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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Brutalismbot on pins and needles waiting for my photos from jury duty

A beautiful tall brutalist courthouse against a clear blue sky

A beautiful brutalist library which is right next to the courthouse against a clear blue sky

jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The detector has a giant mystic mural on the walls, and the artist statement (www.giannetti.com/pages/statem...) is a loosely expanded Marge Simpson "I just think they're neat"? The experiment's wiki page has a diagram that randomly uses a singapore airlines Airbus A380 for scale???

a diagram showing illustrations of detector components, with a singapore airlines-liveried A380 for scale and two tiny human figures

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I guess there’s no “is a giant mushroom” tag in the Zillow database. (This place rocks and I’d never seen the inside either)

Whats special: gas fireplace, custom woodworking, updated baths

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Strange things are afoot at the circle k

Two Mitsubishi 3000GTs in a gas station parking lot, one red, one blue. Unusual. Both for sale.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Everything else is just waiting

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

RIP to one of the first artists to be fully printed onto my brain stem.

The iconic blue/black cover to Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins

The iconic desert cover of Way out West by Sonny Rollins

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

These things are always a dice roll but sometimes you get a Winner

A half eaten bag of “Mexican Chicken Tomato Flavor” Lays that I got at the special deli

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Put me in the RIB to do donuts around the capsule for half an hour next time. I'm RIB certified. I can be trusted with the NASA RIB.

A young man sitting in a 12' Rigid Inflatable Boat recently purchased used from a rental company with the Worlds Greatest Registration Number "VI 5000 TB" visible on the side.

The same RIB shown anchored just off shore, now painted with "Vitamin J" in red. The bottom needs cleaning.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Big military industrial complex asterisk aside, the Yorktown was super cool and you can go all over inside it, you can go right up and touch the planes on the deck.

The huge front half of an aircraft carrier, seen from a bridge connecting it to land. I’m about to walk onto it.

Looking up the exhaust nozzle of an F-4 , you can see straight through to daylight in the intake because the engine has been removed. There is no barrier or rope restricting access to the plane.

The tower of the Yorktown, a decommissioned aircraft carrier of the WWII through Vietnam war eras, seen from the flight deck on a sunny day

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I have mostly not followed the Artemis mission, but today of all days it was pretty cool to visit the (replica) Apollo 8 capsule and its AUTHENTIC recovery hook on the USS Yorktown.

A replica Apollo 8 capsule in a museum display on the hangar deck of an aircraft carrier. A big yellow hook hangs from the ceiling above.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Hell yeah it’s happening here too

One of two rows of the new USPS vans in a small municipal lot, last month when it was still snowy

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Paris in the spring time: recommended

A Paris street in the morning and a sliver of the tops of the buildings is brightly lit

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The Norman Rockwell museum is very worth visiting

Rockwell painting of an AT&T lineman repairing a line

Rockwell painting next to a print of the ad for Schaeffer pens it was made for

Rockwell self portrait as a city slicker surrounded by rowdy enthusiasts of the newly fashionable winter sport of skiing, on a New England train

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

“This is a beautifully rendered painting, and genuinely affecting in person”

Freedom of Speech by Norman Rockwell in the Norman Rockwell museum, this morning

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Seeing a box of tea called "Irish Afternoon" in the office kitchen

A dog with its head cocked quizzically to one side.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Have you heard Junior Parker’s Beatles covers? Album art is not in the same category but the tracks are good.

The cover to the Junior Parker album “Love ain’t nothin’ but a business goin’ on” A woman leans against a long gold car in front of project housing.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This exact thing happened to me last night when I watched it with my kids.

A popular 2014 tweet from Asa Tait, which reads 'Fun fact: When my kid watches "Terminator" I will have to explain the concept of a phonebook, but not an autonomous robot killing machine."

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Barn quilt birds by Travis Beckham. More: everythingisabox.com/tags/barn-qu...

Six square paintings of birds in geometric barn quilt style, lots of 45 degree angles. Natural colors. Made by Travis Beckham.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I feel like the 43rd St Public Morgue is an under-discussed part of NYC street culture.

The sidewalk on 43rd St. On the wall of a building is a grid of six square stainless steel hatch doors with lever handles, like in a morgue.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

✅ Best script logo in the game ✅ Best imperial unit ✅ Best SI unit

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

IN THIS HOUSE WE PRACTICE MAINTENANCE AND CARE (taping stuff together)

A down jacket with lots of patches of orange and reflective repair tape

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Feels like an opportunity for some classic "vents that mostly go nowhere except for a circle"

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

A lot to like here, not least the method acting on the part of the logo

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This gets a big Yes from me

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I am terrible at all board games but I did these a while ago and they look cool. Finally got some white gel pens so I can do the other colors.

