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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Laser focused like Andrew yeah. If you've forgotten how insanely compact that billiard ball of death was:

Radar image of Hurricane Andrew just before the insanely destructive eyewall of it made landfall. The strongest portions of the eyewall are about the size of Key Largo here.

vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Speaking of filthy things, here's some singlemode fiber that's currently nomode fiber because it's disgusting on the end #fiberoptics

Fiber inspection microscope view of a badly contaminated and possibly damaged termination

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Stay classy, Sacramento.

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

the #piss bliss is yours do not let anyone take it from you #shitpostingloudly

Photo of some urinals with the colors all wildly remapped. It's captioned "embrace the piss bliss"

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I got exactly one picture of myself in this cute outfit and it's me flipping off a GatesAir ULXTE-120 or whatever that heat intolerant petulant LDMOS child is Normally it's fine but holy crap DO NOT let your HVAC fail or you're in for a real one.

A person in a dotted pattern black and white dress flipping both middle fingers at a large broadcast transmitter that has decided to choose 8VSB petulance

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Meanwhile, present day, my cat who we think we've spoiled *sweet* with an absolute beaming smile. I hope she's the happiest baby ever

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Getting ready for overnight tower work

a motorcycle shaped object is parked on a dirt road that leads into the darkness towards a broadcast tower lit by red beacons

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Naughty appliances get put in the OSHA Cage #LOTO #industrialsafety

A lockable bright safety yellow cover for the plug on the end of a power cord, to ensure a device being serviced doesn't get powered up unexpectedly.

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Oh she never wants anything to do with us, especially not sharing cute little boops...

A tortoiseshell cat mostly loafed but raising her little nose up into a boop

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

From the team that brought you the Diacrode, and somehow also baked on the same pyrolytic graphite furnace. Really cool presentation discussing these: indico.cern.ch/event/141534...

Two high power RF amplifier tubes with liquid cooling jackets around the middle

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ZCZC-EAS-OWO-80085 The National Weather Service has issued an advisory for dangerous levels of OwO

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

@discatte the Sony Detector went off

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Yesterday I was so exhausted I kept looking at this can and thinking huh that's an odd looking drawing of Miku

A mermaid on a can of Monster Ultra Blue. Hibiscus flowers, not pigtails

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Cassie would like to remind you that it is *always* time for cuddles #tortie

A tortie cat looking very intently off to the right. Behind her is a shelf with many Squishmallows and similar soft things

A tortie cat, very eepy. Her tail rests next to her nose.

A tortie cat getting scritchies. Her ears and head are sinking down as she becomes one with the cuddle puddle

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Miku got a shower which means I'll hit a super dense cloud of sticky bugs about 42 meters into my morning commute

A gray and black scooter sitting clean in a self service car wash bay. Clean...... for now

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

If you see this, post a princess

A very regal looking tortoiseshell cat. She's very comfy and slumping into a happiness nap

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Awwwww torties are the best!!!

Dramatic airplane earses smiling tortie action shot!

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Cassie approves of my hand on her butt

A tortoiseshell cat loafed with her rump looking quite rotund.

A tortoiseshell cat loafed with a person's hand rested upon her tush

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I saw this come up on a Facebook group and I'm obsessed @a.very.sleepy.galactic.furball.discatte.com we need this for ALL the bikes

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

If you need a 25mm blower, one of the very few brands that carries it has a name that sounds very @foone.bsky.social approved: I found this while looking for an option to replace the very loud fans in some Ensemble Designs BrightEye Mitto converters. I'm not sure if the COOLCOX is too thick though

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Guess who just learned not to trust a fart

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

water heater chastity cages are all the rage this year #fnord

A small narrow water heater that looks like it's stuck in a cage of steel earthquake straps and copper pipes

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Calrec surface booting up

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

First in a series of Amusing Mileages. Can't wait till 6767 and 8008.

The displays on a scooter showing it's at 6666 miles. The windshield is starting to gather droplets from the tule fog.

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Dear Web developers: If your sites have a signup form that does this, kindly fix it by at least adding an Other option. Please use the garden weazle pictured if necessary.

A website input form that has three options, Select..., Male, and Female. It refuses to take leaving it on default as an option.

