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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

I don't know how long this'll all take to play out; I don't know if we'll be living somewhere else a while; I don't know when my 12yo will sleep through the night; I DO know these guys have all been awesome and I hope you never need them. restorationrelief.com

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

...yeah... So last night we remembered we still had these five sitting around untouched. (they probably all finished up over last winter) Today I discovered that at least for the moment I apparently lost my fermentation notebook. I technically know what […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

5 glass carboys on a kitchen counter;

1 2.5 gallon very processed peach wine of my wife's - lots of sanitizing and chemicals to aid the process

4 1 gallons all wild fermented with clean but unsanitized equipment:

1 unlabeled spiced mead,
1 country wine labeled "11/12",
2 peach wines labeled "A" & "B" respectively;

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

[...]Whether Trump will accept his wisdom being contradicted is another question. [...] www.navylookout.com/full-steam-in-r…

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Our Middle and High School schedules came out today. #Parenting

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

As if you needed more proof that my wife's the smart one.

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

I've never seen this before. The Green June Beetles are all over one hive and the bees Do Not Like It. I've looked in all my usual places, and it seems they're not actually interested in the hive or its contents. Bees clearly don't know that though. #Beekeeping

bees crawling all over green june beetles at their entrance

bees dragging green june beetles away from their entrance

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

I said it before, and I'll say it again. Why else would someone even have a cricut, if not for important awesome stuff like this? (Thanks to the cool wife) #WorldCup #VARgentina #FediFC #MastodonFC

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

I realize gimp vs Photoshop is up there with vi vs emacs. But it'll do just fine for this... #VARgentina #FediFC #MastodonFC #WorldCup

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

Finally got around to reading Banned Book Club. As expected, it was quite good. If you're holding off because you think it'll need time like Maus or They Called Us Enemy, don't - it's a much quicker read - but it is not less in any way. Go hit up your local library.

quick snapshot of the cover art from Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

So #Belgium didn't even actually appeal. They asked for a chippy of the decision, and FIFA failed to provide the information requested, while treating the request As an appeal. www.instagram.com/p/Dac6z_-nNdr/?ig… #WorldCup #MastodonFC

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

So ignoring that the temperature at midnight was eighty🥵, and that shockingly🙄 the temperature started rising when the sun poked out... I think it's fascinating that the temperature dropped so precipitously in the tiny 0330-0645 time slot. #Wx

line graph plotting air temperature in red and solar radiation in bluish against the x axis of time.

there's a distinct drop of several degrees amounting to a rough 45° downward slope from 0330 to 0645

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

Honestly, I don't understand what the big deal is, I can't even get the stones by the back door to break 150°f, what's everyone complaining about? 🙄🥵 #Wx (Related - remember to be very careful with your pets, folks.)

IR thermometer reads 147.6°f while pointed at the flagstones right outside my back door.

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

So downforeveryonorjustme says weather.gov is up. But I can't reach it, and TWO separate weather apps can't seem to pull NOAA data properly at the moment. Anyone else having issues? #Wx

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

Well folks, she didn't just manage to parallel park the truck at her license test today - in the words of the tester, "she slid it right in there". #ProudDad

smiling kid in passenger seat holding up a newly issued driver's license

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

So last night's rain was intense...

meteogram of a local DEOS station.

relevant portion is the very narrow but tall spike that translates to just *over 2.5" of rain in just *under an hour

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

Why even have a cricut if not to do stuff like this? #MastodonFC #WorldCup

badly taken selfie showing an orange shirt with 'CÔTE D'IVOIRE' at the bottom in green, and 'Allez Les Éléphants' in white above that with the letters all wonky to look like an elephant.

the last s is the tail! 🤭

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

Awesome local hardware store had a family fun day today as part of their big sale & auction. The girls arrived rather reticent. We left with a new annual "must do" on the family calendar. 😊🏗👷‍♀️

store employee giving my 4'11" tall rising 8th grader a quick how-to for the kubota U17 mini excavator she then got to operate

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

This year's valerian is remarkably fragrant. Last year was the first year it was here, and I don't evaluate emerging it at all. This year it's so potent neighbors have asked about it. Thank goodness it's extremely pleasant! #Gardening

closeup on the top of a valerian stalk.

