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SwordFox

@swordfox.bsky.social
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Writer, Colorist, Gamer, Agoraphobe

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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
There's chancesof storms through the weekend. Already got a thunderstorm here. A loud thunderclap and a power flicker have moved me to my tablet until this passes. Thinking about my next art commission already though, since people I watch have opened up slots.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The past three days have been humidity and high temperatures. The heat wave might not give anyone over here a break until maybe next Wednesday. But right now I feel like I'm half-melted.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
My dad had to be taken to the hospital this morning. He hasn't felt too great for a few days and this morning he had trouble getting up. His left arm bothers him and a few other spots too. I'm watching the house while everyone else is out. Already feeling the anxiety from the emptiness in here.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Since the storms are a multi-day affair, and scattered, I'm going to be in a paranoid mode. Already charging my tablet, though it'll be an offline e-reader since it is strictly wi-fi only. Speculation suggests this mess might extend into Saturday. But the news only mentioned today and tomorrow.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
There's "weather alert days" issued for today and tomorrow. TL;DR: Risks of strong thunderstorms today between 1 and 2 PM EST. Again tomorrow between 2 and 4 PM EST. Strong winds, possible hail and floods, non-zero threat of tornadoes, and moderate power outage risks. But its "scattered" storms.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
So the weather recently has been very damp. From Thursday to this morning. Rain. On and off, light to moderate. Forecasts are wondering about some localized flooding. And the rain will be a thing until maybe Wednesday. Oh, power outages are possible. Had a few noticable browouts already.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
There are still issues with my ISP. Their tests and monitoring have detected intermittent connectivity at the CO. Second time in around 3 days or so. They said it is at capacity, but also the switches in it may have a problem. The techies were thinking about custom ordering replacement hardware.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
When your internet goes down. For no good reason. And you have to wait until the morning to find out why it went splat.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It is kind of crazy when you talk to your ISP about your internet service dropping your connection, even if the sync to their nearest server is still green...only for your modem to reconnect on its own before they can start the diagnostic tests. They don't know why it happens. Not paid enough.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Wind advisory until 7 PM tomorrow. My internet lost its connection to my ISP again (first time in four days give or take) and I had three little power flickers. The wind is getting stronger, so I'm battening down the hatches.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I am getting a little stressed. My internet connection became more unstable today. It broke its pattern. Me and anxiety are not friends.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The annoyed grumbling about what Discord is pushing out in March? It is getting around. The memories of 70k stolen photo IDs back in October 2025 is still fresh in people's memory. That wasn't Discord's fault, but a third party partner's. It is still raising concerns of security and privacy.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Another storm will begin later today, almost a whole week after the prior one. Not as much accumulation is expected, but it will be a wetter snow. And this time the "weather alert days" extend until Sunday at 7 AM. Side news, not weather stuff. Having an itch to write again. Ideas are formulating.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The last 18-ish hours before the storm hits. To those currently in the line of fire of this winter storm like I am, good luck.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Weather Alert days for the weekend. Snow will be the primary precipitation type. Freezing rain will be the major threat. The cold front will make things difficult as well. They don't know how far north it will reach yet, only that it is anmajor winter storm.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Recently it has come to my attention that Verizon had come out and admitted that it had a major outage in its "mobile voice and data" systems on Jan 14th that lasted for approximately 10 hours. From what I can tell, DSL internet is supposedly processed by the same core equipment as mobile. (Cont)
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The disconnects from the internet continue. So there's a ^ PM one, a 7 PM one, a 3 AM one, and a 7 AM one. Almost always near weekends and Wednesday it seems. Still going to keep an eye on it, and still looking at my options.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Wind advisories tomorrow from 6 AM to midnight for at least 20 areas in my state. Starting to get a sinus headache too. Being a living barometer sucks. o_o
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Still having internet issues it seems. It settled down for a couple of days, then fired up again about 10 minutes ago as of this post. Ugh. This is a pain.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Slightly belated happy new year!
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The last couple of days were nice and warm. But along comes winter to remind us that the cozy days are over. Wind advisory until noon tomorrow. Pushing the warm air out, dropping temperatures back to the cold of winter once again. And windy days like these can knock things around. Cause problems.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
More snow may be coming on Friday. This recent snow storm has been the earliest in the winter that it snowed since 2018. The snow blindness is real.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Weather alert days are a pest. So anyway, I don't really post much here. Mostly because I forget to do so a lot. Recent updates? Some art done, other ideas submitted, two art ideas accepted and paid for. And a winter blanket brought in from the storage shed.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Winter weather has come. A weather alert day is going up for this coming Tuesday. Forecasts project sleet and/or freezing rain. Nobody here looks forward to this stuff, except maybe kids. So the best we can do is brace for it.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Thunderstorms again. Fun. Might mean more power outages. And there's a larger chance for more storms this coming Thursday too. Gah.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Power is out. Lovely.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I have doscovered "Lop & Ochō". Holy crap. Geno Studios put a lot of effort into incorporating a number of SW elements into that short. Hints of it in the music too; the trumpets and trombones and drums for one scene, then later in another scene I heard a few notes of the lietmotif of the Force...
