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Not my infinite typewriters, not my infinite monkeys

Haven’t done a fixing-things thread for a *long* time. Tonight on the kitchen-counter-cum-workbench, my 1974 Leica CL. This is a very small little film camera. My example is extremely beat-up. But it runs. Job tonight is the light meter. The CL has a meter that expects to run at 1.35V

some kinda katydid? definitely orthoptera

This movie is good but almost 4 hours long. Had to break it up into two evenings. Emma and Molly are into it.

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In case you have 48 boxes to tick but very little time. Here is the shortest driving route through all 48 contiguous US states. Source: buff.ly/eHYsMAx

this happened 14 minutes ago but unfortunately due to my personality "Proplem in elvator" has immediately become a load-bearing part of my vocabulary

Lots of layoffs in our communities, folks. Find ways to support unemployed & underemployed workers.

We have great newts to share! Twenty tiny Mazama newts have hatched in our lab — the very first babies of their kind ever in human care.

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said it before and i'll say it again: the number one writing hack is just to make friends. you can either spend an hour in an obscure & contentious reddit forum trying to figure out what a 2012 camaro sounds like or you can ask your buddy, the Car Guy

YES. Knowing a lot of folks who know a lot of different and weird things is great (and having friends in general is cool). And even when your friend doesn't know the answer to your specific question, they probably know someone who does ("Let's ask Camaro Bob, he's got, like, 12 Camaros")

Natalie Moorhead #BOTD as the ill-fated mistress of the title character in THE THIN MAN (1934). The first of the six Nick & Nora films is streaming on Kanopy free w/ a library card. www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... #FilmSky #library

Recently a family member told me he didn’t “get” my crush on John Leguizamo and I don’t know why I didn’t just show him this photo

The dewpoint got up to 81° at MSP this morning, yikes! This image is pulled from the National Weather Service Twin Cities office. Luckily, thankfully, a wind shift brings drier air in later today. #mnwx

Just saw a t-shirt that was dry clean only, if you want to know how the apocalypse is going.

Missing Bike in North MPLS! If you see it, reach out so we can reunite it with its owner!! This bike was a primary mode of transportation so its safe return is super important 🥺 cmon Minneapolis bike people, I need you

Omg omg I can post my fave dishwasher video from youtube who is also conveniently on here :D (warning its kind of long but so so worth it) @techconnectify.bsky.social is the person from this video btw

Your dishwasher is better than you think (tips, tricks, and how they work)YouTube video by Technology Connectionswww.youtube.com

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Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TVYouTube video by Apple TVwww.youtube.com