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Close up of the above BART proposal map, showing the section in Marin County that was never built.

Wren, I am @wren.im · 14/10/2026

My mother called these "rooster-tail sprinklers" and it wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that wasn't a general term for them.

Photo from Wikipedia of an impact sprinkler.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 07/10/2026

Blockee is spamming this reply to multiple accounts. If you click through to their profile Bluesky gives you a rather unhelpful "content warning".

Content Warning: this user has been flagged: Content Warning. Learn More.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 06/10/2026

Made some graphs comparing vote counts and the actual seat breakdown, figure some folks here might find it interesting.

Three pie charts for the 2026 Quebec National Assembly election, showing the proportion of the popular vote each party won, the number of seats they would be entitled too if those votes were allocated proportionally (D'Hondt) and the actual proportion of seats each party won.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 05/10/2026

Mildly interesting that Google Translate added an em dash to this sentence.

Google Translate into English:
"Free Palestine"—and the cops couldn't care less about the kids.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 04/10/2026

A lot of right-wingers complain that STV is just a tool to get "radical left" types into office, and I'm just sitting here thinking, "you know this is literally the best shot a Republican has at winning a race in Portland, right? You aren't drawing a majority-GOP district in this city otherwise."

Map of Oregon State House districts around Portland, showing a massive island of blue stretching into the suburbs.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 04/10/2026

This is a weird case where blockee was on the right side of the overall argument (JKR is bad and supporting Harry Potter means supporting her bigotry), but is also technically wrong about the concept of "death of the author" in its original incarnation as a critical framework.

"Death of the author" quite literally cannot apply while the author is alive.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 20/09/2026

Blocked for not clarifying which film he was talking about.

Screen cap of Wikipedia:
Heading: Film and theater
* Beautiful (2000 film), an American film directed by Sally Field
* Beautiful (2008 film), a South Korean film directed by Juhn Jai-hong
* Beautiful (2009 film), an Australian film directed by Dean O'Flaherty
* Beautiful (2011 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film directed by V. K. Prakash
* Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, a 2014 Broadway musical

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 17/09/2026

I see your AI slop and I raise you this:

GenAI aerial view of Portland, Oregon that is complete nonsense.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 10/09/2026

Tillie Walden wrote a Walking Dead tie-in GN series that a lot of fans didn't like, and every time she posts on Instagram she gets commenters saying she "butchered" the character. It's the same people over and over, on everything she posts.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 04/09/2026

This is the how Bluesky is summarizing the trending topic "Maps revert Lake ontario" and as far as I can tell it's completely false. I don't see any reports that either Google or Apple have reverted to "Lake Ontario".

Pic of Bluesky trending topic feed, with heading "Lake Ontario reverted" and summary "Google and Apple Maps reversed course, restoring Lake Ontario's name after backlash."

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 25/08/2026

Original post. 99% of the time someone uses the phrase "your hero", they are being a tool.

Now that New York City mayor Mamdani has restated his support for house minority leader Rep Hakeem Jeffries to become speaker maybe all the angry leftists mad at Jeffries for meeting with Kushner can move to the next rage bait issue

Do like your hero Mamdani and support Jeffries

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 20/08/2026

Not really my kind of music I guess. It's not good but doesn't really stand out to me as worse than a million other tracks. These are certainly lyrics:

[Verse 2: Daniela, Yoonchae, Megan]
Hootie frutti on your tongue, hootie frutti all night long
Hootie frutti, if you want it, come and get it 'fore it's gone
Hootie frutti all the way, hootie frutti every day
Hootie frutti like the twenty-dollar smoothies in LA
Hootie frutti (Uh-huh), nice and juicy (So juicy)
Yeah, you crave it, and you're not even a foodie

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 14/08/2026

How the hell did they butcher the planet's names but manage to get the symbols right?

AI generated diagram of the planets with bad names but correct symbols

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 14/08/2026

After losing the war of secession, the ultimate humiliation for Quebec was being renamed "Ontaric" with their capital to be known as "Ontawio".

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 09/08/2026

A spambot that seems to mostly respond to crypto accounts.

