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Kirk W. Johnson

@kirkinson.bsky.social

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Fair-weather filmmaker & photographer in Portland, Oregon. I've been very close to having an actual career at least six times. 💖💜💙 he/they kirkwjohnson.net • letterboxd.com/kirkinson • instagram.com/kirkinsonian

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Kirk W. Johnson @kirkinson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I actually popped in today and answered my own question! Here it is, hanging out between health & sports. In retrospect it's pretty obvious there's no possible way they could safely move the signatures, so it is what it is.

Photo of a room in a tall, vast book store - it used to be the Gold Room (genre fiction) at Powell's Books, now it's the Purple Room (self-help, health, sports, new age, business). Center right, in the foreground, is a pillar with many, many signatures from many different sci-fi and fantasy authors, protected by clear acrylic or plexiglass cover. To the left of the pillar are rows of Health books and a Wicca end cap. To the right of the pillar is a row of Sports books.

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Kirk W. Johnson @kirkinson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Oh cool, while checking my facts on this post, Google's AI decided to tell me that Diane Ladd was in JURASSIC PARK:

Screenshot of a Generative AI overview of Google search results. The text is as follows:

Diane Ladd is an American actress who has appeared in over 200 films and television shows. She has been nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, and Rambling Rose. She has also starred in Jurassic Park (1993). Ladd has been praised for her dramatic efforts over her 70-year career. She has said that her name was originally "Ladner, not Ladd".

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Kirk W. Johnson @kirkinson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Still from the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Renaissance Man" showing approximately 50 copies of the Doctor in the holodeck as Lt. Cmd. Tuvok approaches.

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Kirk W. Johnson @kirkinson.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

I was trying to quickly check the ADA requirements for entryway width for a thing at work, and Google AI spit up this completely nonsensical answer. Utterly useless garbage actively shoving real information to the side.

Screenshot of a Google AI Overview which reads: "According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the minimum clear width for doorways, doors, and gates is 32 inches, but this can be reduced to 36 inches at points for a maximum distance of 24 inches. This increased width accommodates wheelchairs and provides clear wall space on the pull side of the door next to the handle."

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Kirk W. Johnson @kirkinson.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

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Kirk W. Johnson @kirkinson.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Why did I set myself a reminder about this screening of CAROL only in Instagram — an app I have never once used for reminders, and from which I do not allow notifications? Do I hate myself that much???

Screenshot of a reminder on Instagram about a screening of the 2015 movie CAROL at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon, 18 minutes after the screening has started.

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Kirk W. Johnson @kirkinson.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Macario is an all-timer:

Still frame from the 1960 Mexican film "Macario" directed by Roberto Gavaldon. Black and white image of two men (one of them a personified Death in a plain black robe and sombrero) in a cave surrounded by hundreds of candles, shot with a star filter so that every candle flame is shaped like a cross.

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