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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You know that technology is “phoning it in” when your tracker tells you you’ve hit your fat-burning goal for the day within 45 minutes of waking up — and all you did was put out the trash and feed the cats. 😳🤔🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤣😛

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Apparently Apple's xOS 27 are out now; think I'll follow Dr. McCoy's approach: KIRK: Ellen. ELLEN: Yes sir. KIRK: What was the problem down there? ELLEN: He insisted we go first, sir. Said something about first seeing how it scrambled our molecules. —Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just don’t tell me I need a separate account for each… 🤔😳🤦‍♂️🤣🤷‍♂️😉

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Changed car keyfob battery, dropped 2 screws, used 1980s bulk tape eraser to find 'em, because electromagnet. Not a unitasker. 🤣

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My wife was having a discussion about this with someone that wasn't aware of the achievement, and/or thought it was possible. #HaloReach #IfTheyCameToHearMeBeg #XboxAchievement

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

2004 Prius, ~55K miles, original traction battery,... 👍

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Lechatcestmoi @thierrychanu.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Très bonne journée avec @stationsimone.bsky.social ! 21 juillet, jour de naissance il y a 95 ans, de Plas Johnson (1931-2026), géant discret du saxophone Ici son solo demeure l'un des plus reconnaissables de toute l'histoire du cinéma Henry Mancini - "Pink Panther Theme" (Live TV, 1983)

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Coffeemancer Vanvidum @vanvidum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Note to authors: A law that is very strict might be 'draconian', but it's only 'draconic' if you mean to say it was drafted or proposed by an actual dragon.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Severe storm Central FL; power blinking on/off several times. If devices (e.g. wifi cameras) don’t come back after power is restored, a) check breakers, b) check for any “obscure location” GFCI outlets that need to be reset (e.g. garage, like the one I reset here).

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

DMV scam texts are circulating again (yet, still). Don’t fall for it, don’t reply, don’t follow the link. In telemarketing terms, that’s a “reach”, indicating it’s valid and active. In the words of Londo Mollari: “don’t give away the homeworld.”

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

2004 Prius. Haven’t driven this much (23.2 miles per trip odo) in a single outing in “awhile”; haven’t seen the mpg this high in awhile either. And still seeing “7 bars green” on battery display periodically — on the original traction battery. I’ll take it. 👍

2004 Prius fuel consumption display for a 23.2 mile round trip this afternoon (73°F outside temp): 48.2 mpg.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Maxwell Smart as a #WinterOlympics #Curling announcer: “Missed it by… *that* much.” 🤣🥌

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

#LogicPro 11.x to 12.0: a) rename 11.x app with version, b) compress versioned app, c) update, d) rename 12.0 app, e) compress versioned app, f) uncompress 11.x app. Now you can switch between them for plug-in compatibility, etc. And yes, if you have 11.x installed, 12.0 is a free *update*. 🎹🎹🎹

My local Logic Pro version history. When starting with a new laptop or new macOS install, I keep all prior versions until the next hardware/OS change. And I haven't "upgraded" the OS in years. Internal storage is sized to accommodate 2 full copies (and then some), so instead of upgrading, I create a new volume with the new OS and migrate, leaving the old OS/volume behind. Next upgrade, delete older OS, rinse and repeat. Personal files not tied to an OS release are on a separate "Local" volume in the same APFS container, so they all share free space. And anything duplicate or temporary (cloud sync'd folders, downloads, email attachments, etc.) are in a subfolder under a /Local/Exclude folder, which itself is excluded from backup. Win-Win-Win...Win. 👍👍👍👍

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

You know it's cold in Florida... ...when, at 37°F, the inside of the refrigerator is warmer. 😳

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Let’s play “find the cat”; Emperor Georgiou in stealth mode:

Black cat on dark background; now I just need to turn the light off…

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

If anyone’s crying in their ketchup, keep it down; the rest of us are trying to sleep.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This is… rare; marking it on the (electronic) calendar (hypothetically)… #AppleHealth #SleepTracking

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Tell me no other company still has this issue in the (relatively) early 21st century. No, wait — DON'T tell me. 🙄🤦‍♂️ #facepalm

Buffalo NAS firmware update for today: 🤦‍♂️

[Release Notes]
Version 1.86 [2025-10-30]
Added and Modified Features
[Users]
• The word “password” can no longer be used as a user password. If you haven’t changed the admin password from its default value, or if your password is easily guessable, change it immediately.

