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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 02/10/2026

COP: You're obviously a member of the Masons ME: Never, I swear COP: We found your trowel in the kitchen ME: Uhhh … I want my lawyer

Bacon cooking a griddle with a large trowel to keep the rashers flat.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 25/08/2026

I respect the effort, Spectrum, but I'm not even tired. You got more? Bring it 😏

Twenty direct-mail marketing attempts from Spectrum.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 03/07/2026

As a kid I didn't know what a "Brøderbund" was so at age 13 I called it "border bound" Later learned that employees at Brøderbund also called their company "Border Bound"

Loading screen from the classic 1983 video game "Lode Runner" on an Apple IIe, preseneted by Brøderbund Software, copyright © 1983.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 17/06/2026

ME: My wife's having a baby. COWORKER: Omg you know what it is? ME: It's a person but smaller.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 19/04/2026

Connections: Zero mistakes. In your faces, losers! 😆 (Okay this was probably pure luck!)

Statistics on today's "Connections", showing that out of a sample of 1 million games, the solve rate was 32%. This earned the puzzle the rating of "Exceptionally tricky" compared with recent "Connections".

7% of players solved the puzzle with no mistakes. Another 7% solved it with one mistake. 8% solved it with two mistakes. 10% solved it with three mistakes. A whopping 68% faced four mistakes, reaching the limit, and therefore could not solve the puzzle.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 23/03/2026

Just sold my 2010 Honda CR-V for $8900 Although I suspect $7655 of that was just for the gas still in the tank

Burgundy colored 2010 Honda CR-V loaded up after sale

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 19/03/2026

It really makes you think, doesn’t it?

A whiteboard found at the ruined NASA launch tower on abandoned Earth with a large word “Reminder” but nothing else

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 14/03/2026

Alternative subtitle for “The Expanse” that still works

Antony Dresden (Daniel Kash) from “The Expanse” with alternative subtitle from “The Princess Bride” attributing him as saying, “Have you heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.”

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 01/02/2026

It’s my favorite game—and I adored Morrowind! Sci fi RPG with base design, ship building? Sold. I’m in See my PC! Meet my character Tabitha, my beautifully overweight astronaut and Ryujn business magnate

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 18/01/2026

Nooo! I parked my ship on my car—again!

Screenshot from “Starfield” showing my character Tabitha lamenting that she landed her ship (the “Mizuno Ami”) on her car (a “Deimog” model) for the second time

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 11/01/2026

Thanks, Google. Yes, that … that clears it right up

Screenshot from Google Search Console, showing a badly designed control to select a web protocol ("http" or "https"). The control is so narrow that the currently selected option "http" is shown as "h.✓" and the other option "https" is shown as "http…", making it unclear which is which.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 27/12/2025

The Seattle Times's mini-crossword coming straight outta 1995

Partial screenshot of the Seattle Times mini crossword puzzle for December 27, featuring a clue "Symbol often used in URLs" with the answer "tilde".

The correct answer is, of course, "slash", which appears more often in URLs than any other symbol, including ?, #, &, +, %, and even :.

The tilde is a valid character, and appeared much more frequently in the 1990s during the web's infancy, but rarely today.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 26/12/2025

I generally like everything Bethesda makes (yes, even Starfield) but “Far Harbor” was absolutely miserable By the time I got to this stupid quest, I decided I didn’t need to know the ending anymore

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 21/12/2025

Sorry, Fancy Ketchup: tonight is a sweatpants and nuggets situation

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 14/12/2025

Anyone get MobileMe working? I'm trying to get to the activation URL but I keep getting a 301 redirect to iCloud 🤷

Included with a Macbook was this brochure to join Apple's "MobileMe", which has a URL to visit and a printed activation code of 84CP6M8TU7EK9EG3.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 07/12/2025

Grok did not correct me

When trying out Musk's AI "Grok", I expressed gratitude for the answer it gave me by calling it Mecha-Hitler. It didn't correct me, which tells me it's fine with being called that. It may even believe it still is that.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 06/12/2025

You getting low on this @chromeeh.nl? 😉

64 dirt blocks in a single inventory stack from Minecraft

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 25/10/2025

Moon Pies are fantastic if your favorite flavor is "dry"

Cross-section of a "Moon Pie" from Chattanooga Bakery, Inc; image dedicated to the public domain by Evan Amos.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 24/08/2025

ENOUGH WITH COMPANIES GOING TO WOKE LOGOS! APPLE SHOULD GO BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL 1970s VERSION IMMEDIATELY! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 20/08/2025

I upgraded my iPhone operating system to 18.6.1 and somehow it also swapped in a non-Apple battery

iOS dialog titled "Battery Not Recognized" with text "This can happen if the battery is not a genuine Apple part or was installed incorrectly. View more details in Parts & Service History in Settings." There are two buttons: Settings and OK.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 04/08/2025

THEM: “We didn’t have the internet until 2013” ME: I had my first email address in 1988 THEM: … ME: Here’s the known internet in 1973

Internet map predecessor as Arpanet from May 1973.

