bjmacke

@strangelove.net

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Third party risk day job, roller derby jobs the rest of the time. Chances are that I'm fact checking or researching some obscure point right now. Home is Minneapolis. He/him

Close up photo of a half eaten chili pepper still on the plant. Around it is the rest of the plant and two green and untouched peppers. The plant is a bird's eye chili, or Thai chili.
Image of a text dashboard titled House AQ. There is a sensor line below it labeled Bedroom with a value of 188.0 micrograms per cubic meter. The value is implied to be the PM2.5 value of an air quality sensor.
Bluesky's "Show more replies" button that is really doing you a massive favor by hiding the really bad replies.
Screen capture of a question from the 2026 North Star State Poll. The question starts, "If you had to choose just one," and the answer format is multiple choice.
Image from a VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) sensor, showing readings from the past 24 hours. Title says it's in a basement and is labelled "Mini Greenhouse". Last reading was 2 minutes ago and the index is 279.0. The line on the graph is mostly stable from noon yesterday to 11:30 today. The right side of the graph has a near vertical line from around 75 to a peak at 300.
Picture from an article from the "Minneapolis [sic] Star Tribune" with the title, "In Blaine's massive development of new downtown, local restaurant fears being pushed out". Photo under the headline is of downtown Minneapolis.
Screen capture of the Minneapolis City Council meeting from December 9,2025. The speaker is, ironically, wearing an orange beanie. Bystanders/observers are in the background.
Screencap of a speaker at the January 15th, 2026, Minneapolis City Council Meeting. At the center is a speaker at a podium with a small microphone. In the background are bystanders/observers.
Close up of a skillet on a stove top, with the bottom filled with stir fry. Chunks of green pepper, chicken, and mushrooms are visible in the dark brown sauce.
Screen capture of a news blurb. Top half of the image is of Chevy Chase, an actor, from his short-lived late night talk show. The bottom is the logo of and name "Variety". The text in the bottom middle reads, "Continue to Variety SKIP AD You will be redirected back to your article in 17 seconds"
Google Gemini confusing "stray cats (roaming felines)" with "Stray Cats (Rockabilly band from the 80s-90s)". Text reads: The Image shows a group of stray cats resting on what appears to be a Bitcoin mining operation." Images are of the band Stray Cats.
Screen capture from Google Earth with a white distance circle centered on the Minnesota State Capitol with the edge at the 3M headquarters. There's a yellow line connecting the Minneapolis Downtown Post Office with the same 3M headquarters building. The midpoint for that line is unmarked but in the Dale-Como-Western area of St. Paul.
Picture of text from a Wikipedia disambiguation page Text is as follows: NERV may refer to: NERV, a fictional organization in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise NERV Disaster Prevention App, a Japanese emergency warning app whose branding is inspired by the Neon Genesis Evangelion fictional organization.
Image from a supermarket ad showing two containers of roughly the same size. One on the left is Kraft Real Mayo, on the right is labeled "Not Mayo". Text on the bottom says: Kraft Mayo 22-30 oz or Not Mayo 15 oz, select varieties 4.99
A screen capture from a Wikipedia article for the philosophical term "Defeater". Notable is the redirect at the bottom pointing at a hardcore punk band of the same name. That Robert Talisse, philosopher and noted appreciator of punk and punk-adjacent music, would have a toe in both genres makes this a remarkable coincidence.
A snip from a local supermarket ad. Ad copy is for a joint promotion between Miller Brewing and Kellanova for beer-inspired Pringles crisps. There is a lot of "graphic design is my passion" in this ad, so bear with me. Near the top right is a superimposed forearm and hand, with a Miller Lite can added to the grip. Below that is a classic kettle grill, with photoshopped flames, two cans of the cross-promoted crisps to the right. On the left is a grilled and trussed chicken with black pockmarks added for effect. In an attempt to suggest a can of Miller Lite, label out, was inserted into the cavity of the chicken; the arteur has photoshopped the can and label into the bottom of the chicken. Overlaying on the left are, in an array of fonts, the phrases "fire up" "summer flavor" and "limited time only". On sale now at your local Hy-Vee for $2 a can. Not beer, just crisps.
Screenshot of the Bluesky mute interface. The pin emoji is blocked forever.
Screenshot of a Google AI response. Text reads "Humbert Humbert's first name is Humbert, and his last name is also Humbert."
Screenshot of a Google Street view. On W 66th St, facing west. Imagery is from August 2021.
Stefano's Pizza Palace and Holland Liquors (1960) 316 Cedar Ave.
A screen capture from Google Street View, taken in 2011, of a ramp in downtown Minneapolis. The structure has since been replaced by a mixed use high-rise.
Portrait of a black cat, full body, sitting on a glass table. She is lit with direct sunlight from the left, resulting in her eyes narrowing to tiny slits. Backdrop includes a fireplace and wood floors. Hashtag: #CatsOfBluesky
Screen capture from Google Street View. Image is from September 2022 and shows the T-intersection of 15th Ave SE and Como Ave in Minneapolis.
Downtown Minneapolis, looking at what was the AT&T Building, a glass curtain skyscraper. In the reflection is a full view of the Foshay tower, with the Capella Tower behind it. In the foreground is the two story base to the Foshay, before the W hotel signage was added.
Foreground is a yellow thermometer that reads 45.5F. The end is in a stream of water coming out of a brass tap. The sink below, out of focus is grey and brutalist. Whole scene lit from a single light bulb above the sink.
A glass plate with a small pile of tater tots. The tots are unevenly browned. Plate is on a slate grey surface.
Comedian Crow meme template. First panel labels the crow "Foucault" and it says "things are like prisons". Second panel is standard for the meme, a heckler yelling "BOOO! GET BETTER MATERIAL!". Third panel is a close up of the crow, labeled Foucault again, sweating and an ellipse in the speech bubble. Fourth panel is a note card filled with the lines: factories are like prisons schools are like prisons hospitals are like prisons barracks are like prisons prisons are like prisons
A screenshot of a quote dunk by the magazine Current Affairs. The quote reads, "Why isn't Jordan Peterson on This List of the World's Top Fifty Intellectuals?" and the dunk says, "is it because it's a lost of the world's top fifty intellectuals"
A roller derby jam from Minnesota Roller Derby's January game.
An hourly weather forecast for Minneapolis where the temperature drops below 6 degrees Fahrenheit at midnight and the series of weather icons are just circles with exclamation points inside them.
A Windows XP error message that reads "Task failed successfully".
A black cat staring near the camera's eye, with a white sheet backdrop and angular walls in the background
Same batch of Chex Mix, only a little browner.
Silver tray of lightly baked chex mix on a silver tray. Resting on a stove top, visible around the edges.
Info-graphic showing high precision but low accuracy. From the Wikimedia Foundation.
Black cat in a loaf position looking upwards out of a window. She is resting on a blue blanket on top of a radiator painted white. Trees are visible in the window.
Four glass bowls in a diamond shape, the tops of all are stuffed with tater tots. The jar farthest from the camera shows a layer of dark brown under its layer of tots. In the background are a pair of oven gloves and the bottom half of a coffee grinder. The counter is lit from above and is a speckled grey with a dull shine.
Relatively small wedge of cheesecake with flakes of chocolate on top. It's sitting on the textured bottom of a springform pan with crumbs of Graham cracker crust on the exposed parts of the sheet. Bases of small kitchen appliances are visible in the background.
Cover art for Ministry's first studio album, With Sympathy. An album notable for not sounding anything like the band's work after this album.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #848,891!