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Been seeing a few short-lived disconnects from the internet lately. The most recent one was confusing. The modem still showed as connected in its WebGUI and the physical status lights corroborated this, but my PC and tablet insisted there was no internet connection for about 4 minutes.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
My tablet doesn't have a mobile carrier thingy, so whenever the power goes out, my tablet becomes a glorified offline e-reader.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
More storms. Severe thunderstorm warning issued. Hail possible, low chances for a tornado. Wind gusts. Scattered power outages likely. Nature is not yet done being mean. Already hearing distant thunder. Making sure my tablet is charged just in case.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Day 2 of the rains. Now with loud thunderclaps. This weather system is still doing a number on the area.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
So... A few days of rain ahead. Today is going to be a whole day of it, sometines heavy. No thunderstorm though, but still enough rain for flood watches to be in effect. The rain is already messing with the power a bit. So people are going to be bracing for that here.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Its been a fairly nice day so far. Quiet, but nice. I should probably try to write more, but Oblivion Remastered calls to me. When will they remove those funky bears from female Khajiit? Looks seriously out of place on them. o_o
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
We have storms today. However I have snacks and some youtube while it lasts. My version of "netflix and chill" is "youtube and snacks". :p
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I spent most of the day passed out in bed. 💤 However, my phone/internet provider id show up today and they repaired the busted cable in the ditch across the street right quick. The break in the cable was shorter than they thought. Had to re-splice a lot of things though.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This is why our phone and internet service died. Some idiot cut the underground cable while making preparations to lay out more underground cables. My service provider is probably going to be "having words" with whatever company did this.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I'll be brief. I don't use this much. I am working on building more of a presence. However I hit a snag. At 11:07 AM on the 15th, my landline phone service cut oút. No dial tone. No DSL either. Status: waiting for technician to diagnose the problem.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Power looks like its back on at home according to the electric company's outage map. Already on the road and heading home. In the rain. Supposed to be on alert for potential flooding in some areas west of the Blue Ridge Parkway. I'm not on that side of it, so I should be fine.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
So... Power came back briefly, according to the neighbors. It didn't last. It went down again at 7:23 PM and now, as I look at the outsge report, it just says "assessing condition" for its repair time estimate. Fricking wonderful. Thanks, nature, I hate it. Power please. A cold, dark house sucks.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I've shacked up at a motel to try to wait this out. We'll see what things are like tomorrow.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
So 1120 people in my immediate area lost power at 7:23 AM today, myself included. Since then, that number dropped to 417. That's promising. But this winter storm isn't done with us yet. Some of us may not get power restored until 11 PM on Friday the 14th. Stay safe out there, and warm.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
So it begins. Another winter storm. Or rather a set of winter storms. Under a winter weather warning until tomorrow at midday at the earliest. Chances of power outages in my viewing area is moderately high considering the other storms are going to bring sleet and freezing rain.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Still think this is a crappy start to 2025. :p
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
2 weeks ago I had something of an internet outage. The cause was the ISP's equipment stopped issuing customers any IP addresses so we could go online. Same thing happened again this morning at around 7:15 AM. Was much faster to fix this time, inside of 30 minutes. This is going to be monitored.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
So I just had an internet outage that lasted for almost 2 days. TL;DR: equipment failure at the provider's local office serving my area. They conducted repairs and people were getting their internet back. Me? They forgot to reset the IP addresses list; my modem was asking for but not getting them.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Also on the list is getting the water pipes thawed. No power > well water pump is off > water freezes in the pipes > no water
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Made it home. Getting cozy. Putting "get all those fallen tree branches off the yard" on the to-do list. Can't forget about the other storm still on its way this Friday either.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Well, the moni vacay at the motel is over. Heading home now.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
But another winter storm is coming by Friday. Kind of jittery about that one. ... I fricking hate winter.
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SwordFox @swordfox.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
So that winter storm passed through overnight between the 5th and the 6th. It knocked out power for 735 people in my area and thousands across the state. I shacked up at a motel so I could recharge my tablet and also to avoid freezing. Will be heading home tomorrow morning since power was fixed.
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