Colin Rafferty

@colin.rafferty.net

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Early Gen X. Retired senior programmer, preferring C++ and Emacs Lisp. Married with two kids. Member of the all-powerful bike lobby. he/him https://colin.rafferty.net/ email: firstname at lastname dot net @colin@rafferty.net on mastodon

Two Kids In The Hall as cops.
Skeet screenshot with text circled saying "Which means this was just a chance to harass a Jewish man in public"
tweet text: "dude, i he was great on Gaza I'd still roast his ass. He is pro-deregulation, has displaced working families & queers by removing rent control and tenants protections, demolished affordable housing in favor of luxury investment properties, supported sweeps and taken right wing $"
Screen shot showing that I'd written 13 hours before Josh said "stop".
MSG bottle in the style of a panda head.
Four baby guinea pigs squished against each other on a red towel. Left to right, Chocolate, Caramel, Cocoa, and Othello (who we later learned was Othella).
Screenshot of Prescott-Weinstein’s book with “Available: 04/07/2026” over it.
Screenshot of "Adjust Donation" tab with options for adjusting donation.
Screenshot of disabled github option: "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training. Allow GitHub to collect and use my input Outputs, and associated context to train and improve AI models. Read more in the Privacy Statement"
Video of completely full airport.
Screenshot of skeet that is "14m" old, that says "In 10 minutes, every graduating medical student in the country finds out where they will spend the next 3-8 years of their life."
Screen shot of message: Her: “So far I have 38 lovers and the days not over yet.” Me: “That sounds exhausting.” Her: “It's been a very long hot and dusty day” Me: “That also sounds uncomfortable.“ Her: “I'm getting my second wind.”
"Is this a pigeon" meme, but with the text, "is this the streisand effect?"
Album cover. Chairman Mao is leading a rock band on stage, with adoring fans calling to him and his band mates. The album title is “Propaganda”, with the subtitle “A blatant attempt to influence your musical taste”.
Nighttime photo of Brooklyn brownstone street. Four inches of snow with footprints down the street. Cars parked on either side covered in snow. A single street light is glowing in the top left corner
Nextdoor screenshot: Anyone get a ticket for not shoveling thier property at a certain deadline the department of sanitation issued? I did and ridiculous. It was sabbath. And then i started took a break. Next thing | know there is a citation on my door? Wtf is thier problem??
Screen shot of popup saying "Turn On Location Services to Allow "eBird Alert!" to Determine Your Location" with two buttons: "Settings" and "Cancel"
Screenshot of Apple Weather app which should show two 1AMs, but does not.
Screen shot of USPS tracking email with shipment from Auburn Correctional Facility
Four lane wide local road with no lane markings, and a "speed limit 25" sign.
Screen shot of nextdoor post with young Asian woman writing "I'm here to visit a friend." whose name is "catfish d.".
Famous photo of Voroshilov, Molotov, Stalin, and Yezhov posing by Moscow Canal. Using the iPhone Clean Up tool, someone has erased Yezhov.
A very poorly done selfie of me with Zohran Mamdani.
A bowl of plums that are in the icebox that my wife was saving for breakfast. so sweet and so cold
Screenshot from Nextdoor. Posted on Memorial Day, headline is "Honor Their Sacrifive by Securing Your Future", with the main text saying, "Whether you're are [sic] looking to protect your family's financial future or explore a part-time opportunity to earn income and help others, we're here to guide you."
A fresh direct truck double parked next to an empty loading zone.
Cover of book named Automatic Noodle, with texts "Available: 8/5/2025" nd "Pre-Ordered" superimposed on top.
Screen shot of popup whose buttons are "Cancel" and "OK", with text that says "Are you sure you want to cancel your request? If yes, click OK." The
Entering Brooklyn
Selfie of handsome biker facing camera with a sea of bikers behind him.
A white squirrel standing on a log.
Photo of glass of seltzer with a slice of lemon under a handful of ice cubes. The glass is sitting on a white quartz counter in front of a brown subway tile backsplash.
Front view of a modern-era two dollar bill.
Screenshot of blue bikes regional map showing a dot for every station. The map and stations cover the metro Boston area as well as Salem.
Breakfast burrito with a large crack that looks like a mouth, and two dots of salsa for eyes.
Screen grab of mechanical owl, Bubo, from Clash of the Titans, standing on a rock.
Mattel Electronics handheld football game
Screenshot of bluesky compressed thread. First post: “My dentist is almost half an hour late for my appointment, which is the first one of the day. He is living the dream. Me, not so much.” Separation saying “View full thread” Next comment: “famously high suicide rate but i choose to believe that's just their wives murdering them and getting away with it”
White squirrel sitting up partially obscured by branches, with dried leaves behind him
Head shot of Leonard Nimoy as Spock with goatee, aka Evil Spock.
Large boulder in a front yard of a brownstone.
Photo of airport terminal. Five people are sitting on the floor while near them is an empty bench of seats, roped off.
Knife on empty subway seat.
Vintage IBM PC with two double sided double density double height floppy drives, with a text monitor on top.
Large shaggy dog that is sometimes a man in a dog suit is told he will be taken to the pound. He punches one man, knocks over another, rolls on a chair to an open window, slides down a rope, and surprises the men in the dog pound truck.
A poster of a sandwich on French bread, a cappuccino, and text that reads “Europan [sic] Cafe”
Selfie of a white man with a bicycle in front of the Nathans in Coney Island