Kevin van Haaren

@kevin.crime.group

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Designated dingus. Kansas City, MO. He/him Mastodon: @kevin@elephant.crime.group

Screenshots of two reports. The first, from The Washington Post, reports that the US now has more measles cases than any year since 1991. The second from Dr. Lucky Tan that the CDC reports the US is having the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak ever.
Ugly statue of US Confederate generation Nathan Bedford Forrest
Cover of “The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat” an omnibus edition of Harry Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat novels.
Cover to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
Search on Wikipedia for "Affair of the" listing Affair of the Cards, Affair of the Diamond Necklace, Affair of the Poisons, Affair of the Dancing Lamas, Affair of the Spanish Mariages, Affair of the Sausages, Affair of the Placards, Affair of the Heart, An Affair of the Follies, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
Stock chart showing the last 5 days of Space X stock price. It has declined 26.27% in those 5 days.
Screenshot of a severe thunderstorm predition with peak intensities of tornado winds: 120-145 mph, Hail: 2-3.5 in, Wind: 65-80 mph
Shortcut that gets current time, formats it to ISO 8601, then converts back to date time. 2 dates are returned one for noon, one for midnight.
Picture of the animatronic Rock-afire Explosion from their Showbiz Pizza days, before the drugs.
Scene from the end credits of "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" showing all the characters.
Pixel art of statues of Trump & Epstein holding hands. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Friends_Forever_(sculpture)
Block list called “Not Porn”, description is “To see only porn, block or mute everyone on this list”
Sign erected in Australia to block the view of a property owner that cut down somebody else’s trees to improve their view. The sign reads: Tree vandalism has occurred in this area The Suny Harbour Federation Trust protects and manages this land for the enjoyment of the public. Acts of vandalism like this deprive all of us of the natural environment.
The Homeland Security Threat Advisory System: Red - Severe Orange - High Yellow - Elevated Blue - Guarded Green - Low It was discontinued because DHS was scared to lower it below Orange.
Showing 2 of the new emoji Orca and Fight Cloud. Yacht + Orca = Fight Cloud
My desk at work showing 4 different trackball mice. 2 portable Elecom, one large Elecom and one ProtoArc with a purple ball. Not pictured is my left-handed Elecom trackball.
Screenshot from the Windows Server Resource Monitor showing a network transfer speed of 35,666,116,548,263,166,000 B/sec
Anakin & Padme meme: Panel 1: My company is gonna sue Trump to get a tariff refund! Panel 2: so you can refund that money to your customers! Panel 3: … Panel 4: so you can refund your customers, right?
Cover of the May 1981 issue of Byte magazine I’ve. It depicts a Viking ship with a floppy disk (the 5 1/4” style, not 3 1/2”) for a sail.
Screenshot of Kagi News Categories. It shows 2 Gaming categories and no sports category.
Chart comparing the Vanguard VXUS ETF and the Vanguard VOO S&P 500 ETF. VXUS increased in value 29.99% in the last 12 months, VOO only by 11.69%
A flail made with the Demon Core
Screenshot of Apple’s Tropical Drink emoji. It includes a lime wedge, cherry and a straw, but no umbrella.
Signal flag for “I require a tug”
Screenshot of Ars Technica article saying: He also noted that many of his friends had encouraged him to “find Jesus before I go.” Despite not being a believer, Adams noted that the “risk-reward calculation for doing so looks attractive” and so he included a statement claiming to “accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior.” “The part about me not being a believer should be quickly resolved if I wake up in heaven,” he added.
Bill Cosby “Revenge” album cover.
A stack of 3.5” floppy disks containing Windows 3.0 installer. The 1990 version of Windows.
6 songs couldn’t be found in Apple Music: Cherry Tree - Hares On The Mountain Blue Christmas (In a Fab Four Style) - The Fab Four Joy to the World (In a Fab Four Style) - The Fab Four Gee Whiz its Christmas - Holiday Players The Man With The Bag - Kay Starr Drinking Up Christmas - Dwarves
Movie poster for the 1934 film “The Thin Man”. It shows Myrna Loy in the arms of William Powell as they gaze at each other lovingly.
Picture of a Waffle House