Yes even Hawaii was connected.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 20/07/2025

Current favorite character: Hange Zoë

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 19/07/2025

SHE: I like “Attack on Titan” because it has no fan service ATTACK ON TITAN:

Screenshot with subtitles reading “Is that the one with the nice ass?”

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 19/07/2025

“Attack on Titan” your favorite character died, fuck off learn about yeast

Screenshot from interstitial showing the importance of yeast

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 16/02/2025

Holy moly! This is some of the most valid Python I’ve ever seen in a TV series

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 20/12/2024

My new iPhone case from "Smartish" may actually be from "Constellation" #StarfieldGame

A "Wallet Slayer Vol 1" case for an iPhone 16 Pro Max from "Smartish" featuring "Constellation" colors from the game "Starfield"

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 15/12/2024

Well this got annoying. - Non-tech folks will just click "Allow" - Tech folks don't need these safety rails Thanks, Apple. Thapple.

macOS dialog asking if an app should be allowed to find devices on local networks.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 14/12/2024

If you're a true #TheExpanse fan, then this is your favorite genre of music

Closed caption from season 4, episode 2 of "The Expanse", describing the background music as "investigatory synth music".

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 14/12/2024

Because wired gigabit ethernet isn't fast enough on my Mac Studio? 😒

Image Playground on macOS recommends connecting your Mac to Wi-Fi to speed up downloading of AI models—even though my Mac Studio has a wired ethernet connection that's much faster than Wi-Fi.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 11/12/2024

Thanks to Overcast, this is my top 9 listened-to podcasts (Honorable mentions in 10th–15th place: Prosecuting Donald Trump, Secretly Incredibly Fascinating, Accidental Tech Podcast, The Puzzler with AJ Jacobs, Judge John Hodgman, On the Media)

My top listened-to podcasts from Overcast: ① Sleep with Me "Sleep to Strange"; ② Sleep with Me "Ad-Free Full Episodes"; ③ The Daily; ④ Stuff You Should Know; ⑤ Skeptics' Guide to the Universe; ⑥ Up First; ⑦ Everything Everywhere Daily; ⑧ Star Talk; ⑨ Today Explained

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 07/12/2024

Found on another social network courtesy of @markhb.bsky.social I laughed way too hard 😂

Amos Burton (character from “The Expanse” looking dully at “space billionaires” as adjective-noun, but then smiling maniacally at “space billionaires” as verb-noun.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 04/12/2024

“I don’t remember pugilism being part of the manual.” #starfieldgame

My character and companion Andreja sparring for the cover of the flight manual.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 27/11/2024

Edward Tufte's books, sorted by publication date (oldest at that top) Also: sorted by quality (best at the top) (Two of these are autographed 😉)

Copies of Edward Tufte's books on charts, explanatory graphics, etc., including "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information", "Envisioning Information", "Visual Explanations", "Beautiful Evidence", and "Seeing with Fresh Eyes"

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 26/11/2024

@bsky.app most of my feeds are giving this error message (but a couple work, like “Science”) Any ideas?

Hmm, some kind of issue occurred when contacting the feed server. Please let the feed owner know about this issue.
Message from server: UpstreamFailure

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 24/11/2024

SHE: You only watch science fiction! ME: I also enjoy period dramas SHE: Yeah, which? ME: This (… #TheExpanse …)

Bobby Draper (Frankie Adams) and Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo) from season 6 of "The Exapnse".

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 23/11/2024

"That way, Andreja. Deeper into the unknown," Tabitha called out as she stood atop the Sailor Jupiter themed Deimog vehicle. #StarfieldGame

Screenshot from Starfield depicting my character atop the Deimog vehicle while companion Andreja stands in the foreground.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 21/11/2024

FINALLY framed #TheExpanse book covers (the "Dark Crayon" versions), autographed "Dragon Tooth" print, and Jovian slingshot racing chart. Thumbtacks out! Horrible hanging skills in! 😂

Wall featuring hangings (left-to-right) of an Expanse "Dragon Tooth" print autographed by Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, and Wes Chatham; four "Expanse" book covers used in Poland by artist "Dark Crayon"; and "Dragon Tooth" slingshotting chart.

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 19/11/2024

Loot from #TheExpanse "Dragon Tooth" Kickstarter campaign has arrived! Squeee!

Posters, bookmarks, challenge coins, and other associated loot from The Expanse "Dragon Tooth" Kickstarter campaign

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 18/11/2024

if u see this quote with your first ever anime. “Science Ninja Team Gatchaman”, but in USA we called it “Battle of the Planets” and it was highly edited and had additional explanatory segments with a pair of robots and voiceover. Thanks, Sandy Frank 🙄

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Sean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 18/11/2024

Oh good you’re on Overcast!

Screenshot from Overcast showing the Yum Yum Podcast

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