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Scrambler Envoy

@turing-machine.bsky.social
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elder millennial | computer engineer with a history degree | cats | cannabis | sci-fi | cosmic horror | great outdoors

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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#caturday afternoon nap
Tabby cat sleeping on her side on cat tree platform, she has black and tan and orange stripes
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fungi finds from Friday :-) #fungifriends #shroomscrolling
Pink and grey puff ball like slime moulds on decaying tree, wolf’s milk (Lycogala epidendrum)Green elfcup aka blue stain aka Chlorociboria aeruginascens, blue to teal fungus on side of fallen treeClose up of moss and fungi covered stump, tiny mushrooms in foreground and some wolf’s milk pink slime spheres in backgroundAnother view of the mossy tiny fungi, with pink slime wolf’s milk in foreground
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Zzzzzz #caturday night :-)
Grey cat with white paws and pink toe beans sleeping with feet near his noseSmall black cat curled up in puzzle box with one eye looking at camera, on blue felt puzzle table with pieces around Tabby cat half asleep with tan belly up and a paw over her nose, she has tan to grey to white fur with black and orange stripes
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
More late summer flowers , and a tiny spider. #gardening #wildflowers
Pink/purple/red phlox flowers, one has a little white arachnid near the center waiting for next snack or just enjoying the sunHound’s tongue flower close up, cobalt blue, texture almost has a glitter like shineClose up of sulphur cosmos , bright dark orange flower with yellow stamens , little white baby’s breath flowers in the background with some crimson clover and many others out of focus Flower pasture with many pink and purple garden cosmos, orange and yellow sulphur cosmos, many others in a sea of green
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A cat blep and belly for ya on this #caturday
Tabby cat laying half asleep in chair with her tongue out, she has tan and white fur with bits of orange and black/brown stripesTabby cat now rolled over on chair with her white chin upturned and orange tan belly facing the camera
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
M20, Triffid Nebula #astronomy #astrophotography The dark between the star clusters reminds me of a whale jumping from the sea, the nebula the beating heart.
Light blue and reds of the Triffid Nebula (M20) surrounded by many star clusters
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Cool bug :-0 Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth (Hemaris diffinis) #pollinators #flowers #nature
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Splash of color to brighten your week. So many flowers and pollinators round here :-) #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening
Vibrant purple garden cosmos flower close up in flower pasture , other white, pink, yellow, orange flowers out of focus in background in a sea of green leaves Monarch butterfly on a yellow sunburnt cosmos , some red crimson clover and white sweet William flowers around itNeon pink and white plox flowers Close up of red crimson clover flower bud, out of focus flower pasture in background
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Flower pasture and garden hitting their stride. More lettuce than I know what to do with. Hope your day of rest is peaceful and colorful. #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening
Flower pasture with mix of pink silene, white baby’s-breath, orange/yellow poppies, pink garden cosmos, and a yet to bloom sunflowerCopper dragonfly perched on tomato plant leaf with reddish shimmering wings, wood garden stake and distant fence in background before dark green forestRed poppy flower with bright red petals above grey rock with shadows of leavesSulphur cosmos flower with orange petals above out of focus rock and nearby green leaves
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Another nice Vermont/Canada #sunset up in the #NEK
Wide view of sunset across lake behind mountains, grey blue clouds become purple and then bright neon orange till the last yellow strips of sun light hang above dark silhouette of hills and mountainsZoomed in view of sunset across lake behind mountains, grey blue clouds become purple and then bright neon orange till the last yellow strips of sun light hang above dark silhouette of hills and mountains, a few trees of the nearby island visible in the lower left.
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is how I usually find miss L when I come down for a late night snack. She prefers to sleep at the bar.
Young tabby cat laying on a bar stool with little tongue out and eyes closed dreaming
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Seeing the worst people face heat stroke and lightning strikes for the worst human alive and man… couldn’t be me! Had to grab the blanket, down to a chilly 68 here :-) take it easy out there
Joint on ash tray next to pink bic lighter and candle on small wood table in foreground, other patio chairs and table and lights, beyond screened shelter are green trees
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th weekend from NEK #vermont , toasty 85 today but the heat wave end is in sight, blessed 78 at #sunset. Hope you and your’s have a good holiday and don’t blow any fingers off, keep em crossed maybe it will happen tomorrow.
