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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

First new ink in a while. Really liking the bright orange. Rohrer & Klingner Sea Buckthorn. #FountainPens

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

BREAKING: AG Bondi releases Epstein list, says she found it in her couch cushions.

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Last July 1 was the immunity ruling. This July 1 the Führer is touring a concentration camp while the viceFührer and GOP Senate take away healthcare from millions to line the pockets of the uberwealthy. When those responsible are lined up against a wall, the chant will be Remember the First of July.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This audiobook, going on discount today, feels eerily on theme. Who wants to disassociate with me?

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Happy Canada Day, not only to those who celebrate, but also to those who stare longingly across the border, dreaming of once again living in a North American, non-fascist government.

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a poster that says happy canada day in red letters

ALT: a poster that says happy canada day in red letters

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I find it fascinating that the sci-fi writers of the 50s. 60s, and 70s—who really only had knowledge of fairly rudimentary programming—have been so on0target in predicting the moral choices, and the misbehaviors, the AI would make.

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OpenAI's 'smartest' AI model was explicitly told to shut down — and it refused

An artificial intelligence safety firm has found that OpenAI's o3 and o4-mini models sometimes refuse to shut down, and will sabotage computer scripts in order to keep working on tasks.

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Today's aging indignity: My wife just made a wisecrack, and I responded by snapping a suitably sarcastic thumbs up. My wrist made a wretched cracking, grinding noise she could hear from the other side of the room, and now my wrist hurts to move. So there's that.

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Belated Mother's Day brunch.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

My co-workers' view today.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Got my favorite pen back from the shop today. I was having an extra section made so I can't use the other main kind of nib. Which means now I can use my favorite nib in this pen. #FountainPens

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

We just met a mid-size dog out on the speedway trails that had an epic, drama-queen meltdown when I told her humans that she could not come to say hello to Clove because Clove is scared of dogs. Literally fell to the ground howling and pounding the ground in a Fred-Flintstone tantrum.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

OMG y'all. Would you just look at this baby bunny that I saw out in the yard tonight? There's at least three of them. And I swear I could fit two into the palm of one hand. I'm a 52yo man and I 💯% squeed.

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Happy Gotcha Day to this little bundle of neurosis. Just look at that glow up compared to 2 years ago.

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Little man didn't want to be alone, so he pulled a box off the kitchen table and dragged it into my office.

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Oooooo. I forgot this came out today. Yay, pre-orders.

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This Wednesday I'm restricted to a liquid diet. Today and tomorrow I have a very slightly restricted diet. And of course everything I want for a three-bite snack, right now, is all the stuff I can't have.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

She had a rough Monday. (Narrator: no she didn't)

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Part one in a new series called "Stupid shit I own, that I'm not getting rid of when we move." My aunt gave me this stuffed, mounted moose head for my birthday, probably 30 years ago, and it's hung over every desk I've had since then.

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I've been on hold with the hospital GI clinic for about 10 minutes, and right now I'm, taking bets on what will send me into a monday-morning rampage first: A. The hold music loop is only 28 seconds long B. It's not seamless, and there's a garbled glitch-stutter with each loop

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I guess I'd better make a dental appointment. Yesterday, part of a tooth just crumbled. It's one I had a root canal on long ago, so it doesn't hurt, but I'm gonna bet I have a crown in my near future.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Last night was the first night since I got my shoulder tattoo that I was able to sleep without a shirt. And even though I took me a while to fall asleep... It was soooooooooooo good.

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Nutmeg is trying to understand what Eggnog likes so much about this particular box.

What is your quest? E.g., The Before

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I got Nutmeg to pose for you

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Started off the day with one compost bin, and now we have three.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I always feel like they're one-upping me when I say, "have a nice day," and they answer back, "have a great weekend."

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Writer's group tonight. I've had so much trouble recapturing this character's voice, and I'm not sure I'm up to striking out tonight. Maybe I'll just outline or make notes... ...or maybe I'll just suck it up and try again. Someone tell me this story is worth it.

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a drawing of a man sitting at a desk with a pencil in his hand and a paper with a loading symbol on it

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

In this modern day the #Papal #Conclave nonsense just seems out of touch. I wanna see pope candidates subsist on meager rations for 20 days and try to rally their base to not get voted off. I want them dice onions, and the last one to finish a proper 500g has to leave the competition immediately.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

There have been box developments. He found a small, small box in the the small box.

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I'm almost 53 and I have yet to meet a man that understands that the whole "men age like wine, women age like milk" thing isn't a ding against women, but is actually an indictment of men. The lesson is that the perceiver is the variable.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This is the only unsolicited pic I'm sending.

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The tattoo is now 3 days old, and we have reached the unrelenting itch stage.

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

If I disappear for a while, please know that I'll miss you all, and please ignore the news coverage about me. All those coworkers deserved the killing they're gonna get. I accept the fact that sometimes I'm the dumb one at work--I'll even laugh about it....🧵

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Taking it easy this evening with a light salad and Masterchef Australia on the tele. P.S. - Masterchef Australia is so very different from the US version, and it's the nicest cooking competition on TV.

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I'm not sure that young me would consider this a victory, but this weekend I got a new tattoo that I've been thinking about for a couple of years, and tonight we have clean sheets... And I'm taking that as a win.

Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Looking for a Mother's Day card with the approximate sentiment of, "You did fine, and now you're a maga lunatic."

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Dale @thegreatroe.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Some days I like to think I'm an adult. And other days I'm forced to admit that when we were trying to decide what country to emigrate to, my first argument was that in France the cornichon is the default pickle.