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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

If the chyron writer spent more time in a library they would have known that was an unnecessary comma.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Wasn't this a small subplot in the "Poseidon's Children" series by Alastair Reynolds?

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Congratulations, Dennis! You’ve been in our thoughts.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

My first car was a ‘72 Nova. I didn’t exactly love it, but the thing was a tank and it had enough room in the engine compartment to crawl in there and work on anything.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Incredible talk! It was one of the most information-dense sessions I've ever attended. Lots of great things to think about and take back to our library.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Go with the gym membership at first. Find something close to your house or work so it’s convenient. Every time I buy gym equipment for the house it winds up sitting in a corner, then moved down to the basement, then on Craigslist or given away.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Putting a roof on a chicken coop and I got to use my speed square for it’s intended purpose for the first time in years.

Four rafters sitting on top of a chicken coop

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Sunrise over England at 10,000 feet.

Golden crepuscular rays shining down over the English countryside at dawn as seen from the window of an airplane.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Chicken of the Woods mushrooms spotted on today’s trail walk.

Brightly colored orange and yellow Chicken of the Woods mushrooms growing on a downed tree trunk.

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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

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Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

You mean something like this? A Raspberry Pi Zero or even an ESP32 should be able to do it, and both are low-power. www.crowdsupply.com/zerowriter/z...

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Zerowriter Ink

Your open-source e-paper typewriter

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I don't know if this is quite what you're looking for, but this was a book I used to assign to my students. It covers the technology developments that led to the modern Internet and it's a fascinating read. bookshop.org/p/books/wher...

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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

The Origins Of The Internet

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I have a lot of ruth for what you’re saying. It was a word with a lot of feck and gorm. Luckily I kept my couth intact and was kempt by the end.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Met a red-tailed hawk walking around UVA Grounds this morning. We interrupted her trying to grab a squirrel and she wasn’t very happy about it.

A red-tailed hawk sitting on a brick wall under some trees.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

As Jod is my witness, it will always be a hard “G”.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

If your model requires that you ingest the entirety of copyrighted works then you should pay the creators for it. This is not, by any definition, Fair Use.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Copyrighted works do not fit the description of “public data”. And if you need them for training your model then you should negotiate to reimburse artists and authors for their use.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I don’t do trim work very often, and I always second guess myself and do the cuts wrong. So for this crown molding I made four (really six) reference pieces. #carpentry #woodworking #diy

Four pieces of crown molding cut and labeled as samples to correctly duplicate the angle and direction needed for inside and outside joins.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Ah. We’ve reached “depression” in the cycle of grief, then. Progress.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Burning it is the only option now.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I remember going to see Survival Research Labs in Austin many years ago. Glad to see these guys are still around, and apparently still intact.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

About nine years ago I ordered a refrigerator from Lowe’s. After several weeks and multiple assurances it would arrive “soon”, I went up to the store and they admitted they accidentally ordered a Canadian model and it would never come in.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Those are both perfectly reasonable exceptions, in the "not wanting sharp pointy things unscrewing themselves and spinning off in random directions" sense. I still don't understand propane tanks.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Not to mention fittings for propane tanks.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

That looks amazing! What kind of wood did you use?

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Something I wish it hadn’t taken me so long to learn about woodworking is that you’ll probably spend at least half your time building jigs that make it possible to build the thing you wanted to make in the first place. There’s probably a metaphor in there somewhere. #woodworking

Woodworking jig to hold two mitered pieces of wood at a right angle.

Two sides of a box with mitered edges held in place with a custom jig.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I used it for several months when it first came out, but switched over to Strava when I was training for a 25K. Now that I’m more of a casual runner I should go back.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I forgot about this app! Maybe this is the motivation I need to start running again.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Like real fusion, alternative voting methods are always ten years away.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Bought a new hot water heater a couple of years ago and the salesperson at Lowe’s tried to upsell me a model with Bluetooth for an extra $125. I don’t want to talk to my water heater. I want to install it and ignore it for another ten years.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

When I was 15 I worked all summer at a catfish restaurant so I could buy a Commodore VIC-20.

A Commodore VIC-20. The whole computer is integrated into a single unit with a keyboard on top. The computer is beige with dark brown keys and four orange function keys on the right side.

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David Allen Lambert @dlgenealogist.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Years ago my wife's 80ish grandmother came to visit and we took her to a nice restaurant. We knew she liked fried catfish and chose a place that made the lightest, tastiest catfish we had ever eaten. She ate it politely, but when asked she said, "it's fine. Not as good as Catfish King, but fine."

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Growing up in the '70s, my mother always made chocolate chip cookies with Crisco. I've learned to appreciate that butter produces better tasting cookies, but for whatever reason they come out a little fluffier with shortening.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

You have a Golden Retriever, too?

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I wish I could follow you again just for this. Beautiful minis.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Chilly fall mornings mean more snuggles with Clover and Louisa.

A golden retriever and a cat staring at me while we all share the sofa together.

Louisa the cat sitting on my lap staying warm.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

@dieworkwear has convinced me I need a good unstructured tweed jacket to wear with jeans. I think I’m going to have to start scouring the estate sales and secondhand shops in C’ville to find one I can afford.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I was very glad to see you show up here. I love your stories.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Where were these CEOs in October? Why weren’t they out there doing op-eds in the WSJ telling consumers, “Hey, we’re going to double our prices if you elect this guy.”?

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A blue heron eyeing me while minding his own business in a creek.

Photo of a blue heron standing on a rock in a stream.

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Stan Gunn @stangunn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hey #archives friends, you might be interested in this episode of 99% Invisible where Robert Caro talks about what it's like for a working historian to have researchers looking through the 20K linear feat of his archives. Relevant section starts around 31:15. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/604-...

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Roman, Elliott, and Robert Caro: Live in Conversation - 99% Invisible

For 50 years, The Power Broker has remained a landmark biography, transforming how people see former New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses. If you’ve been listening to 99% Invisible’sPower Bro...

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