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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

The whistle off Vincent Price’s shortwave radio just woke up Benny Beagle. So … better sound than at least half the #Monsterdon movies already. #TheLastManOnEarth #TheLastManOnEarth1964

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Starting up #Monsterdon late because I had other things afoot earlier today. So I’ll probably just lurk late in the comments without too much chat of my own. But #TheLastManOnEarth looks like another worthy entry in our Vincent Price festival. #TheLastManOnEarth1964

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

A lovely sunrise this morning, though a wee bit chilly at 37° F in my bathrobe and slippers. Worse yet, Benny Beagle decided that since I was up I should take him out for a business trip. Out we went in the same attire. October 18, 2026. Wolverine Lake […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photograph of a sunset over a lake with pink clouds in the sky and trees and shoreline in silhouette.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

From the No Kings demonstration in Novi, Michigan. October 17, 2026. #NoKings #michigan

A protest sign saying “Most corrupt government ever,” with a crossed-out crown.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Good morning, Mastodon! Our walnut tree is thinning out, but there are still plenty left to fall from this year’s bumper crop. October 17, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #sunrise #fall #autumn #trees #michigan #art #MastoArt

Photograph of walnuts on a nearly bare branch in silhouette.

Photograph of walnuts on nearly bare branches in silhouette.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Autumn doing its autumn thing. October 14, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #autumn #fall #michigan #leaves #FallColors

Photograph of bright orange maple leaves.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

How about a few more fun British cars from last night’s Windsor-Detroit MG Club meeting? Oct. 14, 2026. Farmington Hills, Michigan. #photography #car #cars #mg #mgtd #mgb #mgc #lbc #autumn #fall #michigan #weirdcarmastodon

Photograph of antique British sports cars in a parking lot with the horizon tilted to the bottom right. In the front on the left is an MGTD, with MGBs and MGCs behind it.

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Alexander Karn @xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Teaching James Whitman's book, Hitler's American Model, in my "War and Holocaust" class today. In 1934, at a meeting of Nazi lawyers who were convened to translate Hitler's racial ideology into law, the was a lengthy discussion of American law. The most virulent racists at this meeting were the […]

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Now that I have it running well again, I took the MG TD to Wednesday night’s MG club meeting and was rewarded with a good sunset picture. Oct. 13, 2026. Farmington Hills, Michigan. #photography #car #cars #mg #mgtd #lbc #autumn #fall #michigan #weirdcarmastodon

Photograph of a 1950 MG TD with a setting sun behind.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

With the MG TD’s carburetor problem now fixed, I think I finally have banished the series of woes that kept it grounded for much of this summer. And tonight was a warm, splendid autumn evening for a sunset shakedown cruise to see if the repair would hold […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photograph looking down the hood of a 1950 MGTD as it drives down a country road at sunset with trees that have begun losing their leaves in the autumn.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I stopped by a local cars and coffee Saturday morning. There was a great assortment of cars there. However, as coincidence would have it, I the FUN MG ended up parked next to a familiar MG TF from our local MG club. October 10, 2026. Woodward Avenue […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photograph of a light green MG TF (left) and a black MGB (right) parked on a street with trees and fall colors visible behind them.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Good morning, Mastodon. October 12, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #sunrise #michigan #fall #autumn

Sunrise photograph of white peach colored clouds over a lake in shadow.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Well “The Bat” was quite fun! Just the level I was in the mood for tonight. I think I’ll run my own little #Monsterdon double feature and catch up with the Vincent Price October list with “The House on Haunted Hill,” since I missed it last week. #Monsterdon #TheBat #TheBat1959

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jeffron @jeffron.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Even if the house is burnt down they will all be standing in the rubble refusing to leave #Monsterdon

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

WHY HAVE THEY NOT LEFT THIS HOUSE?!! “I pursued a secret investigation of my own,” my ass! All I’d be investigating would be other places to stay! #Monsterdon #TheBat #TheBat1959

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

This movie makes no sense and is also somehow great all at the same time. Now it’s sucked my wife into its hammy maw. (And let the record show that my wife would make an excellent strong woman in a nightgown.) #Monsterdon #TheBat #TheBat1959

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

The Bat in the Hat #monsterdon

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I missed last week’s #Monsterdon feature with Vincent Price, but “The Bat” with Price and Agnes Morehead is making up for it. Those two are chewing twice as much scenery as I have any right to expect. #TheBat #TheBat1959

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Saturday night sunset on Woodward Avenue, a surprise door prize for me and my wife as we arrived at Orchestra Hall for our first concert of the new season. A lovely date night! Saturday, October 10, 2026. Detroit, Michigan. #photography #sunset #fall #autumn #michigan #art #MastoArt

Photograph of a busy city street with buildings, signs, lights, and traffic, and a pink sunset with horizontal streaks in the background.

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Masto♾️Don ᓚᘏᗢ @bigboppa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

My sister in law came up to the cabin this week to see the fall colors. The weather was mostly cold and windy until today so she was able to get the money shot early this morning when the lake was as smooth as glass.

