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Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM

@darth-gaul.bsky.social

Husband, Father, Grandfather, 🐕 lover - especially my best buddy Star, InfoSec Practitioner, Hacker, Retired Army Warrant Officer, Photographer of birds and other wildlife, melter of metal - He/Him #photographersunited

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Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 2d ago

We saw these two mallards floating on a small river outside our hotel in Pieve di Soligo, Italy. I wasn't sure what this was If anyone knows please let me know. #birds

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 3d ago

I forgot #birds again, I'm blaming it on old age lol

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM@darth-gaul.bsky.social · 3d ago

Another bird from Italy, this Hooded crow was in Milan near the Castello Sforzesco.

A black and gray bird on the ground of green grass. The head is black and facing to the right, it's body is gray with darker areas with some black. This particular bird is a Hooded Crow, and is very similar to other crows except for its coloring.

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 3d ago

Another bird from Italy, this Hooded crow was in Milan near the Castello Sforzesco.

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 3d ago

Just a quick update as I start my flying off to the desert @glengrambo.bsky.social My camera equipment backpack weighing in at 60+lbs. Both my checked bags, running and bicycle gear weighing in at 63lbs lol. What we need is innovation on lighter lenses 🤔🤣🤣🤣

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last wk.

A common gallinule in Rome Italy. #birds

A medium sized black bird with a red beak and bright yellow feet.

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 2w ago

And i forgot to add #birds 😬

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM@darth-gaul.bsky.social · 2w ago

We visited Italy the last two weeks of May and I've been meaning to share a few photos of birds I was able to photograph. I was limited on equipment since I packed light. This is a painting of a Grey Heron on the corner of s building in Rome, actually my last bird pic I took.

A painting of a large bird called a Grey Heron on the corner of a seven story building in Rome Italy

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 3mo ago

@ok2panic.bsky.social @clinto.bsky.social @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social @glengrambo.bsky.social My 2 favorite mothers will be here for dinner and desert tomorrow. My 1st ever attempt at baking a cake from scratch. Cake came out good, base layer of from scratch chocolate buttercream frosting is done.

Two chocolate cake layers cooling on a rack awaiting assembly and frosting

Chocolate cake cooling in the fridge waiting for final layer of frosting

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm going to use an old favorite of mine for #birdoftheday and theme #passportphoto I'm going to use an old favorite of mine

A Bald Eagle, a large brown bird with bright white head and tail sits perched on a wood beam of a power pole staring back at the photographer in annoyance

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Happy Birthday Tippi #birds 🎂

Tippi Hedron the actress in the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds, wearing a green outfit with a couple children seen running from a murder of crows

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 7mo ago

For #nationalbirdday two of my most intimidating bird photos #birds #wildlife

A Bald Eagle on a power line post with wings folded back and head cocked to the right looking directly at the photographer like it's ready to say " get outta my face paparazzi" America

A grackle , a black bird with an iridescent sheen to its head and neck feathers, piercing yellow and black eyes looking directly at the photographer getting ready to yell get outta my face paparazzi lol

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 8mo ago

@clinto.bsky.social @ok2panic.bsky.social remind me not to indulge in spiked eggnog while making meat sauce for my Christmas lasagna, at least I got it simmering tonight before the eggnog kicked in 😆 🤣. We'll see if I can make it to the end of the Patriots game lol

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 8mo ago

@ok2panic.bsky.social I could only find the canned Sam Smith for now. It was a very good way to end the week, thanks again!

Two glasses with half Samuel Smiths Organic Chocolate Stout and half Lindemans Framboise Raspberry Lambic Beer with the empty can of Stout on the left and empty bottle of Lindemans on the right.

Troy Hunt @troyhunt.com · 8mo ago

I've had this dumb report too many times, and Bruce has finally tipped me over the edge. @haveibeenpwned.com is a real service that looks up email addresses in actual data breaches, but some people don't understand what an email address actually is www.troyhunt.com/why-does-hav...

Why Does Have I Been Pwned Contain "Fake" Email Addresses?

Normally, when someone sends feedback like this, I ignore it, but it happens often enough that it deserves an explainer, because the answer is really, really simple. So simple, in fact, that it should...

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Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I finally saw a bird earlier this week, it been a while since I posted much. This Great Blue Heron flew into a tree near the pond we were walking at. Then decided to fly across the pond. #birds #wildlife

Great Blue Heron, a large bird with a long neck and large wings fly from right to left across a pond with its beak and eyes straight ahead and wings almost fully down as it glides through the air

Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · last yr.

stdin, stdout, and stderr wizardzines.com/comics/stdin...

Panel 1: all terminal programs have 1 input and 2 outputs

they're numbered: stdin is "0", stdout is "1", stderr is "2".

