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Shawn Powers

@shawnp0wers.com

I dunno, I’m a nerd and stuff. Linux Journal alum, web cartoonist, YouTuber. Assume the best in people, and be kind; the rest will go much better. https://shawnp0wers.com

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One of the best things about having a questionable memory when something you posted (but don’t remember) pops up and it makes you laugh because that dude has the same messed up sense of humor you do…

14.11.2025 17:26 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Does seaweed taste fishy, or do fish taste seaweedy?

07.11.2025 18:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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On the wall in the Rainforest Pyramid in Galveston. It really stuck with me…

04.11.2025 02:59 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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On vacation with my sweetie, today we were treated to a day at the Texas RenFest — it was so incredible!!!

03.11.2025 00:50 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Halloween is almost here!

28.10.2025 19:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A grocery store Starbucks being the gold at the end of the rainbow is really depressing…

28.10.2025 18:30 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I’ve manned a lot of soundboards in many venues over the years. Nothing warms my cold heart like a singer/speaker with good mic control. :)

12.10.2025 13:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I can’t find my coffee. I guess I’ll get another cup and warm it up… #DOH #ADHD

01.09.2025 16:34 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m too old to pull all-nighters for work. But I don’t have enough of a handle on my ADHD and/or I’m too immature to push past perfectionism and procrastination without the pressure of a hard deadline. Sigh.

19.08.2025 08:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Back in my day, the second moon still pulled the mana tide. During the alignments, fish would gain sentience and their dark lunar magic would mean a fortnight of hiding for us land dwellers.

31.07.2025 12:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

lol! And now the bookstore, where you took a picture with my wife. I no longer have the coolest Hank Green story in my family. 🤣

(The first $100 when my YouTube channel was monetized went toward a Crash Course Coin, and you raided my channel because of it. I was a legend in my family.)

06.07.2025 18:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Aaaaand I guess my youngest said hello. Thanks for being awesome. :)

Your kindness made their whole week.

06.07.2025 17:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Everyone behind the bar is fan-girling like crazy. They’re just respecting your privacy, and don’t want to bug you for photos, since you’re with your fam. But know that you’re VERY noticed, and the employees are all Nerdfighters. :)

06.07.2025 17:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

@hankgreen.bsky.social — hey bud! My daughter is currently making your beverage at North Perk. Welcome to our town, home you got to see it yesterday before the rain. :)

06.07.2025 17:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A narrator change in the middle of an audiobook series is really unsettling.

02.07.2025 11:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@scalzi.com — heard his name in the acknowledgments of your mooncheese book, and my brain dutifully played (on repeat, dammit) the song with the modified lyrics.

Damn you, Devin Desai. Even if every single one of us is, in fact, you.

21.06.2025 17:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sandhill crane displaying foot

Sandhill crane displaying foot

When you get new shoes and want EVERYONE to notice…

18.06.2025 14:46 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I didn’t play sports as a kid (the crowd gasps in shock), and yet as an almost 50 year old nerdy meatsack, I have a knee that just always hurts.

How are knees the best evolution could come up with?!?

11.06.2025 23:48 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When you’re an adult, you can buy cookie dough, put some in a bowl, and eat it with a spoon.

So far that’s the only benefit to adulthood I’ve discovered.

09.06.2025 02:30 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Review: The Ember Mug Check it out on Amazon Thanks to ADHD (which was undiagnosed for 46+ years of my life), I have a tendency to leave coffee cups everywhere. Usually, they’re half full of coffee, and I’ve…

It's crazy, after YEARS, I still love this mug as much as the day I bought it. reviews.nerdlings.net/product-revi...

(Reposting because now there are 3rd party charging coasters on Amazon which are much cheaper than the name brand, but work just as well!)

03.06.2025 18:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Finishing a book series is depressing because starting a new book/series and getting to know new characters is just as unpleasant as doing it in real life… #IntrovertLife

29.05.2025 17:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This sounds like a, “million dollar idea.” 🤣

28.05.2025 16:10 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

At CBT? Yeah. :)

2 courses complete, not sure if they’re both live yet. Working on Google Workspace Administrator cert course right now.

28.05.2025 16:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sitting next to my 28yr old daughter in church. She’s knitting during the sermon, and before understanding ADHD, if she were a child I might have scolded her and told her to pay attention. Now I understand this is a coping mechanism, and HOW she pays attention.

25.05.2025 13:59 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Farm still up for sale, but we already sold the tractor last fall… Had to buy a fixer-upper to mow the lawn. But hey, now the farm comes with a John Deere tractor with mower deck and snowblower! 😜

21.05.2025 20:37 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I feel the urge to start a club…

13.05.2025 22:51 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2727 Red School Rd, Brutus, MI 49716 | MLS #476279 | Zillow This 1535 square feet Single Family home has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. It is located at 2727 Red School Rd, Brutus, MI.

Multiple contracts, all of which fell through puts our farm back on the market. I still love this property, and I’m excited for someone else to start a new adventure there. 🙂 www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

11.05.2025 21:54 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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We had a full price, cash offer on the farm. Yay! After a week, they backed out. I’m so sick of the process I just want to scream. Granted, we have stuff to do at the farm before we could close on a sale. There are things like some tr...

nerdl.ing/we-had-a-ful...

08.05.2025 03:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Vinyl aficionados: The hisses and pops add artistry and depth to the sound.

GenXers who had cassette tapes during their prime listening years: That’s like enjoying the texture and character the sand adds to clam chowder.

07.05.2025 18:41 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Millie is trying to convince me she’s a Newfoundland so she can get 25% more treats. Because tariffs.

03.05.2025 02:25 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0