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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh. My. Goodness. This shit gripped me from the Intro, then just kept it going for 2+ hours. Vibrating in my desk chair right now as I listen. Hello, old friend. #outkast

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Albumism @albumism.com · 24/09/2026

Prince released "1999" as the first single from his 1982 album of the same name 44 years ago on September 24, 1982 | Watch the official video, listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/Prince1999

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

www.imdb.com/title/tt1484... I have a soft spot for vigilante porn. #sisu

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I believe I have mastered the automatic coffee machine at airport lounges and hotels. 2 shots espresso, less hot water than an Americano, warm milk to taste. Bonus points if you can do it before people in line become impatient.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The chipmunk (Chippy) has discovered the bird feeder. If he eats much more, the pressure sensitive perch will shut him out.

A chipmunk with a fat ass eating seed from a bird feeder.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It's not well-known, but I do a fairly passable Arnold Schwarzenegger voice impression.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026

I'm sure that working in social media - dealing with people as mass statistical abstractions - is a cognitohazard, the sort of thing that could make anyone a little solipsistic, convinced that everyone else is a kind of stimulus-responding automaton lacking the interiority that you experience. 1/

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It just amazes me that he bought shares in his own startup, shares that were severely undervalued (0.1 cents/share), and was never nailed to the wall for it by the IRS.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/07/2026

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

I recently discovered Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler feature which tells you which words are the same age as you.
I'm convinced there are 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe your vibe.
Mine (1987):
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-adhd
• brain fart
-dad joke
-potty-mouthed
-thirtysomething

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It’s a ship called the Hedy Lamarr! (In Marge Simpson voice) I just think it’s neat!

Front of ship in harbor in Mallorca with name “Hedy Lamarr” on the side.

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

After reading that awesome article, on the Criterion Channel, you can watch this electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of the legendary Grace Jones, blends eye-popping musical performances with intimate personal footage, all brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic.

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Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Sophie Fiennes • 2017 • United Kingdom Starring Grace Jones This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of the legendary Grace Jones blends eye-popping musical perform...

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In Rome for a few days and am presented with a real bidet. Not the first time BUTT the first I will actually use one. Exciting! #pottyhumor

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Remember Miracle Berry tablets that made sour things taste sweet? I want the same kind of thing for cilantro that masks the dish soap taste of the aldehyde. Damn my genetics!

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Learning Mah Jongg properly. Nothing like the Windows game haha.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I'm sitting in a doctor's waiting room listening to Prince's Little Red Corvette as I crumble into dust.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Wow the Bradford Pear trees are shedding their blossoms this morning and it's only early March. It already smells better!

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Neal Asher (the author) is an asshole. That said, and assuming ASI not LLMs, I would welcome his Quiet War right now.

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William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I *desperately* tried to get my fellow critics to watch MARS EXPRESS in 2023 and consider it for awards. If you haven’t seen it, it’s got some recognizable genre elements but it does its own thing, brilliantly, and its main characters are fascinating people.

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ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com · 03/02/2026

In Windows Explorer, typing "CMD" in the address bar in place of the path opens a command line window to the current path. You're welcome.

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ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com · 03/02/2026

In Windows command line, typing "explorer ." opens a Windows Explorer to the current path. You're welcome.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow. Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do? www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow

AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Richard keeps trying to work kale into our meals and I'm just not having it.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Neat! Reminded when I visited Star Trek: The Experience at the Hilton in Las Vegas back in '98. I was over the moon roaming the corridors and walking around the bridge. Also, I did not realize that the bridge of the Enterprise-D had so many turbolifts. #sttng #startrek mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/

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Trekorama!

360° of Star Trek

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Finally got my Android phone (Samsung S24 Ultra) to work with Android Auto in the car. Had to clear cache and data in the car's AA settings. #androidauto

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I like gingersnaps after they've gone a little stale/chewy. You can speed up the process by storing your crispies in a container with a slice of bread. #nowyouknow

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Our total $ spending on Costco Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels necessitates a separate budget line item for 2026. Yes, they are that good.

Jar of Costco Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

So wait. You mean I can mix in unflavored whey protein and have protein-packed mashed potatoes that still taste like mashed potatoes? #lifehack

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Howard Tayler @howardtayler.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Three evenings ago I read an article about using ice packs on the forehead to help beat insomnia. The original study was from 2011 IIRC. Apparently if you drop the temperature of your frontal lobe by a degree or so you trigger a cascade of sleepy time metabolic events.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Power outage? Nothing an external battery, hotspot, martini, and a candle can't fix.

Darkness (from power outage ). Candlelit external battery and martini.

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

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Part 1: My Life Is a Lie

How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I always smile when all the dogs in the neighborhood howl along with the passing ambulance.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

This combo Covid/Flu shot is kicking my ass today. Still better than actually getting sick though!

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was just announced: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic... This seems like a good opportunity for me to explain a bit about peripheral immune tolerance and where the prizewinners' work comes in 🧵

6 October 2025

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to:

Mary E. Brunkow
Institute for Systems Biology,
Seattle, USA

Fred Ramsdell
Sonoma Biotherapeutics,
San Francisco, USA

Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University,
Osaka, Japan

“for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance”

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Why do they keep trying to remake War of the Worlds?

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Had this song playing non-stop in my head this morning. So good. #MiikeSnow youtu.be/pBkiklqJ-CQ?...

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Sans Soleil

YouTube video by Miike Snow - Topic

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Reminded me of how I envisioned the sun on the beach at the end of The Time Machine by HG Wells.

Swollen, red sunset at the harbor in Burlington, Vermont. Brings to mind the sun at the beach at the end of The Time Machine by HG Wells.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

In Stowe, Vermont last month. The view is near the top of Mt Mansfield. Richard in the background for...scale? We took the gondola up to the Cliff House Restaurant for lunch and then rock-/boulder-climbed the rest of the way. The climb kicked our butts!

Near the top of Mt Mansfield in Stowe, Vermont. Shows a valley in the distance along with cloud shadows on an opposite peak.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

20$ for a cocktail should be criminal.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Oh well, it was a good run (3 years) since the last time. /sigh

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Rodney @rodneybloom.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Today's gin review. Gin is consumed in martini form, shaken, bone/extra/desert dry (no vermouth), with a lemon twist. Gin Mare - very nice, a tiny bit sweet, reminds me of Fords London Dry. Slingsby Rhubarb Gin - sweet with strong rhubarby? notes, very nice but probably would not want more than one.

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