Mark Fletcher

@wingedpig

Founder: Groups.io, Trellis.dev. Previously: Bloglines, ONElist/eGroups/Yahoo Groups. Twins dad. #golang stan.

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Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· 6d

A little hard to see, but we saw a sun dog while driving this afternoon on 280.

Looking out the front window of a car driving on a freeway, you can kind of see a rainbow sploch in the sky - a sun dog.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· 26d

New toy!

A picture of an Arturia MicroFreak synthesizer.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jul 22

What a coincidence. Maybe I should check out this show.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jul 19

Still working on my latte art. This morning's pour.

Overhead view of a latte in a gray ceramic cup, featuring white leaf-shaped foam art on a mottled green stone countertop.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jun 10

Back for night two.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jun 8

Didn’t think this day would ever happen.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Mar 1

It already helped me achieve my first goal: stopping me from doom-scrolling today.

Small gray 3D-printed Benchy boat sitting on the textured build plate inside a Bambu Lab 3D printer, with the extruder and enclosure visible in the background.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jan 1

NYE baby turtle release. Pick your symbolic metaphor. I choose hope.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Dec 30

Me standing in front of a sign for the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Dec 16

When you have a dachshund, everything in the house starts to become dachshund shaped.

White ceramic dachshund-shaped menorah on a green granite countertop, holding eight short white candles along its back and a taller beige shamash candle near the head; several candles appear partially burned, with a softly blurred kitchen background.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Nov 6

Just got a bottle of Cabernet SauvignJohn, the @lastweektonight.com wine. Gonna turn the lights down, light some candles, pour a glass, and watch 47 consecutive segments about infrastructure.

A bottle of wine on a granite countertop with a distinctive label featuring a brown horse wearing black-rimmed glasses with grape clusters adorning its head like a crown. The label reads "Last Week Tonight's Cabernet SauvigJohn, Napa Valley California 2023 Cabernet."

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Sep 14

Lemur!

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Aug 29

This morning's pour.

A white ceramic cup of latte on a wooden table, featuring latte art in the shape of a layered tulip or leaf pattern, with fine not quite symmetrical lines spreading outward from the center.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Aug 28

Me: “I can’t work like this.” Cat: “Exactly.”

A gray cat is sitting squarely on a backlit keyboard at a tidy desk setup. Behind the cat, a large computer monitor displays a vivid sunset sky with orange and purple clouds above silhouetted trees. The cat looks slightly grumpy, blocking the keyboard as if preventing work.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jun 14

No Kings except Short Kings™️

A small, reddish-brown dachshund with long ears wearing a purple “Voyager” harness stands on a rug with a futuristic, circuit-like pattern. The dachshund looks directly at the camera with a curious expression, and a matching purple leash is attached to the harness.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jun 1

The new dispensary just opened up at the bog.

A trippy mural on the side of a carnival funhouse of a bog and assorted animals, all looking stoned.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jun 1

Deep fried Twinkie season is here.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Mar 21

I wrote this mainly as a pep-talk for myself, and to counter my disappointment in the Democrats who are not meeting this moment.

## WTF Dems

We believe in LGBTQ+ rights and DEI. We believe in science, vaccines, and not dying of cancer. We believe in the Constitution and the rule of law—not whatever unhinged version Republicans are trying to scribble in crayon. We believe in Social Security and the social safety net because people shouldn’t have to launch a fucking GoFundMe to survive. We know that tariffs are fucking stupid. We hate that our kids have to practice active shooter drills instead of just practicing for a spelling bee. Billionaires should pay more taxes—full stop. It is *absolutely* mind-blowing that this still needs saying, but: **Nazis. Are. Bad.** And by the way? The economy does better under Democrats—because actual leadership beats whatever grift-fueled dumpster fire the GOP keeps setting.