The tree line from across the lake with the leaves in full color and reflection on the still water in mirror image.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

An MG TF at last night’s MG club meeting. October 6, 2026. Farmington Hills, Michigan. #photography #sunset #mg #car #cars #lbc #michigan #fall #autumn #weirdcarmastodon

Photograph of a white green MG TF in a parking lot seen from the front with a setting sun behind it.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

The FUN MG at tonight’s Michigan MG T-Type club meeting. It was a splendid evening for a drive in an MG of any era. October 6, 2026. Farmington Hills, Michigan. #photography #sunset #mg #car #cars #lbc #michigan #fall #autumn #weirdcarmastodon

A black 1976 MGB next to an early 1950s MG TD in a parking lot with a setting sun behind them.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Another great blog post from @pluralistic. It gets both at one of the main economic drivers of the current AI finance bubble, and at why the underlying technology is still of interest to somebody like me who understands its limitations, but still wants to use it for my own purposes, hopefully […]

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I loved the sunlight on the fletching of these arrows. October 3, 2026. Michigan Renaissance Festival, Holly, Michigan. #photography #light #archery #fall #michigan #art #MastoArt

Photograph of a row of targets peppered by dozens and dozens of arrows. The targets are in shadow on a wall, but sunlight has lit up the brightly colored fletching at the rear of the arrows.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Fall colors have begun to show. It made for a splendid lunchtime erranding drive in the FUN MG. October 2, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #fall #autumn #car #classiccars #cars #lbc #mg #mgb #michigan #art #MastoArt #weirdcarmastodon

Photograph looking down the hood of a black MGB as it drives down the road with fall color trees on a sunny day.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Good morning, Mastodon. Here come some sandhill cranes. September 30, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #sunrise #birds #cranes #michigan #fall #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

Sunrise photograph of a pink and lavender sky with a tree in silhouette to the bottom, right and two small silhouettes of sandhill cranes flying towards the photographer at the top of the image.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Another evening, another lovely moonrise! Sept. 29, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #moon #michigan #autumn #fall

Close-up photograph of a waning 3/4 moon rising over treetops.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Benny doing his impersonation of his favorite literary character: The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar. September 28, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #dog #dogs #beagle

Photograph of a beagle looking up at the photographer and attempting to convey a desperate need for snackums.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

A lovely autumn afternoon on the lake. September 28, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #lake #lakes #michigan #autumn #fall

Photograph of a lake with a small island and trees with a hint of autumn color. Boats, docks, lawn, and a porch rail are in the foreground. A walnut tree frames the right side and the top of the image.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Full moonrise through the clouds. September 27, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #moon #cloud #clouds

Photograph of a full moon peeking out through a crack in the clouds in a dark blue twilight sky.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

And then because I’m a glutton for punishment, I went back and watched the scene where blue lady dies, and they have the strange confusing battle again to see if I could make any more sense of it this time. Nope. #Monsterdon #JourneyToTheCenterOfTime

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Wait! That was the end?! They just fucked off into time? We’ve had a lot of unsatisfying fucking off into [blank] on #Monsterdon, but man, that was a feeble ending. I prefer to think that movie ended with rich dude stuck in a time loop blowing himself up over and over again […]

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

This is a terrible movie, but watching rich dude blow himself up was deeply satisfying. Literally worth watching this entire terrible movie for. #Monsterdon #JourneyToTheCenterOfTime

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

While the lab is being attacked by a giant lizard in the past, I’m being attacked by a hungry beagle who wants snacks here in the present! #Monsterdon #journeytothecenteroftime #dog #dogs

Close-up photograph of the eyes of a hungry beagle who thinks he deserves more snackums while the truly terrible time travel movie “Journey to the Center of Time” plays on a television in the background.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

That future set was classic cheap 60s sci-fi work. A dark black set with nothing visible and one podium in a spotlight. I’m pretty sure about 1/3 of the Season Three episodes of original “Star Trek” used that approach. #Monsterdon #JourneyToTheCenterOfTime

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

”You must beware the laser weapon! Your cats will become distracted, mice will proliferate, and the Black Death shall march across your Earth again!” #Monsterdon #JourneyToTheCenterOfTime

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I miss wealthy heirs who cared more about making a decent profit than taking over the world. #Monsterdon #JourneyToTheCenterOfTime

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

LOL, explaining the acronym LASER. This perfectly situates this movie in time! #Monsterdon #JourneyToTheCenterOfTime

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

While I’m at it, how about one from Friday night’s sunset itself? It was a good one. September 25, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #sunset #michigan #fall #art #MastoArt

Photograph of a sunset over a lake with dark clouds above and a band of golden clouds along the horizon with a light pillar coming up in the middle also reflected in the lake.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Since everybody liked the last one, how about another wave of last night’s sunset? September 25, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #sunset #reflection #michigan #fall #art #abstract #MastoArt

Photograph of reflected sunlight in a lake, forming an abstract pattern with two bright orange and yellow vertical bands against a blue background.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Closing in on a full Moon. September 24, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #moon #michigan #fall

Photograph of a nearly full moon with a tree in silhouette to the right.

Photograph of a nearly full moon with the shadow of a tree in silhouette to the right.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

A pretty photogenic sunset tonight. September 23, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #sunset #michigan #fall #art #MastoArt

Photograph of a sunset with bright orange clouds in a horizontal layer between dark clouds above and trees in silhouette below.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

We interrupt all the other nonsense I’ve been posting lately to return to our core mission: pretty pictures. And this morning’s sunrise was indeed pretty as a picture. September 23, 2026. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #photography #sunrise #michigan #fall #art #MastoArt

Photograph of a sunrise scene over a lake with bright orange clouds along the horizon and puffy pink clouds above. A walnut tree in silhouette masks, the left side of the photo.

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