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Today’s 10 sq cm of retro #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart

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Part of my daily routine is practicing German for about 15m per day. With no particular practical goal.

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White antiracist hero: “A hired killer fired a bullet right at Cassius’ chest… just as Cassius was unsheathing his bowie knife, which took the hit and saved his life.”

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Arsenic and Old Lace. I haven’t seen this show since I played the lead as a high school junior in the 1980s.

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