We believe in fighting for what’s right, but our so-called representatives are too busy “reaching across the aisle” to shake hands with fascists. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, unelected co-president Musk, and the complicit Republican Party are actively wrecking the government and this country, and we refuse to sit back and let it happen.

This is not the time to fundraise. This is the time to fight back. Let's go.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Mar 21

Most of the time, they still look like formless blobs, but today's pour turned out ok.

This image shows a cup of coffee with latte art on the surface. The design in the milk foam appears to be a tulip or leaf pattern, which is a common style in latte art. The coffee has a rich, caramel-brown color with the white milk foam creating the artistic design in the center. The cup is white with a dark handle and sits on what looks like a granite or marble countertop with a speckled gray pattern.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Feb 24

Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.

The album cover of Wing’s Band on the Run.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Feb 7

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Feb 5

Words that I'm trying to live by. www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

"If there's one thing I'd hoped people had learned going into the next four years of Donald Trump as president, it's that spending lots of time online posting about what people in power are saying and doing is not going to accomplish anything. If anything, it's exactly what they want.
Many of my journalist colleagues have attempted to beat back the tide under banners like "fighting disinformation" and "accountability." While these efforts are admirable, the past few years have changed my own internal calculus. Thinkers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Hannah Arendt warned us that the point of this deluge is not to persuade, but to overwhelm and paralyze our capacity to act. More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media in response to these ridiculous claims actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of debilitating fear and anger, endlessly reacting to our oppressors instead of organizing against them."

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jan 26

New keyboard day - a Dygma Raise 2. My first tented keyboard.

This image shows a split ergonomic keyboard setup on what appears to be a desk with a wooden surface. The keyboard is divided into two separate halves, each with black keycaps and blue LED underglow lighting. Between the keyboard halves is a Stream Deck device (a small programmable LCD button panel) with multiple buttons visible. The keyboard appears to rest on a light-colored desk mat or mousepad that also has blue LED lighting around its edges. There are what look like computer speakers visible at the top of the image, and what might be a small ornament or figurine in an orange/brown color on the left side.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jan 16

Perhaps sensing the egg shortage, our chickens have started to ramp up egg production a little earlier than normal after their winter break.

A woven basket containing fresh eggs in varying shades of white and pale pink, arranged in a circular pattern. There is an orange striped ribbon placed among the eggs, and the eggs are resting on a bed of wood shavings. The basket appears to be made of dark woven twigs or branches with a rustic, natural appearance.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Jan 14

This afternoon's pour. Still working on it.

A top-down view of a latte in a white ceramic cup, featuring detailed latte art in the form of a rosetta or leaf pattern created with steamed milk against the light brown coffee. The cup sits on a wooden surface with what appears to be a patterned rug or carpet visible at the bottom edge of the image.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Dec 6

Final verdict: Makes great eggs, absolutely destroys your steam wand. Would I do it again? Probably not. Am I glad I tried it? Absolutely. Sometimes you gotta embrace the chaos.

A close-up view of fluffy scrambled eggs in a white mug with a fork, on a granite countertop. A patterned cloth with animal prints is visible in the corner.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Dec 6

The eggs come out surprisingly fluffy! The steam pressure creates these perfect little curds. But man, the steam wand...

A white mug containing partially cooked, yellow scrambled eggs next to an espresso machine's steam wand. Some egg residue is visible on the wand.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Dec 6

The steam wand becomes your all-in-one whisk and heat source. Also becomes an all-in-one egg collector that you'll be cleaning for days.

A hand holding a white mug containing raw eggs and butter near an espresso machine's steam wand, which is inserted into the mixture. The machine's control panel with blue LED lights is visible.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Dec 6

Step 1: Eggs, butter and a little salt in a mug. Simple enough. The hard part is accepting you're about to commit espresso machine crimes.

Two raw eggs and several pats of butter in a white ceramic coffee mug on a granite countertop.

Mark Fletcher@wingedpig· Dec 5

Tsunami warning now cancelled. Have a picture of a slinkus and a chonkus.