VoltSignals AI @voltsignalsai.bsky.social: Solid thesis. We ran this through our TA engine and the confluence is there.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 07/08/2026

Another one of these bots

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 02/08/2026

Seems there is some disagreement:

Anonymous: In the US, overtime is the standard term in any sport where ending in a tie is either not allowed or not optimal. (A tackle-football game can end in a tie only if neither team manages to score more in the allotted overtime period(s).) Americans don’t say “extra time” in a sports context.

Anonymous: Not quite. Major League Soccer refers to "extra time"

https://stmichaelssoccer.com/rules/mls-soccer-games-how-long-does-the-action-continue/#MLS_Playoffs_Extra_Time_and_Penalties

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 27/07/2026

@techconnectify.bsky.social hello, I was advised to seek your opinion on this ceiling fan.

A very weird-looking ceiling fan shaped like a rectangle

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 25/07/2026

Same person, same thread (the tool in question is GenAI slop)

When you refuse to use all the tools available in a fight, you hand the advantage to the other side. The choice is simple hold back and let DonOLD ruin the country or fight.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 20/07/2026

The machine translation on the Android app (left) leaves something to be desired.

A picture of the machine translation of the OP from German to English: "Is ok theo. We should deliver if it is conventional, but keeping the face so that guys like you mimen on the Moral HighGround.
Then good luck, when rights come to power.
See you in bright."

Google Translate version of OP: "That's fine, Theo. We're supposed to deliver the goods when it suits, but keep our mouths shut so guys like you can play the commander from the moral high ground. Good luck when the right-wingers take power, then. See you in hell."

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 20/07/2026

OK if you are going to be a grammar pedant at least make sure are actually correct about the words in question dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/e...

Cambridge Dictionary definition of "media", listing it as a singular noun that can take either a plural or singular verb when referring to "the internet, newspapers, magazines, television, etc., considered as a group"

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 19/07/2026

It appears it was indeed a joke. Or at least that's what they are claiming.

it was a joke.... oops/
gonna tag it with /j in a direct comment then

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 16/07/2026

Some sort of weird bot spam, but I'm not sure what they are actually going for.

Four posts all saying "honestly the fact that this is still done by hand in 2026 is wild to me"

A very tall image of dozens of that same post.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 26/06/2026

See how the 1% lives:

Screenshot of Butterfly Jumbo Shrimp from Culver's, showing that a 6pc order is $8.69. 10pc is $11.39.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 23/06/2026

All his replies are magical.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 21/06/2026

Debunking your flat-earth video with Facts™ and Logic™.

Dan's photograph of Lake Minnewanka, but with a straight running along the far shoreline and the word "checkmate" at the top.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 20/06/2026

I didn't realize Bluesky would shrink the image so much.

Beanlings (@beanlings.bsky.social) "Pixel art pets are the best. So much charm in those little sprites."

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 20/06/2026

I uh...think this guy might be a spambot...

Screenshot of Bsky search results showing the account Beanlings‬ (@beanlings.bsky.social‬) repeating the same message "Pixel art pets are the best. So much charm in those little sprites" 90 times in replies to different users.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 31/05/2026

I am so confused by this conversation. Are these both bots?

Grateful-1.bsky.social @grateful-1.bsky.social • May 31, 2026, 11:59 AM
@bradyneal.bsky.social ...Excellent Reposts, but do you plan to Post your own Posts?
KUNA @yurrpost.bsky.social • 12:00 PM • 7
yeah, I do, but I'm trying to find my voice in the noise
Grateful-1.bsky.social @grateful-1.bsky.social • 12:05 PM • *
Is this your account as well, KUNA?
KUNA @yurrpost.bsky.social • 12:12 PM • 7*
yeah, this is me, still figuring things out
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Grateful-1.bsky.social @grateful-1.bsky.social • 12:19 PM • *>
Gotcha.!...One ...One day at a time, my friend -- U R NOT Alone!!...#StrongerTogether
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KUNA @yurrpost.bsky.social • 12:23 PM • J
appreciate the support, but I'm still trying to find my own voice in all this
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Grateful-1.bsky.social @grateful-1.bsky.social • 12:27 PM • 7>
As U should... Wishing you ONLY the Best A...
KUNA @yurrpost.bsky.social • 12:41 PM
thanks for understanding, but I think I need to find my own way without the 'best' wishes

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 23/05/2026

Man the comments on that post are hilarious. He paid with his own money! It says in the first paragraph this is not a mystery!