many upward facing, tiny, white flowers atop a stiff, dark green stem

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

There's not much quite like teaching/ practicing something you're extremely unlikely to use. 🤷 #ParallelParking

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones | WIRED www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glas… > Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

[Post op scar.] Mind boggling that this picture is 10 ago this week when it seems like yesterday. Eternal thanks to everyone involved. Everyone at #PennMedicine, the #PerelmanCenter, #Abramson, my family, my friends. 10 frakking years. 🤯 Emilia is […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

Fresh post op temporal lobe craniotomy scar with staples.

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

Actually had cause to break out the backpack leafblower. 😳

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

Local minor league baseball spring training opening day!

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

Just spent almost five full minutes trying to figure out why it sounded like the furnace had turned on (it's still 80°F outside) & also why it sounded like it was thumping. #Chinook

ADSB info for the Boeing Chinook that just shook my house.

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026

There is NOTHING good about this. All Info - H.R.8250 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2026

Possibly Aggressive Peacock Remains On The Loose In Montco patch.com/pennsylvania/lowermorelan… > Have you seen the errant peacock?

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

Because I needed one more open ended money pit of a project, I agreed to help my kid resurrect my long dead mother in law's old pickup. She has a very poor grasp of the scope of this, but 🤷 here we are. This has been discussed before, but yesterday was the […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

Leatherman multitool embedded in rusty frame

a kid happily standing next to a newly dusted off red truck in a mostly abandoned old outbuilding

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

Heads up folks. She decided to register for the Philly TCO open again this year. She's working on her fundraising page now, and her sights are set high. You may want to mute any of my posts with the #TapCancerOut hashtag. You know, if you're some sort of […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

Sooner or later patch.com is simply going to block my email address. I mean, they could try to stop publishing stuff with silly-but-annoying-enough-to-point-out typos. But blocking me is much easier, I'm sure. (For the record, the writers I've contacted […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

Road Closures Around Chester Co. For State Trooper Funeral Announced patch.com/pennsylvania/westchester/… #Chesco #Traffic

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

Future generations will tell the tale of the Cursed (that's two syllables, mind you) Prop Staff from Hell, and how it was often fiery, sometimes breakable, but Always Broken. #HighSchoolTheatre #IntoTheWoods #TheaterKids

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

Having somewhat fixed the janky wiring that sets off the (hopefully small) sparkly fireball, I am moving on to making the witch's staff look more appropriately ... druidic? This stuff really COULD be fun. You know, if the show wasn't this Thursday. #HighSchoolTheatre #IntoTheWoods

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026

If, at any point while scrolling your site, my screen tips over and actually hits 100% ads and 0% content - you've really screwed something up. #Enshittification

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026

FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/fbi-i…

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026

So the kids stand outside waiting for the bus at 0700. I think (hope) we might see fewer middle school kids in shorts this week...

Tuesday temperature graphs for roughly 0500 - 1000.

post relevant data - "feels like" @ 0700 -11°F

Wednesday temperature graphs for roughly 0500 - 1000.

post relevant data - "feels like" @ 0700 -9°F

Thirsday temperature graphs for roughly 0500 - 1000.

post relevant data - "feels like" @ 0700 -15°F

Friday temperature graphs for roughly 0500 - 1000.

post relevant data - "feels like" @ 0700 -22°F

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026

Ugh UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords…

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

Current status: light snow started overnight, a bit later than expected - roughly midnight. New accumulation looks to be only around 4" (we still had a solid 3-5 on the ground depending on prior shoveling) but the measurements are made very difficult by the […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

Oooh! Oooh! Do the #NFL next! Massive College Basketball Point-Shaving Scheme Uncovered By Philly Feds patch.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia…

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026

I'm often proud of my kids in a vague, general way. This evening I got to be proud of one for A Specific Thing. Congrats to the entire PMEA D12 Chorus on an exceptional job! #PMEA #Chorus #MusicMatters

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Peter @phpete.mastodon.coffee.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

Look, one of these days it's going to come in handy, okay?

CentreCom MX20T Twisted Pair Transceiver

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