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Nathan Hubbard

@n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy
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reliability engineer. I helped build the bird site. I run nashtodon.com scientist, tinkerer, dad. voted most dependable in high school. ask me about my hobbies […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ macaw.social/@n8foo, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
The Moon occults Jupiter and it's moons, shot from my backyard this morning before dawn. 🌒 Using the Dwarf Mini, I targeted the star TYC 1403-1442 as the software wouldn't let me target Jupiter directly on a schedule (because it was below horizon), and assembled the timelapse later from ~5k 1 […]
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
This Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 13 micro computer has been in my mom’s attic for at bit more than 30 years. It features a Z80 4 MHz microprocessor and 64KB of RAM. Originally used in my father’s office, he brought it home in the 90’s when it was decommissioned […] [Original post on macaw.social]
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I realize the space station passes overhead a few times a week, but each time I see that tiny bright dot race across the sky, it amazes me that people are living up there. #lookup #space #spacestation #iss
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
one way to manifest work on your home project is to be indisposed... first meeting all day, when I'm attempting to speak about a complex topic "hey, we're here can you come outside"
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
@ObsidianUrbex the scene is so lovely, it almost seems like an art installation.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
At the last of my most rare and out-of-print bourbon. Wish I had another bottle! #whiskey #bourbon
A bottle of bourbon, next to a glass with ice and brown liquid. The bottle reads: 

2014 Release
Selected by: Andrew Webbor
144 Bottles
CORSAIR
NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE BOURBON
CORN, SMOKED BARLEY, RYE, AND WHEAT
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
It’s that time of year. CA glue bottle for scale. #3dprinting #halloween
A large 3d printed spider touching a bottle of CA glue, for scale.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
@stephenyeargin but to answer, I think it’s just folks who they’ve hit at the exact right moment. Probate and inheritance probably make up a lot of it.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
@stephenyeargin spam is typically 10,000:1 or greater but the hooked are high value. It costs nearly nothing so they keep at it.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
Can we not stop these text robots? It's just constant spam like this. Is this a partisan thing? I don't get why there is no law against it... #spam #sms
A text conversation that reads:

+1 (731) 470-9646:
	Hi Nathan, took a drive down [Redacted] with my builder and your place caught our eye. Worth chatting? 

Nathan Hubbard:
	What part caught your eye

+1 (731) 470-9646:
	Nothing specific about the house itself. We like the neighborhood and have been looking at opportunities in the area, so I reached out to see if selling is something you'd ever consider.

