This patch flexes so hard I'm surprised it doesn't rip the fabric. #avgeek

@mattwright.bsky.social free suggestion if you ever decide to expand the Better Half / Hold Out “2 concepts, 1 place” model to a new location

I’m not saying anything much more-informed people aren’t, but the rapid erosion of the ability to trust the federal government’s medical agencies as unbiased and scientific will do untold damage that takes decades to repair. I’m tired.

We are, as of now, all of 2 episodes into “Somebody, Somewhere” and I see the special sauce that those of you who’ve already watched it saw. This needs to be more watched.

Flying over the cloud layer just never gets old

Obviously these were used pre-2024 to hunt for people doing a Horns Down. Not sure what they’re used for now, though.

In 9th grade, two of our teachers had a running “jokingly yell it out in the hallways” battle ongoing about whether the Civil War was about slavery or states’ rights.

@etxgov.bsky.social Just saw our boy Talarico is gonna be in Longview tomorrow night. You gonna go represent the ETex cool kids for us? https://www.mobilize.us/talaricofortexas/event/842928/

When Jack pops out of the Box

Legit wish that I’d seen y’all that loved Somebody, Somewhere talking about it. It sounds like it was really beloved and I never knew anything about it. (gonna rectify that after tonight, obvs)

@nosdnomde.bsky.social found you a new ride (not sure @derbaylorbaer.bsky.social will approve though)

If ever you’re passing through the area, the Llano airport is lovely. They have a free BBQ shuttle courtesy car you can check out to pop over to Cooper’s, and it’s well worth the experience!

We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet

Just introduced my son to the music video of Goodbye Earl for Legitimate Educational Purposes, and it feels like a monumental achievement somehow.

Well that was quite a ride!

I need someone who studies these things to help me understand why Brits can pronounce the letter “x” in every other word, but pronounce sixth as “sickth”.

Love it when they add super-convenient new options

I’ve had this Roku for two years, which is long enough for this HBO button on my remote to become outdated and then become current again

I don’t usually crosspost from Twitter (never really there anymore), but Baylor fans IYKYK, and it’s an important day. x.com/dereksmithbu...

(extremely Joe Buck voice) yes...oh god yes

Ok, this feels very Flying Toasters in the best way and I can’t stop watching. (Also `uvx rpsarena` if you have UV installed and want to give it a quick look)

Flying near sunset for the first time and it was positively beautiful.

In our seats and set up with theater-gimme accoutrements for the KPDH Sing-Along. (My kids are like a decade older than most in here, but the music is a universal jam!)

I can only presume that @sickoscommittee.org is somewhat limited in their posting today because they are all too busy cackling and clapping in delight at the result of every single play.

We’re on track for a “first field goal wins” thriller of a game (I love it)

ESPN, too, is BACK!

FYI @sirfahrenheit.bsky.social

Good news — finally had all the stars align and got to do my first cross-country flight with an instructor! (Hello, Lake Waco) Bad news — my regular instructor is no longer at my school. :(

Ok, listen — BlueSky has done some incredible crowdfunding work in the past, and I think I have a very important need to fill which could use your help. Y’all want to help me out here? https://racer.com/2025/08/13/mclaren-offers-2026-f1-car-for-sale-in-unique-auction

From one former deli worker to another, I respect and wholeheartedly endorse this thread, its research, and its conclusions.

My daughter has informed me that there is a national 1-weekend-only event to host K-Pop Demon Hunters showings as *LIVE SING-ALONGS* on Aug 23-24. If you're in the northern ATX 'burbs, you might just see me there.

What if there were already some sort of contest where people were able to choose between them, I wonder how that would go

Ferrari seems to have finally gotten out from under the awful pit stops and dumb tire strategy…and still managed to have two drivers very frustrated with their state, for very different reasons.

Just received another print edition of The Onion, and I am continually delighted both that this is a thing that exists, and also that @bencollins.bsky.social and crew keep hitting it out of the park. I rip this thing open like a kid at Christmas every month.

convinced half the appeal of Strange New Worlds is the alluring fantasy of a supportive workplace with a caring and inspiring boss

My “time personality”, drilled into me by my HS band director, is that to be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, and to be late is not to be. Anyway, just show up when you’re supposed to because your lateness impacts other people. It ain’t that hard.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the Amazon tv show Patriot is a great litmus test for if I’m should trust someone’s media recommendations — if they love Patriot, I think we’re gonna align preferences just fine.

when driving on the highway it’s important to at all times have established an enemy

I'm so rarely in a position -- locationally or schedule-wise -- to visit a Waffle House. This morning was a rare gem of opportunity…which is how I learned that the location by KAUS is “temporarily closed”.

Here’s the thing about Crazy Stupid Love — on one level it is a reasonably formulaic romantic comedy. Dig any deeper, though, and it is packed to the walls with great actors who are — every one of them — at the absolute top of their game in this film.

One of the greatest tragedies of modern technology is that there is no way, in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five, to connect to an AWS VPN with SAML from a mobile device.

Oh, and yesterday we toured some cool spots at NASA. Got to see the mission control for ISS ops, the fully-restored room from the Apollo and STS missions, and walk through a full shuttle-without-shell in a building.

Swung by the Lonestar Aviation Museum with the kids today. Planes, as it turns out, are kinda awesome.

me, to myself, when someone tries to tell me red delicious apples are “perfectly good”

Just sitting here contemplating the tradeoffs associated with my pico-retirement (3-day weekend)

AWS is all about reducing friction.

I need HBO/HBOMax/Max/HBO and Prime apps both to understand that if I ask them to play an ep I’ve watched before long ago, I’m not asking them to pick up at the end credits and roll to the following ep. I’m asking them to…play the damn ep I selected.

Ferrari and tire management, a tale as old as time

Felt just about close enough to reach out and touch the sky today.