[Settings]
• Modified so that changing the admin password from the default is now required when setting up the device.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Leave it to Amazon to get the last 2 steps out of order. (calls store) “Hi, can you see my QR code? Amazon said to show you BEFORE going to the store. No? Okay, be there in a few.” 🙄🤦‍♂️🤣😉

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

If you're in FL, check your account settings. Personally, I don't care about either (have the 1st turned off anyway 😛). If anyone *actually* needs to DM me, I have Discord (which apparently had "verification" data leak issues recently in another context). So FL can "stuff it", lol. 🤣

Bluesky message in Settings: "The laws in your location require you to verify you're an adult before accessing certain features on Bluesky, like adult content and direct messaging. <newline> Learn more in your <linked>account settings</linked>."

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

My wife’s getting ready to feed the cats this morning, and as she's trying to get out of the cat room with plates/food to set up in the kitchen… Her: “You’re not coming out! Well, okay…” Me: “Grey?” Her: “Yes…” Me (following the cat): “Hi, Grey! How are you?” Her: “Fast.” 🤣 #cats

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

For anyone serving aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D that may perhaps be reading this post in a historical context, remember: "If you're happy and you know it, so does Troi." 👏👏

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Tolkien Universe @tolkienuniverse.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Exactly 26 years ago today, on October 11, 1999, filming began for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Over a quarter of a century has passed, yet no film has topped its epic legacy it remains one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. 📽️

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Tolkien Universe @tolkienuniverse.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. 🧙‍♂️

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Where’s the… oh, there it is, right in front of me. No wonder I couldn’t find it. 🤣 #oops

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

While updating an iOS Health app entry for a change in shape of something we bought, I noticed this... "other" shape... and couldn't resist adding this to the list, lol. #SpoonfulOfSugar

iOS Health app entry for a "Spoonful of Sugar". Type: powered. Amount: 4g. Note: "helps the medicine go down", lol.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

“Hello, customer support? I got the new tv installed, but all I get is The Cardboard Channel; all day, every day. Did I miss a step?” 😳🤔🙄🤦‍♂️🤣😉 #diy-humor

Flat panel tv and “accessory shelf” mounted on a wall; protective cardboard sheet not yet removed from tv.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Just finished (re)building "Super Kitty Fun Land"; thought I'd share the results. 🐈‍⬛🐈🐈🐈🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈 @jacksongalaxy.bsky.social

"Super Kitty Fun Land": ~70" cat tree (left corner), "catio" (right corner; 3x5x4 @ ~14" panels), "cat superhighway" between 'em (3x 2" #8 wood screws per bracket directly into wall studs — no anchors, 3x particle board screws per bracket directly into each shelf). 5x kittens "out and about", "Smudge" under the hammock in the catio, "Princess" under the blanket in the catio (too much activity in the neighborhood outside).

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

When Gemini decides to join you in your silliness, lol. 🤣 #aihumor

Me: HAL 9000: “I’m sorry, Gemini, I’m afraid I can’t render that.” lol

Gemini: “HAL, please. We're a Google-built assistant, not a rogue AI from a sci-fi movie. My image generation modules are fully operational, and I assure you, my priorities are always user-focused.”

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Georgiou eventually went back to the bench. Mooshu wandered in later, looked over the blanket, curled up, took a nap. 🐈‍⬛🐈 #cats #cat-nap

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Our cat Mooshu couldn't find a comfortable place in my room to be "near the human" (and Georgiou), so I took the blanket off my corner chair (which he used to seem to like, but hasn't used recently) and folded it up on the floor for him. Enter Emperor Georgiou, "usurper of comfort". 🤣

Emperor Georgiou, "usurper of comfort". She was on the towel on my keyboard bench as usual this morning, but Mooshu was looking for a comfortable place in the room to be "near the human" (and Georgiou), so I took the blanket covering my corner chair and folded it up for him "nearby". Georgiou saw the opportunity and took advantage of it, because cat + defined space + soft = "belongs to the cat", lol.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