(the numbers are called "file descriptors")

panel 2: you can set them to be any file you want

person: “I don't want to display the output in my terminal emulator, I want to write it to a file”
person: “I'll have the proram read input from a file instead of typing it in"

panel 3: 3 things you can set the inputs/outputs to

1. the TTY (so output is displayed in your terminal emulator)
2. a file
3. a pipe (to write output to the input of another program)

panel 4: your shell is in charge of setting up stdin/stdout/stderr

person: “python3 script.py > out.txt”

shell: “ok, I'll set stdout to out.txt for that program”

more about the syntax on page 15

panel 5: on 2>&1

2>&1 redirects stderr to stdout

you could also do 1>&2 but I've never used this N>&M syntax for anything other redirecting stderr to stdout

panel 6: gotcha: programs often buffer stdout but not stderr

when a program writes text to stdout, it'll often

1. check if stdout is a TTY (using the isatty function)
2. if not, "buffer" the writes until there's 1KB of data to write, for performance reasons

(this is the default in libc)

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · last yr.

If this ain't a goddamn perfect eulogy, I don't know what is.

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last yr.

A friend gave me this field guide today, thought I would share it @ok2panic.bsky.social @clinto.bsky.social @glengrambo.bsky.social @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social @davebspain.bsky.social @hardwaterhacker.bsky.social #birds #raptors 🪶🦅

Cover photo of a book titled "The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World" with a couple of sample drawings. Top left is a small black bird with yellow on its throat chest and lower back above its tail, with a name hand written to the right " Yellow-butt Gargler". Bottom right is a larger bird with a large orange and black beak like a Toucan with its handwritten name to the left "Tacky Poo-Can"

A page of the book for the "Red-tailed Fuck".

Left is the bird name and details:
Red-tailed Fuck
Buteo jamaicensis
Common Name: Red-tailed Hawk

Look at this smug fuck. You can tell her thinks he's some kind of hot shit, but don't be fooled, because he often gets chased around by smaller birds such as crows. He can be found just about anywhere in North America, even big cities like New York, which might be why he's such a prick. He sometimes kills pigeons, so that's a plus, but basically he's just another asshole with talons and a high opinion of himself.

Right is drawing of the large brownish and rust colored bird looking to its left with its back towards the viewer. Its tail feathers are displayed showing the deep rusty red that gives them their name. Just below the beak to the left is one word with a question mark "narcissist?"
Below the tail is "always showing off that bright red tail. No one cares."
Below center of the bird is the handwritten "Red-tailed Fuck "

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last yr.

A juvenile Bald Eagle perched in a tree along the Connecticut River from our cruise the 14th of March

A juvenile Bald Eagle , with a mottled brown and white chest and head, this one is possibly about 4 years old as it has not fully developed the full white head and tail of an adult that happens about 5 years old, sits perched in a tree along the Connecticut River staring to the left of the photographer

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last yr.

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Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last yr.

Exactly and we definitely could use more hope now

Nancy7983@nancy7983.bsky.social · last yr.

Sad to hear of his passing. The song “Get Together”remains one of my favorite songs from the 60’s - reflects so much hope. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/a...

Dark Web Informer @darkwebinformer.com · last yr.

What a day, I lost a couple hard drives, a power station, and some other sh*t. It's taken all day to recover about 50% of it. The rest just needs to be restored from backups which is mostly data. Anyways... we are back to normal on Wednesday!

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Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last yr.

We saw a Bald Eagle nest on the Ct River cruise Friday that's has egg(s) I zoomed in on the nest and saw the adult that's caring for the egg(s) #birds ##raptors 🦅🪶

Bald eagle nest in a tree without leaves , if you zoom in, there is an adult Bald Eagle most likely intubating a single egg or more

A zoomed in image of the Bald Eagle nest where the adult head is slightly visible through the tree branches

Bluesky @bsky.app · last yr.

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Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last yr.

Another loss of a great voice and musician Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/a...

Jesse Colin Young, Singer Who Urged Us to ‘Get Together,’ Dies at 83 (Gift Article)

As the leader of the Youngbloods, he sang an enduring anthem of the peace-and-love era, with the chorus, “Come on people now, smile on your brother.”

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Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last yr.

This is my kinda funny, thanks @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social

Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · last yr.

With apologies

🎧 𝔻𝕖𝕝𝕡𝕙' 🎧@soledad104.bsky.social · last yr.

Jeff Beck 📷 Jérôme Brunet

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last yr.

Another favorite of mine, some great songs Dance to the music, Everyday People, and one of the best song titles Thank you Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again!

Steve and Dave's@steveanddaves1.bsky.social · last yr.

Sylvester Stewart – better known as Sly Stone – was a ray of light in the late 1960s. Born today in 1943, he led Sly & the Family Stone – a band which was diverse, politically-aware, adventurous & funky as hell. Stone’s decades-long personal struggles should not dim the Family Stone’s amazing legacy

Tom Gaul🇺🇦 BLM @darth-gaul.bsky.social · last yr.

Kind of a lifer, I've seen female common mergansers, but this is my first, male! #birds

A male common merganser runs across the top of the water as it takes flight leaving water splashing up from its feet in it's wake.

Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · last yr.

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A bird last seen by Darwin 190 years ago reappears on a Galápagos island

The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when Charles Darwin first described it. That changed recently when researchers monitor...

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