Michael Pusateri

@cruftbox.com

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Evil Corporate Exec Former Metaverse Warlord Cycling/Beekeeping/Gaming Smoking Meats/Reading/Tinkering

The flag of Spain hanging from an angled pole mounted outside a house, backlit by bright sun against a clear blue sky. The flag shows its horizontal red-yellow-red bands with the national coat of arms (crowned pillars of Hercules, quartered shield) on the wide central yellow stripe. A white stucco house with a gray-shuttered window is at left, and a green tree at right.
A high-angle shot shows a "USA Philatelic" catalog for Summer 2026 resting on a blue and white patterned tablecloth. The catalog cover has a dark blue background featuring a stylized red, white, and blue feather design forming the number "250" or the letter "J", with the text "Declaration of Independence" printed vertically on the right. In the top right corner of the frame, a blue mason jar filled with an iced coffee sits next to the catalog.
A French tricolor flag with vertical blue, white, and red stripes billowing in the wind outdoors, with a blue sky and green tree visible in the background.
A hand holds a vintage Connectix RAM Doubler software box for Macintosh, featuring a golden lightning bolt design on a colorful geometric background with the tagline "Double Your RAM with Just One Click."
A hand holds an open booklet or zine showing the title page and first chapter of "Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow, printed on tan/brown paper, with the text oriented sideways.
A hand holds a worn paperback copy of "Schismatrix Plus" by Bruce Sterling, featuring a glider-like flying machine against a golden sunset sky on the cover, with a stack of books visible in the background.
A black Jolly Roger pirate flag featuring a white skull with an eye patch above crossed bones, flying on a gold pole against a partly cloudy blue sky with green foliage visible in the background.
The Norwegian flag waves in the foreground, displaying its red background with a blue Nordic cross outlined in white, with green trees and a partly cloudy sky visible behind it.
The flag of Spain with its red and yellow horizontal stripes and the national coat of arms flies from a pole mounted on a building, with green trees and a clear blue sky in the background.
Two Lord of the Rings Special Extended DVD Edition box sets — "The Return of the King" (dark blue) and "The Two Towers" (dark red) — lying on a blue tie-dye patterned fabric surface.
A Prusa MK3S 3D printer with a failed print — the nozzle lost adhesion partway through and spent hours extruding filament into a tangled bird's-nest of black PLA spaghetti covering most of the print bed. The screen shows the job finished at 100% after nearly 4 hours, having used 63g of material.
A hand holds a leafy oak twig with three young green acorns still in their scaly cups, spiky-toothed leaves fanning out behind them. In the blurred background, a dog sniffs along a mulch-covered path.
The Mexican flag flies outdoors on a sunny day, displaying its vertical green, white, and red stripes with the national coat of arms, an eagle perched on a cactus holding a serpent, centered on the white stripe.
A large smoked pork shoulder with a dark, caramelized bark resting on aluminum foil, with a colorful orange brick tile backsplash visible in the background.
A hand holds a worn brown manila envelope, with a DC Comics subscription department mailing label visible, in front of boxes of old comic books or files.
A fan of vintage DC Comics from the 1970s spread out on a white surface, including Action Comics featuring Superman, Brave and the Bold, Mister Miracle, PLOP!, and several DC Giant "Bicentennial" issues priced at 30-50 cents.
A row of Blackwing Volume 458 pencils with colorful gradient designs (yellow-to-black, red-to-black, and blue-to-lavender-to-yellow) standing upright against a blue tie-dye fabric background, with the pencil box visible on the left.
The Australian flag flies from a pole mounted on a building, displaying its blue ensign with the Union Jack in the upper left corner and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars.
The flag of Spain mounted on a pole outside a building, displaying its characteristic red and yellow horizontal stripes with the Spanish coat of arms on the central yellow band.
close-up shot of the national flag of Japan flying from a metal flagpole attached to the porch of a house. The white flag features its signature large red circle in the center. The background shows an overcast, cloudy sky and lush green trees.
