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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

I have just received the most pathetically amateurish fake PayPal payment notification #scam I have ever seen. Regard it and laugh hilariously. Should you see such in your own mailbox, point, jeer, and please, **please** , do not neglect to fart in its […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

A fraudulent notification using Microsoft and Power BI branding. It states, "Amber Johnson has shared the Power BI scorecard If you do not recognize this payment, please contact our support team at +1 (805) 331-8804 with you." Below this, more text repeats the phone number and claims a transaction of $854.99 to "Pay-Pal BTC Store" was detected. A teal button at the bottom reads "View the scorecard >."

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

[Multiple levels of report nesting from OP] From original poster Jackie Singh, via a tortuous route through half the bloody social networking services on the planet: (fragmentary image included only for reference) > This lady is mystified why Trump's […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

A nested screenshot showing an unrecognizable fragment of a presumed government web form with a box "WHITE" checked followed by *sub-categories* 'German', 'Irish', 'English', 'Italian' and possibly more

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2025

In which Rick #Riordan **_nails it._** > "Ah, yes, the occasional 'Why did you put gender fluidity in your book, your agenda is ruining the story' comment. Perhaps what is ruining the story for that reader is their insistence on believing that a non-cishet […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

A screenshot of two tweets by Rick Riordan.

First tweet: "Ah, yes, the occasional 'Why did you put gender fluidity in your book, your agenda is ruining the story' comment. Perhaps what is ruining the story for that reader is their insistence on believing that a non-cishet character's right to exist in a story is an 'agenda'?"

Second tweet continues: "And of course, if the reader is wondering why I put gender fluidity in a Norse mythology story... that reader doesn't know much about Norse mythology."

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/12/2025

Rand Paul speaking out against mid-term ~~redistricting~~ gerrymandering. You know, **_gerrymandering is a solvable problem._** Here's how you solve it. You don't even have to change the ballots. • You hold the election just as usual. You can use the same […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

Screenshot of a social media post by Aaron Rupar quoting Rand Paul: "Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: 'I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension and possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat and they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel like they're not represented.'" Below the text is a video still of Rand Paul, wearing a suit and red tie, speaking on "Meet the Press." The U.S. Capitol building is visible in the background, to Paul's left. The video has mute and closed caption icons.

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

Self-reward for driveway clearing and replacing the two sheared shear-pins in the snowblower. Reward your labors with tasty #food.

A white and periwinkle-blue floral plate holds eight pieces of homemade sushi. Six pieces contain salmon, cream cheese and lobster spread, the other two contain hard-boiled egg and turkey. (Hand amended because LLMs can't count.)

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2025

#Publishing update: As of this morning In Flux is live on Kindle and in softcover print, though the print edition has not listed yet.

Book cover showing a strong-willed woman in a brown hunt jacket sitting in an ornate chair, while a man in more working-class clothing stands behind her, holding a lance of non-human design made of purplish metal. They are in a courtyard with a large, ornate building in the background. The title "In Flux" is at the top in script matching the metal of the lance. At the bottom, in purple capital letters, is the author's name "SEAN FENIAN", and then in smaller lettering, "Fenian House Publishing".

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2025

Book publishing work. Physical therapy session. Grocery run. Unload. More editing work. Make five pizzas including a deep-dish based on Chicago style. Scramble midstream because one ingredient was out and one pizza got the wrong sauce. Tired now... On […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

A digital painting of a serious-looking woman in 19th-century riding dress sitting in an ornate chair, while a stern man in a vest and sleeves stands beside her, holding a long, lance-like weapon with a blue gem. They are on a light-colored tiled patio in front of a grand, intricate stone manor. The title reads "In Flux" in script textured to look like a purplish brushed metal, matching the lance. Text at the bottom of the cover reads "SEAN FENIAN Fenian House Publishing", also in purple.

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2025

MAGA wives, check your husband's phone ...

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2025

**_Sneak Preview_** The current working draft #cover for my #upcoming #novel _In Flux_ , with cover #art by @Cj_Evelyn@mastodon.social

Draft book cover for a novel titled "In Flux", by Sean Fenian. The illustration shows a strong-featured woman in turn-of-the-century upper-class English riding clothes, seated in an ornate chair. A man dressed in upper-working-class clothes stands just behind her and to her right, from the viewer's perspective, holding a lance-like weapon of non-human-looking construction upright at his side, the butt resting on the ground. The two are in a walled patio in front of a building with ornate 17th to 18th century architecture, with elaborate stonework and extensive glazing. The title and author text have a purplish brushed metallic appearance that matches the lance. A faint glitter seems to be forming around the title text.