White game pieces from Settlers of Catan which I drew on with ultra fine point sharpie to look like little barns and stuff.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Wow, it’s November 5, 2025

A vivid purple and orange sunset over lower manhattan and New York harbor. The top of One Penn Plaza is illuminated in red white and blue stripes. Reflections of office lighting are visible

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Found what looks like a pretty cool person at a pretty cool url. sunnyday.mit.edu

"Professor Leveson started a new area of research, software safety, which is concerned with the problems of building software for real-time systems where failures can result in loss of life or property. One advantage of this topic is that nobody questions its goals, except for a few misanthropes (who don't matter anyway). She and her students produced a formal requirements specification for TCAS II, a real collision-avoidance system required on all commercial aircraft in U.S. airspace. One of the lessons she has learned from this project is never to do anything like it again. The FAA was pleased with it though and adopted it as their official specification. She and her students are now analyzing safety in NextGen (the planned upgrades to the air transportation system). She claims that you should not read anything into the fact that she has been taking the train a lot lately."

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Pretty cool: a collection of old restaurant placemats casualarchivist.substack.com/p/order-up

A placemat with scalloped edges and three color printing that says "Discover Texas / America's Funtier" with a map and illustrations

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Oh, you know, normal stuff

A man holds an orange step ladder steady. Another man stands on the (unsafe) tippy top of the ladder and has disappeared through a hole in the ceiling around his waist. The hole is exactly the size of his waist. But it’s fine.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Fascinated by the guy who, in the age of e-bikes, wants $500 for a mountain bike with a honda lawnmower engine strapped to the back wheel.

A silver mountain bike in front of a garage door. There is a large red four-stroke honda engine mounted above the rear wheel, and some kind of big hoop attached to the wheel to transmit drive. Also has 90s style bar-ends on the handlebars.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Whoops it says “The Unification Church” not Unitarian. Also had this cool hammered metal razor caddy inside.

A hammered metal caddy with two spaces for packs of razor blades and a razor handle in the middle

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

This little box has a lot to say

An old cardboard box with “Mouse Traps and Flat Razor Scrapers” written on it in black marker

Another side of the same box that says “A GIFT FOR YOU FROM SOME FOLKS WHO CARE” on a neatly printed sticker

The inside of the box, where the inner lid has a clipped sheet that says “Because some are judging us unfairly, please let us tell you what we believe. The Unitarian Church”. The inside of the box is indeed filled with mouse traps and flat razor scrapers.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I just saw it from ground level and thought it looked cool from there, but oof that is a pretty lousy skyline view.

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

When safety and security are paramount, but you need a solution that moves at the speed of business, you need a Big Zipper

A stairwell blocked off with plastic sheeting with a Danger sign on it, and a huge vertical red zipper acting as a door

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Always a little bittersweet finding stuff from Surprise! Surprise! in an old bag or bin somewhere 🥲

A pack of wall anchors with the tell tale bright green “Surprise!” Price tag (99¢) from the classic old east village home goods store

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

You have been visited by the $ Money Making $ van. Enjoy your day.

An old and busted box van with cool lettering that says “Money Making” with lots of dollar signs around it and a sassy cartoon face painted on the hood

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This is the whole restaurant; this is the correct restaurant

The interior of a small, old fashioned lunch counter with Formica counter and vinyl topped stools. There are only a couple of tables in the small space and about 7 or 8 stools. An older couple sits at the counter eating burgers and chicken. The sole employee working a flat top is just out of frame

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

There are things they can’t take from us, like finding two other copies of your car parked next to each other outside the strip mall Starbucks 🫡

Three 8th gen Honda civic sedans in dark gray parked next to one another in a parking lot. One of them is mine.

Rear quarter view of the same three dark gray Honda civic sedans

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Amazing accident of history that this festival takes place on labor day, and we therefore don't have an "in the aftermath of 9-11" shrimp and petroleum festival poster. I guess they had fully processed it by 2002:

A hand painted poster for the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, 2002, showing a big happy pink shrimp wearing sunglasses and playing the accordion in front of a splashing green sea with an oil drilling platform

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jongala @jongala.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

We’ve been making a lot of iced tea lately and we have a little perpetual stew thing going on with oleo saccharum to sweeten it. Just tossing more citrus peel and sugar in when you have it, scoop some back out when you need it. It rocks.

A deli cup with a bunch of lemon and lime zest sitting in sugar, which has drawn out the oils from the zest and is very damp, fragrant, and flavorful. It’s a delicious citrus blend that people are calling “the taste of summertime”

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