Screenshot of a Bluesky social media profile for Michael Pusateri (@cruftbox.com) showing the "Lists On" tab, which displays two moderation lists titled "MAGA Trolls" and "MAGA Trash" that categorize users as fascists, trolls, racists, and other labels, dated January 2025.
A beekeeper wearing a blue latex glove and mesh protective sleeve holds a wooden honeycomb frame covered with honeybees and capped brood cells in various stages of development.
A hand holding an HP 32S II RPN Scientific calculator by Hewlett-Packard, displaying zeros on its LCD screen, against a blue floral patterned fabric background.
**A hand holds a single hawk feather outdoors, likely from a Red-tailed Hawk, displaying distinctive dark brown and cream/tan horizontal barring along the upper vane, with soft, fluffy white-gray down along the lower shaft. The feather appears to be a body or wing covert feather, roughly 4–5 inches long. The background shows a suburban Southern California yard with dry grass, a chain-link fence, ornamental grasses, palm trees, and neighboring houses under an overcast sky.**
PowerShell 7.6.2 terminal showing a notification about a new stable release v7.6.3 available, with a failed winget upgrade attempt returning "No available upgrade found."
A close-up photograph of a special edition "BLACKWING x MOLESKINE" pencil set laid out on a white piece of paper, set against a blue and white tie-dye patterned background. In the upper-left, a hand holds a light blue and dark blue cardboard box with the words "BLACKWING X MOLESKINE" printed across it in large, gold lettering. The box features dark silhouettes of figures walking along a stylized mountain ridge on the right edge. Twelve unsharpened pencils are arranged on the white surface below the box. Six pencils are aligned vertically on the lower left, and another six are aligned vertically on the right. Each group of six features the same color sequence from left to right: muted green, deep navy blue, tan/beige, vibrant orange-red, lavender purple, and slate blue. Every pencil features a distinct, multi-toned landscape graphic running along its barrel, paired with tiny dark silhouettes of fantasy figures walking along the terrain at the base. Each pencil is equipped with Blackwing's signature rectangular ferrule in polished gold, holding an eraser that coordinates with the pencil's barrel color. Gold foil text is stamped along the barrels; the first three colors display the text "BLACKWING x MOLESKINE," while the last three colors feature an intricate, elegant script font. The inscription on the item is the famous verse engraved on the One Ring. While it is written using the Elvish Tengwar script, the language itself is actually Black Speech—the tongue created by Sauron for the servants of Mordor. Here is the precise breakdown and translation of the text shown: Transliteration (Black Speech) Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. English Translation Ash nazg durbatulûk: "One Ring to rule them all," ash nazg gimbatul: "One Ring to find them," ash nazg thrakatulûk: "One Ring to bring them all," agh burzum-ishi krimpatul: "and in the darkness bind them."
A man holds a cardboard sign reading "The algae did nothing wrong" above his head on a city street, in the style of a protest meme.
A red, white, and blue French flag flying on a pole against a clear blue sky, with green trees and a building visible in the background.
A hand holds a package of Johnsonville Dr Pepper Inspired Sausage, a 19 oz tray of fresh pork sausage links, displayed in a grocery store meat section.
Screenshot of a medical journal article titled "Life-Threatening Complications of Excessive Licorice Consumption: A Case Series from Intensive Care in a Single Center," authored by Katrin Bangert, Malte A Kluger, Stefan Kluge, and Matthias Janneck, with PMCID: PMC8962506, featuring an abstract paragraph about glycyrrhizin's role in food and medicine and its potential for serious complications.
Screenshot of a parliament.uk page titled 'MPs and constituents.' Subheading: 'Do MPs have to live in their constituency?' Body text: 'MPs do not have to live in their constituency. In fact, there is no residency qualification at all - an MP could even live outside the UK. There are, however, nationality and age qualifications and a number of other disqualifications for MPs.'