Nathan Hubbard:
	You think my house is an opportunity? Like what kind
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Just like clockwork, there's thunder and lightning outside. Let's do this! #nashville #weather
weather radar showing multiple storms and lightning in the area
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Watering my yard finally. So, you can thank me for the rain tomorrow. #Nashville #weather
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
Micro SRE meetup in Nashville, getting some BBQ and reminiscing about old times at the bird company. #Tweeps #Twitter
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Wow! "comet or asteroid the size of a three- to six-story building" ☄️ science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/…
close up of a new crater on the moon. black and white
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
Oh hello little snail!
a snail, with it's head and eyes out of the shell. it's brown with a white rim of the shell.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
Top of the Eastern Veil Nebulae. Formed when a supernova exploded 10-20,000 years ago. #astronomy #space #astrophotography #lookup
A star field With a red and green wispy filament looking cloud sticking a finger up in the middle
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
Bugs around the field lights
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
Hello #internet
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
use less 'please'; #perl
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
Sunset bleeps
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
@stephenyeargin if I had patched my audio output into the filter modulation I would probably have had my crevices searched for drugs.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
@stephenyeargin also more cosplay cowgirls 🤣
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
@stephenyeargin yea, I expect that’s true. Probably a different story coming home.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
Zero issues with TSA at BNA, slightly unbelievable. #modularsynth
A compact module synthesizer inside a suitcase. Lots of red and white wires, knobs, and jacks.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
So many projects, so little time #motorcycles #Ducati
A set of flat side carburetors, in the box, next to the front wheel of a 1996 Ducati 900 SS/SP. The motorcycle is red, and covered in a black cloth.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Time lapse of the partial lunar #eclipse of August 27, 2026. Native video upload to Mastodon. Let’s see if this works. #lunareclipse #Astronomy #Space
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Timelapse of the partial lunar eclipse of August 27th 2026. One frame every 10 seconds. #eclipse #lunareclipse youtu.be/cCmfvqqnHGE?si=chEbeEUKwm-…
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
I love how it has that distinctive bite-out-of-it look. I understand why the ancient cultures thought it was being swallowed by a snake. #eclipse #lunareclipse
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
On the other side of it, halfway to the partial eclipse end. Two different exposures of the same moment #eclipse #lunareclipse
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Maximum in Nashville! Got some blood in there! #eclipse #lunareclipse
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Halfway to maximum here on Nashville. Stinking clouds. #eclipse #lunareclipse
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Update: start of partial (from Nashville, TN USA) #eclipse #lunareclipse
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Let’s do this. #eclipse #lunareclipse
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
Oh no. Not Dolly. 😢 #dollyparton
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
“We’re sorry, your package has been delayed…” #amazon
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
Cumberland Mountain SP in #tennessee
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
Movement of celestial bodies is so cool. Here you can see #Moon and #Venus movement in just one day comparison. Yesterday versus today. #Space
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
I think now I need some white #lightning. 😝 🥃
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Damnation! That was the closest I’ve ever experienced a #lightning strike. Less than 100 ft. I jumped and yelled and the whole bit. I’ll have to get out in the light tomorrow and see which tree it hit. f**k, I think my hair is still standing on end.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
@Sassinake NSFSWF? 🤓
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
:imperial kissing sounds: #lego #starwars
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
Saw a #rainbow after a #sunset storm. After I looked at it a few minutes, I realized it had filled in all the way across. A small crowd formed, outside the grocery store, taking pictures and ooh-ing.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
Also, turns out this thing is still on display at a local museum! Next time I visit, I'll go investigate & report back whether it's still there or has 'escaped' it's creators and uploaded malware to PyPI. themansfieldmuseum.org/elektro
themansfieldmuseum.org
ELEKTRO the Westinghouse Robot - The Mansfield Memorial Museum
ELEKTRO the Westinghouse Robot When he was built in 1937 by Westinghouse in Mansfield for the 1939/1940 World’s Fair in NYC, Elektro was the first robot in the world that could walk, talk, and even count on his fingers! At the World’s Fair, he demonstrated his remarkable abilities by adding cigarette smoking and balloon blowing […]
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
Tuesday, I was in Mansfield, Ohio, eating at the Coney Island. Above me was a big poster of a robot at the 1939 worlds fair, I took a picture. Back home, I looked it up. And funny, it's eerily similar to the current #ai hype. Except 88 years ago. Elektro was a […] [Original post on macaw.social]
A poster from 1939, announcing Elektro and his dog Sparko at the worlds fair. Made by Westinghouse Labs. The images are black and white, showing a humanoid robot.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
% ack --thpppt _ /| \'o.O' =(___)= U ack --thpppt!
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
@ramsey these are from 2 weeks ago, but yes, exactly!
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
Decided I’d had enough and got out the big toys for making a perfect quarter round #woodworking
A drill press with a circular Cutting bit over a sandwiched piece of plywood which has had a notch cut out of it. There’s a red laser X projected directly over the hole.
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026
#silentsunday
A picturesque view of the great Smoky Mountains national Park, near newfound gap
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
@RoastbeefHashTag looks like yes, but it may run out of steam before then
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Nathan Hubbard @n8foo.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
That’s a lot of lightning. #tnwx #nashville #weather
Screenshot of the weather, radar application showing a large storm and thousands of lightning strikes
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