROY LIKES KIRA BUT KIRA LIKES
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MARK
GRACIE ABRAMS

MAGIC ICE CREAM TRUCK
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RINGO STARR

I FIGURED OUT WHERE THE
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BAND-AIDS SHOULD GO
NELLY
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Picard multiversal tip: Be careful; not even a Jedi or a Time Lord can withstand Vogon poetry. So say we all.
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 22/05/2026
Oh, it's only bad on mobile. Never mind
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 22/05/2026
The way I've gotten around that is to use a utility that takes what's in the clipboard and sends it as if you typed it on the keyboard. On Mac, I use Hammerspoon and can send you the snippet to enable that if you like
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 09/05/2026
Reaper runs on Linux, IIRC
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 08/05/2026
Nethack. The developers thought of everything. I've played it on and off for almost 40 years and never ascended.
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Full proposal here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/shenan... #smbc #comics #philosophy #shenanigans
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Once more, for Dawkins Sense of Sentience (which also links to “Generative AI Use and Human Agency” which is a how-to) joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2025/09/sens...
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com
Sense of sentience
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security
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Camille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 02/05/2026
This is for real also I'm hiring SRE-shaped people if you are hands-on SRE not "thinks SRE is mostly about telling people what to do"
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 26/04/2026
A music store that carries as many available keyboards/synths as possible. It's tough to find a place where you can try everything that's available. You need to be able to not only hear the sounds but feel how the keyboard responds and what real-time controls it has.
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 17/04/2026
/me Googles ... 1.99 meters ... 6" 6' for my tiny American brain ... I can only guess what it means but I suppose it's safe to like this post at least.
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 14/04/2026
Can't wait to see the health department rating on the wall
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 13/04/2026
I read that as vibranium flower cluster and now I want to visit Waconda
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 11/04/2026
"Sure it's overkill, but you can never have too much overkill." --- unknown
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
So this happened www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sphere... #smbc #comics #math
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 08/04/2026
Chesterton's Fence
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The Artemis II crew just gave us an 80's sitcom intro and it's absolutely hilarious! Freeze frames, cheesy grins, theme song energy. These are the four humans who are about to around the Moon. NASA said fun and we are here for it!
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 07/04/2026
Suggestion: schedule inspections for every single one of them on the same day
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Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 06/04/2026
“I spy with my little eye something….. small.” “is it everyone?” “wow, you’re good!”
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andyrs313.bsky.social @andyrs313.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Over 10 years old, still relevant today. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-0...
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Jim Menard @jimmenard.com · 30/03/2026
I don't know but at least it was never reaching their ends
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