The flag of Mexico
Screenshot of a video game funeral scene showing a dark burgundy casket with a light-colored lid. On-screen text reads 'Pay Respects' with a yellow 'F' key indicator and below it 'Press F to Pay Respects.' White floral arrangements and mourners are visible in the background in an outdoor cemetery setting.
A screenshot of a Threads post by user "cruftboxdeux" announcing their departure from the platform, citing low engagement, poor UX, and an algorithm dominated by outrage clickbait and AI content, directing followers to find them on Bluesky and Mastodon.
A hand holding a large, round variegated lemon with subtle stripes, in front of a cluttered kitchen counter with a window, potted plant, and various containers in the background.
A printed piece of paper showing World Cup match results from yesterday and upcoming games for today and tomorrow, along with baseball game scores and schedules.
A photograph of the Los Angeles Times Comics section, page E4, dated Friday, June 12, 2026. The newspaper rests on a wooden surface partly covered by a blue-and-white tie-dye or shibori-patterned cloth, with a green ceramic bowl visible in the upper right corner. The top comic is “La Cucaracha” by Lalo Alcaraz. In a single wide panel, a man wearing a baseball cap, an apron, and holding a spatula stands behind a metal street cart labeled “TACOS.” Beside the cart sits a yellow A-frame sandwich board sign reading “WANT TO TASTE THE BEST TACOS IN TEXAS? (I SHIP TO TEXAS).” The setting is an outdoor sidewalk against a peach-colored wall that transitions to a green wall on the right. The joke implies the vendor is located outside Texas and ships their tacos there.
A Mexican flag with its distinctive green, white, and red stripes and central eagle emblem waves from a flagpole against a blue sky, with trees and a building visible in the background.
A FIFA World Cup event program or document showing match details including "Tomorrow South Africa vs Mexico 12:00 PM" and "Czechia vs South Korea 17:00 PM", placed on a blue and white patterned fabric surface.
A beekeeper in protective gear examines a wooden honeycomb frame filled with capped honeycomb and bees, with an open beehive box visible nearby.
A Discord chat message from "Clockwork Conductor" describing a fantasy RPG scene where the party is harvesting materials from a slain dragon, with Elara methodically collecting scales, claws, teeth and blood while explaining their value to the Commander.
A D&D game session screenshot showing the dramatic conclusion of a dragon battle, with text describing Brother Meric's final divine attack that slays a young black dragon, followed by party reactions and XP rewards.
Screencapture showing token use numbers "140,017 14% ($3.10)" of a LLM interface using the Chipolte endpoint
A can't hold all these limes meme man appears distressed while looking down, with overlaid with captures of various Vergecast episodes.
Two Western Digital hard drives in USB drive enclosures, with various cables and electronic equipment visible on a wooden desk surface.
A white wall plate with four Ethernet ports labeled "Modem," "Front," and "Opposite," with green, red, and blue network cables plugged into three of the ports.
A Progress Pride flag with rainbow stripes and additional transgender colors (pink, blue, white) and brown and black stripes flies from a white flagpole outside a residential home surrounded by green trees.
Two yellow cans of Olipop Crisp Apple soda with slightly differing designs are stacked in a refrigerator door alongside other beverages including Bud Light Michelada.
The Los Angeles Central Library exterior with the US, California, and Los Angeles flags waving in the wind. The inscription on the building reads: “BOOKS ALONE ARE LIBERAL AND FREE: THEY GIVE TO ALL WHO ASK THEY EMANCIPATE ALL WHO SERVE THEM FAITHFVLLY”
A white passion flower with distinctive blue and purple corona filaments blooms among green foliage and dried grass, with dense shrubs visible in the background.
A cluttered craft room or workspace with shelves full of supplies, scissors, containers, and various crafting materials scattered on a white desk, with natural light streaming through window blinds.