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tallawk

@tallawk.bsky.social

566 followers 1.8K following 1.6K posts

I am Groot. Hubby of @owl369.bsky.social. Go outside. Taking things apart since I discovered Dad's toolbox. Love my family. Prone to bouts of guitar playing. Discovering alternate uses for everyday objects. Evidence & fact based. He/him.

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Whoops. Lol.

A steam deck accidentally running the bootloader for Qubes

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New rail car, meet old rail car. (*new to us)

An EXO coach car facing a Bomber coach car in the shop

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Alright all you rail buffs! The EXO cars are on the property at Frazer. And I know how you all are about the pictures.

EXO car 735 in Frazer Shop

EXO cars in Frazer Shop

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The beatings will continue until morale improves #guitar

Left hand with guitar-string calluses

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Boo! BOO!!! Like, seniority means shite around here, man.

You are on the waitlist for Steam Frame 1TB Kit

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's delicious!

Can of Zep "POWER HOUSE" wax stripper and floor cleaner

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Gunmetal with hi-viz markings, and tactical black, as one needs. Peak performance.

Grey cat with white paws on a couch

Black cat on a windowsill

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

At the Academy of Natural History in Philadelphia today. Save the museum!

An Allosaur, I think? At the Academy of Natural History

The Tyrannosaurus at the Academy of Natural History

Some funky sheep / goats at the Academy of Natural History

A live (!) frog on a leaf at the Academy of Natural History

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Strange.

Arbaz Kakkar5

This MRNA vaccine for cancer is seismic. On the level of penicillin or the polio vaccine.

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Eclipsium is just jaw dropping. Screenshots can't really touch it. Hideous and transcendent. It's on Steam.

Screenshot from Eclipsium. A woman leans against an altar, sad and lost maybe

Screenshot from Eclipsium. It's a burning building in the distance. I think.

Giant woman leans in, eye wide and all-consuming

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Beans thinks it's time to review your bullshit.

Extreme close-up of a grey cat's face glaring at the camera

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Frankie is here for Black Cat Appreciation!

A black cat rolled up in a ball on top of a cat tower

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Today's fun

Cormorants on a buoy at a lake

Nockamixon lake from a kayak

Nockamixon lake from a kayak

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I almost feel like I'm being punked here. Is this what passes for an IMAX screen? This is not what I remember as an IMAX screen.

A so-called "IMAX" screen showing an ad

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A Happy International Cat for the Day

A happy grey cat with white paws looking very international.

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Bummer. Hope springs eternal.

Screenshot of the Steam app, unable to find a Steam Frame. Go figure...

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

exterior_environment_unloaded();

A garage door filled with morning fog

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Saw a toad today.

A toad among the leaves and grass. Tan and brown leopard markings.

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

He looks like a lap-size kangaroo

A grey cat with a white foot laying on my lap. His chonky haunch makes him look like a kangaroo

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Extreme zoom of a B&W infrared kitten with glowing eyes

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Long.

Long cat lay long on the floor with long shadow

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Huh. Timeline. No further comment.

Swanboy post followed by Effin' Birds post

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

OMFG makes life worth living Pork, Sharp Provolone, Broccoli Rabe

Pork, Sharp Provolone, Broccoli Rabe, on a roll. It is the Best Sandwich evar

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Regarding recent bsky challenges:

From XKCD:
AGE OF POST - 2 HOURS AGO - WHAT IT MEANS

THERE'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE OUTAGE - PROBABILITY OF A FIX - VERY HIGH, JUST WAIT

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Chatter chatter #Caturday with Beans the Cat

Grey and white cat chattering at birds outside the window

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

My Pebble Time 2 came in yesterday! @repebble.com

Pebble Time 2 still in its open box

Pebble Time 2 out of box, no strap attached yet. There's a little charger adapter as well. Beans the Cat is supervising nearby.

Pebble Time 2 out of box, no strap attached yet. There's a little charger adapter as well. Beans the Cat is supervising nearby.

Pebble Time 2 on my wrist. Currently running an OG Donkey Kong face.

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The architect, from the matrix

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I haz lap on #Caturday

A gray cat rests on a lap

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Damnit. DAMMIT!!! WHY DID I DO THIS I KNEW I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW AND I STILL DON'T

Google search result for "who or what is sephiroth"

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The grey tux can be a spicy model

Beans the cat sees a tiny bug on the ceiling

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Much cursing was had.

Preparing to replace a garden tractor front tire

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Time to fix the lawnmower. Because this is the hammer I know how to wield. Weld. Whatever. I weld with these because I don't have a welder, or skills, relevant to the past 100 years. Genuine RG60 welding rod FTW. Don't use coat hangers, people.

Undercarriage of a John Deere lawn tractor. Mower deck missing; a piece of it remains

Lawn mower deck. There's a big hole where a mounting gusset was ripped off of it.

A pair of oxy acetylene tanks with gauges.

Actual RG60 welding rod in cardboard tubes.

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Gremlins. #Cats

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

A triptych of late night silliness from Frank. #Caturday

A cat's eye, very close to a night-vision camera.
On left.

A cat's eye, very close to a night-vision camera.
On middle.

A cat's eye, very close to a night-vision camera.
On right.

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I haz special nook. There's no cat here.

It's an open clothes closet. A gray cat peeks out from a shelf on the left.

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It just looks uncomfortable, you know? I guess it keeps the sun out of his eyes.

A gray cat curled up in a tower bed. Body curled one way, but head turned the other.

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I haz the whiskers I chew the tendon #Caturday

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Carnivore-eyed donkey knows how this goes.

The donkey has an evil look in it's eyes

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Om nom Achilles tendon nom nom #cat

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Somehow I feel this is more of where we're at.

The Statue of Liberty. She is facing away from us. She has turned her back.

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Today's excursion

Picture of the Statue of Liberty I took today

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Every year we get random crocus flowers all over the lawn.

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Mood

Listening to War Pigs performed by Gov't Mule in the car

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

OTOH...

Still from "Labyrinth" of Jennifer Connelly with her traveling companion whose name and character I've forgotten, but looks more like RFK Jr. than RFK Jr. does...

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Whoops

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Frecon Farms sounds like an off-world farming co-op in a Heinlein novel

Closeup of a Gala Apple, the SKU sticker indicates it's from "FRECON FARMS"

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I HAZ HELP DAD I HELP NOW

A gray cat has forcibly stuffed his head in Dad's tool bag looking for something to steal

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I do wish they had better grip. But the grippy ones feel tacky on the strings .

Dunlop Tortex .73mm

tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Yay!😁❤️ Frijoles El Gato!

Beans the Cat has sat on my lap!

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tallawk @tallawk.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Met a new fren today

A black an white tuxedo cat gets to know me

A black an white tuxedo cat gets to know me. Looks at camera

A black an white tuxedo cat gets to know me. Gets some scritches

A black an white tuxedo cat gets to know me. Sniffs a finger