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2025

If you know anything at all about household electrical wiring, then this is a great visual illustration of how #LLM "#AIs" **_don't actually understand anything_**. (And if you don't, then I'll try to explain.) If you know nothing about household wiring, the […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

Replacing Outdoor Electrical Receptacle. Most likely wiring scenario for USA. An illustration shows the wiring of a grey outdoor electrical box with a dual beige outlet. Wires are labeled: Hot (Red), Traveler (Yellow), Ground (Green), Hot (Black), Neutral (White), Ground. The wiring shown in the illustration makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Not even the number of wires match.

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2025

The lint trap and screen on an LG dryer. Stray lint, sand and other debris end up packing down into the bottom of the lint trap, beneath the screen, and keep it from properly seating. Then the top corners protrude, and snag strings and laces on clothes. The […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

Close-up of an LG dryer's lint trap, which reads "CLEAN AFTER EACH USE," showing a slight layer of lint in the screen. The lint screen is partially extended to show clearly where it goes in.

A handheld vacuum cleaner held next to the lint trap slot. The long extension nozzle on the hand vacuum is clearly not long enough, and too wide, to go into the lint screen slot to clean it out.

The same handheld vacuum now has a long "aardvark nozzle" made from white PVC plumbing parts and bendable copper pipe attached in place ot its own extension nozzle. The "aardvark nozzle" will quite clearly easily fit into the lint screen slot, and is more than long enough to reach all the way to the bottom.

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2025

This is _doubly_ beautiful. **FIRST** , because CD Projekt Red put _actual manhole specification markings_ on manhole covers in the game Cyberpunk 2077. And **SECOND** , because they used the _wrong_ specification **and a German player NOTICED.**

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2025

Good gods. Talk about **first world problems**. #Trump complaining that it's a "horrible situation" that **the presence of his Secret Service detail on his#golf courses _made it difficult to cheat at golf without anyone knowing_.**

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2025

**(3/3)** If I were to encrypt a message using my private key, anyone with the public key could decrypt it and read my message. They would also know something else: only someone with that private key could have encrypted it. So long as you believe I’m the […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

A screen capture of a mail sending dialog on the Mac, showing the message As digitally signed by the sender, Robert Auerbach

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2025

From Rosie O'Donnell. (I don't have a link to the original post, sorry, only a forwarded capture.) Full transcript in alt text.

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2025

And ... _Godthief_ went live in 45 minutes from completing the upload. This is actually way faster than I was expecting; I was targeting June 1 as an official release date. All this, and ahead of schedule too!

Cover for Godthief, by Sean Fenian, shows a scruffy-looking young man with tousled blond hair sitting facing a silvery-haired goddess in a simple white dress, in front of carved marble columns on a white plain. Ornate buildings can be seen in the distance.

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2025

My latest novel _Godthief_ is in the release pipeline, and will be available shortly on the Kindle store. (Yes, I have a background task to diversify into other eBook stores as well.) _Godthief_ is a standalone fantasy novel set in an alternate world that […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

Cover illustration for Sean Fenian's new novel Godthief

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2025

**What. The. Actual._FUCK_. #Thunderbird?** Thunderbird just updated. The new version implements a new "#Cards #View" of messages, an amazing innovation for displaying **three to four times fewer messages** in the same space, and turns it on **by default** […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

Edited screen shot of Thunderbird 139.0, showing how to turn off the on-by-default "Cards View" using a drop-down menu from a tiny button at the top right of your inbox

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2025

This is the #OXO Good Grips #mandoline pusher device I mentioned yesterday. The black ABS reinforcement that you can think of **triples** the thickness of the pusher plate, and is much tougher than the polystyrene I'm fairly sure the plate is actually made of […] [Original post on plasmatrap.com]

A white plastic food pusher from an OXO Good Grips mandoline, modified with an ABS reinforcing plate behind the thin plastic pusher plate

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2025

"You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you. And many are failing." — Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV: "You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you. And many are failing."

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2025

I've just completed my second proofreading pass on _Godthief_ and confirmed that all formatting problems introduced during conversion from ODT format to EPUB3 are fixed. If nothing else shows up, I'm shooting for an official release date of June 1.

Book cover for Godthief, by Sean Fenian. A tousle-haired young man in rather scruffy clothing sits on a marble bench facing a woman with silvery hair, dressed in a white gown and an ornate tiara, against a background of marble columns on a plane of white stone. Ornate buildings with domes and spires are visible in the distance.

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2025

"If my love is political, then so is your hate."

The Devil's Panties comic strip (Jennie Breeden).
First frame: Jennie has a picture on an easel. Bystander complains, "THAT'S POLITICAL."
Second frame: Jessie protests "Uh... that's my husband and kids."
Third frame: Bystander declares smugly, "Yeah, but you're white and he's not, so stop shoving politics in my face."
Fourth frame: Bystander is in a pile on the ground with an easel shoved up his ass, as Jennie retorts, "If my love is political, then so is your hate."

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Seán Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2025

When the mice are just fucking with you now.

A Victor mouse trap, triggered but empty, has been screwed to a wall above an electrical outlet box. Chewed shreds of the plastic trigger plate are scattered beneath the trap.

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