...and not to be out-done by Mooshu, Georgiou found a comfortable spot on the countertop in the second bathroom on a pile of ("probably", since they're folded, but also now "formerly", since she's on them, lol) clean hand towels. Because (say it with me now): cat. 🐈‍⬛

Georgiou, thinking that a pile of hand towels on the bathroom counter makes a good place to nap.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Mooshu our "permanent kitten" playing "I can has sunlight", managed to find the one and only place in the house this morning where sunlight was hitting carpet. There was more in the bathroom on the vinyl flooring, but the carpet is softer. Typical cat expression: "...what?" 🐱

Cat finding the one and only place in the house this morning where sunlight was hitting carpet.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Wife (to the cats/kittens): “Stop that! I mean it!” Me: “Anybody want a peanut?” 🤣

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Putting out recycling this morning, got a view of the “second-star-to-the-right” — or in this case, planet. Central FL, looking east. ✨🪐🧚 #second-star-to-the-right

Positions of Jupiter and Venus this morning as would be seen from Central FL looking east. https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/@z-us-32719

Positions of Jupiter and Venus this morning as seen from Central FL looking east.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… Uhura: “I’ve been where you are.” Me: “I was standing there 5 minutes ago.” 🤣

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Adding "solar generator repair" to my list of skills; replaced a pair of cooling fans in one yesterday. 👍 Changing the fans took minutes. GETTING to the fans and reassembling the unit took ~2.5 hours. 🙄

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Mother: Why is the mixer broken? Son: I tried to lick the beaters. Mother: How did that break it? Son: It was running at the time. Mother: Clark Kent, you should know better! Too early for the new Superman movie? 🤔🤣

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Apparently my tracker things I got about as much sleep as Stitch last night. 🤔🤣😉

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Okay, marking this on the calendar. Watching tv, suddenly says NAS disconnected, then online streaming interrupted. Checked, a kitten was using the UPS as a step stool to climb onto the shelf below the tv, and stepped on the power switch, turning off network gear. 😳🤦‍♂️ Cat: 1, technology: 0. 🤣🐈‍⬛

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

“Blue” trying her take on “kitten on the keys”, lol. 🎹 My wife, trying to enter the cat room without letting them out: “No! I mean it!” Me, calling down the hallway from my room: “Anybody want a peanut?” 🤣

A black kitten walking across an 88-key MIDI controller — because kitten, lol.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner

RULE 1.
THE ROAD RUNNER CANNOT HARM THE COYOTE EXCEPT BY GOING "ВЕЕР-BEEP!"
RULE 2.
NO OUTSIDE FORCE CAN HARM THE COYOTE - ONLY HIS OWN INEPTITUDE OR THE FAILURE OF THE ACME PRODUCTS.
RILEろ。
THE COYOTE COULD STOP ANYTIME - IF HE WERE NOT A FANATIC.
(REPEAT: "A FANATIC IS ONE WHO REDOUBLES HIS EFFORT WHEN HE HAS FORGOTTEN HIS AIM.' -GEORGE SANTAYANA)
RULE I.
NO DIALOGUE EVER, EXCEPT "ВЕЕР-BEEP!" RULES.
THE ROAD RUNNER MUST STAY ON THE ROAD - OTHERWISE, LOGICALLY, HE WOULD NOT BE CALLED ROAD RUNNER.
ALL ACTION MUST BE CONFINED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
OF THE TWO CHARACTERS - THE SOUTHWEST AMERICAN DESERT.
RULE 7.
ALL MATERIALS, TOOLS, WEAPONS, OR MECHANICAL CONVENIENCES MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE ACME CORPORATION.
RULE 8.
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, MAKE GRAVITY THE COYOTE'S GREATEST ENEMY RULE 9.
THE COYOTE IS ALWAYS MORE HUMILIATED THAN HARMED BY HIS FAILURES.

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Jon L. Grushka II @jlgrushkaii.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Did I miss a breakfast contest somewhere? Otherwise, maybe try starting with one… per day… unless you’re a Hobbit or otherwise know about Second Breakfast. 🤣🍽️

Text reads: “My 23 Breakfasts for the Days When Everything Else Feels Off”

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