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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · May 28, 2026

FYI: squirrels like chewing through neutral feeds to houses. This is our power quality before and after PG&E fixed a degraded aluminum feed line.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · May 22, 2026

Career announcement! After years working in the computing and devices industry I have decided it's time to return to my first love: lying in a crib and alternately sobbing and giggling.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · May 14, 2026

@douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve...

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Douglas (@douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org) - AI6YR's Mastodon

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · May 13, 2026

@douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org I'm particularly fond of the candidate named "LivingForGod AndCountry DeMott". "Barack D Obama Shaw" is a close second. Somehow, even though the candidate list is the phone book, we are also allowed to write in a candidate.

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Douglas (@douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org) - AI6YR's Mastodon

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · May 12, 2026

@douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org Have you looked at the ballot? We have our choice of 527 candidates, some of them with real names!

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Douglas (@douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org) - AI6YR's Mastodon

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · May 12, 2026

I had a dream we hosted a party at our old house (haven't lived there in 11 years) and invited lots of old friends and college buddies and then we didn't show up.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · May 06, 2026

Why is my neighbor keeping a guinea fowl in his chicken coop. Wrong answers only.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · May 04, 2026

Holy shit I did it.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Apr 22, 2026

Dog with hamburger (2026)

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Apr 22, 2026

@tess@mastodon.social It's pretty surprising that Iran decided to target *that* site in particular.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Apr 21, 2026

I think I can finally call myself a pro-level drummer now. (Took out a flying moth with a drumstick without dropping the beat).

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Apr 17, 2026

Wow the 4'oclock wall hit me hard today. Who turned up the gravity on this couch?

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Apr 16, 2026

Replying to @mykie@haunt.graveyard.boo

@mykie "Soquel"

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Apr 11, 2026

Ok, finally gonna sit down and do some serious work on this song, track some bass, do a little draft mixing and.... Logic is busted, plugins only show empty windows.

I'm gonna buy a 1975 16-track Ampex. At least when it breaks I can kick it.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Apr 09, 2026

cranky

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Apr 02, 2026

Seems unfair that a 4.6 earthquake could be that strong and lengthy and cause me to lose 90 minutes of sleep.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Apr 01, 2026

Decided to get donuts for the first time in years at the local place. Went in, chose carefully, lady bagged them up, promptly sneezed on the open bag and handed it to me. Paid, left. Never getting donuts again.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Mar 18, 2026

I have to say, I was a lot more excited about tokens in 1985.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Mar 17, 2026

Replying to @stoneymonster@stoney.monster

Me, pulling up a whiteboard to my dog: "Look I need to explain something to you..."

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Mar 17, 2026

Elecia gave the dog some ice cubes for the first time today and the dog is very excited but instead of eating them she just picks them up, runs off to a different room, and stacks them near her toys.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Mar 14, 2026

Replying to @ferrix@mastodon.online

@ferrix now hang on, you may be on to something there

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Mar 13, 2026

Replying to @stoneymonster@stoney.monster

What substance could possibly be burning on the bridge for hours? Did you make it out of naphtha? In the Star Trek universe apparently everything is flammable but in a controlled way.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Mar 13, 2026

It's becoming a bit ridiculous (and frankly offputting) how every scifi show these days (looking at you Star Trek) indicates "damaged ships" with every possible light on the ship strobing for the entire episode. In the latest episode, not only was every light flashing and every display glitching for the entire show, but the bridge was on fire! The whole time! The crew ignored it! Don't you have fire extinguishers 1000 years in the future? Why are all your lights so shitty?!?

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Mar 01, 2026

Delayed a podcast, scrambled for 30 minutes to set up an alternative audio recording system, then afterward debugged for an hour to figure out why the main audio interface stopped working and the answer is: I cannot read a routing matrix.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @ExplodingLemur@mastodon.online

@ExplodingLemur Dang. Next time.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 24, 2026

It's a frozen waffles for lunch sort of day.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 23, 2026

Janky ass government.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 19, 2026

Replying to @chris@nutmeg.social

@chris I like them a lot, been using them since grad school. I won’t tell you how long ago that was.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 19, 2026

Me: why can I never find any reading glasses?

