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parker higgins

@xor.blue
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computer person, dancing animal

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parker higgins @xor.blue · 27/09/2026
go libs
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 26/09/2026
weather happening in new york city
Crazy orange pink sky over 14th street in Manhattan in advance of the Nor'easter approaching
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 23/09/2026
there are about 7 of us! But it's me! Thank you for solving!
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 22/09/2026
heyyy today's the fifth anniversary of my first mainstream crossword publication! what a ride those years have been
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 20/09/2026
maybe a spreadsheet (google docs?) with the POM0000xyza ID in the first column? the ones the bot uses are all in this category (the standard formatted ones) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
commons.wikimedia.org
Category:USDA Pomological Watercolors - Wikimedia Commons
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 20/09/2026
yes, i would incorporate any volunteer effort! there are around 8000 of them
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 15/09/2026
here's how the mets could still make the playoffs:
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 11/09/2026
it's wild that my phone hasn't made a noise since 2004 and also every time i've been at a play somebody's goes crazy
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 11/09/2026
the trick is to surrender to the flow
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 10/09/2026
yes iirc it was right around 9 on the nose!
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 10/09/2026
these are (at a quick glance) my 3 faves of waaaay too many that i took tonight! felt very lucky to see them in a room this small
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 10/09/2026
angine de poitrine at le poisson rouge tonight
Angine de Poitrine guitarist, in costume with hat triangle illuminated and arms akimboBoth members of Angine de Poitrine facing each other on stageAngine de Poitrine guitarist leading back to shred
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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 09/09/2026
pioneer apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1905
pioneer apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1905
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
it sounds like apple is once again charging money for their products. i don't know why any of you are surprised – that's how they get ya. it all comes down to the almighty dollar, my friends
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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 08/09/2026
I've looked at literally thousands of online event listings over the past year and a half and now I have Opinions™ about how they should be structured, perhaps you would be interested in these if you also run events or you just enjoy a slightly exasperated blog post phirephoenix.com/blog/2026-09...
phirephoenix.com
things I wish every event organizer would do for their event listings
Hello yes, I am aware that it’s been almost a full year since the last post. This is largely because running Show Up Toronto and writing a newsletter for it every week takes a lot of time and energy. ...
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 06/09/2026
scale choice would be "pretty easy," i just didn't do it because i thought it would crowd the interface. midi export would be kind of a bear just because of the libraries i'm using
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 06/09/2026
honestly? me too
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 06/09/2026
also true for me
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 05/09/2026
if i don't say "honestly" in the sentence 👏 I'm 👏 lying
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 03/09/2026
downthread bsky.app/profile/bart...
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 03/09/2026
people love misattributing quotes 🫶
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 03/09/2026
we didn't love google resolving disputes over place names and borders so it magnanimously delegated that to a neutral third party. which, unfortunately, was the federal government
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 03/09/2026
I have the sense that tech companies intentionally outsourced editorial control of their maps after hand-wringing in the past decade about them having too much cartographic influence. Times are different now but that's a tough break
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 29/08/2026
i don't want to put words in his mouth but knowing your work i bet he just respects good craftsmanship! what's it for if not that!
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 29/08/2026
huh! i drink my coffee black and i feel like im learning a whole world of lingo i didn't know existed!
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 29/08/2026
milk and two sugars!
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 29/08/2026
do you know what "a coffee regular" is? and where are you from?
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 27/08/2026
oh my god we have to update the HOMES mnemonic... to SHAME
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 27/08/2026
A mirror selfie in a Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 26/08/2026
Oh we might've been at the same Alphaville screening! I've also caught Solaris and Space is the Place
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 26/08/2026
can you even imagine the faxes that passed through that machine 🥹📠
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 26/08/2026
earlier this summer I had the immense privilege of seeing Dolly Parton's personal fax machine on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame
A Brother fax machine with the label "before the internet era, Dolly used this fax machine to personally conduct her business affairs"
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 23/08/2026
yes, they're doing 2ams and 6ams 7 days a week for this, and every one is sold out
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 23/08/2026
(had to get on a train at 5 this morning to see the 6am showing of the odyssey in IMAX 70mm, got me thinking)
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 23/08/2026
i think for me it is 4am. pretty unlikely in both directions though!
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 23/08/2026
just thought of a fun question: what time of "the middle of the night" are you equally likely to experience as late night or early morning
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 21/08/2026
that's the good stuff!! but earnestly, the approachability for other users is just so much higher than with any other database form factor
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 21/08/2026
we get a console in the browser! i just want one everywhere
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 21/08/2026
i have been thinking lately how much i would like a little REPL in my spreadsheets that could read from the different variables in the doc. probably too weird a combo for most users! are we still talking about spreadsheets
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 21/08/2026
for a lot of people, spreadsheet software is where they got started constructing! for real!
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 21/08/2026
for example, bsky.app/profile/xor....
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 21/08/2026
not commenting on the topic of the day except to note that i love spreadsheets
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 19/08/2026
Brooklyn Cyclones management acknowledged they had failed to pay employees the appropriate amount of tips and reimbursed at least one employee for lost wages, following a recent investigation by The City Reporter.
buff.ly
Brooklyn Cyclones Admit They Dropped the Ball on Worker Tips
A manager from Diamond Baseball Holdings addressed concessions staff about a recent City Reporter investigation that uncovered rampant wage theft, promising to make workers whole.
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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 18/08/2026
kurokuma persimmons, painted by royal charles steadman, 1925
kurokuma persimmons, painted by royal charles steadman, 1925
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trains botting @choochoo.xor.blue · 18/08/2026
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🌒️ 🌳 🌲 🌲 🌲 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 🌲 🌳
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 18/08/2026
sorry for a drive-by comment but i just want to register that this sounds soooooooo good
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 17/08/2026
of course, but in a way that is orthogonal to "rarity," right? There are many reasons not to destroy a book
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 17/08/2026
the thing that always blows my mind is like... it still could! if you make a boatload of money, you can invest and it can continue to grow generationally
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 17/08/2026
if adverb overuse ever becomes an AI writing tell, so help me—
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