Tilton Raccoon

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Raccoon from the Seattle area. Greymuzzle, but young at heart. I live in the woods and melt metal. Recovering software engineer. See Also: https://fursuits.online/@tilton

The Storm Prediction Center has once again expanded today's thunderstorm probabilities all the way into Whatcom County. Nearly all of Western Washington has a chance (even if it's minuscule) of seeing a thunderstorm through 5 AM tomorrow morning (effective time of outlook). As always, I have to post this disclaimer. Not everyone will get a thunderstorm. There will be those who are lucky, and there will be those who are disappointed.
Common wooly sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum), shortspur seablush (Valeriana congesta) and maiden blue eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora) flowering
The opening page of a 1947 edition of The Odyssey, in Homeric Greek.
The word "AI" in a crossed-out circle, with the phrase "MADE BY HUMANS" cut out of the circle.
Overlooking Liberty Bay from downtown Poulsbo, WA
A sign for Poulsbo Coffee Company and Send Nodes Plant Store
A page from the Spring / Summer 1985 Sears catalog showing two 1985 gigachads and a gigalass posing for the camera under the word “Innovation”
On January 22, 2025, Randall voted against the passage of the Laken Riley Act. In response to the Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act, Randall posted an "All Gender Bathroom" sign outside of her office welcoming everyone to use her private restroom "regardless of gender identity or expression, political ideology or shoe size." In her first speech on the House floor, Randall denounced House Bill 28, the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025" that sought to ban trans women from playing on women's sports teams.
An area of our yard, with a mix of native meadow plants growing wild.
A heart with a paw print cut out of it, in 14 gauge steel
“Hackers” on VHS tape from 1996. The cassette is out of the slip case, and the slip case is above the tape, both sitting on a table.
A screenshot of Fusion 360 showing a 1/4 perspective view of a mini skid steer bucket in 3D
An 8 inch square piece of 14 gauge metal with my stylized raccoon fabrication shop logo cut out of it. I’m rotating it a few degrees back and forth so it catches the light.
Angine de Poitrine’s first two albums, on vinyl record.
The front of my welder as it looked before restoration.
A sign in an O’Reilly Auto Parts store for brake parts cleaner spray in cans that celebrate America’s 250th anniversary
The first cut on my new plasma table that didn’t have a major mistake!
The cover of a TRS-80 BASIC programming manual from the early 1980s
My Langmuir Crossfire Pro Max running a break-in program that just moves the torch holder from left bottom to right top and back again
The nearly fully built Langmuir Crossfire Pro Max, with attached touch screen.
The sun rising behind a small stand of tall Douglas fir trees
The base frame and legs of a Langmuir Crossfire Pro Max CNC table, assembled and standing on the floor of my garage between a side door and a rolling tool cart with a bench grinder on it.
The logo for Procyon Fabrication LLC
A tomcat clover flower, mostly violet with black and white accents.
An open cardboard box. The contents aren’t visible, but the label says “Langmuir Systems - Crossfire Pro Max - Electronics Kit”
A white Toyota FJ Cruiser with an anime girl and tree blossoms on the side, along with a Charizard sticker in the side window. There is a vinyl message in the rear window (described in next picture)
Four compressed gas cylinders strapped to a post in my workshop: O2, acetylene, argon, and CO2 cylinders
A huge western red cedar tree, seen from the base and looking right up at the canopy.
A box of “Valu Gards” brand powder free vinyl gloves in large size. There is an illustration of a glove on the box with a large “L” on it, which means “large”, but it sure made me think it was “L” for “left”
The cover of "Money" magazine for March, 1983, "Special Report: The Baby Boomers. Can they ever live as well as their parents? Their prospects for jobs, housing, having children, retirement"
A poll carried out by AtlasIntel asking the question "If the midterm elections for the House of Representatives were held today, who would you be most likely to vote for?" 54.8% answered "The Democratic candidate", 40.1% answered "The Republican candidate", and only 2.8% answered "Don't know", with 2.5% "Would not vote"
A letter from my grand-uncle, dated February 23rd, 1966, expressing sympathy and sadness at the death of my great-grandmother. My great-grandmother was the sister of this letter's author.
A stack of four books. From top to bottom: - “COBOL For The 21st Century”, Stern, Stern, and Ley. - “Murach’s Structured COBOL” - “Murach’s Mainframe COBOL” - “Murach’s CICS for the COBOL Programmer”
Adjustable pallet forks attached to the front of an MC-CRT23 mini tracked skid loader.
Trending topics includes "Furry Weekend" in slot number 3.
A map of the United States showing the average price of gas in each state. My state, Washington, is at $5.75, only behind California at $6.16.
A T-joint weld, on both sides, cut down the middle and etched with acid to highlight the weld filler metal. Contrast has been boosted to make it easier to see.
A banner reading “Todaybor Day is Labor Day!“ in a Homestar Runner screenshot
My welding hood sitting on a table, with new stickers (described in next photo)
The carport, with a lot of saplings and shrubs cleared out.
Vegemite spread on buttered toast
Mata Zyklek by Angine de Poitrene playing on a 6th generation apple iPod Classic.
IWW decal: “Direct Action Gets The Goods”
The Moon from The Mighty Boosh
A couple of overlapping MIG welds in the corner of an angle iron.
I just can't wait for the hype to die down to the point where people start to talk about the problems they're solving instead of the tools they're solving them with. I'm just rolling my eyes back into my head every day now. EVERY DAY. It's like we discovered a new power tool, say a pneumatic nail gun. Oh my god, it makes framing so much easier! You can frame up houses in NO time, so much faster than the old days, it's great. And then suddenly while you're cutting some lumber your boss slaps your circular saw out of your hand and says "What the fuck are you doing with that saw? Use the nail gun! We spent a lot of money on the nail gun!" When you go to get lunch everyone's talking about nail guns. The news talks about nail guns. Every trade show is nothing but nail guns. Nobody talks about anything any more but nail guns. Building houses is a dream of the distant past: It's all about nail guns now. That's what it feels like anyway. I'm so exhausted.
Oh my God, shoes