Also me:

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 19, 2026

A Clockwork Orange Roughy

#SeaFoodAMovieOrPlay
#HashTagGames

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 19, 2026

Goodbye, Mr. Fish and Chips

#SeaFoodAMovieOrPlay
#HashTagGames

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 14, 2026

Need suggestions for not-too-expensive 3D printer filament spool dryers/storage. Ideally I'd like to be able to store at least 4 spools, but I don't need to dry them all at once I guess.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 09, 2026

🧵I took some photos this weekend. This is the best of them. It's not a remarkable photo, though the dog is cute, but there's a story behind it (with more photos in the thread) that I think is interesting.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Feb 01, 2026

Boosted by

Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online

I crocheted a thing.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Jan 17, 2026

Replying to @ferrix@mastodon.online

@ferrix@mastodon.online Seems that way, at least for now.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Jan 09, 2026

Boosted by

Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online

Currently looking at live tardigrades.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Jan 08, 2026

Replying to @ferrix@mastodon.online

@ferrix@mastodon.online I got a bit but it wasn't very good. I wasn't patient enough.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Jan 07, 2026

Replying to @ferrix@mastodon.online

@ferrix@mastodon.online Exactly! I always that thought was a gag!

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Jan 07, 2026

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Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online

I’m looking for new embedded development clients. If you need help with architecture, design, or implementation for any responsible embedded systems project large or small, I can help. DM me here. #fedihired

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Jan 06, 2026

Boosted by

Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online

It's 2026 and humanity still hasn't figured out how to reliably keep water on the outside of a house.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 29, 2025

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Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online

Quick couple nights' worth of integration on NGC 281, The "Pacman" nebula. Had some focus issues or something, but was able to compensate a bit. A fun DSO. #Astrodon #astrophotography

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 27, 2025

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Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online

Spent a little more time reprocessing this to bring out some more of the faint edges, blue star forming regions, and dust clouds. At the expense of the core. M31, again.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 26, 2025

Replying to @ferrix@mastodon.online

@ferrix@mastodon.online since the storm in question was coming directly off the water, there was a non-zero chance

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 24, 2025

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Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online

“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.” M31 9 hours integration over December. Happy Holidays to everyone.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 22, 2025

Replying to @ferrix@mastodon.online

@ferrix@mastodon.online @MLE_online@social.afront.org I find it somewhat useful. In September I started sleeping badly, but not often enough to really note it, but I did feel off. After a couple of months of it was clear I was getting 30 minutes less sleep on average than just prior. I was able to trace it to a medication change and fix it. But I'm not scrutinizing every day's data like casting bones.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 22, 2025

Boosted by

Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online

Replying to on social.afront.org

@MLE_online@social.afront.org It's ridiculous that we have to sleep but yet are so bad at it.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 22, 2025

Replying to @ferrix@mastodon.online

@ferrix@mastodon.online It definitely depends on the dream. Sometimes I can't but others I'm more lucid and it doesn't seem to be difficult. My dreams tend to be very vivid and I remember them for quite a while.

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 22, 2025

Replying to @ferrix@mastodon.online

@ferrix@mastodon.online @embedded@mstdn.social @logicalelegance@mastodon.online Ha!

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 16, 2025

Boosted by

Greg Bell @ferrix@mastodon.online

FYI: We're running a fundraiser over on the podcast and matching donations up to $5k. It's a cool org and worthy of your support, IMHO. https://mstdn.social/@embedded/115705004441260366

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Chris White finds this vexing @stoneymonster@stoney.monster · Dec 12, 2025

Replying to @ferrix@mastodon.online

@ferrix@mastodon.online See my quote of Iger right after my toot. It's definitely related.

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