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Roland Muts

@rhcmuts.bsky.social
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Working hard, sometimes not smart. Weekends traveling to SW WI for some 180 degree mental break. #camping #IslandTime Wildlife. Birds. Nature. Dark skies. Air shows. Pi computers. TCM. P1100. ED80 Weather station: KILSUGAR31 Site: rolandmuts.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 3h
😂😂😂
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 3h
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 3h
So the only ads shown are about #ai the rest is the 'flyovers' of some ball parks. #peacock #mlb #postseason
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 5h
Ok peacock, this music is getting to be very annoying if we get to hear this during each interruption of play! #WhiteSox #Peacock #mlb #wildcard
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 16h
The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like
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The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like
If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 13h
The A350F is a derivative of the A350 passenger aircraft, but this isn't a P2F conversion. This is a true freighter.
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Clément Alloing @calloing.bsky.social · 16h
And she is in the sky 🥰🥰🥰 First flight today at #Toulouse #Airport for the first @airbus.com #A350F #FWXLD. Follow #AIB01LD on @airnavradar.com #Avgeeks #Avgeek
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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 20h
Fifty years separate these two aircraft: the meeting between the legendary Blériot XI and the C.450 “Coléoptère”, an experimental VTOL aircraft, in April 1959.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 21h
WipEout was released 31 years ago. Since the game is set in 2052, we're already more than halfway there. 😁 A technical gem, this Psygnosis game made a huge splash on the PS1 (and other platforms). Especially with its electro soundtrack and in-game branding & artworks by The Designers Republic.
WipEout Japanese PS1 box art
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Emeril approves. BAM #chicagoBears also #32 tillman-esque #nfl
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Emeril Lagasse's Dramatic Cooking Moment
Alt: Emeril Lagasse's Dramatic Cooking Moment
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Truth in 32 Bit @truthin32bit.racing · 28/09/2026
1998 Renault Laguna I picture: Tony Harrison www.flickr.com/photos/88589821@N00/… under CC BY-SA 2.0
Alain Menu braking for Druids in his Renault Laguna, locking up the rear wheels.
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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 28/09/2026
Current* conditions near St. Helena Island, MI:
View looking south of the St. Helena Lighthouse and Lake Michigan beyond. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-27 20:06:03 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: gllka.org // Current Temp in St. Helena Island: 61 F | 16 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: NW at 6 mph | 9 kph // Humidity: 72%
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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bag, Water, Canvas. 60 yr-old canvas bag with US government contract numbers in excellent condition. Cork stopper. Found in a US Forest Service garage. What was the main use of such bags?
Tall white bag made in Los Angeles in November 1966. Bag has various contract and specifications numbers
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#tcm #tcmparty this movie is always either singing or shouting. This one i won't watch, just listen to from a distance doing something else. #TheUnsinkableMollyBrown
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026
Have you heard the good news about tacos Árabes, a historical fusion of Mexican and Middle Eastern cuisine? (now i want some and far as I know no one sells them in the Boston area).
chefdiegovazquez.wordpress.com
What are Tacos Árabes (and How to Make Them)
The Arab taco combines spiced grilled pork and pita-like tortilla, influenced by Arab immigrants in Puebla, Mexico. Originating from shawarma traditions, these tacos are easy to make at home. The p…
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Tommy Hough 🇺🇸 @tommyhough.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Long-standing, effective rules aren't being overturned to "simplify" anything. They're being overturned because Trump's nihilists want chaos in our backcountry as the reduced Forest Service will be wholly unable to manage the insanity of this rule change with ATVs crashing down narrow hiking trails.
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Trump wants to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs
The Forest Service is proposing to allow motorized vehicles on all trails, two-tracks, and roads unless it explicitly designates otherwise.
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Birds
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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 26/09/2026
Since 1999, Alaska Science Center biologists have cataloged over 3,000 reports across Alaska of so-called avian keratin disorder in black-capped chickadees, which they cite as “the highest concentration of (visible) deformities ever recorded in a wild bird population.” www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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Scientists believe avian keratin disorder is cause of fishhook beaks in Alaska chickadee population
The virus is causing “the highest concentration of (visible) deformities ever recorded in a wild bird population.”
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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If I found login credentials for a US government website and accessed it, I would go to jail. Just saying
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The citronella ants are about to leave the nest! #bugsky #insects
Close up of 20+ ants, bottom left corner some ants with wings, ready to leave the nest
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#IsItMayYet #Indianapolis500
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I love how Windows 11 tells you "hey, these things prevent me from restarting. Wanna restart anyways?" and you click cancel, and Window's like "Gotcha. Restarting!" #Windows11
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Truth in 32 Bit @truthin32bit.racing · 25/09/2026
1998 Renault Laguna I picture: Tony Harrison www.flickr.com/photos/88589821@N00/… under CC BY-SA 2.0
Alain Menu braking for Druids in his Renault Laguna, locking up the rear wheels.
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
"These are – for actual human beings – very embarrassing things to admit. Why would techbros do that? Constantly." (Article title: The Test) tante.cc/2026/09/24/the-test
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The Test
Jensen Huang, the NVIDIA CEO and wearer of the most midlife crisis looking leather jackets in the world, was on Ezra Klein’s podcast. Now I don’t really want you do go through all of what was being said in that recording/writeup. It’s painful. You feel your mental capabilities decaying with every minute of listening … […]
