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@aeronaute

Geek, pilot, photographer, foodie, sailor, tea snob, gamer, costumer, uglyDog (She/Her) Cantabrigia status mentis est. Was @aeronaute on Twitter, pre-Elmo. If you're promoting any AI thing, seriously, nobody wants that crap!

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Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· 11d

She has a bed on the other side of the desk. But I finally tidied up this corner, today, and Drummer promptly colonized it. #caturday

A tortie cat stretched out on a cherry desk.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Jul 8

In modern times trees block any view toward Newport, though the West Passage is clearly visible. I took these pictures about 12 years ago. The signage sadly omits the beacon usage.

Signage at the Beavertail rev war era battery, describing its use by various occupants.

A view of the rev war era battery on Beavertail, look at the modern trees that occult the view of Newport.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Jun 17

Post the best picture you've taken THIS WEEK of your pet (if you feel like it). Drummer in her feelings box. #proofofcat

Drummer, a tortie cat, peers out at the viewer from a green canvas sided storage bin.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· May 8

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Apr 13

Need to set up a piece of equipment, and figured it would fit on the end of this desk. So, I cleared the spot for it. Drummer has alternative ideas about the usage of space. #proofofcat

A tortie cat takes up all the newly freed space on a desk.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Apr 5

I tried the storage bins to help organize the clutter on my shelves, and reduce the chaos that Drummer would inflict. I may have been half successful. #proofofcat

A tortie cat peeks over the edge of a green and white storage bin on a wire shelf.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Mar 29

Drummer was watching intently as I ate sushi. I put a piece of raw salmon down for her, and she sniffed it and then looked at me like I was trying to cheap out on treats and kibble with an inferior offering. #proofofcat #caturday

A tortie cat stares at the camera, unimpressed with the offering of raw salmon on the desk in front of her.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Mar 13

Seriously, Bambu, how often do we have to do this?! This isn't the first time, and I suspect it won't be the last. My Prusa never clogged this way.

A Bambu X1C with the hot end assembly partially removed, and a hex key inserted into a filament plug to attempt a cold pull.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Feb 27

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

A brick octagonal light tower, with a black iron cylinder below the beacon attached to a large brick light-keeper's house sits on a grassy field against a blue sky in afternoon sunlight.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Feb 18

Trap, what trap? You missed spot! To be fair, when Drummer does this, it's almost always not a trap.

A tortie cat with her paws spread, getting scritches on her chest.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Feb 14

Happy Gotcha Day to Drummer and I. Both our lives our better for having the other in them.

Drummer, a tortie cat, standing on white wire shelving.

Drummer, a tortie cat, curled up in a basket.

Drummer, a tortie cat, in classic trap pose, getting scritched.

Drummer, a tortie cat, taking up desk space.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Jan 9

Drummer had her first annual vet visit to be checked over and update her shots. She wants you to feel sorry for the ordeal she endured, being put in the carrier and taken to a strange place where they poked needles in her. She's healthy, and she got extra treats to compensate for the stress.

A tortie cat curled on a desk, resting her head on a black keyboard.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Dec 19

Well, they do get into all sorts of things, and travel...

Shawn the sheep, at a blackboard, explaining something to other sheep.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Dec 7

I haven't used my iPad recently, and went to pull it out, only to find that it seems that the cover, at least, has been providing amusement to Drummer.

A green iPad cover with many small tears from a cat scratching at it.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Dec 2

Another gloomy day in the archipelago. They're now saying the current storm will be all rain here with snow staying north and west.

Mt Hope Bridge, a suspension bridge with two main steel latticework towers, silhouetted against a foreboding cloudy sky.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Nov 29

Twenty-five years ago, I regularly baked a good deal of bread from flour I'd freshly milled. Circumstances, equipment, and houses have changed since then, but I still think it's a tasty and nutritious way to go, so now I'm trying to bring it back, this time using a bread machine. First loaf done.

A golden loaf of bread sits on a wire cooling rack over a white counter top, with some appliances in the background.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Nov 29

As far as I know, this is the only covered bridge on an active road in Rhode Island.

Swamp meadow covered bridge. A dar wooden covered bridge on a gravel road which rises behind it. The surrounding trees have mostly lost their leaves.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Nov 2

This morning, Drummer woke me to speak to the management about why her food dispenser wasn't dispensing breakfast. Right. It's bad enough we have to put up with this DST nonsense, but I see no reason to inflict it on her. I triggered an immediate feed, and set times for other feedings to compensate.

A tortie cat against a white background would like to speak to the management about this clock changing nonsense.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Oct 27

This was sunset, a couple nights ago.

An orange sunset, contrasting with purple-ish clouds, and reflecting on a bay inlet in the midground.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Oct 7

It's still been on the warm side, but that's set to change later this week with more typical autumn temps. That cooling will make the leftovers from tonight's red lentil and tofu curry extra warming when I get to them.

A mound of cooked basmati rice sits in a shallow bowl, partially ringed by a curry with visible tofu, spinach, tomatoes, and lentils.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Sep 23

Was it not foretold?

The Poster for the 1989 movie All Dogs Go To Heaven. It features an animated girl hugging a large dog with a halo, while three other dogs huddle in close.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Sep 14

I have real work to do, but Drummer has once again taken my keyboard hostage. Perhaps I should replace the pad in the cat bed right behind her with an old keyboard to make it more attractive?

A tortie cat resting on and obscurring most of a keyboard.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Sep 13

I can imagine! Oh, wait. I don't have to...

A tortie cat peering over the shoulder it's draped across.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Sep 11

We're getting the first signs of fall weather, and while this will be great in the winter, it was still cool enough that this felt indulgent. A nice, warming stew of white beans with seedy bread on the side. Yummy!

White bean stew, in a white bowl, set on a white charger with several slices of buttered, seedy bread.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Sep 10

I hope I don't mix up the labels on the storage containers of white powder.

Two round labels. One is for "baking soda," and the other is "MSG."

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Sep 7

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Sep 2

"There's things on this desk more fragile than the pens I just knocked over, and they may not necessarily stay on the desk, if you get my meaning..."

A tortie cat looks innocent as the pens she tipped out of the holder lie scattered on the desk behind her.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Sep 2

Drummer is once again holding my desk hostage until she gets the attention she deserves.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Sep 2

If you heard about the offshore wind farm off of Rhode Island, that the wrecking crew operating the US Capitol shut down construction on this week, this is part of it. I had to crop to zoom and there are as many off to the right of this picture as shown.

A dark blue ocean under a lighter blue sky, and many wind turbines on the horizon.

Aeronaute 🇨🇦@aeronaute· Aug 23

Turns out that shoving jacks on the floor is a fun game for her. *sigh*