Just after sunset orange glowing skies filled with sunlit clouds over Lake Memphremagog Silhouette of island on lake and sunset orange glowing skies center frame with outline of mountains on distant shore, grey clouds lit up yellow to orange give way to grey blue skies with light white clouds , if you look close lower left you can see ducklings on the water below dark outline of water grasses and reeds
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Flowers, lichen, and mushroom like a flying saucer from walk today #bloomscrolling #shroomscrolling #fungifriends
Water forget-me-not flowers, light blue 5 petal tiny flowers with yellow center and raised white star ridges around it also in fives, washed up reeds and twigs in background with a bit of green leaves Wild rose, hot pink to purple five petal flower with yellow to orange center, green oval leaves with saw-like edges Two large circular lichen spots on old mossy tree limb, white to light teal/blue with a flaky texture Large flying saucer shaped tan mushroom with pores like coral underneath , surrounded by green grass
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Paddling around the lake, came across this bald eagle watching a pair of loons fishing for while. What a nice chill saturday, hope yours was peaceful. #birds #lakelife #bloomscrolling
Trees , blue sky, and wispy clouds, if you zoom in on center tall pine tree you can see a dark outline of bald eagle Zoomed in view of pine tree with bald eagle sitting on branch in top right of frameBindweed aka morning glory flower center frame with large grass leaves above and below the flower, green leaves and tan reeds out of focus in background, flower is pink to light purple with white 5 pointed star pattern in centerA pair of loons on the lake, green tree covered far shore and hill on other side, big white fluffy clouds give way to thin stretched clouds, light blue sky
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
2am… going back for more pollen. #bloomscrolling #fridayflowers
Hot pink rugosa rose with little bee flying back for more pollen
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#sunsets , last week and today
Sunset lit clouds orange to peach to hot pink reflect in the lake waters slightly rippled, silhouette of mountains across the horizon with bit of trees of island visible on left, grey to lavender to orange pink clouds in the light blue sky Sunset lit clouds are blue grey with orange highlights , dark silhouettes	of the island trees and the mountains across the lake , sky is light yellow to orange, lake waters are mostly still grey blue
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Solstice hike #mushroom finds today - #fungifriends
Crown tipped coral fungi, Artomyces - white to beige coral fungi growing vertically on dead tree, ferns and other greenery among trees in the distance at top of frameFallen tree covered in green moss, teal lichen, and some kind of shelf mushroom with rust red to purple almost stripes, green ferns and other fallen trees Tiny orange mushrooms emerging from brown leaves, pine needles, and sticks, sun light catching the forest floor, green tree line and a bit of blue sky visible top of frameOrange aminita mushrooms among leaves and twigs on forest floor, out of focus trees and green leaves and blue sky washed out from bright sunlight
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Take a break from the social sniping gyre and feed your head and soul for a while. Seeing some of the discourses churning here and definitely feels like morbid symptoms everywhere you look. h/t john-steppling.com/2026/06/nigh...
There is a quote of Gramsci that has become remarkably popular. I see it almost every week in someone's post or podcast. And it is from The Prison Notebooks (in English). The quote is: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." It is, interestingly, often misquoted as 'the time of monsters' and not morbid symptoms. I have no idea the reason for this, but I guess the cartoon flavour of 'monsters' appeals to people today. But there is a good reason for the popularity of this idea that Gramsci expresses. The culture of the West is witness to the degrading of nearly everything to do with their daily life. They are also aware of how a sense of doom seems to have descended on western society. Trump himself is a stand-in for morbid symptom. Trump is indeed more symptom than anything else. He is the allegory for the failures of what, in theory anyway, began with the Enlightenment.Today this idea of the brain as a machine — well now the brain as a computer - is enormously popular. This culture of morbid symptoms loves the idea of *progress*, of
straight lines from the mists of history to the Jetson's future. The brain is nothing NOTHING like a machine, or a computer. And nobody has solved the so called hard problem of consciousness. So the morbid symptoms Gramsci prophesied are not a part of this historical continuum, the Enlightenment and Descartian vision of civilization, of mankind. They are closer to psychoanalytic responses to trauma. The unconscious is a given, in a sense. So is consciousness. How can it be other? And people are capable of horrific violence because such violence, in some fashion or other, was visited upon them. Repetition is a basic fact of existence.
