John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 1hIt can be tough getting a good selfie with a pup when you're shooting night mode. He's probably looking for another pup patty when he's supposed to hold still. 130
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 10hDogs are great. Even the fictional ones can give the soul a little boost. 000
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 10hIf you're not already aware, Matt Fraction's Hawkeye (2012-2015) is basically this. Well, he's fighting crime, etc. but he's constantly in pain and dealing with a kind of crappy apartment while his friends in the Avengers are doing much better. Also features a panel with this evergreen headline: 010
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Here's a few nice pictures, posted as penance for my previous tweet. 010
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Tioga just got back from playing at Sal's house. Sal has a hurt paw so they couldn't play too rough. But he did let Tioga pick a bone from the bone box! 010
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 07/10/2026See also Panama City and Medellin, Colombia airports. He's everywhere. 110
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Last month we went to a Ukrainian restaurant and saw this in the bathroom. I assume demand for your linked sticker will be much broader 000
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tioga would like to play ball, please. If anyone's available this afternoon, swing on by. I have to work. 010
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have a coworker in the home office today. Not very good with computer work, but he does raise morale. 150
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tioga is at our house for a little vacation, so I'm just letting you know that there may be many dog pictures posted here for the next couple weeks. 030
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm still keeping an eye on Kilauea, waiting for fountaining episode 55. Overflows are happening again, now from the top of a cone that has built up over the past couple weeks. Are these precursors to the big event? Dunno, but it's neat! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HggW... 120
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This sign I saw on my way to the office this morning overestimates how much I enjoy going into the office. 030
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I've been using Goodnotes to annotate pdfs for some projects on my ipad. Recently many of the files in my database have broken, showing only annotated blank pages (see pic). So I'm looking to switch apps. Anybody have recommendations? (I know, the handwriting is very bad. New apps can't fix that.) 100
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Occasionally YouTube shows ads for sex pillows. Weird, but fine. I guess that's a thing people want. Today one of those ads came up with this picture. What is going on here?! Can this generation of marital aids pretend they're babies, to console childless couples? Why is this? 200
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New vent on Kilauea! The other day I posted about how fountaining was imminent. Well, it didn't. Since then, spattering around the north vent has made a little cone, and in the last day, a new vent has opened up! The volcano is still showing inflation, so fountaining is still likely. Soon!? 120
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 15/09/2026How in the world is "Go at artist" or similar not an option here in Apple Music? How are people in Cupertino listening to music where they don't ever come across a track and think, "what else does this artist sing, and how can I find out without typing that into a search box?" Maddening. 200
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The nice thing about clickbait is that you can pretend the article reinforces your own beliefs. Take this headline, for example. I bet the dietitians all recommend coffee. 120
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Kilauea is set to start its next episode of impressive fountaining at any point now. Right now, the north vent is bubbling up, releasing lava onto a relatively flat surface, leading to some really cool lava buildup. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HggW... 1154
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You'd be forgiven to think this job is in British Columbia, rather than Bullhead City, Arizona. You know, just west of Kingman. You'd be wrong, but I see how you might think that. 000
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Dug back through the last week of posts to say thanks for the after show. As you may recall, we're in a similar vulnerable place as you guys. These are a few pics we recently shared that make my heart ache and smile at the same time. Kids, man. 010
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I guess this is the outfit in charge of the TV station where you can watch the parliamentary proceedings for the Maritime Provinces. 040
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I think this is how you know you've made it to middle age. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/secret 160
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Not the pocket monster! These guys: (Picture borrowed from the American Pika entry on Wikipedia) 000
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Update! Still fine, but we need to be fine from somewhere else. 271
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 23/08/2026That fire is too close to our house. We're fine, and I think we'll stay that way, but the fire is too close. 1203
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Neat sculpture at the Nevada Museum of Art. The material is the real star here, imo. 160
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Sometimes it's good to feel seen. Sometimes, being seen elicits more complicated emotions. 000
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This book by @petridishes.bsky.social is great. Sometimes I get lost in thinking about all the Big Things happening in the world. It's good to get in touch with how it feels to be a person. Just fantastic, funny, touching writing. 191
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Don't get too enchanted. He's been known to have a darker side! (Boy, special effects on that show have come a long way.) 210
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 18/08/2026And to make up for putting that nonsense in your feed, here are a couple more pictures from this summer. Colombian coffee cherries and a nice feldspar with an orthoclase core and plagioclase rim. This kind of feldspar makes this granite a "rapakivi granite". I like coffee and rocks. 010
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I think it's Bad for one of our major political parties to send out messages like this, purporting to be from a sitting senator. 100
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Going through some pictures from the summer. Here is a very good dog I met in Chile. 130
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I don't know that this is the best name for a youtube channel that's looking for views from a broad audience. 010
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Dropped some stuff off at the local charity shop. One of the many items was this fez, an integral part of an 11th Doctor Halloween costume. I understand the necessity of putting stuff back into the stream, but I am not 100% ok with this. 100
John Porter @maletero.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I hear there's a shortage of RAM and video card. I'm sitting on a small fortune!! 010