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ginnekenmarkt, Breda in 1978 and today
In 1978 the street is packed with cars, parked and queuing nose to tail. A lorry and a couple of cyclists are stuck among them in the distance. Today the street is now paved in brick with no cars in sight. A woman rides an e-bike towards the camera down the middle of the street.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wait. Did i just watch a #chatGpt ad that showcased it would confirm what you ordered in a diner based on the video you take? And the justification is that visually disabled people use this to confirm they got what they ordered? Please. Stop.
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JD seems to hear what we're saying #Cubs #mlbcubs (Two pitches in a row that could have hit the batter, if the batter didn't hit the pitch)
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scottsgear.com @scottsgear.com · 23/09/2026
Is anyone in the #Chicagoland area looking for some great videogame machines, go-carts, laser tag, inflatables, or other cool arcade equipment? One of our local joints is closing and has everything up for auction:
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Play And Spin Entertainment Center, Niles, IL
Play And Spin Entertainment Center in Niles, Illinois, is selling its arcade games and attractions, including Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride, Fast & Furious
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 23/09/2026
Made fancy Rice Krispie treats with brown European butter, sweetened condensed milk, almond and vanilla extracts, and finishing salt, and now I’m questioning what have I been doing my whole life
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scottsgear.com @scottsgear.com · 23/09/2026
T'is a great little airport. One of the best features: they sold frozen Lou Malnati deep dish from the private terminal. A lot of the regular passengers enjoy bringing them back home!
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Something really cathartic: lawn mower simulator. I think @pantspants.bsky.social has a cartoon of a vacuum simulator game? 🤣 I feel seen ;-) #LawnMowerSimulator
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Scott Lowe @tropicostation.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
oh yes
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Brice Davidson @bricedavidson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Getting closer to finished. Just a tiny bit of detail painting and some splash mud left to go. Italeria “Toyota Land Cruiser” in 1/24 scale. Done up as a beat up BC mountain truck just like I remember them. A bit of fishing, camping and hiking awaits! #scalemodels #histscalemodels
Blue Toyota Land Cruiser on a diorama base. Front view. Toyota Land Cruiser on a diorama base. Driver side view.
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Drone delivery on par with data center noise. #datacenter #Amazon #dronedelivery #noise
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Aldi Aldi's southwestern spicy chicken pot pie is not bad at all! Just make sure to temp it properly. Ours was still frozen so needed 60+ mins instead of 25-30 mins. But wow, the spicy flavor!
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Love seeing Andrew Zimmern again. He's doing some tailgating cooking with boar right now. #AndrewZimmern #tastemade
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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spotted in Middleton #ididthat
$6.59 gallon diesel. Sticker w "I did that "
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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We've got you covered, Earthlet! 2000ad.com/news/the-ult...
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The Ultimate Rogue Trooper Reading Order! | 2000 AD
He’s a genetically-engineered soldier of the future, who walks the poisonous battlegrounds of Nu-Earth on a mission of revenge! He’s coming to screens in 2026 in a movie adaptation written and directe...
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
HancockHenge. Chicagohenge sunrise during the Autumnal Equinox in 2020. Today's weather will make it a challenge to view it.
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the jonrev projects @jonrev.com · 21/09/2026
Alright, who fixes old-old CRT televisions between Chicago and Milwaukee. I'd like to get this beast back for at least part of horror season...
Photograph. A large, late-1970s Zenith System 3 "Panorama" television console in silver with fake woodgrain on a checkered tile floor.
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Eelaware @eelaware.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The enshittification of everything continues maybe this is the point where piracy will become an art AND a science
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tmcbphoto @tmcbphoto.com · 21/09/2026
The final maneuver of the final day of the final public Canadian air show of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds at their 2,924th show - the Canada Burst, with a nice smoke trail flourish from Snowbird 4 at Aero Gatineau-Ottawa 2026.
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thebaldgeek @thebaldgeek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I first de-lidded the C5-WROOM to see what was going on. Then just took a Dremel to the feed and soldered on the pigtail. Pulls WAY more numbers than the little C5 with an FL connector for some reason. Why did I not just buy the 1U WROOM? Heh, more to come. #AllTheWifi #wardrive
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Ringbolt @ringbolt.net · 20/09/2026
As promised, the results of the 'A better Invincible?' competition I ran using @navalestimates.bsky.social #navalhistory
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What drove Invincible's design, part 2
Some thoughts on how an online naval game can illuminate the deliberations of the 1905 Committee on Designs.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pen, watercolor, black & white charcoal pencil.

Another featured piece from the Spooky Pants book.

A man in a sweater stands with his hands on his hips looking out of a large window with the curtains open. Things aren’t looking good outside, reader. A massive winged demon is emerging from the clouds as dozens of little ghosts and bone demons rip through the sky. On the ground below we see townsfolk running through the grass. Our man in the window is in no mood for this. He lets us know, “Oh, I am in no mood for this.” His dog looks out the window as well, wagging its tail. 

Fantasia (1940) inspired drawing. I think I could’ve gone a little heavier with the chaos outside but we’ll try again with fresh drawings this October. I like how the clouds turned out. Trying to balance my sloppy lines with more detail can be tricky but I think we achieved a good result.
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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.
From meteorologist Eric Snitil

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

"Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
incredible
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A top tier professional athlete gets a free run at an unsuspecting 42 year old man and the results are as bad for Rodgers as you would expect.
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