Kai Blin

@kblin.bsky.social

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Microbiology PhD, co-author of antiSMASH, Open Source geek, views are my own. @kblin@scholar.social

Data, Riker, and Picard sitting in a car, grooving.
An access card holder of a brand called “durable” worth the part that holds the card broken
A screenshot from the Deutsche Bahn app showing a connection with a negative 56 minute changeover time between two trains. The first train is delayed and can’t reach its intended connections.
Gaul, der Grammatik Substantiv (Maskulinum) · Genitiv Singular: Gaul(e)s · Nominativ Plural: Gäule Aussprache [gaʊ̯l] Wortbildung mit ›Gaul‹ als Letztglied: Ackergaul Mehrwortausdrücke einem geschenkten Gaul guckt man nicht ins Maul · einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul · einem geschenkten Gaul sieht man nicht ins Maul Bedeutung abwertend minderwertiges Pferd Beispiele: der Gaul will nicht ziehen ein störrischer, abgetriebener, alter Gaul veraltend, westmitteldeutsch Pferd Beispiele: die Gäule einspannen ein stattlicher, stolzer, kräftiger Gaul übertragen, umgangssprachlichdas wirft einen Gaul, den stärksten Gaul um (= das ist zu viel zugemutet) übertragenden Gaul am, beim Schwanze aufzäumen (= eine Sache von der verkehrten Seite in Angriff nehmen) übertragen, sprichwörtlicheinem geschenkten Gaul sieht man nicht ins Maul (= eine geschenkte Sache muss man, auch wenn sie Mängel hat, nehmen, wie sie ist) zu Schanden fast / Hat er den Gaul geritten [ Hebbel6,193]
Screenshot of the post by the thread author, with the quoted post being blocked already, showing that the quoted poster has been a jerk before.
A cup with the text "CSS is awesome" in a box. And because CSS is so awesome, there is a text overflow issue, and the word "awesome" is flowing out of said box.
A paper clip with one leg bent out to be able to push recessed reset buttons on electronics
A duck napping on a patch of grass on DTU's Lyngby campus.
A panel from our site monitoring, showing a big, angry, red 12 for our HTTPS sites up monitor. We're being DDoSed right now. That number should be green and larger.
Amy Hoy sarcastically quote-skeeting someone, saying "this seems legit". It's not possible to see what caused thus, as that account is already blocked for me.
Three plastic hooks for attaching a bike bag to a bike. One has snapped, one is still the original part, and one is a prototype for a 3D printed replacement
A gray, cloudy sky, with some twigs from not-yet-green trees sticking out in the lower left corner.
PHANTOM OF THE SPACE OPERA Meet Nick Ericsson, interplanetary impresario and musician with the Cult of the Dead Moose, as he tries to reassemble his merry band of musicians/con artists to steal the Heart of Gold - the first space ship capable of interstellar travel - so that they can escape the clutches of the mega corporations that rule the Federation: the Mighty Mouse Empire and the Book of Feces. Accompany Edward Sun, ruthless CEO of the Mighty Mouse Empire, on his quest to produce art on a factory floor production line on a predetermined schedule. Where deadlines mean that someone actually is going to die. Meet artificial personalities with motivations as diverse as their exteriors - blue collar Mario the Robot, ever helpful artificial paper clip Dottie, head hunter Bell-Block, and many more. Find out why the best way to see the galaxy may be as a cleaner (and not the metaphorical kind), why it may pose problems when your law enforcement consists of Dunning & Kruger, and why they know about opera in the Federation in the first place. People, puppets, and a ton of cardboard bring you this extraordinary adventure!
The Provisional Players present: Oliver Schröder's "The Phantom of the Space Opera" (in 3D). At the Brechtbau Theatre, Wilhelmstr. 50, Tübingen, Germany. Playing 10.-14.2. 8PM, 15.2. 5PM. The poster of the play shows the main characters, Nick, Miranda, Floyd, and Lucy, along with some Muppet style aliens and Officers Dunning and Kruger of the Mighty Mouse Empire security services. In the starfield background, two mysterious faces are noticeable.
A small 4 port network switch.
Spots of mould and spots of something red growing inside a hollowed out halloween pumpkin
A bucket full of champignon-looking, poisonous Agaricus xanthodermus mushrooms.
A screenshot of the antiSMASH website status tracker showing a round 2 million jobs having been processed.
Clearly AI generated jumble of vaguely computer-looking things, with "DNS" in large letters and "domain nme" [sic.] in slightly smaller letters.
A bundle of scuba diving gear, tightly packed.
An email invite to the data management plan of a PhD student, starting with a salutation of: Hello First Name Surname