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Mark Hougaard

@mhougaard.bsky.social
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Software Engineer, Linux, computer/tech geek, ham, photography, sci-fi/fantasy books/movies/TV, experimental cook, and all around nerd. Star Trek, Dr Who, Marvel, DC, RWBY, and budding anime fan. Escapee from the "other" place. 🚫 Crypto

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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
All hail our feline overlords, for they are watching.
Stormy, the Grey, cat stares down from above, ominous shadows in the background.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Orange and white kitten looking up at camera
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Just some were sent without proper training? So are violent ones the trained or untrained?
Screenshot of NBC NEWS headline

'ICE error meant some recruits were sent into field offices without proper training, sources say'

And AI tool used to help ICE identify potential new recruits with law enforcement experience wrongly categorized some potential new officers, sources say.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Just saying....
Meme of Grogu, in a blue hoodie, sipping coffee, with the caption above:

English Teacher : Give me the opposite of this sentence: "Children in the dark make mistakes"
Student: "Mistakes in the dark make children"
Teacher: Get Out
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Not judging. Not at all.
Grey long hair cat, staring down from cabinet, ominous shadows in the background.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Stormy want to know where she can get her cowl, because she's got the attitude and shadows nailed.
Grey, long cat, sitting on top of a white cabinet, staring down directly at the viewer, ominous shadows in the background, doing her best batman impression.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Yes... I'm frequently judged...
Stormy, a grey long-hair cat, looking down from on top of a white cabinet, with ominous shadows in the background, like she's Batman or something.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Remember kittens, 'nip responsibly.
Grey long hair cat, staring down from cabinet, dramatic shadows
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Thumpers says "Hello Bear"
A black cat, Thumpers, sitting in front of a fireplace, stares into the camera
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Success,
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Gonna be pulled pork for dinner.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
Image of Vox Machina, standing, left to right, Percy, Pike, Grog, Vex, Keyleth, Scanlan, and Vax holds 'Wanted Mercenaries - Reward' poster.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
Scene from 1956 movie 'Forbidden Planet' crew being greeted by Robbie the Robot.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Lord of the Rings meme, four panels, each character speaks

Aragorn: You have my sword

Legolas: And you have my bow

Gimli: And my axe

Saurman: Am I suppose to be in this group chat?
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Right? And always take the high ground.
Our ginger cat, Shofukan, staring down from a high cabinet, ominous shadows behind
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Is it just me? Or does he not look a bit like Benny Hill? Maybe with a bit less smiling and a touch more scowling.
Black and white photo of Benny Hill
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Post a ship that's not Star Wars or Star Trek
 Firefly class ship
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
Odor staring at Quark
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
#Caturday afternoon naps
A ginger and a black cat, sleeping on a moose-patterned quilt
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It's #Caturday
Ginger cat sleeping on a rustic moose-patterned quilt
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Shofukan trying to take another #Caturday nap. #cats #catsofbluesky
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Shofukan channeling #Caturday vibes on a sleepy Sunday afternoon. #cats #catsofbluesky
Closeup of ginger cat sleeping peacefully on couch.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Absolutely. #StarTrekProdigy needs more seasons! The show had heart, had fascinating characters with depth and growth, and told compelling stories. #SetACourseForSeason3
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Shofukan keeping the network humming #Caturday #cats #caturday
Ginger cat sleeping on top of computer modems and resting his chin on beige cube speaker
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Shofukan tucks in for an early #Caturday nap
Ginger cat curled up on brown and orange Afghan, squinting at the camera
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Cat tax
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Post your favorite #DoctorWho, wrong answers only
Dame Judi Dench
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The struggle is real...
Shofukan, a ginger cat, sleeping across the keyboard of white MacBook
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Co-worker's cats enjoying heated blanket #cats #caturday
Three cats, two tuxedo, one black, sleeping all sprawled out on a white and green, fleeced, heated blanket.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
"They said there'd be tacos..."
Shofukan, the ginger cat, resting on top on a black tower pc, with his chin hanging over the edge, staring blankly in space. 

Picture by: M. Hougaard
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
If you see this post, post a picture from your device without explanation
Two cans of Reddi-wip
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Credit: theycantalkcomics
Four panel cartoon showing a cat looking out a window, saying:
1 - "bring me the box"
2 - "leave it at the door"
3 - "that's right"
4 - "now get out of here"

theycantalk.com
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Either works
Studio portrait of the Beatles
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Fuck Trump
Drawing of Capitol riots with caption:

"Remember this day forever!"
- Donald J Trump
  January 6, 2021

Artist: P. Byrnes
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Too tuckered to party. Happy New Year, Foxy.
Two orange cats sleeping in front of fish tank.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Yup. Our Thumpers is a few whiskers shy of a full deck also. #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky
Black cat sitting under Christmas tree, staring at camera, between the branches, with glowing blue eyes
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
#Caturday When Tinkles isn't sleeping on my shoes, his next favorite thing is to get his belly rubbed. He could do this for hours. For a cat, Tinkles is weird.
Tinkles, an orange and white long hair cat, in total bliss, as he gets his belly rubbed. Tinkles, an orange and white long hair cat, in total bliss, as he gets his belly rubbed.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
#Caturday
Our orange and white long hair cat, Tinkles, lying, propped up on a black shoe, staring into the camera.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Post your favorite Star Trek character but wrong answers only.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Because everyday is #Caturday, here be kittens for #throwbackthursday
A wooden kitchen chair with four kittens sleeping side-by-side, left to right, black kitten, then tan and white, then black and white, and finally another black kitten.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
If you see this, you must post 4 of your favorite characters from 4 different series
Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, Doctor WhoDwight Schultz as 'Howling Mad' Murdock, The A-TeamErnest Borgnine as Dominic Santini, AirwolfJess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Star Trek Strange New Worlds
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
It was a lazy #Caturday for Thumpers and Shofukan.
Our black house panther Thumpers yawns while staring into the camera, our ginger cat Shofukan sits behind, partially blocked, unamused.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
No, I'm Catman.
Grey cat, sitting on top of a white cabinet, stares directly into the camera, lit from below, with ominous shadows projected behind on the ceiling, giving off definite Batman vibes.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Happy Caturday.... Okay, later
Ginger kitten, Shofukan, sleeping in in someone's lap who is wearing blue jeans, while his sister Cinder, a black cat, sleeps up against the leg.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Stormy wishes you, Happy #Caturday mortals...
Our grey cat Stormy, sitting on top of the cabinet, stares directly into the camera with green eyes, is illuminated from below, with ominous shadows projected behind on the ceiling
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Good night!
Close up of grey kitten Stormy's face, sleeping
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is Stormy now, given 'tude. Her nickname is also Chatty-Catty, 'cause she will talk back and forth with you in short meows and chirps. #Caturday #cats #cat
Grey cat, Stormy, laying on desk, staring into the camera with green glowing eyes with her mouth open mid-meow
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Our Cinder was not so sure about our new rescue Stormy #throwbackthursday #Caturday #cats #cat
Our black cat, Cinder, sitting on the couch back looking down at a grey fluff-ball kitten, Stormy, who's sitting on a red and white pinstripe towel.
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Thumpers melted... #Caturday #cats #cat
Black, long hair cat (Thumpers) stretching out flat on his back
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Mark Hougaard @mhougaard.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Checkers is bored, bored, bored on #Caturday Also, #cats are fluids. And... Hey!! Get off the table!!!
Checkers, a black and white short hair cat, hanging over edge of TV table
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