Screenshot of a transcript of a voice mail from Kansas City Community Blood Center asking me to donate. “Hello, this is Matt with Community Blood center. Not more than ever, your community needs you to come back in and donate. We need your help right away. Please call or text us at 877-468-6844 or visit us at www.savealifenow.org to schedule your local life-saving donation. Again, that number is 877-468-6844. Thank you for helping save lives in your community. To opt out of future messages like this will he removed from all callina nleace call”
Screenshot showing the longest I went without posting was 1 day
Apple Books pre-order showing an expected delivery date of 11/3/42
The book “Strange Stories, Amazing Facts”
Screenshot of the stupid Trump card website. All the text is overlaid on itself and looks like a jumble of text.
Calvin & Hobbes comic. Calvin is sitting at a school desk. He answers the question "2+7=" with "I cannot answer this question, as it against by religious principles."
Screenshot of SideQuested Book 1 pre-order from Apple Books
A tuxedo cat looks over the edge of a table admiring his handiwork of pushing a planter off the table. The planter contains a cactus, and is broken in many pieces.
A small child dressed for Halloween chooses a pack of cigarettes from a “Treat-Pak” of cigarettes.
A photograph of the St. Louis under construction. The two legs appear to be about 1/2 the final height.
Screenshot of the subscription plans for the PlugShare app. The monthly plan is $.99 per month, the annual plan is $14.99 per year.
Screenshot of an ESPN Monday Night Football interview, with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes seated left to right. Reid is wearing a light gray suit, light-colored dress shirt, and red tie that makes him look like he's sitting in an unpleasant deposition. Kelce is wearing a relaxed short-sleeved button-up shirt with a whimsical pattern and a brown newsboy cap that makes him look like he's in organized crime. Mahomes is in a pink dress shirt, slightly darker pink tie, and dark-pink-and-white checkered vest that makes him look like a dandy.
Two cats, one a tuxedo bastard, the other a very sweet tabby, attempting to occupy the same flower pot. They fit, mostly.
One player’s Battleship board which flips open like a laptop.
Screenshot from Apple Books showing various court cases from Missouri’s Supreme Court.
Screenshot of a text message that reads: I ain't reading all that I'm happy for u tho or sorry that happened
A close up photo of the statue of Civil War General Nathan Bedford Forrest. It is hideous. As is the gold statue of Trump.
Image of Melania Trump in her big purple hat next to one of the Storms from Big Trouble in Little China in his giant hat. It is captioned “who wore it better?”
Images of various Marvel superheroines with M shaped headpieces.
1967 the year idiocracy was coined
Screenshot from Wikipedia entry on Andrew Jackson describing his inauguration: The White House was opened to all for a post-inaugural reception and was filled by the public even before Jackson arrived on horseback. Soon afterward, Jackson left by a window or a side entrance, and proceeded to Gadsby's, later called the National Hotel. The crowd continued to descend into a drunken mob, only dispersed when bowls of liquor and punch were placed on the front lawn of the White House. "I never saw such a mixture," said Joseph Story, then a justice of the Supreme Court: "The reign of King Mob seemed triumphant." The White House was left a mess, including several thousand dollars worth of broken china.
Screenshot of Safari window on an iPad mini in portrait mode. The window is sized a bit smaller than full-screen but that address bar only has room to show 1/2 of the first character of the address.
Screenshot showing all the installed Visual C++ Redistributables on my computer. There are 32 and 64-bit versions of each. List: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable F Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.4148 Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.6161 Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148 Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 1 Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) - 11.0.61030 1 Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) - 11.0.61030 1 Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.40664 Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.40664 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.44.35208 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.44.35208