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
#caturday night.. belly up, pink toe beans out, watching the tv with one eye open
Grey and white cat laying belly up with one eye open on couch, white foot and pink toes up front, lookin kinda purple from the tv glow
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Get out there and get that bread (fresh air, wild flowers, and blue sky)
Pasture field of yellow wild flowers bordered by forest, light blue sky and white clouds drift to right, barn and some cows just visible at horizon right
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
#forestfriday
Forget-me-nots, little blue flowers with yellow center, among green leaves backgroundZoomed in green moss around trunk of treeFluffy green moss around dead tree stump, blue sky and trees out of focus beyondTrillium flower with 3 white petals and dark pink center , large green leaves , other flowers and forest floor growth coming in, cedar and pine trees out of focus beyond
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This is a cat checkpoint, relinquish your most recent cat picture.
Tabby cat laying in bar stool with tongue out
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
#forestfriday #spring finally making it to the North Pole
Moss, ferns and fallen trees around a stream, sun at top left with blue sky and clouds visible beyond the treesRed trillium flower with 3 petals, greening forest floor and trees out of focus in the background with some blue sky and clouds visible beyond Ferns sprouting from decaying stump, look like covered in spider webs but its the plant, small grey mushrooms visible to right and left of the ferns, beyond a large green moss covered fallen tree White trillium flower with 3 white petals with pink center, large dark green leaves, out of focus forest floor in background
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The water reminds me of st croix, but it’s ice cold. Lake Willoughby, Vermont. 65 degrees and clear skies, snow almost all gone now.
Clear glacial lake water looks sea green to blue from the sandy floor and sky reflection, mountain on the far shore has ridge of green from fir trees near top with exposed tan and grey rock face. If you look close at mountain you can still see some snow and ice. Some lakeside cabins with green roofs visible.
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Coming for ya #caturday
Tabby cat getting up from scratcher with sunlight making her ears glow orange pink, she has black, tan, and orange striping
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Incredibly I still have my 30+ year old copy
Paperback book “On The Beach” by Nevil Shute, title in yellow to red orange stencil font, large orange setting sun on black background. Title page of the book, yellow aging of the paper visible. “On The Beach” Nevil Shute
In this last of meeting places
We grope together 
And avoid speech
Gathered on this beach of the 
Tumid river…
This is the way the world ends-
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
T.S. Eliot
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My boy wishing you a peaceful #caturday night
Black cat looking up while covered with blanket on cat bed
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
moon #astronomy #astrophotography
Crescent moon in black night sky
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Happy caturday
Grey and white cat laying on heating pad with his head upside downTabby kitten curled up sleeping on a bar stool
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Cold clear blue skies to clear the mind. #winterscapes #landscapes #photography
Clear blue sky over frozen snowy lake, a few fir trees at the end of an island in lower left, mountains on the distant shore fade into the sky
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Miss L catching some Zzzzz
Tabby cat sleeping belly up with her paws crossed on a green blanket
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Sunset and moonrise, January 1, 2026. 7 deg F / -14 deg C. #landscape #winterscape #photography
Frozen lake with patchy snow, brown cattails , snow covered houses just visible then the mountain in dark at horizon, sunset orange light turning a few clouds hot pink to orange and purpleWider shot showing the sunset lit pink and orange clouds but also more of the tree covered island to the right, more blue sky visibleEasterly view of frozen snow covered lake, a few trees visible on the left horizon where the island ends, the dark mountains and hills in the distance on the other shore, the sky goes from purple to light red and yellow then blue, a few grew clouds are visibleZoom of Eastern shore lined with trees , a couple houses visible on hill top then large grey cloud with purple to pink sky that turns to grey and blue, with a near full moon as a small yellow disc on the top right, the frozen snow covered lake just visible at bottom of the frame.