A rotary cultivator, I believe these went under the Garden Weasel name for a while. It has six angry throwing star looking wheels set at an angle with the spikes crossing between one another to help it dig with a sideways turning motion.

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I got the ability to reset this giant breaker. 600 amps at 600 volts DC. It took almost all my body weight against the handle to reset it!

A large chunky circuit breaker with 600 amps labeled on the handle, which is in the intermediate tripped position between on and off.

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Today I saw these at the store and yeah

A pair of boxes of giant stress balls with a picture on the back of someone's hands gripping and stretching opposing surfaces of the ball in a pose a bit reminiscent of an infamous website. There is no ring on any of the fingers

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Absolutely wild thrift store find tonight: a coverall from a defunct nuclear fuel assembly plant I wish it wasn't like too tight to really move around in but it's adorable either way

A person with pink hair wearing a gray coverall with a Siemens Brennelementewerk Hanau patch on it

The Siemens Brennelementewerk Hanau patch

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Felinus cattus illustrating matter state transition to fuzzy liquid as a result of cuddles and scritchies #tortie

A tortoiseshell cat in a shape possible only to cats. Her little dark colored front peet is on top of the cat puddle and her speckled beans are visible

A puddle of cat with a little smile on top

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Cassie would like to remind everyone that she's cute #tortie #tortiesofbluesky

a tortoiseshell cat sits like a happy loaf

a tortoiseshell cat sits like a happy loaf. She's peeking up a bit more here

a tortoiseshell cat sits like a happy loaf with a big kitty smile

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Having seen what the flywheel and its integrated fan look like, I now understand why I sometimes get sounds while going down the road that are like one of these leaf blowers with all the unpleasant shrillness and loudness filtered off. GIT DEM CLIBBINS GONE!

A Yamaha Xmax scooter parked in front of a field full of funky antennas and pylons

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Hey @yamahamotorusa.bsky.social I would like to know what the design process behind this air box is because it somehow had me simultaneously laughing, swearing, and wanting to scratch my head in confusion with very dirty hands! The filter design leads to unnecessary plastic waste. Weird. #cursed.

The air box of a Yamaha Xmax. The three round holes are rubber plugs covering very deeply recessed screws

The air box with the top cover and engine filter removed. A scoop leading downwards covers the transmission air filter.

A weird foam rubber insert. It wasn't very dirty so I don't think air actually flows through it much.

Product photo of the air filter. It's got a huge permanently attached plastic baffle surrounding it that causes lots of plastic waste.

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

OwO it's time for cuddles

A tortoiseshell cat stretching out with wide eyes and a big smile.

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I'm sorry but driving from Grass Valley to Sacramento should not require going all the way around the opposite side of Lake Tahoe!! Perfect storm of highway closure fuckery today. At least the lake looks pretty

A beach on the edge of Lake Tahoe with dark tan sand and little waves breaking on the edge, with the Sierra Nevadas in the background

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The stereo effect to the sound is hilariously nice somehow I can make it around the dumb circle much more reliably now

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

If you happen to know somewhere that's looking to recruit a person with broad experience in making electronics, mechanical systems, audio-visual and RF systems gobble electrons like these happy fishes gobble flakes, please feel free to get in touch. See also: www.kg4cyx.net/my-resume/

Three fish in the corner of an aquarium with live plants. They're some sort of Rasbora and two glowlight tetras.

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I accidentally bought a dilemma at the surplus place. Saw this cool meter that I thought was just a broken D'arsonval movement type where the needle broke off in handling. Well I was half right, its movement is broken but it's actually a mirror galvanometer!!

front panel of the ammeter showing the scale, the input posts, and range selector. what turned out to be a mirror galvanometer is underneath a round bump at the bottom center with a zero adjust screw like you'd have on a D'arsonval meter.

The meter lit up using a penlight. It projects an elliptical spot highlighting the scale and a small hairline shadow on the indicated current level like a meter needle immune to parallax error

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vxo @vxo.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Okay now that the devil's taint heat wave has broken you're coming out from under there tomorrow

A big scooter hiding under a fabric cover to protect it from sun and tree poop

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