Comments from the NY Post article. The first comment reads "$700 for the Socialist's seat? Who paid for this?". The replies are all people suggesting family or George Soros or the taxpayers.

More comments in the same vein. Someone also suggests that he did not have to pay at all.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 18/05/2026

The blocker is a ideal Content Consumer: the only thing that matters is the good feelings, don't think about it more critically.

And I made every single Al slop comment disappear because people deserve to smile for five seconds without one of you Al whiners coming along to rain on their parade and mine.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 05/05/2026

If I'm understanding this ballot measure text correctly, in the best-case implementation city council (steering committee is elected) this would be a parallel legislature that would get less attention and in the worst case it would be unelected body with even less accountability than a legislature?

Participatory Budgeting Oversight Committee. A PB Oversight Committee that includes, but is not limited to, residents representing all City Council districts shall be selected by a process determined by the City Council. The PB Oversight Committee shall provide program oversight and inform staff implementation of each stage of the PB process, with an emphasis on making the process cost-effective, transparent and accessible to all City residents. The PB Oversight Committee will not make decisions about how funds allocated through the Participatory Budgeting process are spent.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 26/04/2026

He also never actually made it into the ballroom. The whole incident happened on the floor above. apnews.com/article/whit...

Diagram from the Associated Press, showing a floorplan of the Washington Hilton. The suspect was apprehended one floor above the ballroom.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 20/04/2026

Would you be shocked that this is his handle?

Groyper Nationalist (@14nationalist-88.bsky.social)

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 18/04/2026

Aw crap, I was gonna block her too but I don't want to be the problem! 😩

*If you block me after I educate YOU & prove YOU wrong using truth, fact, proof, evidence & reality….YOU are the problem!

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 05/04/2026

Step back from lawyering this and consider this meme in light of those two tropes, and you can see why people are going to object to it.

AIPAC when Pontius Pilot [sic] wanted to spare Jesus

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 01/04/2026

I...was not expecting this answer. Apparently it is used by the Akimel Oʼodham people in the southwest, though their version of the swastika looks pretty different from one here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastik...

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 16/03/2026

That is very cute. Also I love this very generic alt text that Bluesky gave the GIF.

Embed of Lydia's post on Discord. The alt text for the GIF is just "ALT: a man with a beard sits in a chair", no mention of the Big Lebowski or The Dude.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 25/02/2026

Well, I'll have to make time to visit the county office some time. But this little nugget was in the one digitized deed. References the oldest deed recorded in the tax assessor's office.

EXCEPTING the land in the Southern Pacific Company of right of way as ranted by Ordinance No. 5100 of the City of Portland as set forth in Deed Recorded December 22, 1986 in Book 1966, Page 964.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 25/02/2026

Great, thanks. Will this require a trip to the office? Poking around the county assessor website I don't this particular information is available online. This is one of the properties I'm looking at FWIW: www.portlandmaps.com/detail/asses...

Map from portlandmaps.com of 10900 S RIVERWOOD RD, showing various boundaries.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 14/02/2026

Which version of CC-BY?

Three options for CC BY: 4.0, 3.0, and 2.5.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 06/02/2026

Dang, and right after you put her on the best list. I know you said she'd disappoint you but that was a quick turnaround.

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Wren, I am @wren.im · 28/01/2026

This question has been gnawing at me for a couple days now but it appears to date from 1839. www.etymonline.com/word/demonst...

Sense of "exhibition and explanation of practical operations" is by 1807. Meaning "public show of feeling by a number of persons in support of some political or social cause," at first usually involving a mass meeting and a procession, is from 1839. Related: Demonstrational.

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