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Cozy on the heated bed, waiting for the next blizzard #caturday
Grey cat with white chin, belly and paws laying sideways on heated bed that looks like dirty wool, his back against dark brown ottoman
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Aleuria aurantia (orange peel fungus) #fungi #fungifriends
Bright orange fungus that looks like little suction cups, reflecting light from the water within each fruiting body, growing on decaying wood and leaves among grass
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Unidentified orange mushroom, looks like yellow orange fly agaric #fungi #fungifriends
Single orange mushroom on forest floor amidst leaves, twigs and pine needles, some green moss visible, trees in the distance
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Morchella esculenta aka morel mushrooms #fungi #fungifriends
Ghostly white morel mushroom surrounded by green vegetation with trees in the backgroundTan morel mushroom lit up by the sun amidst grass and other ground cover
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Lycogala epidendrum slime mold aka wolf’s milk on a moss covered log #fungi #slime #fungifriends , these always remind me of dipping dots ice cream.
Dozens of pink spherical fruiting bodies that look like dippin dots on a green moss covered log, surrounded by pine needles and dirt and rocks
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Armillaria mellea aka honey fungus growing at base of tree amidst moss #fungi #fungifriends
Several groups of mushrooms with white stalks and tan caps surrounded by green moss, dead pine needles, and fallen limbsCluster of mushrooms growing from a split in a tree, they have tan and light brown caps, some curled bark and lichen and moss just visible to the right
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Tremella jelly fungi on another lichen and moss covered tree #fungi #fungifriends
Yellow jelly fungi in various irregular shapes surrounded by lichen of different shades of green along with moss
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Fomitopsis bracket fungi on fallen tree #fungi #fungifriends
Larger bracket fungi with smaller one below on side of fallen tree covered in lichen and moss, the fungi have a white outer ring with rust red to black center and are covered in rain dropsAngled view of the same bracket fungi showing another further along the tree, green and white lichen and green moss cover parts of the tree, brown leaves and some green vegetation in lower right
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
#FungiFriday year end review, will start with one of my faves, orange wasp nest slime mold on a dead tree. #fungifriends
Close up of orange wasp nest slime mold that looks like insect nest with orange fuzz , some moss and grey and black bark visibleWider shot of orange wasp nest slime mold with grey bark background
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Christmas Eve snowscapes :-)
Frozen snow covered marsh in foreground, lake and mountains near the horizon, slightly pink sunset clouds mix with grey snow cloudsSnow covered marsh, tan and brown vegetation in foreground, a line of snow covered trees, grey clouds with some pink of early sunsetSnow covered bridge and path, with snow covered trees on either side, grey snow cloud sky, some tan marsh reeds visible before the forest.Zoom in on snow covered trees with some snow covered reeds/cattails just barely visible, black speck in grey sky is a crow mid flight.
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Merry christmas eve eve. Light em if ya got em. Hope you and yours are warm and cozy and finding some peace in these perilous times.
Evergreen spruce tree in the snowSnow covered beach and frozen lake with white out snow skies and single tree covered island on the horizon
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
#caturday she is focused.. catnip tea stocked up, she will not fall asleep and miss the cookie thief this year.
Tabby cat staring past the camera out the window, she has a white chin with orange around a dark pink nose, orange, brown and black stripes on tan fur with big yellow green eyes
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
M42 Orion Nebula , 30min unprocessed, #astrophotography #astronomy
M42 Orion Nebula , looks like red explosion against a grey white concave lid
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
The bagel and cream cheese wanter #caturday
Grey and white cat staring at food out of frame , corner of wood tv tray and green blanket to right
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Happy post Halloween #caturday
3 cats lounging on a cat tree in the sun
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#ngc7000 #astrophotography , North America nebula from a few nights ago
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Scrambler Envoy @turing-machine.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Full moon from Monday evening and early Tuesday morning, sending good fall vibes your way.
Early evening full moon rising to the right of a barn with grey metal roof and vertical cedar planks, some trees with fall foliage visible with orange leaves above the barn and red and brown to the right. Sky is grey blue with light clouds hanging in front of the moon.Early morning full moon composite with black background, moon is light grey with dark grey splotches, impact craters are visible
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